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1 hour ago, Mnj11 said:

For us it's been 1.5 years and the status has never moved to AP. We've not been asked to submit any supplemental documents either but the embassy says that the case is under AP. I think CEAC and the embassy aren't always in sync.

Ceac and embassy are definitely not in sync. We submitted the supplemental docs a week after her interview and still in "refused" (9 months ago). Had a senator inquiry inform us the case is in AP. Wouldn't pay much attention to the ceac site. 

what I got from the embassy after asking if our case is under AP 

19 minutes ago, JessM28 said:

That is really strange. Have you contacted your member of Congress (or your fiancee's) and asked them to inquire on your behalf? I don't know why the same embassy would handle things so differently. 

I did they were pretty clueless, Tim kaine's office. I will have to try that again. 

38 minutes ago, JessM28 said:

Is your sister and her family from a travel ban country? When my husband had his interview it went straight to refused until he turned in the ds-5535 form and then it went to Administrative processing. Did they say anything to your sister and her family about filling out ds-5535/supplemental questions? 

My fiance’s interview was in November and still says refused after the ds-5535 info was submitted, believe we are dealing with the same embassy as you. 

14 minutes ago, Mnj11 said:

It's a great relief to find this thread. My friend is Iranian, had her interview for Family Second Preference (F2) in Armenia around February, 2018. She has yet to hear back from them. When we checked the CEAC site, it says she's been REFUSED. However, whenever she sends an email to the consulate asking for more information, they say that her case is under review for "eligibility for a waiver of ineligibility under Presidential Proclamation 9645". We are not sure what to do anymore except just .. wait. Should we prepare to send DS-5535 or hire an attorney to try to get some more information ?

My fiance has been in ap for 6 months, the email we get for them says " waiting further administrative processing" but the ceac site says refused.  They asked her for the ds-5535 info on the refusal  paper at the interview. They also told me they don't control the ceac site, as I asked the same question.

32 minutes ago, Mona-Lisa said:

Hello all!

I hope message finds you well.

 

This is my timeline of application and background:

Born in Iran.

Canadian citizen

Fiance: American citizen

Interviewed for K1 visa in Montreal: March 2018.

Ds5535 form submitted: April 2018

Last update on my file: June 2018

 

Any thoughts? Recommendations?

 

thank you for your support!

 

 

 

You used your canadian passport for the I-129f paperwork and was still put on the travel ban and in ap for over a year? If so that is terrible. My fiance has a Iranian passport and we have been in ap for 6 months now for a k1 visa. 

2 minutes ago, JessM28 said:

Thanks for the information! When you say they asked for the extreme vetting information- was that like the ds-5535 supplemental questions or something else? How long ago was your fiancé at the Madrid embassy? Thanks again!

 

-Jess 

Yes the same information as the dd-5535, interview was no more then 15mins after they figured out what info was needed for the wavier process.

My fiance went to Madrid embassy, they ask by email for the extreme vetting information and forward the information along. They may take the information at the interview if it's complete with all information needed. I summit new information to them by email and they add it to her file. 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/2019/03/19/trumps-travel-ban-couldnt-stop-their-love-others-may-not-be-lucky/

This proves that the wavier process is a sham, it shouldn't take national news coverage to get a wavier approved. The state department outside of the case officer working that case most likely never even looked into the case until it hit the news. "Extreme vetting" and all following paperwork done in two weeks, to say "hey look we are granting waviers" 

They are 

My fiancé who is an Iranian had her interview in madrid yesterday, she is studying there for the past two years under a student visa (medical field). She went into the interview and the office did not review her file before the interview. The office was surprised she only had a Iranian passport and not a spainish passport also. No where on the multiple paperwork filed did we say anything about a spainish passport. 

When my fiancé told her that she only had a Iranian passport she closed the folder on her desk and began to apologize about not being able to do anything. She only asked her brief and simple questions about us and then went to go speak to her supervisor for ten mins about what to do. The officer told her she needs to look into a cr1 visa and start the process over because it’s easier to get a waiver. She said no Iranian k1 visa waiver has been approved since 2016 (not sure if she was talking about the madrid embassy alone). She also mentioned the undo hardship in our case would be for the u.s citizen (me)  and not her.

The officer told her she will help out the best she can and get started on a wavier but issued her a 221g request for more information which includes 

-email addresses used 

-travel history for the past 15 years

-handles for all social media 

-cv resume

-prior passport numbers

-past jobs

-past phone numbers

-letter from sponsor