Average wait time - interview to visa London k1

[KellyS91 0]

Hello!

I was just wondering how long it is taking for people to receive their passport and visa after a successful interview at the London embassy for a K1 Visa.

I have my interview on June 22nd and am hoping to fly out on July 8th. Is that enough time to get my passport back? I selected the courier service directly to my house, rather than the pick up location!

Thanks,

Kelly

[Tracey&Greg 33]

My hubby then fiancé had his interview in London a couple years ago and got his passport back pretty quickly. He was sure to tell the officer what day he intended on leaving to go to the US.

[Kat&Jon 84]

Kelly,

Here is a link to a list within the UK Forums that has data for all recent interview attendees that states how many days they waited from interview until they got their visa in hand. It also defines if they did Depot or Delivery to home!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/550974-interview-date-to-visa-in-hand-how-long-2015-data/page-8

Hope this helps!

Edited to fix Depot instead of Courier or Delivery... that's the same thing >.> Oops!

Edited June 20, 2016 by Kat&Jon

[Nathan&Emily 10]

Exactly the dates they told me. 5 working days for processing and 2 more for delivery. Interview June 7th passport in hand June 16th. No bank holidays coming up so you should be okay for July 7th as long as no AP happens or anything goes wrong.

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K1 Process to UK Regional Forum~

~Inquiry is embassy-specific~

[IamIan 14]

Mine took 3 working days to arrive and was a cr1. I did tell the lady that I was travelling to USA in a weeks time when she asked, so don't know if that speeded it up. I'd be very surprised if you didn't get your passport back in time.

Edited June 21, 2016 by IamIan

[AZSunshine78 437]

For those of you who have interview and vis in hand already, here’s a link to post tracking for ya 2017 filers.

 

Go to the last post on page 9

 

 

“Interview date to Visa in hand. How long? 2015 data”

[Wuozopo 4,289]

It averages about 7 days. 

[AZSunshine78 437]

On 2/2/2018 at 6:45 PM, Wuozopo said:

It averages about 7 days. 

 Do you know the name of the courier company who collects the visas from the embassy and then delivers them to the home address of the beneficiary? 

[Wuozopo 4,289]

7 hours ago, AZSunshine78 said:

 Do you know the name of the courier company who collects the visas from the embassy and then delivers them to the home address of the beneficiary? 

 

DX Secure

 

from the courier FAQs:

Please note: DX Secure deliveries to the Scottish Highlands & Islands, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly, Inverness & Aberdeen, will be by third party Royal Mail Special Delivery for the final route to destination. Signature will be required.