Ethan G
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Looking for advice - Approved in CEAC, but reply to inquiry indicates Administrative Processing
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Today, April 15 the K1 and K2 visas changed to Issued in CEAC around 10:30 or 11a and we picked them up around 2:30p from the courier! Finally!!
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Today (Apr 14) around 1:30p local time (Kenya) our case switched to Approved in CEAC! 😃
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Sent the passport-size (2x2) photos on April 13. Saw CEAC status "Last Updated" date changed to April 14, but status is still "Application Received". No word on what else we need to do next.
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April 10, got an email from the embassy stating:
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Today, my congressman's office received this info from the embassy and passed it along to me:
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Yeah, today I submitted the K2s' passports via the courier. It feels like 2 steps forward, 1 step back.
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We got the 221g today indicating my fiance needs to send her social media handles to the immigration email. We did that (she has none so we told them that). However, in the 221g they also told us we need to return the passports for her K2 dependents (they had already been issued last month and we have them). This is crazy to me. I'm not sure what to do. I emailed them hoping they would reconsider and realize they must have made a mistake as none of them have social media and they were already issued so why would they need the passports back!? But perhaps the 221g for the K1 invalidated the K2 visas automatically in the system and they need to reprint? The CEAC for the K2 that I checked is still in the "Issued" state. This is very concerning as it will cause further delays!
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On April 7, the CEAC status changed from Administrative Processing to Application Received (see below). In response to an investigation that my congressman did, the embassy responded saying: We have not received any instructions yet. I did have my fiance send an email based on instructions another K1 applicant shared with me (emailing ImmigrationVisaNairobi@state.gov with subject "M39 [full name] [case number]"). The email stated that she and her K2 dependents have no social media handles to share (i.e. they are not on social media at all). We already indicated this in the DS-160 (for her and her K2 dependents) but I guess they need a specific email from her? They didn't believe or notice her DS-160 answer? Why didn't this stop the K2 applicants from getting their visas issued last month? Maybe because they're young? I don't know the answer to these questions. And I'm not even sure the instructions were right for us since they were from a different K1 applicant, but they seem to be generic and relevant to our situation. I think "Application Received" is their way of saying they're waiting on documents from us. In this case, I think that document is the email that we sent. Hopefully, but I don't know since they didn't tell us directly.
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Update: We are not officially in Administrative Processing in CEAC as of today 😬 They have not sent any email asking us to do or submit or fix anything, so hopefully that's a good sign. I found another case almost exactly like ours here and they got the visa a couple days later.
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My Ugandan fiance is in Kenya. She was approved for K1 on March 12, and her three K2s already got their visas (Issued and picked up). However, her CEAC status still shows Approved after 2 weeks (with created and last updated date both being March 12). I inquired about her case via the contact that the embassy provides (VisitorVisaNairobi@state.gov), and I got this response: I emailed them a second time to ensure this wasn't just a templated response and to get clarification since her case still shows Approved in CEAC (not Administrative Processing). Then they responded: So I'm looking for advice from anyone with experience: Should she keep waiting in Kenya, or request the passport back so she can return to Uganda to wait from there? I'm concerned that requesting the passport back before the case is officially in Administrative Processing in CEAC may slow them down from being able to process and issue the visa. My understanding is that if it's Approved in CEAC, the next step is Issued and they cannot go to that step if we take the passport, right? Will they release the passport if it's going to take a long time in AP? (Side note for those who don't know: Kenya/Uganda are in an East African partnership where you can technically travel with just a National ID, not a passport. However, unfortunately, she came via her passport and, as far as I know from research, she cannot travel back using a different document than she came with.) Maybe I can get a letter from the embassy explaining the situation and use a copy of her passport along with her National ID? Any ideas? Thanks!
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Yeah, turns out for K1, after you submit the DS-160, then you can do a NONIMMIGRANT status check and use the DS-160 confirmation number as your Application ID. I had been using IMMIGRANT visa type since I had an immigrant-type case number originally, but really you need to use the DS-160 number after submitting.
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I'm using CEAC to check my finace's case status. I use the immigrant status check since K1 is treated as an immigrant visa during processing and assigned an immigrant visa style case number. I enter my K1's passport and first five letters of surname and always get "Your search did not return any data." Our interview is in 2 days. Is this okay? Is this common? I don't want this to delay our visa processing. I've tried using my passport and surname instead of my fiance's. I've tried using "NA" in the passport and/or surname fields, and combinations of everything in between, etc. It always just says "Your search did not return any data." I'm really sure they have my appointment and all my documents...I created an appointment once I got the welcome letter from the Nairobi embassy, but CEAC has always been stuck like this. I'm not sure what to do, or should I just not worry about it?
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Police Clearance Certificate vs Certificate of Good Conduct
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When applying for getting a police certificate for our upcoming k1 interview, we found that there are two options on the online application (Uganda). We can either get a "Police Clearance Certificate" or "Certificate of Good Conduct". They give you a dropdown box for the "Service Type" you wish to get. Does anyone know the difference? I see a lot of research using both terms in the context of immigration.
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Ok I guess I'll have her try to contact the embassy and see what they allow or suggest. I had hoped to go with her to the Nairobi embassy (for safety) and fly her back to the US, but scheduling tickets is difficult with the uncertainty of if/when the visa will be available. According to testimony from other people in similarly paused countries, K-1s are still being processed. I guess my fiance can double check that too when she tries to contact them.
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For applicants from countries where a different country holds the interview, or for people who live far away from the embassy where the interview is held....how did you get the visa in hand? Did you remain at a hotel near the embassy after the interview and pick it up after a few days whenever it was ready? Many countries don't always have good mailing systems so using a courier is a little sketchy and ill-defined, and probably much longer than picking directly from the embassy. Any experience with this? (My fiance is from Uganda and applying in Nairobi, but the Afirican and Nairobi sub threads don't have much activity so I don't think I'll get an answer there.)
