TomoZeeka

Hi there everyone!

I just wanted to ask for your experiences with how long it takes to process your visa after an approved interview at the embassy and receive your passport back. I had my interview at the London Embassy on December 10th 2015. Everything went very smoothly and I was told that I am approved ( I even double checked to see if it was an approval lol ) and the CO said that I can expect to have my passport back within a week especially as they took down my flight date which was December 22nd and would do their best to get everything back to me for then.

As of right now I still have not received my passport back, no emails, no text messages, no information what so ever. When I search for my case on CEAC it says that the case creation date was 15th of December and the last update was the 15th of December (5 days after my interview) Also for anyone wondering, I didn't receive anything at the interview I was just given an approval and told that all of my stuff will be with me within that week.

I have emailed them and had a response of "your visa is in the final stages of processing" and basically for me to just be patient. I know that no one here will have a magical answer as to how long it will take but I'm just wondering if anyone has experienced something similar? My case has been sitting in the Administrative Processing status since December 15th (apparently final stages of processing according to the email but not sure if that's just something they say to everyone).

My first flight date has already been missed, I now can't make it for Christmas and it's just very VERY disappointing to check every day and see that absolutely nothing has changed. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you so much, Happy Holidays and I hope all of your journeys are going well!

You don't have to worry about you passport expiring for your fiancé to submit a petition. That is only Part 1. It is not the visa application. That comes after petition approval when the case gets to the embassy in London. You can have a new passport with a new number when you appear at the embassy in London to interview for the visa. Positive. I know lots who had new passports before the interview.

That definitely clears things up, thank you! I will be able to get a new passport within a week of me arriving back in the UK so I'll have the new passport available for the next parts of the process =)

You can submit now and bring your old and new passport to the interview.

Also remember not to make set wedding plans until the visa is in hand, you never know how long the whole process will take.

If your passport sets to expire in August and you are coming back in August, you could apply for a fast track passport service, which takes a week and have a new one before your interview.

Thank you so much for the reply! I definitely wanted to start the process while I'm still here so we have the least amount of time apart as possible! My concern was that of them not accepting my application because of the expiration happening fairly soon, good to know that I can go ahead =)

Hey guys!

I am about to start on this K-1 journey and am very excited to get everything started! My question is in relation to my passport expiration date. My passport is due to expire in August of this year, would I be able to submit the visa now? (in June) with my current passport that is expiring in August or should I apply for my new passport and then submit the visa with that passport?

I'm not sure if passport numbers etc stay the same as I've had this passport for 10 years and haven't needed to get a new one in my adult life. I should also mention that I am currently in the US with my fiance to plan everything for the wedding and for when I move in so I would also need to know if getting my new passport would make my current passort invalid as I may still need to travel on it (I leave back to the UK in early August)

Thank you in advance for any help that can be provided, I assume I'll be needing a lot of it in the future! Hopefully I can also help some of you guys here <3