AP for K-1?

[mikeandkristina 6]

Hi all,

My fiancé and I had our interview this past Wednesday and we were approved! I just checked our status and we are at Administrative Processing. Should I be concerned or do all visas go through some sort of AP? I'm freaking out a little because we haven't received anything about missing documents or something being wrong.

Thanks!

[zilchfox 296]

Hey!

We went to the same consulate at the same time on the same day for our interview! I don't think you need to worry, as mine is in the exact same status as yours right now. From what I've been told, it will go between "Ready" and "AP" a few times, until it's finally switched over to "Issued"!

Hoping for issued sooner than later...

Edited September 24, 2016 by zilchfox

[arianelstl 2]

Hey! Sorry that I can't offer much help and that I'm basically intruding on your post but I was also there Wednesday morning.

Do you check your status on: ais.usvisa-info.com?

Mine still says current status: appointment

Good luck guys it's almost over!

Edit:

Well to answer my own question.. haha I just checked on ceac.state.gov and mine also says Administrative Processing

Edited September 24, 2016 by arianelstl

[mikeandkristina 6]

Fantastic! Good to know, friends! I was freaking out for a bit because I thought maybe we were placed into AP for a reason.

Also, zilchfox, my fiancé and I think we saw you in the waiting room! We were debating who you were haha. We were the couple in the 3rd row back from the front.

[arianelstl 2]

Well @mikeandkristina, I read your review and I think I was sitting right in front of you because I heard about the birth certificate thing. Glad it wasn't too much of an issue!

[NikLR 13,232]

All k1 in Canada go through AP for a period of time.

[mikeandkristina 6]

@arianelstl Awesome!!!! I'm glad we were with other people from VJ! So happy to be done for now!

[Anitafeliz 1,133]

Im not canada but i was in AP 32 days and i also was approved its notmal background check

[moemac59 193]

All k1 in Canada go through AP for a period of time.

Niki is this something new? When I went through my K1 interview back in 2012 I was approved right at the consulate and got my passport and visa within 3 days of my interview.

[zilchfox 296]

Niki is this something new? When I went through my K1 interview back in 2012 I was approved right at the consulate and got my passport and visa within 3 days of my interview.

Sounds like luck of the draw. It seems it's usually 1-2 weeks for most.

[NikLR 13,232]

Niki is this something new? When I went through my K1 interview back in 2012 I was approved right at the consulate and got my passport and visa within 3 days of my interview.

Since about 2014 K1 generally go into AP for a week or two. I think gone are the days of next day passports like mine for IR1/CR1 too. I haven't seen anyone faster than a few days-week+ for those in a year or more.

Grats on your citizenship btw. I'm still putting mine off. LOL

[arianelstl 2]

Just to give you an idea, maybe the processing times are different for everyone, but my visa was issued today.

[zilchfox 296]

Just like previous poster, my visa was also issued today.

[moemac59 193]

Since about 2014 K1 generally go into AP for a week or two. I think gone are the days of next day passports like mine for IR1/CR1 too. I haven't seen anyone faster than a few days-week+ for those in a year or more.

Grats on your citizenship btw. I'm still putting mine off. LOL

I feel bad for any new K1 applicants that they have to wait that much longer. I guess that we were lucky that we went thru the process when we did.

Aw thanks so much. The citizenship application/civics test and interview was the easiest out of the whole process. I was in and out of the interview office within 15 minutes and was told by the IO right after my interview that he was approving my N400 application.

[mikeandkristina 6]

Our visa was issued yesterday afternoon!