Post interview waiting game?

[Rich and Lenochka 0]

My fiancee had her interview with the consulate at the American embassy on Wednesday, August 25th, and had the impression that the interview went well and that her visa was approved. As requested by the interviewer, she submitted follow up documents (English translations of her Russian police documents; she has no criminal record) by post and by e-mail upon her return home on August 26th. Prior to leaving the embassy on August 25th, she submitted her passport and DHL waybill to the consular official then returned home to Novosibirsk.

As of today (Tuesday, September 7th) DHL still has not received the passport/visa from the embassy. My fiancee called the DHL office in Novosibirsk with the tracking number and DHL shows that the waybill was sold to her, but is not in their system. Since that is the case, her visa has not been sent and her passport is still at our embassy.

I have been looking at other timelines for couples dealing with the embassy in Moscow, and the waiting time for visa delivery is usually less than a week. Our wait is now sitting at two weeks, and DHL doesn't even have the packet in their possession yet.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what may be going on here?

Thank you.

[SMR 368]

I don't really know what's going on but I will confirm that it's unusually long. Either something came up or they're just dragging their feet. I would send them email and ask what the status is. You should get it soon.

[baron555 934]

My fiancee had her interview with the consulate at the American embassy on Wednesday, August 25th, and had the impression that the interview went well and that her visa was approved. As requested by the interviewer, she submitted follow up documents (English translations of her Russian police documents; she has no criminal record) by post and by e-mail upon her return home on August 26th. Prior to leaving the embassy on August 25th, she submitted her passport and DHL waybill to the consular official then returned home to Novosibirsk.

As of today (Tuesday, September 7th) DHL still has not received the passport/visa from the embassy. My fiancee called the DHL office in Novosibirsk with the tracking number and DHL shows that the waybill was sold to her, but is not in their system. Since that is the case, her visa has not been sent and her passport is still at our embassy.

I have been looking at other timelines for couples dealing with the embassy in Moscow, and the waiting time for visa delivery is usually less than a week. Our wait is now sitting at two weeks, and DHL doesn't even have the packet in their possession yet.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what may be going on here?

Thank you.

Email the Embassy with her case number and ask them. They are usually quick to answer and for me answered every question I posed.

Probably just the recent holiday is causing them to fall a little behind. I don't think you are that far behind the norm.

[elya 17]

did they give her a 221(g) paper after the interview? often a request for additional documents is part of a decision to further "administratively process" the case, in which case a wait of several weeks is very normal (and it could go far beyond that). There don't seem to be any indications from what you've written that they have any concerns, but once it's in the "administrative review" pile it does take a little extra time to get back out; you can't compare it to the time it takes them to mail the visa after the approve it without requesting anything. Good advice above, e-mail the embassy and see if they can give you an update.

[slim 1,530]

E-mail.