Ceac status change from refused to AP

[Mazlyn 15]

Yesterday my husband’s case status changed from refused to administrative processing. It was a 221g refusal and he had to submit a few documents and his passport that he forgot to bring on interview and had to resubmit the joint sponsor form again online. On cgi it was saying passport at embassy/consulate but a few weeks ago that changed to document delivery information. Also I checked ceac and the documents that embassy asked for are still just showing submitted it don't say accepted. Im not sure what this all means the case status change from refused to AP and the documents on ceac not saying accepted. Is this all a good sign that he will be approved? Will the documents on ceac change from submitted to accepted if at the embassy or is that just nvc stage?

[Crazy Cat 41,834]

I see no sign for either approval or otherwise.  This is administrative processing.  This is a Pakistani case, so the AP could be quite lengthy.  Good luck. 

[Dashinka 24,487]

9 minutes ago, Mazlyn said:

Yesterday my husband’s case status changed from refused to administrative processing. It was a 221g refusal and he had to submit a few documents and his passport that he forgot to bring on interview and had to resubmit the joint sponsor form again online. On cgi it was saying passport at embassy/consulate but a few weeks ago that changed to document delivery information. Also I checked ceac and the documents that embassy asked for are still just showing submitted it don't say accepted. Im not sure what this all means the case status change from refused to AP and the documents on ceac not saying accepted. Is this all a good sign that he will be approved? Will the documents on ceac change from submitted to accepted if at the embassy or is that just nvc stage?

From what many of us here can gather, "refused" means the application is not ready for approval yet and is just sitting on a desk essentially, and "AP" means someone is actively doing something with your case.  The consulates used to simply use AP to describe everything. YMMV of course, but it is not uncommon to see a case toggle between refused to AP while the consulate is adjudicating it.  What you don't want to see is "Denied", and what you do want to see it "Visa Issued".

 

Good Luck!

[Mazlyn 15]

25 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

I see no sign for either approval or otherwise.  This is administrative processing.  This is a Pakistani case, so the AP could be quite lengthy.  Good luck. 

My husband had 2 interviews already on the same day. All they need to do is see the documents that we had to submit on ceac and the ones that we had to send by post. A few weeks ago i noticed 3 days in a row that there was updates to the case but ceac status saying refused and then on cgi that document delivery information from passport at embassy to blank. I just hope they won’t take long for a decision since my husband had 2 interviews already and I was interviewed on the phone too. 

[Crazy Cat 41,834]

6 minutes ago, Mazlyn said:

I just hope they won’t take long for a decision since my husband had 2 interviews already and I was interviewed on the phone too. 

That is not normal.  But as I said, administrative processing for Pakistanis can take weeks, months or even years, unfortunately.  

[Mazlyn 15]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

That is not normal.  But as I said, administrative processing for Pakistanis can take weeks, months or even years, unfortunately.  

Thank you. The case was expedited would that make a difference in the AP timing? The case was expedited due to my medical problem.

[Crazy Cat 41,834]

14 minutes ago, Mazlyn said:

Thank you. The case was expedited would that make a difference in the AP timing? The case was expedited due to my medical problem.

No.  AP can't be expedite.  I hope they finish AP soon.

[etrangais 947]

Just my personal opinion: I think it is a good sign. It should change to issued in couple of weeks

good luck

again, just my prediction 

[Mazlyn 15]

2 minutes ago, etrangais said:

Just my personal opinion: I think it is a good sign. It should change to issued in couple of weeks

good luck

again, just my prediction 

I have seen people going thru similar as me and then they said they were approved and I too am predicting that it will be approved. Thank for the positivity 

[Mazlyn 15]

19 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

I see no sign for either approval or otherwise.  This is administrative processing.  This is a Pakistani case, so the AP could be quite lengthy.  Good luck. 

Today my husband was approved. Ceac status said issued. 

[Mazlyn 15]

22 hours ago, Dashinka said:

From what many of us here can gather, "refused" means the application is not ready for approval yet and is just sitting on a desk essentially, and "AP" means someone is actively doing something with your case.  The consulates used to simply use AP to describe everything. YMMV of course, but it is not uncommon to see a case toggle between refused to AP while the consulate is adjudicating it.  What you don't want to see is "Denied", and what you do want to see it "Visa Issued".

 

Good Luck!

My husband’s status changed to issued on ceac, but on traveldocs we can’t track the passport yet. Is the issued status on ceac a mistake. Many people said AP in Pakistan can take months to even a year or 2 but my husband was only about 1 month in AP

[Crazy Cat 41,834]

3 hours ago, Mazlyn said:

Today my husband was approved. Ceac status said issued. 

That's great news!!!  Congratulations.  Administrative Process is completely unpredictable.

[Mazlyn 15]

4 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

That's great news!!!  Congratulations.  Administrative Process is completely unpredictable.

The only thing is on ustraveldocs his passport update is not showing we can’t track it yet. 

[Crazy Cat 41,834]

8 minutes ago, Mazlyn said:

The only thing is on ustraveldocs his passport update is not showing we can’t track it yet. 

That is normal at this stage.  Sometimes, it takes a bit of time for final printing and preparation.

[Mazlyn 15]

My husband was approved on July 14. It was refused and on the 221g paper they gave him they put on that administrative processing because he didn’t have his passport and we had to upload 2 forms and send 2 additional documents and they told him to submit those things. After we submitted what they wanted we were waiting for a change, then on july 14th it said issued then a few days after we were able to track his passport and got his visa and passport. He is traveling to america August 12th

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