Hello I’ve tried to email the embassy and looked on their website I haven’t received an answer. I wanted to know what these two things meant:
On the application it says : ID NUMBER ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT. Would this be the number on my REAL STATE ID or something else?
The issuing state(passport) is what state I applied at? Like if I’m from Texas would the issuing state be Texas?
How long did it take y’all to get your visas approved and returned?
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Issuing authority should be United States Department of State (says on your passport ID page). As for the government id number… I also have the same question. Good luck to us both in our visa applications!
As a Canadian, I put my Social Insurance Number. I dropped my application off yesterday and they didn’t mention if that was right or wrong, the just simply accepted it. I would assume that as an American, you would put your SSN.
My visa will be ready to pick up on the 14th, exactly 7 calendar days from when I applied. Hope this helps!
I used the passport number. Visa processing took about a week.
Whenever forms ask for issuing state (as opposed to issuing authority) I just put the state I was born in, because that field doesn’t exist on US passports. I don’t think it matters what state you applied at – I renewed my current US passport while I was living in London, at the US Embassy, but I’m guessing putting an issuing state that is in a completely different country would just raise unnecessary questions.