Form DS-5535 'SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS FOR VISA APPLICANTS'

[SabrinaJerome 52]

12 minutes ago, mado1983 said:

does your husband redo his medical exam

Thanks for asking mado, he goes on Monday. 

He'll leave his passport with the medical office, they'll send it all to the embassy, the embassy will send his passport and package back to him in the mail.

We'll update you all when we can confirm that all of this has happened.

 

[mado1983 79]

Just now, SabrinaJerome said:

Thanks for asking mado, he goes on Monday. 

He'll leave his passport with the medical office, they'll send it all to the embassy, the embassy will send his passport and package back to him in the mail.

We'll update you all when we can confirm that all of this has happened.

 

i think you will be reunite very soon gongrats you really deserve it .. and good wishes to the rest of us ... hopefully we say the last of us in this group getting his visa /.. 

[Enas 21]

13 hours ago, SabrinaJerome said:

I don't think we can make many generalizations about how long any of this will take. I think there are a lot of variables.

The only thing we know is whether or not the applicant has been in/lived in any of the countries on the lists... we can't know if his/her name produced a hit, etc...

We also know that this vetting effort is dreadfully understaffed.

I read somewhere that the Embassy that you went to makes the decision to give you the DS-5535 just sometimes based on things you may say or where you were born (like the countries that are on the banned list) they can make the decision to give you the form based on their own feelings or opinions of the person which is unfair. 

 

It doesn't seem to be calculated meaning it's not like there is a list of suspicious names or a database since this was only put into place in 2017. Just seems to be if the person you were interviewed by has a suspicious vibe about you they give you the form. 

[tiyyo 68]

On 9/5/2018 at 6:50 PM, SabrinaJerome said:

Thanks for asking mado, he goes on Monday. 

He'll leave his passport with the medical office, they'll send it all to the embassy, the embassy will send his passport and package back to him in the mail.

We'll update you all when we can confirm that all of this has happened.

 

Thanks for that information!!! I was wondering if he had to go back to Madrid and pick up his medical and take it to the embassy. 

[tiyyo 68]

19 hours ago, Enas said:

I read somewhere that the Embassy that you went to makes the decision to give you the DS-5535 just sometimes based on things you may say or where you were born (like the countries that are on the banned list) they can make the decision to give you the form based on their own feelings or opinions of the person which is unfair. 

 

It doesn't seem to be calculated meaning it's not like there is a list of suspicious names or a database since this was only put into place in 2017. Just seems to be if the person you were interviewed by has a suspicious vibe about you they give you the form. 

IMHO, I think that it's not so much of being from a country that is on the banned list but more so people who have traveled outside of their home country perhaps to some of the banned countries that are getting the DS-5535 form, but then who knows why they do it.

[Apal 0]

Does anyone know the process to submit updated medicals to Islamabad. My family went to mail them and they told them that they needed a login for ustraveldocs/pk which has me confused because that is a website for people who are going to apply for visas. 

[S.S 6]

4 minutes ago, tiyyo said:

IMHO, I think that it's not so much of being from a country that is on the banned list but more so people who have traveled outside of their home country perhaps to some of the banned countries that are getting the DS-5535 form, but then who knows why they do it.

I have NEVER travelled anywhere oustide my Country but still i got this DS5535 form. Now what could be the reason? At the time of the interview i was being told that i got the visa. This all is so confusing.

[Shazyyo 37]

58 minutes ago, Apal said:

Does anyone know the process to submit updated medicals to Islamabad. My family went to mail them and they told them that they needed a login for ustraveldocs/pk which has me confused because that is a website for people who are going to apply for visas. 

What's your visa category. You must have told them that you are from different Visa category. Submit it in their office in your city probably in G-9 I guess.. When was your interview

[S.S 6]

1 hour ago, Apal said:

Does anyone know the process to submit updated medicals to Islamabad. My family went to mail them and they told them that they needed a login for ustraveldocs/pk which has me confused because that is a website for people who are going to apply for visas. 

I think you submit documents/medical through American express but i never heard about this login thing..

[Enas 21]

1 hour ago, tiyyo said:

IMHO, I think that it's not so much of being from a country that is on the banned list but more so people who have traveled outside of their home country perhaps to some of the banned countries that are getting the DS-5535 form, but then who knows why they do it.

It could be both. Maybe it just a basic red flag that they look out for.

[Enas 21]

1 hour ago, S.S said:

I have NEVER travelled anywhere oustide my Country but still i got this DS5535 form. Now what could be the reason? At the time of the interview i was being told that i got the visa. This all is so confusing.

My husband hasn't been to either of the banned countries and his CEAC status says Issued but than he was given the DS-5535 and told to wait a month or two. It just seems people who are from the banned countries or visited banned countries if they are given DS-5535 take a lot more time to process. 

 

Again I read some where that its the Embassies decision to give you the DS-5535 and they can give you it just based of any vibes that you give off meaning a look they didn't like or something you may have said or something they see in your background that may have raised a red flag to them. Something that they felt warrants more information. 

 

 

[Fatima el orra 48]

1 hour ago, Enas said:

My husband hasn't been to either of the banned countries and his CEAC status says Issued but than he was given the DS-5535 and told to wait a month or two. It just seems people who are from the banned countries or visited banned countries if they are given DS-5535 take a lot more time to process. 

 

Again I read some where that its the Embassies decision to give you the DS-5535 and they can give you it just based of any vibes that you give off meaning a look they didn't like or something you may have said or something they see in your background that may have raised a red flag to them. Something that they felt warrants more information. 

 

 

Ok..but why they take so long time to make.a.decision....everybody needs a decision to his case to go on his life.doesnt need all this time to check about a person..since the beginning they r checking about u...

[Enas 21]

6 hours ago, Fatima el orra said:

Ok..but why they take so long time to make.a.decision....everybody needs a decision to his case to go on his life.doesnt need all this time to check about a person..since the beginning they r checking about u...

I know that the applicant goes through many background checks so the DS-5535 is more of an inconvenience than anything. This was put into place by Trump in 2017 as "extra vetting" which again doesn't make sense because applicants have already had many back ground checks and if there were really any red flags than it would already have been known.

 

One lawyer apparently says that some people are put in "constructive denials" where they aren't out right denied but just put into AP an indefinite time. And that's what I'm afraid of because that seems really unfair to just be left without a decision and just be left waiting. 

 

 

[Fatima el orra 48]

3 hours ago, Enas said:

I know that the applicant goes through many background checks so the DS-5535 is more of an inconvenience than anything. This was put into place by Trump in 2017 as "extra vetting" which again doesn't make sense because applicants have already had many back ground checks and if there were really any red flags than it would already have been known.

 

One lawyer apparently says that some people are put in "constructive denials" where they aren't out right denied but just put into AP an indefinite time. And that's what I'm afraid of because that seems really unfair to just be left without a decision and just be left waiting. 

 

 

But if they didnt find a red flag...why denied....or they dont want to isse the visa...why they just say...denied or issue dnt understand why to waste time nd money

[ibnfawzi 46]

42 minutes ago, Fatima el orra said:

But if they didnt find a red flag...why denied....or they dont want to isse the visa...why they just say...denied or issue dnt understand why to waste time nd money

Because it's a Trump administration. They want to keep any non white or non christians out.