Time from Visa Issuance to Visa in Hand?

[S & S 0]

I was hoping if someone could tell me on average how long it takes to the embassy to send out the visa after DOS has stated that it has been issued & printed.

More specifically, we were told by DOS that my husband's visa has been approved, issued and printed but we haven't heard anything from the embassy yet and so we want to know how long you think it might normally take for us to get the visa or to hear anything from the embassy?

Any info you can provide is helpful...thank you

Edited December 22, 2011 by S & S

[Mark + Melissa 49]

I see a lot of people mention two weeks unless expedited if that helps answer your question =)

[s.ali 0]

I never called the DOS for status update , but on my husbands passport it says that Visa was issued on 15th Dec and he received a call to pick up his passport on Dec 17th.

[S_AL_ 1]

I was hoping if someone could tell me on average how long it takes to the embassy to send out the visa after DOS has stated that it has been issued & printed.

More specifically, we were told by DOS that my husband's visa has been approved, issued and printed but we haven't heard anything from the embassy yet and so we want to know how long you think it might normally take for us to get the visa or to hear anything from the embassy?

Any info you can provide is helpful...thank you

Is his passport with the Embassy or with him? Once the visa is issued and printed, the Embassy called the applicant to send their passport if the passport was returned to the applicant at the time of the interview. In the case where the embassy informs you that your visa is ready to be stamped in your passport, it usually takes about a week from the time you send in your passport through american express to the embassy to the travel file being sent back to your local american expressed to be picked up. Your husband should call the embassy the first working day and inquire about his visa especially if his paspsort is not with the embassy already. If his passport is with the embassy, he should call and ask about his visa status. Either way, it is not a bad idea to remind the embassy that you are waiting on your visa. I had received the call from the embassy on a Sunday evening about the visa being ready and that I should mail my passport to them. See if calling them helps since if they have said the visa is printed, it is ready to be stamped in the passport.

[S & S 0]

Thank you for all your help everyone. My husbands visa was issued on dec 21, however due to an error by the courier service, where they were calling someone else for a week, he didnt actually pick u his passport until the 28th. Thankfully dos let me know that my visa was ready and told me to get in touch with the embassy and courier.

(they kept his passport after the interview so the embassy was able to send his passport to the courier on the same day)