9 months in Admin Processing for a B1/B2!
Jul 18th 2013, 3:58 am
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Re: 9 months in Admin Processing for a B1/B2!
I sometimes forget that although this is a forum for British people others from different starting points post.
Jul 18th 2013, 6:18 pm
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Re: 9 months in Admin Processing for a B1/B2!
Thanks everyone for your feedback and insights. I guess there is only one way to find out if they can travel to the US.
Is anyone aware of any other cases (perhaps someone on this forum) where a person traveled to the US on ESTA even while the visa was under AP?
Thanks again
Is anyone aware of any other cases (perhaps someone on this forum) where a person traveled to the US on ESTA even while the visa was under AP?
Thanks again
May 7th 2014, 5:36 pm
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Re: 9 months in Admin Processing for a B1/B2!
hi everyone.
Just a quick update on my case: there is absolutely no update!!!
I have been under Admin Processing approaching two years now. I am not aware of a single precedent for my case. I admit that getting a flat out rejection would be better than waiting for almost 2 years without a hint as to what the hell is going on.
I can't even contact the consulate directly or speak to an actual human being about this. Why on earth would it take this long is beyond me.
Any thoughts?
Just a quick update on my case: there is absolutely no update!!!
I have been under Admin Processing approaching two years now. I am not aware of a single precedent for my case. I admit that getting a flat out rejection would be better than waiting for almost 2 years without a hint as to what the hell is going on.
I can't even contact the consulate directly or speak to an actual human being about this. Why on earth would it take this long is beyond me.
Any thoughts?
Last edited by Malcolmans; May 7th 2014 at 5:40 pm.
May 7th 2014, 5:49 pm
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Re: 9 months in Admin Processing for a B1/B2!
Thanks everyone for your feedback and insights. I guess there is only one way to find out if they can travel to the US.
Is anyone aware of any other cases (perhaps someone on this forum) where a person traveled to the US on ESTA even while the visa was under AP?
Thanks again
Is anyone aware of any other cases (perhaps someone on this forum) where a person traveled to the US on ESTA even while the visa was under AP?
Thanks again
hi everyone.
Just a quick update on my case: there is absolutely no update!!!
I have been under Admin Processing approaching two years now. I am not aware of a single precedent for my case. I admit that getting a flat out rejection would be better than waiting for almost 2 years without a hint as to what the hell is going on.
I can't even contact the consulate directly or speak to an actual human being about this. Why on earth would it take this long is beyond me.
Any thoughts?
Just a quick update on my case: there is absolutely no update!!!
I have been under Admin Processing approaching two years now. I am not aware of a single precedent for my case. I admit that getting a flat out rejection would be better than waiting for almost 2 years without a hint as to what the hell is going on.
I can't even contact the consulate directly or speak to an actual human being about this. Why on earth would it take this long is beyond me.
Any thoughts?
Rene
May 8th 2014, 3:46 am
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Re: 9 months in Admin Processing for a B1/B2!
He did get an approved ESTA but never used it to travel to the US. Thought it was safer to wait for the visa than to go there and be returned home.
May 8th 2014, 5:11 am
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Re: 9 months in Admin Processing for a B1/B2!
You said they were well travelled, had been to 40 countries, did they go to a country that America doesn't like? Cuba, North Korea... that sort of thing? Was there anywhere those that were denied went to that those that weren't denied didn't?
It wouldn't surprise me if you could all get ESTAs now. (And I would dispute that there has been any sort of denial, it's only denied when they say it's denied, not when they just don't say it's approved, otherwise you could say a visa has been denied the day after you sent off the forms for it!)
It wouldn't surprise me if you could all get ESTAs now. (And I would dispute that there has been any sort of denial, it's only denied when they say it's denied, not when they just don't say it's approved, otherwise you could say a visa has been denied the day after you sent off the forms for it!)
May 8th 2014, 11:44 am
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Re: 9 months in Admin Processing for a B1/B2!
So, as absurd as it might sound, and since there are only two possible outcomes from a visa application (approval or denial), then until such time as the visa is actually approved, then yes - it is considered denied... even prior to adjudication. I submit that all visa applications are denied until such time as they are approved.
Seems perfectly reasonable to me!
Ian
