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Hello

i check the case today and i see that the case was updated on 27-Mar-2016 its sunday ?

did they work on sunday ? also i give my passport on interview and they give me 221g for missing marriage certificate , and the case was stuck on READY for 3month and that the first update ..

so what that mean ?

AP 221g cant take from 1 day to years , what you have to do its just wait , many people have AP and they still waiting to hear something ..

Good luck

Hello everyone !

I am looking to get some info on visiting Morocco to see my fiance. We plan on going to Agadir and the surrounding areas to meet his family and get to know each other more and I am aware of the customs and beliefs and want to be sure that we do not violate any laws. I hear there is a paper that we must get in order for him and I to be together in public. I hear that we have to go to the police and get this paper. Does anyone know what it is called? Can anyone explain to me what it all entails and what I will need to bring with me besides my passport ?

Thank you in advance

Hi,

I've visited many times to Agadir and surrounding cities, before my husband and I were married and never needed any paper to carry. The only thing I would take when we would go out is my passport just for identification. Never was stopped or asked by anyone. Like other poster stated before; the hotel is the only place you have to show proof your married.

Enjoy your stay!

Visa Received today 95 days after interview...

congratulation , Tiko

Did the CO keep the password and tell you that you got approved on the interview ?

Duplicate Topic need to be closed

the new one is here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/582885-administrative-processing-ap-lagos/?p=7977594

Thanks for answering me! We were sad she(CO) didn't take his passport. But how can they check a Facebook when we made the account private just for friends alone. Will they send a friend request or how does that work?

No approval she said all my hubby need to do is wait. No approval no denial just AP

they can have full access from the admin Of facebook or any other comapany like gmail, yahoo, aol if they want to, anyway what you have to do now its jiust wait and pray , we been in AP for 43 days now they keep my passport also the co tell us we got approved , but still not hear from them yet ..

so nothing you can do for now you have to wait ..

and good luck ..

My husband was put on AP today the 21st. The CO needs more communication proof after having everything in front of her. She asked for hubby Facebook account.

Please help me if you have any idea to scale thru this process. I'm depressed and sad. Can't function!

Hello

all T country like morocco, arabic saoudi , Nigeria, algeria, egypt, afganistan .... they go through AP for background check and other processes the AP can take fro 1 day to years .

and when they ask for his facebook account just for them to check .. its normal.

did the CO tell you that you got approved ?

did he take your passport ?

good luck

for people from canada APP can take to max 1 year here some info from one person called Fez who stay on the APP for one year please check the link

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/582060-pinned-this-topic-please-administrative-processing-221g-explained/

i copy this info from Fayyaz (Fez) Khan in canada

i hope this help

Hello everybody,

my wife stay with me in her last visit to morocco 6 Month , only thing they ask me to do is each 3 month i have to go the police to get an authorization to stay more, if not then they will not let her go back the USA and they will stop her at airport ...
i hope that help
Thanks

this doesn't need to be pinned.Most everyone from Morocco gets AP, all they need to do is look is the MENA forum to see many threads about this. And the length of AP varies greatly for each case

to let you know that someone from canada who post this topic , please read what he say, and HE NOT FROM MOROCCO , so what you say its wrong .. and also not everybody from morocco got AP ...

AFTER long AP my petition was returned to the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for further review.so what all of that means ?

Hello

what you have to do its just wait for the case to be expired and then you apply again , or apply for CR1 , our k1 was denied and send back to USCIS on 2010 and we wait until expired and we apply for the CR1 and we are in AP again ...

Good Luck

you can check your Status from https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=o/iS8zDpeAKjMWCuebHqOw==

and if you on AP you dont have to contact them , until 1 month or more waiting,

here the contact info for canada.usembassy

http://canada.usembassy.gov/contact.html

also i read that AP for canadian can take from 1 day to MAX 1 year and for country like Afganistan can take from 2 to 5 years

Good luck

Please read here For more info that topic will help you

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/582060-pinned-this-topic-please-administrative-processing-221g-explained/

this topic was write by Fayyaz (Fez) Khan , i just want it to be PINNED , to help many member that keep asking for how long the 221g AP take ,

Hello Everyone,

I just finished my immigration process and I wanted to post this topic for people who have been placed in Administrative processing 221(g) and don't know what to expect. Back in 2012 when I was placed in Administrative Processing, I had no clue what to expect and found various posts with no clear guideline as to what should be done and what to expect. Whatever I post here is totally based on my experience and I am hoping it will help people that are going through the similar situation.

