Interview resulted in "Further review"

[jennifernhoussine 0]

My fiancé had his first K1 visa interview this morning, he was the last one for the day. (I wrote a detailed review on it, under the Moroccan consulate) The end result was that the interviewer gave him the “we regret to inform you” letter, which has the Other box checked and the explanation: “Further Review of Your Case”. the interviewer told my fiance that they would call him within one week. I called the consulate immediately after, and they told me that they will "review the communication, the file, and when the review is complete" they will call him "when the case is ready".

I have been told that this is AP (administrative processing) or AR (administrative review?). So what is the difference, and which one is the better one? After considering that the letter states the word “review”, I would assume that our case in under AR now. I have read previous posts which lead me to believe that AP is not so bad, but AR is probably bad.

Thanks so much!

Jennifer

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Administrative Review: Is when your case is being looked at more closely for accuracy and to make sure all security name and fingerprint checks have cleared and your visa can be adjudicated.

Administrative Processing: Means once you have interviewed it is in security checks for any of these situations: you have had a name hit in one of the many data bases, background checks for fraud, or has missing and incomplete information that must be submitted and the rechecked. Processing is more in depth and than the review process and there is no time limit for this processing to complete. Administrative processing can last a few days or months and in some cases it has endured for years.

[TBoneTX 44,690]

Bobby -- what's your source for the above? I had never heard these distinctions; in fact, the DoS Visa Disservice people had told me that the terms were interchangeable. Curious, si man.

[sandraahmed 0]

My fiance recieved the regret letter also with the other box checked, but it says "your case is being returned to USCIS for further adjudication. What does that mean???????

[yahya_marie 5]

that's what they give me in the first interview 221 administrative review then they called me for a 2nd interview yesterday january 14 and he denied me and say to me wesending your case back to uscis

[Twisted K 2]

My fiance recieved the regret letter also with the other box checked, but it says "your case is being returned to USCIS for further adjudication. What does that mean???????

sending your case back basically means they did not believe in your relationship. it is a denial on the embassy level, but they know that only USCIS has the last say, so they send it back. uscis will review, and since it is a k1 case, they will either re-affirm, or close it out due to expiring of the i129f. if the case is originally VSC, they have been known to sometimes reaffirm. if it is originally CSC, they have been known to let the case expire.

so, depending on why your case was being sent back, will let you know how to proceed. good luck, and just a quick note. i recommend reading the pinned topic at the top of MENA on returned petitions.

[rodrigoandjanie 1]

Seens very similar to what happened to me. Maybe this can help you out on what to do, jennifernhoussine...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=226076

It's been exactly 3 months since my interview and the case is still on AP...they wanted to send the case back so if you read this topic you'll see what my fiancee and I and our lawyers did to keep them from sending it back. Hope it helps you!

Good luck!