Any recommndation on AP

[Bocajr27 3]

Not intended to scare the petitioner......

My now husband, then fiance, is from Iran, he has a very common name. He had his interview in Ankara Turkey April 2007 and placed in AP. October his name came up on the list he went back to Ankara and gave them his passport. A week later he had it returned because he was in AP again. I finally involved my congressman after it had been one year. I felt this had been a reasonable time and would not be just I'm in a hurry, or I'm trying to get pushed to the head of the line. He finally got his Visa July 2008 and we have been married almost one year now.

The AP process is different for every person and every country. Being from Iran it will naturally be expected to take longer, but not always. A lot depends on how many hits he gets on his name, where the files are to verify it is not him, whether he has ever traveled outside the country, and a multitude of other factors.

No one can speed up AP, not your senator, not the congressman, not the President, not the Head of homeland security, no one.

What you can do is make your congressman aware of your situation and if it takes a long time, say more than 6 months of AP then have them send an inquiry.

Please everyone remember when an inquiry is received from a congressman the Embassy must respond within a certain time frame. This means they stop working on the cases to deal with the inquiry. Might not sound like much but imagine them getting 50 or 100 inquiries a week, that's a lot of time.

I wish you a speedy AP, it is normal, don't get nervous unless it has been been longer than 6 months and good luck

Well written and very coherent statement. I concur 100%

[KGH 0]

Not intended to scare the petitioner......

My now husband, then fiance, is from Iran, he has a very common name. He had his interview in Ankara Turkey April 2007 and placed in AP. October his name came up on the list he went back to Ankara and gave them his passport. A week later he had it returned because he was in AP again. I finally involved my congressman after it had been one year. I felt this had been a reasonable time and would not be just I'm in a hurry, or I'm trying to get pushed to the head of the line. He finally got his Visa July 2008 and we have been married almost one year now.

The AP process is different for every person and every country. Being from Iran it will naturally be expected to take longer, but not always. A lot depends on how many hits he gets on his name, where the files are to verify it is not him, whether he has ever traveled outside the country, and a multitude of other factors.

No one can speed up AP, not your senator, not the congressman, not the President, not the Head of homeland security, no one.

What you can do is make your congressman aware of your situation and if it takes a long time, say more than 6 months of AP then have them send an inquiry.

Please everyone remember when an inquiry is received from a congressman the Embassy must respond within a certain time frame. This means they stop working on the cases to deal with the inquiry. Might not sound like much but imagine them getting 50 or 100 inquiries a week, that's a lot of time.

I wish you a speedy AP, it is normal, don't get nervous unless it has been been longer than 6 months and good luck

this is very scary that they did 2 AP on him, is really sad. more I read on VJ about AP, more nervous I be come.

[Enlighten one :) 5]

The more you read about AP the less scared you should be. AP = dissapointment. It is just standard procedures in some countries. Just accept it as part of the process. You have been approved through interview. This is just a technicality.

[KGH 0]

The more you read about AP the less scared you should be. AP = dissapointment. It is just standard procedures in some countries. Just accept it as part of the process. You have been approved through interview. This is just a technicality.

I can accept it as part of the process, but is just hard to understand that there is no time limit on it and it may take a week, weeks, month, months, years and no one has control over it, if I knew it may take X amount of time, I wouldn't worry about it this much and I would plan my life, but now......

[jpcanon 0]

The more you read about AP the less scared you should be. AP = dissapointment. It is just standard procedures in some countries. Just accept it as part of the process. You have been approved through interview. This is just a technicality.

I can accept it as part of the process, but is just hard to understand that there is no time limit on it and it may take a week, weeks, month, months, years and no one has control over it, if I knew it may take X amount of time, I wouldn't worry about it this much and I would plan my life, but now......

That is the biggest bummer of AP for me- the not knowing any timeframe, and the fact that it can take many, many months with zero info. on the progress....

Joe