Coco_2023

Has anybody who's born in Iran ever come out of this AP hole at all?

I hope I am wrong but this reads the ds-5535 (Administrative Processing) Montréal is getting innovative and sneaky lately since they've realized how notorious they've become after covid time... They've even recently put a small link at the bottom of the interview invite emails for those who are born in certain countries saying you need to fill out this online form (form.office.com which we all know what it is for) to provide 'additional information' prior to the interview without mentioning ds-5535!!

This is the same email address I was asked to send my resume to after my interview. Congrats on the passport request tho! What's you visa category?

Thanks for your kindness. I hope we all get out of this nonsense situation as quickly as possible but I'm glad we have forums like this to exchange our experience and support each other👊

I actually got double AP'd since I received ds-5535 and also asked to send my latest resume later that has all my studies, papers I published, my phd dissertation, etc. And my job history without any gaps. Resume is asked for those in TAL So I asked the officer if the country I was born (Iran) was the reason that I received ds-5535 since I never served in military neither in Canada nor anywhere else, so she said "yeah, and that your field of study and work is AI and robotics" Looks like they see people who studied AI as a security threat. I got all my degrees—from high school to my PhD—in Canada though!

Has anyone ever been denied after getting into AP?

Hope you guys get the clearance asap. My officer told me they would send all AP cases including the TAL to Washington DC so I don't think the consulates spend much of their time on that... I think the broken communications among the federal government agencies, laziness and lack of experienced staff play a bigger role in this mess

I applied with my wifey and 2 young kiddos who are all born and raised in Canada except myself. I asked the officer if the country I was born was the reason that I received ds-5535 since I never served in military neither in Canada nor anywhere else, so she said "yeah, and that your field of study and work is AI and robotics"

My interview was completed but as expected I received the DS-5535 instead and officially went into the "black hole" AP! Here are my notes: There are changing tables in the 2 washrooms, they are clean Do not block the 2 enterance of the building at the street since they belong to RBC branch inside the building The security team who are local resources won't let anybody to enter even if it is raining outside and you are with your young kids, unless they call you...we waited outside for 20 mins after our appointment time since it was busy In /out took 2.5 hours The officers are all told to be nice and patient though almost all are junior since the first officer insisted that I had to give her my labor certification although I told her I was eb2-niw and that I ran my own startup firm so asked the officer to consult with their admin and so then the admin officer apologized and told the junior officer that I was right The 2nd officer asked me the following questions before handing me a paper that had "hey we are out of visa by end of Sept...", and "DS-5535" checked off : - Why America? - At what age did you move to Canada? (Me: I was 11, the officer: what was your parents' job at the time? Me: university professor) - Why now? - Why do you think you are nationally important? - What motivated you to study and work in the AI field? - How many employees do you currently have? Why do you have american employees working for your company in Canada? What is their education level and background? (Me: I don't know off the top of my head but you can contact my HR manager and get your answers if my employees agree to share their personal info) - Why do you plan to extent your firm into the US while you alredy have your customers in Canada? - Why did you apply for EB-5 thru investment and cancelled it? At the end of I offered the officer to take my resume since I already knew it would be asked for those who studied in TAL list but the officer said it was not required but then an hour later I got an email asking my resume to be emailed back!! I guess I am being "punished" for things I never had any control over...

Not sure if this helps but my officer asked me not to send them anything from now on unless they specifically asked for it. I was asked to email them my latest resume after the interview. I wasn't given the forms you mentioned though, perhaps because I've got my Canadian citizenship? I dunno...

Hi everyone, I had my interview at MTL this morning and was given the notorious DS-5535 link to fill out at the end of ineterview and since I was well expecting it before, submitted it right after the interview but an hour later got an email from MTL asking me to email my CV (jobs, studies, etc. without any gaps) which I sent it too right away...it's soul crushing knowing you are now officially inside this AP "black hole"... Does anybody have any idea if I got AP'd because my field of study (AI and Robotics) is part of TAL list in which I was asked to email my CV or is it due to the fact that I am born in Iran since I guess those who get asked for their CV might get cleared out sooner? I have never served at military whatsoever though, and the officer told me that it might get my AP process faster but there was no guarantees. I was the only person to get AP'd in my family. Btw, I wasn't able to add my info into the tracker spreadsheet since it's read-only so here they are: EB2-NIW (PhD in AI & Robotics) Country of chargeability: Iran Interview date: Sept 24, 2024 DQ: March 2023 PD: September 23,2021

Perhaps the officer is asking to fill the ds-5535 again with the latest changes (if there is any, ie in your address, travel history, job, etc.) and send them the new submission's barcode?

I'm getting AP'd for 99.8% so I don't think even hitting the enter key several times makes much of a difference for applicants like me but I'll make sure they would do so in front of me 😂

The officer probably forgot to hit the enter key on their systems to get your status changed or this is another bug in their systems LOL

Congrats @Texasbound1 since you are approved which is fantastic! ...pretty sure you'll get your visa within the first week of October What would be an optimum answer to why you are a national interest? Asking since I am EB2-NIW too LOL