How common is Administrative Processing/Review

[Milenka 0]

Thanks for posting the info David. Though I don't have a lawyer and haven't asked about it, it does make sense. My fiance has never been to the US, so maybe it's because he's Russian...Either way, I hope we all move on soon...last week I did get any e-mail from them, after writing, telling me my case number and saying it should be sent to the consulate in 2-4 weeks...Good luck to everyone!

[stevenw60 0]

Most NVC A/R delays I notice are for beneficiaries that have entered and left the USA in the past

Hmmm, I hope that's not true, my girl has been here twice on tourist visas and to be honest that doesnt make sense to me. From what I understand they run background/security checks before they will even give a tourist visa, I would think the exact opposite would be true, if they have already checked someone out a few times and they came here and did nothing wrong what else is there to look for?

[MaxxumUSA 0]

Most NVC A/R delays I notice are for beneficiaries that have entered and left the USA in the past

Hmmm, I hope that's not true, my girl has been here twice on tourist visas and to be honest that doesnt make sense to me. From what I understand they run background/security checks before they will even give a tourist visa, I would think the exact opposite would be true, if they have already checked someone out a few times and they came here and did nothing wrong what else is there to look for?

Steven...

Congrats on the NOA2! I know it we were both waiting.

Now... I am not saying that all people who's fiancees have been here end up in A/R black hole.

I am saying that the people that are stuck in A/R review - many of them so it seems - have had their fiancees here on a K-1 or K-3 visa in the past, then they returned to home country - then on the next K-1 or K-3 visa is when it seems they have a higher chance of getting stuck.

I'm uncertain of the effect of a previous tourist visa but like you suggest I would guess it is not a big deal. A second K-1 or K-3 seems to be a bigger flag.

There was even one gentleman who had his fiancee here one time on a K-1, for some reason they did not marry in 90 days. They were still engaged and she came over a second time on a new K-1 - same people - and they got stuck in A/R for a few months.

Then there are cases like Turbo - his fiancee's second K-1 but with a different man. They have been in A/R for 4 months. There are MANY cases like his.

Women here in the USA who are bringing their male fiances to the USA seem to have a higher chance of getting some A/R delays also. While I don't agree with the delay - it does seem natural to me that a man entering the USA would get examined and checked a little closer than a woman.

[Marriednow 4]

Random checks, isnt that what they do at the airports.

I believe that all cases go to admin review for a brief time. When we went to the NVC it took 2 weeks to forward to the embassy then 3 weeks to get from DC to Moscow apparently they had someone swimming across the ocean with our packet in his mouth(acutally it all goes by military post which means it goes from DC to New Jersey and then waits for a cargo bin to be full then gets aboard a military cargo plane then takes a flight, gets lost in customs for 1 week then onto the embassy where some part timer may sort through it in a week, then onto the Officer who looks at his calendar to see when the next holiday is so he can plan a taxpayer paid trip and if he sees a couple of free days might pencil in an interview or two. ) You may laugh but that is almost exactly how my cousin who works in the international criminal court in the Haig described the process to me and she works for the pentagon. She once sent some papers to the court from her office in the funny shaped building, went on vacation, two weeks later went to her office in the Haig and the package had not arrived yet. Its crazy but its our govt.

I'm sorry....I am sitting here laughing because your post reminds me of that joke....how many embassy workers does it take to deliver a packet???? sorry, couldn't resist...lol

[Milenka 0]

Yesterday I found out that we got out of A/R on Monday, and our petition was forwarded to the embassy. Any updates for anyone else stuck in A/R?

[Nagishkaw 510]

None to report....same old, same old. Sheeesh !

[dmhweb 0]

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(acutally it all goes by military post which means it goes from DC to New Jersey and then waits for a cargo bin to be full then gets aboard a military cargo plane then takes a flight, gets lost in customs for 1 week then onto the embassy where some part timer may sort through it in a week, then onto the Officer who looks at his calendar to see when the next holiday is so he can plan a taxpayer paid trip and if he sees a couple of free days might pencil in an interview or two. ) You may laugh but that is almost exactly how my cousin who works in the international criminal court in the Haig described the process to me and she works for the pentagon. She once sent some papers to the court from her office in the funny shaped building, went on vacation, two weeks later went to her office in the Haig and the package had not arrived yet. Its crazy but its our govt.

