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Administrative Processing of the CR-1 Spouse Visa over the 16 months

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osamaahmed17   1

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I am a Pakistani doing an industrial PhD in the Netherlands. Whereas, my wife is a US citizen. We submitted our application for a CR-1 spouse visa in February 2022. It took one year for our I-130 to get approved and get an interview. My interview took place in July 2023 at the Amsterdam Embassy. After the interview, they asked for my CV along with information regarding my publications. It's been more than one year since my application was in administrative processing. We tried to reach the embassy through Senator and email, but the response is always the same: it is under administrative processing and you have to wait.
 

At this time, it's becoming difficult for me and my wife to plan ahead. Some of the lawyers suggested going for the Mandamus Lawsuit, but is it feasible at this stage, taking into account that it is expensive?

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6 minutes ago, osamaahmed17 said:

Some of the lawyers suggested going for the Mandamus Lawsuit, but is it feasible at this stage, taking into account that it is expensive?

Since Administrative Processing cannot be expedited, a WOM or continuing to wait are your only real choices. It is feasible.

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38 minutes ago, osamaahmed17 said:

I am a Pakistani doing an industrial PhD in the Netherlands. Whereas, my wife is a US citizen. We submitted our application for a CR-1 spouse visa in February 2022. It took one year for our I-130 to get approved and get an interview. My interview took place in July 2023 at the Amsterdam Embassy. After the interview, they asked for my CV along with information regarding my publications. It's been more than one year since my application was in administrative processing. We tried to reach the embassy through Senator and email, but the response is always the same: it is under administrative processing and you have to wait.
 

At this time, it's becoming difficult for me and my wife to plan ahead. Some of the lawyers suggested going for the Mandamus Lawsuit, but is it feasible at this stage, taking into account that it is expensive?

Unfortunately, VERY long administrative processing is expected for Pakistanis especially Pakistani men. It takes very long for embassies to background check and validate documents related to folks from Pakistan. USEM doesn't even accept police certificates from Pakistan because those certificates can't be trusted. 

Good luck.

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22 minutes ago, osamaahmed17 said:

What options and recommendation everyone can give? I am open for it. Considering that I am from Pakistan, got a PhD in data and semiconductor domain and a Muslim. 😅

I applaud your sense of humor considering how onerous the immigration process can be.😅. There have been many cases same/similar to yours from people from Pakistan on VJ. Let me see if I can dig up any of those threads to see if anything may be useful for you. Personally, I'll say you got to wait it out but there might be some better recommendations out there. On the plus side, I think many countries will be glad to welcome people like you with such qualifications including the US so don't see it as a negative.

Good luck.

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nastra30   2,287

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@osamaahmed17 You can easily search VJ many Pakistan cases similar to yours. Here are a few.

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/818414-case-stuck-in-ap-cr1-mandamus-filed/
https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/728656-administrative-processing-islamabad-embassy-2020/page/10/#comments
https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/637784-administrative-processing-can-someone-explain-about-reply-from-us-embassy-islamabad/page/46/#comments
https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/774087-visa-delays-due-to-administrative-process/page/4/#comments
https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/822340-f1-visa-221g-administrative-process-merged/
 

 
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