After being placed in administrative processing, the applicant will receive a section 221(g) letter indicating that his case will be put on hold until the applicant's visa eligibility can be determined. I submitted the doc right away on the 8th April 2018. My application for an O-1 got approved in September 2019 by the USCIS for 3 years. 3) What will happen with my SEVIS? Did You call on some number or emailed them. Because, even I am in the same boat. My visa under AP since August 2018!! I think I just have to wait and hope I would get VISA before Jan.. Really getting impatient now. Me: Answered. But when I am in the US got placement they apply for me R1 visa. anyways just wanted to let you know this lawsuit has proven to work very well and many people got positive outcomes from this. How to get passport back, if it is going to take long , I would like to apply for H4 as my husband is there on H1 ? After 10 to 15 seconds). VO : Thats fine if you dont have them. my passport is also with US consulate. Generally there are two types of 221(g) cases: administrative processing cases and post-related cases, in which the consular officer I am not clear why. 221g Administrative Processing After submitting all the required docs on May 6 2022, my fiancs case was updated from refused to AP on May 9,2022. I am not sure what to do this happened at the Pakistan embassy in Islamabad. It shows Refused for me too as of today. Whom did you mail asking for your status? please help. My family and I went for our immigrant visa interview July 23rd 2019. You can request the passport back via the consulate. it costs like $4.5k. The offer letter from my employer had a different company name to the LCA (this was the parent company), so I got given a yellow 221g refusal letter. They asked me to provide joint sponsor to support my application. Is that going to affect to the process? How long was your file in AP ? After one week I received mail to inform me that I should come and pick my passport that my application is on administrative processing. Not date of pick up they give to me , just wait the call from abu dhabi US embassy. The officer did not ask me any documents.. just I-20 and passport.. regular questions.. why this university, how much scholarship u have, how long is the course, what is your field of research, why do you think the university is giving you scholarship? As VO said you can go next term, then you should go with that. I am in the same situation waiting on my h1 approval since 2 years. I had visa application Interview at US Embassy KL somewhere at the end of August 2017,after the interview the Visa Officer inquired me to submit additional papers which i did and i received and email from them, confirming they have received my additional papers and they will get back to me as soon as the Admin Process is completed . I am a experienced traveler Previously I been US, Canada, UK and Europe, including twice I have 10-Years multiple visa of B1B2 USA and its expired in June 2017, so after expiry on November 27, 2017 I applied for renewal of my visa along with my and minor daughters fresh visa applications. Should you need to check your visa application status, you may check it by visiting the following link : https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/ (https://ceac.state.gov/ceac/). We will advise you when your administrative processing is received. Technically, USCIS will review the file and then issue a Notice of Intent to Revoke (NOIR) and then the employer has to respond. Please let me know thank you I attended your webinar and it was very helpful. Time: Sep 22, 2022 08:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting. Were you able to get your visa? Worried will it affect Green card application in future if my daughter sponsor me? Let me know if you will be able to handle this case, so I can make payment and proceed further. If you did, congrats (I hope so), and please can you share the waiting time to have an idea of what can I expect? After one week I received a mail inform me to drop up my passport and my son .after 4 day my son visa was issued. And Do I need to be interview again if they will issue my visa? Kudos to USCIS! 221g administrative processing maximum time 2022. green flag with yellow star sporcle greatest authors 26 apr can cats sense fear in humans. Hi Indian These conferences are my future path for my near future profession. Forgot to mention that they gave me white slip 221g but asked for no additional documents in slip or via email so far. How will we know if he was approved or not, and if he was will the consulate contact us to send his passport back to them? Many times these 221 (g)s are issued for unlawful reasons or fail to comply with specific requirements and end up causing significant delays to travel plans. Thanks. They had taken our passports and the passports are still with them. I dont know what to do!!!!! But today I received email from usa embassy that states that my case is going on MANDATORY ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. All received on the same date of October 4, 016. August 7, 2022: Received "Reuse Biometrics" Notice. I been interview nov24 it went but up to this moment im still in AP. And you can send emails to the Consulate once a month or so. This time I applied for J1 and it has been 2 months. I will advice you not to call or email them again and again. ME : . Since I got the answer from France consulate that visa cannot be extended. I faced interview but rejected this time. My case is also pending for 7 months. Here are samples of different 221g forms, Refusal of visa, issued by consulates. Hopefully a positive one. i had my interview july 5th and was given 221g to provide additional documents which i did on the 24th July, but up till now no acknowledgment of documents received and status showing administrative process but date keep