Not sure if you are just joking here but most if not all Visa Cases are delivered from the NVC in Portsmouth, NH to the destination Embassy via DHL, International Express as "US DIPLOMATIC PAPERS".

You can even look at the tracking info once you know when it left the NVC.

To track the shipment go to www.dhl.com

Use "Track by reference"

The reference should be one of the following:

I-730 <--- (This is the one I used a few years ago but does not seem to be working now)

EXPEDITE NIV SECTION

EXPEDITE IV SECTION

CORRESPONDENCE

Select a range of dates around the date that NVC says package shipped and select Track.

Once you have the results just look for the package that is headed for the embassy you're interested in. You should see the date and time the package was delivered to the embassy and even who signed for it. Odds are that your case is in that shipment.

Edited June 21, 2007 by dmhweb

[Milenka 0]

I tried all 4 of those options on DHL, it worked for EXPEDITE NIV SECTION, and EXPEDITE IV SECTION, I found two packages one to Lome, Togo, and one to Bogota, Columbia, so far nothing to Moscow. I am a little confused, there are just there two packages but the Department of State said that ours was sent to the embassy on the 11th???

[russ 1]

I tried all 4 of those options on DHL, it worked for EXPEDITE NIV SECTION, and EXPEDITE IV SECTION, I found two packages one to Lome, Togo, and one to Bogota, Columbia, so far nothing to Moscow. I am a little confused, there are just there two packages but the Department of State said that ours was sent to the embassy on the 11th???

One would think, that by 2007, these things could be scanned as PDFs and sent electronically. They are hardly state secrets, and the US GOVT has reasonably good encryption. Would save quite a bit on postage (and time?).

[Nagishkaw 510]

Saving time and money is not part of the governments vocabulary. In fact, they don't even know what that is.

[dmhweb 0]

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(acutally it all goes by military post which means it goes from DC to New Jersey and then waits for a cargo bin to be full then gets aboard a military cargo plane then takes a flight, gets lost in customs for 1 week then onto the embassy where some part timer may sort through it in a week, then onto the Officer who looks at his calendar to see when the next holiday is so he can plan a taxpayer paid trip and if he sees a couple of free days might pencil in an interview or two. ) You may laugh but that is almost exactly how my cousin who works in the international criminal court in the Haig described the process to me and she works for the pentagon. She once sent some papers to the court from her office in the funny shaped building, went on vacation, two weeks later went to her office in the Haig and the package had not arrived yet. Its crazy but its our govt.

Not sure if you are just joking here but most if not all Visa Cases are delivered from the NVC in Portsmouth, NH to the destination Embassy via DHL, International Express as "US DIPLOMATIC PAPERS".

You can even look at the tracking info once you know when it left the NVC.

To track the shipment go to www.dhl.com

Use "Track by reference"

The reference should be one of the following:

I-730 <--- (This is the one I used a few years ago but does not seem to be working now)

EXPEDITE NIV SECTION

EXPEDITE IV SECTION

CORRESPONDENCE

Select a range of dates around the date that NVC says package shipped and select Track.

Once you have the results just look for the package that is headed for the embassy you're interested in. You should see the date and time the package was delivered to the embassy and even who signed for it. Odds are that your case is in that shipment.

I tried all 4 of those options on DHL, it worked for EXPEDITE NIV SECTION, and EXPEDITE IV SECTION, I found two packages one to Lome, Togo, and one to Bogota, Columbia, so far nothing to Moscow. I am a little confused, there are just there two packages but the Department of State said that ours was sent to the embassy on the 11th???

If the volume is not high then it may take a couple weeks to fill the shipment but... I suspect that they are using new reference codes that we are not aware of.

We need someone on the inside to tell us what the new reference code might be or spend many many hours trying to guess

[mendeleev 68]

I called this morning. We are still in AP.

[mendeleev 68]

NVC reports this morning that we finally cleared Administrative Processing.

It has been a stressful month. Hopefully, better times are coming.

[Milenka 0]

Congratulations!!!! Great news!!!!!

[slim 1,530]

Not too long now! Godspeed!