Passport Visa

[holi99 6]

Hello, can you ask the embassy to return your passport while you wait for the visa process? I've been waiting for 15 days and they don't give me the passport with the visa that was approved in the interview, and I will probably need the passport to travel in a few weeks, can be returned after they give it to you? thanks

[angelbrown 195]

The visa will be in the passport. So you won’t get the passport until it’s been issued and ready for you to receive it.

[holi99 6]

6 minutes ago, angelbrown said:

The visa will be in the passport. So you won’t get the passport until it’s been issued and ready for you to receive it.

My question is, if while my visa is being processed, during the waiting time I can request my passport to use it because I have another trip to another place that is not the United States, and I need the passport

[angelbrown 195]

2 minutes ago, Arm99 said:

My question is, if while my visa is being processed, during the waiting time I can request my passport to use it because I have another trip to another place that is not the United States, and I need the passport

Let me rephrase it. So you won’t get the passport until it’s been issued and ready for you to receive it. The visa will be in the passport.

[holi99 6]

Just now, angelbrown said:

Let me rephrase it. So you won’t get the passport until it’s been issued and ready for you to receive it. The visa will be in the passport.

but what happen if i need my passport to travel somewhere else while im waiting for my passport? i dont even know if i get the visa , in the interview they told me was approved but im waiting already 15 days and i dont receive the passport with the visa

[Mike E 11,726]

57 minutes ago, Arm99 said:

Hello, can you ask the embassy to return your passport while you wait for the visa process? I've been waiting for 15 days and they don't give me the passport with the visa that was approved in the interview, and I will probably need the passport to travel in a few weeks, can be returned after they give it to you? thanks

Who’s on first ?/.
 

 What’s on second ?/.
 

Anyway to answer your question yes you can ask for your passport back if you need it for something such as travel to another country besides the USA.  
 

This can delay the approval of  your USA tourist visa.  

[holi99 6]

21 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Who’s on first ?/.
 

 What’s on second ?/.
 

Anyway to answer your question yes you can ask for your passport back if you need it for something such as travel to another country besides the USA.  
 

This can delay the approval of  your USA tourist visa.  

 

21 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Who’s on first ?/.
 

 What’s on second ?/.
 

Anyway to answer your question yes you can ask for your passport back if you need it for something such as travel to another country besides the USA.  
 

This can delay the approval of  your USA tourist visa.  

I have been waiting for the passport with the visa for 15 days since the interview where it was approved and they told me that they would send it to me in 5 to 10 days, I have vacations for Easter at work and I need the passport, I thought they would have already sent it to me but they are taking too long! I don't understand so much delay
thank you !

[SalishSea 16,884]

6 hours ago, angelbrown said:

Let me rephrase it. So you won’t get the passport until it’s been issued and ready for you to receive it. The visa will be in the passport.

The OP has the right to request their passport back at any time if it is needed before a decision is made/visa is issued.

[SalishSea 16,884]

6 hours ago, angelbrown said:

The visa will be in the passport. So you won’t get the passport until it’s been issued and ready for you to receive it.

That is not what OP is asking.

 

If OP needs the passport back before a US visa is issued, he/she can certainly ask for it back.

[angelbrown 195]

Yeah I misunderstood the question.

[Pinkrlion 2,611]

18 hours ago, Arm99 said:

Hello, can you ask the embassy to return your passport while you wait for the visa process? I've been waiting for 15 days and they don't give me the passport with the visa that was approved in the interview, and I will probably need the passport to travel in a few weeks, can be returned after they give it to you? thanks

Yes you can request your passport back.  They may ask you for proof of travel before they return it.  It is not uncommon to get it back and return it when finished traveling.  However, you return back to the beginning of the line in the visa passport process.  

Edited March 19, 2022 by Pinkrlion

[millefleur 5,039]

**Moved from Tourist Visas to US Embassy and Consulate Discussion; question is not specific to tourist visas**