changing. @Author , I know there is no timeline but can you throw a light on time taken for my type of Visa ? Is there is any differences in the immigrant and non-immigrant administration process? One of the frequently asked question when it comes to 221(g) is this:My College Starts in X Days (or months), what if I cant get Visa before that or Im stuck on 221(g), whne will I get the Visa?. The City of Sacramento requires all newly appointed employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. What can I expect now ? Did you any response / update on your 221G? I submitted my passport via dropbox on Dec 28, they asked me to come for interview and did not specify any documents. And all those people to present in same day with me in interview they received their visa Feb 25, come back to abu dhabi embasdy they said not yet stam the visa. Also the chances of approval ? With immigrant visas, we almost never know on the day of the interview whether you are truly qualified.. I am a biomedical engineering student planning to apply for F1. I went to chennai on 5th Oct and submitted docs on 10th Oct. You can update the timeline when you get the decision. I have a question. Its a dad, a mom, one kid about to start college August 18th and two kids supposed to start high school and middle school August 14th. I am a experienced traveler Previously I been US, Canada, UK and Europe, including twice I have 10-Years multiple visa of B1B2 USA and its expired in June-17, so after expiry on November 27-17 I applied for renewal of my visa along with my and minor daughters fresh visa applications. I went to embassy on 7th Jan as a group of 11 people and we have to be at a conference in US on 15th Jan and my planned flight is on 14th Jan and all of my group mates got approval and got their passports with visa stamped today except me. Hi I my company as selected me for a conference in US , I got all my flight tickets n travel orders and they applied for b1 B2 visa I got schedule for interview , my interview was good consular didnt ask me much details since I work for US NAVY department in Middle East he didnt even cheack mt travel order he said u r visa is approved u can come and collect your visa after 2 days . Note he had his interview in Jordan. Is anyone have same story what is the reason for all that, finally after AP did you get Visa stamp or refused the visa. I applied to University of West Florida for MS in Mathematics program, got admission as well as Assistant ship and a graduate scholarship. Appreciate your reply! Hello, my husband applied for spouse visa of mine, i gave interview in mumbai last week but i got 221g white letter from mumbai US embassy and they require addtional evidance for our relationship, but i dont have some record like call logs before 1.5 years , and they asked evidance before marriage n i dont have any call record before marriage because we got married in very short time so what can i do for those evidance which i dont have? I have no idea what happened this time. You think The officer retained my passport and resume. Kindly assist. I got slip 221g instead I attached 2 international conferences invutation. VO: Why didnt you apply for F2 before? I am kalyan i had attended my visa on 14th july in hyd and it gone well vo gave me 221g and take all docs and my passport also and told me to wait. I have a question. Hi, my sister had an appointment on December 13, it was the second time for her. I Asked him on the timeframe of my case to get cleared. Dads file still in Admin Process since April-2018. But then once I cheackd my email same day i saw mail from embassy saying they need more information to get my visa done please fill supplementary questions and email us back they attached DS 5535 form . To reapply? @abdul Read the both interview experiences and see if you can think of three reasons why F1 and F2 Visa could have been Denied. How can the information be updated without causing further delays? which has been over 2 years in our case! Nothing much. My wife went for H1B stamping on Dec 16th and they gave her 221g White slip, VO returned her passport and only kept client letter, paystub (she had only one paystub since started working in Nov15 month) and her offer letter from employer. If form 221 (g) is issued with a request to submit more documents, you can expect to wait for the form for more than 8 weeks. So my question is do they really process the case within 60 days ? after that they issued them a white slips says that the case will be under AP AND THE REASON is that they had a blurry photo which they made my parents retake the phone on the spot, and the 2nd reason was that they will send an email to the pottiner which is me to. (Handed over the document to the VO). I am Australian citizen originally from Pakistan. How long would administrative processing take for this seeing as its only pictures that were needed? I got 221g Yellow slip and the officer took my passport too. The consular officer, at the interview, handed me a green slip that says I need to submit further documents PLUS MY PASSPORT. (Handed me the 221(g) and my passport). My visa was refused due to low income and ask to summit new joint sponsor. I really appreciate the effort by my company. After the interview he gave me a white paper (didnt tick any case no. Checkout the Predeparture orientation course. Or still nothing, Hello my interview was on 17 july 2017 first they issue visa after that they ask for extra info and put my case under administrative process. Again they changed my collection date of pasdport how. They now show AP as Refused. After a long interview visa officer informed us that our visa is refused but technically our visa applications are in pending and surprisingly she kept our passports, and tells me to wait for outcome within 2 days, meanwhile she give me my payment slip and an 221(g) white slip without writing