After interview, 10 days to get passport with visa in the mail?

[BirchnNobody 0]

My fiancée had her K1 visa interview Monday at the Bangkok embassy. She was given a 221(g) and responded by email to their question later that morning. They had her come back in for the second interview on Tuesday,

They kept her passport and the interviewer said good luck with your visa and you will receive the packet after 10 business days.

I emailed the embassy for follow up and I got this info from them:

"Currently, your visa has progressed to the next stage of our visa approval process. The case status means the consular officer believes your case is documentarily qualified for issuance. We caution you that this is not a guarantee of issuance as all applicants need to clear the final stage of background checks. Applicants must refrain from making any irrevocable travel arrangements until they receive the visa package including their passport with the visa inside. It could take a minimum of 10 working days before background checks and a visa package is prepared. Once the visa package is ready, it will be mailed to the applicant at the mailing address indicated on his/her GSS profile. All the original civil documents will be returned to the applicant in this package. We appreciate your patience as your application is completing the final adjudication step."

I checked the CEAC website and as of 6/8/2016, it says her visa is listed as "ISSUED".

Anyone see this before? Is this a new change for everyone? because we got a 221g?

I thought there was a window for EMS that she had to pay to have the visa shipped to her. My girl said there was no such window.

Confused..............

[Chris and ZhiJia 146]

My fiancée had her K1 visa interview Monday at the Bangkok embassy. She was given a 221(g) and responded by email to their question later that morning. They had her come back in for the second interview on Tuesday,

They kept her passport and the interviewer said good luck with your visa and you will receive the packet after 10 business days.

I emailed the embassy for follow up and I got this info from them:

"Currently, your visa has progressed to the next stage of our visa approval process. The case status means the consular officer believes your case is documentarily qualified for issuance. We caution you that this is not a guarantee of issuance as all applicants need to clear the final stage of background checks. Applicants must refrain from making any irrevocable travel arrangements until they receive the visa package including their passport with the visa inside. It could take a minimum of 10 working days before background checks and a visa package is prepared. Once the visa package is ready, it will be mailed to the applicant at the mailing address indicated on his/her GSS profile. All the original civil documents will be returned to the applicant in this package. We appreciate your patience as your application is completing the final adjudication step."

I checked the CEAC website and as of 6/8/2016, it says her visa is listed as "ISSUED".

Anyone see this before? Is this a new change for everyone? because we got a 221g?

I thought there was a window for EMS that she had to pay to have the visa shipped to her. My girl said there was no such window.

Confused..............

Issued is a good sign. I cannot 100% answer for Thailand, but for China there were 2 options for passport delivery. Option 1 was to have the passport sent to an authorized CITIC Bank for pickup by the beneficiary. Option 2 was to have the passport mailed directly to the recipient. Option 2 was the one that cost extra money, Option 1 was included in the Price paid on USTravelDocs. Paying for Option 2 was done during the Interview fee payment process on the website, and not at the US Embassy.

Again I can only answer for China, not for Thailand, one would think the process is somewhat similar.

[Dredre 0]

Chris bless my status changed it was in ap for 2 weeks and the status date updated twice then yesterday friday i checked it and it said ready check back status in 2 days i was approved at the interview and everything so now im wondering whats the next step after the 2 business days?