Administrative Processing Islamabad, no paper? (merged)

[rafiq akhtar 2]

hi my wife had her interview on july 24th at Islamabad embassy for her US visa... after the interview the officer took her passport and said will call u to retrieve ur passport with ur visa... today is august 11th and we dident get a reply.. i checked online and its on administrative processing.. why is that??? they dident give my wife no 221-g form or anything.. all papers etc was completed.. i have a 4 months old daughter whos in pakistan and i eant her to go america due to the heat... can someone help me on why they taking time????

Edited August 15, 2017 by Penguin_ie

[rafiq akhtar 2]

hi my wife had her interview on july 24th at Islamabad embassy for her US visa... after the interview the officer took her passport and said will call u to retrieve ur passport with ur visa... today is august 11th and we dident get a reply.. i checked online and its on administrative processing.. why is that??? they dident give my wife no 221-g form or anything.. all papers etc was completed.. i have a 4 months old daughter whos in pakistan and i eant her to go america due to the heat... can someone help me on why they taking time????

[Scandi 3,970]

Everyone goes through AP after the interview. Some only for a few hours or days, some for months. The embassy is doing all kinds of research and check-ups on the people who seek visas, it's impossible to say how long it will take. It has "only" been 2-3 weeks for you guys, unfortunately the wait can be much longer than that. Like I said, sometimes some people are in AP for months.

[rafiq akhtar 2]

all the paperwork etc was complete so why do they do that.. i got a daughter whos finding it hard there... 

[Hypnos 6,576]

Terrorism checks under the PATRIOT Act is the chief cause of AP for males from MENA countries particularly. 

 

It can also affect women, but less often. 

Edited August 11, 2017 by Hypnos

[Hoor 0]

I m waiting last 5 months...still ap

[rafiq akhtar 2]

is ur situation just like mine. that they took ur passport and never gave u a 221-g paper?

[Zaib212 31]

my parents interview done 2 months ago and got 221g paper, but all their document were complete and still in AP. so be patient.

[rafiq akhtar 2]

thats the thing @Zaib212 my wife never git that 221-g paper and they still doing Administrative Processing?

[rafiq akhtar 2]

hi my wife had her interview on july 24th at Islamabad embassy for her US visa... after the interview the officer took her passport and said will call u to retrieve ur passport with ur visa... today is august 11th and we dident get a reply.. i checked online and its on administrative processing.. why is that??? they dident give my wife no 221-g form or anything.. all papers etc was completed.. i have a 4 months old daughter whos in pakistan and i want her to go america due to the heat... can someone help me on why they taking time???? and also after the interview she never got a 221g paper so why is the case on administrative processing.... can someone plzzz help me

[Crazy Cat 39,191]

4 minutes ago, rafiq akhtar said:

hi my wife had her interview on july 24th at Islamabad embassy for her US visa... after the interview the officer took her passport and said will call u to retrieve ur passport with ur visa... today is august 11th and we dident get a reply.. i checked online and its on administrative processing.. why is that??? they dident give my wife no 221-g form or anything.. all papers etc was completed.. i have a 4 months old daughter whos in pakistan and i want her to go america due to the heat... can someone help me on why they taking time???? and also after the interview she never got a 221g paper so why is the case on administrative processing.... can someone plzzz help me

Administrative processing is a necessary part of EVERY visa.  Some cases and some countries require more time to complete it. Administrative Processing can take days, weeks, or months..If the embassy kept her passport, that is a GOOD thing!!!  

 

It sounds like everything is going well with her visa...

[Zaib212 31]

43 minutes ago, rafiq akhtar said:

thats the thing @Zaib212 my wife never git that 221-g paper and they still doing Administrative Processing?

that's crazy. You can email US Consulate and explain to them in the email. She shouldn't be in AP if she didn't get the white paper.

[Illiria 980]

Heat or health?

 

If it's heat then there are things you can do to help her whilst she is over there. I am sure people with other children have to deal with it in her country. What do they do?

 

If it's a serious health condition, is your daughter a us citizen? If she has a serious health condition you might want to consider just bringing her as sometimes ap can take a while, they are doing more checks on your wife including that answers she gave at the interview are being checked. 

 

You cant rush AP, it will be done when it's done. Sometimes if they find an inconsistency during ap they will ask for documents, have another interview, or deny but don't dwell on this as some countries just have long ap more than others it seems. 

Edited August 11, 2017 by Illiria
Clarity

[rafiq akhtar 2]

@missileman do i have to worry even though they dident give the 221g slip?? 

[Crazy Cat 39,191]

Just now, rafiq akhtar said:

@missileman do i have to worry even though they dident give the 221g slip?? 

No, the fact that she didn't get a 221g slip is great!!