Step 5: The Visa Interview and adjudication
Dear Applicant,
- Please arrive no more than fifteen (15) minutes before your scheduled appointment time.
- Only visa applicants, the parents of child applicants, and those assisting the elderly or disabled will be allowed into the Embassy.
- To enter the Embassy, all persons must go through a security screening. Please be advised that certain items are prohibited in the Embassy. Any person refusing to comply with the security process will be denied entry into the Embassy.
- Once you are inside the Embassy, you will be given a ticket number. Please wait until your number is called and proceed as directed.
- After you have completed the intake process, you will be interviewed by the Consular Officer.
If all the required documentation is in order and the interviewing officer is satisfied that the beneficiary qualifies for the immigrant visa, the visa will be authorized and you will receive your visa within one week. If not, you will be instructed how to proceed with your case.
Please be advised that if your visa is approved, you will pay for the visa delivery service with our designated courier, DHL before you leave the Embassy compound.
If you are found ineligible for a visa, you will be given a refusal letter with the specific reason(s) why you were ineligible. If there is a waiver available for the ineligibility, you will be given instructions on how to apply for a waiver. Not all visa ineligibilities are waiverable. Click here for more information on the waiver process.
If additional administrative processing of your visa is needed, this process can delay the final adjudication of your case. The consular officer will provide you with a letter of instructions on how to proceed.