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Hey guys, I'm so excited!! My favorite aunt went to apply for a B2 visa in Santo Domingo and it looks like she was approved because she was given a little slip of paper that says "your visa has been conditionally approved." What does that mean though? What is the condition? Her status on CEAC is in AP, but I read that that is normal when the visa is approved. Please advise thanks!!! :):content:

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Ian H. Proficient

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That's the thing, when she told the CO that she had her paperwork like employment and bank letters, he said he didn't need to see them. He only gave her a slip of paper saying that her visa was conditionally approved and that she will get an email of when to pick up her passport. But I don't know what being "conditionally" approved means, she wasn't given a 221(g). Her CEAC is still in AP and it says to check it in 2 business days after the interview.


I have been searching the forums and google, but I only find K or IV cases that talk about being conditionally approved.

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I've heard that the final approval rests with the head officer at the consulate for all cases, so maybe that's what it means? That the CO who interviewed her approved it but it needed the head honcho's approval? For example, when I had my appointment for my spouse visa, the CO told me she was recommending my petition be approved. I assumed she meant she would ask the head officer to approve it later on.

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Ian H. Proficient

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Oh no! :o We would be devastated if they came and denied it after thinking she was approved. I was already a little bit worried because the CO didn't verbally tell her she was approved or denied, he just gave her the paper.

It's in Spanish, and the first thing it says is that the visa has been conditionally approved (literal translation). It doesn't say (and he didn't mention) anything about having to submit additional docs so I know it's at least normal for the CEAC to say AP.

So the IV and the NIV cases are adjudicated the same? They have to be submitted for approval by main CO? I wonder why there's no info about what exactly being conditionally approved means.

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