Egypt DS-5535

[Mahmoud Kassab 18]

hello,
My Fiance filled out k1 petition on Dec 13, 2021.
Approved by USCIS on Mar 17, 2023.
Transferred by NVC to the embassy on Jun 20, 2023.
My interview was Sep 12, 2023.

after that, I was put in Administrative processing and the embassy emailed the DS-5535 form to me,
after some research online I found DS-5535 is extreme vetting and could take months to finish.

I have seen encouraging cases of this AP done in two or three months and horrifying cases that took more than 17 months and the only way out for some people is A (writ of) mandamus which costs between $4k to $7k with a lawyer and also seen some people wasting that money and judge dismisses their case.

I was wondering if anybody is going through this AP in Egypt for a k1 visa, please share your journey.

thanks

[Veronica Zaytseva 8]

We are going through Ds5535 with an IV, he had his interview in August in Cairo. We are still waiting for approval.

[Mahmoud Kassab 18]

5 hours ago, Veronica Zaytseva said:

We are going through Ds5535 with an IV, he had his interview in August in Cairo. We are still waiting for approval.

 

hopefully, we finish soon, we just hit the 8-month mark last week
we are thinking of doing mandamus after the one-year mark this coming September
or ignoring the K1, marrying, and starting the CR1 visa journey if we can't secure the lawyer cost
but there is hope they are speeding up according to a post I read on one of the lawyer's blog
 

 

On 4/11/2024 at 2:09 AM, Mahmoud Kassab said:

Finally some positive news

the AP backlog is decreasing, from Jan to April the backlog decreased from 66k to 61k that includes the new added cases that means they increased this department resources 

 

 

[Veronica Zaytseva 8]

Please add any updates here, still waiting at 10 months in after the IV interview