Admin Processing - Montreal

[mahalia55 0]

My husband recently had his interview in Montreal for his CR-1 visa. I am a US citizen and travelled to Montreal to accompany him on his interview. All our paperwork is in order and the interview seemed to go well. At the end the CO told us our application had to go off for administrative processing but that she didn't think that there would be any problems. She said it should only take a week or two; that she was going to let my husband hold on to his passport for now in case we had holiday travel plans. Before we left I asked again how long she thought this would take and she said it's hard to say but maybe up to a month.

Afterwards we did some poking around on the Internet to find out more about AP. Our guess is that we were put on AP because my husband was born in Iran. He moved to Canada as a child and has not been back to Iran since. He has been a Canadian citizen for nearly 20 years.

It seems like AP takes as long as it takes. I have seen everything from a week to over a year. However many of these cases appear to be people still living in their country of birth. It would be great to hear about people's AP timelines through Montreal with similar stories. The CO gave us the sense that it wouldn't take too long but I wanted to see if that matches other people's experiences. Either way we obviously will continue to not make official plans for his move until he has the visa in hand.

[SHUSS 11]

My husband recently had his interview in Montreal for his CR-1 visa. I am a US citizen and travelled to Montreal to accompany him on his interview. All our paperwork is in order and the interview seemed to go well. At the end the CO told us our application had to go off for administrative processing but that she didn't think that there would be any problems. She said it should only take a week or two; that she was going to let my husband hold on to his passport for now in case we had holiday travel plans. Before we left I asked again how long she thought this would take and she said it's hard to say but maybe up to a month.

Afterwards we did some poking around on the Internet to find out more about AP. Our guess is that we were put on AP because my husband was born in Iran. He moved to Canada as a child and has not been back to Iran since. He has been a Canadian citizen for nearly 20 years.

It seems like AP takes as long as it takes. I have seen everything from a week to over a year. However many of these cases appear to be people still living in their country of birth. It would be great to hear about people's AP timelines through Montreal with similar stories. The CO gave us the sense that it wouldn't take too long but I wanted to see if that matches other people's experiences. Either way we obviously will continue to not make official plans for his move until he has the visa in hand.

My husband did not have his interview in Montreal, but in Naples, Italy and he was born in Saudi Arabia. He has not lived in Saudi, for nearly 15 years. He was told the day after his interview that his case would need to go through AP and it would take only a few weeks. Now we have been waiting more than 6 months.

[EmilyS 11]

My husband recently had his interview in Montreal for his CR-1 visa. I am a US citizen and travelled to Montreal to accompany him on his interview. All our paperwork is in order and the interview seemed to go well. At the end the CO told us our application had to go off for administrative processing but that she didn't think that there would be any problems. She said it should only take a week or two; that she was going to let my husband hold on to his passport for now in case we had holiday travel plans. Before we left I asked again how long she thought this would take and she said it's hard to say but maybe up to a month.

Afterwards we did some poking around on the Internet to find out more about AP. Our guess is that we were put on AP because my husband was born in Iran. He moved to Canada as a child and has not been back to Iran since. He has been a Canadian citizen for nearly 20 years.

It seems like AP takes as long as it takes. I have seen everything from a week to over a year. However many of these cases appear to be people still living in their country of birth. It would be great to hear about people's AP timelines through Montreal with similar stories. The CO gave us the sense that it wouldn't take too long but I wanted to see if that matches other people's experiences. Either way we obviously will continue to not make official plans for his move until he has the visa in hand.

Hi,

I came across your post and my heart sank, as I am an Iranian born canadian citizen that came to Canada as a child like your husband, the only difference is that I'm a female and so I've heard that AP for women doesn't take as long as men. I haven't had my interview yet but knowing that I will most likely be placed in AP breaks me in every way possible, I really thought this journey will soon come to an end and I will reunite with my husband soon, I pray to God everyday that I'm not placed in AP and I really hope you hear something back soon and this nightmare ends. Please keep me updated if there's any change in your case.

do they put non muslim Iranian borns in AP as well? I'm not muslim and just crossed my mind, although they don't know that unless they ask me at the interview or something.

