If you are planning to process the United States visa, you need to be patient, since the waiting times could be long to obtain an appointment at the embassy and the different consulates of that country in Mexico can be up to more than two years.
Although this information could make you lose hope, it is not a matter to worry, since Internet users say that they have been looking for them before, in case spaces are released and they can call you even before this 2022, so you could get your procedure sooner than you imagine.
According to the website of the Bureau of Consular Affairs of the Department of State, The times to get an appointment and process the document in the consular section closest to your home depend, so interested parties are urged to verify how long you will have to wait.
Waiting times to get an interview
Do you plan to process US visa? If so, you can check the estimated waiting time on the official page of travel.state.govwhich is part of the Office of Consular Affairs of the United States Department of State, that has an instrument to know the approximate waiting time.
The aforementioned tool says that these are the waiting times at the United States Embassy, located in Mexico City, and the nine consulates of that country in national territory:
US Embassy in Mexico
- Mexico City: 647 days
Consulates in Mexico
- Ciudad Juarez: 648 days
- Guadalajara: 724 days
- Hermosillo: 560 days
- Matamoros: 546 days
- Merida: 689 days
- Monterey: 540 days
- Walnut trees: 805 days
- New Laredo: 507 days
- Tijuana: 567 days
If your application is approved, you could travel to the United States during the next few months, since the Embassy takes between two and four weeks to deliver the document, while the visa stuck in your passport takes between four to six business days.
This has to be picked up at the branch DHL that was chosen at the time of requesting the appointment for this process. To find out the status of the shipment to the establishment, simply use the DHL visa tracking service.
What is the reason for the delay?
It is true that as a result of pandemic of Covid-19the process to acquire a American visa it has become more cumbersome and difficult than before. There is even a long waiting list for those who want to obtain the document of tourist and their interviews are scheduled until 2024.
According to the Department of State Office of Consular Affairs the wait time can change, on a weekly basis, because it is based on the incoming workload and the staffing of the different consulates and the US Embassy in Mexican territory.
Along these lines, it is good to keep an eye on the current waiting time, using the tool mentioned before, in case you plan to apply for a visa as a nonimmigrant to travel to USA as a temporary visitor.
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