Security Checks

[Robert_y_Leidy 0]

My Fiancee and I got our receipt number back on Oct 29th 2012. It is now going on 11 months since we submitted and no approval yet. I have spoken the USCIS and gone up to second level on numerous occassions and I am told the application is on a processing hold pending security checks. Does anyone know what this is and what I can do to shake things loose or find out that status? The application has been in security checks since May 2013. This is ridiculous and our wedding dates have come and gone. I tried to get her here on a tourist visa so we can see each other, but they denied it this morning. We are so distraught and frustrated. Can anyone offer some advice?

Thanks,

Bob

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Security checks is the one spot that you can do nothing about. They in theory can take as long as the need to be satisfied that there are no security issues

[Ryan H 3,812]

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[Blaw12148 1]

He/she is right. My fiancés was stuck there about that long too. It is so stressful and upsetting, but you just have to wait it out. They won't issue any visas for her to come here, but you can always go there. I met my fiancé in turkey while this whole thing processed. I know it's not easy but stay strong because it will be worth it. After that everything goes pretty quickly. As long as she has no criminal history everything will be fine. They are running checks on you and her. It shouldn't be too much longer. Do you guys have an attorney ?

[Hypnos 6,576]

You are in Administrative Processing. Unfortunately there is absolutely nothing you can do about it, and will have to wait until all the AP checks come back clear before the visa will be issued.

Essentially, they are checking that the alien is not a terrorist or has links to terrorism.

Edited September 25, 2013 by Hypnos

[Ato Kwaminaa 0]

Was you case approved before being placed on security checks? Mine was approved on last month and since we have been told the same.

[Robert_y_Leidy 0]

No it has been approved.

[Ato Kwaminaa 0]

Did you mean yes it has been approved?

[Robert_y_Leidy 0]

No. We are still waiting for the petition to be approved. I received my receipt last year and the receipt date is Oct 29,2013. We are still waiting on that approval. That is the NSC Vermont has put on hold pending the security checks. I call weekly and they tell me the same thing.

Bob

He/she is right. My fiancés was stuck there about that long too. It is so stressful and upsetting, but you just have to wait it out. They won't issue any visas for her to come here, but you can always go there. I met my fiancé in turkey while this whole thing processed. I know it's not easy but stay strong because it will be worth it. After that everything goes pretty quickly. As long as she has no criminal history everything will be fine. They are running checks on you and her. It shouldn't be too much longer. Do you guys have an attorney ?

No we do not have an attorney. We used an immigration service in Miami, but they are not lawyers. She just keeps telling me I have to wait it out.

Bob