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Post by adamcohen on Dec 12, 2013 16:32:55 GMT -6
What can I do if my visa application is stuck in administrative processing?
Once a visa application is stuck in administrative processing, there is not much that can be done until the Department of State has completed its security checks and investigations. Even congressional assistance is not a clear remedy. Note that applicants or their attorneys can and should make inquiries after an application has been stuck for 60 days from the date of the consular interview.
The best means of dealing with administrative processing are the following:
1. Avoid it. If you are currently in the United States and have the option to change status to your desired visa category, rather than return to your home country to secure a visa for that category, stay in the United States if you can. Administrative processing is associated with visa applications through the Department of State, rather than nonimmigrant or immigrant petitions through United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
2. Prepare for it and anticipate it. Knowledge is power, and if you plan for administrative processing, it will likely not pose so great a problem. Apply for your visa early, so that unfortunate delays will not jeopardize your employment start date or vacation.
3. Go around it. Remember that you are not stuck in administrative processing; your visa application is! If you have another means to enter the United States, you may be able to use it. Later, you can travel back to your home country to receive your visa once administrative processing has ended and the visa is available. You may be able to enter through the visa waiver program, a different valid visa (such as a 10 year tourist visa for example), advance parole through a pending green card process, etc.
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