DS-5535 Questionnaire Dakar Senegal Thread

[eveluxury 0]

Everything went well the day of the interview except my husband was given the DS 5535 questionnaire at the end of his interview. We were placed in Administrative processing right after. We submitted the questionnaire the next day after his interview and now we are only waiting for the clearance to be over. My husband was told that it will take 6 weeks for the clearance to be over. Has anyone experience this in Senegal after there interview and know how long will it take for AP to be over?

[JeanneAdil 6,562]

not sure who told him 6 weeks as there is a long ds 5525 thread (search it at top )   here in VJ 

most take anywhere from 6 months to a year 

this will depend on his travel history and social media sites 

 

do not worry if CEAC site shows Refused as that is for AP till a decision is made to approve of deny

[eveluxury 0]

How do you know that it will take up to six months? The consulate officer told him six weeks. I seen the thread you are talking about but its mostly from people from Montreal Canada. 
 

My husband has just one travel history and only two social media accounts.   
 

 

[Crazy Cat 41,981]

2 minutes ago, eveluxury said:

How do you know that it will take up to six months? The consulate officer told him six weeks. I seen the thread you are talking about but its mostly from people from Montreal Canada. 
 

My husband has just one travel history and only two social media accounts.   
 

 

It could take a few weeks to many months.  Extended AP is open-ended since outside agencies are involved in the background checks.   Hopefully, your case will be short.

[JeanneAdil 6,562]

14 minutes ago, eveluxury said:

How do you know that it will take up to six months? The consulate officer told him six weeks. I seen the thread you are talking about but its mostly from people from Montreal Canada. 
 

My husband has just one travel history and only two social media accounts.   
 

 

i do not know how long 

no one does 

we read from posts here 

and i have not seen anyone that went thru this ds 5535 in 6 weeks or less 

it takes an extended security checks for those of us that are from high fraud countries 

read the posts on ds 5535 for those in all countries 

 

sorry if i offended u

i am out 

as no one has the right answer to this 

[SalishSea 17,928]

2 hours ago, eveluxury said:

Everything went well the day of the interview except my husband was given the DS 5535 questionnaire at the end of his interview. We were placed in Administrative processing right after. We submitted the questionnaire the next day after his interview and now we are only waiting for the clearance to be over. My husband was told that it will take 6 weeks for the clearance to be over. Has anyone experience this in Senegal after there interview and know how long will it take for AP to be over?

He is not waiting for “clearance to be over.”

 

He is waiting for a decision (denial or approval) on his visa application.

 

He is in administrative processing.   There is no timeline on this.   It can take from days to years.

 

You may want to educate yourself a bit on the process.

[SalishSea 17,928]

2 hours ago, eveluxury said:

How do you know that it will take up to six months? The consulate officer told him six weeks. I seen the thread you are talking about but its mostly from people from Montreal Canada. 
 

My husband has just one travel history and only two social media accounts.   
 

 

The Montreal thread is of interest in particular, because it involves a normally very low fraud country.

 

High-fraud, high-risk countries have a much higher rate and longer history of the extra vetting.

[eveluxury 0]

Thank you all for the clarification. 
 

If anyone is going through the same process in Senegal or know someone who has and a decision has been made on the case, please share your experience. 🙏🏾
 

 

[JeanneAdil 6,562]

18 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

The Montreal thread is of interest in particular, because it involves a normally very low fraud country.

 

High-fraud, high-risk countries have a much higher rate and longer history of the extra vetting.

but it seems to involve residents that were born in high fraud countries and now live in Canada

[JeanneAdil 6,562]

17 hours ago, eveluxury said:

Thank you all for the clarification. 
 

If anyone is going through the same process in Senegal or know someone who has and a decision has been made on the case, please share your experience. 🙏🏾
 

 

check this post and message this member 
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Posted March 20, 2018

Just a heads up!!! On top of Dakar being a difficult Embassy, please be advised that even if you make it through and get approved. They are now giving Muslims which is 90% of the population in Senegal and The Gambia the new Form Trump started last year the DS-5535 that furthers your Administrative Processing and asks all types of questions like phone numbers, e-mails, and Social Media accounts for the last 5 years, some questions require information for the last 15 years as part of an extra vetting process to combat Terrorism. So add that to your list of frustrations and wait time. Some people were given the form immediately and some were emailed the form. 

 

Although websites indicate, only MENA countries or .5% will be affected by the “extra vetting” there was many that had received that form or was returning that form when he returned his. So much for the .5%, when almost half the room had them. 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2022 by JeanneAdil

[SalishSea 17,928]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

but it seems to involve residents that were born in high fraud countries and now live in Canada

Actually, many of the participants in the thread say they were born in Canada, as were their parents.

[eveluxury 0]

4 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

check this post and message this member 
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Posted March 20, 2018

Just a heads up!!! On top of Dakar being a difficult Embassy, please be advised that even if you make it through and get approved. They are now giving Muslims which is 90% of the population in Senegal and The Gambia the new Form Trump started last year the DS-5535 that furthers your Administrative Processing and asks all types of questions like phone numbers, e-mails, and Social Media accounts for the last 5 years, some questions require information for the last 15 years as part of an extra vetting process to combat Terrorism. So add that to your list of frustrations and wait time. Some people were given the form immediately and some were emailed the form. 

 

Although websites indicate, only MENA countries or .5% will be affected by the “extra vetting” there was many that had received that form or was returning that form when he returned his. So much for the .5%, when almost half the room had them. 

 

 

 

Thank you for the information. Will reach out to her.

[Jsonko1 1]

On 4/23/2022 at 9:57 AM, eveluxury said:

Everything went well the day of the interview except my husband was given the DS 5535 questionnaire at the end of his interview. We were placed in Administrative processing right after. We submitted the questionnaire the next day after his interview and now we are only waiting for the clearance to be over. My husband was told that it will take 6 weeks for the clearance to be over. Has anyone experience this in Senegal after there interview and know how long will it take for AP to be over?

Hello, any updates? My husband has his interview next month.

[eveluxury 0]

50 minutes ago, Jsonko1 said:

Hello, any updates? My husband has his interview next month.

No updates case is still refused. Its already been 4 months.  

[Jsonko1 1]

18 hours ago, eveluxury said:

No updates case is still refused. Its already been 4 months.  

I'm so sorry! It's hard enough waiting until the interview, then this! I will keep you two in my prayers 🙏