Thanks for the clarification and which country are we talking about here?Thank you . Actually, this is not a refusal. Since March 2020, DOS change the Term Administrative Process into Refused. This is just a legal term, visa not refused in real sense. Sometimes, visa officer needs more documents for verification purposes and also background check, so visa officer put the case on hold and mark the case Refused. When the background check and verification of required documents completes, the embassy change this status into AP and after a day it changes into Visa Issued.