Zackie A

April 26 - K1 interview at Islamabad, Pakistan embassy - Refused under 221(g) - Requested additional documents - Kept passport May 16 - Submitted documents May 22 - Case moved to Ready - NIV May 22 - Case moved to Administrative Processing - NIV May 24 - Submitted inquiry asking why case is in Administrative Processing - No response June 3 - Case moved to Application Received - NIV June 8 - No status change. Case last updated date changed - NIV June 14 - Went to embassy without appointment and picked up passport June 27 - Embassy asked for passport again via email along with 2 passport photos. Case status online is unchanged. Asked not to visit them again without a special email. June 28 - Sent passport and 2 passport phots June 28 - Received a second email from embassy asking for a medical and DS-260. Submitted inquiry about why they need these. We ignored this second email otherwise. July 1st - Case moved to Administrative Processing July 6th - Visa issued July 14th - Picked up passport with visa

Does anyone know how long it currently takes to go from seeing the Issued status to actually having passport in hand at the Islamabad, Pakistan embassy? Does the CEAC status get changed to something else after this?

April 26 - K1 interview at Islamabad, Pakistan embassy - Refused under 221(g) - Requested additional documents - Kept passport May 16 - Submitted documents May 22 - Case moved to Ready - NIV May 22 - Case moved to Administrative Processing - NIV May 24 - Submitted inquiry asking why case is in Administrative Processing - No response June 3 - Case moved to Application Received - NIV June 8 - No status change. Case last updated date changed - NIV June 14 - Went to embassy without appointment and picked up passport June 27 - Embassy asked for passport again via email along with 2 passport photos. Case status online is unchanged. Asked not to visit them again without a special email. June 28 - Sent passport and 2 passport phots June 28 - Received a second email from embassy asking for a medical and DS-260. Submitted inquiry about why they need these. We ignored this second email otherwise. July 1st - Case moved to Administrative Processing July 6th - Visa issued

Thanks Ontarkie! Case was moved to Administrative Processing today. April 26 - K1 interview at Islamabad, Pakistan embassy - Refused under 221(g) - Requested additional documents - Kept passport May 16 - Submitted documents May 22 - Case moved to Ready - NIV May 22 - Case moved to Administrative Processing - NIV May 24 - Submitted inquiry asking why case is in Administrative Processing - No response June 3 - Case moved to Application Received - NIV June 8 - No status change. Case last updated date changed - NIV June 14 - Went to embassy without appointment and picked up passport June 27 - Embassy asked for passport again via email along with 2 passport photos. Case status online is unchanged. Asked not to visit them again without a special email. June 28 - Sent passport and 2 passport phots June 28 - Received a second email from embassy asking for a medical and DS-260. Submitted inquiry about why they need these. We ignored this second email otherwise. July 1st - Case moved to Administrative Processing

Correction. Email 2 asks for a DS-260 for some reason, not DS-160.

We got a 221(g) asking us to submit original previous spouse death certificate during K-1 visa interview in Islamabad, Pakistan on April 28. Passport was kept with the embassy. Submitted document 3 weeks later. After some processing, CEAC now shows our case as non-immigrant with status as Application Received. 2 weeks ago, we needed the passport so picked it up from the embassy. This week, we got two emails: Email 1 on Monday: Asking for 2 passport photos and the passport saying they want to proceed with the case to the next step. Email 2 on Tuesday: Asking for above plus new medical and DS-160. Our medical was done on April 18 of this year. Asked the embassy to clarify but have not received a response yet. Do you think the second email was sent by mistake or should we be scheduling a new medical just to be safe?

Did you get the visa issued?

April 26 - K1 interview at Islamabad, Pakistan embassy - Refused under 221(g) - Requested additional documents - Kept passport May 16 - Submitted documents May 22 - Case moved to Ready - NIV May 22 - Case moved to Administrative Processing - NIV May 24 - Submitted inquiry asking why case is in Administrative Processing - No response June 3 - Case moved to Application Received - NIV June 8 - No status change. Case last updated date changed - NIV June 14 - Went to embassy without appointment and picked up passport June 27 - Embassy asked for passport again along with 2 passport photos. Case status online is unchanged. Asked not to visit them again without a special email.

Nothing yet. I went to the embassy Tuesday. They said the case has not been referred to the State Department. It is "under process at the embassy".

April 26 - K1 interview at Islamabad, Pakistan embassy - Refused under 221(g) - Requested additional documents - Kept passport May 16 - Submitted documents May 22 - Case moved to Ready - NIV May 22 - Case moved to Administrative Processing - NIV May 24 - Submitted inquiry asking why case is in Administrative Processing - No response June 3 - Case moved to Application Received - NIV June 8 - No status change. Case last updated date changed - NIV

June 3 - Case moved to Application Received

So are you saying that while some cases pending AP get updated to Refused, not all do? Strangely negative way to say that.

April 26 - K1 interview - Refused under 221(g) - Requested additional documents May 16 - Submitted documents May 22 - Case moved to Ready May 22 - Case moved to Administrative Processing May 24 - Submitted inquiry asking why case is in Administrative Processing - No response Case is still in administrative processing. So this is likely not the background check admin processing as then the case status would say Refused. Has anyone experienced this? Is it normal for a case to stay under Administrative Processing status for multiple business days?