General question: I am a PR of Canada and eligible for dropbox. I currently reside in the US and have trip to India planned on Dec 11th. I have already submitted DS-160 and paid the fees as well. Got the instructions email too. I have 2 options and wondering which one is safer:
1. I was planning on traveling to Canada in few days and get the visa stamped. Then travel back to US and fly to India on Dec 11. This gives me about 3 and a half weeks and I am not entirely sure if thats enough. This is my first dropbox so not sure about the timelines.
2. Fly to India on Dec 11 from US. Fly to Canada from India at the end of December. Get the visa stamped and later enter US whenever I receive my passport.
I am pretty sure, but also want to confirm that my DS-160 and the "Instruction email" from us-visa.info will still be valid until the end of the December if I choose option 2. I am aware that DS 160 has a 1 year validity, but not sure if there is any such validity on the Instruction email thing which you get from us-visa.info.