Administrative Processing after K-1 Visa Interview APPROVED?

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

Hi! I really tried to look for a similar situation that we are in currently here in VJ but some were outdated. My Fiancé had his interview in USEM last August 7, 2018 after having to undergo a sputum exam that delayed our K-1 process which thankfully resulted negative! He had a really good interview experience and the American consul was very pleasant to him, only asked a few questions and looked through our proof of relationship (nothing else was asked), a few minutes after she told him that he's visa is approved and stamped his paper, congratulated him and gave him pamphlets of so and so (our delivery address is already registered online when we made the schedule for interview). Our Visa status immediately changed to Administrative Processing after his interview and it's been AP since Aug.7 but the case was updated on Aug.9 still AP, is there something I should be worrying about or is it something normal? Thanks in advance!

[geowrian 22,335]

Congrats!

 

This is normal. Every case goes through some form of AP before being issued. Usually it's a couple/few days, although it can be longer if additional background checks are necessary or something. It's been less than 2 business days, so there's nothing unusual at this time.

[Cyberfx1024 7,978]

18 minutes ago, mayangjebjeb17 said:

Hi! I really tried to look for a similar situation that we are in currently here in VJ but some were outdated. My Fiancé had his interview in USEM last August 7, 2018 after having to undergo a sputum exam that delayed our K-1 process which thankfully resulted negative! He had a really good interview experience and the American consul was very pleasant to him, only asked a few questions and looked through our proof of relationship (nothing else was asked), a few minutes after she told him that he's visa is approved and stamped his paper, congratulated him and gave him pamphlets of so and so (our delivery address is already registered online when we made the schedule for interview). Our Visa status immediately changed to Administrative Processing after his interview and it's been AP since Aug.7 but the case was updated on Aug.9 still AP, is there something I should be worrying about or is it something normal? Thanks in advance!

This is normal so don't worry about it. 

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

Yup normal. We were approved and sat in 3-4 days of AP. Nothing out of the ordinary. Hopefully your's is brief also but some can be extensive and take awhile.

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

14 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Congrats!

 

This is normal. Every case goes through some form of AP before being issued. Usually it's a couple/few days, although it can be longer if additional background checks are necessary or something. It's been less than 2 business days, so there's nothing unusual at this time.

 

4 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

This is normal so don't worry about it. 

Thank you both so much! I guess what worried me is that they've updated the case 2 days after but still on AP when they didn't ask for any additional documents or what not during the interview. Plus the stress of reading others negative feedback about being on AP for so long and what not. But thank you for answering my inquiry!  

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

1 minute ago, Ben&Zian said:

Yup normal. We were approved and sat in 3-4 days of AP. Nothing out of the ordinary. Hopefully your's is brief also but some can be extensive and take awhile.

Yep! That is what I was worried about because even though our case is as plain and simple, you still never know but 3 days of AP shouldn't worry me at least I know they're actually looking at our case and that we're approved and they have his passport. Just hoping that it won't take too long for his visa to be issued as I want to purchase his airline ticket ASAP the earlier the cheaper.  

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

Just an update on our visa status:

Case Created: April 24 

Case Updated: August 7 (right after interview to AP)

Following Updates: Augus 9,15,21 and today 23rd both Case Created and Case Updated changed but still on AP and now says NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATION. Can someone tell me if something like this is still normal or should I be worried? I called a couple days ago and they gave me their generic answer (same as what it says online, still on “AP”) and that I should just keep on checking till it switches to ISSUED and by then I should receive a text or notification that my passport is ready for pick up at my chosen courier branch or address. Just so FRUSTRATING! I need some motivation... 😭😭😭

[E&Ed 24]

8 hours ago, mayangjebjeb17 said:

Just an update on our visa status:

Case Created: April 24 

Case Updated: August 7 (right after interview to AP)

Following Updates: Augus 9,15,21 and today 23rd both Case Created and Case Updated changed but still on AP and now says NONIMMIGRANT VISA APPLICATION. Can someone tell me if something like this is still normal or should I be worried? I called a couple days ago and they gave me their generic answer (same as what it says online, still on “AP”) and that I should just keep on checking till it switches to ISSUED and by then I should receive a text or notification that my passport is ready for pick up at my chosen courier branch or address. Just so FRUSTRATING! I need some motivation... 😭😭😭

Dont worry everything will be fine soon and you will see your ISSUED at website.

