CR1 Visa case status says "REFUSED" after interview

[Ousmane2021 2]

My wife had her interview in Senegal.  They gave her a form to bring in my previous divorce. On the same day since we don't live far from the Embassy, we returned and gave the requested paper. They took the copy and her passport and told her to come back in 3 days. I just checked her status and it says Refused. I am confused, shouldn't it be Administrative processing? Did they denied her .  What does refused really mean? does it mean they haven't processed the documents yet.

[JeanneAdil 6,498]

Currently Refused is the term used until a decision is made to approve (CEAC will say issued) or deny the petition 

and for Senegal the case can be in security checks for weeks,  months or longer 

Patience is needed 

Best to you both

[AMA. L 13]

Give it a few days more from what I have read here, it’s the norm till the review the document you sent in 

[Carpe Vinum 2,327]

Refused is an interim status. You are ok. It would be nice if they used pending or something similiar)

[Ousmane2021 2]

Thank you all. that's such a strong word. Why not Pending or under review. 

[nastra30 2,284]

2 hours ago, Ousmane2021 said:

Thank you all. that's such a strong word. Why not Pending or under review. 

In the past they will use Administrative processing mostly, and recently started using Refused. Refused does throw people off (as it did to you) but be rest assured it's just a temp status. Final status will say 'approved' or 'denied'.

[Ousmane2021 2]

it definitely threw me off

[Ousmane2021 2]

Good news guys, the status says "Issued"