How long does Registration of Birth appt at the US Embassy take?

Hi all,

We have our appointment at the US Embassy for registering new munchkin's US citizenship, and applying for passport, SSN etc in a few weeks at 0830 in the morning.  Does anyone have any experience of how long these appointments take?  Just wondering if I'll need to take the morning off work.   (My office is about half an hour away, so I can probably just swing it if it only takes an hour or so)

Thanks!

I believe they generally advise that you're likely to be in the Embassy for about 3 hours or so.

I think it's similar to how they book visa interview appointments in that they will book dozens of appointments, all scheduled for 0830 in the morning and then when you get inside, you're given a number and you just have to sit around inside and wait until they get to you.

I've been to the US Embassy for visa interviews 4 times now and each time, I've been in there for 3-4 hours :S.  The actual interview part only took 3 minutes... the other 3-4 hours were spent sitting around, reading a book and waiting for my number to be called.

This is what the US Embassy website says about passport interviews and reports of birth abroad:

Wait Times for Passport Interviews

Wait times for passport interviews may range from 2 - 3 hours depending on the number of customers. Please be aware that wait times are also longer for first time applicants and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad. Generally speaking, the earlier your appointment time, the shorter your wait.

I registered my son's birth a few months ago, and it took 2 hrs.  You can read through my experience on page 17 or 18 of this thread: http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=4481.240

It took 4-5 hours when we registers our daughter
She was 4 months old at the time. Good luck

I registered my son's birth a few months ago, and it took 2 hrs.  You can read through my experience on page 17 or 18 of this thread: http://talk.uk-yankee.com/index.php?topic=4481.240

Yep, we were in and out in under 2 hours.  We'd prepared for an all day affair and were very pleasantly surprised. 

Well, we must have got lucky given the response above.  We were in at 8:30 and all done just after 10am.

4.5 hours for DD1 and 3 for DD2.  Here's hoping the trend continues and DD3 will be around 2.