JamesLouz

Hi everyone, I have been in Administrative Processing for 12 months due to Form DS-5535. My DS-260 automatically showed a status of "Re-Opened" in the NVC Portal after 12 months in AP, which I think is standard after 1 year in Administrative Processing. The Consulate has been holding my passport this whole time. I got frustrated and decided I wanted them to give me my passport back so I could travel abroad and wait until everything clears. I wasn't able to travel this whole time nor has my visa been issued. I emailed the Consulate and requested my passport back and told them it was for travel purposes. They successfully mailed it back to me. However, now, when I open my DS-260 in the NVC Portal, I noticed rather than the prior "Re-Opened" status it showed before I requested my passport, the DS-260 now shows a status of "Incomplete". I decided to open my DS-260 to investigate and found that everything is still filled out the way it was before, except for the section that asks about travel and what countries I've visited I'm thinking what happened is that when I requested my passport back in order to travel, the Consular officer cleared/reset the travel/countries visited section of my DS-260. I'm assuming they did this so that when the DS-5535 clears, they'll simply ask me to resubmit my DS-260 before issuing the visa. Questions: - Should I be concerned that my DS-260 was updated from Re-Opened to Incomplete? - Could my upcoming travel cause issues with my Administrative Processing? Will I be asked to submit another DS-5535 after my travel, even though I've already been waiting for 1 year for my initial DS-5535 to clear? (This would be ridiculous for them to do, in my opinion) To be honest, after seeing them update my DS-260 from Re-Opened to Incomplete simply because I requested my passport back for travel makes me not even want to travel. Am I risking the issuance of my IR1 visa by traveling?

Had a quick question. My IR1 visa has been under Administrative Processing for 1 year (due to Form DS-5535 processing). My visa has not yet been approved. The Montreal Consulate also has been holding my passport the whole time. I now need to travel abroad and am not sure the correct way to request my passport. Can I simply walk in and request they return my passport? Or do I have to email them first so they can get my passport ready, and then go to the Consulate to pick it up? Or do they have to physically mail it to me? I was hoping I could just walk in with my ID and pick it up during normal business hours. How does picking up your passport work if the visa is still under Administrative Processing?

Just had a quick question. My IR1 visa has been under Administrative Processing for 1 year (due to Form DS-5535 processing). My visa has not yet been approved. I noticed the other day my DS-260 now says “Re-Opened” in the NVC Portal. I believe this is because the DS-260 automatically Reopens after 1 year in Administrative Processing. My questions are: What happens if I just leave it as Re-Opened and I don't resubmit the DS-260? (i.e. I don't do anything) When my Administrative Processing is completed, if the Consulate sees that my DS-260 is Re-Opened and not yet resubmitted, what will they do? The reason I don't want to re-submit my DS-260 at this time is because I plan to travel to several countries soon and I want to make sure that my updated travel history is included in my DS-260. (After all my travel is completed, which may take some time)