Do you need my AIS login credentials for US visa monitoring?

No. VisaSlotWatch never asks for your username or password. The extension works within your existing browser session, so your credentials stay completely secure.

Is this compliant with the US visa website terms?

VisaSlotWatch monitors publicly accessible US visa appointment information through your own browser session. We do not automate bookings or bypass any security measures. Users are responsible for reviewing the visa portal's terms of service.

How fast are the US visa appointment alerts?

Alerts are sent instantly when new US visa slots are detected. Check frequency depends on your plan: Free tier checks every 2 hours, while paid tiers check as fast as every 5 minutes for maximum responsiveness.

Does it work for my country?

If your country uses the AIS scheduling portal (ais.usvisa-info.com), it is supported. This includes 50+ countries: Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, UK, Peru, and many more across the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Central Asia.

What US visa types are supported?

All US nonimmigrant visa types are supported, including B1/B2 (tourist/business), F-1 (student), H-1B (work), J-1 (exchange), O-1 (extraordinary ability), and more.

VisaSlotWatch v1.1.5 Update: Reliability and Detection Improvements

We have now published VisaSlotWatch Chrome Extension v1.1.5.

This release focuses on monitoring reliability and clearer user feedback, especially for users affected by portal rate limiting.

What improved in v1.1.5

1) Better rate-limit handling

When the portal keeps rate-limiting requests, v1.1.5 now handles supported scenarios more gracefully with a cooldown-and-resume behavior, instead of immediately feeling like monitoring has failed.

2) Clearer monitoring status messages

We improved status wording in the extension so users can more easily tell the difference between:

temporary retry/cooldown states
monitoring stopped states that need user action

3) Stronger embassy detection and mapping reliability

We improved embassy detection and mapping behavior with more robust dynamic resolution and better compatibility with embassy naming/code variations.

This helps reduce failures caused by embassy identity mismatches.

Do you need to update manually?

In most cases, no. Chrome should auto-update the extension to v1.1.5 automatically.

If you want to update immediately:

Uninstall your current VisaSlotWatch extension
Reinstall from the Chrome Web Store

For users who previously reported rate-limit issues

If you previously saw monitor interruptions related to rate limiting (for example, repeated retries ending in stop), please update to v1.1.5 and test again.

If the issue still happens for your setup, contact us and include your report ID so we can investigate quickly.

The VisaSlotWatch Team

Useful links

Install / Update Extension | Contact Support | Visit VisaSlotWatch