Visa Has Been Issued But Passport Not Received

[grad_student 11]

NoorAbbas, thanks for the timely response. I still have a few questions which are below.

1. So the NVC tells you that your case is complete and also the date and time of visa interview in the same letter?

2. How far in future does the NVC schedule the interview. I mean, how many days / weeks between the date of case complete and the date for visa interview at the US Embassy?

3. Does the US Embassy emails you that you have been issued a visa, or you have to check it yourself each day?

Btw I am located in Islamabad so the closet courier will be the one in G-8/4 for me.

Thanks

Edited November 3, 2014 by grad_student

[NoorAbbas 0]

NoorAbbas, thanks for the timely response. I still have a few questions which are below.

1. So the NVC tells you that your case is complete and also the date and time of visa interview in the same letter?

2. How far in future does the NVC schedule the interview. I mean, how many days / weeks between the date of case complete and the date for visa interview at the US Embassy?

3. Does the US Embassy emails you that you have been issued a visa, or you have to check it yourself each day?

Btw I am located in Islamabad so the closet courier will be the one in G-8/4 for me.

Thanks

1. No. For us it was two separate emails. First we received an email saying the case was completed and they were in the process of setting the interview date. About two weeks after that, the NVC emailed again and told us the interview date and provided the P4 (interview letter). So for us it was separate. I don't know if that's normal for everyone or not but that is what happened with us.

2. This is different for everyone. It depends on how many people are needing to be scheduled. At the time we got scheduled it was about 50 days from the time you received the interview letter until your interview date. We received our interview letter the last week of July/first week of Aug. And our interview date was Sept 22nd. For most people during that time, their interview date was approximately 50 days after they received the letter. But again there is no set time. It just depends on how many people are needing to be scheduled so yours could be more or less.

3. Yes and no. If at your interview, the consular says "congratulations your visa is approved" you don't need to check anything. You'll receive your passport back within 7 business days usually. At my husband's interview they told him he needed a joint sponsor. I sent the docs the following week after his interview and his visa was issued one day after they received the documents (which was Oct 1st). If you don't get approved at your interview you will have to check yourself. No one will email you to tell you

This is where you can check the status of your visa https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=o/iS8zDpeAKjMWCuebHqOw==

[grad_student 11]

Ok thanks. That was very informative response. I appreciate you taking time out to post the response.