Help - AP Status

[Dima_April 9]

I'm a little confused, but what's new? NVC, said our case left them Dec. 14. We had an email for packet 3, Dec. 24. My fiance, filled out his app online for the DS 160 and paid the fee. He also requested that an interview be made for Mid March. However, when I plug in our case num. to the CEAC site, it shows we are in Administration Processing. The case creation date was Dec. 10, 2015 and it was updated on Dec. 28, 2015. How could it be created, before it left the NVC? Why is it sitting in AP for so long? Is it a bad thing to be in AP and could this be because of the holiday. I'm worried; everything else USCIS and NVC, went so quickly.

This is something someone wrote to me on an FB group, regarding the matter:

" if you have not had your interview then you should not be in AP

but who knows it coudl be either a false or incorrrect case status or that maybe the way Russia does it. place you in AP until they review the case and scheudle the interview. ."

Others, have said that the reason why is b/c Russia was a former Communist country.

Could any of you that have been through the interview process tell me if something went seriously wrong or if it just takes time and what is typical wait time?

Thanks.

April

[LebaSalad 0]

Hi April,

The Administrative Processing (in Russia) means that you are now allowed to schedule an appointment at the US Embassy in Moscow. Dima should go ahead and create a profile here - https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/?language=Russian&country=Russia

Here's more information (in Russian) - http://www.ustraveldocs.com/ru_ru/ru-niv-appointmentschedule.asp

Usually, cases arrive pretty quick (from NVC to Moscow), it just takes forever for the Embassy to change the status (in my case, it took them a month). Don't mind which dates NVC mentioned, it doesn't really matter anymore. What's important is that the status is AP right now. Don't waste your time but schedule an appointment!

Good luck.

- Lena

Edited January 8, 2016 by LebaSalad

[Ksenia1985 37]

What Lena had pointed out.

These are the status changes for Russia after case leaves NVC based on our timeline:

03.02.2015 received by NVC

03.03.2015 case # assigned at NVC

03.07.2015 in transit to Moscow Embassy

03.10.2015 status Ready at Moscow Embassy

03.20.2015 status Administrative processing

04.02.2015 Medical

04.03.2015 Interview

After NVC status changes into Ready and then AP -ALWAYS!

Has nothing to do with a former communist country, just plain hillarious how some people still think that

NVC normally creates the case and that's why you see that case creation date is before it actually got to the Embassy, not to mention NVC first forwards the electronic version of it to Russia and the paper copy arrives later.

Do not worry, Everything goes as it should, there are long holidays in Russia and as Lena adviced - let your fiance shcedule the interview and medical, don't waste any time!

Edited January 8, 2016 by Ksenia1985

[Dashinka 24,654]

Sounds like your process is moving forward. Good luck with the interview!

[Dima_April 9]

Sounds like your process is moving forward. Good luck with the interview!

It's moving forward, but there are new problems as well. Last night he expressed his concerns about not finding a job here and the possiblity of moving back. I'm trying to address that concern. I told him I would add him to the house, so he always has a home. I own it and there is no mortgage. He told me that it would always be mine. I've offered to sell it and buy one together; he doesn't seem to like that idea. I told him it didn't matter if he worked in a factory and he had been okay with it in the beginning. So I've told him go back to school, pick up a welding certificate. In time, he''l gain experience and can get a job with an American oil company. Then he could fly back to Russia, once a month and work there, fly home. I don't like that idea, as I want him with me, living a marital life. I guess in this regard, I not only need advice about AP processing, but also making a spouse feel comfortable and part of something. I wish Victor, could chime in on this one.

[Dashinka 24,654]

It's moving forward, but there are new problems as well. Last night he expressed his concerns about not finding a job here and the possiblity of moving back. I'm trying to address that concern. I told him I would add him to the house, so he always has a home. I own it and there is no mortgage. He told me that it would always be mine. I've offered to sell it and buy one together; he doesn't seem to like that idea. I told him it didn't matter if he worked in a factory and he had been okay with it in the beginning. So I've told him go back to school, pick up a welding certificate. In time, he''l gain experience and can get a job with an American oil company. Then he could fly back to Russia, once a month and work there, fly home. I don't like that idea, as I want him with me, living a marital life. I guess in this regard, I not only need advice about AP processing, but also making a spouse feel comfortable and part of something. I wish Victor, could chime in on this one.

The only thing I can suggest here is to keep assuring him that this is a lifetime process. Things do not happen instantaneously, so he needs to be patient. Also, keep stressing the fact that once married, it is not mine or yours, but ours. Of course it can be different for men, but I made sure to make Katya as comfortable as possible, and let her put hr mark on things in our home soon after she arrived. Her and I added some window treatments, and she has continued to add small decorating marks in the home. We now have two cars so she has some freedom when I am at work, and she has taken some English classes at the local community college. Dima should have no issues finding work here, but he needs to understand he needs to have patience as this process is time consuming, but you are forming a lifelong partnership.

Good Luck!