Status changed from AP to expiring soon

[mbdragon55 1]

I (US citizen female) sponsored my husband from Pakistan. Everything went smoothly and he has his interview in sept 2018 in Islamabad. They asked him for a copy of the marriage certificate and translation (even tho we already had it there..). They wrote on the paper to upload it so we did that. We uploaded it to the ceac site. After that he got a questionnaire in the email asking for social media account, emails and phone numbers and stuff. We filled that out as well. He was then put into administrative processing and he has been there for over a year now. It’s really a straight forward case, no complications. 
We’ll log on and see occasional status updates on the date periodically on the ceac visa status checker. 
But on 10/25/19 the status changed from AP to “expiring soon” (see photo attached). We’re really freaking out now. I don’t want the visa to be cancelled and us having to do it all over again. Any suggestions on what we could do next? Please help! 

[mbdragon55 1]

Any have any ideas? 

[CaliforniaDream86 1]

Contact the embassy, contact your congressman.

[Butterfly19 1]

Hi, do you have any updates regarding your case? The same thing just happened to me from AP to “expiring soon”!!

[sunlight09 1]

Hi. We had the same issue. We contacted our local Congressman and had him email his liason at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. Don't worry. They said it was just a systematic glitch. Your case is not expiring. They will fix it once the Congressman emails them. Hope this helps! 😊

 

P.S. My husband is in a.p. too. Our interview was in October 2018 and we have been waiting for over a year now too. 

 

[mbdragon55 1]

I contacted the congressman and enlisted a pretty good lawyer who is thinking about doing a writ of mandamus against the embassy/consulate. It still says expiring soon on the status. We’ll see what happens... 

[SalishSea 16,772]

On 12/6/2019 at 5:19 AM, mbdragon55 said:

I contacted the congressman and enlisted a pretty good lawyer who is thinking about doing a writ of mandamus against the embassy/consulate. It still says expiring soon on the status. We’ll see what happens... 

Keep in mind that filing a writ of mandamus has it's own risks.....