My interview was on Aug 14, the CO asked some questions as:

How and when you met eachother

When you get married and where

If we had party after married

Then he said you are approved but I need a Joint sponsor forn I-864 for you,  even my spouse as my sponsor  qualified for that and NVC aproval the docs.

I've sent by email the reqyested docs and received an Email that they had received and are now reviewing.

Praying to see ISSUED soon.

Dont know long it takes.

Keep me posted if anyone else has similar situation let us know.

Dont forget that God is with us and we will win and get our passports soon with our visa.

Amen

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

On 8/23/2018 at 6:29 AM, E&Ed said:

Dont worry everything will be fine soon and you will see your ISSUED at website.

My interview was on Aug 14, the CO asked some questions as:

How and when you met eachother

When you get married and where

If we had party after married

Then he said you are approved but I need a Joint sponsor forn I-864 for you,  even my spouse as my sponsor  qualified for that and NVC aproval the docs.

I've sent by email the reqyested docs and received an Email that they had received and are now reviewing.

Praying to see ISSUED soon.

Dont know long it takes.

Keep me posted if anyone else has similar situation let us know.

Dont forget that God is with us and we will win and get our passports soon with our visa.

Amen

Hi! I see that you don't have your Timeline set up but yeah, our worries is that we already had delays in our paper works and his medical is due to expire in October so he needs to be here before then or we'll have to pay to redo the exam and so on. How's yours going? At this time, all we can really do is pray and wait for it to be issued. Good luck to you too.

[E&Ed 24]

53 minutes ago, mayangjebjeb17 said:

Hi! I see that you don't have your Timeline set up but yeah, our worries is that we already had delays in our paper works and his medical is due to expire in October so he needs to be here before then or we'll have to pay to redo the exam and so on. How's yours going? At this time, all we can really do is pray and wait for it to be issued. Good luck to you too.

Waiting good news anytime soon.

Praying to receive the visas.

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

Good NEWS!

VISA ISSUED as of 3PM August 28 (Manila Time). My fiancè hasn't received any e-mails yet regarding the tracking or confirmation of his passport being sent but I received the e-mail as a reply to my inquiry a week or 2 ago saying that they have issued him his K1 Visa (CEAC status also changed to ISSUED). Thank GOD! We're now just waiting for more confirmation and tracking once it gets delivered to our chosen 2GO branch. Thank you all and wishing everyone else gets the good news as well. 😊

 

[Brandon & Sarah 21]

Hey, 

Who knows how long it takes your visa to get delivered after getting the issue status?

 

[E&Ed 24]

38 minutes ago, mayangjebjeb17 said:

Good NEWS!

VISA ISSUED as of 3PM August 28 (Manila Time). My fiancè hasn't received any e-mails yet regarding the tracking or confirmation of his passport being sent but I received the e-mail as a reply to my inquiry a week or 2 ago saying that they have issued him his K1 Visa (CEAC status also changed to ISSUED). Thank GOD! We're now just waiting for more confirmation and tracking once it gets delivered to our chosen 2GO branch. Thank you all and wishing everyone else gets the good news as well. 😊

 

CONGRATULATIONS

God is good...

I AM VERY HAPPY FOR YOU

Praying to receive ours soon.

🙏

Do you think that I should send an email to ask about it ?

How long after you knew that it was in AP you requested information about the visa ?

My interview was on Aug 14 but Ive sent the requested docs on Aug 21.

Sorry for asking alot

 

 

 

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

1 hour ago, E&Ed said:

CONGRATULATIONS

God is good...

I AM VERY HAPPY FOR YOU

Praying to receive ours soon.

🙏

Do you think that I should send an email to ask about it ?

How long after you knew that it was in AP you requested information about the visa ?

My interview was on Aug 14 but Ive sent the requested docs on Aug 21.

Sorry for asking alot

 

 

 

Hi! That's totally fine. Thank you. You can e-mail your embassy to inquire if there is anything else they need or what not, that's what I did since his review took longer than normal (more checks done probably) but no additional docs were asked and he was approved on the day of his interview, though they didn't reply to me until it was issued yesterday. Try and see what they say. Good luck and I pray you get yours soon. God bless. 😊

[mayangjebjeb17 115]

1 hour ago, Brandon & Sarah said:

Hey, 

Who knows how long it takes your visa to get delivered after getting the issue status?

 

They usually say the generic 5-10 business days (depending on your location; delivery location)