AP , 221G , Yellow Slip

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32 minutes ago, brkendream said:

Hello,  This whole AP thing is so painful, Stay strong and keep praying one day you both will be together. 

On my case , I completed my 10 months is AP , had 4 ceac case date updates in 15 days (which I never had , my first date update after submitting my documents was after 4 months),hooping and praying for good news soon.

On my friend , he got his re-medical email and passport email after completing 10 months in AP, Embassy received all what asked for on 19th of Nov now he is waiting, he had few date changes on ceac website, online research shows it can take 2 weeks to 6 weeks to get passport back with visa , so my guess is he will soon get his passport with visa(almost 4 weeks since embassy received all his papers).

Now on your case , what is ceac website status for your husband application ?, is it "refused" or is it "Administrative Processing"

Hi, 

it says refused but his interview was a week ago. He got a white slip (checked ap and passport to be sent) and no 5535 to be filled out so far. He had traveled to Saudia in the past but they don’t provide police report to non citizens if you don’t currently live there which he had already left the country so that’s the reason for his AP. Praying for them to pick up speed but from what I have read is all you can do is wait and pray. 

32 minutes ago, brkendream said:

Hello,  This whole AP thing is so painful, Stay strong and keep praying one day you both will be together. 

On my case , I completed my 10 months is AP , had 4 ceac case date updates in 15 days (which I never had , my first date update after submitting my documents was after 4 months),hooping and praying for good news soon.

On my friend , he got his re-medical email and passport email after completing 10 months in AP, Embassy received all what asked for on 19th of Nov now he is waiting, he had few date changes on ceac website, online research shows it can take 2 weeks to 6 weeks to get passport back with visa , so my guess is he will soon get his passport with visa(almost 4 weeks since embassy received all his papers).

Now on your case , what is ceac website status for your husband application ?, is it "refused" or is it "Administrative Processing"

Hi, 

it says refused but his interview was a week ago. He got a white slip (checked ap and passport to be sent) and no 5535 to be filled out so far. He had traveled to Saudia in the past but they don’t provide police report to non citizens if you don’t currently live there which he had already left the country so that’s the reason for his AP. Praying for them to pick up speed but from what I have read is all you can do is wait and pray. 

32 minutes ago, brkendream said:

Hello,  This whole AP thing is so painful, Stay strong and keep praying one day you both will be together. 

On my case , I completed my 10 months is AP , had 4 ceac case date updates in 15 days (which I never had , my first date update after submitting my documents was after 4 months),hooping and praying for good news soon.

On my friend , he got his re-medical email and passport email after completing 10 months in AP, Embassy received all what asked for on 19th of Nov now he is waiting, he had few date changes on ceac website, online research shows it can take 2 weeks to 6 weeks to get passport back with visa , so my guess is he will soon get his passport with visa(almost 4 weeks since embassy received all his papers).

Now on your case , what is ceac website status for your husband application ?, is it "refused" or is it "Administrative Processing"

Hi, 

it says refused but his interview was a week ago. He got a white slip (checked ap and passport to be sent) and no 5535 to be filled out so far. He had traveled to Saudia in the past but they don’t provide police report to non citizens if you don’t currently live there which he had already left the country so that’s the reason for his AP. Praying for them to pick up speed but from what I have read is all you can do is wait and pray. 

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AP time limit depends on many factors, like visa category, embassy, applicant religion, applicant ethnicity, applicant work or educational background, what type of documents missing or extra document embassy asked for, and the most important and lengthy one "security clearance" aka "extreme vetting" from WDC if needed (many agencies are involved in this process it can take months), etc. 

"Refused" status 221G AP can take longer, way longer, 4months to 18months for 90% of cases only 10% can take more then 18 months to years to get clearance and visa. Because what I observed online refused stats AP majority (70%) cases go to WDC for security clearance (the famous DS-5535 form). But if it is not related with "extreme vetting" then applicant can clear "refused" status 221G AP in 4 months to 8 months.

