NOVEMBER 2018 K-1 NOA2 ----> NVC

[JennaV 116]

3 minutes ago, LarryHickman said:

I don’t understand, are you saying after your interview it was in AP and a day later it went to approved? And then six days later it said issued? 

 

Did they give you a 221g denied Administrative processing letter? I’m confused no stone was left unturned only my fiancé had to give them my original divorce records today at the interview I had sent copies.

 

thanks jennav

Interview Jan 22 and we were approved with a pink slip that stated our visa was approved and a date to pick up passports. Jan 23 it changed to AP, Jan 28 it changed to Issued then Jan 29 got email to pick up passports which was yesterday. 

[Kkimpala 33]

Hey guys! I just checked the status of my case on ceac and it says ready. I haven’t received an email or packet 3 for Montreal from the embassy yet but I know what I have to send in since I’ve seen it many times posted here and online. Should I go ahead and send in DS 160 reciept and all other requirements or wait until the embassy contacts me or sends hard copy of Packet 3? Thanks! 

[ErickandLeo 61]

14 minutes ago, Kkimpala said:

Hey guys! I just checked the status of my case on ceac and it says ready. I haven’t received an email or packet 3 for Montreal from the embassy yet but I know what I have to send in since I’ve seen it many times posted here and online. Should I go ahead and send in DS 160 reciept and all other requirements or wait until the embassy contacts me or sends hard copy of Packet 3? Thanks! 

we almost have the same timeline, yeah when i checked also the CEAC today my status changed to "Ready", i guess we need to wait the packet 3 to arrive on our mail 

[Kkimpala 33]

5 minutes ago, ErickandLeo said:

we almost have the same timeline, yeah when i checked also the CEAC today my status changed to "Ready", i guess we need to wait the packet 3 to arrive on our mail 

I sent an email to the Montreal embassy just inquiring about the status of my case. Hopefully they will reply with an electronic copy of packet 3 so I can send that over asap. I’ll keep you posted if I get a response! 

[ErickandLeo 61]

2 minutes ago, Kkimpala said:

I sent an email to the Montreal embassy just inquiring about the status of my case. Hopefully they will reply with an electronic copy of packet 3 so I can send that over asap. I’ll keep you posted if I get a response! 

Thanks! any idea what is the earliest date open for interview? What province are you in Canada? Winnipeg, MB represent! 😁

[Kkimpala 33]

Just now, ErickandLeo said:

Thanks! any idea what is the earliest date open for interview? What province are you in Canada? Winnipeg, MB represent! 😁

I’m filing from Ontario!:) I actually have no idea how to check the interview date availability! I’ve seen other people on here say they were able to check but I’m not sure how:(

[Greenbaum 12,259]

2 hours ago, LarryHickman said:

Hi Greenbaum, ok here is what happened today. I had originally sent my fiancé copies of my divorce records to give the Embassy, the embassy contacted us and said I needed to give my fiancé originals which I did and she gave the officer today. My fiancé signed a sheet saying she would marry me and the officer took her passports. My fiancé asked when we would have the visa and the officer said he would try to make it as short as possible. He only asked how we met and when. So now we are in Administrative processing so what do you guys think?

 

Can you send me a copy of the letter where the entire text, left to right is showing and I will reply. Thanks.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

AP Explained

 

Some visa applications require further administrative processing, which takes additional time after the visa applicant’s interview by a consular officer. Applicants are advised of this requirement when they apply. Most administrative processing is resolved within 60 days of the visa interview. When administrative processing is required, the timing will vary based on the individual circumstances of each case. Your mileage may vary.
 

When the Embassy is ready to issue a visa, it will change to "Nonimmigrant Visa Application"; at that time, you will know that you are a few days away from getting the visa. It will go from "Immigrant Visa Application" to "Nonimmigrant Visa Application" status and then your visa changes to "Ready" ==> "Administrative Processing" ==>> "Issued" status as well. These steps sometimes transpire over a day or even a few days. Some smaller Embassy's it happens within hours.
 
Sometimes, it might skip "Administrative Processing" and go from "Ready" to "Issued". You must continue waiting. It will happen.
 

[LarryHickman 181]

10 minutes ago, Greenbaum said:

Can you send me a copy of the letter where the entire text, left to right is showing and I will reply. Thanks.

Thanks greenbaum, PM’d you

[LarryHickman 181]

APPROVED!

 

 

Today was an extreme roller coaster day but after my fiancé and I were told we were  in admin processing after our interview we received an email that said her visa will be mailed tomorrow! The embassy was very helpful the whole time but wow what a process!

