221g, absolutely gutted

[JPAZ 10]

We attended my fiancées K1 visa interview today in Bogota. We transferred her case from Moscow given the current embassy situation. The interview went well, all of our documents were in order. However at the end of the interview the CO gave us a white slip saying we are in administrative processing and we are refused based on 221g and that they needed to make some extra checks. We had been waiting 20 months for this, and this just feels like another stab in our stomachs. My mental health has been absolutely obliterated by this process, and now to go back to a black hole  is just excruciating. Sorry just venting. I just want to be with who I love.

[Karabast39 11]

15 hours ago, JPAZ said:

We attended my fiancées K1 visa interview today in Bogota. We transferred her case from Moscow given the current embassy situation. The interview went well, all of our documents were in order. However at the end of the interview the CO gave us a white slip saying we are in administrative processing and we are refused based on 221g and that they needed to make some extra checks. We had been waiting 20 months for this, and this just feels like another stab in our stomachs. My mental health has been absolutely obliterated by this process, and now to go back to a black hole  is just excruciating. Sorry just venting. I just want to be with who I love.

See this info on travel.state.gov about Administrative Processing.  It's a delay, but not the end of the world. 

Administrative Processing Information (state.gov)

 

[Ayda&Jad 58]

On 11/22/2021 at 9:41 PM, JPAZ said:

We attended my fiancées K1 visa interview today in Bogota. We transferred her case from Moscow given the current embassy situation. The interview went well, all of our documents were in order. However at the end of the interview the CO gave us a white slip saying we are in administrative processing and we are refused based on 221g and that they needed to make some extra checks. We had been waiting 20 months for this, and this just feels like another stab in our stomachs. My mental health has been absolutely obliterated by this process, and now to go back to a black hole  is just excruciating. Sorry just venting. I just want to be with who I love.

We also had our interview a few days and had the same situation. We just needed to get updated documents. Thank god it’s not a refusal, we just have to be patient. 
good luck and hopefully the wait won’t be too long

[powerpuff 6,712]

~ Moved from K1 P&P to K1 Case Filing & Progress Reports ~

 

Sorry to hear about that. AP is very common, don’t give up! I hope you will hear good news soon. 
 

 

[TBoneTX 45,324]

The not-so-good news is that AP takes as long as it takes, which often isn't fast.

 

However, your situation (and this is a guess, because you have no VJ timeline -- please create one for best-informed help) might be related to interviewing in a non-native country.  If your fiancee is Russian, the Bogota COs lack immediate access to certain information.  It could be fairly routine and it's simply not at hand.

 

If it's any consolation, Mrs. T-B.-to-be was very rudely put on a 221g by the completely incompetent Guayaquil consulate, and I remain angry to this day (over a decade later!) at what that took out of me.  Whatever you're feeling is what you're feeling, and it's understood by others of us here.

[JPAZ 10]

1 hour ago, TBoneTX said:

The not-so-good news is that AP takes as long as it takes, which often isn't fast.

 

However, your situation (and this is a guess, because you have no VJ timeline -- please create one for best-informed help) might be related to interviewing in a non-native country.  If your fiancee is Russian, the Bogota COs lack immediate access to certain information.  It could be fairly routine and it's simply not at hand.

 

If it's any consolation, Mrs. T-B.-to-be was very rudely put on a 221g by the completely incompetent Guayaquil consulate, and I remain angry to this day (over a decade later!) at what that took out of me.  Whatever you're feeling is what you're feeling, and it's understood by others of us here.

That’s my hope as well. The CO asked questions about the police certificates and the birth certificates but did not ask for additional information and just gave us a white 221g sheet saying we are in AP. She is from Russia and studied in China for 8 months so that always worried me. However they kept her passport and they know she is a 3rd country so hopefully it’s a good sign.

[TBoneTX 45,324]

Yes, keeping the passport is indeed a good sign.

And if you were present (or on premises) at the interview, that's a plus for you.

Keep us closely apprised.

[JPAZ 10]

12 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Yes, keeping the passport is indeed a good sign.

And if you were present (or on premises) at the interview, that's a plus for you.

Keep us closely apprised.

Thanks so much. It’s just so discouraging to see people stuck in AP for years. Our case has been updated daily except Thanksgiving since our interview on Monday so I am hopeful they are working on it. 

[JPAZ 10]

On 11/26/2021 at 12:36 AM, TBoneTX said:

Yes, keeping the passport is indeed a good sign.

And if you were present (or on premises) at the interview, that's a plus for you.

Keep us closely apprised.

Hello, our case changed today from “refused” to “application received” and went from immigrant to nonimmigrant status. Do you know what this could mean? 

[Ayda&Jad 58]

How long was ur case in AP? 

[JPAZ 10]

20 minutes ago, Ayda&Jad said:

How long was ur case in AP? 

We had our interview on November 22. It shows immigrant visa refused with creation date of when we transferred our case until today when it changed to non immigrant application received with a creation date of today.

[ryvfader 45]

54 minutes ago, JPAZ said:

We had our interview on November 22. It shows immigrant visa refused with creation date of when we transferred our case until today when it changed to non immigrant application received with a creation date of today.

Obvious disclaimer, no one knows what will happen but the consulate and it could always go sideways up until she is past the POE and lawfully admitted to the US.

 

HOWEVER, from everything I've been able to gather, rapid fire updates of the case status followed by a change to NIV status and a new "case creation" date seems to indicate crossing of T's and dotting of I's prior to visa issue. 

[Ayda&Jad 58]

Did they keep ur passport ? Or ask you to bring it back ? 

[TBoneTX 45,324]

5 hours ago, ryvfader said:

Obvious disclaimer, no one knows what will happen but the consulate and it could always go sideways up until she is past the POE and lawfully admitted to the US.

 

HOWEVER, from everything I've been able to gather, rapid fire updates of the case status followed by a change to NIV status and a new "case creation" date seems to indicate crossing of T's and dotting of I's prior to visa issue. 

I was going to say something similar, but the above was posted earlier and stated better.  Fingers crossed.

[JPAZ 10]

6 hours ago, Ayda&Jad said:

Did they keep ur passport ? Or ask you to bring it back ? 

Yes they kept the passport