Accepted at interview but....

[kolopop 2]

So today my fiancé and I attended her interview at the USEM, the interview was almost perfect and we had no reason to think otherwise. The CO told us we would receive the passport along with the issued visa by Friday, stating that they would email us when it would be ready for pickup. 

 

However shortly after the interview I looked up our case status and the dreaded words of “Administrative Processing” came up...

 

I was wondering if this happens to all visas,  considering the CO said we were approved and handed nothing to us.. and if we should forget about seeing that passport by Friday as originally mentioned.

 

Thanks,

 

[payxibka 10,044]

4 minutes ago, kolopop said:

So today my fiancé and I attended her interview at the USEM, the interview was almost perfect and we had no reason to think otherwise. The CO told us we would receive the passport along with the issued visa by Friday, stating that they would email us when it would be ready for pickup. 

 

However shortly after the interview I looked up our case status and the dreaded words of “Administrative Processing” came up...

 

I was wondering if this happens to all visas,  considering the CO said we were approved and handed nothing to us.. and if we should forget about seeing that passport by Friday as originally mentioned.

 

Thanks,

 

Every visa goes into administrative processing,  no way to avoid.   

[JFH 12,189]

Every application, every single one, goes through administrative processing post-interview. It’s a “catch all” term for all the stuff that takes place after the interview (preparing the visa, running final checks, printing the visa, etc). Sometimes it last a few hours. Sometimes a day or two. Sometimes weeks, months or years. It takes as long as it takes. They told you they would email when it’s ready. Just wait for the email. You’ll drive yourself crazy if you keep refreshing CEAC.

Edited August 13, 2019 by JFH

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,078]

Also, USEM is an acronym used here for the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines. Because by far the most common country for K-1s is the Philippines (even though it's only about 20% of K-1s), a lot of documentation you see online (even here) includes Philippines-specific language, but it seems improbable that a beneficiary from Slovakia is interviewing in Manila. 

[kolopop 2]

Just now, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Also, USEM is an acronym used here for the US Embassy in Manila, Philippines. Because by far the most common country for K-1s is the Philippines (even though it's only about 20% of K-1s), a lot of documentation you see online (even here) includes Philippines-specific language, but it seems improbable that a beneficiary from Slovakia is interviewing in Manila. 

Oh my 😂 I just assumed it means us embassy in general

[Greenbaum 12,258]

42 minutes ago, kolopop said:

So today my fiancé and I attended her interview at the USEM, the interview was almost perfect and we had no reason to think otherwise. The CO told us we would receive the passport along with the issued visa by Friday, stating that they would email us when it would be ready for pickup. 

 

Just about everyone goes through this process.  Based on the discussions I had with the case officer he informed me of the steps to complete the processing of your visa:

 

the first AP is the immigration unit doing the paperwork for approving the visa

the first ready is a notice that they are finished and the paperwork is being sent for visa issuance

the second AP is the visa issuance people doing their own paperwork

the second ready is that the visa has been issued and is currently being processed for delivery

 

Then "issue" is posted and the visa has left the BIG house to YOUR house.

 

Once you get that second ready, it should be sent out within a few days, although we received our visa before any of the various websites that allow you to look up the status said that it had been sent out.