islamabad Still stuck in administrative processing please give some hope!

[F&S2018 31]

Hi everyone!

so my husband had his interview at Islamabad embassy 4/9/19, interview went good wasn’t asked too many questions everything was pretty straight forward they wanted to see our pics, and asked how we talk and how often and kept his passport, medical, and passport sized pics. Told him at the end everything is looking good and gave him a paper to register for courier service they did say you will receive an email and that’s it, 24 hours later we received questionnaire email and filled out and sent back. Everyday from that point our case update date changed daily and I emailed end of April and they had said we received your questionnaire and your case is in administrative processing which in a crucial part before issue visa, my case only updates when I send an inquiry and I’m wanting to know others experiences and feedback! Anything will definitely help. 

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Administrative processing (AP) is standard for everyone everywhere. Can be 2-3 days, 2-3 weeks, 2-3 months, or even years. Unfortunately there is no timeline. It can't be bypassed or expedited. The embassy is doing their background/security checks and document verification. 

[Apple Bee 272]

7 minutes ago, F&S2018 said:

Hi everyone!

so my husband had his interview at Islamabad embassy 4/9/19, interview went good wasn’t asked too many questions everything was pretty straight forward they wanted to see our pics, and asked how we talk and how often and kept his passport, medical, and passport sized pics. Told him at the end everything is looking good and gave him a paper to register for courier service they did say you will receive an email and that’s it, 24 hours later we received questionnaire email and filled out and sent back. Everyday from that point our case update date changed daily and I emailed end of April and they had said we received your questionnaire and your case is in administrative processing which in a crucial part before issue visa, my case only updates when I send an inquiry and I’m wanting to know others experiences and feedback! Anything will definitely help. 

It sounds like he received the DS-5535 form. There's no way to tell how long it will take to process this form. Some people have been waiting since 2017. Here is a thread about it.

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/637938-form-ds-5535-supplemental-questions-for-visa-applicants/page/239/

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

was the form a ds5535?

if so,  it can take months or longer and they will keep the passport during this time

asking for the passport back to travel just adds more time to the security process as they will check into any travel he does

[F&S2018 31]

11 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

was the form a ds5535?

if so,  it can take months or longer and they will keep the passport during this time

asking for the passport back to travel just adds more time to the security process as they will check into any travel he does

I guess..the email just said questionnaire for additional information and once we submitted our case updated daily and then stopped and then I inquired end of April and they updated and then again last week when I sent another email and that’s it. 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

11 hours ago, F&S2018 said:

I guess..the email just said questionnaire for additional information and once we submitted our case updated daily and then stopped and then I inquired end of April and they updated and then again last week when I sent another email and that’s it. 

was it 3 page long 

and ask for travel info

and info about siblings

and all email ,  dating sites ,  facebook,  (all social media)   ID's

and all phone numbers used 

[F&S2018 31]

1 hour ago, adil-rafa said:

was it 3 page long 

and ask for travel info

and info about siblings

and all email ,  dating sites ,  facebook,  (all social media)   ID's

and all phone numbers used 

Yup that’s basically what it was

[Ahmed&Freda 628]

Islamabad calls the Ds-5535 a questionnaire.   It is just a basic email with the same information requested that you would find on the form ds-5535 so even though they don't call it ds5535 it is in fact the same.

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

17 minutes ago, F&S2018 said:

Yup that’s basically what it was

that is the ds5535

and it can take weeks,  months or a year to complete the security process