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| Moscow, Russia |  Review on September 30, 2016: |
theph
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
My fiancee had her interview on September 7th. The interview was brief and went well with friendly discussion. However, the CO questioned a past employment and a current employment. She received the 221g for Admin Review and she was asked to email her resume to the embassy. After doing some research, we believe it might have been because of the MANTIS check for those with a background related to the Technology Alert System (TAL), but we cannot confirm this speculation with any evidence. From what we know, this is a common occurrence.
She emailed the resume that same day and we checked daily on the CEAC web site for the status of the case. Because we did not receive any information with details, we could only rely on the Status Date changing. It updated once after they received the resume and again a day later, likely because the CO requested an Admin Review. Three weeks passed with no update and on September 26, the date was updated. The very next day, the CEAC case was updated from an Immigrant Visa to Non-Immigrant Visa and the Creation Date was updated as well (we knew from research that this meant the visa was finally being processed). The next day, on September 28th, the status changed to Issued and she was able to pick up the visa from the embassy the following day, September 29th.
Overall, the process was fairly easy, though the total K1 Visa process feels lengthy. I think everybody understands this.
My fiancee has always had good experiences with the Moscow embassy, as she has traveled to and has lived in the US before. It's easy to deduct points from the rating because of the Administrative Processing delay, but this is something that happens frequently and, frankly, we expected 4-6 weeks instead of 3 weeks, so that's a positive result and we will still rate the embassy as a 5/5. Feel free to message us if you have any questions.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #20547