 

I’m so happy right now and so relieved but I want to thank everyone here and especially greenbaum for all his help. My advice to anyone going through this process is that these guys on VJ can save you a lot of money and headache by doing this yourself and not a lawyer if you desire.

 

I wish everyone good luck with whatever they do in life and in relationships,  just be happy that’s all I know.

 

To those May folks still waiting, hang in there it’s worth the wait.

 

Larry & Liliana

Edited January 30, 2019 by LarryHickman

[Cata&Ben 199]

I finally got my whole set of police certificates

I will set up the interview tomorrow

My only worry now is that I am a Biomedical Engineer - this could trigger an AP

Anyway I am on my way finally !!!

 

[AmandaandChayne 734]

21 hours ago, emm21717 said:

mine just started working and was changed to issued!! wahoooo...I wonder if whenthey are working on our cases they don't load..hmmm who knows! 

Today neither site are loading for me 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

21 hours ago, Kkimpala said:

I’m filing from Ontario!:) I actually have no idea how to check the interview date availability! I’ve seen other people on here say they were able to check but I’m not sure how:(

Read the P3 letter below for your embassy. The instructions in their on how to do this and other steps. Also there is a sub-forum here on VJ with others from Canada doing the same thing you are and others who have been there and done that. Get over to the Sub-forum and begin asking questions from  those folks. @ErickandLeo @Kkimpala This would help you also.

 

You have to wait for P3 which takes 2-4 weeks from Ready. Comply with what they ask for in P3 (the actual one they send you) by sending them a copy of the signed P3 checklist, your DS-160 confirmation and your Passport Bio. Then they send you P4. Then they tell you to register to schedule and you'll wait some more for interviews to open up, which only happens once a month during the last week of the month for two months ahead UNLESS you are lucky and you scoop up a cancellation. Get your medical appointment first so you can schedule the interview shortly afterwards.

 

Packet 3: https://ca.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/07/Packet3Instructions-K1.pdf  And Packet 4 for reference also: https://ca.usembassy.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2016/03/Packet4-MTL.pdf

 

For all things dealing with the US Consulate in Canada head on over to the sub-forum for Canada where they will answer your questions for the processing of your visa from their personal experience. Link:

 

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/93-canada/

 

Edited January 31, 2019 by Greenbaum

[Greenbaum 12,259]

AP Status After Interview  - What is it?

 

No one can say with any certainty when your visa will be issued. Administrative processing is at its most frustrating when it goes on for several months. Typically this is caused by a consular post waiting for a response on some form of advisory opinion. Although, as was experienced in 2014 and 2015, processing delays may also result from system failures in the Consular Consolidated Database (CCD) and more recently due to additional administrative hurdles such as the recent flurry of executive orders regarding visa issuance. We have seen some who have experienced very long delays sometimes beyond a year. But those are rare. I hate to sing the same tune but patience is what is needed.

 

Just about everyone gets this after their interview.  Based on the discussions I had with the case officer he informed me of these steps:

 

the first AP is the immigration unit doing the paperwork for approving the visa

the first ready is a notice that they are finished and the paperwork is being sent for visa issuance

the second AP is the visa issuance people doing their own paperwork

the second ready is that the visa has been issued and is currently being processed for delivery

 

Then "issue" is posted and the visa has left the BIG house to YOUR house.

 

Once you get that second ready, it should be sent out within a few days, although we received our visa before any of the various websites that allow you to look up the status said that it had been sent out.

 

So using CEAC this is what you will see just after the interview:

 

When the Embassy is ready to issue a visa, it will change to "Nonimmigrant Visa Application"; at that time, you will know that you are a few days away from getting the visa. It will go from "Immigrant Visa Application" to "Nonimmigrant Visa Application" status and then your visa changes to "Ready" ==> "Administrative Processing" ==>> "Issued" status as well. These steps sometimes transpire over a day or even a few days. Some smaller Embassy's it happens within hours.

 

Sometimes, it might skip "Administrative Processing" and go from "Ready" to "Issued".

 

 

[d24v 200]

21 hours ago, Kkimpala said:

I sent an email to the Montreal embassy just inquiring about the status of my case. Hopefully they will reply with an electronic copy of packet 3 so I can send that over asap. I’ll keep you posted if I get a response! 

Canada is incredibly backed up right now; the March interview dates finally got released yesterday, which resulted in a lot of held up P4s finally getting sent out.  A lot of people booked for March 6th (February is full unless you get a cancellation).

 

We were in the New Year shipment to the consulate; P3 was ~18 days from there.  We were one of the lucky ones that got P4 on a fast turn-around (next day); people have been waiting 7+ days for that, too.  

 

There's just no love for America's hat right now.