AP TRACKER

[emilybug 0]

HOT GUY,

Our case is at the consulate, but all the security checks are done from the United States side, then they sent the security clearances back to the consulate, then the consulate will contact him to send his passport.

All cases remain at the consulate after the interview during administrative processing UNLESS the consulate feels that your case is fraud, THEN they might send it back to the U.S. and request that USCIS revoke the petition, but I think that doesn't happen that often and only certain consualtes are more famous than others for doing that. I don't think Cairo does that very much.

Try to relax and try to be patient. They will contact you as soon as your name clears the final background checks.

[tenderheartusa79 14]

HOT GUY,

Our case is at the consulate, but all the security checks are done from the United States side, then they sent the security clearances back to the consulate, then the consulate will contact him to send his passport.

All cases remain at the consulate after the interview during administrative processing UNLESS the consulate feels that your case is fraud, THEN they might send it back to the U.S. and request that USCIS revoke the petition, but I think that doesn't happen that often and only certain consualtes are more famous than others for doing that. I don't think Cairo does that very much.

Try to relax and try to be patient. They will contact you as soon as your name clears the final background checks.

Thank you so much for your answer i really appreciate it .

I hope you will hear good news soon .

Good luck and my best wishes for you .

Mohamed

[jpcanon 0]

HOT GUY,

Our case is at the consulate, but all the security checks are done from the United States side, then they sent the security clearances back to the consulate, then the consulate will contact him to send his passport.

All cases remain at the consulate after the interview during administrative processing UNLESS the consulate feels that your case is fraud, THEN they might send it back to the U.S. and request that USCIS revoke the petition, but I think that doesn't happen that often and only certain consualtes are more famous than others for doing that. I don't think Cairo does that very much.

Try to relax and try to be patient. They will contact you as soon as your name clears the final background checks.

I call the DOS (Department of State) in the U.S. (202) 663-1225 then press 1 then 0 to ask about my case every few days. They just tell me the AP is still in process. They do pick up the phone without much of a wait at all. I call just to make sure they don't say something like they tried contacting my fiancee to tell her to make an appointment or something! In my case, the Colombian Embassy in Bogota, they only accept calls regarding individual visa cases once a week for a two hour period- Wednesdays from 2-4 I believe the embassy will actually contact her in Colombia by phone, when they are ready to continue with the next step?

Joe

[Enlighten one :) 5]

When you call DOS ask, can you check to see if there are any updates to my case. They will (usually) give you the alst update. Everytime the embassy does somethign regarding your case (even as simple as responding to your email) they document it. DOS can see these changes.

Some will give you this and some won't. That is why I always acted like I knew they had the information.

Good luck.

HOT GUY,

Our case is at the consulate, but all the security checks are done from the United States side, then they sent the security clearances back to the consulate, then the consulate will contact him to send his passport.

All cases remain at the consulate after the interview during administrative processing UNLESS the consulate feels that your case is fraud, THEN they might send it back to the U.S. and request that USCIS revoke the petition, but I think that doesn't happen that often and only certain consualtes are more famous than others for doing that. I don't think Cairo does that very much.

Try to relax and try to be patient. They will contact you as soon as your name clears the final background checks.

I call the DOS (Department of State) in the U.S. (202) 663-1225 then press 1 then 0 to ask about my case every few days. They just tell me the AP is still in process. They do pick up the phone without much of a wait at all. I call just to make sure they don't say something like they tried contacting my fiancee to tell her to make an appointment or something! In my case, the Colombian Embassy in Bogota, they only accept calls regarding individual visa cases once a week for a two hour period- Wednesdays from 2-4 I believe the embassy will actually contact her in Colombia by phone, when they are ready to continue with the next step?

Joe

[emilybug 0]

Hi everyone,

The consulate called my husband today and told him to send his passport!! They said they will send it back to him with his visa in 1 to 2 weeks!!!!!!

[jpcanon 0]

When you call DOS ask, can you check to see if there are any updates to my case. They will (usually) give you the alst update. Everytime the embassy does somethign regarding your case (even as simple as responding to your email) they document it. DOS can see these changes.

Some will give you this and some won't. That is why I always acted like I knew they had the information.

Good luck.

HOT GUY,

Our case is at the consulate, but all the security checks are done from the United States side, then they sent the security clearances back to the consulate, then the consulate will contact him to send his passport.

All cases remain at the consulate after the interview during administrative processing UNLESS the consulate feels that your case is fraud, THEN they might send it back to the U.S. and request that USCIS revoke the petition, but I think that doesn't happen that often and only certain consualtes are more famous than others for doing that. I don't think Cairo does that very much.

Try to relax and try to be patient. They will contact you as soon as your name clears the final background checks.

I call the DOS (Department of State) in the U.S. (202) 663-1225 then press 1 then 0 to ask about my case every few days. They just tell me the AP is still in process. They do pick up the phone without much of a wait at all. I call just to make sure they don't say something like they tried contacting my fiancee to tell her to make an appointment or something! In my case, the Colombian Embassy in Bogota, they only accept calls regarding individual visa cases once a week for a two hour period- Wednesdays from 2-4 I believe the embassy will actually contact her in Colombia by phone, when they are ready to continue with the next step?

Joe

Thanks much! That is a good tip, to ask if there are any "updates" to my case- I suppose it's all in the way you ask them...

Joe

[jpcanon 0]

Hi everyone,

The consulate called my husband today and told him to send his passport!! They said they will send it back to him with his visa in 1 to 2 weeks!!!!!!

That sounds like some pretty positive news for you guys...

