Administrative Processing? WTH is going on with our visa?!?!?! (Dominican Republic)

[staceluvyou 6]

there is just no reason for us to be on administrative review though. And why did it take them 6 months to get our petition approved if they were just going to do this? Im hoping that the person at the visa specialist didnt know what she was talking about cus she seemed angry and anxious to leave in fact she hung up on me, but i did call close to their closing time. I think and am hoping that what she was trying to say was that the visa was still being processed as in printed, cus when we called the consulate after that they said that they didnt see we were in administrative review and asked where we heard it from.

some of these ppl are idiots, we called dos and they told us our case was at the embassy, we called couple days later and they told us our case was in the system then we called back to see if packet 3 was sent off and thhis idiot on the phone told us our case has not left the nvc as yet!. we hung and called back and got another person who told that our packet 3 was actually sent off that same day! and it really was sent off!

[KittyPollitt 284]

And do you really thinkt hat the visa specialist would know better about whats going on than the consulate that actually has the passport?

AP can happen to anyone, it usually has nothing to do with the details of your case. As others have said, it's usually for security checks and such. It's a regular occurrence in some countries, especially those in the Middle East. It can take weeks to months, and sometimes longer. Good news is, if they thought it was going to be a long AP, they wouldn't have kept the passport, they would have returned it and told your SO to wait for a call (speaking from the experiences of those in the MENA forums who've had long APs). So hopefully it won't be more than 3-4 weeks.

Edited June 4, 2011 by squeaky580

[Fresita 1]

I am new to this forum but would like to share my experience which is somewhat similar I need HELP !!!! MY interview with my fiance was on July 27, 2011

Make a long story short we were approved we have been together since 2002 we have 9 years together and I have since finished college and am a school teacher.

My father and his father grew up together and I stay for months at a time at our home in the Dominican Republic we are truly in love !! The consular told me you are approved BUT the petition will expire soon. I began to cry and my fiance was calming me down while all the people were staring at me at the window. She told us that we would have to file once again for the petition, I said WHAT??? isnt there anything you can do. She turned the mic off and asked two supervisors and they spoke. She told me ok I can give it to you but you have to wait under ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING, she kept his passport and gave us the ticket to pay DOMEX but its been 2 weeks and nothing has happend the petition expired August 6. how is it my fault ??? the interview they gave it to us late.... I dont understand, I call and called the 7 dollars for the pin and they told me to call back in OCTOBER!!!!!???!!! I started to cry what is going on??? I just found out i am PREGNANT and I want to be with him as soon as possible at least before the summer ends. I did everything I paid so much money to get my papers filled out everything right and I still have to go through this??? Please help has anyone else been through this.... She was gonna fill out a green slip and give it to me but she said OH you dont even need this go pay! We are going to do Administrative processing.... please help!