How long it takes for administrating process to complete? (merged)

[AHS 0]

Hello,

I will be glad if someone one helps me. my husband is from Iran he had an interview at April 4, 2022 and during the interview everything went find, even the officer told him he will keep the passport for visa but I do not know what happened they told him he needs to send some information. They send him email at the same day and asked him to email his full CV and school transcript. He sent them within 4 days they gave him 20 days for sending information. but the case is still refused which means under administrating processes. since the officer told my husband after submitting whatever we want we ask you to bring your passport for visa, but there is not response yet. his interview was at Ankara Turkey.

please reply me if any one had same situation.

Thank you

[SalishSea 17,854]

11 minutes ago, AHS said:

Hello,

I will be glad if someone one helps me. my husband is from Iran he had an interview at April 4, 2022 and during the interview everything went find, even the officer told him he will keep the passport for visa but I do not know what happened they told him he needs to send some information. They send him email at the same day and asked him to email his full CV and school transcript. He sent them within 4 days they gave him 20 days for sending information. but the case is still refused which means under administrating processes. since the officer told my husband after submitting whatever we want we ask you to bring your passport for visa, but there is not response yet. his interview was at Ankara Turkey.

please reply me if any one had same situation.

Thank you

That type of extended/extensive vetting is very common for people from Iran.

 

There is nothing you can do, except to wait it out as they investigate his background to determine whether he is eligible for the visa.  It can take months, a year, or more.

[AHS 0]

Thank you.

[Chancy 6,241]

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[AHS 0]

That means it might take a while?

 

[Mhoush 1]

This happened to my husband and we filed a mandamus lawsuit after 4 months of AP. All his background checks were magically cleared after 1 day of all government parties being legally served. The language of my lawsuit cites (among other things of course) an old Bush era policy that puts Iranians on a list of countries that go through administrative red tape to slow down the immigration process. It’s called CARRP and it’s straight up discrimination. All that aside, I highly recommend you connect with a mandamus lawyer. A lot of folks on this site will talk against it but those people are not Iranian and don’t know how different the rules are for our people. I wish you luck and light getting through this. As long as he isn’t sepah you will be ok. 

[AHS 0]

Thank you, no he is not has not been in sepah and he did not even joined military.

[Niecy 0]

Can I ask does your husband have Turkish residency?

[AHS 0]

No, but he just applied for it and he is waiting to get response. that is make any differences?

[Niecy 0]

Just wandered if you can interview without residency it's so confusing Turkey is making residency hard to get

[Niecy 0]

I don't think you need it 

[AHS 0]

thank you

[Chancy 6,241]

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On 8/24/2022 at 2:58 PM, AHS said:

Hello,

Is there any one waiting for their visa processing? I had my interview more than 4 months ago but I am still waiting for response. after interview I had provided the documents they asked but still no response. I see some updates on my case status but it is still REFUSED. is there any one with the same situation?

Thank you.

 

[AHS 0]

Hello everyone, is there any one who had a visa interview in Ankara Turkey and after that was asked for extra information?

my husband had his interview on April 14, 2022. after interview he was asked to submit extra information and his visa status was REFUSED. He submitted everything as he was instructed to do. then after it was still refused and was like need more information. we contacted them several times but they said we need to wait, and recently his visa case study look up changed from need information to processing pending. does any one know what is going on or anyone experienced such thing. please let me know. it is almost 6 months. I will attach the link

https://tr.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/iv-status-check/status-descriptions/

[Crazy Cat 41,919]

Administrative Processing.  It cannot be expedited or waived.  You just have to wait it out. AP is open-ended.  It could finish today, next month, or next year.