[emilybug 0]

Hi everyone,

The consulate called my husband today and told him to send his passport!! They said they will send it back to him with his visa in 1 to 2 weeks!!!!!!

That sounds like some pretty positive news for you guys...

Thanks, we're really excited. T

his has been a long road for us, and very challenging at times. I feel I have aged 5 years in the last year (sigh). But isn't it funny how when we find the person we are supposed to be with, we will do anything it takes?

I was checking out your timeline, and it looks like your case has moved pretty fast. I bet your fiancee won't be in AP very long. She's a girl, and not from the middle east or anything. It's hard to wait through all this, but I think you will hear something soon. To be honest, I'm very surprised my husband got a call this quick. We were expecting to wait months in AP, and it's only been 3 weeks. I've only called DOS once. But I also got a call last week from the CO that interviewed my husband, so I've had a good feeling for a week now.

Hope you hear something soon

[Waheed and Kris 0]

Hi everyone,

The consulate called my husband today and told him to send his passport!! They said they will send it back to him with his visa in 1 to 2 weeks!!!!!!

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

Very happy and excited for the both of you

peace

~kris

[emilybug 0]

Hi everyone,

The consulate called my husband today and told him to send his passport!! They said they will send it back to him with his visa in 1 to 2 weeks!!!!!!

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

Very happy and excited for the both of you

peace

~kris

Thank you so much. Looks like your journey is coming to an end too!!! It's about time!

[jpcanon 0]

Hi everyone,

The consulate called my husband today and told him to send his passport!! They said they will send it back to him with his visa in 1 to 2 weeks!!!!!!

That sounds like some pretty positive news for you guys...

Thanks, we're really excited. T

his has been a long road for us, and very challenging at times. I feel I have aged 5 years in the last year (sigh). But isn't it funny how when we find the person we are supposed to be with, we will do anything it takes?

I was checking out your timeline, and it looks like your case has moved pretty fast. I bet your fiancee won't be in AP very long. She's a girl, and not from the middle east or anything. It's hard to wait through all this, but I think you will hear something soon. To be honest, I'm very surprised my husband got a call this quick. We were expecting to wait months in AP, and it's only been 3 weeks. I've only called DOS once. But I also got a call last week from the CO that interviewed my husband, so I've had a good feeling for a week now.

Hope you hear something soon

Thanks very much for the well wishes.

I never thought about getting hit with this AP thing when we went for our interview in Bogota, Colombia April 29th.

I even flew from Los Angeles to be there, thinking that would eliminate any potential problems for sure... In looking at all the people in this forum- and other AP related threads here- almost all case do seem to be from the Middle East area, as you mention, where AP seems quite common for lots of folks. I guess AP is AP, but I feel kinda lonely not seeing any other people from Latin American countries going through this!!!

Joe

[Enlighten one :) 5]

Thanks for sharing the great news Emilybug!

Hi everyone,

The consulate called my husband today and told him to send his passport!! They said they will send it back to him with his visa in 1 to 2 weeks!!!!!!

[emilybug 0]

Hi everyone,

The consulate called my husband today and told him to send his passport!! They said they will send it back to him with his visa in 1 to 2 weeks!!!!!!

That sounds like some pretty positive news for you guys...

Thanks, we're really excited. T

his has been a long road for us, and very challenging at times. I feel I have aged 5 years in the last year (sigh). But isn't it funny how when we find the person we are supposed to be with, we will do anything it takes?

I was checking out your timeline, and it looks like your case has moved pretty fast. I bet your fiancee won't be in AP very long. She's a girl, and not from the middle east or anything. It's hard to wait through all this, but I think you will hear something soon. To be honest, I'm very surprised my husband got a call this quick. We were expecting to wait months in AP, and it's only been 3 weeks. I've only called DOS once. But I also got a call last week from the CO that interviewed my husband, so I've had a good feeling for a week now.

Hope you hear something soon

Thanks very much for the well wishes.

I never thought about getting hit with this AP thing when we went for our interview in Bogota, Colombia April 29th.

I even flew from Los Angeles to be there, thinking that would eliminate any potential problems for sure... In looking at all the people in this forum- and other AP related threads here- almost all case do seem to be from the Middle East area, as you mention, where AP seems quite common for lots of folks. I guess AP is AP, but I feel kinda lonely not seeing any other people from Latin American countries going through this!!!

Joe

I'm sure your AP is just for final document review and for the U.S. side of things just getting her security clearances. I can't imagine that it will take much time for that. I think the security clearances are mandatory now no matter what country the person is from.

Emily

[Whatznext 2]

congraulations emilybug

sounds like the your journey will be over soon

[KnightAndMagpie 7]

Hi everyone,

The consulate called my husband today and told him to send his passport!! They said they will send it back to him with his visa in 1 to 2 weeks!!!!!!

Congrats Emilybug! Sorry I haven't been in touch everyone, been worried about my passport myself. I wasn't told it was going to be 10-15 days or something, I only found out by calling the Embassy's over-priced extortion line directly. DOS freaked us out by saying we were still processing but they say you're pending when you're in AP, right? And the guy did check my case number and say that it was going to be 10 to 15 days...I actually got a letter saying I'd received clearance and not a call. I also figured it would be stupid of them to tell me I'd received clearance and ask for my passport if they still wanted to do more checks...they would have kept my passport off the bat. Sorry @_@ Just trying to reassure myself here because I'm meant to fly out on the 25th and I'm worried...but your news is reassuring to me, Emilybug, because it sounds like one to two weeks is just about right and we're on the right track to getting it back.

I hope and pray it goes fast for everyone else who's waiting. I know how agonizing it can be! And congrats to anyone I missed.

Magpie.