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I'm a Student at one of the Universities in Jamaica and I've applied for a J-1 visa to go on a Student's Work and Travel Cultural Exchange program. This is my third year going on the program and the VISA interview process went well on the 15th of April and my visa was approved. The Status on the CEAC said "Issued" after 6 days of Administrative Processing. Its now April 30 and I still have not received my Passport or tracking information. All my friends who had the interview the same day got their books back in 3 days, now I'm getting worried.

The notes on the CEAC website stated that I should contact the consular after 10 business days and I have emailed them with no reply, is there a foreign number I should call for the Jamaican embassy?

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I'm a Student at one of the Universities in Jamaica and I've applied for a J-1 visa to go on a Student's Work and Travel Cultural Exchange program. This is my third year going on the program and the VISA interview process went well on the 15th of April and my visa was approved. The Status on the CEAC said "Issued" after 6 days of Administrative Processing. Its now April 30 and I still have not received my Passport or tracking information. All my friends who had the interview the same day got their books back in 3 days, now I'm getting worried.

The notes on the CEAC website stated that I should contact the consular after 10 business days and I have emailed them with no reply, is there a foreign number I should call for the Jamaican embassy?

Email the U.S. Embassy in Kingston , look at the embassy website you will see the email address. Did you register with dhl to collect your passport?

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Email the U.S. Embassy in Kingston , look at the embassy website you will see the email address. Did you register with dhl to collect your passport?

I emailed the embassy several times already and I haven't received a reply yet, hoping for one on monday. How do I register with DHL? I would usually just be given a tracking number and thats it.

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I emailed the embassy several times already and I haven't received a reply yet, hoping for one on monday. How do I register with DHL? I would usually just be given a tracking number and thats it.

Log back into the webSite where you did your application i think it should be https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-jm/niv you should be able to track your passport there and register for dhl . You need to log back in with the password you used when completing the application,

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Log back into the webSite where you did your application i think it should be https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-jm/niv you should be able to track your passport there and register for dhl . You need to log back in with the password you used when completing the application,

The only time you can track the passport is when there is a tracking number on the website you sent me. There is no tracking number there, it just keeps saying Check DS160 status and that has said "Issued" from the 21st but no tracking number yet.

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UPDATE: I hope this helps someone else in the future.

I still didnt receive a courier number from DHL, I called twice and ask to check for my package and they said they cant without a tracking number but I was fed up and desperate and I went to the Head office on 19 Haining road in Kingston and demanded they check for my package with my name and my passport # and LOW AND BEHOLD they had the package sitting down there with no tracking number over a week and a half!!

If your status says ISSUED and you haven't heard from your courier, go SEE them.

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Glad that you got it worked out. Thanks for your update.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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