Does the embassy keep the passport during AP?

[waiting4i130 18]

I had the interview at the embassy on 10/9 but they requested that I fill in another co-sponsor form and to provide proof that my husband will be moving back to the US as well.

I remember the consular officer telling to send the documents along with my passport. So I did. on 10/12

Today on 10/17 I received in the mail my passport back, nothing else.

 

What does that mean? Is this a rejection? 

Online it still says administrative processing still so I'm wondering if I just shouldn't have sent my passport along with the papers?

 

Were you advised to send your passport or keep it?

 

Thanks!

[Le212 28]

They said the same thing to my husband. That he needed to send in one other document and gave him back his passport to send back with the document. He just sent it. But I’m not sure if they will return it. Usually they keep the passport after you send it and when they send it back, they stamp the visa in your passport. 

[waiting4i130 18]

Fingers crossed for your husband! Hopefully they keep the passport and it's returned with the Visa!

Let me know what happens.

 

[CJlove 147]

On 10/17/2018 at 5:48 AM, waiting4i130 said:

I had the interview at the embassy on 10/9 but they requested that I fill in another co-sponsor form and to provide proof that my husband will be moving back to the US as well.

I remember the consular officer telling to send the documents along with my passport. So I did. on 10/12

Today on 10/17 I received in the mail my passport back, nothing else.

 

What does that mean? Is this a rejection? 

Online it still says administrative processing still so I'm wondering if I just shouldn't have sent my passport along with the papers?

 

Were you advised to send your passport or keep it?

 

Thanks!

Any news? I’m on same boat. My hubby was asked for an additional sponsor last week. 

[waiting4i130 18]

6 minutes ago, CJlove said:

Any news? I’m on same boat. My hubby was asked for an additional sponsor last week. 

Nothing yet, but the embassy did advise that there are higher volumes of applications they are processing than usual...

I'm not sure which embassy you're working with but it might be shorter timelines depending on that.

[CJlove 147]

3 minutes ago, waiting4i130 said:

Nothing yet, but the embassy did advise that there are higher volumes of applications they are processing than usual...

I'm not sure which embassy you're working with but it might be shorter timelines depending on that.

The embassy is in Chile. From what I heard that CO said everything else was fine. He was just asked to supply an additional sponsor. He will return to the embassy next week. 

 

Edit: They didn’t return anything. They kept his passport along with everything else we submitted. He said, he did his finger printing too. 

Edited November 19, 2018 by CJlove