Mexico City K1 Visa Turnaround

[GringoHombre 3]

Does anyone have an idea what the turnaround time is after the interview for getting the visa?  Need to make sure my fiancé has accommodations during that time. Not sure if you can pick it up from the embassy when ready or have to wait until it is shipped to you.

[Nasirlahore 28]

Be very carefull,and keep in mind the time it will take in case you case goes into AP.which usually happen after visa interview. 

[Russel1995 163]

My wife, when she had her K1 interview in Jurauz in August 2019, was able to pick up her visa within 7 days.

 

You can pick up your passport and visa at the applicant support office, in the corner of the little plaza next to the consulate.

 

My wife's k1 visa was ready on the 2nd day.  We had scheduled our stay in Juarez for another 2 weeks after her interview. 🤣

 

Interview: 8/27/2019

Visa in hand: 8/30/2019

 

Left jurauz Sept. 9th  (if I recall correctly)

 

If you plan to pick it up, play it safe and expect a longer wait and be happy if it's quick like my wife's.

 

Her status didn't update online immediately, there was another couple in the hotel who mentioned their visas were ready and their interview was after my wife's.  So we called to ask about her visa and were informed they were ready to be picked up and the status updated 5 minutes after the call.

Edited August 2, 2021 by Russel1995

[GringoHombre 3]

On 7/16/2021 at 5:35 AM, Nasirlahore said:

Be very carefull,and keep in mind the time it will take in case you case goes into AP.which usually happen after visa interview. 

 

On 8/1/2021 at 9:10 PM, Russel1995 said:

My wife, when she had her K1 interview in Jurauz in August 2019, was able to pick up her visa within 7 days.

 

You can pick up your passport and visa at the applicant support office, in the corner of the little plaza next to the consulate.

 

My wife's k1 visa was ready on the 2nd day.  We had scheduled our stay in Juarez for another 2 weeks after her interview. 🤣

 

Interview: 8/27/2019

Visa in hand: 8/30/2019

 

Left jurauz Sept. 9th  (if I recall correctly)

 

If you plan to pick it up, play it safe and expect a longer wait and be happy if it's quick like my wife's.

 

Her status didn't update online immediately, there was another couple in the hotel who mentioned their visas were ready and their interview was after my wife's.  So we called to ask about her visa and were informed they were ready to be picked up and the status updated 5 minutes after the call.

Thanks for the replies!  She was approved at the visa appointment but is still in a holding pattern, when she left they gave her the approval letter and scribbled over the 5-7 days and replaced it with 10.  I guess the console in CDMX is understaffed and backlogged on those things.  Was hoping to get lucky and get it day of as they scheduled it at a really unfortunate time (during the middle of a vacation we had scheduled) but in the end it's good news regardless   Now just to continue the wait.

Edited August 5, 2021 by GringoHombre

[Russel1995 163]

On 7/14/2021 at 4:53 PM, GringoHombre said:

Does anyone have an idea what the turnaround time is after the interview for getting the visa?  Need to make sure my fiancé has accommodations during that time. Not sure if you can pick it up from the embassy when ready or have to wait until it is shipped to you.

Oh wow.

 

Thats cool your interview was in Mexico City.  When my wife did her k1, all Immigrant visas and K1 visa interviews were through Jurauz.  Mexico city would've been so much easier and $$$ saving  🤣

 

My wife lived in Pachuca, about 2 hours from Mexico city.. Would've saved on hotel costs, and plane tickets. 😅

 

they mustve started doing those interviews in Mexico city to help avoid a significant backlog during covid.