Administrative processing

[Leonelle Gamboa 0]

i am really sad yesterday i got my passport back after the long journey of administrative processing.i had my interview last january 24 and the officer told me that my visa is refused for administrative because at that time i don't have ang police certificate to every country ive been to.ive been to 3 countries .ive been to libya,jordan and china buti at the time of my interview i didnt have any police clearance .so the officer hand me 221g form he asked to submit those police clearances .asked my social media accounts names of my siblings and add some places ive been to for the last 15 years.to make my story short finally i submit the 2 police clearances which is jordan and libya but china i couldnt get because i was over staying there.so finally the waived my china police clearance and asked me to send an nbi clearance and affidavit of no criminal record .so we thought that i will finally get my visa but yesterday they return my passport and 221g form saying my visa is refused and for admistrative processing and i will be informed when processing is complete.is this means that its the end of our journey or is this a really bad sign?please give me your opinon because i am really hurt broken

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

4 minutes ago, Leonelle Gamboa said:

i am really sad yesterday i got my passport back after the long journey of administrative processing.i had my interview last january 24 and the officer told me that my visa is refused for administrative because at that time i don't have ang police certificate to every country ive been to.ive been to 3 countries .ive been to libya,jordan and china buti at the time of my interview i didnt have any police clearance .so the officer hand me 221g form he asked to submit those police clearances .asked my social media accounts names of my siblings and add some places ive been to for the last 15 years.to make my story short finally i submit the 2 police clearances which is jordan and libya but china i couldnt get because i was over staying there.so finally the waived my china police clearance and asked me to send an nbi clearance and affidavit of no criminal record .so we thought that i will finally get my visa but yesterday they return my passport and 221g form saying my visa is refused and for admistrative processing and i will be informed when processing is complete.is this means that its the end of our journey or is this a really bad sign?please give me your opinon because i am really hurt broken

 

Refused for administrative processing, means it's not over yet, you are back in administrative processing while they determine what to do. Will it ultimately be denied? Possibly without the China report but could come back in a month and say "approved and issued"... or it could sit in administrative processing for months and months and even years... at this point kind of have to wait for the embassy to make their decision. While it is frustrating, had research been done prior to this whole endeavor, this could have possibly been avoided as you would have been aware of needing the police clearances and all requirements.

 

If inevitably it is denied/refused and the petition returned to USCIS (again after the embassy does their administrative process), you could try for a CR-1/spousal visa, but, you must know what it was denied. If it is because of the inability to obtain the Chinese police report, it will be same issue with that process as this one. So that is important to understand before jumping into it.

[Just Paul 4,591]

If you are in Administrative Processing your petition is still alive.   AP is rather open ended 2 days to multiple years.   

Hang in there.

Edited June 11, 2019 by Paul & Mary

[USS_Voyager 1,971]

My guess (and this is just purely a guess) is that they're gonna try to contact the Chinese government if they have any info on you. And with the way relations between China-US are going, it might be a long ride. 

Again, just a wild guess. 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

the additional questions you had to fill out about Siblings,  social media and travel is the ds5535 3 page form

this takes additional security checks and most are taking a year 

you can read the 260 page post here about that form (unable to comment on the post there as it is closed to further posts) but it helps to hear what other people are facing 

 

[Boiler 43,429]

Libya more likely the issue.

[Greenbaum 12,258]

Normally Manila doesn't use the DS-5535. They have put her in AP and I suspect that they have issues with not having the PC from China and OP mentioned an overstay condition.  I think thats the rabbit hole. OP just needs to sit tight till she hears back.

[Loren Y 2,731]

China is similar to South Korea in the same way. OP said they had overstayed their Visa, and many countries once you overstay they will not give you a police clearance certificate no matter what. I guess it is how they punish you. Now, usually you will still have an exit stamp because obviously you left the country at some point, depending on how you left depends on how the US looks at it. If you were caught and actually deported, that looks bad. If you took advantage of one of the times they let you leave with amnesty kinda, usually twice a year they give you a opportunity to leave on your own accord where you turn yourself in, and they allow you to leave without paying the penalty or fine. You may still get a 3-5 year ban, but it's a way for countries to clean up the house per say. If you look at the stamp, it Should have a code or something with 2 letters and some numbers, and you can Google it to see what it means. But by looking at the exit stamp, the US embassy will know you can't get a police clearance certificate from them, and I think you said they waived it. So, you are going to have to ride out the AP and see what happens.

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.