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name checks" I would NOT book your flight until you have the visa package in hand...we ended up having to change our outbound flight several times and it cost us big $.

It took exactly 2 full calendar weeks for us to receive the visa. Her interview was on a Monday and we received the mysterious brown envelope two weeks later, to the day. We started to get nervous after the first week that we hadn't received anything so we called and spoke with a Consulate officer. He informed us that it was very normal to have a delay and that they were doing "routine...

My wife got ours in Reads on Nassau street...it was a 12x14 stiff envelope and that was accepted fine by the embassy. Also, we brought 2, 5 euro stamps to cover any extra postage required. We had read we needed 8 euro but we wanted to overdo it just to make sure. Good luck on your interview!

Yes, the interview went fine. Consular official said we were done. However, we are still awaiting receipt of the visa in the mail...apparently it can take up to 2 weeks. More waiting...