How many days to stay in Juarez for the interview process

[visaquestion1234 20]

Hi guys,

 

My fiancée will be having her interview in Juárez in a couple months. We’re both not too happy we have to go there, but it is what it is. How many days should we allow? We want to be there for as little time as possible. I was thinking we could get there in the afternoon/evening of day one, ASC and medical on day two, then interview on day three. I haven’t scheduled the interview date yet, but is it feasible to leave Juárez that night if we can get an appointment early enough in the day? That might be too optomistic, but I’d love to hear what you guys did. Thanks!

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38 minutes ago, visaquestion1234 said:

We want to be there for as little time as possible.

Hard to determine a timeframe. Every case goes into administrative processing (AP) after the interview. AP could take 1 day, weeks, months, or even years. It varies.

[Loren Y 2,731]

Most of the time, and in most countries the interview should be scheduled about 5 days after medical as it takes a few days for the medical results to reach the embassy. I would check in your country specific forum for times to interview after medical. My wife had to do medical about 5 days before just to be safe, but she was able to pick up the results next day for herself, but most of the time they mail results to the embassy.

[Crazy Cat 39,212]

1 hour ago, visaquestion1234 said:

but is it feasible to leave Juárez that night if we can get an appointment early enough in the day?

What do you mean by "leave Juarez that night"?  

[visaquestion1234 20]

6 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

Most of the time, and in most countries the interview should be scheduled about 5 days after medical as it takes a few days for the medical results to reach the embassy. I would check in your country specific forum for times to interview after medical. My wife had to do medical about 5 days before just to be safe, but she was able to pick up the results next day for herself, but most of the time they mail results to the embassy.

My fault! I thought this was the country specific forum. I suppose some countries allow you to have the medical exam in other cities. I’ll check to see if that’s true about Mexico. Thanks!

 

edit: just checked, there are only 2 acceptable place to have the medical exam and both are in Juarez.

Edited March 9, 2019 by visaquestion1234

[visaquestion1234 20]

3 minutes ago, missileman said:

What do you mean by "leave Juarez that night"?  

Scheduling a return flight for that night. Probably not the best idea though.

[Loren Y 2,731]

Juarez isn't the safest city for sure, but during the daytime when you will both out doing things it is pretty calm. Use a little common sense and you will be fine. I was there about 10 years ago and bodies literally lined the streets, but it isn't that bad now. There is a alert on the department of state website, but I think you'll be fine. If that was the reason for not wanting to be there too many days. Crime is there, but unless you are looking for it, you should be fine. Otherwise good food, and cheap accommodations are available.

[Jessica Donahue 34]

On 3/9/2019 at 2:25 PM, visaquestion1234 said:

Hi guys,

 

My fiancée will be having her interview in Juárez in a couple months. We’re both not too happy we have to go there, but it is what it is. How many days should we allow? We want to be there for as little time as possible. I was thinking we could get there in the afternoon/evening of day one, ASC and medical on day two, then interview on day three. I haven’t scheduled the interview date yet, but is it feasible to leave Juárez that night if we can get an appointment early enough in the day? That might be too optomistic, but I’d love to hear what you guys did. Thanks!

 

We arrived in the afternoon, so we could be up early for the medical appointment the next day.  The earlier the better, in case you have to get any additional shots or evaluations, and so that the results are ready for pick up in the afternoon. My wife's appointment was the following day, early, and we had her passport with the k1 visa mailed to us in Mexico. It came within a week. We schedule the plane out for the next day in case there were any details to take care of.  There weren't, so we went to the art museum dowtown and had a nice dinner at Martino's. So for us it was 4 day total, although we could have probably left that night.