New Islamabad AP Tracker

[salmankhan 3]

Salam guys, its been depressing after 5 months, what all are you really doing to pass the time and wait? i work 10 to 6 and home and sleep and no friends. just thinking to start life after i am with wife. its hard to act like be happy always. well loud thinking > what if i change location, move to gulf for job and have passport back from embassy for that, life is stuck here abt career and many more aspects, maybe these are lame excuses or reality... share your life style and loud thinking.... maybe it helps

I had left my MS incomplete and jobless from last three years and it seem difficult to start career here in pak,

have no friends actually all my friends working abroad and a month before i planned to go gulf but then my cousin told me that it will affect my case and will take more time to complete,its so frustrating and dont know what to do.

[ALI777 0]

I had left my MS incomplete and jobless from last three years and it seem difficult to start career here in pak,

have no friends actually all my friends working abroad and a month before i planned to go gulf but then my cousin told me that it will affect my case and will take more time to complete,its so frustrating and dont know what to do.

thank God that it is finally over for me. My wife got visa after 13 months of long wait.

[Soccer.Player 47]

Many Many Congratulation's Ali

thank God that it is finally over for me. My wife got visa after 13 months of long wait.

[ahmadjutt 2]

days are passing but dnt have idea when that day will come when i will receive a call that my visa packet is waiting for me to collect:( now 65 days passed still in ap

[amjadasn 3]

thank God that it is finally over for me. My wife got visa after 13 months of long wait.

Many Many congratulations

[anumj 0]

thank God that it is finally over for me. My wife got visa after 13 months of long wait.

congrats but this was sooo late. .any reasons for delay??

[ssb1987 0]

thank God that it is finally over for me. My wife got visa after 13 months of long wait.

good news congratulation did embassy ask for the new madical test or she get the visa on old one waiting for reply as my madical is going to expire on 25 feb and i m still in ap

[bestluck 71]

Hello everyone I got this email from Embassy today , please tell me if this is good or bad aslo ..Status Updated Date: 15-Feb-2013 so are they working on my case i check it online today please anyone tell me this .. my medical is expire my Interview was in 19 dec 2011 and i am still in ap ... Anyone tell me please what is this mean .... Case Creation Date: 13-Feb-2009

Status Updated Date: 15-Feb-2013

Dear Applicant:

Please note that your visa application is under administrative processing. The Embassy cannot predict how long the processing may take; Please note that administrative processing can take up to 6 months or even longer. Please rest assured that as soon as the administrative processing is completed, the Embassy will contact you immediately using the contact information you provided in your DS-230 application form. If you have not heard from the Embassy after six months from the date of this response, you may send a follow-up inquiry

If your contact numbers or any information from your DS-230 has changed, please notify us using the Immigrant Visa Unit’s web-based e-mail submission form at http://islamabad.usembassy.gov (use the links Immigrant Visas ---> Contact Information --> Immigrant Visa Inquiries).

Yours truly,

Immigrant Visa Unit

Consular Section, American Embassy

Islamabad, Pakistan

[Anas & Ayesha 1]

Section 221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act

It is often the case when an applicant for a visa is told that a final decision cannot be made on his visa application immediately. In doing so, the consular officer invokes Section 221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and informs the applicant that the case will be put on hold until the applicant’s eligibility for the visa can be determined. This processing “time-out” is taken frequently: approximately one million visa applications were subjected to 221(g) during 2010. Technically, 221(g) is considered a denial; in subsequent visa applications and registration in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization, this must be disclosed. Nevertheless, the overwhelming majority of 221(g) denials are overcome and visas issued.

There are, in essence, two types of 221(g) cases:

Washington-related “administrative processing”, in which a clearance or approval is required from an interested agency or agencies in Washington, D.C.

Post-related, in which the consular officer requires additional time, information, or documentation before making a final visa decision.

Clearances from Washington are required when the applicant presents issues of security, criminality, legal questions, technology exports from the US, other admissibility problems, or is from a country of concern. The question of a security “hit” can arise in a variety of situations, such as potential terrorists, individuals who previously worked as military or other attachés in the US for an unfriendly country, even if that work took place decades before, or even individuals who spent time in certain countries (e.g., Iran). To resolve these issues, a Security Advisory Opinion is needed. Often the “hits” arise because the applicant has a common name: other individuals with the same name are blacklisted, causing cases of mistaken identity or prolonged delays. Suspected criminal activity or ties (e.g., Russian mafia) can also lead to prolonged processing to allow for an investigation. In addition, consular officers refer some legal issues, such as certain material misrepresentations made in a visa application, to Washington for a legal advisory opinion. The application will be held in abeyance until receiving guidance from the Visa Office Advisory Opinion section.