We got married in June 2011 and I had applied for CR1 visa in fall of 2011. It took about 8 month from the day we filed our case until the interview date which took place at the consulate in Montreal. I would say the procedure was really smooth and we got the interview date within the expected time frame.

My interview was very easy and lasted only 5 minutes. The officer barely asked any questions and did not ask for any proof what so ever. Once my interview concluded I was handed a welcome letter and the officer told me I should receive my visa within a few days.

I was so excited, booked my ticket, quit my job and started packing. I didn't hear anything from the consulate for a week and I started getting a bit worried. Then about 10 days later, I received a letter in mail that gave me the shock of my life. The letter stated that my visa is refused due to a clause called 221(g) because my case needed further administrative processing. Me and my wife started freaking out and didn't know what to do. We contacted our lawyer and he had no idea what AP was and started emailing the US consulate which did not help at all.

I started doing some research on it and didn't find any clear guideline. People had different opinion on this. Some people advised to involve congressman and others advised to wait. So here is my suggestion based on my experience. Even if one person benefits from this I'll be happy. I will use the abbreviation 'AP' for Administrative Processing which is also known as Administrative Review or 221(G).

1) If you're born in MENA country/Muslim country such as Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan or have a Muslim name such as Khan, Muhamad or have visit any of these countries previously or have parents who immigrated from there, chances are you will be placed in AP. The name does Not have to be a common muslim name. Also if you're from India and your last name is Singh, Patel or any other common name you may also be place in AP. Women usually don't go through AP as much as men do.

2) You may be approved at the interview initially and the officer might hand you a welcome letter stating that your visa is approved you'll be receiving it soon but you may still be placed in AP.

3) Once in AP, the consulate will NOT give any details or reasoning as to why you were placed in AP and how long it may take (Unless its document related). You can email them 10 million times and will receive the same response. "Your case is currently undergoing mandatory AP, we will let you know once the process is completed".

4) You can involve a congressman, Senator, President or a Prime minister. It will NOT speed up the process or help you in any way. Trust me on this one. We involved a Congressman because people posted online that it speeds up the process but it doesn't help much. The ONLY way it helps is that instead of waiting 2-3 weeks to get a response from the Consulate, you only have to wait one week because they're obligated to respond to congressman within that time frame. The response would still be the same.

5) Please DO NOT contact the consulate for inquiry for at least 2 months from the date you're placed in AP. It does frustrate them.

6) If you're a Canadian Citizen i.e, have a Canadian Passport, AP will take 12 months. Yes there are cases that are resolved sooner but 12 months is the maximum time consulate can take and usually it does take that long. So be prepared. My interview was on September 17, 2012 and my AP was completed on September 17, 2013. They cannot take longer than 1 year for Canadian citizens. If you have a Pakistani Passport, AP could take any where form 2 to 5 years, so be prepared to wait.

7) Now lets get to what really goes on in AP. Well, it could be anything we don't know. But from what my lawyer told me, they run security checks and various other checks on you. My lawyer told me they run checks from up to nine different agencies and it takes time to get the checks completed.

8) Calling DOS won't help much either. I used to call them once a week but they didn't help. They will tell you the same thing as consulate so don't waste your time calling them.

9) Once AP is completed, you will either receive an email or a letter in mail stating that your visa is ready for further processing. They might request some updated documents such as Medical and Police report. Depending on what got expired.

10) DOS will not update their system until the visa is issued so don't freak out if they still say you're case is still in AP.

12) Once you submit your paperwork, you can submit an online inquiry to the consulate to make sure they received it. Usually it takes about 20 days for an officer to have your documents in hand for processing. Then hopefully if everything goes well, you should receive your visa package within 45 days of submitting everything. You can check your visa status on CAEC website to see whether its issued or not.

Hope this post helps. People might have different experiences but whatever I posted is totally based on my experience.

Let me know if you have any questions with regards to this and I will try to answer to the best of my ability. Thank you and I hope and Pray that you can be with your spouse soon

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Fayyaz (Fez) Khan.

