 struggling to find visa appointment for spring 22 intake, emergency appointment is one of the way in which you can get that coveted interview slot and in this video I'm going to get into the details of how exactly you can do this and this is going to work not just for FN visa but also for those of you trying for M1 and G1 visa so keep on watching. Hi guys my name is Shachi and I'm a travel in a visa coach on this channel you will find lots of useful videos on US visa process I have videos for FN visa as well as for G1 visa so make sure that you check out all of these videos there's also separate playlist for spring 22 intake so the playlist is also linked in this video so make sure that you check it out. Now coming to today's video I know that a lot of you have been struggling to find an interview appointment some of you have been waiting for months and I totally get it how frustrating and how draining this entire process can be. Now coming to December right this is literally like the last leg of interviews for the Jan intake or for the spring 22 intake and from whatever sense we get from the consulate it looks like few more interview slots should open up in the month of December so what I'm trying to say is that compared to November more interview appointments should be available in the month of December yet there is no guarantee of it so one another way or another option in which you can go about getting an interview appointment is to get an emergency appointment and over the last couple of weeks a lot of students have been able to apply for the emergency appointment get that approved and hence get an interview slot so in this video I'm going to be going into the details of all the steps that you need to do to get this coveted appointment so let's get started. So the first step to getting an emergency appointment is to get a regular appointment so a regular appointment is just like any visa appointment and you need to log into the CGI portal once you pay the fees you can see the availability and you need to book this regular appointment this is known as a placeholder now this placeholder can be of any date it can be of any month in 22 or even if it is the year 23 it still does not matter you just need to have an appointment date now keep in mind that in the current scenario even getting this placeholder is becoming quite difficult so if in the first of those two attempts you don't see even these regular appointments don't feel disappointed you need to be patient keep your location flexible check at all possible locations and somehow try to get one regular appointment for whichever month and whichever year that you're able to secure. Now once you have this regular appointment is when the real process begins so once the regular appointment is in place we can go ahead and request for an emergency appointment to do this you need to log into your account and on the left side you will see that there's an option to request for an emergency appointment so click on that option and here a form opens up and this is essentially your application your application to the travel docs requesting for an emergency appointment so this needs to be filled extremely carefully you can see that there are various paths to it you need to include a tentative travel date you need to include the category for which you're applying and there is a description box where you need to give them a reason you need to explain why you're eligible for the emergency appointment now this is a box which needs to be structured very carefully so put in a lot of thought into what you write exactly in this description box put it in bullet points mention clearly when your program start data's why you are requesting for an emergency appointment and how you need to get this emergency appointment to be eligible and to be able to start your classes on time there's also an option to include attachments now even though this is optional I would still recommend all of you to include all the relevant attachments so here you can include your I-20 you can include your DS confirmation number the service fee receipt though it's not mandatory to pay the service fee tell your biometrics but still before requesting for the emergency appointment it would be better that you pay the service fee and attach a receipt of this as well in addition to that if you have any email or any supporting documentation from the university which tells you that you need to be on campus on so and so date include that as well and the same can be mentioned in the about description box so put in a lot of time and effort into designing this application if you want my help in structuring this and telling you exactly what you need to put in I can do that for you so check the link in the description box below and here you are an option to get my help in drafting your emergency appointment so go ahead and book that now once you're done drafting this what you need to do is submit and now the way it begins so the third step is to wait for the reply from the embassy so usually if the appointment is approved it takes just about I think one to two working days for them to get back so once your emergency appointment is approved you get a mail from the consulate and this is what the mail looks like it states very clearly that your request for emergency appointment has been approved and it asks you to reschedule your appointment so remember that you already have an earlier appointment you were to reschedule that under the reschedule appointment section and get a new appointment and it asks you to print the new appointment confirmation letter you'll also notice that there is a deadline right so it asks you that it tells you that this approval is valid only till December 31st now this date can vary depending on when you apply for the emergency appointment but essentially you need to do the entire rescheduling before this deadline else this approval expires so once the request is approved you will see that on your portal it will start showing you some dates right and these are the dates which they have reserved only for emergency appointment purpose and that becomes visible to you now so from whatever choices you have even though it might be limited but you still have a choice and that's I think good enough so from whatever choices you have pick the date which suits you the most and go ahead and reschedule your appointment so this is essentially a rescheduling process because you already have booked an appointment for a future date you need to reschedule that to the dates available under the emergency appointment section and once this is done we are done with the entire emergency appointment process and once this is done and submitted you will have your appointment confirmation so do take the print out do take a copy of the confirmation letter and carry that with you for the interview so this is how you apply for an emergency appointment and once you get that emergency request approved you need to go there maximize this effort and smash that interview so make sure that your preparation is top notch and you're completely ready to face the visa officer for this you can get in touch with me I have a workshop coming up on 8th December this is a 90 minute session which will get you completely ready for the d-day so check out the link in the description box register for the workshop you can also book a one-to-one session with me it can be a video consultation or it can be a mock interview session tons of students have found it extremely useful and this will help you get completely ready for the d-day get your practice get your answer structuring in place and face the visa officer with confidence in addition to all of this there are a lot of useful resources as well so the description box is where all the good things are so do give it a look that's all for this video I hope you found it useful do give it a thumbs up and let me know and as usual there are more content coming up for spring 22 intake and also some content for the summer intake so stay subscribed and press the bell icon so that you don't miss any of these updates signing off for now if you have more questions please feel free to leave them in the comment section below if you're facing any difficulty drafting that emergency appointment or going through this process do let me know in the comment section you can also DM me on instagram my instagram handle is at shachi.mall that's all from me today signing off for now I'll see you in the next one bye bye