I'd like to create a topic about case status on CEAC

[Mohd Al Said 22]

On 8/2/2017 at 6:06 AM, FKVAL_05 said:

The CO told us that we're approved. And everything just went fine then all of a sudden out of nowhere our status changed into AR, but we called the embassy Hotline and they said that it is confidential. 😞 We just have to wait two business days for their email.

Any new update?

[K&M's Journey 25]

On 7/22/2017 at 9:54 AM, Mohd Al Said said:

Good job guys but my question is AR this a goid thing or not ??

Interviewed July 26. Mine was AR too for several days then AP for 2 days before it turned to Issued. Hopefully in a couple or days or so will be able to pick up my visa. 

[Mohd Al Said 22]

3 hours ago, K&M's Journey said:

Interviewed July 26. Mine was AR too for several days then AP for 2 days before it turned to Issued. Hopefully in a couple or days or so will be able to pick up my visa. 

Oh really im so happy for u good luck bro il still waiting 😞😞😞

[C-ma'am 684]

**Post moved from K1 Process to K1 Progress Reports. Topic better suited for this part of the forum.

[mlv4718 2]

My husband's case was denied in June after being in AP for 6-months. Even after the denial it kept saying "Administrative Processing" as the status, but last week it was updated to "Transferred" and says it was transferred to another US Consular office. My lawyer was baffled as he has never seen this. Does anyone here know what that means? Any help is appreciated.

 

[Mohd Al Said 22]

1 hour ago, mlv4718 said:

My husband's case was denied in June after being in AP for 6-months. Even after the denial it kept saying "Administrative Processing" as the status, but last week it was updated to "Transferred" and says it was transferred to another US Consular office. My lawyer was baffled as he has never seen this. Does anyone here know what that means? Any help is appreciated.

 

I never seen something like this before tell me more about ur case pleas why the co put him in ap how many updates

[Mohd Al Said 22]

1 hour ago, mlv4718 said:

My husband's case was denied in June after being in AP for 6-months. Even after the denial it kept saying "Administrative Processing" as the status, but last week it was updated to "Transferred" and says it was transferred to another US Consular office. My lawyer was baffled as he has never seen this. Does anyone here know what that means? Any help is appreciated.

 

Plus do you have a red flag??

[mlv4718 2]

1 hour ago, Mohd Al Said said:

Plus do you have a red flag??

I don't know what you mean by a red flag. He was put in AP because of his tattoos and basically was denied for the same reason. Although he has no criminal record nor was ever in a gang, some of his tattoos have been used by Mexican gangs. So they denied him for "suspicion of belonging to a criminal group". We are going to start the appeal process soon but haven't started yet, so that's why we were surprised to see the status update to transferred instead of "refused". 

[Mohd Al Said 22]

1 hour ago, mlv4718 said:

I don't know what you mean by a red flag. He was put in AP because of his tattoos and basically was denied for the same reason. Although he has no criminal record nor was ever in a gang, some of his tattoos have been used by Mexican gangs. So they denied him for "suspicion of belonging to a criminal group". We are going to start the appeal process soon but haven't started yet, so that's why we were surprised to see the status update to transferred instead of "refused". 

Really !!!! I dont think that the reason maybe something else how many update did ur status change a lot ?? 

[mlv4718 2]

3 hours ago, Mohd Al Said said:

Really !!!! I dont think that the reason maybe something else how many update did ur status change a lot ?? 

The status remained as administrative processing for the whole 6 months but the date changed almost weekly. And yes that is the reason. Those from Mexico really get scrutinized when they have questionable tattoos. 

[Zum2017 0]

On ‎7‎/‎21‎/‎2017 at 4:45 AM, Nazokat said:

2017 CEAC system available

The CEAC system has been updated with the case data. Interestingly this was made available at the exactly the same date as last year, and the year before.

This confirms my suspicion that there is a logic switch to only make the 2017 data available from 2017 (in pseudo code, show DV year data where year <= year extracted from sysdate). This is really BIZARRE programming – and as I have stated before the US government really needs some help on their IT side!!!

Anyway – a recap for those that are not aware of what the CEAC data is. CEAC is a government database/web page that allows people to enter their case number and get some basic status information. The site can be access at this link and you can enter the case number without leading zeros. So – if your number is 2017AF00012345, you would enter that as 2017AF12345. If you enter a real case (not a “hole”) a window pops up with some basic case status information. From this, for cases which are scheduled,  we can see the number of derivatives on each case, the embassy, the original entry date, last updated date and so on.

 

So what do the status codes mean.

The first status for every case is “AT NVC”. You can ignore the text on the case – the case has not been passed to NVC.  What this status means is that the case is in one of the following situations.

1. The case is not yet current.
2. The case is current, BUT the DS260 has not be submitted at all, or it was submitted but not processed yet – and therefore not scheduled.
3. The case is current, the form is processed, but it is waiting to be scheduled (typically because the cases have not yet been sent to the embassies yet).

“In Transit”

This status is shown for a brief period when KCC has scheduled the interview, and transferred the case to the embassy. However, the embassy has not yet updated CEAC to acknowledge they have received the case.

“READY”

This is the next status after in transit. It means the case has arrived at the embassy for interview. Sometimes a case will continue to show ready even after the interview.

