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DV 2016 Administrative Processing Cases

From what I can see I will rather keep my hopes low so that in the end I will not be too disappointed.
Medicals in here (only 3 places approved) need to be booked weeks ahead of time and my current medical expires in about 2 weeks.
Having said that I do not believe I have 88 days to sit and wait. If they contact me say beginning of September it may be tight to get my medical completed.
 
bblo said:
From what I can see I will rather keep my hopes low so that in the end I will not be too disappointed.
Medicals in here (only 3 places approved) need to be booked weeks ahead of time and my current medical expires in about 2 weeks.
Having said that I do not believe I have 88 days to sit and wait. If they contact me say beginning of September it may be tight to get my medical completed.
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So common sense would say to book a medical in early/mid September (depending on how fast the medical can be issued) as a back up plan. If you hear AP clears earlier you can see if you can get an earlier medical and THEN cancel the September one.
 
How can we know what is the reason ? My friend didn't got any information about what they looking for , just that the case is in AP. The status on site is "Ready " for 5 mounts and 1 week. I hope that she gets some information this mounts. Hope that GOD helps everyone to get visa before September.
 
EURO2014 said:
What is the specific reason you are going through AP processing, Alem1991? Academic Verification, Security Clearance, other?
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@EURO2014 How does one find out why one is on AP. I myself am on AP for 22 weeks and was not told why. As a matter of fact was told during interview that all my papers look good and my visa should be ready within 2 days. They (consulate) do not even respond to my enquires no more.
 
bblo said:
@EURO2014 How does one find out why one is on AP. I myself am on AP for 22 weeks and was not told why. As a matter of fact was told during interview that all my papers look good and my visa should be ready within 2 days. They (consulate) do not even respond to my enquires no more.
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Normally you would receive a pink paper, form 221(g) which should provide additional information as relates to AP processing.
 
EURO2014 said:
Normally you would receive a pink paper, form 221(g) which should provide additional information as relates to AP processing.
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But very often people don't get told the reason, especially if it is not something simple like missing documents. And some people don't get a slip at all, being told everything is approved and then only told later that they are on AP after all, just like bblo.

And the color paper differs by embassy, thee is nothing normal about pink either. Mine was yellow.
 
SusieQQQ said:
But very often people don't get told the reason, especially if it is not something simple like missing documents. And some people don't get a slip at all, being told everything is approved and then only told later that they are on AP after all, just like bblo.

And the color paper differs by embassy, thee is nothing normal about pink either. Mine was yellow.
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Well if one is on AP for 219 days or 22 weeks as those two cases, respectively, and really do have no idea for what reason or if, in fact, there is anything amiss from their side, they certainly have all the right to panic right now. Obviously this sub-forum is not positioned to provide any meaningful advice, other than "just wait some more". Sad...
 
Aha, panic mode here and a bit of disappointment after spending all the money. Hopefully all those who are on AP will start coming to this forum with some good news soon to extend my hope
 
EURO2014 said:
Well if one is on AP for 219 days or 22 weeks as those two cases, respectively, and really do have no idea for what reason or if, in fact, there is anything amiss from their side, they certainly have all the right to panic right now. Obviously this sub-forum is not positioned to provide any meaningful advice, other than "just wait some more". Sad...
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Why add unnecessary stress to people already stressed out, euro? How long have you been on this forum? Have you ever followed the AP threads before? If so, you must know that in fact the number of people who know exactly why they are on AP is in the minority. You must also know we have had a number of cases that have been on AP for months on end, and get resolved right at the end of the fiscal year - that although officially they cannot rush things, there does seem to be a push to get DV AP cases resolved before FY end (even if it won't happen for all of them). If you don't know all these things then you must not have been following previous AP threads. While I am the last person to give false hope to anyone, I also don't see the point in telling people "yes panic now" when there are still almost 3 full months left in the fiscal year.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Why add unnecessary stress to people already stressed out, euro? How long have you been on this forum? Have you ever followed the AP threads before? If so, you must know that in fact the number of people who know exactly why they are on AP is in the minority. You must also know we have had a number of cases that have been on AP for months on end, and get resolved right at the end of the fiscal year - that although officially they cannot rush things, there does seem to be a push to get DV AP cases resolved before FY end (even if it won't happen for all of them). If you don't know all these things then you must not have been following previous AP threads. While I am the last person to give false hope to anyone, I also don't see the point in telling people "yes panic now" when there are still almost 3 full months left in the fiscal year.
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Ive been following this forum since before the interview, and wen i was handed 221g form i understood coz the reason was specific. i thought probably it will take a smaller amount of time. but NO!
And with Alem why i do not understand why the CO even asked the university slips. coz if i read on the Ethiopian website they only require an entry Exam certificate to college. so really guys AP is just a brain teaser for many of us.
I would understand the reasons for why BBlo was put on AP probably security reasons coz he was like approved and then no they got to run something. But Alem verifying a university degree takes them all this time 200+ DAYS. AM SCARED MYSELF
 
