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Passport back, 212 small d 3 a valid for 1 year 'm'!! Good luck anyone still waiting x

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Congrats GinoGino...

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congrats, that was what i got on both my visas that were issued to me, the visa im going for is actually a 13 month visa, 12 months internship, one month holiday so i hope i get one longert than a year

congrats dude

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Nice one GinGino! Multiple entries too. :thumbsup:

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We got the passport back, multiple entries for a year :thumbsup: Very happy, good luck to all those still waiting xx

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When are you going away? Have you made it in time?

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Yes, made it in time,
thanks xxx

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Hi GinGino
Congratulations, i know how frustrating the process is. Did you use a lawyer or attorney to help you through the process? If so could you recommend them with their contact details.
Thanks
Jon

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going through the same process & now at week 10 and the wait is painful.....
I used a US attourney.. basically a waste of a lot of money..

For the waiver part of the application its a simple form and a recent ACPO, the cosular officer makes the submission for a non-immigrant waiver not the individual ( as has already been stated just confirming ) the ticket they issue with the 14-16 week guideline is exactly that there is no limit to how long it can take and there is no way to chase it up..

However :- as supporting documentation I built up the following as advised by the attourney ( none of it was actually asked for but apparently there is a chance of this happening at interview so better to be prepared )

Multiple character references from the most religous upstanding and official people you know.
Evidence of rehabilitation, emplyment records, voluntary work etc..
Personal statement explaining nature of offence and clearly showing repentance and how you have been completely rehabilitated
All educational / professional qualification documentation

basically load up on any evidence that your a decent person it makes you feel a little more prepared and just in case anything is asked for..

Sit, wait, cross your fingers, not anything else you can do...

DEFINATELY DO NOT BOOK ANY FLIGHTS OR ARRANGE TRAVEL until you have the visa in your hands, it will almost certainly bit you in the ass....

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Hi, no didn't use any attorney or lawyer but as mentioned before took loads of stuff to interview such as bank statement, mortgage deeds, wage slips etc.
None of it was looked at!!
Didn't take a reference though.
I think they are more interested in stuff like that if they are concerned you may not leave the country.
As mentioned above, do not make any plans, our email took 25 weeks to come.

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Our trip went fine, a short trip to secondary, then after about 20 minutes they handed my passport back and apologised for the wait. Entirely painless!


Given the massive waiting times i have a theoretical question. If i were to have 6 months left on my 1 year visa, but know i will need to visit the states in 7 months, i would need to make sure to apply now for a visa to avoid missing the date. However once one visa application is pending, does that mean that the preexisting visa is no good for any other trips that might crop up at short notice for business? Or is it possible to have one visa valid, and another in the works? With previous processing times of a few weeks, i guess this wasn't really an issue, but i can see how it could be now.

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Your exisiting visa won't be affected by a subsequent application and will remain valid until the expiry date or a new visa supercedes it. If your new visa is approved while the old one is still in date, the old visa will be cancelled by the embassy when you send in your passport to have the new one attached. But you can certainly continue to use the existing visa as things stand right now.

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When you talk about secondary, what does that entail?

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I can only speak from my own experience of secondary processing at IAH in Houston. After the usual questions from an immigration officer at one of the CBP booths, I was taken to one side by another officer and removed to a seperate room where about 30 other people were waiting. I sat there for about 25 minutes then got called to the desk where I was questioned in depth about my visit. Many of the questions were the same as I'd been asked at my visa interview in London, but some were specific to my plans and intentions for the visit I was making. I reckon this interview took about 20-25 minutes in total. They eventually stamped my passport and I-94 before allowing me to leave and proceed to the baggage claim.

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Hi Guys, im new to the forum and have been reading this post with interest. I am in a similar position to some of you on here. Having had US visa´s before, i made the mistake of overstaying 2 weeks on my last one and foolishly walking in to customs to ask about it at the airport-the result was 3 weeks in a detention center and a VD. So now i need a wavier to go with the B1/B2 visa as advised by CBP in Rome; my question is this:-what documents do i need to take with me at the interview.
I live in spain and would be going back to the embassy in Madrid. I am also a UK passport holder.

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You should take any document that demonstrates your need to leave the US when your visit is over... a letter from your employer with a specific date that you are expected to return, a copy of your lease or mortgage, and the like.

Ian

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You would need lots of info to prove you have no reason to stay in USA. This could include mortgage details, bank accounts, proof of income and wage slips to prove you have a job etc...

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Did you overstay a visa, or the VWP? Did you get voluntary departure, or a VWP Removal?

Unless it was a VWP Removal, I don't see why you would need a waiver for a 2 week overstay and a VD. You likely only need to convince them that you are a visitor and will not violate the rules again.

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I overstayed a visa last july and i had to go see an immigration judge(bloomington, mn) after spending 2 weeks in a detention center. I was given a VD with a $500 bond(has never been returned) and of course i left well within the time given.
I´m not eligible for the VWP or ESTA. I was told by CBP in Rome that i needed an annotated wavier and all the research leads me to this.

