I don't think there is much we can do other than wait to see what happens with those of us currently in the process, I doubt an email to the embassy would give any clarity on the matter, as tempting as it would be to mail them, whatever policy change is going on its already in motion.

I spent a good portion of last night trying do google anything official, found a fair bit but nothing that my limited brain power could make much sense of. I do note that three departments within DHS were put on admin leave mid April, these from what i could tell do not have any interaction with the visa waiver process, and as i say... I'm somewhat limited..

The consular office received mine on the 22-April-25, I have just been informed that the passport is ready for collection today, so a little over 4 weeks total turnaround time.

i had no notification during the process until they released the passport yesterday to the courier.

I hope you get yours beck in time?!

That's great news.

All the best

jools

Great news!

Hey All,

new to the forum, hoping to get some advise if possible.

I applied for a Visa on 16th August 2024 and got told I was not able to have a Visa - however they said they would support a Visa of Ineligibility.

The same day, minutes after the appointment I got a call to return as they forgot to give me form - which stated I needed to have a medical (which costed a small fortune) but they said if I do this now it will be quicker as it will be required to progress further.

So I booked the medical on the 4th September 2024, and the doctor was really talkative and she said she couldn’t see anything medically for them not to issue one. The results got couriered to the embassy on 9th September 2024.

My application just states ‘Appointment’ - I know I am over the 9 month mark….. and it’s sitting in limbo.

Is this the same for everyone else? I haven’t seen many people have to have the medical. My conviction wasn’t linked to drugs or alcohol, but I do have some mental health conditions which is why I assume I needed the medical. But just wondering on dates and trying to figure out when a decision might be received?

Welcome Greg

Unfortunately all you can do is wait. The messages don't change until the waiver has actually been processed and the embassy gets back in touch with you. I have added you to the tracker, and based on your interview date, you're at 279 days. We're currently seeing results coming in over 310 days, and this number appears to be climbing fairly rapidly.

Keep an eye on the spreadsheet to see how those before you are progressing, but don't hold out for anything before July.

jools

Hey Jools

thanks for the quick reply

where do I find the spreadsheet?

thanks

Link is always in my signature, but I don't think it is displayed for mobile users.

So here it is... Wait time tracker

Thats a relief - was panicking as no notification/ tracking was received and had an email today confirming its been received on 12th of May after I reached out via the email add mentioned above .on Tuesday 20/05. Hope we all get ours back in time .

Flyingturtle, are you saying you applied for a visa, had your interview in January 2025 and your waiver has been approved in 71 days? Or did you not need a waiver?

That's the news we are awaiting with anticipation from FlyingTurtle, whether or not the visa vignette has a 212(SMALL D) 3 annotation!!

So it looks like, the London embassy needs our passport with them for around 30days for stamping process. While the passport is with the embassy, we one had to travel abroad for an emergency, do we just simply email the embassy and pick up the passport???

Not that I have to travel, but never know what world brings in front of you....

its been more than 300 days now and still havent heard anything back.. This is really testing my patience

Has the CEAC tracker been updated recently on your case? I was hoping they'd be some movement for you and Orland0 before the bank holiday weekend. Looks like this is the longest wait times B1/B2 applicants (outside of the random outlier cases) from the London embassy for years. I've definitely not seen it anywhere this long since my first application in 2019 ☹️ https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

feel for you.... i had to wait 380 days for the email and it looks like further 30 days for the passport to be returned... totalling 410 days...