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Hello,
My wife had her interview in Montreal for CR1 visa. The interview went well. The visa was issued by the officer but since she didnt have her passport with her, as it was being made, the officer gave her a sheet with the only requirement of presenting a valid Canadian Passport. Upon coming back to Toronto, she mailed the passport the very next day and it was received by the consulate a day later. The passport was sent through DHL. Does anyone know how long does it normally take for the consulate to stamp visa on the passport and return it back. She had her interview on June 6, 2011 and we still havent heard back from the consulate.
Thanks

Was a return envelope sent to the US consulate?

Hello,
My wife had her interview in Montreal for CR1 visa. The interview went well. The visa was issued by the officer but since she didnt have her passport with her, as it was being made, the officer gave her a sheet with the only requirement of presenting a valid Canadian Passport. Upon coming back to Toronto, she mailed the passport the very next day and it was received by the consulate a day later. The passport was sent through DHL. Does anyone know how long does it normally take for the consulate to stamp visa on the passport and return it back. She had her interview on June 6, 2011 and we still havent heard back from the consulate.
Thanks

It is my understanding that when a person signs up on the consulate visa website, they use that information to mail the passport back. When processing is complete, the consulate mails the package back to the DHL location and then that DHL location contacts the individual. The consulate does not mail the package to the individual. And the only way of tracking the package is if the consulate updates the website with the waybill number. The following are the instructions on US visa website:

"If the visa application is approved and/or the Consular Section needs to return documents to the applicant, these documents will be sent using DHL. The documents will be sent – at no cost to the applicant – to the DHL branch that the applicants selected at the moment of booking the appointment (or registered for Courier Services).

Following the appointment, applicants may check this website for the status of the return of the documents and waybill number. Once the documents are ready for pickup, the applicants must bring the waybill number and official identification to the selected courier location to retrieve the documents."

But to answer your question, no i didnt add a return envelope in the package unless the DHL person did himself without me noticing it.