This is normal.... The K-1 is technically a non-immigrant visa that is processed by the Immigrant Visa unit at the embassy, right up until it is time to be issued. Since it is a non-immigrant visa, it MUST be issued by the Non-Immigrant Visa unit. The case status changes to "Application Received" when the IV Unit passes it to the NIV unit for issuance. This happened in Jaycel's case there in Manila. (We got really nervous too ) I had a former Consular Officer explain this to me some time later. We had met him at a social event and I asked him a few things, this being one of them. Don't worry... The next step is "Approved" and then "Issued". Jaycel's changed from "Application Received" to "Approved" to "Issued" all within a matter of about 2-3 days.