Hello Friends,
I have been reading through this forum for some time and thought of posting my situation. I am a research scholar who has recently finished my Ph.D. and applied for a job as a post doctorate in a research institute in US.
I had my interview for J1 visa in the last week of September at New Delhi Consualte where the officer asked me to mail them some documents and told me that everything looks good. I was not given section 212 (g) handout and my passport and DS form was kept by the embassy. The next day I received an email and was asked to fill in the questionaire. At that time I had no clue about the TAL or Visa Mantis and thought that it is a regular process and may take some days for them to stamp the visa However, days passed by and I did not hear from them. Finally, I contacted them and they told me that my application has been send for administrative processing to US department of state; they did not give me any specific reason.
Since I was not given any hand outs at the time of interview, it puts me in doubts if indeed it is a case of visa mantis or TAL. Also if somebody could tell me what is the usual time frame for this type of administrative processing?
If anybody has any ideas, it would be highly appreciable
Thanks,
Dazzy
I have been reading through this forum for some time and thought of posting my situation. I am a research scholar who has recently finished my Ph.D. and applied for a job as a post doctorate in a research institute in US.
I had my interview for J1 visa in the last week of September at New Delhi Consualte where the officer asked me to mail them some documents and told me that everything looks good. I was not given section 212 (g) handout and my passport and DS form was kept by the embassy. The next day I received an email and was asked to fill in the questionaire. At that time I had no clue about the TAL or Visa Mantis and thought that it is a regular process and may take some days for them to stamp the visa However, days passed by and I did not hear from them. Finally, I contacted them and they told me that my application has been send for administrative processing to US department of state; they did not give me any specific reason.
Since I was not given any hand outs at the time of interview, it puts me in doubts if indeed it is a case of visa mantis or TAL. Also if somebody could tell me what is the usual time frame for this type of administrative processing?
If anybody has any ideas, it would be highly appreciable
Thanks,
Dazzy