K-1 Visa - After Interview Questions

[sbooth 0]

Hi All,

I had my interview Monday 3rd Oct, and my k-1 visa has been approved!

I am now waiting for the CEAC status to update, and have a question around this for anyone who has been through this part.

My CEAC status still says "Ready" despite being updated the day of the interview, I understand the next steps are for the status to go to "Administrative Processing" and then to "Issued", or can it go straight to "Issued" in some cases?

Also from it being "issued", how long was it until the packet was delivered/at depot? I am leaving for the US as soon as I get my passport back, and they wrote "ASAP" on my packet so I'm hoping that will speed things up.

[JFH 12,190]

It will always go into administrative processing, even for just an hour or so. That means someone is working that file at that time. It's not the same type of AP that you see some of our friends in the MENA countries going through that lasts for months on end.

Re delivery times, see this thread. And maybe consider adding your own dates to it when you get the passport back to pay it forward to those following you with the same question:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/550974-interview-date-to-visa-in-hand-how-long-2015-data/

[Adil & Jeanne 296]

ours was finally updated to issued a year after he came to the US / sometimes the updating doesn't get done

[bob+senga 11]

I had interview on 16th Aug and flew out on the 26th Aug. I to also had ASAP written on mine. My passport and visa arrived on the 23rd one week after approval. Flights booked night before I received passports back. Bit of gamble and mad rush to leave with daughter 3days later. All worth it though. Just check status and await for tracking info. Not long now