A widely applicable phenomenon has been administrative processing for applicants, usually scientists, researchers, and businessmen, who may be exposed to technologies in the United States which fall under the Technology Alert List. The US does not want sensitive technologies to fall into the wrong hands. In such cases, the applicant is requested to provide an English-language resume, list of publications, and description of the proposed work to be done in the US, which is forwarded to Washington. Individuals who hail from certain countries, such as Iran, Syria, Sudan, must be cleared by Washington. Quite often, these clearances are a formality and simply a question of time to run through the interagency gamut. However, for certain types of clearances, the visa validity period may be limited.

Post-related issues can also be broad in scope. They may include investigations or verifications in the home country of the applicant or requests for information or documentation relating to the qualifications of the applicant for a visa. A consular officer may seek to investigate or verify issues such as:

the legitimacy of a marriage (e.g., send an investigator to the home of the couple applying for a visa);

employment of an applicant (e.g., calling an applicant’s company to verify that he does work there);

tax filings or information (e.g., confirming with the tax inspectorate the tax number of an entrepreneur);

pension fund payments; authenticity of an education document (e.g., sending an inquiry to the Ministry of Education or a school or university to confirm that such a diploma was issued);

intentions or existence of a sponsor (e.g., calling the United States to speak to the signatory of an affidavit of support);

or authenticity of a statutory document, such as a marriage, birth, or divorce certificate.

Additional document requests may include:

a police certificate from a country in which the applicant lived after the age of 16;

certified copies of court dispositions (arrests, convictions); confirmation of the date of a past departure from the US (e.g. visa overstay);

employer tax documentation; additional affidavit of support (e.g., consular officer does not believe that the submitted affidavit of support suffices);

job offer (e.g., a Lottery winner); financial documents (e.g., if the applicant will undergo medical treatment in the U.S.);

and additional information about the job to be performed in the United States or the employer.

Sometimes, the initiation or outcome of these investigations can be erroneous. For example, a consular officer may mistakenly believe that an applicant has a background in a technology that is on the Technology Alert List; a consular investigator may visit the wrong office address; a secretary who picks up the phone at the applicant’s place of employment may tell the consular caller that no such person works there when in fact the applicant does work there; a consular officer may be attempting to re-adjudicate a previously-approved employment petition by requiring additional documentation or sending it back to USCIS.

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We fall into this category....we still don't have a reason for the denial. Our case has been at California Service Center for last almost 180 days. Congressman's office will contact California March 12, 2013... that is the date the 180 is complete..... 1 day after our 2nd wedding anniversary.

[ahmadjutt 2]

my case status changed at 13feb then 16feb 2013,i also send them email they said its under process so wait for our response, its 67 days passes under ap,

[ahmadjutt 2]

plz can someone sma me in my ibox that how can i check latest page of discussion coz i am using mob bet so its diff for me to see latest,

[mohsin334 2]

plz can someone sma me in my ibox that how can i check latest page of discussion coz i am using mob bet so its diff for me to see latest,

Come on people come on people get out of AP... its long long long very very long... we cant cant wait ... oh God help plz us... come on people, come on people get out of AP

[ahmadjutt 2]

y our govt.is not helping their peoples about visa prob specially for pakistanies in all embassies

[anumj 0]

Hello people

Good news !

I just received call from amex to collect passport.

On friday my satus turned to issued.

Alhamdolilah aftr 20 days of AP i got it.

Thanks to Allah who helped in this process.

Thanks to u all aswell.

InshAllah Allah will help u all i believe just ask him for help.

Pls recite surah quresh 11 times after every namaz.

Allah pls help all my fellows of AP ameen.

Goodluck all !

[Soccer.Player 47]

Many many Congratulations

Hello people

Good news !

I just received call from amex to collect passport.

On friday my satus turned to issued.

Alhamdolilah aftr 20 days of AP i got it.

Thanks to Allah who helped in this process.

Thanks to u all aswell.

InshAllah Allah will help u all i believe just ask him for help.

Pls recite surah quresh 11 times after every namaz.

Allah pls help all my fellows of AP ameen.

Goodluck all !