My friend was asked to upload flight info before is COE application was PRE-approved. We thought that was strange because there is no field in the application for this besides “documents for further consideration”

We bought his flight and uploaded it to the “further consideration” section.

Can someone help and explain what they mean by “We still have no policy.....”?

Is this because we are doing this too far in advance? My friends flight is in October and we are applying through the NYC embassy.

Thanks in advance