SusieQQQ said:
Why add unnecessary stress to people already stressed out, euro? How long have you been on this forum? Have you ever followed the AP threads before? If so, you must know that in fact the number of people who know exactly why they are on AP is in the minority. You must also know we have had a number of cases that have been on AP for months on end, and get resolved right at the end of the fiscal year - that although officially they cannot rush things, there does seem to be a push to get DV AP cases resolved before FY end (even if it won't happen for all of them). If you don't know all these things then you must not have been following previous AP threads. While I am the last person to give false hope to anyone, I also don't see the point in telling people "yes panic now" when there are still almost 3 full months left in the fiscal year.
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While it well may be entertaining, I am not posting on this forum to discuss with you personally. Hence I am going to refrain from responding to your responses to my responses going forward. Punt intended. Best of luck.
 
Ok let me post a non specific post then.
I would not like to see posters on this forum being made to panic for no reason.
There are years of AP threads on this forum, for those who are new now. You may want to go back and look at them. Plenty people did not know why they were on AP. Plenty people were on AP for months. Plenty got cleared in the last month of the fiscal year.
So let me say generally to posters here, press don't allow yourself to be panicked unnecessarily.
 
Here is an example from last year's thread....posted on September 30. Had been on AP for 9 months, cleared right at the end of the fiscal year. Heart-stopping timing indeed, but he got his visa.

http://forums.immigration.com/threads/dv-2015-ap-related-cases.324748/page-15#post-2417818

Read back further through the thread if you want, there weren't many posters active (about half x less pages in the whole thread than we already have in this thread so far this year) yet we had there a few cleared in the last couple of weeks of September, one other had been on AP since April, can't remember the others. You guys can feel free to go back and search 2013, 2014 threads too. I remember one or both of them were very active. Same kind of stories. Definite appearance of a rush to clear DV AP in September. You guys still have plenty of time for AP to be cleared, frustrating as it is to wait there is still plenty of reason for optimism rather than panic at this stage.
 
I agree with everything Susie has said above. No, there is not much we, or anyone can say that will make people feel better, but saying go ahead and panic is not helpful nor accurate. There are 2.5 months left. Unlike previous years there are not visa scarcity problems AND the early current announcement hopefully has cleared the decks for embassies to focus on the last minute push that Susie mentions. Yes there are more security concerns these days, which may be affecting cases, but overall, there is more reason to be confident than to panic.
 
I would like to know if any updates on someones status on AP means anything. because ever since i attended my interview no update on my status but a friend who we are on AP with and the same reasons his AP has some updates though not yet contacted by the embassy.
 
Josebalix said:
I would like to know if any updates on someones status on AP means anything. because ever since i attended my interview no update on my status but a friend who we are on AP with and the same reasons his AP has some updates though not yet contacted by the embassy.
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sometimes YES, it means something, i had friends who were interviewed with me and put on AP like me, we all had no status updates but before two weeks one of them got one status update and received a call from the embassy two days later and he just got his visa, the other one also got two status updates last week and same thing happened he was asked to send his passport and updated medical report, he did so and he is waiting them to return his passport back hopefully with a visa stamped on it.
What I am thinking is for people who frequently got status updates it might not mean something but for us (people who haven't got any status update for 7 months) it means something once you get an update. I have been thinking the same way as Britsimon as status updates are nothing but just updates but i don't think so after seeing these cases ...
 
Josebalix said:
I would like to know if any updates on someones status on AP means anything. because ever since i attended my interview no update on my status but a friend who we are on AP with and the same reasons his AP has some updates though not yet contacted by the embassy.
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Alem1991 said:
sometimes YES, it means something, i had friends who were interviewed with me and put on AP like me, we all had no status updates but before two weeks one of them got one status update and received a call from the embassy two days later and he just got his visa, the other one also got two status updates last week and same thing happened he was asked to send his passport and updated medical report, he did so and he is waiting them to return his passport back hopefully with a visa stamped on it.
What I am thinking is for people who frequently got status updates it might not mean something but for us (people who haven't got any status update for 7 months) it means something once you get an update. I have been thinking the same way as Britsimon as status updates are nothing but just updates but i don't think so after seeing these cases ...
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The reason I tell people to ignore status updates is because they are meaningless in terms of being able to predict when AP might finish. It doesn't matter whether you get none for 7 months, or 3 in 2 days or one every day for 23 days. You cannot convert any single update into "intelligence" of what is about to happen.
 
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