5 Months Ago Still Under AP at New Delhi Embassy

[jazz88 1]

hello guys,

my husband had his interview in Nov. we are still waiting when we can get some good news. In Feb i contact my senator she replied me once after that i emailed her 4,5 times she did not response. every month i emailed to US embassy they sent me back same emailed your case still under AP. i called every after 2 weeks to DOS before that they says your case under AP but last of march since that they saying they working on it.

i am so confused don't know what to do? no-one helping regarding this. i am still in India just waiting when we can get his passport and go to USA together.

please please please please help me guys..tell me what i need to do?

[Mel & Ahmed 5]

did you contact a congressman or senator yet?

[together4evr 360]

I am sorry Jazz, you know there is nothing we can do to speed up AP. You just have to keep calling and emailing and praying

Get another congressman or the senator involved cause your first congressman sounds like he does not care

[jazz88 1]

i am from MO state. can i contact any different state senator.

do you have any detail. so i can contact congressman.

[No-Where-Man 147]

Contacting a different senator is not going to change anything.

Would I do it? YES, it is not going to hurt after all, and it MIGHT work things out.

I have the speaker of the house himself involved to bring my parents from Egypt for visitng(my dad who is almost 60 was put on AP).

and nothing he could do, we needed to wait for almost 3 months till his name cleared and visa issued. My mom got her visa right away though.

I know waiting is hard, super hard. but try to train your self on waiting and Ap will be over soon.

Edited May 1, 2012 by no_where_man

[together4evr 360]

You can contact your congressman of your city and state. Just google..who is congressman for city, state

[evelyn1140 18]

Today is 3 months since my husbad is in AP. I have involved my congressma and senator.. They got the same answer as mine. Wait. It is nothing we can do and pray

[Bec_Dipu 103]

Unfortunately VJ doesn't keep AP (Admin Proc) stats. They would be extremely helpful. When my husband (then fiance) was in AP, I scoured VJ for every case I could find that went through AP. Unfortunately, many India users never update their timeline once they get the visa, so it can be difficult to discern exactly who went through it and why.

If you are in AP for a background check, have heart. Our case was in AP for just over 3 months. Of the AP cases I found here that were for background checks in India, they were generally done by 6 months. I think i remember only one that took 9 months. I don't recall any that didn't get their visas for background checks, but then like i said, there aren't a whole lot of self-identified background AP people in India.

If you are in AP because you were issued a 221(g) for additional information, all of the cases I saw were cleared up in less than 2 months of turning in the required documents. If you are still in India, I would schedule an appointment at the embassy and request information about the status. If they refuse and appointment, keep harrassing them with phone calls and emails. This type of AP the embassy staff has complete control over and I can't really think of a valid reason for it to take this long.

[jazz88 1]

Unfortunately VJ doesn't keep AP (Admin Proc) stats. They would be extremely helpful. When my husband (then fiance) was in AP, I scoured VJ for every case I could find that went through AP. Unfortunately, many India users never update their timeline once they get the visa, so it can be difficult to discern exactly who went through it and why.

If you are in AP for a background check, have heart. Our case was in AP for just over 3 months. Of the AP cases I found here that were for background checks in India, they were generally done by 6 months. I think i remember only one that took 9 months. I don't recall any that didn't get their visas for background checks, but then like i said, there aren't a whole lot of self-identified background AP people in India.

If you are in AP because you were issued a 221(g) for additional information, all of the cases I saw were cleared up in less than 2 months of turning in the required documents. If you are still in India, I would schedule an appointment at the embassy and request information about the status. If they refuse and appointment, keep harrassing them with phone calls and emails. This type of AP the embassy staff has complete control over and I can't really think of a valid reason for it to take this long.

In Jan i visited in embassy that time i show her that which white paper CO give to my husband and she said you e-mail us 2 weeks ago & we replay your e-mail back then why are you here. i told her because you are not guys telling me what's going on why is under AP? she said i can't tell you. i asked her how long gone be take? she said there its not time limit. but there is already 2 months ago so maybe you can get your passport in 2 to 4 weeks.

[Bec_Dipu 103]

If they aren't telling you why he's in AP and you weren't issue a 221(g) requesting more evidence, just the white paper explaining you are in AP then it is a background check. There isn't anything that anyone can do to speed the process up as it takes however long it takes to clear all the layers of government background checks.

When we finally received my husband's visa, there was a data disparity between the approval and the printing and the mailing. I believe we cleared background checks a few weeks before his passport was couriered back to him. He coincidentally received his passport the day after the embassy received a congressional inquiry on our case. It could be coincidence or it could be that they didn't feel like having to explain to the congressman about why they hadn't sent the visa and passport yet when it was already approved. So only in this specific instance, I suspect our congressman helped us by forcing them to put our already approved visa at the front of the line to stick in the passport and mail. His inquiry did not influence the rate at which the background checks were approved and the visa was issued.

If you are in a background check, there is no point in stopping by the embassy. Just send them a once a week email to check the status and wait it out.

Sorry this is happening to you!

[jazz88 1]

thanks for helping me out.

can u explain me little bit how i need to write down to embassy maybe that would be help.

[Bec_Dipu 103]

Here is the email that I sent to VFS:

Beneficiary Abu xxx, NWDxxx

I, the petitioner, Rebecca xxx, attended the K1 interview with my fiance on August 3, 2011. We were placed in mandatory administrative processing. To date, no communication has been given to us regarding the current status of our application. It has now passed the 60 day time limit that the US Department of State lists as the time by which most AP is resolved.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/a_zindex/a_zindex_4353.html

Please revert to us with any further actions that are required on our part and with the status of the mandatory administrative processing.

[jazz88 1]

thanks bec_dipu

i send email to my congresswomen and embassy same day on friday. i haven't hear anything yet from them. let's see congress gone help me or not.

[jazz88 1]

hey guys i send email on friday to embassy today i received email from embassy its like this

"As per the US Embassy your application is pending under Section 221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for administrative processing. Section 221(g) prohibits the issuance of a visa to an individual whose application is incomplete or inconclusive, or whose eligibility has not been firmly established. In this instance, post is attempting to independently verify certain information presented by you at the time of your interview."

i am getting confused here because i never received this before.

[catknit 144]

Sounds like something is up with your relationship - do you have any red flags [older female, mixed race, mixed religion, former marriages, kids out of wedlock, or married within your own family]?

I have never seen the phrase "attempting to independently verify certain information presented by you at the time of your interview" ever come out of Delhi....

Did any of your paperwork look dodgy even by Indian standards?

What were the questions asked at your interview?