Embassy emailed me a question!

[Angie Y Shane 2]

The embassy emailed me a question asking about my wife ever being married prior to our marriage. Is this why we could be in Ap process. in the first interview they asked about having a different copy of her prior divorce.

[MARM 7]

Unfortunately, there could be more than one reason that you are in AP. Some reasons are:

-Verifying qualifications (making sure that he/she is legible for the said visa, involves, phone/email/other types of investigations)

-Background/security checks (Name hits, causing more details investigations to determine clean background, security clearances)

-Verifying information on the DS forms (making sure that you told the truth on all the forms)

-Verifying a bona-fide relationship.

The reasons for AP are not limited to the above. Personally, speaking from experience, you are going to drive yourself mad if you keep thinking about "maybe this is the reason for AP, or that is the reason for AP". There is no way to expedite the process, but you can contact your congressmen/senators after 60 days have passed since you were placed on AP to get status checks and let them know you are concerned, although you may not get any more detailed information than you do by calling DOS.

[TBoneTX 45,319]

This is at least part of why you're in AP -- and be thankful that the embassy is being so open by e-mailing you a question about what they need! If you were in the smaller country to Colombia's south/west, you'd have a far worse experience.

Try to give them what they need, both on paper and in written response, to the extent that you understand the reason behind their request. Why would there be a "different copy" of her prior divorce -- differing styles of official paperwork? Something is striking the embassy as not being right. Was your wife married only once previously? Try to look at the situation objectively, and then objectively from the embassy's standpoint, and proceed.