Pending DS5535

It indicates that applicants from specific countries can get what type of Mantis check (Eagle or Donkey mantis, etc.), this is how you can predict somehow the timeline of your AP, because what I read so far, Eagle Mantis AP takes less time compared to Donkey Mantis AP.

A very good site that highlights per each country basis that VO should issue SAO clearance to who? DOS Issues Security Advisory Opinion Guidance (aila.org)

Completion of Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) responses depends on the extent of review and coordination required, the amount of derogatory information, which other agencies have responsive information, the timing of when each partner agency completes its review, and a variety of other factors, such as emergent circumstances such as COVID, SAO request volume, or the need to facilitate travel in the national interest (e.g., for the U.S. government to comply with international obligations to facilitate travel to the United Nations) or to address emerging threats, and foreign policy priorities. Because of the complexity of this process, SAO requests can be neither addressed nor resolved in a first-in-first-out basis. That said, generally, security vetting is concluded in 75 percent of visa cases requiring additional security vetting in approximately 120 days. Security vetting is concluded in over 90 percent of all cases requiring additional security vetting in less than 24 months.

You should put your wife as a joint sponsor instead of household member, If you are jobless, then you will need a joint sponsor which can be your wife.

Yes, this is what she told me, for her son, it took overall 52 days and for her daughter, it took 58 days. Her son and daughter both (IR1) got ds5535 from Montreal last year 2022. Hard to believe.

Our last 2 date updates were on Feb 02, and Feb 05, like your case date updates and we have not sent any email so I do not think that the concept of getting dates updates is due to emails is true.

Have you submitted it? Did you get any dates update on CEAC website?

We also had our interview on Jan 24 in Montreal and were handed over this form DS-5535 and resume and research publication docs as well, Visa Category IR5, and we submitted everything on Jan 25. I hardly see any IR5 in the Excel sheet of ds-5535. But there was a lady ahead of us, she also got this form, and she told us outside the embassy that her daughter and son both also got this form, but they got their visa in 58 days. Hard to believe. So far, we got 3 date updates on ceac website.