K1 Administrative Processing

[HS & SK 1]

Hi all,

my fiancé had his interview on November 15, 2019 at Mumbai and was given a 221g at the end of what he felt was a successful interview now it’s been over 60 days and we have no update regardless of numerous emails and phone calls to the embassy. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice or information? We don’t know how long this will take or what the outcome can be. Should we consider getting married in India? 

[Going through 5,671]

Doing the CR-1 spouse visa later will not prevent him from being put into AP during that process either. 

Add to that, you're putting even more waiting time into your journey since you'll be starting over then from scratch. 

I'd say wait it out a bit longer before thinking about withdrawing the K1.

 

Did they keep his passport at the end of the interview?  That's usually a good sign.

[Just Paul 4,595]

Was anything checked on the 221(g)?

[HS & SK 1]

No his passport was not kept and no other documents are requested. 

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

[Greenbaum 12,259]

On 1/16/2020 at 2:23 PM, HS & SK said:

Hi all,

my fiancé had his interview on November 15, 2019 at Mumbai and was given a 221g at the end of what he felt was a successful interview now it’s been over 60 days and we have no update regardless of numerous emails and phone calls to the embassy. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice or information? We don’t know how long this will take or what the outcome can be. Should we consider getting married in India? 

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. 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.

 

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".

 

also...

 

We need a little housekeeping on your end. Many of our answers are predicated on the information you supply in your profile. When we look at the left column and can't determine your timeline OR your Embassy it's hard for us to give you a factual answer. Our answers will sometimes be tailored to a specific Embassy hence the reason for you to complete your profile. If you look at the profile of others here, they have a flag for their country, so it makes it easy for us to reply as we can quickly determine their Embassy. The country that should be used is the country where the interview will take place.

 

So, if you could help yourself out and complete your profile that sure would help us out when we want to reply to your question with factual information.

 

Go to the top right of this page select your name (it's on the upper right-hand corner)>my profile>[below your picture on the right column] edit my profile. Scroll to the bottom and fill in "Immigration Info". There now we can better serve you.

 

Once you finish that then return and you will see a flag in your profile. Select it and see what wonderful information will open up for you.

 

Thanks

[HS & SK 1]

I did reach out to the Congressman and not sure if this has anything to do when their inquiry but the last update date on the case has changed to January 23, 2020 which has been November 15, 2019 since the day of interview. Could this be a good sign or am I just getting too excited? 

[Greenbaum 12,259]

3 hours ago, HS & SK said:

I did reach out to the Congressman and not sure if this has anything to do when their inquiry but the last update date on the case has changed to January 23, 2020 which has been November 15, 2019 since the day of interview. Could this be a good sign or am I just getting too excited? 

Anytime the dates change someone is "touching your file" and working on it.

 

PLEASE! 

We need a little housekeeping on your end. Many of our answers are predicated on the information you supply in your profile. When we look at the left column and can't determine your timeline OR your Embassy it's hard for us to give you a factual answer. Our answers will sometimes be tailored to a specific Embassy hence the reason for you to complete your profile. If you look at the profile of others here, they have a flag for their country, so it makes it easy for us to reply as we can quickly determine their Embassy. The country that should be used is the country where the interview will take place.

 

So, if you could help yourself out and complete your profile that sure would help us out when we want to reply to your question with factual information.

 

Go to the top right of this page select your name (it's on the upper right-hand corner)>my profile>[below your picture on the right column] edit my profile. Scroll to the bottom and fill in "Immigration Info". There now we can better serve you.

 

Once you finish that then return and you will see a flag in your profile. Select it and see what wonderful information will open up for you.

 

Thanks

[HS & SK 1]

The case last update date had changed one more time on February 14 but it still said administrative process until this morning the date has not changed but now it says it’s refused and the date has not changed. I called NVC to confirm they stated it’s still in administrative process but I have not been able to get a response with the embassy. Super stressed out does anyone have advice?

[Greenbaum 12,259]

7 minutes ago, HS & SK said:

The case last update date had changed one more time on February 14 but it still said administrative process until this morning the date has not changed but now it says it’s refused and the date has not changed. I called NVC to confirm they stated it’s still in administrative process but I have not been able to get a response with the embassy. Super stressed out does anyone have advice?

It's hard for us to respond when you haven't completed your profile. Each embassy is different and each individual is different. Timelines help us ascertain other information to for a answer.