"Administrative Processing" status 221G AP now a days is bit different(my personal observation after online research), it can take few days to many months, I saw people clearing interview and felling into administrative processing AP without any slip and getting visa after 2 to 3 weeks. I also saw people with white slip AP (CEAC status "Administrative Processing" interview and documents ok/passed) getting cleared in 4 to 8 months.

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12 minutes ago, Rabii said:

Hi, 

it says refused but his interview was a week ago. He got a white slip (checked ap and passport to be sent) and no 5535 to be filled out so far. He had traveled to Saudia in the past but they don’t provide police report to non citizens if you don’t currently live there which he had already left the country so that’s the reason for his AP. Praying for them to pick up speed but from what I have read is all you can do is wait and pray. 

Hi, 

it says refused but his interview was a week ago. He got a white slip (checked ap and passport to be sent) and no 5535 to be filled out so far. He had traveled to Saudia in the past but they don’t provide police report to non citizens if you don’t currently live there which he had already left the country so that’s the reason for his AP. Praying for them to pick up speed but from what I have read is all you can do is wait and pray. 

Hi, 

it says refused but his interview was a week ago. He got a white slip (checked ap and passport to be sent) and no 5535 to be filled out so far. He had traveled to Saudia in the past but they don’t provide police report to non citizens if you don’t currently live there which he had already left the country so that’s the reason for his AP. Praying for them to pick up speed but from what I have read is all you can do is wait and pray. 

Police certificate only needed if length of stay increased 12 months. Now as you said KSA don't issue police certificates to non citizens once they left the country, I am sure embassy also knew that. Now my take on this is, VO will have detail discussion about your husband case with his/her senior, then they will decide if your husband case go to WDC for extreme vetting (In your case, this look like your case is going for extreme vetting because embassy need security clearance from KSA). Even if your husband had police clearance certificate from KSA on interview day he still had 90% of chances to get this 221G. 

I came across Interesting painful reality while searching online, applicant male/female never left Pakistan but still got 221G for security clearance. 

Edite: sorry for multiple quotes, I don't know how that happened. 

Edited Monday at 05:40 AM by brkendream

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19 minutes ago, brkendream said:

Police certificate only needed if length of stay increased 12 months. Now as you said KSA don't issue police certificates to non citizens once they left the country, I am sure embassy also knew that. Now my take on this is, VO will have detail discussion about your husband case with his/her senior, then they will decide if your husband case go to WDC for extreme vetting (In your case, this look like your case is going for extreme vetting because embassy need security clearance from KSA). Even if your husband had police clearance certificate from KSA on interview day he still had 90% of chances to get this 221G. 

I came across Interesting painful reality while searching online, applicant male/female never left Pakistan but still got 221G for security clearance. 

Edite: sorry for multiple quotes, I don't know how that happened. 

That makes sense. Im sure they know Saudia doesn’t provide the report because they didn’t ask him much about it once he said he doesn’t have it, didn’t require him to bring it in. Thank you for replying! Very helpful :). Hopefully it works out soon for everyone waiting. They didn’t ask for 5535 form yet, i don’t know if that’s concerning or a good thing. But good to know 221G is very common in Pakistan at first I thought we were  the few lucky ones lol. 

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7 minutes ago, Rabii said:

That makes sense. Im sure they know Saudia doesn’t provide the report because they didn’t ask him much about it once he said he doesn’t have it, didn’t require him to bring it in. Thank you for replying! Very helpful :). Hopefully it works out soon for everyone waiting. They didn’t ask for 5535 form yet, i don’t know if that’s concerning or a good thing. But good to know 221G is very common in Pakistan at first I thought we were  the few lucky ones lol. 

It is not only common, It is very common, common to a extreme that even female applicant never left Pakistan with 1st Passport felling into this blackhole, especially "extreme vetting" DS-5535 form (yellow slip).

This is a good thing if embassy didn't ask for DS-5535 from your husband. If embassy decided to go for security check, then without DS-5535 and only for KSA stay, that might be quicker (this is my guess).

Edited Monday at 06:11 AM by brkendream