What is the general reason of holding any case in AP????

[anum 1]

I am still not clear why some ppl gets AP???What is the general reason of holding any case in AP????

[anum 1]

What we should do to avoid it??

[Oksana & Max 94]

There is nothing you can do to avoid it.

Some of the countries have mandatory AP, and there is no way around it.

[Chris921 13]

i believe they just throw them up in the air and which ever ones land face up get AP'ed just a guess

[Bec_Dipu 103]

In India, many people go through AP for additional documentation requirements. This seems to happen more frequently with fiance visas than for marriage visas. If this happens to you, you will be issued a 221(g) letter explaining what they require and you will just have to provide everything they requested even if you've already provided it. If they have doubts about your relationship, they may call the beneficiary's family or in rare instance even visit.

The best way to avoid this type of AP is to be very prepared and to read the embassy reviews for all of the Indian embassies to see what kinds of questions people were asked and what issues they had. It's also wise to search this site for combinations of words like India and AP or Administrative Processing so you can read the stories others have already shared.

India also issues a letter with no 221(g) for "Mandatory Administrative Processing". This is not mandatory as it is not issued to every person. It seems to happen mostly to Muslims or when the beneficiary is male. You cannot avoid getting it; if they have decided you fit their high risk category, they will issue it. There is no time limit on this. Yesterday marks 11 weeks for my fiance and myself in AP. Someone with an interview in early June got out of this kind of AP in India in 3.5 months. Someone with an interview in early August got approved today. We can only assume that this type of AP is an additional background check. If it's a background check at the Dept of State, it will probably take less than 60 days. If it's a background check in India, you are at the mercy of the Indian government providing responses to the embassy (good luck with that, I've seen how paperwork is handled in India).

Use this time before you interview to search this site extensively for examples of when things went wrong. Pay special attention to couples like yourself so that you can get a feel for what your success probability is. By couples like you, I mean ethnicity, religion, age differences (especially if female is older) and whether the beneficiary is male or female. Anything other than a Hindu/Hindu with the female being in India and younger than the male has a higher likelihood of going into AP in India.

Good luck!

[Waiting_Sugar 1]

i believe they just throw them up in the air and which ever ones land face up get AP'ed just a guess

LOL this made me laugh for some reason i imagined them actually doing that!

[anum 1]

Anything other than a Hindu/Hindu with the female being in India and younger than the male has a higher likelihood of going into AP in India.

Good luck!

Thanks for detailing your thoughts, It will really be of great help to any body to prepare in advance but I am bit confused about this... can please explain it??? Thanks for giving your valuable time

[anum 1]

It seems that in case of mumbai consulate the main reason of are:

-Where there were divorces involved

-Where there was very less evidence sent in I-130

-CO smelled fishy on income front.

- Either party is not of Indian origin

- Relationship originated from online courtship and doesn’t have parental blessing.

-contradiction in the details submitted at different point.

- Large age gap or women is older than man

- Previous marriages

-applied for k1 visa with lacking detail of engagement ceremony guest lists etc

-mostly it happens in case of love marriage of Indian man with higher age women

[Bec_Dipu 103]

Thanks for detailing your thoughts, It will really be of great help to any body to prepare in advance but I am bit confused about this... can please explain it??? Thanks for giving your valuable time

Having read every Indian consulate review and having combed through the posts of as many Indian couples on VJ that I could find, I have determined that the couples who get the most grief include one or more of the following:

1) The US petitioner is not of Indian descent

2) The US petitioner is the female, the beneficiary is the male

3) You are not both of the same religion. If you are the same religion but not Hindu, it seems like you go through a background check more often. If you are not the same religion, your relationship is likely to be questioned more thoroughly which may or may not result in a 221(g) for more evidence.

4) The female is older than the male.

All of these items are not cultural norms in India and therefore generate more scrutiny. If any apply to you, just be prepared. Luckily for you, you're not a K1 fiance visa applicant. Those who are already married seem to get less of a hard time than those who are engaged...I guess it's because they figure you're already married and there's nothing they can do about it.

Read the Indian embassy reviews over the past year and pay attention to the ones at your embassy for the marriage visas. They will give you lots of examples of what you might expect.

[anum 1]

Having read every Indian consulate review and having combed through the posts of as many Indian couples on VJ that I could find, I have determined that the couples who get the most grief include one or more of the following:

1) The US petitioner is not of Indian descent

2) The US petitioner is the female, the beneficiary is the male

3) You are not both of the same religion. If you are the same religion but not Hindu, it seems like you go through a background check more often. If you are not the same religion, your relationship is likely to be questioned more thoroughly which may or may not result in a 221(g) for more evidence.

4) The female is older than the male.

All of these items are not cultural norms in India and therefore generate more scrutiny. If any apply to you, just be prepared. Luckily for you, you're not a K1 fiance visa applicant. Those who are already married seem to get less of a hard time than those who are engaged...I guess it's because they figure you're already married and there's nothing they can do about it.

Read the Indian embassy reviews over the past year and pay attention to the ones at your embassy for the marriage visas. They will give you lots of examples of what you might expect.

Thank you so much for sharing the valuable advice,it is really gonna help me alot, in my case

1)I am a muslim woman married to US man (of Indian Origin)(my husband lives in US with his parrents and I lives with my parrents in India)

2)there is no caste difference bet us

3)My husband is older than me

4)Mine was an arranged traditional marriage both my family and my husband family was present at the time of our wedding.

5)My husband is financially good enough we have no co-sposor he is working from last several year

6)I am a software engineer working in an IT company

7)We got married in Feb my husband was here for a month after that he is not able to come to India because of his Job so our relation is limited to Phone calls, email and chat.

8)My husband extended relatives is here in India.

Do you think in my case is there any point that i need to be worried and how should i prepare for the interview like which kind of proof will be of most important for me?

I will be eagerly waiting for your reply.

Thanks for your kind help

Regards

Anum

[sachinky 465]

I filed for the CR-1, we're an interracial-couple, belonging to different religions. We didn't have a traditional Hindu wedding, only a civil marriage. Interview lasted for three minutes and visa was approved without any issues.

Anyone approaching NWD Embassy (especially with a K-1) should do so with caution, that said.

AP is usually additional/administrative processing for name checks and background clearance. As outlined by other posters, this can take a few days, to a few weeks, to a few months. The 'unusual' your case is, the higher the chances of you going into AP. If you're a male beneficiary from certain parts of the world belonging to certain religion, you are almost guaranteed an AP for the sake of US national security.

FYI: EVERY applicant goes through AP. The visa is only issued once the clearance comes from D.C. Usually this happens in less than 24 hours, so mostly we never get to hear about those cases. Some, though, get stuck in the AP black-hole. I would suggest not making any plans or purchasing air tickets till you have the visa firmly in your hands.

Edited October 22, 2011 by sachinky