So confused

[Rima.lawi 0]

Hi everyone. 

I guess I just need some support and to hear something positive. My Yemeni fiancé had his interview at the US embassy in Cairo on 3/20/2019. At the end of the interview he was told that our case is under AP and was given the supplemental form to fill out. Which we did and returned as directed. 3 weeks after the interview the embassy called him and asked him to mail in his passport. We mailed his passport and haven’t heard anything since. I emailed the passport status email to track the status and there was no update. Can someone tell me what is going on here or if anyone else has experienced this? 

 

Thanks so so much in advance.

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

well them asking for the passport is always good, but there have been people who have had their passports held at the embassy for a long time during the AP process. AP is open ended, can be 2-3 days, 2-3 weeks, 2-3 months, or years. It can't be bypassed or expedited. The embassy is doing their background/security checks, verifying information and such. Egypt has been known to have extended AP times.

[Rima.lawi 0]

I really hope it doesn’t take that long😔. Thank you Ben&Zian.

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

Yemen is on the list of countries on travel ban

[Shiran 1,134]

The supplemental form sounds like DS-5535.

 

Unfortunately you might be waiting awhile.

[Rima.lawi 0]

Hi Shiran,

My fiancé was instructed to return that form right after his interview. And he did it the very next day. But 3 weeks after that the embassy called and asked him to mail in his passport. We assumed that the reason the embassy didn’t initially  ask him to leave his passport when he went in for his interview is because it was going to take a long time to get his visa. Any idea why the embassy would have asked him to mail his passport if it’s still going to take a while?

[VNN 147]

1 minute ago, Rima.lawi said:

Hi Shiran,

My fiancé was instructed to return that form right after his interview. And he did it the very next day. But 3 weeks after that the embassy called and asked him to mail in his passport. We assumed that the reason the embassy didn’t initially  ask him to leave his passport when he went in for his interview is because it was going to take a long time to get his visa. Any idea why the embassy would have asked him to mail his passport if it’s still going to take a while?

Using his passport to validate his travel info is one of the possibilities.

[Cathi 5,610]

Yemen is on the list of banned countries.

[Loren Y 2,732]

Some visas are still being issued, but doesn't look good...

 

Yemen

Religion: Majority Muslim

Restriction: Most Yemeni nationals, including immigrants and nonimmigrants on business and tourist visas, will be blocked from entering the U.S. Students and some other categories will continue to receive visas.

Reason: Officials cited terrorist activities in and around the region as well as technical hurdles to properly report and document travelers, despite a willingness to comply.