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K1 visa change in status to AP

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So i have had my Embassy interview for the k1 visa on 9th of july 2019 .. and at the end of the interview i was told that i am approved and got handed an approval of immigration visa paper. i was also told that i will get my visa and my passport back within 5 - 10 business days (14 days). Ever since i got my interview i have made it a habit of mine to check the CEAC tracker with my case number every day twice. CEAC would show that my case is ' Ready ' to schedule an interview from the 10th of july ...after i have had my interview .. up till yesterday the 22nd of july (13 days after the interview) where it was updated from ' Ready ' to ' Administrative processing'. I am worried and i dont know what does this mean, I was approved in the interview but i dont have my passport yet, is this normal to be put in AP after waiting 13 days after the interview. can anyone please tell me if this happened to them.

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1 minute ago, Alex & Jess said:

So i have had my Embassy interview for the k1 visa on 9th of july 2019 .. and at the end of the interview i was told that i am approved and got handed an approval of immigration visa paper. i was also told that i will get my visa and my passport back within 5 - 10 business days (14 days). Ever since i got my interview i have made it a habit of mine to check the CEAC tracker with my case number every day twice. CEAC would show that my case is ' Ready ' to schedule an interview from the 10th of july ...after i have had my interview .. up till yesterday the 22nd of july (13 days after the interview) where it was updated from ' Ready ' to ' Administrative processing'. I am worried and i dont know what does this mean, I was approved in the interview but i dont have my passport yet, is this normal to be put in AP after waiting 13 days after the interview. can anyone please tell me if this happened to them.

Yes, very normal.   Is your case now showing nonimmigrant versus immigrant?

YMMV

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Typically it will switch to non-immigrant shortly before being issued.

K-1 is a non-immigrant visa (NIV) handled by the immigrant visa (IV) unit. So once the IV unit is complete with processing, it is sent over to the NIV unit to do their processing.

Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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3 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Typically it will switch to non-immigrant shortly before being issued.

K-1 is a non-immigrant visa (NIV) handled by the immigrant visa (IV) unit. So once the IV unit is complete with processing, it is sent over to the NIV unit to do their processing.

I AM SO HAPPY TO HEAR THIS! , thank you so much for telling me this news, me and my fiance been waiting for so long. Thank you guys :)

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Nothing is guaranteed until the visa shows ISSUED. So don't have a party yet.

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Timelines:

ROC:

Spoiler

7/27/20: Sent forms to Dallas lockbox, 7/30/20: Received by USCIS, 8/10 NOA1 electronic notification received, 8/1/ NOA1 hard copy received

AOS:

Spoiler

AOS (I-485 + I-131 + I-765):

9/25/17: sent forms to Chicago, 9/27/17: received by USCIS, 10/4/17: NOA1 electronic notification received, 10/10/17: NOA1 hard copy received. Social Security card being issued in married name (3rd attempt!)

10/14/17: Biometrics appointment notice received, 10/25/17: Biometrics

1/2/18: EAD + AP approved (no website update), 1/5/18: EAD + AP mailed, 1/8/18: EAD + AP approval notice hardcopies received, 1/10/18: EAD + AP received

9/5/18: Interview scheduled notice, 10/17/18: Interview

10/24/18: Green card produced notice, 10/25/18: Formal approval, 10/31/18: Green card received

K-1:

Spoiler

I-129F

12/1/16: sent, 12/14/16: NOA1 hard copy received, 3/10/17: RFE (IMB verification), 3/22/17: RFE response received

3/24/17: Approved! , 3/30/17: NOA2 hard copy received

 

NVC

4/6/2017: Received, 4/12/2017: Sent to Riyadh embassy, 4/16/2017: Case received at Riyadh embassy, 4/21/2017: Request case transfer to Manila, approved 4/24/2017

 

K-1

5/1/2017: Case received by Manila (1 week embassy transfer??? Lucky~)

7/13/2017: Interview: APPROVED!!!

7/19/2017: Visa in hand

8/15/2017: POE

 

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payxibka   10,044

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54 minutes ago, Alex & Jess said:

OMG YES, i didnt even see that at first... It changed from immigrant to NON-immigrant ! .. is that good or bad 😦

It means the IV unit has transferred the fil to the NIV unit.  You should also now be able to check ceac status on the nonimmigrant tracker using your ds160 number 

YMMV

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