New Islamabad AP Tracker

[syed ali 0]

Hi. MY NAME IS SYED ALI,MY INTERVIEW WAS DEC2010 AND MY VISA IS APPROVED BUT ADMIN PROCESS IS STILL PENDING. ITS ABOVE ONE YEAR.

[syed ali 0]

HI,MY NAME IS SYED ALI, MY INTERVIEW WAS DEC2010 AND MY VISA IS APPROVED, BUT ADMIN PROCESS IS STILL PENDING. ITS ABOVE ONE YEAR

[syed ali 0]

APPLY FOR B1,B2 JUST VISIT VISA.

[Faisal khan 1]

According to admin process guidelines after 12 months you can ask them for the status and they have to reply about the process my k1 admin process took 1.6 years and finally it got finish.

Hi,My name is syed ali and my interview was DEC 2010.PENDING ADMIN PROCESS,its ABOVE one year. STILL WAIT

[EAbbas 213]

***UPDATED***

Eabbas Interview CR1 (male) June 15th 2011 Mandatory ap

gtvapsamtik Interview CR1 (female) July 14th 2011 AP/AR

maabish interview CR1 (male) 28 july 2010 pending AP

s.ali interview CR1 (male) Sept 21, 2011 Visa Received 3 months later

s&S88 interview CR1 (male) Sept 28,2011 pending AP

Moshin786 K1(male) Nov 28th 2011 pending AP

Soccer.player FB-2 (male) Sept 9th 2010 pending for both AP and current Priority Date

Rafi CR1 (male) March 10th 2011 joint sponsor requested pending AP

Faisal khan CR1 (male) Oct 13th 2011 pending AP

Forever Love Cr1 May 26th 2011 pending AP

Carolynhotstuff CR1 (Male) 2nd Interview May 8th 2011 pending AP

Sabrina.Asad CR1 (male) Dec 19th 2011 pending AP

Barikhan F-2A visa Sept 22nd 2011 pending AP

RealAl Cr1 (Male) 1st Interview - April 9, 2011 2nd Interview - Aug 8 - Approved pending mandatory AP/ Sept 19 AP over and restarted/Oct 28 AP over and restarted

Maila CR1 Oct 6th pending AP

Syed Ali (B1/B2 Visit Visa) Dec 2010 pending AP

Sabian K3 (male) July 11, 2011 Pending AP

Syed.. The Visit visa in my understanding is one of the most difficult to get. Call the embassy and inquire about your AP. Good luck.

[RealAI 1]

If you have waited for a year or over in AP and still did not get visa your sponsor (spouse or Fiance for marraige based visas) can file a petition in the federal court called Writ of Mandamus. You do have to show the judge proof that you have exhausted all your options to request the consulate/state dept to take action on your pending case, but seen no result yet. The federal judge can order the consulate or the department of State to complete your case. I have seen that usually when you send a letter to the consulate or the state department saying that you intend to file a writ of mandamus against the agency, they magically issue you the visa ASAP, because they do not want the courts to question their process.

Writ of Mandamus does not apply to visit visas.

Eabbas, I was wondering if people are comfortable can everyone mention the name of the benificiary with the AP wait time. I did a lot of research and found out that AP wait time does depend on name to some extend. If the visa applicant's name matches or is similar to the name of a person on the FBI wanted list, then there needs to be extensive investigations before visa can be issued. I looked at the FBI website yesterday. I looked at their top 20 most wanted terrorist list. Unfortunately, I found that there are four wanted terrorists with my husband's first name somewhere in their full name and figured that is the reason for my husband's case being sent back for clearance to Washington DC for the 3rd time. Not to mention the name does not have to be a exact match, anything similar will delay the case. It is unfortunate that the governement has not come up with a better process to clear these names faster.

[EAbbas 213]

i have no issue with that as long as we do it correctly... My husband even used hid own name here on vj...its adil abbas im sure we are stuck cos of that

[Faisal khan 1]

My name is faisal khan is it also time taking bame check?

[maabish 2]

Daer RealAL ,, i want to know that i waited for more than 17 months under AP can i file Writ of mandamus and how long does it take to complete and how much it costs.Please let me know all the process and most importantly whether it affects my case like it angers consulate when i ask them todecie my case otherwisw i will file writ of mandmus because i am afraid to say that this thing (warning)may affect our case and they decide in nagative.

