f31fromhell

Weren't given a specific reason by the officer (something along the lines of "additional vetting needed") but we are from a middle eastern background so that's what I assumed was the reasoning based on other cases I've seen here.

Montreal 💔 Hmm so being F31 specifically doesn't make it any worse? You're just in a better place if you're F1 or J1 but otherwise, at least based on visa case, the rest are in the same boat?

Sharing my details in case anyone's in a similar boat: F31 class visa (Married son or daughter of U.S. citizen). My grandparent sponsored my parent sometime between 2006-2010. I'm the only derivative applicant on the case. I'm nearing 30 years old now. Parent and I are Canadian citizens. Lots happened between then and now; our case creation date is July 2021. We got DQ'd in Aug 2023 and had our interview in Nov 20 2023. At the end of the interview, we were given back our passports along with the DS-5535. Just needed to complete the form asking for 15 years of travel history, etc, which we submitted 2 days later. Our case has been updated once since then about 40 days ago and otherwise haven't heard anything else back since. Still showing refused. From seeing estimates here and the examples on the spreadsheet, I'm not expecting anything remotely positive or quick. I know I've seen those from May 2023 interviews still waiting to hear back. Just curious if anyone has any guesses what the impact of our visa class will be on this if anything? I'd imagine being such a low priority class doesn't help, but curious if anyone has any anecdotal experience with this class.