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Thanks

Hi,what do I need to bring my adult  brother to the US and how long that it takes ? Thanks

Thanks a lot God Bless

I traying to fill it up the aplication for adjustment of status and my question is, when I fill the aplication what name I should use on mi wife ,the maiden last name or her married last name?

Thanks I apreciate any help

Congratulations!

Our case just got sent to the US interest office in Havana. Can you please tell me how the process goes from now on? Thank you

Hi you need to call and set up an apoinment for your interview,before the interview they wiil call you to go get a package at the embassy,on that package there is a list of things you need to bring to the interview,and also the paper for your medical exam it will tell you what hospital to go,make sure that you have the medical done before the interview,when you have all the aplication ready you are set for the interview,

Thanks all VisaJourner that help me thru this Journey I still goin to be around to help other,as rigth now I'm a very happy guy, next week my fiancee will be flying into Miami yeah

Congratulations, hope mine starts moving it has been approved from uscis since september 3 and nothing from NVC.

Do not despair, it take 2 to 3 weeks, to receive notices from NVC, and from there is really fast,also be prepare for the interview,there is a guy across the street from the embassy tha fill all your paper work and aplications,he also can tranin you for the interview, but if your relationship is genuine don't worried about anything yes said the true good look in your journey God Bless

Thanks everybody hang in there for those of you still vaiting ,don't give up your time is coming the sistem sometime is slow but shurely God bless

THANKS GOD AFTER 6 WEEKS IN AP FINALLY THEY APROVED MY FIANCEE VISA ,THEY CALL HER YESTERDAY TELL HER TO BE AT THE EMBASSY ON MONDAY WITH PASSPORT,THEY APROVED ,THEY ALSO SAY BY FRIDAY SHE WILL HAVE HER VISA ,THANKS TO EVERY VISAJOURNEY MEMBERS THAT HELP ME A SUPPORT ME ALL THIS TIME GOD WILING SHE WILL BE HERE IN THE NEXT 2 WEEKS,

You can not be denied based on age alone. You must prove that you have a truful relationship,by the way Iam 26 year older than my fiancee we were put in Administrative Processin for 6 week , i think they check a lot for evidence that the reationship was real,yesterday they call my fiancee from the Embassy and said they aprpved the visa

Congratulation God bless you and your Fiancee I still waiting for the same results in AP for 6 weeks already

My step daughter has been in AP for six weeks,I am still keeping the faith that we will hear something this week,they did not keep her passport so I think that will be another delay but I'm still hopeful enjoy your new life.

My feancee and I still in AP goin in 6 weeks already is a frustation,they also give my fiancee her passport back on the interview day,hopin for good news this week

Hi,

My fiance went for his interview on June 24 and it was approved. We had a ton of evidence and my fiance said it made it easy.

He still did not have his medical check ready though. The official kept his passport, told him to come back with his medical check, and it wouldn't be a problem. He turned in the medical check on July 6.

He has gone back every week since then, and his visa still is not ready. He's talked with other people he's seen week after week, some of whom have finally gotten their visa. It seems there is a big delay (also given recent posts by others on visajourney) but it seems that his delay is maybe longer? My fiance has also talked with Cuban employees at the consulate who have said they will try to talk with a consular worker from the US.

When I check the status of the visa online (https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=o/iS8zDpeAKjMWCuebHqOw==) it says that the Case Creation Date was not until July 16. The Status Updated Date is August 6, though we never heard anything on August 6.

Greatly appreciate if anybody knows anything. I was expecting him to arrive at the end of August. I am trying to figure out our housing situation.

Rose

Rose he is probably on Administrative Processing my fiancee got the same thing AP right at the Interview,them got updated today but it was also status updated date august 6,them August 13, now August 27,best thing I'm been doing is calling The Deparment of State and also sending email to the Embassy

I had the same after interview. I got AP for two weeks, then READY ( for appointment )

then the next day I got READY ( Case open, wait for two business days ) then the next day I got AP ( this differs from the first AP - this one means you will get ISSUED status soon ) , then the next day I got ISSUED.

I have the READY sing on my fiancee status for 22 days,and it hasn't change to ISSUED,so tha does not mean they will issued in 2 weeks

I must say apart from emailing the embassy, I called DOS every day... I don't recommend that. The best thing to do is to keep yourself busy. It's good to check on your petition but don't think about it too much because it will consume a lot of your time and drive you crazy. I have been in AP for a long time and I think about it 24/7. I recently tried taking my mind off of it.

Thanks for your advise been living it thru,Hopefully you have a good update this coming week

And plot revenge.

REVENGE IS NO GOOD ,I LIVE IT UP TO GOD

BEEN ON AP FOR 14 DAYS, IS VERY FRUSTRARING BUT WE CAN DO NOTHING BUT TO WAIT

Hey what do you mean by ready and open?

