You have to contact Paris embassy somehow. Your case is with them. What do you mean they don't take calls?
Curious to know, how did you end up missing your scheduled interview appointment?
I could not confirm my appointment due to those same technical issues, despite trying almost every day for more than two weeks and three tickets to their customer support.
I see. That’s interesting. Why didn’t you just take a chance and still show up for the interview as scheduled though?
I couldn’t due to not having a printed confirmation, plus I have been informed of my scheduled appointment after trying to confirm it — as the instructions were not very clear. I have just been instructed to create an account and follow the steps to receive my appointment date.
You at least had the scheduled appointment information which you could have printed and taken along though. KCC schedules the appointment and provides the date/time of the appointment - the embassy doesn’t do that. I believe the confirmation process really had to do with arrangements for getting the passport back, if I’m not mistaken. You could have still shown up for the interview with that and explain the difficulties you were experiencing when you got there. That is what I would have done anyways in such a situation.
Do you have any relatives in the US? (If so they could ask their congressman for help.) I’m not sure what else to suggest other than trying to arrive at the Paris embassy and sweet talking security into letting you at least talk to someone to set it up - assuming you live close enough to make this feasible.
I had received an email telling me to register on the platform to get my appointment date and confirm it. I later checked on the DV website and found, below my confirmation, an appointment letter telling me that my consular appointment had been scheduled mid-March.
Unfortunately no. I have an appointment letter from AVITS with no mentioned date and time, maybe I should try to act dumb with the personnel at the Paris embassy and ask for help in rescheduling.
This is what you were supposed to check when you saw your number was current in the visa bulletin (not later). They would normally let you into the embassy with this. Unfortunately you cant fix the past so just try what you can … or figure out a strategy to get to talk to a person on the phone.
After the Kentucky Consular Center (KCC) has reviewed your completed DS-260, you may receive an e-mail from KCC to let you know that an interview has been scheduled at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate you selected on your DS-260 form. The e-mail will instruct you to log into the Entrant Status Check on the Electronic Diversity Visa (E-DV) website, using your DV entry confirmation number, to view the date, time, and location of your interview. Print this information to take with you to your interview.
travel.state.gov
Well, even then, we would have had another issue : my wife and I have a son who was born in early February, and his passport was delivered mid-April. Due to this, we wouldn't have been ready for the interview anyways. I contacted the embassy to inform them and filled his DS-260.
Well, I'll try what I can... Or maybe the customer support will end up being useful, after two months of not being so. Would hiring a visa agency or attorney be of any help?
you seem to find obstacles… you could have gone for the interview and and sent his passport in later.
Do you have any kind of document showing your identity /status in the country you are residing in? Examples for Somalis on the DOS website include the below - so anything similar from an official authority should work.
travel.state.gov
Sorry, this is not something I can assist with.
Don’t reschedule the interview, attend as already scheduled. There’s no disqualification for being pregnant, regardless of how advanced the pregnancy is. During the interview, you can also ask for guidance on how to get a visa for the baby after your wife puts to bed to enable you all travel together.