hi , thanks for the email address. I had a reply confirming all is in process and was given a 3-6month estimation.

Hi Dave,

When was your appointment?

Thanks

[QUOTE=DaveMB;12642123]I was meant to be travelling to New York today for my sons 16th and wife’s 40th. Lost £3k but telling kids we weren’t going was the worst part of it all. I hope they turn my waiver around as quick as yours as would love to book for this Xmas / new year.

Hi all, I got my email though yesterday. My appointment was November 13th, so I got this back in just over 3 months.

I have a couple of concerns, 1st is do I need to use a certain courier to send my passport to them or can I just go down to the post office?

2nd is I have moved homes since my interview, there wasn’t an option to change address, does anyone know if there is a way to change the return to address.

thanks

I was asked specifically at the interview when was the last time I did drugs, didn’t they ask you.

No they didn’t ask me at the interview, just told me that was the reason my visa was refused and that they would recommend me for a waiver as it was one offence from 30 years ago!

Hi

If you read a few posts up this thread I believe Noodler commented that the email to request his passport came a few days later. It seems to take 2-3 weeks to get passport there and back so tight for you but certainly possible 🤞

No not yet - I sent my statement last Friday and had a reply from the embassy on Tuesday to say they had forwarded it to Washington and would contact me when they replied.

i have just received my 5 year visa today, the whole process took less the 4 months.

thank you everybody that helped with my questions

will now be able to go on my honeymoon in April

I was recommended for my waiver on December 13th and still not had an email, so hopefully I’ll hear soon.

Hello everyone
I am new to this thread but hoping there is someone here who may be able to offer a little insight. I have gone back through the posts but as it started years ago I figure only the last 12 months timelines would be accurate. My husband was issued his B1 visa 10 months ago, we had to apply for a waiver for this due to an offence 25 years previous. His job situation has now changed so he applied for an L1 and L2s for myself and our children. All was ok until we went for our interview when we was given a slip of paper saying the visa is under administrative processing. The employee said this is because of the waiver. My question is as my husband already has the waiver approved will the process be quicker? I know you have to have a new waiver for each visa but last time it took so long because there was so much going backwards and forwards for information but now they have all the information will this speed the process up? From what I can see most people are applying for the first time so hoping someone can release and offer advice. Thanks in advance and good luck to all those playing the waiting game!

[QUOTE=materialcontroller;12652253]This question has already been answered in the other thread. It won't be any quicker. Every waiver application has to be sent to the ARO for a decision to be made. The waiting time, in general, reflects how busy the DHS is at any given time. It doesn't matter how complex or lengthy your individual case is; what matters is whereabouts you are in the queue of cases waiting at the ARO.

Your husband's current application will take roughly the same length of time as everyone else that is applying now

Yes it has but only by you and I was seeing if there was anyone else in the same position as there are a lot of people on this thread and only us and one more on the other. Is that ok?

I have just had my email to send passport can someone please explian how to complete this as required by us embassay as do not want to mess this up after getting this far

​​​​​received the email today also, original interview 26th November and request for sworn statement 2 weeks ago.
Many thanks to everyone for the help and advice on this thread and best of luck to those still waiting!