B1 Visa

[mary81 2]

Guys,

A friend who was going to the US for a business meeting from China has been put on AP since October 2013. The meeting is tomorrow and her visa status still shows AP on DOS web page. The question comes here is what is going to happen to this visa? why would DOS spend time and resources on a visa that is going to mean nothing? Can the applicant still granted visa when AP is completed, If so, Is there going to be another interview or what is your thoughts?

Appreciate your inputs !!!!

[RhettVoe 282]

If the applicant clears AP, the visa will be issued...but not in time for the meeting tomorrow..

[aaron2020 11,651]

People are put into AP for background and security checks.

There is nothing that can be done to speed up AP.

AP takes as long as needed, and the applicant's travel plans are irrelevant. The US Embassy advises that people do not make travel plans until they receive their visas.

A visa is only possible after AP is completed.

Going through AP does not guarantee a visa. After AP, a visa can still be denied.

[mary81 2]

People are put into AP for background and security checks.

There is nothing that can be done to speed up AP.

AP takes as long as needed, and the applicant's travel plans are irrelevant. The US Embassy advises that people do not make travel plans until they receive their visas.

A visa is only possible after AP is completed.

Going through AP does not guarantee a visa. After AP, a visa can still be denied.

Again the meeting is for 2 days and its on Monday and Tuesday coming week, which is tomorrow . This means its impossible for the applicant to travel to US on time. The CO told the applicant that your visa is approved and we will have to do some admin work on our end, even they took the applicant's passport. The question is not what can the applicant do to make it faster or when its going to be completed . The question is, DOS spends time and resource to process an application that means nothing at this point. The applicant asked to be in the US on December 16-17 and at this point means nothing because the applicant can never make it, then :

why the status still shows Administrative Process?

If they deny after AP what could be their reason? There should be a reason and they always do give you a reason why your applicant is denied. The applicant has NO bad history, very honest citizen and NEVER been to the US, In reality the officer on interview date clearly said your visa application is APPROVED. I don't think they can deny with NO grounds and denying will make US embassy staff contradict each other one say APPROVE and other say deny?

why DOS still wasting their time still passing this applicants papers around in Washington, I know the answer to that, NO government agency waste time and money on something that they don't believe that has an end. Do you think AFTER AP process is done maybe in xxxx time they will call the applicant again that yeah your security process is done and you are clear, are you still want to go?

[RhettVoe 282]

AP cases are not directly processed by the DoS...there are other agencies involved and none of them pay any attention to proposed travel dates....and yes, the application could be denied on some other griunds that you may not be aware of...visas are a privilege, not a right.

[mary81 2]

AP cases are not directly processed by the DoS...there are other agencies involved and none of them pay any attention to proposed travel dates....and yes, the application could be denied on some other griunds that you may not be aware of...visas are a privilege, not a right.

We are aware of different government agencies involvement. The difficult question is why they are even making the effort to complete AP because at this time even issuing visa does not make any sense? Dear member the word DENY to an applicant needs grounds - You are right a non-immigrant visa is privilege but denying an applicant can stay on their record for a long time . You may research more there are words like ''cancel'' ''withdraw'' that can be fit in these circumstances which is a positive point on any applicant record . DENY is a huge matter here and its for sure that if they deny, they could have done that on the day when the applicant went to her interview . US government don't have time to go around with a non-immigrant's application to grant his/her permission . They can simply deny on the first day! But they believed that this applicant is a candidate that is why CO told her you are APPROVED!

Any experts can add their thoughts here, Thanks.

Mary

[RhettVoe 282]

perhaps you should offer your 'expertise' to the Dept of State....202-647-4000....operators are standing by.

[aaron2020 11,651]

We are aware of different government agencies involvement. The difficult question is why they are even making the effort to complete AP because at this time even issuing visa does not make any sense? Dear member the word DENY to an applicant needs grounds - You are right a non-immigrant visa is privilege but denying an applicant can stay on their record for a long time . You may research more there are words like ''cancel'' ''withdraw'' that can be fit in these circumstances which is a positive point on any applicant record . DENY is a huge matter here and its for sure that if they deny, they could have done that on the day when the applicant went to her interview . US government don't have time to go around with a non-immigrant's application to grant his/her permission . They can simply deny on the first day! But they believed that this applicant is a candidate that is why CO told her you are APPROVED!

Any experts can add their thoughts here, Thanks.

Mary

No experts here. Just us amateurs.

The date that the applicant needs the visa by for his purpose is irrelevant. This is why the US Embassy warns not to make travel plans until the visa is in hand.

Although it's too late for this trip, a visa would be valuable for other trips.

Understand that the date the applicant needs the visa by is irrelevant. The reason that the US is still processing the case is that the visa can be used for another trip.

Edited December 16, 2013 by aaron2020

[mary81 2]

No experts here. Just us amateurs.

The date that the applicant needs the visa by for his purpose is irrelevant. This is why the US Embassy warns not to make travel plans until the visa is in hand.

Although it's too late for this trip, a visa would be valuable for other trips.

Understand that the date the applicant needs the visa by is irrelevant. The reason that the US is still processing the case is that the visa can be used for another trip.

AARON,

What would be your thoughts on Administrative Process for different categories of visas. Don't you think B1 visas are business related and they are treated differently? The reason I am saying this because If you look at the immigrant visa inquiry contact numbers and hours of availability, you can clearly see you may inquiry about a business visa application at any time (its a totally different number) but for immigrant visas it is 7-11am EST. Don't you think APs for B1 visas are going through the same steps but they are processed and treated different?

[RhettVoe 282]

No. If somebody's name rings a bell, it does not matter what type of visa they are applying for....AP is required and a CO cannot override that requirement without facing jail time! If some special exemption were put in place for business visas, how log do you think it would be before the truly bad guys starting exploiting that weakness? Nanoseconds. Nowadays, many businesses conduct meetings via video conferencing, or even teleconferencing...it ain't rocket science, and often is far cheaper than flying somebody halfway around the globe, putting them up at a hotel, paying per diem, etc....why couldn't this company opted for this alternative?