Confusing Interview (Colombia): Refused/Administrative Processing?

[Gina Mendez 3]

Geraldine, 

 

Yes, seems that they are asking for your I-130 petition. When my case was first sent to the Embassy from NVC (after expedited) the Embassy asked me to upload the I-130 form to CEAC. We uploaded it along with other documents and they said no, just the I-130. We ended up uploading the I-130 as one document and the I-130A as a separate document in CEAC. Email them after you do that. 

 

Best of luck, hopefully they will approve your case soon. 

 

[Gina Mendez 3]

I saw you said NOA, no it is not, it is the I-130 petition form. 

[geraldineacevedo1 28]

1 hour ago, Gina Mendez said:

I saw you said NOA, no it is not, it is the I-130 petition form. 

Yes, that was the suggestion made by my immigration paralegal friend... She said to just send the approval and that they can look up the case according to that. Now that I think of it, I think that was bad advice.  

[geraldineacevedo1 28]

1 hour ago, Gina Mendez said:

Geraldine, 

 

Yes, seems that they are asking for your I-130 petition. When my case was first sent to the Embassy from NVC (after expedited) the Embassy asked me to upload the I-130 form to CEAC. We uploaded it along with other documents and they said no, just the I-130. We ended up uploading the I-130 as one document and the I-130A as a separate document in CEAC. Email them after you do that. 

 

Best of luck, hopefully they will approve your case soon. 

 

Oh thank you for this tip!  So, upload I-130 AND I-130A separately, not in one PDF? Did you upload it in the section that said "Optional Documents" under the beneficiary?  

[Gina Mendez 3]

I don´t think is bad advise, I think the message is so unclear that advise could go either way. 

 

Yes, upload the PDFs (I-130 and I-130 A) as separate files without any attachments, under the category "OTHER" and submit. Either the petitioner or the beneficiary can upload. I (the beneficiary) uploaded them.  

 

I hope this works and help your case. Good luck! 

[geraldineacevedo1 28]

3 minutes ago, Gina Mendez said:

I don´t think is bad advise, I think the message is so unclear that advise could go either way. 

 

Yes, upload the PDFs (I-130 and I-130 A) as separate files without any attachments, under the category "OTHER" and submit. Either the petitioner or the beneficiary can upload. I (the beneficiary) uploaded them.  

 

I hope this works and help your case. Good luck! 

Yes, I felt it was very unclear what they mentioned.

Also, BEFORE my husband even went on the interview on Sept. 1st, we had to send a huge PDF of like 80 pages with all of the scanned documents that they required, I guess because of these times of COVID they wanted to make sure nothing was "missing." The I-130 was not mentioned on that massive list!! 😅

That's why this AP is a bit confusing to me, since we had everything they asked of us...

[Gina Mendez 3]

I understand. hopefully this is it, and they will provide a positive response on your case soon. 

[geraldineacevedo1 28]

8 minutes ago, Gina Mendez said:

I understand. hopefully this is it, and they will provide a positive response on your case soon. 

Thank you so much! Crossing my fingers, yes. 😄

[Gina Mendez 3]

On 9/22/2020 at 9:49 AM, geraldineacevedo1 said:

Thank you so much! Crossing my fingers, yes. 😄

Hi Geraldine, any updates on your case? Mine hasn´t and is killing me

[Marthaeu 39]

On 9/21/2020 at 9:27 PM, geraldineacevedo1 said:

Just wanted to give an update 09/21.

I received an email from the Embassy about my administrative processing.

 

They simply asked (translated): 

"Thank you for contacting us. We have visualized that your appointment was on September 1, 2020. Could you please tell us if you have the petition for this case, if so, please upload it to your NVC account and then send it to us by this means scanned in PDF and thus be able to pass it on to the officer in your case."

 

The message was quite unclear to me about which petition in particular..I feel as though there are many. 😂 I asked my friend, who is an immigration paralegal, about this message and she said to upload my I-130 Approval Notice of Action and send it to them. Seems like that's all they are asking for now?? 😵

The petition is the I130 form and at the same time it would be good to upload the I797 NOA with approval 

[geraldineacevedo1 28]

On 9/29/2020 at 4:49 PM, Gina Mendez said:

Hi Geraldine, any updates on your case? Mine hasn´t and is killing me

Hi Gina! I know we are in the same boat...I feel so  anxious. Our status updated today from "Refused" to "Administrative Processing" 😩...

[Louis61404 133]

9 hours ago, geraldineacevedo1 said:

Hi Gina! I know we are in the same boat...I feel so  anxious. Our status updated today from "Refused" to "Administrative Processing" 😩...

From what I've read on this forum, that is probably a good thing - especially considering they kept his passport.  It seems like within the last few months they've changed the "statuses" and Administrative Process is coming up on everyone's status, but only for a short amount of time.

 

Good luck.

[geraldineacevedo1 28]

On 10/2/2020 at 8:12 AM, Louis61404 said:

From what I've read on this forum, that is probably a good thing - especially considering they kept his passport.  It seems like within the last few months they've changed the "statuses" and Administrative Process is coming up on everyone's status, but only for a short amount of time.

 

Good luck.

Thank you!

 

You were right, this was a good thing! The following day our visa status changed to "Issued" and we received a phone call from Colombian embassy that our visa was ready to be picked up! 

 

October 5th visa in hand!!! 

 

Thanks sooo much to all for the support.

[Louis61404 133]

20 hours ago, geraldineacevedo1 said:

Thank you!

 

You were right, this was a good thing! The following day our visa status changed to "Issued" and we received a phone call from Colombian embassy that our visa was ready to be picked up! 

 

October 5th visa in hand!!! 

 

Thanks sooo much to all for the support.

That's amazing, I'm jealous!  But of course happy to see good news for you in Bogota.  Congratulations.

[Gina Mendez 3]

That´s great news, I´m glad I was able to help. I am still waiting for mine, but your husband´s approval gives me hope.