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Hi Everyone,

 

My wife has her visa interview scheduled for early February at the embassy in Santiago, Chile, and after reading some reviews on here for the embassy, it seems like the passport return process can vary quite a bit.  Some people said it took as little as 2-3 days, while others waited upwards of 2 or 4 weeks.  After registering our appointment on the embassy's website, we learned about a "premium" option that would cost about $20 to have the passport sent to a different location, or a few extra dollars more to have to it sent to a location of your choosing, like a home address.  It doesn't seem to indicate if either of these options actually arrives any faster, but I am wondering if the people who received their passports quicker might have opted for this service, and if it would be worth it just to spend the extra $20 if it means she could get the passport a lot quicker and we could book her flight 2-3 weeks sooner and be together after waiting all this time.  Does anyone have any experience with choosing these "premium" options or have any insight on how they might impact the passport return process?  If anyone has specific insight into the Chilean embassy in particular too that would be great.  Thanks!

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3 minutes ago, mglev said:

Hi Everyone,

 

My wife has her visa interview scheduled for early February at the embassy in Santiago, Chile, and after reading some reviews on here for the embassy, it seems like the passport return process can vary quite a bit.  Some people said it took as little as 2-3 days, while others waited upwards of 2 or 4 weeks.  After registering our appointment on the embassy's website, we learned about a "premium" option that would cost about $20 to have the passport sent to a different location, or a few extra dollars more to have to it sent to a location of your choosing, like a home address.  It doesn't seem to indicate if either of these options actually arrives any faster, but I am wondering if the people who received their passports quicker might have opted for this service, and if it would be worth it just to spend the extra $20 if it means she could get the passport a lot quicker and we could book her flight 2-3 weeks sooner and be together after waiting all this time.  Does anyone have any experience with choosing these "premium" options or have any insight on how they might impact the passport return process?  If anyone has specific insight into the Chilean embassy in particular too that would be great.  Thanks!

It will  have no impact on the date the Consulate sends the package.  No idea whether it might save a day.