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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: India
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Dipu and I had his interview this morning. Dipu was asked to take the oath, sign the DS-156K form and was asked these questions:

1) Who am I (addressed to Dipu about me)? Answer: I am the petitioner.

2) How did we meet? Answer: Met at work when his company was taking over work from mine for outsourcing.

3) Have you ever met her parents? Answer: No, but I met them over Skype a few times. I have met her grandparents in person last June, Father's Day weekend.

4) How many times have you been to America? Answer: Twice

The CO then said that the case is in adminstative processing. Then he asked if either of us had ever been married and we both said no.

Then the CO said go to the next window and the lady would explain AP to us. He kept Dipu's passport and returned all documents including evidence and original certificates. The CO kept the medical report but not the X-rays.

When we went to the next counter, the woman gave us a letter that had already been printed prior to our arrival at the CO's window that stated:

Please bear with us while your case undergoes mandatory administrative processing.

We have retained your passport to more quickly process your visa when the processing has been completed. When the processing is complete, we will send your passport and visa to you via VFS.

The woman did not give us any details as to why we are in AP or how long we could expect it to take.

Has anyone had this experience at New Delhi? Is it because Dipu is Muslim and his background check isn't finished yet? How long should I expect this to last? Is this a stalling technique so that they can deny our visa when the petition expires on Aug 21?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Edited by Bec_Dipu

Bec & Dipu

Service Center : California Service Center

Consulate : New Delhi, India

I-129F Sent : 2010-11-22

I-129F NOA1 : 2010-12-01

I-129F NOA2 : 2011-04-21

NVC Received : 2011-04-27

NVC Left : 2011-05-05

Embassy Rcvd : 2011-05-08

Pack 3 Rcvd : 2011-05-11

Pack 3 Sent : 2011-06-23

Pack 4 Rcvd : 2011-07-08

Interview : 2011-08-03

Visa Received : 2011-11-09

POE : 2012-01-13

Marriage : 2012-01-21

AOS/EAD Sent : 2012-02-13

NOA1 : 2012-02-22

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
Timeline
Posted

Dipu and I had his interview this morning. Dipu was asked to take the oath, sign the DS-156K form and was asked these questions:

1) Who am I (addressed to Dipu about me)? Answer: I am the petitioner.

2) How did we meet? Answer: Met at work when his company was taking over work from mine for outsourcing.

3) Have you ever met her parents? Answer: No, but I met them over Skype a few times. I have met her grandparents in person last June, Father's Day weekend.

4) How many times have you been to America? Answer: Twice

The CO then said that the case is in adminstative processing. Then he asked if either of us had ever been married and we both said no.

Then the CO said go to the next window and the lady would explain AP to us. He kept Dipu's passport and returned all documents including evidence and original certificates. The CO kept the medical report but not the X-rays.

When we went to the next counter, the woman gave us a letter that had already been printed prior to our arrival at the CO's window that stated:

Please bear with us while your case undergoes mandatory administrative processing.

We have retained your passport to more quickly process your visa when the processing has been completed. When the processing is complete, we will send your passport and visa to you via VFS.

The woman did not give us any details as to why we are in AP or how long we could expect it to take.

Has anyone had this experience at New Delhi? Is it because Dipu is Muslim and his background check isn't finished yet? How long should I expect this to last? Is this a stalling technique so that they can deny our visa when the petition expires on Aug 21?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

Is it because Dipu is Muslim and his background check isn't finished yet?

The answer to this question is unfortunatley YES. We went through the same expereince only ours was in Mumbai. Our case has been put into AP as well - Reason being the religion ( unfortuante but true ). You are lucky in a way that they kept his passport so hopefully it won't take long. In our case, they returned my fiancee's passport with a letter about AP. Based on the VJ's experiences - it could take anywhere between 2weeks to 2years. And the most frustrating thing about the whole scenario is that they don't respond to your querries while you are in AP...sort of a punishment on being from a particular religion and region...I will pray that we all come out of it soon...keep us posted..

 
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