Jaxen, you had posted somewhere that administrative processing generally means delay and denial. Can you please elaborate on this? My boyfriend interviewed in Islmbd, Pakistan on September 30th for his H1B visa. He is still waiting to hear back from the embassy - I know his friend interviewed on Sept 19th for an F1 and just received it 2 days ago. Should I be worried it is taking so long? He fits the profile, Muslim, male, age 30 for whom they are performing security checks - no one seems to know what this means. Do you? I want him to come back here to the States...dont know what to do...I just wish I had a better sense of what the situation there is like - would he have been denied by now? Are F1 and H1B processing times similar? ANY info or knowledge you could impart on processing times would be so much appreciated.