Administrative Process 221g

[Khalidrubaye 0]

Hello,

I hope someone can help me. I am from Iraq and met my American wife while living in Sweden. As we both lived in Sweden for awhile, we file for my visa at the embassy in Stockholm. Everything went great, we did our final interview and were told that everything was approved and looked wonderful, the visa would come in 1 to 4 weeks. My wife left for the US. A few days after she left I recieved a 221g letter. I called and was told that they forgot that our case had to go through AP. They said they could not tell us how long or any other info for that matter.

On day 28 of AP, the embassy contacted me. They wanted information on just my brothers. I asked the woman that contacted me if everything was ok. She was very polite and said everything was fine, this was normal and I was almost done. That was 2 weeks ago and I still have not heard anything back. Should we be worried. I am so scared, I feel like I cannot breathe. Everyday, I talk to my wife and when I say I did not hear back from the embassy yet, she starts crying. What can we do, how long must one endure this?

Help please.....

[tenderheartusa79 14]

Hello,

I hope someone can help me. I am from Iraq and met my American wife while living in Sweden. As we both lived in Sweden for awhile, we file for my visa at the embassy in Stockholm. Everything went great, we did our final interview and were told that everything was approved and looked wonderful, the visa would come in 1 to 4 weeks. My wife left for the US. A few days after she left I recieved a 221g letter. I called and was told that they forgot that our case had to go through AP. They said they could not tell us how long or any other info for that matter.

On day 28 of AP, the embassy contacted me. They wanted information on just my brothers. I asked the woman that contacted me if everything was ok. She was very polite and said everything was fine, this was normal and I was almost done. That was 2 weeks ago and I still have not heard anything back. Should we be worried. I am so scared, I feel like I cannot breathe. Everyday, I talk to my wife and when I say I did not hear back from the embassy yet, she starts crying. What can we do, how long must one endure this?

Help please.....

The AP is very normal to a guy from medial east . so don't worry about it .

In fact no one can tell you how long it will take cause every case is different.

sometimes it takes 1 month sometimes 2,4,6,9 months and in some cases it takes a year .

I'm from Egypt and i have been under AP for more than 4 months so far .

Try to call DOS to check on your visa status .

Good luck and my best wishes for you .

Mohamed

[th3mo 6]

Hello,

I hope someone can help me. I am from Iraq and met my American wife while living in Sweden. As we both lived in Sweden for awhile, we file for my visa at the embassy in Stockholm. Everything went great, we did our final interview and were told that everything was approved and looked wonderful, the visa would come in 1 to 4 weeks. My wife left for the US. A few days after she left I recieved a 221g letter. I called and was told that they forgot that our case had to go through AP. They said they could not tell us how long or any other info for that matter.

On day 28 of AP, the embassy contacted me. They wanted information on just my brothers. I asked the woman that contacted me if everything was ok. She was very polite and said everything was fine, this was normal and I was almost done. That was 2 weeks ago and I still have not heard anything back. Should we be worried. I am so scared, I feel like I cannot breathe. Everyday, I talk to my wife and when I say I did not hear back from the embassy yet, she starts crying. What can we do, how long must one endure this?

Help please.....

this is normal as Hot Guy told you i was in AP too and got out of couple of days ago and this doesnt mean you will not get it , you will get it inshaallah and here is a DOS #( Department Of State ) you can call them and they have info about your case this # in the DC 202-663-1225

then press 1 then 0 , you can ask them case back to the states or still at the embassy if it backs to the state will take a lil while if it still there at the embassy like mine was so this is good news will hear from them soon Good Luck , i feel your pain i been there before and we all brothers here

[Enlighten one :) 5]

Average 6-8 months. but could be short as 4 weks and long as a year.

[Khalidrubaye 0]

Does anyone know how long AP takes on average?

Our case was not sent back to USCIS, it is still with the embassy, what does that mean? Good or bad?

Thanks for the replies

[CassandraHaydar 0]

Hang in there... it will eventually come. Check out my timeline and you will see what we went through. They will dig through everything regarding your family, but eventually, it will come.

[CassandraHaydar 0]

Does anyone know how long AP takes on average?

Our case was not sent back to USCIS, it is still with the embassy, what does that mean? Good or bad?

Thanks for the replies

As you can see in my time line, our AP lasted almost 10 months. Still, every case is different. I remember being consoled not too long ago... and now we're together and married in the US.

It won't be easy. I was with my fiance abroad and it still wasn't easy. Stay strong. It's all worth it.

Feel free to PM me.

[New Beginnings 32]

Our AP lasted about 2 months. Stay positive!