145 days waiting...Egypt K1

[mkalareqi 0]

Hi all! My fiance's interview was March 8, 2016. On April 12, he was called and verbally told by the CO that he was accepted and to send his passport. The CEAC status was changed to mandatory administrative processing on April 21st and they've had his passport since with no updates at all. Is this normal for Egypt? Can anyone provide hope that we will get an answer soon? We're starting to think they've forgotten about us. :'(

[TBoneTX 44,886]

Welcome to the forum. Sorry about your situation. Lengthy administrative processing (AP) is not unexpected in Middle Eastern countries. No one can tell you when you can expect an answer.

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Your thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Waivers/AP forum, to be among similar threads.

[dillygoose 21]

Hi. We are waiting too.

Our interview was on March 15th.

We were put in mandatory AP right after our interview. The CO said we were approved and they kept my fiancés passport right from the start.

But since then we've just been waiting and waiting. Almost 5 months now and no visa.

Unfortunately the embassy in Cairo is well known for doing this.

Keep us updated if you hear anything. Or if the embassy contacts you again.

[mkalareqi 0]

My fiance has requested to have his passport returned to him for travel 3 times now and he doesn't even get a response. Are they all so slow at processing or just the one in Egypt?

[Halalbrother 23]

I have my interview since the first of March 2016 and put under AP since this and no slip form 221G or even accept or denied and was told two month for making a decision ih has been 153 days with not respond or status updates, and still under mandatory AP.(the co didn't take any updates documents or look at pictures or anything just updated police certificate)

My visa category CR1

[dillygoose 21]

My fiance has requested to have his passport returned to him for travel 3 times now and he doesn't even get a response. Are they all so slow at processing or just the one in Egypt?

The background checks that are sometimes the reason for AP do take some time. But they don't take 4-5++ months. That's just what happens a lot at the Cairo embassy.

I don't know why.

I was actually messaging with some other couples on here who interviewed in Feb (the month) before us. A few of them got their visa in 2 months.

So when we were told by the CO at the end of our interview that we would have our visa in 2 months, we believed her.

Course now its been almost 5 months!

I'm surprised they didn't respond to your request for the passport back. I would think they should at least be able to do that (return it without the visa for travel other places).