Shane C

Also, federal immigration employees have high salary jobs with about a month of annual leave. Your average American makes a fraction of their income and are lucky to get one or two weeks vacation, assuming your boss will let them take leave. So jumping on a plane 2-3 a year to visit your fiance in another country isn't an option for blue collar American workers. We all have inherent biases based on our unique life experiences. Unfortunately, visa decisions are made by single individuals who may subconsciously interject their biases into their decisions. It may not seem normal to a consular officer making six figures and a month of annual leave that someone wouldn't fly to another country to visit their fiance several times a year. But if they can remove themselves from their life bubbles and put themselves in other people's shoes, they would realize not everyone has that option.

Unfortunately, there are different standards/unwritten rules for different countries. One in-person visit is typically enough for a country in Western Europe. But if you're fiance is from Africa, a predominantly Muslim country, China, Russia, etc. the rules aren't the same. My fiance is currently in administrative processing. She has several university degrees and no criminal record, but being from Belarus created added scrutiny in the process. Immigration officers rarely look at the character and merits of the individual, but the country they come from as a whole. The visa applicant could walk on water, but none of that matters if they're from a heavily scrutinized country. If my fiance would've been from Western Europe, she would've been in the US months ago. I've lived in sanctuary cities where people in the country illegally could do practically everything a legal citizen could do except vote. Yet, those who follow the rules and opt to go through the legal immigration system, are put through seemingly endless wait times and other problems. It's not fair, but it's something we can't change, at least not in the short-term. Assuming there's not something about the denial you're not disclosing, you may need to move to her country, get married and live for a season while you apply for a marriage visa.

Please share how long you've been waiting since DS 5355 after your interview or how long it took to process the form if no longer in Administrative Processing status. Also share visa type and embassy that gave DS 5355 with your answer. Thanks! I understand every wait time is unique based on several variables such as country of origin, type of visa, applicants occupation, country of origin, etc. But having a lot of people share their wait times in Administrative Processing status after being given DS 5355 would give everyone a general idea of what to expect. On a side note, the government should ask all visa applicants to submit DS 5355 with their petitions. It makes no sense for the government to spend time and money doing a background check to approve a petition, only to do a second background check after the petition. People complain about illegal immigration in the US, but yet the government is making life h@ll for people who want to immigrate legally and be productive members of American society. People's lives are often put on hold for years because of unaccountable and inefficient bureaucracies that have little empathy. But my opinion and 99 cents could maybe buy a cup of coffee at a local convenience store.

My fiance just had her K-1 interview in Poland and now Administrative Processing. She was given a document "IV-F41 RUS". The document is only seven questions and asks for addresses, travel, employment, passports with numbers, phone numbers, social media accounts for the last 15 years. The form has an Warsaw embassy email address to send the information to. To put things in context, I'm career military and my fiance is from Belarus. She works for a University in Belarus. I'm curious if being from Belarus usually triggers AP or being a military petitioner usually triggers AP. Has anyone had a similar experience with AP and is this normal? I believe this is most likely routine and will be resolved in a few weeks after they receive the information requested. But my fiance, on the other hand, is extremely nervous and afraid her AP is a sign she may be denied. Thanks in advance for your replies!