Hi Everyone! We just had our interview today.... We received two pieces of paper. One with pink slip attached to the appointment letter and the other one is a white piece of paper that says..... What to do Next... On that paper they marked WAIT until you hear form us: we must review your case before it can be processed further. Please wait for a letter form us telling you when you can return to the Embassy with the documents marked above for another appointment...

Does the white paper mean that we are under AR? Please help.. We went ahead and paid the visa delivery.

Thank you

Yes i think your on AR.

what do you mean by AR guys? ...

anyway pinay what happen for the interview? was lacking some documents or anything?

oh sorry .. is it Application Review right ?

Just like what i have!! my gosh confusing a lot means they need to review again our documents? or that means of documents verification?? i don't get it!!...
Did you asked to pay 650p for documents verification? if you don't mind can i see that paper you have now? just buzz me on my YM you can see my YM at my profile.. i just have my interview last week and seems really same of what i have.. really frustating..

thanks

AR = Administrative Review

What does it mean by NOA2 ?

NOA2= Notice of approval

It looks like you are on AR and if you cannot think of any documents that you were lacking of during the interview, then the cause of it should be the infamous document verification. Just hope and pray it won't take very long. Keep on following up about your case.

Good luck!

--Mae

Should be Notice of Action but the correspondence is really a confirmation of your case approval. NOA = 2nd Notice of Action, the 1st Notice of Action is the one you get after submitting your I-30 or I129F.

ohhh ok!! 221g is means by AR also?? how long it may take if you have 221g documents verification? is the any ways to do to make processing of visa?

You're correct, 221g is AR and it could take 4-6 mos. (or sometimes even longer) before you can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. All it takes is following up about your case and making sure that they have not forgotten about you.

Good luck!

--Mae

i think you got an AR too. i had my interview last march 12. and i received the same papers that you got. The consul told me to Re-new my passport so he can stamped my visa there.So in window 37 i got my passport.and give a white form telling me to submit my new passport.i went backed in US embassy manila last March 26 to submit it. and after 7 working days of waiting i received my visa today april 4.after 2 weeks you'll here something from them that's what i heared inside the immigration unit at the USEM.they'll send you a notice.what to submit to them.hope you'll hear something soon.Goodluck

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Pardon me, I meant 4-6 weeks...

It's 4:30 am here and been up since 2:30... that's why my brain is kind of dysfunctional...

Yea i thought so, Im like that too when I don't get enough sleep. Good morning.

Oh why did the consul told you to re-new first your passport before he can give you a visa? Is your passport almost expired at the time you have your interview? What I know is our passports should at least have 6 months validity prior its expiration date.

Oh I'm sorry to hear you have AR - that really sucks... hopefully it will all be sorted out quickly

*hugs*

hi pinay lang, we are on the same boat, which room did u go through? they said all in #30 are in the same situation like those girls i was with. #28 and #31 are cool consul.

Yes, i guess you are on AR...however, look on the bright side...you were not denied...and your actually very very very very very very very close to being with the one you love...hang on tight and keep on praying...

I filed a K1 sometime back and the girl received the 221g, it was a year before they gave her a second interview. I send email, letters, called and all they would say is it is under review.

Good Luck.

what is AR?

AR= Administrative Review means the consul need to verify some papers.

Couples that got the AR, can you shed any light where you may have been lacking (evidence a little weak ) ?? Or maybe simular situations ? Applied for visa before with another ?
Maybe this AR is just random or a Russian rulette thing that they do ? (like a quota ).

Just got a little more nervous reading about a one years wait for AR.
In any event, good luck to all

Right now, my best guess is that dang document verification...

Back when it's not part of applying for visa, I know at least three of the reasons why the applicant is put on AR

1. lacking of pertinent documents (both applicant and petitioner's part)
2. the petitioner's income is below 125% Poverty Guidelines and needs to have a co-sponsor
3. medical problems

There are more but these are the three common reasons back in the old days.

--Mae

Hi Everyone. Thank you for all your reply. I'm here in the Philippines with my fiance. I went with him to the interview. I can't remember which window but it's all the way on the back. The pre screener interview was harsh. She was mean. But the consulate was very nice. I do hope we get our visa soon so that we can go home together. Please pray for us.

Thank you.

hello Pinaylang,

i had AR during my interview way back jan 06, they gave me that same white paper and i also paid formthe visa deliever. dont worry so much, in due time you will have your visa. so i received my visa after 3 weeks, sometimes what happend is they have that random checking. they didnt asked for any additional documents or anything, they are just checking with our records (CENOMAR) from CENSUS.
there are some that were already checked ahead of time before the interview date, for us who got lucky we have to wait, but dont worry your visa will arrive soon. all you have to do is to enjoy your stay there in the Philippines, becuase you will surely miss everything..specially the food

just keep on praying and "trust everything to GOD", everything happens for a reason......

It appears you have been put on AR for document verification. If no documents are checked and the form reads MNL-IV-22 in the bottom left corner, you are most assuredly on doc verification. So far the average on Vj has been about 4 weeks with a range of 2 wewks to 9 weeks. The good thing is nobody has reported being denied because of doc verification.

As for form 221g, the MNL-IV-22 form mentions the 221 (g) Section near the top. The 221g form commonly referred to on VJ is a denial of the visa where your petition is being returned to the USCIS. Two very different documents.

Hi Everyone. We got another letter from the USEM yesterday. They asked for more information. We will drop it off next week. Hopely my fiance can go home with me. I dont' really want to fly back on my own. I hope we will get his fiance before I go back to the US.

What other information are they asking?

-Riza

May we know what are other Docs theyre asking from you???

Ammi-

hi pinaylang, what do u mean by "another letter"? were u given a letter prior to this? if its not too much to ask, may i know what informations they need from you? is it a document? identification? more proofs? or your fiance's infos like his tax or income?

by the way, were u able to call robbie at delbros and asked him if your documents to be verified were already submitted from usem to NSO?

thanks in advance for the added infos. best of luck to all of us.

keep the faith-loterly