Going through administrative processing past 60 days

[ElenaAbdelAzza15 0]

Hello Everyone!

My fiancée Abdelhamid Filed for a K-1 VISA and we have already had our interview at the consulate in Casablanca. I flew to his interview.The interview was very poor They just handed my fiancée a form that stated he would go through administrative processing which left him very confused. He thought he was denied.

I have been calling and emailing the consulate every Tuesday to see if their is any update and all they tell us is "we will call him when its done" My congressman in my state is emailing them next week, SO frustrating.... Can this take FOREVER? and the fact that we don't know if he'll be approved or not.

I know their is no timeline on how long this can take, but we submitted MORE than enough evidence

Is anyone else going through this?

Thanks,

Elena

[G Walters 136]

From what I have seen it will take as long as it takes. Each AP is different and there is no way to tell when they will be done. All you can do is wait. Sorry you are having to go through this.

[ElenaAbdelAzza15 0]

^{I was afraid someone would say that}

[Boiler 45,553]

No set time, but probably months rather than years.

I do not recollect this Consulate being as long as some.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Hi,

Sorry that you are in AP.

AP can take a few days or several years (someone here was in AP for 4 years).

Unfortunately, there is nothing you or a Congressman can do to make it go faster.

Best of luck

[ElenaAbdelAzza15 0]

Thank you everyone. This is what I thought I would hear.

I guess my BIGGEST concern is do they keep you through AP for months EVEN years and then still deny you?

Thanks

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Thank you everyone. This is what I thought I would hear.

I guess my BIGGEST concern is do they keep you through AP for months EVEN years and then still deny you?

Thanks

Yes, that happened to us. 16 months in AP and then a denial and we had to re file.

Every case is different and even the consulate can't tell you when mandatory security and background checks will be done.

You embassy seems to run a 3-5 months pattern for AP but as I said each case is different.

Did they keep his passport ? Did they ask him any questions ?

[ElenaAbdelAzza15 0]

They didn't keep passport or ask any questions

[aaron2020 11,651]

There are no sure thing in immigration. You can be denied at any time until he enters the US and passes CBP with an immigrant visa.

[TBoneTX 45,328]

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[Cathi 5,757]

A husband of a friend of mine was denied after being in AP for almost 3 years. As others have said, there is no way to tell how long AP will last and no one can tell you that you won;t be denied. Casablanca is notorious for being a very difficult consulate because of the high incidence of fraud. You are on the right track by having a congressperson inquire on your behalf, but I can tell you from personal experience(my husband was in AP and my US senator's office inquired several times for us), there is nothing they can do to get you out of AP, they can merely inquire for you and will be given the same exact answers you would get. Politicians don' t have any influence with decisions made at the consulate level, but it is a good thing that the consulate knows your case is being followed by them.

[MUXAGIRL 69]

Have faith, that's only thing you can do now. being in AP is like being in a black hole, they don't provide any info till its done. I have been in AP THREE times, for three different visas on three different occasions. I was lucky to come out of it in sharp 14 days though, every time. I guess when one has a common name, it takes longer.

[ElenaAbdelAzza15 0]

Oh yeah no....I'm not waiting three years, if we're not out of AP by September then I'll marry him over there. This is not something I wanted to do due to limited time, etc. Also, can we just update our case to married or would this effect our k-1 and delay it more?

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Oh yeah no....I'm not waiting three years, if we're not out of AP by September then I'll marry him over there. This is not something I wanted to do due to limited time, etc. Also, can we just update our case to married or would this effect our k-1 and delay it more?

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Marrying and starting over with a CR1 will not prevent any AP, you will hit that same wall again.