Got 221 (g) "Necessary Administrative Processing"

[Ali91 5]

I had an interview at US consulate in Guangzhou (IR1 category) on December 5, 2024, and everything went very smooth. The visa officer (VO) didn't ask for any documents to show except our marriage certificate, my birth certificate, police clearance certificate photograph, and fingerprints. At the End of the interview, VO smiled and say "everything looks good, just send us your resume thorough email" kept my passport and gave me 221 (g) "Necessary Administrative Processing". 221 (g) "Necessary Administrative Processing" has only one thing on it, which was Resume. I asked for my passport back because I had to fly back to Shanghai from Guangzhou and I couldn't do that without my passport. VO asked me to hold on, and she asked her supervisor about it and then came back and returned my passport and said "send your passport to us".

The very next day, I emailed my resume with all the required details mentioned on 221 (g) "Necessary Administrative Processing" form via email and sent my passport, which took about a week. Now the status on passport portal is "Document delivered to the post" and the visa status on CEAC (till date) shows "Refused" since day one.

I don't know at Guangzhou consulate how long should I expect the status from Refused-AP-Issued? Is my case sounds difficult or anything I should worry about? Thanks

[Dashinka 24,635]

Seems pretty clear, but no one can predict how long it will take.  Your profile shows Pakistan, are you a Pakastan citizen?  This may play a role as, but who knows.

 

Good Luck!

[JeanneAdil 6,579]

if from Pakistan ,  the embassy will do the additional security checks and the AP will take time as Pakistan is poor at keeping records 

Check posts from other VJ Pakistan members by hitting the word portals above to give u an idea of what will happen now

[Ali91 5]

11 hours ago, Dashinka said:

Seems pretty clear, but no one can predict how long it will take.  Your profile shows Pakistan, are you a Pakastan citizen?  This may play a role as, but who knows.

 

Good Luck!

Yes, I am from Pakistan but living in China since last 7 years. They didn't ask for anything from Pakistan except the marriage certificate and birth certificate (plus I provided my police certificate from Pakistan and China even they didn't ask for, but later they kept it). 

[JeanneAdil 6,579]

15 hours ago, Ali91 said:

Yes, I am from Pakistan but living in China since last 7 years. They didn't ask for anything from Pakistan except the marriage certificate and birth certificate (plus I provided my police certificate from Pakistan and China even they didn't ask for, but later they kept it). 

they do not ask for criminal report from pakistan /  the embassy CO has to get the security checks as Pakistan is poor at record keeping