I was interviewed on 27th Sep 06 for application of B1/B2 visa to US. I am representing my school (a government board educational institution) for a conference on IT. I am Singapore PR since 2002. I got degree and master from NTU.

The interviewer said in principal my visa is approved. But I need to submit my CV and paper abstract for administrative checks. I did so.

Today I send email to check on the status of my visa application, I get the reply saying it is still under processing. My flight is on 19th Oct. Anyone has this kind of experience before? Is there any way to speed up the process?

我和你的情况一样，也在等他们的clearance的结果。这件事上应该是你没有考虑周到。申请US visa一般都是提前2个月左右。clearance一般要3-4周。

现在这种情况，有没有什么办法？

申请以前我在美国大使馆的网站上看到，只需要两三天就行了，谁知道面试完了，还要check这么久啊。后悔没有早点去。哎。。

时间大概2-3个星期,我是等了整整两个星期,无法加速
我朋友是上飞机前一天拿到签证的

2,3天是指没有clearance的情况。除非以前有过clearance，那一般就不会再被check。我上一次申请在4年前。那时候还没这个程序。所以这次即时我有过申请的历史，也要被check。他们网站上已经建议过越早申请越好。我想你露掉了这部分。

一旦受到approval email, 最快几天可以拿到？ 我在算19号飞机，还来得及吗？可能要Cancel行程了。郁闷。

你打印出e-mail,拿去使馆就可以了

我是某个星期的星期一去签证,2个星期后的星期一收到e-mail,星期二去交passport,让我星期四去取回passport和visa.

取passport和visa这里可能是可以加快的,我朋友就是因为飞机立刻要飞了,所以交的当天就取到了

我现在的时间比你还少.上个星期四面试,这个星期天就要飞.... looks like impossible.....