Visa status says "Issued" but text under says AP

[mtl2nyc 0]

My husband has his interview at the Montreal consulate yesterday. His officer told him he was approved and handed him a "Welcome to the United States" letter. When we checked his visa status later on Ceac, however, it says "Issued." But underneath "Issued" is text that says:

Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This processing can take several weeks. As the officer told you in the interview, if further information is needed, you will be contacted. If your visa application is approved when administrative processing is finished, you will receive notification to collect the passport with the visa from the Loomis branch you selected when you booked your appointment.

Is this real administrative processing or just standard for right before the visa is sent out? We're kind of freaking out. Has this happened to anyone else?

[NikLR 13,220]

~~moved to progress reports from process and procedures~~

Sounds like it was issued and they're just waiting to get the visa to be printed or get to the courier.

[Jawaree 717]

Admin processing , last min checks and visa being printed

everyone goes thru AP could be 2 days or more

[Dualie 185]

My husband has his interview at the Montreal consulate yesterday. His officer told him he was approved and handed him a "Welcome to the United States" letter. When we checked his visa status later on Ceac, however, it says "Issued." But underneath "Issued" is text that says:

Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This processing can take several weeks. As the officer told you in the interview, if further information is needed, you will be contacted. If your visa application is approved when administrative processing is finished, you will receive notification to collect the passport with the visa from the Loomis branch you selected when you booked your appointment.

Is this real administrative processing or just standard for right before the visa is sent out? We're kind of freaking out. Has this happened to anyone else?

Mine said the same thing. I had my visa in hand in 10 days. This just means they are printing it and installing it into your passport. Not to worry!

[mtl2nyc 0]

Mine said the same thing. I had my visa in hand in 10 days. This just means they are printing it and installing it into your passport. Not to worry!

Thanks! This makes us feel a lot better.

[mtl2nyc 0]

Update: One business day after we got this message, it changed to final processing and looks totally normal!