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ANKARA - mail time of visa

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Dayna   0

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I need info from people that received their visas from Ankara...

After the interview, and visa is approved.

How long does it take for the visa to arrive in the mail?

My husband's interview is on Tuesday, March 27th.

I am going to Turkey to be with him that day, and I made

my flight to come back to USA on Wednesday, April 4th.

That gives us a week to receive the visa in the mail,

is that enough time?

I've heard that it takes about 3 days, but I'd like to hear

about other people's experiences.

Thanks!

Dayna

09/29/06 - I-130 petition mailed
12/13/06 - NOA2 - APPROVED
10/27/06 - I-129F petition mailed
12/13/06 - NOA2 - APPROVED
03/27/07 - Interview in Ankara, Turkey - VISA APPROVED
04/01/07 - POE: JFK
05/07/07 - Mailed AOS forms
05/31/07 - Biometrics - Dover, Delaware
10/04/07 - Interview in Baltimore, Maryland
10/25/07 - GREENCARD ARRIVES!!!
10/25/07 - Applied for SSN
11/02/07 - SSN card arrives in mail
09/12/09 - Mailed I-751 forms (GC expiration date: 10/4/09)
09/19/09 - NOA1 Receipt letter received received
10/20/09 - Biometrics - Dover, Delaware
12/19/09 - NOA2 - APPROVED
01/09/10 - 10 year GC arrives

02/25/14 - DIVORCED DUE TO ABUSIVE HUSBAND

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I need info from people that received their visas from Ankara...

After the interview, and visa is approved.

How long does it take for the visa to arrive in the mail?

My husband's interview is on Tuesday, March 27th.

I am going to Turkey to be with him that day, and I made

my flight to come back to USA on Wednesday, April 4th.

That gives us a week to receive the visa in the mail,

is that enough time?

I've heard that it takes about 3 days, but I'd like to hear

about other people's experiences.

Thanks!

Dayna

We had our interview on Nov. 1st, also a Wednesday.

I had wanted to come back and pick up his visa and that was not an option.

She told us that his visa was being printed as we were leaving the counter and went to the UPS table to fill out his address forms.

My husband lived in a small village in SE Turkey and mail/UPS takes forever to get there. He called UPS on Friday at the main office in Sanli Urfa and it was there, but said it would not get to his village until the next Friday as that is the day they delivered there. We had plane tickets to leave on that Friday, UPS lets go to their office in Urfa and pick it up on Saturday but we needed to show the plane tickets to them at that time.

So, if you leave in a large city it is likely you will have the visa by Friday or Saturday, if not give UPS a call and work something out with them.

Good Luck on your interview!!!

Michele and Omer

OUR K-3 INTERVIEW WAS ON NOV. 1ST @ 10:00!!!

VISA APPROVED!!!

WE ARRIVE IN THE USA ON NOV. 10TH!!!

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3-5 business days. However, I have never heard of anyone waiting longer than 3 days.

Married May 21, 2004 in Istanbul.

NVC Timeline (to make my signature smaller)

02/11/2005 I-130 APPROVED!!!

03/12/2005 NVC sent I-864 fee bill to me.

03/28/2005 Received NVC case number and I-864 bill.

03/29/2005 Husband in Turkey receives DS-3032

04/01/2005 Husband mails the DS-3032 via UPS.

04/02/2005 Sent fee bill overnight to NVC

04/15/2005 Received IV Visa bill.

04/16/2005 Overnighted IV Visa bill.

05/11/2005 Received I-864 packet.

05/16/2005 Faxed requests for tax return transcripts.

06/01/2005 Received tax returns from IRS.

06/02/2005 Received W-2's from IRS.

06/03/2005 Mailed I-864 packet with required documents.

06/06/2005 NVC received I-864 packet.

06/17/2005 Mailed DS-230 papers to husband.

06/24/2005 Called NVC, I-864 is complete

08/18/2005 NVC received biographic info from husband.

09/15/2005 NVC message, RFE (not enough passport pages copied and sent)

09/30/2005 NVC receives RFE, entered in system.

11/01/2005 CASE COMPLETE!!!!!!

11/08/2005 Case forwarded to Embassy

12/27/2005 INTERVIEW IN ANKARA!!!

12/27/2005 Was told to get a joint sponsor (total #######)

01/20/2006 Embassy received our joint sponsor packet.

01/30/2006 Visa arrived at my husband's house via UPS!!!!

02/03/2006 Husband comes home to Austin, Texas!!!

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I need info from people that received their visas from Ankara...

After the interview, and visa is approved.

How long does it take for the visa to arrive in the mail?

My husband's interview is on Tuesday, March 27th.

I am going to Turkey to be with him that day, and I made

my flight to come back to USA on Wednesday, April 4th.

That gives us a week to receive the visa in the mail,

is that enough time?

I've heard that it takes about 3 days, but I'd like to hear

about other people's experiences.

Thanks!

Dayna

We had our interview on Nov. 1st, also a Wednesday.

I had wanted to come back and pick up his visa and that was not an option.

She told us that his visa was being printed as we were leaving the counter and went to the UPS table to fill out his address forms.

My husband lived in a small village in SE Turkey and mail/UPS takes forever to get there. He called UPS on Friday at the main office in Sanli Urfa and it was there, but said it would not get to his village until the next Friday as that is the day they delivered there. We had plane tickets to leave on that Friday, UPS lets go to their office in Urfa and pick it up on Saturday but we needed to show the plane tickets to them at that time.

So, if you leave in a large city it is likely you will have the visa by Friday or Saturday, if not give UPS a call and work something out with them.

Good Luck on your interview!!!

Michele and Omer

I did wait longer than 3 days if I remember correctly. But that was a weekend I think. So let's say not more than 7 days.

I am now a US citizen.

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