Originally Posted by CApreppie

I finally got approved after a month, the first appointment was in October, but then I found something open up today and drove to the airport. They asked about three countries I visited on the list I had submitted. Perhaps the list of countries I visited held up my application. I had some non-Western countries on the list.

Also, they did not have a record of me on their schedule list since I took a cancellation. Make sure to print out or have a screen shot of your last-minute appointment.