Travel Ban Support Group

[NJ515 73]

11 minutes ago, salhasl said:

11K pending review. That means approx 1K per month being added to the queue. 6K approved (Is this 6K or 3K?). That means approx (300-500) per month being processed. This means an exponentially increasing backlog of atleast 500/month. Assuming FIFO, this means each month the wait will get longer by 2 more months. So if AP was 1.5 year today, someone interviewing next year will have 3 year AP. 

Per the letter released by the Senator here:  https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/State Dept Response to Oct Muslim Ban Letter.pdf

 

"Between December 8, 2017 and October 31, 2018, consular officers issued 2,578 visas to applicants based on an exception to the waiver."

 

and then

 

"...consular officers determined that 2,216 applicants met all three criteria for a waiver." 

 

What a slow process.

[salhasl 113]

5 minutes ago, NJ515 said:

Per the letter released by the Senator here:  https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/State Dept Response to Oct Muslim Ban Letter.pdf

 

"Between December 8, 2017 and October 31, 2018, consular officers issued 2,578 visas to applicants based on an exception to the waiver."

 

and then

 

"...consular officers determined that 2,216 applicants met all three criteria for a waiver." 

 

What a slow process.

So this means they are clearing 200 a month. And adding 800 more to the backlog each month. This makes sense because you can see from my chart in my earlier post, they are putting approx 200 Iranians in AP each month. 

This is going to be disaster unless they figure out (or a lawsuit forces them) a way to speed it up. At this rate 2 years from now, the average AP might get longer than a lifetime. 

 

What a joke

 

[Issam1984 4]

is AP waiting time different for each country based on the number of applicants? or its averaged all together? in other words is AP waiting time for Iranians the same as AP waiting time for Syrians or it could be shorter or longer?

[mado1983 79]

7 minutes ago, Issam1984 said:

is AP waiting time different for each country based on the number of applicants? or its averaged all together? in other words is AP waiting time for Iranians the same as AP waiting time for Syrians or it could be shorter or longer?

Waiting time not the same...yemenies get there visas between 6-8 months .. Venzulian and north korean they dont go thru Ap onley syrian iranian somalian 

[Issam1984 4]

My Fiancee is Syrian, now she has been in AP for almost a month now .. should we expect something like a year and a half as someone mentioned in earlier posts?

[mado1983 79]

Just now, Issam1984 said:

My Fiancee is Syrian, now she has been in AP for almost a month now .. should we expect something like a year and a half as someone mentioned in earlier posts?

My wife in ap for 9 month now.. Hope thats give you an idea

[Issam1984 4]

Indeed it did 

[JessM28 62]

On 4/24/2019 at 7:46 PM, Muhammad&Mansory said:

Hello guys, 

i have been approached by an NGO to join them as a plaintiff in a class action lawsuit. 

If they ask for more people, is anyone interested in joining?

 

we need to sue this administration’s ###!

I am in! Not sure if it would help us at all- but I live in MD and Senator Van Hollen's office is monitoring our case. 

[Muhammad&Mansory 117]

On 4/25/2019 at 2:52 AM, mado1983 said:

How long it will take?

I have no clue!

[lorene21 11]

On 4/25/2019 at 12:28 PM, mado1983 said:

Waiting time not the same...yemenies get there visas between 6-8 months .. Venzulian and north korean they dont go thru Ap onley syrian iranian somalian 

Not all yemenies thou... 

[mado1983 79]

11 minutes ago, lorene21 said:

Not all yemenies thou... 

Do you know any yemines over 8 month ?

[lorene21 11]

6 minutes ago, mado1983 said:

Do you know any yemines over 8 month ?

I am in my 8th month waiting. 

[mado1983 79]

1 minute ago, lorene21 said:

I am in my 8th month waiting. 

Goood news for you will get soon

[salhasl 113]

30 minutes ago, lorene21 said:

Not all yemenies thou... 

I posted earlier about this. Only yemenis in Djibouti get preferential treatment.

[lorene21 11]

Just now, salhasl said:

I posted earlier about this. Only yemenis in Djibouti get preferential treatment.

yes I know. my husband is not in Djibouti.