Refused CR1

[MedellinCOUS 24]

So after almost two years of waiting through this process my wife went to her interview.  She was there alone and the interviewing officer didn't look at her the entire time, just asked her question after question, which se was able to answer without issue.  So when it was over they told her that she would need to provide further documentation, two specific documents.  They also said to send these documents via courier to Bogota along with her passport which we already did last week.  The strange thing is that when i check the DS-260 status it says "refused".  I'm wondering why they would ask her to send her passport along with the documents?  That is a critical document that my wife needs to travel and I'm wondering how long it will be held at the embassy?  Anyone else experience anything like this?

[arken 4,197]

22 minutes ago, MedellinCOUS said:

So after almost two years of waiting through this process my wife went to her interview.  She was there alone and the interviewing officer didn't look at her the entire time, just asked her question after question, which se was able to answer without issue.  So when it was over they told her that she would need to provide further documentation, two specific documents.  They also said to send these documents via courier to Bogota along with her passport which we already did last week.  The strange thing is that when i check the DS-260 status it says "refused".  I'm wondering why they would ask her to send her passport along with the documents?  That is a critical document that my wife needs to travel and I'm wondering how long it will be held at the embassy?  Anyone else experience anything like this?

"Refused" is visa refused till they review it again. At some point they will look at the documents they received and if approved they will issue the visa, if not refusal stamp.

 

What documents they asked for? It could days few weeks or months depending upon the their load and depending upon the documents provided.

 

If your wife needs to travel, she can ask the embassy for the passport, they will return it to you. It will definitely delay the overall process though.

[MedellinCOUS 24]

4 minutes ago, arken said:

"Refused" is visa refused till they review it again. At some point they will look at the documents they received and if approved they will issue the visa, if not refusal stamp.

 

What documents they asked for? It could days few weeks or months depending upon the their load and depending upon the documents provided.

 

If your wife needs to travel, she can ask the embassy for the passport, they will return it to you. It will definitely delay the overall process though.

Thanks for your response, that clears up a lot.  They requested an official copy of my divorce decree from a prior marriage, as well as evidence of support for my wife.  These things were easy for us to obtain and provide, tracking number says they already have the document.  I guess its just a waiting game again.

 

So if they deny it will they actually stamp her passport with a denial stamp of some sort?  

[arken 4,197]

4 minutes ago, MedellinCOUS said:

Thanks for your response, that clears up a lot.  They requested an official copy of my divorce decree from a prior marriage, as well as evidence of support for my wife.  These things were easy for us to obtain and provide, tracking number says they already have the document.  I guess its just a waiting game again.

 

Evidences of financial support? I hope you provided good documents on that.

 

 

4 minutes ago, MedellinCOUS said:

So if they deny it will they actually stamp her passport with a denial stamp of some sort?  

These days i don't think they'll stamp the refusal on the passport, they will just provide you the refusal letter.

[MedellinCOUS 24]

4 minutes ago, arken said:

 

Evidences of financial support? I hope you provided good documents on that.

 

 

These days i don't think they'll stamp the refusal on the passport, they will just provide you the refusal letter.

Thanks again for your help.  Yes, the documents we provided were official proof, there would be no better documents available to prove this.  

 

Hopefully all will be ok.  Thanks again!

[Hilde 381]

18 hours ago, MedellinCOUS said:

The strange thing is that when i check the DS-260 status it says "refused".  I'm wondering why they would ask her to send her passport along with the documents?  That is a critical document that my wife needs to travel and I'm wondering how long it will be held at the embassy?  Anyone else experience anything like this?

The fact that they asked for her passport is very positive. There is no refusal stamp... 

Don't get caught up on "refusal". This means additional review. You can do a search here on VJ with "refusal" as the key word and you will see others with very simliar situations...

Good luck!

[MedellinCOUS 24]

5 hours ago, Hilde said:

The fact that they asked for her passport is very positive. There is no refusal stamp... 

Don't get caught up on "refusal". This means additional review. You can do a search here on VJ with "refusal" as the key word and you will see others with very simliar situations...

Good luck!

Thanks for the response!  We are hoping for the best.  Will update as soon as we hear anything!

[MedellinCOUS 24]

On 6/25/2021 at 10:45 AM, MedellinCOUS said:

Thanks for the response!  We are hoping for the best.  Will update as soon as we hear anything!

Just checked our status today and we are "Issued".  After a month and a half in Refused status after our interview at the beginning of June it went to Administrative Review for about a day and then today it changed to Issued.  Whew... what an exhausting two year journey and there have been many times where we almost lost hope.  But the day we have been working toward finally arrived and I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulder. 

 

Best of luck and good fortune to all of you still waiting.

[Removed20210801 22]

So happy for you. Im just flying down to Colombia tomorrow to be with my fiancée for some months. Hopefully we can come home together in the next 6 months.