anything on it, she just mark on embassys email ID for any additional contact. it will really be helpful for me. Weve been waiting for a reply from the embassy for almost 3months now. I needed a year of dicipline and hardword to pursuited these confereces. It can help others in future. what do i do please i am confused. Did they hold on to your passport? VO: When did you husband move to the US? But, if they are looking for something else, then it maybe of no help. Its been past 60 days now and it still shows refused, my case is updated like every week so Im not sure what that means. Congrats. The appointment has started one month ago. under trumps travel ban issued december 2017 wife iranian i am u.s citizen immigrant visa under admistrative processing since february 2018 been 225 days to be exact i email consulate 1 a month asking or info i get generic email saying still in adminstrative processing any idea how much longer process can take is it 2 years how to get additional info, thank you. Tried rescheduling a fresh appointment from their sight using my username and password it was still request for new fees so i called their support care line and explained and they requested that i send a scanned copy of my passport and the 221G white slip to them. My F1 visa interview was on May 30th and I am also in administrative processing. But, I doubt you can cancel the F1 processing and Im not sure if you can appear for H4 visa while F1 is in 221(g). Once the administrative processing is complete, the applicant will be notified whether they are now qualified or remain ineligible for the visa. Usually, when you respond to USCIS you get a confirmation that they received your email/response. But we get the same standard answer. My wife & I had a IR5 visa interview on March 11, 2019. ME : Sure. And today May25,2022 the cases last updated date changed again, however, the case status remains the same. 4 hours after the interview, I got email asking to submit some documents( letter from school, my CV, my research interest, publications, contact person in US.. .Again this documents to be submitted varies depending on each case ) . Question: My College Starts in X Days (or months), what if I cant get Visa before that? because 15 months is too much , i am under administrative processing too cr1 too do you the american nationality, Hii zamora Im also t same both 15 month Ap at embassy cr1 immigrant visa i have nothing missing document November 10, 2022: N-400 Interview is scheduled (Dec 14, 2022) December 14, 2022: N-400/I-751 Combo Interview completed and approved. Been 15 months now. She had to renew her i20 since the one she had expired. We send the documents with my passport November 18 . Sit tight and pray. The consulate was missing some of my fiancs documents. But till now we didnt received anything from embassy. Since we usually are not yet prepared to issue, we must first refuse. hi, they put my visa for admin processing and gave me a blue paper. Im also sri Lanka my k1 visa interview was 11/10/18 ask me to submit the south Africa police clearness certificate as co required submit on 29/11/18 still waiting for the answer but they are kept my passport. I had my E2 visa interview with my wife and son at Toronto Consulate on june 26,2012 and i was issued 221g yellow slip and VO did not see any of my papers, not even my brith certificate. There might be in-person classes next quarter -winter .This gives sufficient time for administrative processing(in case the US consulate initiate it) . Regards. My K1 was place on AP upon submission of my final document in September 2016, but subsequently on October 4, 2016, i received two mail saying two difference thing respectively, that i dont understand. Most of the cases are completed within 60 days or less. Premium Processing for H1B Visa 2020 Cap season will be offered in two, USCIS is about to Publish the Final Rule on Jan 8, 2020, that modifies how H1B Visa will be selected. Now even i dont have a clue what additional documents or proof they want. Form 221g processing time varies from 7 days to 17 months. My employer is filing H1B visa for the first time, how ling it will take for Immigration Attorney to prepare the H1B package and apply with USCIS?, Premium Processing dates for H1B Visa FY 2020 to be offered in two phases,USCIS announced onMar 19, 2019. If I know I need advance atleast I can cancel my travel order n I can sen my other colleuge who already has visa . I am a United States citizen. I gave all those documents to her, after 5 minutes she gave me a 221g gave my passport back and told to wait for an email from their end. And why take long time is this normal Interview went really well, but at the end VO told me that your visa is pending subjected to additional administrative processing and handed me over a blue 221g form and took my passport. We will not overcome every single persons 221(g) refusal. after the interview counselor said that he had to refuse the visa temporary and we have to wait 60 days to hear back from them. My local MP has written to the embassy several times and to the department of State as this is impacting my career etc. August 7, 2022: N-400 Receipt Notice. My situation is same as you. For me, also the same case happened. Thanks. Seriously hoping for the visa to get delayed. Do tourist visa go under administrative processing? How long did it take? Help..! Its showing your passport is under process at US consulate.How much time does it requires for returning my passport.Plz suggest me. However, my Interview was on June 1st. Sarah Im also same as yo I A few things I have learned is do not stop inquiring about the case. Frustrating! I was wondering what happened at the end of that process if her visa is approved? So I wrote to [emailprotected] twice, once when 60 days had passed and another at 90 days. 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