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Finally.visa issued...7 months on ap...embassy lebanon.cr1..with ds5535...inshallah evryone gets ur visa soon

Guessing is  exactly what it is.   Anyone can look through the pages of this thread and come up with an educated guess.   Pakistan had issues with long AP without the ds5535 back in you can see a lot of frustrated post from 2014.  I believe most of the process is still the same just the ds-5535 gives them more info to go off of.   You can not predict the outcome of everyones cases.   They seem to be averaging about a year but every once in a while you'll see one get a visa faster and then you see some waiting even longer.  There are a lot of articles you can read about AP and they have been posted on VJ several times.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_Advisory_Opinion  the thing is none of us really know which checks we are getting and if its one or more and then there is the possibility it just sits at the embassy and no-one is doing anything..we just don't  know.  
 
All we can do is pray.
 
 

It's all guesses. Only God or people who actually work on these cases know what's involved. Honestly the wait time is absolutely appalling. Most of people who work in IT field would tell you that a database search only takes few seconds or minutes. Even if you search across multiple databases and cross match and do data analysis it should only take few minutes/hours.

Hello guys. Finally a long tough journey came to an end. I got my visa today. Thanks to you all and this forum as I have got a chance to talk to so many good people here. We all have helped each other as we are facing the same situation. My visa category is v92. My mother is my petitioner. My interview was on 20th sep 2017. They approved it but later sent me Ds5535 in email. It took 16 months and then in January 2019 I got an email for an updated medical and after 15 days of medical submission, I have finally received my visa. I have spent 6 years without my mom.. so eager to meet her soon InshaAllah. I can only say that dont lose hope, you will eventually get your visa at a perfect time decided by Allah. I was so depressed in these 16 months. I left my studies after interview, my engagement got broken due to some reasons and I was all alone in the darkness. No job, no studies and no support. I kept thinking abt my visa and used to check and stare at my ceac status daily even on weekends. I prayed a lot and Allah finally helped me. Please pray for me. I am praying for u all ..may all of you meet your beloved people soon ameen. Its always a light at the end of a tunnel.Cheers and Good luck.

Thankss a lot. Will let you know tomorrow after collection. Do pray. Thanks again

No one get the visa same day now. Every case go under AP but the time frame varies depending on the case and situation I guess.

Sorry no one can help but just give you hope. this time shall pass. Just think that you are not alone, so many are waiting to meet their love ones without knowing the time frame. I pray that you and all of us get visa soon.