[mahalia55 0]

Hi,

I came across your post and my heart sank, as I am an Iranian born canadian citizen that came to Canada as a child like your husband, the only difference is that I'm a female and so I've heard that AP for women doesn't take as long as men. I haven't had my interview yet but knowing that I will most likely be placed in AP breaks me in every way possible, I really thought this journey will soon come to an end and I will reunite with my husband soon, I pray to God everyday that I'm not placed in AP and I really hope you hear something back soon and this nightmare ends. Please keep me updated if there's any change in your case.

do they put non muslim Iranian borns in AP as well? I'm not muslim and just crossed my mind, although they don't know that unless they ask me at the interview or something.

My husband is not Muslim so our guess is that it's based solely on the fact that he was born in Iran. We haven't heard anything further as of yet. The State Department claims that most AP cases are cleared within 60 days so we're hopeful but the forums don't seem to support that timeline. I have reached out to my congresspeople. I understand that they will not send an inquiry until after 60 days but I figure it's best to make the initial contact with them as soon as possible so I can get them on the case, if need be. I'll keep you posted as to how long it takes us. Hopefully this won't happen to you too.

[Cathi 5,770]

Hi,

I came across your post and my heart sank, as I am an Iranian born canadian citizen that came to Canada as a child like your husband, the only difference is that I'm a female and so I've heard that AP for women doesn't take as long as men. I haven't had my interview yet but knowing that I will most likely be placed in AP breaks me in every way possible, I really thought this journey will soon come to an end and I will reunite with my husband soon, I pray to God everyday that I'm not placed in AP and I really hope you hear something back soon and this nightmare ends. Please keep me updated if there's any change in your case.

do they put non muslim Iranian borns in AP as well? I'm not muslim and just crossed my mind, although they don't know that unless they ask me at the interview or something.

AP has zero to do with being Muslim

[mahalia55 0]

Hi,

I came across your post and my heart sank, as I am an Iranian born canadian citizen that came to Canada as a child like your husband, the only difference is that I'm a female and so I've heard that AP for women doesn't take as long as men. I haven't had my interview yet but knowing that I will most likely be placed in AP breaks me in every way possible, I really thought this journey will soon come to an end and I will reunite with my husband soon, I pray to God everyday that I'm not placed in AP and I really hope you hear something back soon and this nightmare ends. Please keep me updated if there's any change in your case.

do they put non muslim Iranian borns in AP as well? I'm not muslim and just crossed my mind, although they don't know that unless they ask me at the interview or something.

Hi EmilyS,

My husband was notified this morning that he could pick up his passport. We were in AP for about 3 1/2 months. I had both my Senators and Congresswoman on the case from the beginning. I did not wait the 90 days to contact them. I assumed that if they wanted me to wait 90 days, they would inform me of such but at least I would have established contact. Two of them were happy to help right away. There's no way of knowing if that made things go faster or not but I'm glad I did it, just in case.

Good luck next month! Hopefully you'll be able to skip AP altogether!

[EmilyS 11]

Hi EmilyS,

My husband was notified this morning that he could pick up his passport. We were in AP for about 3 1/2 months. I had both my Senators and Congresswoman on the case from the beginning. I did not wait the 90 days to contact them. I assumed that if they wanted me to wait 90 days, they would inform me of such but at least I would have established contact. Two of them were happy to help right away. There's no way of knowing if that made things go faster or not but I'm glad I did it, just in case.

Good luck next month! Hopefully you'll be able to skip AP altogether!

Hi Mahalia, Congrats, I'm happy for you. My interview is coming up soon and this AP is freaking me out, we'll see what happens when I get there, keep your fingers crossed for me please. all the best to you and your husband

[letitgo 3]

On 2013-01-03 at 2:59 PM, mahalia55 said:

My husband is not Muslim so our guess is that it's based solely on the fact that he was born in Iran. We haven't heard anything further as of yet. The State Department claims that most AP cases are cleared within 60 days so we're hopeful but the forums don't seem to support that timeline. I have reached out to my congresspeople. I understand that they will not send an inquiry until after 60 days but I figure it's best to make the initial contact with them as soon as possible so I can get them on the case, if need be. I'll keep you posted as to how long it takes us. Hopefully this won't happen to you too.

I know thos pos is old but can you please update what happened? Thanks 

[TBoneTX 45,498]

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