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Form DS-5535 'SUPPLEMENTAL QUESTIONS FOR VISA APPLICANTS'

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StoneLand
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How are you all doing? I just came here to tell you all to calm down and everything will be fine soon. I had gone through this process and all I did was exercised patience. I was on AP for 9 months. I

Nar_fah
Nar_fah

Hello everyone,   I am here to share the good news. My husband's visa got issued today exactly 17 months after his interview date. I hope this journey ends for everyone who is waiting.

Fatima el orra
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Finally.visa issued...7 months on ap...embassy lebanon.cr1..with ds5535...inshallah evryone gets ur visa soon

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6 hours ago, bouthaina_c said:

We really don't know what's the reason behind this process.

Not to discourage you, but I am not from and didn't visit a banned country and I live in France. I've been in AP since August 2017  for a NON-immigrant  visa (more than a year..). I have never heard from them, I called them, emailed them.. but no response.

Ugh I wanna cry my husband is the same. He hasn't been to any of the banned countries and he's not from any of the banned countries. But the weird thing is that he's not in AP his status is Issued 

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On 9/10/2018 at 12:03 AM, Tory&Taz said:

Has anyone been approved after submitting ds-5535 or know of anyone who has been approved?

There have been a few in this thread. In the first few posts two got approved after 60 days some got approved after a few months. 

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On ‎7‎/‎7‎/‎2018 at 7:33 PM, ARGCALI said:

It's been 6 months since the interview. Me and spouse went to the Embassy to stamp L1s renewals and got the 5535 form. We visited Iran as part of a Central Asia trip so we assume it is because of that.

We have not been able to return to our home, had to finally vacate our apartment after paying rent in San Francisco for 5 months. Still working remotely for my company but very tough. Our things are still in the US and trying to move them back to Argentina where we live now.

Very unfair and cruel. We have both been remarkable citizens everywhere we visited, been to more than 80 countries, not just Iran (Persia),which is beautiful by the way.

Still hoping we can go back to the US, a country we love so much,

 

Today I received an email requesting to submit passports. I will let you all know what happens next. I am currently abroad so need to wait 10 days until I am back. Hoping for the best.

 

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7 minutes ago, ARGCALI said:

Today I received an email requesting to submit passports. I will let you all know what happens next. I am currently abroad so need to wait 10 days until I am back. Hoping for the best.

 

Oh my! Finally. I remember reading your case and just shaking my head... I'm so sorry you were pulled into this mess, and simply for a visit. 

I hope that things move quickly now... fingers crossed.

October 2011: Met in Spain

2012-2014: Video chat + visas + visits and vacations = we made it through!

June 2014: Moved to Spain, got engaged 

December 31, 2015: got married

April 20, 2016: sent I130 package

May 2, 2016: package received in Chicago Lockbox - - - 12 days for delivery!! Don't use TNT couriers!! 

May 2nd or 5th, 2016: email NOA1... accepted and sent to.... NEBRASKA 

And now.... breeeeeeathe..... be like water my friend....

October 26th, 2016: NOA2 [We had waited almost 6 months. Received notification from the phone app, never got an email.]

November 9th 2016: USCIS sent the petition to NVC (app notification) [waited 2 weeks after approval for this]

November 25th 2016: NVC received and created account for our petition [waited 16 days after USCIS sent it, for NVC to acknowledge receipt]

Dec 1st 2016: Chose agent online DS261 [a few days later than it could've been since the above NVC email went to SPAM!]

Dec 6th 2016: Case available for paying fees. That was fast, I think! 5 days!

Took a long time to get package out because... life... and husband's family in Morocco had to travel to get police document.

Feb 20th 2017: Scan date at NVC, received weird email.

April 28th 2017: CHECKLIST. Moroccans are required to send a Court Report regardless of Police Record status. My husband had to go back to Morocco to get it in person. Also, NVC wants a 2016 tax return now that is 2017. My bad.

September 15th 2017: 2nd Scan Date at NVC. Sent for document review October 20th.

Nov 10th 2017: Email requesting document be brought to interview. Will schedule interview.

Case complete date??: TBD :clock:.... November 8th!!

Interview date : January 18, 2018!!           Result: Administrative Processing      :mellow:

Embassy called for new medical last week of August. New Medical Sept 10.

Visa ISSUED September 14, 2018. :blink:

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7 hours ago, ARGCALI said:

Today I received an email requesting to submit passports. I will let you all know what happens next. I am currently abroad so need to wait 10 days until I am back. Hoping for the best.

 

Congrats! Let us know what happens. Hope everything goes great 

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13 hours ago, SabrinaJerome said:

Oh my! Finally. I remember reading your case and just shaking my head... I'm so sorry you were pulled into this mess, and simply for a visit. 

I hope that things move quickly now... fingers crossed.

hello Sabrina what what the update with your husband ?

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On 9/11/2018 at 7:19 AM, Fatima el orra said:

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And if we go through all of that and congress still doesn't provide assistance, then what? 

I am a naturalized US citizen waiting my Moroccan fiancee's i129f visa. Applied Feb 2017. She has been in AP since Oct 2017

*UPDATE* Fiancee received i-129f visa and returned passport Nov 2018. 411 days of AP.

 

Please feel free to add your information to the spreadsheet below. It may help us with extra data points for those under extreme vetting. Please do not add personal info as the document is public. Do not edit any other info except your own. 

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1agwbg4go7ID6wnoNg-mN2qOI_ErRQN1lO1BUzOUKkTs/edit?usp=sharing

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And if we go through all of that and congress still doesn't provide assistance, then what? 

Dnt know....ask the one that write...i just post what they write.....want to know too...kkkk

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18 minutes ago, Fatima el orra said:

Dnt know....ask the one that write...i just post what they write.....want to know too...kkkk

if im you i shouldn't be worried ... you will be okay .. you will get something before 9/30

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15 minutes ago, mado1983 said:

if im you i shouldn't be worried ... you will be okay .. you will get something before 9/30

I hope u r right...im.on ap since 8/01....42 days

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1 hour ago, mado1983 said:

if im you i shouldn't be worried ... you will be okay .. you will get something before 9/30

Based on what? Before 9/30 😔..

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6 minutes ago, Roor.M said:

Based on what? Before 9/30 😔..

based on she is not from the travel ban countries .... and depends on how her embassy busy .. and females usually take shorter time than male ..

and remember each case its deffrent

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