Visa Turnaround Time At Los Angeles

[scrunchielaura]

I recently applied for a tourist visa via the consulate in Los Angeles USA.

They require a "prepaid" return envelope. At one place on the web site they say that the US Mail, Fedex, UPS, and etc. may all be used for the return. Elsewhere they strongly recommend the US post office's ExpressMail.

After much thought, I Fedex'ed my application to LA and included an ExpressMail return envelope. I think that turned out to be the correct choice:

I sent my application out on a Saturday. The consulate received it Monday morning. They held it two days and then sent my visa back Wednesday. I received it the following day (Thursday).

A friend created a FedEx account and had the visa returned that way. The consulate sat on the paperwork for two weeks before sending the visa (overnight).

Edited September 2, 2006 by scrunchielaura