pooch1986

I'm not sure about "the answer will be no if AP is not complete"... What is your basis for saying that?
 
Literally no attorney agrees with this. The answer will be no only if there is something wrong with the case.
In response to a mandamus the government can:
- Approve
- Reject  *based on the facts about the case, a ground of inadmissibility, or another solid reason to reject*
- Issue RFE
- Call for second interview
- Ask the plaintiff for more time to review (which ALL lawyers recommend you agree)
- Ask the judge to dismiss the lawsuit
etc.
 

Way to go on spreading fear and wrong information... Absolutely false and contrary to what many lawyers told me.

I'm not sure about "the answer will be no if AP is not complete"... What is your basis for saying that?
 
Literally no attorney agrees with this. The answer will be no only if there is something wrong with the case.
In response to a mandamus the government can:
- Approve
- Reject  *based on the facts about the case, a ground of inadmissibility, or another solid reason to reject*
- Issue RFE
- Call for second interview
- Ask the plaintiff for more time to review (which ALL lawyers recommend you agree)
- Ask the judge to dismiss the lawsuit
etc.
 

I'm not sure about "the answer will be no if AP is not complete"... What is your basis for saying that?
 
Literally no attorney agrees with this. The answer will be no only if there is something wrong with the case.
In response to a mandamus the government can:
- Approve
- Reject  *based on the facts about the case, a ground of inadmissibility, or another solid reason to reject*
- Issue RFE
- Call for second interview
- Ask the plaintiff for more time to review (which ALL lawyers recommend you agree)
- Ask the judge to dismiss the lawsuit
etc.
 

Way to go on spreading fear and wrong information... Absolutely false and contrary to what many lawyers told me.

I'm not sure about "the answer will be no if AP is not complete"... What is your basis for saying that?
 
Literally no attorney agrees with this. The answer will be no only if there is something wrong with the case.
In response to a mandamus the government can:
- Approve
- Reject  *based on the facts about the case, a ground of inadmissibility, or another solid reason to reject*
- Issue RFE
- Call for second interview
- Ask the plaintiff for more time to review (which ALL lawyers recommend you agree)
- Ask the judge to dismiss the lawsuit
etc.
 

Hello brother,
 
sorry I disappeared. I lost the password to visa journey and did not know which email address I used for it so wasnt able to recover the account.
I got my visa 6 weeks after filing mandamus. Very smoothly. I have been in the US since July.

Hello brother,
 
sorry I disappeared. I lost the password to visa journey and did not know which email address I used for it so wasnt able to recover the account.
I got my visa 6 weeks after filing mandamus. Very smoothly. I have been in the US since July.

Hello brother,
 
sorry I disappeared. I lost the password to visa journey and did not know which email address I used for it so wasnt able to recover the account.
I got my visa 6 weeks after filing mandamus. Very smoothly. I have been in the US since July.

Way to go on spreading fear and wrong information... Absolutely false and contrary to what many lawyers told me.

I promise I will. It is too early for me to have any updates, but based on data I got from multiple attorneys when you file the government ignores it until literally day 59, and then contacts your lawyer and asks for additional time (which they advise you accept), and then issues the visa in like 2 weeks! Let me rephrase: they try to delay it AGAIN as much as they can, until they cannot anymore. But 2 weeks is the amount of time they need to process a visa...
 
So true. They are clueless. They don even know the extent of their power. Apparently if one waits 1 yr in ap the congressman can contact state dept hq directly. But they almost never do it: their staff just don know. Thats jus one example.

Will sure do. One thing that is clear is that for travel ban countries even the mandamus takes a while... much longer than the two months it usually takes for other people.

1. lots of updates in the beginning are common. It is good though, bc if you didn't get them that would mean they are not even working on it.
2. Try going there. It will not help, but why not exhaust all options? Be friendly and sweet, and let them know of your concerns...
3. I think this is a misconception that you can get rejected for this kind of reasons. They need to offer a legal reason for rejecting you, and "negative press coverage" is not one. Don't be threatening about it (common sense: that is not good in any situation) but I don't see why sending it to them could be a problem... Most likely it won't make a difference either. If I were you I would. but thats just who I am.

9 months in ap. I'd rather not disclose nationality or embassy. But my country is included in the travel ban. Which is why I shared on this tread.

I filed lawsuit less than two weeks ago. Will keep you posted.

Eh, being rough doesn’t change the facts. 
 
I truly believe everyone who posted here would have gave more help if any of us knew the OPs background.
 
But we didn’t, so all we can do is repeat that London isn’t a common place to give 221g, that everyone’s case goes through AP, and that it can last days to months to years and that it depends on the situation.

Hey there.
 
As others said 221g is way too common for any kind of case. It means your case will go through administrative processing. It can have a broad range of reasons: coming from the wrong country, missing documents, or just some unimportant paperwork on their side.
I got it too. It has been 9 months and counting. But that does not mean anything for you, as there are people on VJ whose admin process lasted 2 days... The reasons vary, the duration varies, it is impossible to tell what the reason is or how long it will last, especially with the little info about your case.

I hope that helped.
 

Hey there.
 
As others said 221g is way too common for any kind of case. It means your case will go through administrative processing. It can have a broad range of reasons: coming from the wrong country, missing documents, or just some unimportant paperwork on their side.
I got it too. It has been 9 months and counting. But that does not mean anything for you, as there are people on VJ whose admin process lasted 2 days... The reasons vary, the duration varies, it is impossible to tell what the reason is or how long it will last, especially with the little info about your case.

I hope that helped.
 

Hey just a heads up that I have read a lot of misinformation about the mandamus on visajourney. Here is the bottomline: for the purpose of admin processing, very few mandamus lawsuits have been filed. Few attorneys have experience with it, and the sample size is too small to draw a conclusion one way or the other.
 
What is obvious is:
 
- You need to have waited at least 6 months in AP to do it (some lawyers say 1 year)
- The worst case that can happen (assuming there is nothing wrong with your case: fake marriage, criminal background, etc.) is that your case continues to remain in AP.
 
A common misconception which no attorney I have spoken to agrees with is that "if your background check is incomplete they will reject you". I yet have to find an attorney that agrees with this, and yet have to read a single piece of evidence or case that this actually happened. Best of luck.

Hey just a heads up that I have read a lot of misinformation about the mandamus on visajourney. Here is the bottomline: for the purpose of admin processing, very few mandamus lawsuits have been filed. Few attorneys have experience with it, and the sample size is too small to draw a conclusion one way or the other.
 
What is obvious is:
 
- You need to have waited at least 6 months in AP to do it (some lawyers say 1 year)
- The worst case that can happen (assuming there is nothing wrong with your case: fake marriage, criminal background, etc.) is that your case continues to remain in AP.
 
A common misconception which no attorney I have spoken to agrees with is that "if your background check is incomplete they will reject you". I yet have to find an attorney that agrees with this, and yet have to read a single piece of evidence or case that this actually happened. Best of luck.

I doubt it would have any negativity, might be a waste of time and money but nothing likely beyond that.