how long till visa in hand on average?

[Danny70 11]

My Fiance's interview is Thursday morning @ 730am. We're both very excited and ready to finally get married! Can't wait!!!! How long did it take all of you guys to get the visa's in hand? 

[K & R 343]

Hey!! As long as everything goes well and there’s isn’t anything that would require additional (extensive) security checks it should be about a week and a half to two weeks. It’s hard to say because everyone’s cases are different. My husbands medical hadn’t arrived at the embassy yet for his interview but luckily arrived the day after so he got his visa issued quite quickly. You’ll see a lot of status updates until the visa is ultimately issued. Everyone goes into administrative processing after their interview and this is where timing could be anything. Most simple cases are in ap for a few days but it can be days or weeks, and in more complex cases months or years. Just keep checking your case status online after the interview and remember not to book anything travel wise until after you get your visa in hand. Good luck!! You’re almost there!

[John951 54]

The CO told my girl one week, but it took 9 days, this was in January.

[sfcscott 34]

About 7 days. 

[Danny70 11]

2 hours ago, John951 said:

The CO told my girl one week, but it took 9 days, this was in January.

My fiance lives in Samut Prakan.  Does it matter where she lives? We want to spend Valentine's Day together and go to a concert in Minneapolis on the 16th. 

[Deanwinchester 11]

What language were the addresses you gave? Can you give it in Thai? Can you include a phone number?

I need to know.

[John951 54]

3 minutes ago, Danny70 said:

My fiance lives in Samut Prakan.  Does it matter where she lives? We want to spend Valentine's Day together and go to a concert in Minneapolis on the 16th. 

I don't think it matters where you live , the Thai post delivered our packet 3 to the embassy quickly within one day from Phichit, so coming and going from Samut Prakan which is closer to the embassy should be just as quick. 16th will be cutting it close. Plus she will be jet lagged which takes 2-3 days to adjust. Also if she doesn't have all the required paperwork everything could be delayed by 30 days. I'd get my money back for the concert and catch the next one.

 

Chok Dee

[John951 54]

6 minutes ago, Deanwinchester said:

What language were the addresses you gave? Can you give it in Thai? Can you include a phone number?

I need to know.

The address is given when you fill out the GSS registration and payment for the interview. The address is given in English. I don't recall a phone number being requested.

[Danny70 11]

9 minutes ago, Deanwinchester said:

What language were the addresses you gave? Can you give it in Thai? Can you include a phone number?

I need to know.

Yes, she showed me her DS-160. She put her address in thai and it asked for her cell number. 

[Danny70 11]

9 minutes ago, John951 said:

I don't think it matters where you live , the Thai post delivered our packet 3 to the embassy quickly within one day from Phichit, so coming and going from Samut Prakan which is closer to the embassy should be just as quick. 16th will be cutting it close. Plus she will be jet lagged which takes 2-3 days to adjust. Also if she doesn't have all the required paperwork everything could be delayed by 30 days. I'd get my money back for the concert and catch the next one.

 

Chok Dee

If she's not here by the 14th. A buddy of mine is wanting to go. So no loss there. It just would be a big letdown. 

[Deanwinchester 11]

6 minutes ago, Danny70 said:

Yes, she showed me her DS-160. She put her address in thai and it asked for her cell number. 

My fiancé just did the ds-160 and you couldn’t put anything except her name in Thai. 

Did you file or mean the GSS?

[John951 54]

32 minutes ago, Danny70 said:

Yes, she showed me her DS-160. She put her address in thai and it asked for her cell number. 

I don't recall it asking for her name in Thai or phone number

[Danny70 11]

2 hours ago, Deanwinchester said:

My fiancé just did the ds-160 and you couldn’t put anything except her name in Thai. 

Did you file or mean the GSS?

I'm not for sure. I only looked at the DS-160.  

[nastra30 2,298]

6 hours ago, Danny70 said:

My fiance lives in Samut Prakan.  Does it matter where she lives? We want to spend Valentine's Day together and go to a concert in Minneapolis on the 16th. 

Just make sure passport and visa is in hand and everything is correct before buying anything. 

[Mustang500 11]

16 hours ago, Danny70 said:

My Fiance's interview is Thursday morning @ 730am. We're both very excited and ready to finally get married! Can't wait!!!! How long did it take all of you guys to get the visa's in hand? 

It took us 1 week exactally from the interview.