J1 visa Administrative Processing (merged)

[Curious Student 0]

Hi guys.

I'm a student selected for one semester cultural exchange program by USEFP and the program is being sponsored by IREX. I had my j1 visa interview on 7th of July in Islamabad and I was put under administrative processing. On the website, the updated date was 7th july 2015. But today the status updated date was changed to 22 july 2015, but status is still Administrative Processing. What does this statis update mean? Is it a positive omen that my case is under review? Any help or guidance will be much appreciated.

[Arslan12 20]

When does your semester start? Administrative Processing could take a long time. But hopefully it will be faster for you because you are going for a short period of time.

[MaritzaM 1]

Same exact same thing happen to our k1 visa today. iA our visas will be issued soon.

[Curious Student 0]

@arsalan. The semester starts from 10th August

@Maritza. Let's hope that we get our visa issued real soon

[Curious Student 0]

Guys, status updated date is updated again to today's date i.e 24th july 2015 but status still shows administrative processing. Date changed twice in two days, is it good?

[Curious Student 0]

Hey guys. My j1 visa case is is Administrative processing since 7th july 2015.

Case creatiom date : 2nd july 2015

Status updated/interview date: 7th july

Status updated date: 22nd July

Status updated date: 24th july

Status has been updated twice within the last two days but status still shows administrative processing. What does it mean? Plz help me out. I'm on a scholarship and if my visa isn't issued till next week, I might miss this scholarship.

Any information will be highly regarded.

[Curious Student 0]

Status change to ISSUED. ??

[MaritzaM 1]

Status change to ISSUED. ??

Congrats!! Mine did too, alhamdulillah

[Curious Student 0]

Congrats!! Mine did too, alhamdulillah

congratulations ? waiting is indeed disastrous. We are finally done with the waiting ?

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

***** two topics merged and two more posts in other member's threads removed. Please stick to one thread of your own, and post updates and follow on questions here *****

[Coliman 0]

I applied for a J1 visa at the Guadalajara American Consulate on august 10th 2015. I was informed my case would be placed under administrative processing. I was asked for additional documents and I sent those on august 13^th 2015. I was born in Cuba, buy I've been living out of the country the last 16 years. Is there someone in this situation?. I should be at the USA on August 3^rd but my case is still under administrative processing and there are not updates since the interview.