[maabish 2]

anyone can answer and shed light on my questions, thanks

[EAbbas 213]

anyone can answer and shed light on my questions, thanks

I've been reading about the Writ of Mandus throughout the VJ section and from what I've read you don't necessarily file it right away. You write a letter first to the embassy send it certified so you know they received it or with a confirmation of delivery so you know that it got there. You basically explain your situation to them and tell them that you will be filing a write of mandus within 30/or 60 days giving them time to get your case complete. If those days pass with no results and nothing going forward THEN you hire a very good immigration attorney who has filed these lawsuits before and get it started. But you can't just file it.. you need to send a letter to them informing them you are considering this action due to the lengthy AP first.

Sorry about that.. im feeling stressed at this point that we may also be seeing a year ... who knows.. good luck

[Gil1234 0]

I normally don't do these trackers as the topics often die down, but being in the same boat and going through such a hectic time in the past one year plus I'm willing to give this a try. Interview was June 6th, Fiance` K1 Visa. Interview went smoothly at Islamabad, the lady counsellor was surprised I had a strong British accent for someone from Pakistan (told her I've been in UK for quite awhile where I met the lovely) and put in mandatory AP after 15-20 minutes of constant questioning. The questioning I didn't mind, I love talking about the lovely and I!

Best of luck to everyone, the quote that serves me everyday; "Everything shall be alright in the end, if its not... 'tis not the end and we need not worry." Hang in there!

[carolynhotstuff 252]

I have also been reading about Writ of Mandamus. There is not a lot of information about it on the net. It's expensive to hire an attorney but I think well worth it if it forces the embassy to make a decision no your case.

[EAbbas 213]

***UPDATED***

Eabbas Interview CR1 (male) June 15th 2011 Mandatory ap

gtvapsamtik Interview CR1 (female) July 14th 2011 AP/AR

maabish interview CR1 (male) 28 july 2010 pending AP

s.ali interview CR1 (male) Sept 21, 2011 Visa Received 3 months later

s&S88 interview CR1 (male) Sept 28,2011 pending AP

Moshin786 K1(male) Nov 28th 2011 pending AP

Soccer.player FB-2 (male) Sept 9th 2010 pending for both AP and current Priority Date

Rafi CR1 (male) March 10th 2011 joint sponsor requested pending AP

Faisal khan CR1 (male) Oct 13th 2011 pending AP

Forever Love Cr1 May 26th 2011 pending AP

Carolynhotstuff CR1 (Male) 2nd Interview May 8th 2011 pending AP

Sabrina.Asad CR1 (male) Dec 19th 2011 pending AP

Barikhan F-2A visa Sept 22nd 2011 pending AP

RealAl Cr1 (Male) 1st Interview - April 9, 2011 2nd Interview - Aug 8 - Approved pending mandatory AP/ Sept 19 AP over and restarted/Oct 28 AP over and restarted

Maila CR1 Oct 6th pending AP

Syed Ali (B1/B2 Visit Visa) Dec 2010 pending AP

Sabian K3 (male) July 11, 2011 Pending AP

Gil1234 K1 (male) June 6th, 2011 pending AP

Gil1234... thanks for joining this.. most of the issues with being able to see the results of ap for ISlamabad is that most of the people don't complete their timelines and this way we can at least get an idea of who its affecting and for how long and then we can celebrate with them as they get the visa!

Carolyn, I too think you should look at the writ of mandus. I'm not sure the entire pros and cons but it's definitely worth researching. Background checks etc are fine but when they delay for so long it makes life very difficult and stressful and heartbreaking. Let us know what you find out.. we have a long way before we have to look into that but anybody on AP after interview for over a year should definitely research it!

Edited December 23, 2011 by EAbbas

[lokidew 0]

Thanks a for putting this up Eabbas, helps to know that how many people are sharing my pain. I just recieved another reply from Embassy similar as last time.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have received your documents and forwarded this case to a Consular officer for review. We’ll contact you in few days to inform about the further process.

I hope this information will be helpful to you.

U.S Embassy

Consular Section

Immigration Unit

Islamabad, Pakistan