221(g) but officer said interview went well

[Nare 3]

Hi all,

 

my husband went to interview today everything went well, the officer even told him we have nothing to worry about and that we provided more than enough evidence. BUT the lawyer who worked on Our case forgot to upload my husband's military record online!!!! So because of that we got 221g stating to send and upload. We did that within 2 hours of his interview.

we uploaded on CEAC AND he dropped it off At the courier and they said tomorrow at 10am they will take it.

 

again his interview was a few hours ago.

 

his passport is also at the embassy.

 

i read so many places that admin processing takes 60 days :(((( please, does anyone have an idea how long this type of issue will take? Again, the officer said he has nothing to worry about and just to upload the requested docs.

 

many thanks!!

[Cryssiekins 976]

Every application goes through AP.  Could be a couple days, or weeks, some people wait months or longer.

 

Usually, keeping the passport is a good sign that they expect the AP to be relatively quick.  
 

Once they receive the missing documents physically, give them a week, and then send a follow up email.  For me, a simple (but polite) email inquiring about the status lead to it being changed that day, and me having my visa a week later.

[Unlockable 7,314]

Everybody goes through AP. And the 221g is the standard refusal if the case is not complete (in your case the military record was missing).

 

Also, there is no timeline for AP. The 60 days is just an estimate it is not a given. And AP can last a week or it can last a year. Nobody can ever predict how long it will take.

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

3 hours ago, Nare said:

i read so many places that admin processing takes 60 days

There is no timeline. It will take whatever it will take. Keeping the passport is usually a good sign. Send a follow up email stating you sent in the military records. Then give it a week before you send another email

[portorusa 431]

We were in the same situation on December 4. The interview of my husband and stepson went well, but they got 221g for a missing Police Certificate. It was retrieved and submitted the same day (via Embassy website). We received a call from the Embassy on December 13th, they confirmed the receipt and promised to give our case a "priority". Since then no news, the status is still AP. 

[Nare 3]

4 hours ago, USS_Voyager said:

There is no timeline. It will take whatever it will take. Keeping the passport is usually a good sign. Send a follow up email stating you sent in the military records. Then give it a week before you send another email

 

9 minutes ago, portorusa said:

We were in the same situation on December 4. The interview of my husband and stepson went well, but they got 221g for a missing Police Certificate. It was retrieved and submitted the same day (via Embassy website). We received a call from the Embassy on December 13th, they confirmed the receipt and promised to give our case a "priority". Since then no news, the status is still AP. 

Thanks so much for the reply. If you don’t mind me asking - which Embassy did he go to? Ours is in Armenia.

also, we uploaded on CEAC, is that what you mean by embassy website? And we took the original to courier which will be taken to embassy tomorrow morning.

[portorusa 431]

1 hour ago, Nare said:

 

Thanks so much for the reply. If you don’t mind me asking - which Embassy did he go to? Ours is in Armenia.

also, we uploaded on CEAC, is that what you mean by embassy website? And we took the original to courier which will be taken to embassy tomorrow morning.

Embassy in Paris, France. We uploaded on the Embassy website, the link was listed on 221g.

We mailed the original also by Chronopost, arrived to the Embassy last Friday.

[Nare 3]

3 hours ago, portorusa said:

Embassy in Paris, France. We uploaded on the Embassy website, the link was listed on 221g.

We mailed the original also by Chronopost, arrived to the Embassy last Friday.

Thanks dear.

 

i uploaded my docs but for some reason it is not letting me submit it. Did you have this issue too?

[Nare 3]

11 hours ago, Cryssiekins said:

Every application goes through AP.  Could be a couple days, or weeks, some people wait months or longer.

 

Usually, keeping the passport is a good sign that they expect the AP to be relatively quick.  
 

Once they receive the missing documents physically, give them a week, and then send a follow up email.  For me, a simple (but polite) email inquiring about the status lead to it being changed that day, and me having my visa a week later.

Thanks so much for your reply.

i uploaded my docs but for some reason it is not letting me submit it. Does the embassy have to enable the button?

 

so now on CEAC it just shows uploaded - when i try uploading it doesnt let

[portorusa 431]

No, we didn't. Are you uploading at CEAC? CEAC is notorious for having issues. You may want to try later.

[Amadia 711]

18 hours ago, Nare said:

his passport is also at the embassy.

^^^ This is a positive sign.....and you did due diligence by providing what was missing without further delay. 

You got this

[Nare 3]

11 minutes ago, Amadia said:

^^^ This is a positive sign.....and you did due diligence by providing what was missing without further delay. 

You got this

Thank you dear Amadia.

 

just got a response to my email from embassy that they have received the uploaded docs and just checked tracking number of the originals it says delivered and signed by embassy. :))))

 

just in case I wrote a followup email saying that i got confirmation of delivery, so hopefully they will pay attention :)))

 

fingers 🤞 

[Amadia 711]

10 minutes ago, Nare said:

Thank you dear Amadia.

 

just got a response to my email from embassy that they have received the uploaded docs and just checked tracking number of the originals it says delivered and signed by embassy. :))))

 

just in case I wrote a followup email saying that i got confirmation of delivery, so hopefully they will pay attention :)))

 

fingers 🤞 

YESSS! Keep the faith

[Nare 3]

1 minute ago, Amadia said:

YESSS! Keep the faith

❤️❤️🙏

hope all is good with your paperwork

[Ryan H 3,812]

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