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sorry what is cheap & easy to apply?

Just a nitpick. In the ESTA application, they do ask if you have ever been refused a visa. "Admin processing" is considered a refusal, so I am doomed right there. They do not have to check if I have made another application via my other nationality I guess

thanks @OldUser. Is there a way to prompt them for a decision e.g reach out directly to USCIS (I assume they handle to visa applications) OR hiring a solicitor to urge them to process the application soon, as it already has been 1.5 years since admin processing. I have contacted the embassy 3 times and all they come back with is .. "keep waiting". I feel like I may be stuck for years. On top of that, I cannot make a new application until this one is concluded. There is no rush/need for me to get a visa now, but working for a US company, I feel there may come a time when I really have to visit US.

I am a Pakistani national and in Sep 2023, I applied for a visit visa for USA in Dublin. At that time, I started a new job with a US based company and they wanted me to travel to US for company onboarding purposes. At the embassy, I was not asked a lot of questions and in the end, the rep told me my application will be going to admin processing and I need to provide some further docs. Up till today, I have not heard anything from the embassy and my US visa application remains in admin processing. Now I am an Irish citizen too and was thinking to go for a vacation to US with my wife and two kids, but I am not sure if my ESTA would be approved. I do not understand why my application went in admin processing and why it has not been processed yet. Is it worth applying for ESTA folks? anyone who has gone through or know someone whos been through similar situation? TIA