That is what it says on the embassy page when I check my status,anyway this what they said to me on an Email they wrote me yesterday:

Thank you for your e-mail. The petitioner in this case has retained your office concerning this matter.

According to our records, your fiancé’s visa application is still pending completion of the necessary administrative processing. We realize that these extended time periods cause frustration to many individuals, and we are sensitive to the fact that the purpose of the immigrant visa program is to re-unite families. Nonetheless, the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, like all U.S. embassies and consulates, must adjudicate visas in accordance with the provisions of the law, and, in some cases, this involves extensive additional administrative processing. While we cannot predict when the processing of your fiance’s visa will be completed, please be assured that the U.S. Interests Section in Havana and the Department of State are aware of your concerns and will do all we can to see that the visa is adjudicated as soon as the processing of her application has been completed.

We hope this information is of assistance.

Consular Information Unit

U.S. Interests Section

Havana, Cuba

INTEVIEW DAY: AUGUST,5/13 THEY RETURN PASSPORT TO MY FIANCEE

READY AND OPEN

CASE CREATION: DAY AUGUST 7

SATATUS UPDATE: AUGUST 13

THANKS

Congratulation God Bless

There is lots of great news today coming out of the Kingston Embassy!!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fiancé will be on his way to you in the next few days!

CONGRATULATION, I'M WAITING FOR THE SAME THING WISH THE BEST

What kind of letter did the consulate give your fiancee? It's either they still need something from your fiancee, or your case requires further AP ( the consulate must have seen something wrong with the case ), but if she didn't say if approved or not, maybe wait for them to contact you. I was in the same situation, they gave me 221g letter cause I was missing a document, and they put me on AP, but they took my passport

The consul never take my fiancee passport,and the letter she give my fiancee say they need further review of evidence,the counsel was arrogant, and she din't like my fiancee rigth from the begginin of the interview,all the question were easy because we don't have to lie about, the relationship is truefull,I don't know the AP is beacuse I'm white .she is black(mulata) and I'm older ,she is younger,

Did the consulate tell your fiancee if approved? If I'm not mistaken if the application is approved and not have taken the passport, they will contact your fiancee again and ask to send the passport.

No the consulate give back the passport to my fiancee,she never mentioned that she was aproved,she only give my fiancee a letter that says your going to be in AP and we will contact you when we done with it

salam adillabbas happy ramadan mubrak to you and pakistani vjers and all muslim worlds first of all your AP DATE is not start 15th june your AP date start at that time when embassy recieved your wife son custody document. this date is your starting AP date you START count your AP DATE at that time here is some AP DETAILS

