K-1 Visa Appointment Fee Website Screwup

[Dan C 7]

WOW that's terrible! Did you pay the first three courier fees with a credit card? Might be able to charge back.

 

I kinda want to say at least they let you pay the fee but that's such a low bar.

[WeekendPizzaiolo 47]

On 2/3/2022 at 8:22 PM, Dan C said:

WOW that's terrible! Did you pay the first three courier fees with a credit card? Might be able to charge back.

 

I kinda want to say at least they let you pay the fee but that's such a low bar.

Ordinarily, yes, I would file some kind of block charge request. However, in this case, I'm not going to risk getting into a kerfuffle over $100 when the ais.us-visainfo.com site could potentially do something to delay my case. They hold the keys to the courier tracking info and although our CEAC status shows Issued, the visa packet hasn't shipped yet.

[WeekendPizzaiolo 47]

Hi @Dan C,

 

I see on your timeline that your visa was issued. What was the timeframe from when your visa changed in CEAC to Issued and when you received a notification that your visa with passport shipped from Montreal? My CEAC status changed to Issued on February 3 but it still shows "Current Status: Appointment" on usvisa-info.com.

 

Thanks for your time!

[Dan C 7]

10 hours ago, DE CS said:

Hi @Dan C,

 

I see on your timeline that your visa was issued. What was the timeframe from when your visa changed in CEAC to Issued and when you received a notification that your visa with passport shipped from Montreal? My CEAC status changed to Issued on February 3 but it still shows "Current Status: Appointment" on usvisa-info.com.

 

Thanks for your time!

We never actually checked CEAC but we got tracking information on the 3rd and it arrived at the pick-up point on Monday. Our impression was that if they take your passport during the interview you're more or less already accepted, so we had entirely shifted our focus to move planning.

[WeekendPizzaiolo 47]

9 hours ago, Dan C said:

We never actually checked CEAC but we got tracking information on the 3rd and it arrived at the pick-up point on Monday. Our impression was that if they take your passport during the interview you're more or less already accepted, so we had entirely shifted our focus to move planning.

Thank you Dan! And Congrats! Hope your move goes well. They took his passport at the interview. Our CEAC status changed to Issued at about noon so I presume that our package missed the (presumably weekly) courier pick-up. Hopefully, they ship ours soon.

[WeekendPizzaiolo 47]

Finally, 9 days after the interview (February 1) and 7 days after our status changed to Issued (February 3), the CanadaPost tracking website shows that the (second) envelope we purchased on interview day finally was mailed on 12:30pm Eastern (February 10) in Montreal, QC.

 

After scouring over a dozen VisaJourney posts on this subject, some claim that the consulate only prints visas once per week. It also only mails batches once per week, typically on a Thursday or Friday. If the mailing happens before a batch is finished printing for the day, one must wait until the following Thursday or Friday to enter the mail stream. So if these claims hold up, I guess ours just missed the courier on February 3.

 

 

[WeekendPizzaiolo 47]

Great news: 13 days after the interview, the visa finally arrived by CanadaPost XpressPost! 🥳 

 

The consulate used the second envelope that we bought on interview day. For future VisaJourney users who pay for their visa in cash at the consulate: my fiancé's usvisa-info.com profile never updated with tracking details. It still says Current Status: Appointment. We did not receive any sort of email update. So if your profile does not update and you receive no email from the consulate or their service providers, do not panic. As long as your CEAC shows Issued, your visa will be shipped sooner or later. Unlike USPS, CanadaPost does not print your tracking number on your receipt so be sure to copy down your tracking number before you give the envelope to consulate security.