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Has anyone applied for a spousal non-immigrant visa recently and been in administrative processing for a DS5535?

 

My partner and I interviewed together on Sept 2 at an emergency visa appointment at the consulate for my job. We were told at the consular post that we got it but then he got an email asking him to fill a ds-5535. Since then, our application status says refused (because of administrative review).

 

Any help on timelines is much appreciated.

 

 

 

 

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Everybody goes through AP

 

Not everybody is required to complete the DS5535

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What is a spousal non-immigrant visa?  What visa ?

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My fiancé and I have the same issue. He is in Turkey and had his interview in February. Was refused for administrative processing, and had to submit this form DS5535. 
We were told that it is a MINIMUM of 6 months. I’m thinking this is varying based on the embassy…but we are well past the 6month mark now and have yet to hear anything. The embassy won’t even tell us anything when we email or call. 
It is super frustrating. Not knowing when/if we’ll get it or who to contact for a status update. 

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On 9/20/2021 at 11:06 PM, LauraSemih said:

My fiancé and I have the same issue. He is in Turkey and had his interview in February. Was refused for administrative processing, and had to submit this form DS5535. 
We were told that it is a MINIMUM of 6 months. I’m thinking this is varying based on the embassy…but we are well past the 6month mark now and have yet to hear anything. The embassy won’t even tell us anything when we email or call. 
It is super frustrating. Not knowing when/if we’ll get it or who to contact for a status update. 

Hey there, which consulate did he interview at?

 
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