Can anyone tell me the places I can check on the status of my case? Anywhere besides CEAC? Is there a number to call? Any way to communicate besides email? Also when you got your tracking number for your visa who did it come from?

you can check your Status from https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=o/iS8zDpeAKjMWCuebHqOw==

and if you on AP you dont have to contact them , until 1 month or more waiting,

here the contact info for canada.usembassy

http://canada.usembassy.gov/contact.html

also i read that AP for canadian can take from 1 day to MAX 1 year and for country like Afganistan can take from 2 to 5 years

Good luck

"Congratulations, your visa has been approved. You will receive your visa within a week."

this the same words i hear to and he say come to ARAMEX to get your visa next week , and now its almost 1 month ...

but i see women get approved faster than men, so if any woman here that hear them say come get your visa next week that mean its true maybe before the next week i have seen so many case, but for men will take more times...

anyway good luck to everybody ..

I HAD MY INTERVEIW the 17 th of march 2015 in casablanca morocco . they kept my passport and gave me a pink ticket and they told me we will call u. thats all. my case got updated twice . the 15 of april and 17 of december and still saying AP . is that normal to be under this **** for almost 10 months ??????

hello

we are in the same boat , have our interview on 4 DECEMBER 2015 and we got the 221g because we need the traduction of the marriage certificate and on 8 DECEMBER i give the certificate to the CO from the window and then he got my passport and i ask him if we got approved he say yes and he say you can come and get your visa next week from ARAMEX , from this day the CEAC status its say READY , and only the Status Updated in 4 DECEMBER , 8 DECEMBER , 23 DECEMBER , when we contact them this the email we got from the DOS :

Case is still subject to administrative review. Unfortunately, we have no control over the length of time this review will take and we cannot predict when it will be completed. Please be assured that we will notify you as soon as we can continue processing his case.

we really dont know what we can do ?

why they say we got approve and come to get your visa next week ???

Ometeen (& everyone else who was recently approved),

Call or go to the aramex office if you're still waiting for the visa (& especially if it shows up as issued in the system). We were waiting and waiting & finally my fiancé went into the office just to check and it had been there a week!! They told us they would call when it was ready but no one did and when he asked them why they don't call, they said "oh no, we don't do that!". So if you feel like you're waiting too long, just call aramex or go in person to the office.

Congrats everyone

Thanks for your advice

Hello everyone I thank God and everyone on this site more specially dwheels,my interview experience was smooth even though the co asked me 28 questions within 5mins and demanded to see my photo Album and asked 15 more questions and approval my visa,I POE through Chicago and it was sweet,the CBP officer just ask me just one question and stamped me in,the

question is if I ask English. my experience at the consulate, just say the truth and. I heard the so called red flags people talk about here and I was approved, my wife is much older than me and face time was just once since 2013,so my advice is just pray and believe in ur marriage. thanks everyone

Congrats!!

Approved! Insanely happy.

Congrats!!

Did your status change on ceac.state.gov to administrative processing or does it still say ready?

As of yesterday it still says Ready but dates have been updated to the 23rd.

Hi all!

I have a new passport ready for my interview so my greencard etc will be in my married name..

Just want to double check what I should bring with me to the interview incase this could cause problems.

Also, My PC is in both my married name and maiden name.

Thanks!

Hello

just make sure you take your old passport with you, they will ask you for it, that happen to one lady when i go to my interview, the CO give her 221g and ask her to get her old passport , because she have the old visa on it with entry date ..

good luck

i hope so im afraid that can take more than A week we are planning to spend New Years together

yes , i hope we hear good news by monday

hello yes me too i had my interview on 9 december and the co told me that we are approved and they give me a 221g asking for an original document and on the 10 they updated the case but still says ready and yesterday i submitted to them the document and still shows ready no change and they ask me to to register on aramex and i will receive my visa within a week ,

what i think now is , they dont send the pasport the aramex one by one i think they wait until they got many passport and they send them one time , i am just saying not sure ...

what is a traduction?

No one can tell you how long AP will last.

translate the marriage certificate from Arabic to english

Hello

we have our interview on 4 DECEMBER 2015 and we got the 221g because we need the traduction of the marriage certificate and on 8 DECEMBER i give the certificate to the CO from the window and then he got my passport and i ask him if we got approved he say yes and he say you can come and get your visa next week from ARAMEX , from this day the CEAC status its say READY , and only the Status Updated in 4 DECEMBER , 8 DECEMBER and today when we contact them this the email we got from the DOS :

Case is still subject to administrative review. Unfortunately, we have no control over the length of time this review will take and we cannot predict when it will be completed. Please be assured that we will notify you as soon as we can continue processing his case.

my question is

why the CO say that the case its approved and come get your visa next week ?

and how long will take for them to issued visa ?

did anybody have the same problem before ?

also why the status say READY and the case on administrative review?

Thank you