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8 hours ago, Yasser Zaid said:

What is your visa type?

Mine is DV

IR-1/CR-1 Spouse Visa ..

6 hours ago, Yasser Zaid said:

Did they ask you to send DS 5535?

they did back in Feb 2019 , but since this I basically hear nothing from them , not even anything about my passport .

5 minutes ago, NikLR said:

No

5 minutes ago, NikLR said:

No

I already did

1 minute ago, JFH said:

Exactly as I thought. Still in AP. But the wording has changed. You are not alone. This has happened to everyone in AP. 

hmm, when i went to CEAC log in , in DS-260 form it says RE-Submit, so should i resubmit it ?

33 minutes ago, JFH said:

Read the full message on CEAC. It likely says that the case is still in AP. Recently the wording for AP changed to “refused” on all cases. 

I got this ..

A U.S. consular officer has adjudicated and refused your visa application. Please follow any instructions provided by the consular officer. If you were informed by the consular officer that your case was refused for administrative processing, your case will remain refused while undergoing such processing. You will receive another adjudication once such processing is complete. Please be advised that the processing time varies and that you will be contacted if additional information is needed. For more information, please visit TRAVEL.STATE.GOV or the website for the Embassy or Consulate at which you made your visa application.

hey guys , I just got an update on my case ..those who don't remember , I have my interview at Islamabad embassy on 12th December and my case was put in Administrative processing because of Joint sponsor , some pictures and Chat history which i provided by 12th Feb 2019 .

Now today when i check my status on CEAC website it says " Refused " , I got no email or anything from embassy . When i log in to CEAC website , there on the DS-260 form it says Resubmit , so I am trying to resubmit it but seems like the website is down . I don't know what it means ? can anyone help me ?

Does it means I have to go all the way back from I-130 Petition ? Do I have to pay all those fee's and Documents ? 

or its just the DS-260 form I need resubmit ? 

13 hours ago, aaron2020 said:

Some people don't write very carefully.  You don't know the difference between a tax return and a tax refund.  

You don't "get tax returns by the end of year when you file for it on IRS."  You file a tax return.  You don't get a tax return.  You don't file a tax refund.  You get a tax refund.

yep sorry my bad

2 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

You mean TAX REFUND. 

You clearly don't know the difference between a tax return and a tax refund.  Got Google?

Term itself is self explanatory , If i used the word his Yearly income is 20-25K than it should give people the idea if his income is that low .. you get tax returns by the end of year when you file for it on IRS . As i said, people don't read carefully here

10 hours ago, Lemonslice said:

I have friends in rural areas, and in the South, who actually bought cute homes on that salary. It wouldn't cover rent in Boston 😬

Didn't know people here just post a reply without even bother reading the actual posts ... Well , I mentioned it clearly 20-25k is his tax returns if you know what tax returns are , if not than help yourself to google : )

10 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

$20-25k/year is a handsome amount of money?  

his yearly income is around 250,000 to 300,000$ , if you read what i wrote a bit more carefully , I said his TAX RETURNS are 20-25K .. that's the money he is getting back from the govt which paid in tax .

18 hours ago, Sparrow said:

Stop dreaming about getting visa from us embassy islamabad they will put false objection on ur case like they did on mine best of luck 

What do you mean false objection ?

27 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

I do not recommend a writ of mandamus, all that will do is force them to make a decision if the background checks are not complete it will come back with a rejection, it will then take 1-2 years to fully complete to second interview.

 

going through the steps to chance the name will not likely have any effect on the decision of the case, if its a personal choice go for it, but if you think it will help the AP it likely will not.

 

try sending off another email checking status all you can really do is wait it out. I have seen couples in both Pakistan and Egypt sit in AP for up to 2 years before.

 

and more and more rejections are coming down the pipeline from Pakistan.

 

IMO and I know its hard to do and easy for me to say but stay patient and send them an email every 90 days to check in.

 

if you haven't seen an update since July I would shoot them off an email to check the status.

As per US state department the AP process last maximum 6 months, so we think that its just a delay on embassy part , or maybe its not .. we are still figuring out how to move forward , we still have worry about some 5000-10000$ for attorney/fees etc . 

Changing name was actually something we personally wanted to do, it wasn't for AP but my wife wanted it . Its just i look into it if it will affect AP or not .

