I am supposed to fly from Chicago to Bangkok on August 18th. Submitted my COE pre-approval last Friday (August 6th) to the Chicago consulate, and it's still pending. Starting to get nervous about the COE not being approved on time. I've bought my insurance already and printed out all the forms, just need the pre-approval to go through so I can book the ASQ hotel.
Does anyone have any insight into what the turnaround time is at the Chicago consulate? Should I call them and try to speed it up?