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Anyone's Administrative processing changed from REFUSED to AP to REFUSED due to embassies close in India and other countries?

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Navayu   16

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Hi everyone,

 

I am positing behalf of my friend. 

My friend got 221G for his H1B visa interview and asked to submit the documents. He went for interview on 12th March and VO seems to be happy and asked to submit the documents and he submitted them. After the interview his case was updated to "REFUSED" and on March 19th it changed to "Administrative Processing" and on April 2nd it changed to "REFUSED". Now my friend is stuck in India as his passport is with embassy. Is anyone facing the same issue changing from AP to Refused after US closing the embassies in India or other countries?

 

March 12th - Interview

March 12th- Refused

March 19th - AP

April 2nd - Refused

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geowrian Grand Master

geowrian   22,337

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Don't read too much into it. They updated the wording recently to Refused for most AP processes. It's a text change.

Contact the consulate for specifics. If it really is refused, they should provide a reason (INA section) for the refusal. Most likely it's still pending completion of AP.

Timelines:

ROC:

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7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

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AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

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I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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Navayu   16

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9 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Don't read too much into it. They updated the wording recently to Refused for most AP processes. It's a text change.

Contact the consulate for specifics. If it really is refused, they should provide a reason (INA section) for the refusal. Most likely it's still pending completion of AP.

Thanks @geowrian .. Just trying to stay positive!! 

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He has 2 issues, Consulates are closed and he would not be able to travel anyway. Could be a wait.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Navayu   16

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9 minutes ago, Boiler said:

He has 2 issues, Consulates are closed and he would not be able to travel anyway. Could be a wait.

Yes, I agree with you but after changing to AP on March 19th and changing it back to Refused, made us worried. We were hoping that they will finish his process as they started it on 19th before closing the embassies. 

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   45,733

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Well they are no doubt still processing paper, do they still have his passport?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Boiler Grand Master

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Well I assume that it is still in the wait list. What nobody can tell you is how long it will take, does that lack of interviews mean that those people are processing existing cases or has the whole situation reached a point where everything has slowed down. I assume he will not need to revisit the Embassy but could not travel even if they send it.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Navayu   16

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Just now, Boiler said:

Well I assume that it is still in the wait list. What nobody can tell you is how long it will take, does that lack of interviews mean that those people are processing existing cases or has the whole situation reached a point where everything has slowed down. I assume he will not need to revisit the Embassy but could not travel even if they send it.

Yeah you are right!! Many of friends went home to visit their families and most of them can't come back to work. 

 
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