Sputum Negative now How Long To Wait?

[cup1981 5]

Wifey is making me insane with this issue (haha), so I am going to ask here so I can get a concrete answer. 

 

So, she was flagged for a sputum culture test. SLEC advised that the interview should still be performed, which (of course) resulted in a conditional rejection due to the testing requirement.

 

She just received the results on 3/14/2025 (negative), and SLEC said they forwarded the results to the embassy, and we should send all our 220g documents to the embassy for visa issuance, which for her was just her passport. She sent her passport to the embassy in Manila via the preferred courier (can't remember the name of it). She is going nuts because she is seeing people on TikTok who were on the same timeframe as us and same testing process getting their visas already. I told her for every one tiktok video she sees, there are likely 1,000 people waiting just like us, but she is still all freaked out. 

 

So, my question is, how long should we realistically expect it to take from Sputum test results to visa issuance?

 

 

[maryaaaa 90]

1 hour ago, cup1981 said:

Wifey is making me insane with this issue (haha), so I am going to ask here so I can get a concrete answer. 

 

So, she was flagged for a sputum culture test. SLEC advised that the interview should still be performed, which (of course) resulted in a conditional rejection due to the testing requirement.

 

She just received the results on 3/14/2025 (negative), and SLEC said they forwarded the results to the embassy, and we should send all our 220g documents to the embassy for visa issuance, which for her was just her passport. She sent her passport to the embassy in Manila via the preferred courier (can't remember the name of it). She is going nuts because she is seeing people on TikTok who were on the same timeframe as us and same testing process getting their visas already. I told her for every one tiktok video she sees, there are likely 1,000 people waiting just like us, but she is still all freaked out. 

 

So, my question is, how long should we realistically expect it to take from Sputum test results to visa issuance?

 

 

3 to 6 weeks from USEM receipt of passports. I also read some waited 8 weeks. I am in the same boat, I understand how she feels. Tell her to slow down with Tiktok videos 😅 

 

Here's my timeline:

 

I am on my first week since receipt of passport. My friend waited 4 weeks. It's really case to case basis and hard to tell. All we can do is wait. 🙏🏼