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Oh, yes that could well be it.

Yep, perfectly normal. Refused is another way of saying Admin Processing, so sounds like they're doing more checks.

Refused isn't the same as denied. Just sounds like they're doing more checks. Nothing has changed, it's just a case of waiting.

It's nothing to worry about. If it said issued then that means the visa has been printed, are you collecting your passport or is it being couriered back to you?

Training and then not signing up doesn’t sound like foreign service to me? You were never on active service from what you’ve said. So I’m not sure a boot camp would meet that definition anyway but what does your lawyer say?

I’m guessing he ticked no on the ‘have you ever been arrested’ question on ESTA.

Once filed she's protected, but she's now out of status and subject to deportation. So you need to get it filed urgently, particularly with the current administration. And I would suggest she just stays home and under the radar until you've done that. Best of luck.

You can ask for an expedite for the petition, but it would serve no purpose. Even if granted, there is no visa available by law until the PD becomes current so no way of getting her there any sooner or saving any time.

So you have two different divorce certs with different dates on for the same marriage? I don't know how divorce works in Pakistan but I can see why they want to verify things, if they think he was not yet divorced when he married you, it would mean there would be no basis for him to petition you.

OK, so looking at the country specific guideline it says "For immigration purposes, a Muslim divorce in Pakistan is only considered valid upon the completion of a 90-day period after the notice of divorce is delivered to the Union Council. The Divorce Registration Certificate will indicate if the divorce was a Talaq (initiated by the husband) or Khula (initiated by the wife). " So what does the DRC say, does that say Talaq?

You submit what they've asked for and then wait. It sounds like they have doubts that you are your daughter's father, hopefully the evidence you provide will overcome that but if not you may be asked to take a DNA test. Good luck.

It's amazing to me that siblings can get visas (can't think of any other country that offers that), never mind their kids as well! 😂

If the arrest 23 years ago was his only criminal issue, Canada will be fine. It's tougher on recent convictions, but more lenient on older ones and most people are 'deemed rehabilitated' automatically after 10 years.

Yep, anybody with dependent child derivatives would normally be hoping it takes as long as possible.

Is your I-94 still valid? If so you can still get one. See the link above on the guides section - Good luck.

OK, it's good that it's not something that would make him permanently inadmissible and that there is a waiver available to him. So I assume the misrep comes from him ticking no on the application when it asked if he'd ever been arrested? When you say you cannot go back to the UK does that include just for visits? Another option is to visit together in a third country i.e. Canada.

I'm sorry, but a waiver is the only option to overcome this. He's inadmissible without that. The fact that you can't go back to the UK is a good thing, as it gives you valid 'hardship' grounds for the waiver. When you say 'minor offence', was it drug related? Was a waiver recommended on the denial letter?

That must be consulate dependent, as many do require you to register it. London for example - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/LND-London.html It’s basically just confirming the appointment and details for the courier service for passport return, but it has to be done ahead of time or you can be turned away.

No way of knowing unfortunately. Extended AP is very common for Pakistanis, it can vary between a few weeks to much longer. What was the confusion on the divorce certificate?

That wouldn’t be true though? You need to say not employed, as that’s correct. The reasons aren’t relevant.

Oh much quicker then if you're resident in SA. Hopefully not too much longer for you, good luck.

It depends on the consulate, some have sent them out for EB applicants, some haven't yet. Are you interviewing at Islamabad? If so, what's your PD and DQ date? If you could fill your timeline in that would be fab, thanks.

That's actually much stronger than a lot of people applying for CR-1's. Most people can only visit together once a year or so, and don't share any financial ties when they live in different countries. I don't know if refusal rates are published for K-1's/CR-1's I'm afraid.

Yep, that's a good way of doing it. But of course what you don't know is how many people will actually be eligible for visas out of those 500k petitions - don't forget any eligible derivative family members count as well, so for example if half of those people had a spouse then that adds another 250k to the visa quota. If a quarter have two children, that's another 250k, so the 500k petitions actually becomes 1 million visas. Only the sibling gets petitioned, but any derivatives also count towards the annual quota. And one big thing we don't know about is how Covid times will impact things. Visa issuance was paused then, which could mean less people bothered applying, or could mean the backlog grew exponentially. There are tons of stats issued by USCIS each year if you wanted to dig a bit deeper, but tbh I don't see the point. Just file and then try and forget about it, as said above if it's earlier the you expected then great, but I wouldn't have any expectations at this stage. Best of luck.

You're understanding correctly, that people who are eligible for visas now applied 19ish years ago. But you can't assume anybody applying now will have the same wait, as it's not linear. For example, if you go back 5 years and look at the November 2020 bulletin, you'll see the date was Sept 2006. Meaning it's only moved forward 2.5 years in 5 years. If you go back 10 years to the November 2014 bulletin, the date was March 2003, so it's only moved forwards 6 years in the past decade. Basically, the backlog is growing all the time, so it doesn't move forward a year for each year of waiting.