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Why did u have a visa if u have a british passport?

Do u have proof of strong ties to your country?

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Can I just ask the people that have actually received their visas about the issue dates on them.
If you have waiting for 20+ weeks for the visa to come, is the visa issued from the date of your interview or from when they made the decision to give you one?
Thanks

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From the date they approve the visa....could be the date of your interview, could be a later date.

Rene

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Ours was the date we recieved the email. Interview was sept but visa date is march.

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Hey guys!

Stumbled on this site looking for info on the Visa Waiver Of Ineligibility as I had an interview last Friday and was recommended for one and have read through the 10 pages, but still have some questions.

1. Am I correct in thinking that if you have 20-22 weeks it will take that amount of time and no earlier?

2. I havent got a reference number how do I get hold of one

3. Will they email me or write to me. The letter and consulate lady told me write to me in the post.

Many Thanks

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I believe they will e-mail you if you provided details ( or at least that is what I was told by the consulate officer ) I was originally advised there would be a 16 week delay and am now into week 21, I did not recieve a reference number and I believe that is intentional so that they do not have everyone constantly phoning to chase the process up, it will happen when it happens and not a minute earlier...

My US attourney has a contact within the Waiver department and has been calling on a monthly basis the responce is alway "we have a large backlog, your case has not yet been adjudicated"

Any timescale you are given is a guideline and most likely an optomistic one.

As I suggested before don't make any plans till you have your visa in your hands otherwise you will probably be dissapointed..

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For what visa?


Why do you need one?

Ian

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It could potentially be earlier but probably won't be we were told 14 to 16 weeks and it took 25, they will not respond to any email or give you a reference until you have at least waited the length of time you have been told. You will be contacted by email, again we were told they would phone or write but they won't. The method of communication is email.
Good luck though

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It was for a B2 visa and a holiday to see an old friend who lives there.

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Sorry, I wasn't asking why you needed the visa, but why you needed the waiver. Were you arrested for or do you have a conviction for a CIMT offense?

Ian

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Ah ok. Sorry. It was an arrest and charge and due to a conviction including Moral Turpitude...

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Thanks for the clarification. I asked, because many people will wrongly apply for a B-2 visa simply because of an arrest or conviction, and not specifically because of an arrest or conviction for a CIMT offense.

Ian

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No problem :)

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ARG!

Im coming up to 3 weeks into 20 weeks for my application. Did anyone get theirs under 20 weeks?

Thanks :)

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We are currently at 16 weeks and have been told to expect visa at week 25!!!!

The Belfast embassy kept passport but we requested it back after 14th week.

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A friend of mine just hit 23 weeks, had flight and hotels all booked for this week based on his turnaround of about 6 weeks from the last time he got a waiver a couple of years ago. So everyone, be sure not book a thing until you have that visa in hand.

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My husband goes every year for a visa waiver as we go on holiday to florida each year. He has 4 visa waivers in his current passport and each time they have all come back within 3 days of his interview. However this year we have found out that they currently processing approx 25 weeks later!!!

He too lost out on a holiday... myself and family had to go without him due to no passport and no visa!!!

So for anyone reading these posts, PLEASE NOT RELY ON PREVIOUS YEARS and dont book anything until you have passport back with Visa/Waiver.

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Hello,

Im new to the forum and was hoping for a little help & advice please.. I was just wondering as i have read through the past pages, I see many of you have waited 20+ weeks to recieve your emails from the US embassy to ask you to submit your passport. This is a long time in comparison to the previous years we have been. Im a little worried now. I was wondering what date you all put on your application forms as your intended date of travel? and if your visas came before this date or in time if you were due to go on this date? If so how many weeks before your intended date of travel did you get the email?
Thanks in advance. :)

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Let me guess... you've already booked your tickets, right?

Ian

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my husband had interview in February 2012 and we put our actual travel date of 24th May 2012 down and also included the flight infomation etc. Told no lies... but he has still not had any word back. Each time we contact them we were told it will be approx 25 weeks from date of interview. We only found this out after 8 weeks of waiting, as if we knew at the time of interview we could of changed our holiday to a later date, but at 5 weeks before travel it was too late to do anything so my husband was unable to travel with us as no visa and no Passport as Belfast Consulate still had his passport!!!

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Hello,

Thanks for your replys. Yes we have allready booked. I know its my fault. I was going on our previous experience from the past 4 years of going. We had never booked a holiday before going (in the past 4 times) and the visa email allways arrived aprox 2 - 3 months before our intended date of travel. At a wait time of around 16 weeks. Last year it was only 12 weeks. So i hoped it would be ok.
I was just hoping to see if the people who had waited the 20+ weeks had a travel date after that time. If it comes to it nearer the time, i will just pay the charge & change the flight. I was just hoping that some one had some luck somewhere. Thanks :)
Thats terrible about your husbands visa.. I wonder why it has gone from 14 - 16 to 20 -22 weeks wait?