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Sabian   4

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Pakistan
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Hi there my husband had his interview this week and it went well. However because of his age and sex (young adult male) from Pakistan he was put in AP. The interviewing officer said it was standard. They took his passport and told him that they would mail it back to him with the visa as long as they could verify his information. I am not too worried about this since our case is honest and accurate and we got married for the right reasons. I am just wondering if anyone has been put in AP from Pakistan and how long it took for them to complete the process? The interviewing officer said 1-3 months. However I have come to ignore timelines since governement agencies never seem to stick to them. Also, is there anything that I can do on my end to speed up the process?

Thanks!

EAbbas Experienced

EAbbas   213

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
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We are in the very same circumstance.... they kept his passport as well.. they needed one document from us and that was it... we were also told it was mandatory ap and when we called dos the other day they said it was for standard review. The CO told my husband a minumum of 45 working days.

I wish you the best of luck... AP is a depressing thing to go thru as there is nothing we can do to speed it up and nothing we can do to get real information as they wont say anything but pending....

10/02/2010 Nikah/Marriage in Karachi
USCIS JOURNEY
11/10/2010 -Sent
03/24/2011 i 130 approved!!!
NVC JOURNEY
03/30/2011 NVC received case-04/07/2011 NVC Case Number Assigned
05/03/2011 CASE COMPLETE- In Que for INTERVIEW!!-05/17/2011 Received interview letter and info via email
EMBASSY JOURNEY
05/20/2011 Medical Appt/passed
06/15/2011 Interview result AP
06/21/2011 Submitted requested docs..under review
07/25/2011 CO called did phone interview result: PENDING MANDATORY AP/CO told us they have to do namechecks

03/07/2013 Case returned to USCIS waiting for NOIR/reaffirmation

04/18/2013 USCIS received case for review

08/19/2013 Received NOIR to respond by 9/18/2013

9/9/2013 Responded to NOIR/USCIS received documents awaiting response

9/20/2013 USCIS reaffirmed sent to embassy

1/04/14 Case opened for review

8/31/15 Interview- no questions visa approved on the spot

9/8/15 visa status issued

9/10/15 visa received

9/19/15 POE Charlotte

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EAbbas Experienced

EAbbas   213

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
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May I ask how you called? I tried to call the embassy but I couldn't get through

We tried calling so many times but couldnt get thru but this past monday the embassy called me personally to do a phone interview with me to be sure our relationship is valid and genuine.. which it is but the co had said there has been fraud with men from paki and this is a way for them to conduct their reviews before doing namechecks..once passed the interview/and review THEN they go into namechecks...

so we never called or contacted them they had called me in the states for a phone interview.

10/02/2010 Nikah/Marriage in Karachi
USCIS JOURNEY
11/10/2010 -Sent
03/24/2011 i 130 approved!!!
NVC JOURNEY
03/30/2011 NVC received case-04/07/2011 NVC Case Number Assigned
05/03/2011 CASE COMPLETE- In Que for INTERVIEW!!-05/17/2011 Received interview letter and info via email
EMBASSY JOURNEY
05/20/2011 Medical Appt/passed
06/15/2011 Interview result AP
06/21/2011 Submitted requested docs..under review
07/25/2011 CO called did phone interview result: PENDING MANDATORY AP/CO told us they have to do namechecks

03/07/2013 Case returned to USCIS waiting for NOIR/reaffirmation

04/18/2013 USCIS received case for review

08/19/2013 Received NOIR to respond by 9/18/2013

9/9/2013 Responded to NOIR/USCIS received documents awaiting response

9/20/2013 USCIS reaffirmed sent to embassy

1/04/14 Case opened for review

8/31/15 Interview- no questions visa approved on the spot

9/8/15 visa status issued

9/10/15 visa received

9/19/15 POE Charlotte

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EAbbas Experienced

EAbbas   213

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
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this is what they told my husband that they will do. They were supposed to call me today, but didn't. I hope that they call soon. Did they call you in the morning or the evening?

