Oh btw, believe it or don't, if your husband was still in/applied from Iraq he would have been in the U.S. by now.
Based on several trusted sources, and anecdotal reports, the approval rate in the U.S. embassy in Iraq is high, and their backlogs are the lowest. And that's Iraq we're talking about, which is supposed to be a warzone of sorts.
And the in Egypt and Jordan, where peace mostly dominates, is one of the lowest approval rates ... Go figure
It's true, I wasn't approved, nor denied. My case has been in AP for almost 2 years now.
However, there are many factors that contribute to the decision making process, consider the following:
-The Embassy is totally understaffed and this was reported times and times again, so that slows down the processing of applications.
-The interview is not the decision making factor, but paper work is: relationship evidence (of photos and communication), background checks, and possibilities of fraud (implied by the existence of red flags in the case).
-This makes the interview a mere formality in which they can collect information from you to build a "case" against you on file, and support whatever decision they've already made (to make it look good on paper, legally speaking).
-In cases where a decision cannot be made to approve or deny (the officer is hesitant for whatever reason), the case goes to another officer for additional review, adding to the already huge backlog for that officer, and the especially massive backlog, if it's a senior officer.
-They're (or were) required to process 20% or less of backlog cases each year. REMEMBER: backlog cases have the lowest priority.
-Given the current immigration-related political issues involved in decision making, and the possibility that there were changes in back scenes, that we are not aware of, it is most likely that immigration backlogs will triple (or more) in size, which causes it to go even slower than ever.
A simple search for recent news about family immigration approval rates, especially K1 visa, will tell you straight away that it has gone really really low, while a lot of people are suffering from this.
So, even though all my friends and a lot of other people have been approved, you and I are not alone in this at all. There are so many others like us that we just don't know about going through the same issues, unfortunately.
Yeah I don't understand why they requested the other form. But now they have both so hopefully that will be good lol. Thanks and I wish you guys good luck too
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