WHICH IS BETTER? YOUR AP DONE @ WASHINGTON OR THE EMBASSY? WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

[Mel & Ahmed 5]

I CALLED AND ASK IF OUR AP WAS BEING DONE IN WASHINGTON OR THE EMBASSY AND ONE OPERATOR SAID THEY COULDNT KNOW THAT. AND MANY OTHER SAY IT IS AT THE EMBASSY AND THAT ALLL THE FILES STAY AT THE EMBASSY..WHICH IS FASTER? YOUR AP IN WASHINGTON? OR YOUR AP AT EMBASSY? AND WHY? IF ITS DONE AT WASHINGTON HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? OR HOW LONG AT EMBASSY? THIS IS ANNOYING REALLY. JUST READY FOR IT TO BE OVER WE HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS PROCESS!

[evelyn1140 18]

I CALLED AND ASK IF OUR AP WAS BEING DONE IN WASHINGTON OR THE EMBASSY AND ONE OPERATOR SAID THEY COULDNT KNOW THAT. AND MANY OTHER SAY IT IS AT THE EMBASSY AND THAT ALLL THE FILES STAY AT THE EMBASSY..WHICH IS FASTER? YOUR AP IN WASHINGTON? OR YOUR AP AT EMBASSY? AND WHY? IF ITS DONE AT WASHINGTON HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? OR HOW LONG AT EMBASSY? THIS IS ANNOYING REALLY. JUST READY FOR IT TO BE OVER WE HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS PROCESS!

Mandatory AP-done at washington level. usually means name hit or name and background checks. In depth background checks done here. See if you have any bad guy friends. see if your name is similar to bad guy or your birthday. FBI has to perform these checks by hand and looking through papers. Can be very slow.

Internal AP-done at embassy level. Can be simple documentation check to see if all papers turned in. Can be easy name and background checks. Can also be in depth relationship check where they send people to your friends and family to see if they know about your marriage.

Both can take a long time

Both can take a short time

Once Mandatory AP is done it can be placed into Internal AP then it can be thrown back into Mandatory AP and back again--- this is a VERY long process.

You will NEVER know when AP is really done until the visa is in your hand

I CALLED AND ASK IF OUR AP WAS BEING DONE IN WASHINGTON OR THE EMBASSY AND ONE OPERATOR SAID THEY COULDNT KNOW THAT. AND MANY OTHER SAY IT IS AT THE EMBASSY AND THAT ALLL THE FILES STAY AT THE EMBASSY..WHICH IS FASTER? YOUR AP IN WASHINGTON? OR YOUR AP AT EMBASSY? AND WHY? IF ITS DONE AT WASHINGTON HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? OR HOW LONG AT EMBASSY? THIS IS ANNOYING REALLY. JUST READY FOR IT TO BE OVER WE HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS PROCESS!

Plz stop writing in capital letters

[evelyn1140 18]

I CALLED AND ASK IF OUR AP WAS BEING DONE IN WASHINGTON OR THE EMBASSY AND ONE OPERATOR SAID THEY COULDNT KNOW THAT. AND MANY OTHER SAY IT IS AT THE EMBASSY AND THAT ALLL THE FILES STAY AT THE EMBASSY..WHICH IS FASTER? YOUR AP IN WASHINGTON? OR YOUR AP AT EMBASSY? AND WHY? IF ITS DONE AT WASHINGTON HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? OR HOW LONG AT EMBASSY? THIS IS ANNOYING REALLY. JUST READY FOR IT TO BE OVER WE HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS PROCESS!

Today I called DOS, they told me AP and AR is the same process.