How long was it from your interview time until you actually got the visa in hand (how long in AP)...

Part 2....how many of you went through AP twice??


Thanks for any responses guys

AP once, AP was 2 weeks.

Almost 7 weeks from interview until visa in hand --

* 5 weeks 4 days waiting for Israeli police certificate (they didn't tell us we needed it until my husband arrived for his interview)

* Once police certificate received at the consulate, 4 days to process and issue the visa

* 5 days to send it from Jerusalem to Ramallah



-MK

Approved at interview/ no AP/visa was stamped in passport after 6 days of interview, but embassy forgot to mail it

16 days from interview to visa in hand.

Hey! Good question.... i've been wondering this myself... thanks for posting!

Jenn, your little dancing cat is killing me. i laugh everytime i see him... her...

Usually, they put male applicants on AP. My wife got her visa right away. She was told by the consular officer that her visa was approved at the end of the interview.

8 days from interview till visa issued........buttttt all countries are different

took DOS 3 days to complete their part, then 4 days for cairo to finish up, stamp passport and mail it. Including weekend days off a total of 11 days.

One interview. We were in AP for additional proof that i had changed my name to his. We provided more proof. received visa 10 days after interview.
you never know what they will want!

It was 5 wks for us. We just got the visa today We had one interview, with no problems.

But at first they put us in AR and told us they had no idea how long it would take. Then my husband asked if he could have his passport back during the wait, in case he needed to travel. Then they replied and said they would expedite our case, and we got it within a week after they said that. Wow!

OMG congratulations !!!!! I was updating the Visas in Hand thread at the same time you were posting this

That's fantastic news -- so happy to hear it !!!



-MK

mabroooooooook!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congratulations!

Well it took 5 months from the time Cairo got our case to get a interview Feb 5th 2007
Then he had a home visit 5 months after the interview.
Then he had a phone call interview 11 months after the first interview.
Then he had the second interview Feb 4th 2008 They said AP was done and he just needed to update his police and medical. That was handed in March 11th 2008
Got a e-mail yesterday that said it was in final review.
ONE YEAR ONE MONTH 14 days
AND STILL NO VISA

i think ours was about three weeks. no second interview!

Well....

Ours was 8 days shy of 6 months... in he** (I mean AP - ) 1 time.....

Malarie

For us...His interview was March 10, 2008 and he picked up his passport with visa in it from Aramex March 19,2008....so 9 days. I was looking at his passport and it says visa was issued March 17, 2008.

So 7 days....issued and placed in his passport.
and 9 days....He had the actual passport and visa in his hand.

Thankyou guys so much...i tried doing searches but this was much faster....KEKHAN...congrats..

lazy...can my hubby jump in your hubby's suitcase and come with him.

again...thankyou all for replying...i know there is no sensibility to the AP timeframe madness, but I like to kinda compare (i'm anal)

hehe

My husband interviewed for K-3 on March 19, 2007 and then was told to send in his passport on May 20, 2007
Well he had a 2nd interivew for Cr-1 and after 3 months from March 19, 2007 we had visa in hand but for the Cr-1 not the K-3 worth the wait.\

2 interviews
3 months

approved at interview passport returned with visa stamp 1 week from interview no AP

Debra

AP was a week.

Wow, your AP has taken almost as long as our returned petition did! Don't worry hon, it sounds like it is almost over.

i'll tell ya when we're done. for now i'm sworn to secrecy due to that evil eye thing.

Oh yes...i know all about the evil eye...hubby even kinda believes that is why we got in 2nd round of AP...we were excited and told a few people...and someone had that evil eye on us....



So this time no one will here about getting a call for passport or anything until it is a ''visa in hand''....

We applied for the k-3 visa. AP for us was 9 months.

Well from these posts....I have concluded that K3 visa was not my best choice...hmmm....seems like the k3 peeps have the longer AP/AR times....lol....what a surprise--i need caffeine to get my brain going....

1 interview, no AP - visa granted next day.

Green card, waited 5 months for an interview, approved same day.

5 days from interview to visa in hand; No AP. Interview was 4/18/07 - visa delivered by Aramex to the school where he works on 4/25/07.

AP thrice? lol i think we are on AP thrice...ya same thing, passport sent back all that stuff. I wish we will get the visas in due time.

Tammy