“Issued”

Pretty obviously – this is the status we all want to see! The interview took place, was successful and the visa has been approved/issued.

“Refused”

This is the status no one wants to see, meaning the interview took place and the selectee was denied. A derivative can be refused, while the principal is approved. However, if the principal is refused – all the derivatives are refused also – even if the embassy fails to update CEAC.

“Administrative Processing”

This is when someone did not have all the documents at the interview OR some additional checks are needed before the case can be adjudicated. AP can last a few days or several months. The status updates during that time are meaningless.

Derivative number.

For cases that are scheduled we can see the related derivative numbers. Case 01 is the principal and derivatives are case 02, 03 and so on.

what about application received mean? after administrative processing?

[Britsimon 18]

On 7/21/2017 at 2:45 AM, Nazokat said:

2017 CEAC system available

The CEAC system has been updated with the case data. Interestingly this was made available at the exactly the same date as last year, and the year before.

This confirms my suspicion that there is a logic switch to only make the 2017 data available from 2017 (in pseudo code, show DV year data where year <= year extracted from sysdate). This is really BIZARRE programming – and as I have stated before the US government really needs some help on their IT side!!!

Anyway – a recap for those that are not aware of what the CEAC data is. CEAC is a government database/web page that allows people to enter their case number and get some basic status information. The site can be access at this link and you can enter the case number without leading zeros. So – if your number is 2017AF00012345, you would enter that as 2017AF12345. If you enter a real case (not a “hole”) a window pops up with some basic case status information. From this, for cases which are scheduled,  we can see the number of derivatives on each case, the embassy, the original entry date, last updated date and so on.

 

So what do the status codes mean.

The first status for every case is “AT NVC”. You can ignore the text on the case – the case has not been passed to NVC.  What this status means is that the case is in one of the following situations.

1. The case is not yet current.
2. The case is current, BUT the DS260 has not be submitted at all, or it was submitted but not processed yet – and therefore not scheduled.
3. The case is current, the form is processed, but it is waiting to be scheduled (typically because the cases have not yet been sent to the embassies yet).

“In Transit”

This status is shown for a brief period when KCC has scheduled the interview, and transferred the case to the embassy. However, the embassy has not yet updated CEAC to acknowledge they have received the case.

“READY”

This is the next status after in transit. It means the case has arrived at the embassy for interview. Sometimes a case will continue to show ready even after the interview.

“Issued”

Pretty obviously – this is the status we all want to see! The interview took place, was successful and the visa has been approved/issued.

“Refused”

This is the status no one wants to see, meaning the interview took place and the selectee was denied. A derivative can be refused, while the principal is approved. However, if the principal is refused – all the derivatives are refused also – even if the embassy fails to update CEAC.

“Administrative Processing”

This is when someone did not have all the documents at the interview OR some additional checks are needed before the case can be adjudicated. AP can last a few days or several months. The status updates during that time are meaningless.

Derivative number.

For cases that are scheduled we can see the related derivative numbers. Case 01 is the principal and derivatives are case 02, 03 and so on.

Just to be clear - the post above is a direct copy from my blog which specifically addresses DV lottery cases. So - some of it may be inaccurate for other types of visa. 

 

 

Edited January 23, 2018 by Britsimon

[Perfect two 💑 1,147]

Our case is now ready!  But, since the earliest interview date available is March 6, so, another 6 weeks to go! 

[Sarac9 1,122]

Question: 

Our case was accidentally sent to london, we requested a transfer request to islamabad. It was electronically transferred to islamabad in a day and our case status changed to Ready. We received an email saying that they have our electronic copy. So based on that we moved forward with scheduling medical and interview. Fiance went for interview on july 16, 2018. Went up to the window where they collect documents. He was told since they dont have his hardcopy they can't interview him and will have to reschedule. 

So we emailed both london and islamabad ro find out where pur hardcopy is. 

Got a response that it was transferred on june 19, 2018. Even NVC says our files are in Islamabad. 

Funny thing happened 

We have two status 

First one last updated july 16, 2018 stating LND2018***** 01 ISL Ready

The second one last updated July 18, 2018 stating 

LND2018***** 01LND Transfer in Progress 

 

What is going on??? 

 

Because both embassies have confirmed that electronic file is in islamabad and the hard copy is on its way... 

Anyone can help me figure this one out 

[Love_HZ 115]

1 hour ago, Sarac9 said:

Question: 

Our case was accidentally sent to london, we requested a transfer request to islamabad. It was electronically transferred to islamabad in a day and our case status changed to Ready. We received an email saying that they have our electronic copy. So based on that we moved forward with scheduling medical and interview. Fiance went for interview on july 16, 2018. Went up to the window where they collect documents. He was told since they dont have his hardcopy they can't interview him and will have to reschedule. 

So we emailed both london and islamabad ro find out where pur hardcopy is. 

Got a response that it was transferred on june 19, 2018. Even NVC says our files are in Islamabad. 

Funny thing happened 

We have two status 

First one last updated july 16, 2018 stating LND2018***** 01 ISL Ready

The second one last updated July 18, 2018 stating 

LND2018***** 01LND Transfer in Progress 

 

What is going on??? 

 

Because both embassies have confirmed that electronic file is in islamabad and the hard copy is on its way... 

Anyone can help me figure this one out 

I was hoping that you already received visa.