My waiver has been approved through Rome. My husband is from Jordan, and I was wondering if any of you on this forum have had approvals, and how long did it take for your SO to receive his/her visa. I appreciate any info. Thanks. Did you SO have to go through a security clearance, if so, why and how long did it take to clear?

that depends on the type of decision made on your petition.
My interview was on Jan,22,2008 in Amman ,i got 221(g) and my petition was returned to USCIS for further process anyway my petition will not be back again to the embassy before the end of 2008.

First of all, congratulations!!! My husband needed to get a waiver approved (I-601) because he had overstayed his past visa here in the states. It was also approved in Rome, after it first sat in Athens without being touched for 8 months. So, keep in mind that all his paperwork (DS230, medical, police records) had expired by the time the I601 got approved (it took 15 months to get the waiver approved). After the waiver got approved, Rome sent notification of approval to Cairo. Once Cairo got notified, my husband was then told to resubmit paperwork which we did as soon as we could. It took about 2 months from the date we found out his waiver was approved until he got the visa. He did not go through additional security checks as they are done as part of the waiver process in Rome. However, I have heard that sometimes embassies do decide to do additional checks even after USCIS approves a waiver. Hopefully, that won't happen to you, and you'll get your visa within a few weeks to a couple months.

I stayed right on top of Cairo (with lots of emails) once I knew Rome had notified them of the approval, so I 'd suggest doing the same with your embassy.

Best of luck!!!