I. SECURITY NAME CHECKS (ALSO CALLED BACKGROUND CHECKS)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">For public safety & welfare and national security reasons, all visa petitions under current regulation and procedure are placed through security name checks at three (3) locations: 1. uscis office, 2. National Visa Center (NVC) and 3. the U.S. Consulate where the visa is ultimately issued. <br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">There can be not one but several levels of security checking: There is an initial security name check done rountinely on all in-coming petitions. If the results produce a "lookout hit" or "red flag hit", the petition is placed in line for additional more intensive customized security screening, which could include a request for full fingerprints and which obviously has the undesirable effect of extending processing time for adjudication. While security checking is widely focused on the visa beneficiary, petitioners and even attorneys and consultants involved in a case are subject to security screening.<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">A Lookout Hit or Red Flag Hit can be generated on a visa petition, among other reasons, for any the following:<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*Past arrest record<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*Past criminal conviction record<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*Past firearms record<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*Past record of domestic violence or sexual offenses<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*Past fingerprint record with any law enforcement agency<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*Past visa or immigration history<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*Watch List or Pending Charges "Hit": Petitioner or Beneficiary is currently on watch list or wanted on pending charges with any law enforcement or other government agency, (local, state, federal, FBI, INTERPOL, Homeland Security, State Department designated terrorist group list)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*Common or Similar Last Name with others in the database who have<br style="line-height: 17px; ">past arrest or conviction records (sometimes called a "False Hit")<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">Under post 09-11 legislation such as USA Patriot Act, Border Security Act and Intelligence Reform Act, our Immigration Service, the Consulates, and Customs and Border Protection, have worked to significantly upgrade their technological capabilites, increase inter-agency data-sharing and coordinate investigative activities. The current policy directive is "zero tolerance" policy for security issues. The on-going U.S.Visit program is one example. Another important example is the implementation of a critical software upgrade which effectively links up Immigration and Consular databases with many local law enforcement data bases and the FBI criminal database.<br style="line-height: 17px; ">Obviously, any security name check is only as good as the accuracy and completeness of the database upon which the check the done. Here is a sample of the principal databases upon which an immigration and consular security check can be done currently:<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*NCIC (National Crime Information Center)(also called FBI criminal database)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*IBIS (Interagency Border Inspection System)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">[Click Here for More Information on Security Checks with IBIS.]<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*NIIS (Non-Immigrant Information System)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*CLASS (Consular Lookout and Support System)(This name-check database<br style="line-height: 17px; ">in particular has been greatly expanded, now storing up to 18 million records.)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*CCD ( Consular Consolidated Date Base)(Stores 75 million records of past visa applications and outcomes)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*TIPOFF (Classified DOS Bureau of Intelligence database)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*NAILS (National Automated Immigration Lookout System)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*TECS II (Treasury Enforcement and Communucation System)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">*TSC and TTIC databases (DOS Terrorist Screening system)<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">At USCIS (Homeland Security Department) stage, currently, NCIC, IBIS and NIIS database checks are done, with the option, if warranted, to do additional database checks.<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">At National Visa Center (State Department) stage, a separate independent NCIC database check is done by in-house FBI staff in connection with information supplied in the DS-230. Based on results, NVC has the option to request full fingerprints to be taken at post. NVC checks can usually be completed in 24 hours. In some limited cases involving high-risk visa applicants meeting certain specific criteria, NVC also does Security Advisory Opinions (SOAs) before sending the file to Consular Post.<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">At Consular stage, there are three (3) Visa Security name checks done: CONDOR, MANTIS AND MORE ANOTHER NCIC (via CLASS)<br style="line-height: 17px; ">[Consulate has option, if warranted, to run full gamut of checks, such as CCD (past visa applications & results), TIPOFF (DOS Bureau of Intelligence), NAILS (Nat'l Automated Immigration Lookout System), TECS II (Treasury Dept. database), TSC & TTIC (DOS Terrorist screening)].<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">CONDOR refers to a check done mostly of information supplied on Form DS-157, and focuses on visa applicants with a potential terrorist, firearms or weapons background. CONDOR in most cases should be completed in 90 days or less. If not, contact the VO Public Inquiry line at Tel: 202-663-1225 or usvisa@state.com<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">MANTIS refers to when potentially sensitive technologies might be used by the visa applicant in her visit to the U.S. If the visa applicant might employ a "critical-fields" technology in the U.S. which could have a "dual-use" such military or national security application, this check will be done to screen out a high-risk applicant. Most MANTIS checks can be done in 30 days. If not, contact the SAO Problem Resolution Unit atsaoinquiries@state.gov<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">NCIC (via CLASS) refers to the name check procedure done by the Consulate with the NCIC criminal database at FBI. This procedure screens visa applicants by name to see if there is a "hit" with the criminal database: that is, a person in the criminal database has the same or very similar name to the visa applicant.<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">"False Hits" Problem: Consular posts however have recently been inundated with "false hits" from 7 million new names added to the NCIC database, including persons with convictions for minor offenses such as simple DUIs and shoplifting. Many visa applicants with common names with those in the database get a "false hit": the refers to when a visa applicant's name matches a name in the datebase but is NOT actually that same person in the database, just a person with a common or very similar name. This places the case into what is called "Administrative Review". Under current rules, the Consulate is required in this circumstance to receive full clearance from FBI (via the NVC) before Consulate can issue the visa. It may require a full fingerprint check and customized investigation. Full clearance from FBI (via the NVC) in most cases can take 4 to 6 weeks, but in some cases much longer and even months.<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">"False hits" have become a major problem for some visa applicants. There are reportedly an alarming number of false hits caused by similar or identical or very similar names, or errors, inconsistencies or discrepencies in listed names in official documents. This is true especially in countries, such as the Latin countries, where there are only a few surnames and name-similarity is common, or record-keeping accuracy in official documents is dubious. Reportedly, approximately half of all names in the NCIC database are Latino, and this has resulted in a high number of false hits for individuals with common or very similar last names at Consulates in the Latin countries. Applicants presently are not allowed the opportunity to prove that they are not the same person as that on the database, nor is there a way to initiate security checking in advance of the visa application.<br style="line-height: 17px; "><br style="line-height: 17px; ">Thus, the best protection for visa applicants to avoid name check problems and delays resulting from Administrative Review at the Consulates and USCIS is: providing full, accurate and truthful name information (first, last, middle, and other) in all forms and documents, timely

Salam Mustafa I really want to tank you for the best expalnation a see so far about AP

Really...wasn't most prostitution & corruption cut out after the take over of Castro?

Prostitution is everywhere but I thought it would be on a very small scale there.

There is a lot of it in Cuba,