Originally Posted by
Swissaire
Hi Jake-
As I read this, you have already filled out the electronic application online (SCEDV), and have received your "protocol" or assigned interview next week for 22 December, 2014.
You should bring your current, valid passport with you, a copy of your flight ticketing, and then receive your visa stamp by the consulate officer that day, subsequent to your no doubt successful interview.
An expeditor at this stage would not be able to do much if anything. Be advised that cash, or personal cheques are not accepted payment methods, only US Postal Money Orders.
I hope this is helpful. Stay positive and enjoy your Christmas flight to Brasil !
I have never heard of a case where the visa stamp was given on the same day that all the documents and passport were presented to the staff at the Consulate.
The procedure for going in person usually is that you make the appointment online for a future date. On that date, you show up at the Consulate with your passport, money order and any required documents. You leave all of that with the staff, and either return some days later to pick up the passport with visa inside, or leave a self addressed stamped envelope in which the staff can send the passport to you.
From Jake's description, I don't quite understand where he is in the process.
If the passport and documents are to be dropped off on the 22nd, that's cutting it very close for a flight departing on the 26th. I would suggest pleading piteously with the staff for a short turn around time, and hoping they are feeling more Xmas spirit than "reciprocity". Even knowing people at my local consulate, though, I doubt I could get a turn around time that short (bring in on 22 and pick up on 24). I would be trying to contact the airline to rebook the flight on the 26th for a week further out at least.
Otherwise, I read Jake's message as something has gone wrong. He has already brought/sent his passport and documents into the Consulate, and has made the appointment on the 22nd to resolve why he hasn't gotten his passport back from the Consulate yet.