Travel Ban Support Group

[MonHad 8]

6 hours ago, salhasl said:

Backlog is slowly being cleared. I know it sucks, but looks like people who are interviewing now have a decent shot at bypassing AP altogether. July numbers for Iran are almost 10X numbers for June. August is looking to be even better. We will know around Sept 25.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html

 

They implemented an automated pre-screening mechanism (search my posts) and looks like that is having a meaningful impact. Everyday there are visas being issued with no AP, same week. Just that since all this is very recent, I am having a hard time getting statistics around what percentage, etc. Initially, I only saw visas for people who interviewed in June 2019, but now a days they are calling in people who interviewed 2018. I have hope this trend continues. I am really looking to hear from people who have interviewed within the last month or so.

 

My brother’s wife interviewed in Riyadh on June 3rd. No AP but received a 221g at the interview. Visa issued July 15. 

IR1

[MonHad 8]

6 hours ago, salhasl said:

I know this might be a stupid question, but do you guys think the embassy you interview at matters? I am in a group that shares information about abu dhabi embassy and they are post pictures of their visas everyday. Unfortunately no other groups seem to be as forth coming. So do we know if certain embassies approve visas more frequently than others? All my research says embassy has no control over the process, but with things changing so recently, maybe some embassies simply have not caught up with the new process yet?

I heard Djibouti embassy has been too generous to Yemenis lately!

[fakeeh 14]

8 hours ago, salhasl said:

I know this might be a stupid question, but do you guys think the embassy you interview at matters? I am in a group that shares information about abu dhabi embassy and they are post pictures of their visas everyday. Unfortunately no other groups seem to be as forth coming. So do we know if certain embassies approve visas more frequently than others? All my research says embassy has no control over the process, but with things changing so recently, maybe some embassies simply have not caught up with the new process yet?

could you plesese share this Abu dhabi group so i can join as i am in the same embassy. 

 

[Forever5432 7]

1 hour ago, MonHad said:

I heard Djibouti embassy has been too generous to Yemenis lately!

3 families that had their interviews in the same month as us have been told to redo medical exams and to drop their passports. Interviews were in December 2018

[mado1983 79]

i sent an inquiry yesterday i received an email saying its in the last stage and we will send you and email for more documents ? is it mean any thing ???!!! 

[Ammer 2]

7 minutes ago, mado1983 said:

i sent an inquiry yesterday i received an email saying its in the last stage and we will send you and email for more documents ? is it mean any thing ???!!! 

Have you been receiving updates recently? If so when was the last update? And did the / change to or?

[mado1983 79]

2 minutes ago, Ammer said:

Have you been receiving updates recently? If so when was the last update? And did the / change to or?

last update was on the 15th of august and today its still / 

[Ammer 2]

Just now, mado1983 said:

last update was on the 15th of august and today its still / 

That's interesting. So my last update was also on 15-Aug but mine changed from / to or a few days ago but without an actual update. Our case is at the Riyadh embassy and she interviewed in February 2019. Which embassy is your case at and when was the interview?

 

As far as the email, I mean it seems that it's a more positive response than what they usually send. So maybe they're really planning on processing these backlogged cases out and I hope you'll hear some good news soon.

[mado1983 79]

1 minute ago, Ammer said:

That's interesting. So my last update was also on 15-Aug but mine changed from / to or a few days ago but without an actual update. Our case is at the Riyadh embassy and she interviewed in February 2019. Which embassy is your case at and when was the interview?

 

As far as the email, I mean it seems that it's a more positive response than what they usually send. So maybe they're really planning on processing these backlogged cases out and I hope you'll hear some good news soon.

inshallah .. i hope so

[salhasl 113]

11 hours ago, MonHad said:

My brother’s wife interviewed in Riyadh on June 3rd. No AP but received a 221g at the interview. Visa issued July 15. 

IR1

This is great news. I am also aware of atleast half a dozen more cases with APs ~ 1 month (or no AP). At first I thought these are anomalies, but as more people report instances like yours, this might be the new normal (I hope and pray)

[mado1983 79]

6 minutes ago, salhasl said:

This is great news. I am also aware of atleast half a dozen more cases with APs ~ 1 month (or no AP). At first I thought these are anomalies, but as more people report instances like yours, this might be the new normal (I hope and pray)

that is a greet news i agree but the question is how that is good for us who been in AP for 14 months or more ... where are we in the middle in all of this

[fakeeh 14]

1 hour ago, mado1983 said:

that is a greet news i agree but the question is how that is good for us who been in AP for 14 months or more ... where are we in the middle in all of this

They mosltly forget about us and at someone disk who is in his never ending annual leave

[salhasl 113]

10 minutes ago, fakeeh said:

They mosltly forget about us and at someone disk who is in his never ending annual leave

I know, its very frustrating, but its whats happening. There are interviews being scheduled of people who have been in AP for a while, some from 2018, (like the poster above- 3 families who interviewed in december 2018). Some from as far  back as 2017. Unfortunately its taking time for people who have interviewed before July. While at the same time a family who I know interviewed on Sept 5th and have their visas already. Life is not fair.  

[always1234 1]

Hi

I have been following this thread for a while .

My wife is Iranian citizen - CR1 and we did direct consular filing in Germany-US consulate Frankfurt.

Her interview date was end of June 2019 and she was put in AP at end of August after she sent in some requested documents.

I think that every embassy is different. I assume that since there are not too many travel ban cases in frankfurt, they put everybody there from travel ban countries in AP, otherwise my wife should have gotten her visa approved too when we sent in the requested documents in August since they had not put her in AP at that time yet, meaning her case was still at the consulate in Frankfurt until end of August.

Also, a friend of mine had his interview in Ankara 2 weeks ago and he was put in AP. He told me that out of the 20 or so Iranians that were there that day, about 8 women only got their visas the same day , 2 or so women were denied, and out of the 10 or so men, some were put in AP and some were denied. (No men got visas the same day)

I really hope that AP time is less now for everybody and that those who have been waiting for a long time get cleared soon..

[NJ515 73]

3 minutes ago, always1234 said:

Hi

I have been following this thread for a while .

My wife is Iranian citizen - CR1 and we did direct consular filing in Germany-US consulate Frankfurt.

Her interview date was end of June 2019 and she was put in AP at end of August after she sent in some requested documents.

I think that every embassy is different. I assume that since there are not too many travel ban cases in frankfurt, they put everybody there from travel ban countries in AP, otherwise my wife should have gotten her visa approved too when we sent in the requested documents in August since they had not put her in AP at that time yet, meaning her case was still at the consulate in Frankfurt until end of August.

Also, a friend of mine had his interview in Ankara 2 weeks ago and he was put in AP. He told me that out of the 20 or so Iranians that were there that day, about 8 women only got their visas the same day , 2 or so women were denied, and out of the 10 or so men, some were put in AP and some were denied. (No men got visas the same day)

I really hope that AP time is less now for everybody and that those who have been waiting for a long time get cleared soon..

We interviewed at Frankfurt last October.  After the interview if they asked you to submit the information like past email addresses, social media accounts and stuff like that, then you should go into AP after that point. We interviewed and CEAC showed refused, a day later the embassy asked us to provide that information via email, and then a day after we sent it our case changed to AP.