AP/San Jose Costa Rica Consulate

[Ryan&Eli 0]

My wife , CR citizen, were married in the US while she was here on a travel visa. We moved to Costa Rica lived there for 7 years before beginning the process. I-130 approved in 2013 filed for the Visa but due to her overstaying her travel visa we had to file for the I-601 waiver which was approved in April of 2015. Interview was set for June 10th but they advised her she had to get an updated physical,criminal back ground check etc. Online status was adjusted to Ready (ready for interview). Checked the status throughout the week and noticed allot of activity this week ie changing of last update "dates." Last night checked the status again and the status had been changed to "Administrative Process." My heart sank. I had moved to the US in advance of her to set up a home and find work etc. I dont understand how they could do this. This isnt a situation where I met and married a local during a wild summer vacation we have been married for 8 years. She has a masters degree in systems engineering and speaks 3 languages. This was all done two weeks before her interview was set to take place. If anyone can give us some insight I would greatly appreciate it.

[LoveMyTico 999]

Seeing all the date changes is normal for Costa Rica. Somebody is working on it. The second our waiver was approved, my husband went to get all the updates for medical and police certs. I contacted the embassy and told them we have an approval and the embassy immediately called the USCIS for verification. My husband dropped off his passport and updated paperwork and they told us it would be only a few days. The ceac goes from refused to ready to ap to issued. I was told by the embassy that they send one final check Washington D.C. and that only takes 24 to 48 hours. That is why your status says AP. Don't worry. It will change to issued SOON and they will call your wife to tell her to pick up her visa. Costa Rica is very fast and super nice about the whole process. My husband entered the US. On January 18th. He received his social security card only 8 days after that. Including weekends. The green card took 2 months because I used the wrong A-number when I paid his immigrant fee on elis

Edited May 30, 2015 by LoveMyTico

[Ryan&Eli 0]

Thank you for your quick response. The consulate never asked her to drop off her passport or even bring her updated documents to them in advance of her interview which is still almost two weeks away. In your case did the consulate tell you to drop off the passport and docs or did you guys just take the initiative and do it? Again much thanks for the insight.

[LoveMyTico 999]

After our I130 interview, they told us when we got our waiver approval, were should call them so they could call the USCIS for verification. Otherwise it would take more than 30 days for the USCIS to send the approval on their own. So that's what we did. When I was on the phone with them, I told them everything was updated so they just gave us a date to drop everything off. There was no interview. It was just a drop off. So I assume that June is your drop off appt. It doesn't take but 10 minutes. Try to call and see if she can drop everything off sooner. There is no second interview. Did y receive the instruction letter? They emailed that to me only 5 days after the waiver approval. They checked our email and phone numbers when I called too. I'm not the kind of person to wait...so I was all on top of them about this. I do know the process changed since muy husband entered. I heard there is a call center now. When I called, I spoke directly to someone at the embassy.

[Ryan&Eli 0]

Checked the status when I got home from work. As you had predicted the status is now ISSUED!!!!!!!

[LoveMyTico 999]

Congrats.. see, I told you