Is there any difference between Administrative processing and Administrative Review,

[Hopeful786 0]

This information is for anyone who would like to know about the difference between AP and AR, at least for the US Embassy in London. I wrote to the Chief Consular Officer at the US Embassy in London a while back and today she replied to me via post. Her letter included information that my fiance was put on AR from the moment he was interviewed, the AR has been completed as of Sept 24, 09 and he has been put in mandatory AP since Sept 24, 09. AR at the US Embassy in London means that the consular interviewing was not satisfied with the applicant, so they take it on themselves to do investigations (such as the phone investigation in our case). Once they are done, they determine whether the applicant is approved or denied. If denied the file goes back to USCIS. If approved, it is put through the mandatory DOS/Washington D.C security/name check clearances that is routine for everyone and gets cleared within 48-72 hours for most and weeks,months, years for others. So my fiance's AR has been completed and he has been in AP since Sept 24, 09.

I am not sure if this is how all embassies work, but this is what was explained to me by the Chief Consular Officer herself at the US Embassy in London via post. Hope this information is useful for someone...

Thank you Marm, this is very helpful! I hope this applies to all embassies.

[MJaved 0]

did you get the visa or still under AP?