AnnaNana

Hello! How long did it take for your wife to get back her passport? Seems like it took a while. I’m from Botswana and I’ll also be having my interview in Johannesburg

Hello! I’m also from Botswana as well and I have my CR1 interview in JHB very soon. How long did your husband have to wait until he got his passport back? How did it go for him? I’m very worried about this.

What exactly do you mean? I’m clearly in a conundrum and I’m trying to get the opinions of others who might have gone through it or have some thoughts to share. And yes, I have no choice because this is a multi step process and it takes time. If I take my passport back, who knows how long I’ll be stuck in admin processing. I can’t control their processing times, but I can control my stay time.

I’m worried that if I ask them to travel back with my passport and then send it back to them, it could delay my process even further. I’m just stuck really. Seems like I’ll have no other choice but to wait there.

Thank you so much for responding ☺️! Very kind of you. Are you perhaps in a similar situation? Because I’m very stressed. 1. If I request for my passport back at the end of the interview, how will they process the visa and stick it on my passport? I don’t want to stay in SA for 1-2 weeks while waiting, but I also don’t want to give these folks any reason to delay processing my visa. 2. And regarding the medicals, unfortunately I don’t have my interview letter/dates yet, still waiting for NVC, so I can’t schedule the medicals. But any other tips about medicals so I’m aware when the time comes?

My husband is a USC, and I’m from Botswana. Our case was recently DQ by NVC and we’re waiting to receive the interview letter My question is when I go for my interview in Johannesburg (as Botswana doesn’t handle immigrant visas), how long will it take for the consulate to return my passport? Because I won’t be able to leave South Africa until they return it.