Visa In-Hand

[Matt and Sarah 0]

Question for all of you who have just been through approved interviews at the London US Embassy for a K-1...

You give them your passport the day of your interview and they take it up, correct? I understand that you will find out if you are approved on the spot, but do they give you your visa there, or does it come by mail later? How long does that take?

[Muuuuah 0]

You do not get it back on the same day, they keep your passport to put the visa in it. Mine took 3 days to get to me but i believe that it can take up to 10 days unless you pay extra to have it delivered to you sooner. It was delivered to me by courier.

[Matt and Sarah 0]

Great, thanks, just wanted to clarify.

Someone at my mom's office who is married to someone from the UK who came over on a K1 visa said that it took him over 100 days to get his Visa from the time of his interview. I told my mom to tell her that she was wrong that it only takes a few days. She said "well, my husband doesn't lie" and I told her that I think she just mis-understood and that he meant it took over 100 days from the time he was approved to the date of his entry, anyway if she was involved in the process she should know better.

Edited October 23, 2007 by Matt and Sarah

[RosemarieL 0]

Great, thanks, just wanted to clarify.

Someone at my mom's office who is married to someone from the UK who came over on a K1 visa said that it took him over 100 days to get his Visa from the time of his interview. I told my mom to tell her that she was wrong that it only takes a few days. She said "well, my husband doesn't lie" and I told her that I think she just mis-understood and that he meant it took over 100 days from the time he was approved to the date of his entry, anyway if she was involved in the process she should know better.

Maybe he got caught in some adminstrative processing. This is unusual for the UK but if there was a problem with a name check then that could delay the issuing of the visa.