221g for delayed medical (merged)

[Freefall5657 0]

Hi everyone, 

 

My Fiancé had his medical exam 10/20/21. They said that they would send the results to the embassy in 1-3 weeks. My fiancé had his interview 11/9/21. At his interview they said they still had not received the medical results and they “refused” our visa. 
We called the facility where my fiancé had his exams and they said that they hand delivered my fiancés results to the embassy on 11/10/21. As of 11/18/21 the CEAC says this: “A U.S. consular officer has adjudicated and refused your visa application. Please follow any instructions provided by the consular officer. If you were informed by the consular officer that your case was refused for administrative processing, your case will remain refused while undergoing such processing. You will receive another adjudication once such processing is complete. Please be advised that the processing time varies and that you will be contacted if additional information is needed. For more information, please visit TRAVEL.STATE.GOV or the website for the Embassy or Consulate at which you made your application.” What should we do? I had my heart set on the idea that we would be together for Thanksgiving but it is now looking to be impossible. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS HERE? Do we just keep waiting? When we call the embassy they won’t check our case to make sure they have the results and they just tell us to wait. How can we be sure that the medical exam results are there and that our case is being reviewed? I am fearful that our case will be sent back to the US… please help! 

[GeorgiaRoseyRose 13]

14 hours ago, Freefall5657 said:

Hi everyone, 

 

My Fiancé had his medical exam 10/20/21. They said that they would send the results to the embassy in 1-3 weeks. My fiancé had his interview 11/9/21. At his interview they said they still had not received the medical results and they “refused” our visa. 
We called the facility where my fiancé had his exams and they said that they hand delivered my fiancés results to the embassy on 11/10/21. As of 11/18/21 the CEAC says this: “A U.S. consular officer has adjudicated and refused your visa application. Please follow any instructions provided by the consular officer. If you were informed by the consular officer that your case was refused for administrative processing, your case will remain refused while undergoing such processing. You will receive another adjudication once such processing is complete. Please be advised that the processing time varies and that you will be contacted if additional information is needed. For more information, please visit TRAVEL.STATE.GOV or the website for the Embassy or Consulate at which you made your application.” What should we do? I had my heart set on the idea that we would be together for Thanksgiving but it is now looking to be impossible. WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS HERE? Do we just keep waiting? When we call the embassy they won’t check our case to make sure they have the results and they just tell us to wait. How can we be sure that the medical exam results are there and that our case is being reviewed? I am fearful that our case will be sent back to the US… please help! 

At this stage, I think the only thing to do is await status change. From our experience, it's been hard chasing documents and actually tracking your status outside of the CEAC page. I'd imagine you'd see a change in status within the next 7 days, try the upcoming Tuesday. I was given a refusal and my interview was 10th November and my status has changed since then, not issued but changed. The embassy emphasises that you shouldn't contact them in regards to status updates and so all you can do it wait until Tuesday. 

[Freefall5657 0]

Thank you for your advice! My fiancé’s status changed to administrative processing and he was issued his visa on November 23rd. He picked it up today from the embassy 11/26. The long wait is over. Phew what a relief it is! 

[Mrstagoe85 0]

Im having a similar issue. We were "refused" 11/23 because his medical haven't reached. There was an update to our case today 11/30 but the status on ceac remains. I called today and was told we are in administrative processing. I feel kind of left in the dark at this point. Did ur status ever reflect AP?

[Freefall5657 0]

12 hours ago, Mrstagoe85 said:

Im having a similar issue. We were "refused" 11/23 because his medical haven't reached. There was an update to our case today 11/30 but the status on ceac remains. I called today and was told we are in administrative processing. I feel kind of left in the dark at this point. Did ur status ever reflect AP?

Yes that is the same thing that happened to us. “Refused” and then it said “Application received. Check back in 2 business days”. And then it changed to AP. About three business days after AP, it said “Issued” and that same day were were told to pick up our visa on Friday. My only advise to you is to call them and ask the Embassy what “Administration Processing” means. When I asked them this they told me “we are processing the paperwork and we should have the visa approved in a few days” because the only thing that was missing was medical exam results and they now received them. Good luck to you! God bless! 

[Mrstagoe85 0]

Thank you. Yes that's the only thing that was missing. My guy was told once received they'll process it and he'll have to contact DHL to retrieve the passport with visa.

[Mrstagoe85 0]

My fiancés interview was November 23. Everything went well he was congratulated and giving given the domestic violence pamphlet that's given to successful applicants. The officer then noticed his medicals were not in the system. He was given the 221g and told when received his visa will be printed. Medicals were received on 12/1 case was updated to application received on the ceac portal. We went from application received to AP on the 6th. Nothing has happened since. I emailed them they said the case is progressing. How long does this normally take?

 

[SteveInBostonI130 3,319]

A day, a week, a month a year... no telling really.  Unfortunately there is no processing time norms for AP.  

 

When your fiance interviewed, the CO examined the application and approved him based on that.  The embassy does not typically do any background checks until someone is approved at the interview (otherwise they would waste resources on someone who would not normally qualify for a visa).  If there are no flags in the background check then it will be quick.  But if there's anything, like a similar last name to someone on their list, then the check will take longer.

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[Hirenkumar 0]

Hello, I had an interview on 16 January, i got to know that everything is okay and she congratulated to me as well but due to medical was submitted she gave me form 221(g) but same day medical was submitted. Its been 2 weeks but my case status is Refused, i did contact Consulate but didn’t hear anything back regarding my case. 

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