crooked-i

Hi all, Just wanted to give an update on our case since i'm sure there's a lot of people who are reading this thread in a similar situation as my wife and I worrying about AP. My wife has been issued her visa, just got her tracking number today. We were worried because she was of Pakistani origin, we've traveled to Muslim countries(Turkey, Jordan, Qatar), and I have an engineering job. But luckily we didnt get DS-5535 and the interview went smoothly and she was issued a visa. So if you are reading this and have anxiety like I did, like this post says above, you aren't doomed. Just be prepared and have a plan if you do get AP. This is the most you can do. Best of luck to everyone here who is in AP, wish you guys a speedy process. I read the last few pages, happy for all the people who had movement recently on their case.

First off I’d like to say this DS5535 stuff is completely unfair and sorry everyone is going through it I wish you guys a speedy process. Not gonna lie reading these posts here gives me a lot of anxiety. My wife is a Canadian citizen born in Canada but is from Pakistan originally and her parents were born there. While I’m a naturalized US citizen 20 years ago. I also work as an engineer and have worked for a couple of defense contractors. We’re currently waiting for our IL and hearing that there seems to be some correlation with getting a DS 5535 and “red flag” country of origin is disheartening. Especially when my wife hasn’t even set foot in that country. And me being an engineer I hope they don’t red flag that as well. The thought of having this process extend another year or longer really sucks. What do you guys think are we doomed for the dreaded DS 5535?

We were DQed Febuary 28th and still waiting for IL. Hopefully it comes soon.

So my wife and I got married via an Utah online ceremony. However we were both together in California during the ceremony. I'm not sure what to put for the place of marriage. Would it be the Salt Lake City Utah or California? Thanks.