Approved! How long to receive passport?

[ryandsun 0]

My fiancé had his interview today and was approved!! The passport is being sent to a CITIC bank in Beijing. How long should we expect for it to take?

[Darnell 8,478]

2 to 3 weeks from interview date.

if sooner, burn some Joss.

[Pitaya 2,577]

2 to 3 weeks from interview date.

if sooner, burn some Joss.

[ryandsun 0]

noooooo! it should only take a week!!! arrrrrrr

[Darnell 8,478]

not really.

the visa packet has to be prepared, then wind it's way into the mailroom.

these two bits have queues.

Seriously, if'n it happens faster, burn some joss.

for funs and giggles and blood-pressure pumping,

check out the ceac website status. I'm betting it'll be in 'administrative processing' at the moment.

On the day it switches to 'issued', that's the day the IV Unit lobbed it over to the visa packet generation queue.

[roxer 3]

Mine got hers in approximately two weeks and that was during Chinese New Year.

[ryandsun 0]

I checked the status this morning on CEAC and it says issued and that if not received in 10 days to contact them. Good news!?

[Daveykins 17]

Ours took about a month to get back in August, 2013. 2-3 weeks is a good guess.

[azndailo 2]

This is my fiancee's tracking:

CEAC 2/19/2014 - Administrative Processing

CEAC 2/20/2014 - Issued

Passport Tracking 2/20/2014 - Your passport is still with post

Passport Tracking 2/24/2014 - Passport has been received from the consular section, and is currently being processed for delivery

Passport Tracking 2/26/2014 - Your passport is ready for pickup

passportstatus@ustraveldocs.com 2/24/2014 - The current status of your passport is Origination Scan.

passportstatus@ustraveldocs.com 2/26/2014 - The current status of your passport is Ready For Pickup.

The location of the CITIC bank was Foshan, China which is literally 45 minutes away from Guangzhou. Since the distance between the two cities were close, the time it takes for the visa in hand would obviously be less. I don't know if you've noticed that there are "Expedited Pick-up Location" that as soon as they receive it from the embassy/consulate, it is available for the same-day location pick -up. If not, most of the VJers claim it to be within 2 weeks time. Hope this is helpful. Thanks!

[George_Louisiana 2]

My wife's interview was Nov 27, and received her Visa on Dec 9. She lived in Hefei, Anhui Province.

Congrats on approval, and the time will pass !

[roxer 3]

Any news on this yet? Your fiancee got her passport yet?