r/usvisascheduling rules, stats, and what to post

This community exists for one narrow purpose, helping people who are stuck using the usvisascheduling.com and ustraveldocs.com websites to book USA visa slots. People come here with booking problems, questions about the USA visa application process, and issues they hit while trying to get an appointment. The description says the point is crowdsourcing, so that someone who hits a problem today can find that someone else already solved it. It is a volunteer run space, not an official one, and it has no connection to the official usvisascheduling portal or the US Department of State. The people posting are regular applicants, not insiders, and the rules make that explicit by banning anyone who claims to be a current or former consulate employee or visa officer.

The rule that decides everything here is “No Agents or Spammers or VO/CO or Redact”. It bans accounts that post images of available slots or promise to help for a payment, and it also bans anyone claiming to be a current or former consulate employee or visa officer. There is no discussion, feedback, or review of any agencies allowed either. “No AI Generated Content” matters a lot for anyone used to drafting posts with tools, because AI written posts and comments are not allowed, the moderators say they are usually incorrect or obsolete. “Remember the Human” sets the tone, be respectful and do not attack or call out other people. “No Duplicate Post/Comment” removes exact repeat posts and duplicate comments from the same user. “No Irrelevant/Untrue Topic/Comment” removes anything factually wrong or off topic, which is a real risk in a space where people trade process details. Finally, “No Activism or Organizing Against Government Policies” prohibits calls to action against US government or visa policies, though plain discussion of policies is permitted.

A good post here is a genuine, useful contribution to someone else's booking problem, written in your own words. If you went through the visa scheduling process yourself, a clear walkthrough of what you did, what confused you, and how you fixed it fits the crowdsourcing spirit of the community perfectly. Answering a specific question about the booking websites, with information you are confident is correct, is another safe shape. If you are a founder, leave the product at the door. There is no room for promoting slot booking services, reviewing agencies, or anything that looks like help for payment. Write like a person who went through the same mess as everyone else, because that is the only identity that survives here.

The fastest way to get banned is anything that looks like selling. Posting images of available slots, promising to help someone book for a payment, or discussing any agency in any way all fall under “No Agents or Spammers or VO/CO or Redact”. Claiming to be a former visa officer or consulate employee is also a ban. Do not post AI written content, the community says plainly that it adds no value and is usually wrong. Do not repeat a post or comment you already made. Do not post something you are not sure is true, because incorrect information gets removed under “No Irrelevant/Untrue Topic/Comment”. And keep clear of organizing or protesting against visa policies, that is strictly prohibited even though calm discussion of policies is fine.

The “No AI Generated Content” rule here is one of the strictest I have seen, and the reasoning in it is worth reading twice, because the moderators say AI answers are usually wrong or out of date. In a community where people are planning trips, jobs, and family visits around appointment dates, wrong information has real consequences. That is exactly the standard I would hold any founder to before posting here, write it yourself and only say what you know is true.