Visa delays due to administrative process

[Khan g 0]

It was just a simple email, no ds 5535,,, question was simple as it was like ur sibling, contacts, emails and where did u live and living and online status changed to refused from Ready...what u will say about this?? Now they will issue soon??

[Crazy Cat 42,062]

2 hours ago, Khan g said:

It was just a simple email, no ds 5535,,, question was simple as it was like ur sibling, contacts, emails and where did u live and living and online status changed to refused from Ready...what u will say about this?? Now they will issue soon??

No person can really answer that.  Only the CO knows where your case currently stands.

[arken 4,197]

3 hours ago, Khan g said:

question was simple as it was like ur sibling, contacts, emails and where did u live and living

Note that they didn't ask for those info just to put that in their record and approve your visa. They will probably checking some background on all those persons, emails, places. It could be 2 months or 2 years when they finish that.

[SalishSea 18,080]

8 hours ago, Khan g said:

U r rit... But i am just hoping that they say 6 months maximum time for 221 g nd AP process and i got an questioner under 6 months so may be they are concluding it..

No, there is no maximum.

[Nasirlahore 28]

You will meet lot of scaremongers but be positive,you will get your visa in about month or so its a routine  background checks in pakistan  because  there are millions of illegal  immigrants  in pakistan posing as pakistanis.

Edited November 11, 2021 by Nasirlahore

[SalishSea 18,080]

50 minutes ago, Nasirlahore said:

You will meet lot of scaremongers but be positive,you will get your visa in about month or so its a routine  background checks in pakistan  because  there are millions of illegal  immigrants  in pakistan posing as pakistanis.

Sure, that’s the ticket, lol.

[NBA16 55]

I reply since I've been through this. I received the ds5535 form right after my interview in August 2017, sometimes it is sent as a form and sometimes it is just the questions in the email. My case was a bit different because I experienced travel ban but long story short I received the form for the second time in November 2018 and then I received email for my second interview in November 2019 and my visa was issued right after my second interview. It took me 27 months between my 2 interviews.

As other members said it can take weeks or month or years, having any deadline on your mind can make it harder sometimes. I am not trying to scare you but I had to wait pretty long time, I really hope yours will be different.

[Khan g 0]

@NBA16 thank you for this information its helpfull, i just want to clear is that when you got that form their was written ds 5535 like when they gave this form of questioner they mention about this form??? And also in email if somebody get it thier must be written that u r having ds 5535, isnt it?? In my case i got an email of questioner but i couldnt find any ds 5535 written.. so can i assume its a routeen check up cz its not mentioned?? Can u plz clearify this cz u also faced it...??

[tiyyo 68]

My husband is Pakistani but was living and working in Spain. He received an email such as yours. We responded the day he got it. It took another 2 years AND a stokes interview that involved both of us in Madrid. Luckily I was there when they requested us both to go to the embassy.

It is the ds 5535 but in an informal email.

Good luck with your journey, it won't be quick. Just saying the truth.

[NBA16 55]

@Khan g Yes i received DS5535 and it was a form but some people whom I talked to from my home country received same questions but not in a form and it was not called any specific title (questions like your siblings info, your previous jobs, the places you traveled in the last 15 years, the phone numbers you have used)
depending on embassy or visa category people received it in different forms because not all Iranians are interviewed at the same embassy.
As @arken said they take the info to process it. This processing can be fast or slow. I don't think questions being in shape of a form will make the process longer or shorter.
I don't know what is the difference between routine check up or processing ds5535.

[Khan g 0]

@tiyyo u r talking about US if yes so u were US citizen applying for?? 2nd what was the time u guys going for this process travel ban time?

[tiyyo 68]

1 minute ago, Khan g said:

@tiyyo u r talking about US if yes so u were US citizen applying for?? 2nd what was the time u guys going for this process travel ban time?

I'm not too sure what you are asking. I am an US citizen and my husband got his IR visa to come to the US. He arrived in the US in 2019. No travel ban.

[Khan g 0]

@tiyyo i got u thank you... I waited for more then 5 months in admin process, will this be counted when i got something new called ds5535??

[Khan g 0]

What will be the best step to go forward and have your visa??. Stucked almost more then 7 months Back ground check 😐😐

Pakistan consulate

[SteveInBostonI130 3,482]

Wait, unfortunately.

 

AP cannot be expedited.