LOL they called me about 10am in the morning... I had just opened the bank and Im the only teller there sooo... lol i had to keep asking the poor CO to hold while I did transactions and answered the phones.... he had a good sense of humor thank GOD and was laughing at me cos i would go from customer back to CO and back again always saying oh im sooo sorry ;) it will all be ok they are just verifying your case that's it!! no worries... :) we got the green light saying he had no concerns about us and didnt need him for anther interview no more docs requested either and he only has one last check which is name checks. Im sure it will be teh same with you.... good luck!

10/02/2010 Nikah/Marriage in Karachi
USCIS JOURNEY
11/10/2010 -Sent
03/24/2011 i 130 approved!!!
NVC JOURNEY
03/30/2011 NVC received case-04/07/2011 NVC Case Number Assigned
05/03/2011 CASE COMPLETE- In Que for INTERVIEW!!-05/17/2011 Received interview letter and info via email
EMBASSY JOURNEY
05/20/2011 Medical Appt/passed
06/15/2011 Interview result AP
06/21/2011 Submitted requested docs..under review
07/25/2011 CO called did phone interview result: PENDING MANDATORY AP/CO told us they have to do namechecks

03/07/2013 Case returned to USCIS waiting for NOIR/reaffirmation

04/18/2013 USCIS received case for review

08/19/2013 Received NOIR to respond by 9/18/2013

9/9/2013 Responded to NOIR/USCIS received documents awaiting response

9/20/2013 USCIS reaffirmed sent to embassy

1/04/14 Case opened for review

8/31/15 Interview- no questions visa approved on the spot

9/8/15 visa status issued

9/10/15 visa received

9/19/15 POE Charlotte

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  • 1 year later...
MYKhan Newbie

MYKhan   0

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This AP is variable for each individual case. Therefore, we can't generalize it. There are cases which are cleared in weeks but there are case which remained undecided since months.

Pray for early finalization and always hope for better outcome.

Regards,

Hi there my husband had his interview this week and it went well. However because of his age and sex (young adult male) from Pakistan he was put in AP. The interviewing officer said it was standard. They took his passport and told him that they would mail it back to him with the visa as long as they could verify his information. I am not too worried about this since our case is honest and accurate and we got married for the right reasons. I am just wondering if anyone has been put in AP from Pakistan and how long it took for them to complete the process? The interviewing officer said 1-3 months. However I have come to ignore timelines since governement agencies never seem to stick to them. Also, is there anything that I can do on my end to speed up the process?

Thanks!

  • 4 months later...
  • 4 months later...
Luluhilweh Apprentice

Luluhilweh   3

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF) Country: Lebanon
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This thread is what made me come out of lurking, create profile and post my experience with you guys. My husband's case has been in AP for a year and 5 months- I just can't come to terms with that # anymore lol. How long did it take for you fellow posters to clear AP?

  • 3 weeks later...
Khan sab Apprentice

Khan sab   4

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
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i been in ap since jan 2012

oh thats sad .. but first of all u are not K1 .. may be thats y .. and last week after 1year of AP . they asked me for the documents DS230 and Updated medical and new photos .. they mailed me thats saying " we are ready continuing your case .I guess they are at the edge. what do u think ?

onek Proficient

onek   306

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Filed: IR-5 Timeline
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Are they putting everyone on AP or just the guys? Does anyone know?

04/21/20: IR-5 Submitted Online 

04/21/20: NOA1 Issued online

04/27/20: NOA1 Received via postal mail from Texas Service Center

04/27/20: Touched

04/28/20: Case Transferred to California Service Center

05/14/20: Touched 

05/15/20: Touched 

07/01/20: Touched

07/06/20: Touched 

07/06/20: RFE Issued (not available online)

07/16/20: RFE Received in Mail

07/20/20: DNA Done in USA

08/09/20: RFE Partial Response Submitted Online

08/26/20: RFE Partial Response Submitted via mail

09/01/20: Touched

10/28/21: DNA test results Received by USCIS

11/12/21: NOA2

 
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