Waiting time

[kwasti 0]

Dear All,

I appeared at the interview on 3rd of February in Helsinki. On 7th the ceac.state.gov website returned the status update as "issued". I had been told that I will receive the passport back in a week. I tried to contact the call center and the embassy but left with no info. can somebody who went through interview in Finland tell me how long did it take to deliver the passport back to you from the date it was issued. I am actually in the verge of booking my flight ASAP so I want to know any approximate time frame. Thanks!

Best Regards,

Kwasti

[Lynkali 163]

Not sure if all cases are the same and it may depend upon how far away you live but: we had our interview in Helsinki on a Wednesday morning. Thursday morning the CEAC status changed to "issued" and the passport/packet arrived in Vaasa at the post office on Saturday -- however my husband couldn't pick it up until Monday because we still hadn't come back on the train until Saturday night. I suspect if we had been home on Saturday, it would have arrived at the door. Total time: 3 days probably, but it did take us 5 days because we weren't home at the time.

[kwasti 0]

Hi Lynkali,

Thanks for sharing..can you tell me if they asked your husband to create a profile in ustraveldocs.com and enter the delivery address? I assume there is some problem concerning the delivery in my case..and also did posti leave you the notification leaflet as usual or they contacted you via email or sms etc? Thanks again.

Greetings!

Not sure if all cases are the same and it may depend upon how far away you live but: we had our interview in Helsinki on a Wednesday morning. Thursday morning the CEAC status changed to "issued" and the passport/packet arrived in Vaasa at the post office on Saturday -- however my husband couldn't pick it up until Monday because we still hadn't come back on the train until Saturday night. I suspect if we had been home on Saturday, it would have arrived at the door. Total time: 3 days probably, but it did take us 5 days because we weren't home at the time.

[Lynkali 163]

Thanks for sharing..can you tell me if they asked your husband to create a profile in ustraveldocs.com and enter the delivery address? I assume there is some problem concerning the delivery in my case..and also did posti leave you the notification leaflet as usual or they contacted you via email or sms etc? Thanks again.

Well, ours was in July last year and I believe that ustraveldocs stuff wasn't introduced until a few months later, so no -- there was no profile or anything online. He left the embassy with a verbal approval, but no proof of anything -- then the post office left the usual notification slip/paper at his apartment, so it was just sent via normal postal delivery, nothing unusual.

[kwasti 0]

Finally I received my passport back today morning. The waiting made us only desperate but it was worthwhile. Anyways for somebody in the similar situation: the tracking system for the passport delivery is not reliable as far as i have experienced. I couldn't figure out what was the real reason behind the delay and finding myself hapless when it came to expect any sort of support from the call center. A big thanks to all the helping hands here. Good lucks!

Best,

Kumud

My timeline:

Service Center : California Service Center Consulate : Finland I-130 Sent : 2012-01-20 I-130 Approved : 2012-01-27 NVC Received : 2013-07-05 Received DS-3032 / I-864 Bill : 2013-07-08 Pay I-864 Bill 2013-07-15 Receive I-864 Package : 2013-07-27 Return Completed I-864 : 2013-08-01 Return Completed DS-3032 : 2013-07-26 Receive IV Bill : 2013-08-01 Receive Instruction Package : 2013-09-15 Case Completed at NVC : 2013-12-03 Packet 4 Received : 2013-12-30 Interview Date : 2014-02-03 Interview Result : 2014-02-07 (Approved) Visa Received : 2014-02-17