Not Good news "Glitch crashes global US passport, Visa operations"

[AmAjjD 33]

Why would you upgrade something if you don't have a working upgrade available? Who do they hire?

[rolfsinjpn 3]

Sounds like someone pressed ctrl+alt+dlt and messed the whole world up!

More like "we spent all the money on adding all these fancy features like facial recognition and finger print scanning instead of upgrading our infrastructure to prevent massive collapse from the ineveatable increase in data."

[AmAjjD 33]

I feel like I am going to need therapy when this is all over

[r060106 109]

I feel like I am going to need therapy when this is all over

I second that. You and me both.

Have we heard of any improvement in the situation at all? Haven't been on the thread in a few hours.

[AmAjjD 33]

I second that. You and me both.

Have we heard of any improvement in the situation at all? Haven't been on the thread in a few hours.

It's the government so who knows. It seems like they've been trying to cover this issue up for a while so it's hard to tell if there is any improvement. Some visas have been processed as issued but I haven't heard anyone get their passports back yet.

[r060106 109]

It's the government so who knows. It seems like they've been trying to cover this issue up for a while so it's hard to tell if there is any improvement. Some visas have been processed as issued but I haven't heard anyone get their passports back yet.

Lovely....

I just read part of the link that was in the prior page and they say that they've been able to issue most visas with few delays. Isn't that a bunch of bs given how people on VJ are reporting not having gotten their visas after an abnormally long wait???

Edited July 31, 2014 by r060106

[AmAjjD 33]

Some people have had a quick turn around. I think it depends on where you apply, what visa you apply for and how big the backlog is (Seoul reports being fully functional again with no delays). Some people have been waiting over a week (like us) for their status just to switch from ready. And some places are experiencing just a small delay, such as an additional day or two. So I believe it's entirely dependent on your individual embassy.

[r060106 109]

Some people have had a quick turn around. I think it depends on where you apply, what visa you apply for and how big the backlog is (Seoul reports being fully functional again with no delays). Some people have been waiting over a week (like us) for their status just to switch from ready. And some places are experiencing just a small delay, such as an additional day or two. So I believe it's entirely dependent on your individual embassy.

When you say "switch to Ready" are you referring to right after Case Complete or what happens after the interview? Just clarifying.

[AmAjjD 33]

When you say "switch to Ready" are you referring to right after Case Complete or what happens after the interview? Just clarifying.

When I say switch from ready I mean after the interview when your status says "ready" and then in most cases it goes from AP to Issued.

[rolfsinjpn 3]

Some people have had a quick turn around. I think it depends on where you apply, what visa you apply for and how big the backlog is (Seoul reports being fully functional again with no delays). Some people have been waiting over a week (like us) for their status just to switch from ready. And some places are experiencing just a small delay, such as an additional day or two. So I believe it's entirely dependent on your individual embassy.

If you're refering to my earlier quote re: Seoul, I've only been able to confirm that they're processing US passports without delays. American Citizen Services just told me that they have no information on immigrant and non-immigrant visa process times and sent me to the same outsourced customer service agency that has been unhelpful or unresponsive to my previous queries.

My wife's interview was on July 22 and we're still at "ready" with a status updated date now changed to today. Not out of the woods yet.

[jlsuther82 0]

Never say never. I just checked our CEAC status Manila, someone was playing with our file today....

14th interview successful,

21st worked on it,

30th calling Go2Go ?

Never say never. I just checked our CEAC status Manila, someone was playing with our file today....

14th interview successful,

21st worked on it,

30th calling Go2Go ?

Never say never. I just checked our CEAC status Manila, someone was playing with our file today....

14th interview successful,

21st worked on it,

30th calling Go2Go ?

[rolfsinjpn 3]

I guess I spoke too soon. Moved from "Ready" to "Administrative Processing" to "Issued" in a matter of about 30min. Then got a response to the email I'd sent earlier today saying that the courier would pick up the visa for delivery at 4pm.

[AmAjjD 33]

I've got my fingers crossed we hear something today. Hopefully 'issued' but at this point I'd just like to not see the word ready any more.

[JimyAnita 8]

I've got my fingers crossed we hear something today. Hopefully 'issued' but at this point I'd just like to not see the word ready any more.

I've seen people from the UK, with similar timelines getting their visas issued, so I think you will get it soon. And I hope that too, because your timeline says you are getting married very soon. So good luck!

[AmAjjD 33]

I've seen people from the UK, with similar timelines getting their visas issued, so I think you will get it soon. And I hope that too, because your timeline says you are getting married very soon. So good luck!

I'm definitely hoping so! I'm surely losing sleep over it all any way. Luckily we can get our marriage license the day of our wedding so there's that small miracle.