My thinking is that if i file a WOM and got rejected, than I can restart the process which roughly take 1.5 years to complete , I know some 30-40 people who went to US by marrying and their process roughly ended in 1.5 years maximum , so if i restart the process at least i would than know that I will go with the process again , this time i will have Joint sponsor which wasn't the case before . But right now nothing is final we as couple are still talking this out .

Honestly we are waiting patiently and other than sending inquiries we can not do much .

May God ease our process and make this stressful time go away , Soon it will be our 3rd anniversary which we spend far from each other, first few years are actually Honeymoon period for any newly wed couple, and we are still struggling here .

Just now, Khallaf said:

has your wife reached out to ask her state senator to reach out to get a status update?

Yes we have reached to Senator Lindsey Graham, and his PA contacted us . But embassy response to him was the same that case is under AP , now we are still waiting but we both are thinking about name change and later filing a Writ of Mandamus .

5 minutes ago, Khallaf said:

1. send the proof of name change to embassy

2. its just another small piece of evidence on marriage not that it makes it bonafide in the name change. I never changed mine, the AP for my husband lasted 42 days

3. what took place at interview? did they keep the passport? have the updated CEAC date regular?

Interview was relatively long , I was noticing time for many Candidates (mostly Females) compared to them mine was 10-15 mins longer , Yes they still have my passport , at first my case updates every month but last it update in July than they haven't updated until recently 8 November . 

wow no updates on this thread ? No Pakistani member who is in under AP got their VISA's ? 

To all the respected and experienced members here, I have a question to ask about that my case is in under Administrative processing since 12th December 2018, upon our wedding my Wife wanted to change her name officially by putting my name in her last name, but we did not went ahead cause it would require her to go back to US, and do the process legally which even cancel her family insurance which we could have needed, but after a little bit of reading i got mixed opinions from Attorney's , some say its not required/important for a spouse to change her name officially but some suggests it does puts a positive effect on your petition/case , Now we both decided to go ahead and change her name officially meaning on her Passport , Social security card , etc but as our case is in administrative processing i would like to know If we can do it ? and how do we even inform the Embassy that the name of Petitioner is changed ? Should we wait until the AP ends ? 

never lie to consular officer , so appear in interview and if asked about drugs do tell them .. and follow up whatever they ask you to do next , and for your own sake bro , Stop doing Drugs of all kind its bad for you and your health .

Any Update guys ??? did anyone get his/her visa recently ??? 

I have another question to members here, My wife is now planning to change her name , we didn't change her name before cause she planned to come to Pakistan and we have no idea that it will take that long , we thought we will do it when I am there in US , but since I am in AP and there is no end in sight , so we decided to change her name ( Last name ) from her family name to my Initials . What is little concerning me that , if we did change the name but US embassy records has her old name which she used to fill out I-130 , so if we change it now will it delay the AP/Process even further ? And Do I have to inform US embassy that the petitioner name is now changed ? If yes than how should i do it ? Email or send them a letter explaining everything and attaching photocopies of her new Passport/Social security/License ? 

On 10/5/2019 at 11:57 PM, Paul & Mary said:

18 months or so seems to be the magic date according to other Pakistanis in the forum.

how do you know ? is there any thread running for AP for Pakistani's ? Can you guide me ?

On 10/5/2019 at 11:31 PM, missileman said:

I understand.....we all get impatient, and we want to know the progress.......hopefully, they will complete the AP soon......

Hopefully

1 hour ago, missileman said:

Administrative Processing can not be waived or expedited........until AP is complete, contacting them is pointless.........

Well you sound like Embassy hehe, we don't send emails or inquiries to embassy asking to wave or expedite AP , we email them to know about the progress .

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

The update would be when the system shows you are not in AP.

I am eagerly waiting for that .. Hopefully soon 

19 minutes ago, Boiler said:

You know you are in AP

 

A congressperson has inquired and told you are in AP.

 

Your status tells you you are in AP.

 

So them sending an email back to tell you you are in AP seems not a particularly high priority.

true, but obviously for us its important to know if there is any update in our case . That is only one way we can find out if there is progress in our case or not .

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Well you would just get the still in AP which you can see anyway. So pretty pointless.

Whattttttttttttt ?