NineDev

Hey everyone! I'm sorry for coming to this site with my hyper-specific issues, but I'm at a loss right now. Long story short, I had my interview at the end of November and it went really well. My visa was on AP/refused til the 8th of February, where it suddenly became "ISSUED". This was a HUGE relief... until two weeks passed to the current day, and I still haven't received anything. No messages, no notifications, nothing. The tracking website is still on the "appointment" phase of the visa process. I've called the Paris embassy more than thirty times but they've been absolutely no help, constantly throwing me to dead ends on their phone line, being unable to answer my questions and only repeating what the CEAC says: "It says issued on the website, I pray for your patience" type stuff. I've also called the ais.usvisa-info phone line for France, to little avail. They don't have my visa, and they cannot help me. All my emails to both locations go unanswered, and I'm not sure what carrier to call since it just says "La Poste" which is our national postal service. Maybe this is normal and to be expected, but looking over this forum and other places, most people seem to wait at most a few days. With my expiration date on my visa quickly approaching (April 24th), is there *anything* I can do talk to a consular, or anyone that could tell me where my visa is? I'm holding out hope for this week to be THE week, but I won't lie I'm pretty stressed out. The idea of my visa expiring because they printed it out and then just sat on it is making it hard to even sleep.

I don't want to flood the forum with my personal visa issues, so I'll reply to this thread again. My visa was issued on the 8th, as said earlier, and well... the status hasn't moved since. The tracking website is stuck on the "appointment" phase, I've called the embassy, a dedicated visa line, and the usvisa-info line, with no actual helpful information to show for it (just, this is unusually long, we pray for your patience). I've sent emails to every email address I was given, to no reply, or worse, an automated reply saying "can't help, sorry" in short. Is this supposed to take this long? Everywhere on the web, people seem to receive it within a week or 10 days of "Issued", but I haven't had a single word from anyone since my interview, and my visa expires in two months... I'm holding out hope for this week to be THE week, but I won't lie I'm pretty stressed out. The idea of my visa expiring because they printed it out and then just sat on it is making it hard to even sleep. Sorry, this is half-venting, half hoping someone has gone through this and can reassure me, haha.

Hey everyone, Thanks for all the help I've received over the course of my "visa journey". I went through the interview process at the end of November, and it went very well. Given my two year marriage anniversary was on January 28th, 2024, the consular offered to have the visa sent after, so I would be able to receive a 10 years green card. Seeing as I was planning to leave around February/March in the first place, this coincided perfectly and I accepted. The consular kept my documents and passport and confirmed several times I had been accepted, and even gave me an email that I could contact just in case I was waiting too long. Fast-forward to today, a few days after my marriage anniversary, and (as I expected), I still haven't received any updates from the embassy. I called them up today for another reason (I received what I assume to be a text scam about a courier service unable to deliver a document to me today, and wanted to make sure it was not related to my visa). During the call, I was advised to check the status of my visa on the CEAC website. When I did, I had a mini-heart attack, as it said REFUSED. I've sent an email to the address I was given, but I'm not sure when (or if) I'll receive a reply. I've read (and it does say on the "REFUSED" notice) that this could be due to administrative processing, but it has three months by now. My rational side wants to believe they were waiting til the 28th to do any work on my visa to be clearly after my second anniversary, but I can't deny an anxious part of myself that is thinking the worst. Has anyone else gone through (or witnessed) such a case? I still haven't received my passport back either, and haven't gotten any letters or email of refusal, which I take as a good sign. Still, being denied so close to the goal, while doing preparations for the final trip, would be pretty devastating. I guess I'm looking for reassurance too, haha.