AR OR NOT AR? THAT BE THE QUESTION.

[martindart 0]

Ok, I have heard/read about “Administrative Review” AR at the Service Center stage. I have heard/read about Administrative Review at the NVC National Visa Center stage. I received this yesterday via email from the Consulate in HCMC, Vietnam:

Based upon our records, we received your re-affirmed petition from the USCIS on July 14. Your petition is now under a review by the Chief of Immigrant Visa Unit for further advice. We will contact your fiancée for further processing once we receive instructions from the Chief of Immigrant Visa Unit.

Please, only experienced VJ members respond.

Am I on Administrative Review at the Consulate stage now? I have read horror stories of long long waiting periods from other who are on AR at either the “SC” stage or the “NVC” stage at the initial processing of their petition. Being, I so far down the line in this process (see timelines) could I now be a victim of the long long waiting period waiting for completion of the Consulate Visa Chief to review my reaffirmed petition?

Thanks for “any” Advice of you personal experience and “sorry” you have gone through it. Unless you are “now” successful! Then I am happy! =-)

[michigan 0]

Well I am not experienced in cases as complex as yours. But I do have a lot of info on AR/AP process. Well, in short, AR depends on when they run the Visa applicant application and find a "hit" against the database. If they do! That means a Security Advisory Opinion will be needed from DOS in DC and that can take anywhere from 30 days to 2 years! Best of luck...