@Sal Sanaa, Yemen Congratulations 🎉 what’s your dq date?

@Sal Sanaa, Yemen congratulations!!!!! by any chance can you give us the list of the papers needed?

@Sal Sanaa, Yemen congratulations 🎊🎈🎉 very good explanation and helpful,can u please tell us when is ur DQ and when u received ur appointment email and when ur interview day? and which month they are in ? because I’m now waiting exactly 10 months and do u hear anything why they are sooooo slow this time ? thx

DQ was 6/22/23 and yes, they slowed down badly. IL came 4/29/24 I believe and interview was today 6/18/24. So basically a full year. They slowed down badly. Nobody really gave any indication to why it slowed down so much. I can type a list to the best of my ability below of papers needed.

@Sal Sanaa, Yemen congrats 🎉🎈 what month are they currently working on?!

Update* our son actually has an appointment June 20th, we didn’t even know. So I guess we did do it properly. Once you get your appointment for spouse. Immediately write to the embassy and explain your spouse has an appointment and you need one for your child(ren) and they will give you one nearby the spouses appointment.

@J S , not really sure. I was DQ 6/22 and got my IL 4/29.. but they were moving very slowly once they got to June it seemed. So everyone June and after is waiting a bit of extra time.

@Sal Sanaa, Yemen thanks for the child information I was wondering what I should do for my daughter

first of all, Alf mabrook! so happy for you! second, you mentioned having ds5535 already filled out attached to ds260 before you went to interview? I heard people get Administrative Processing and get asked to fill out ds5535… are you recommending pre filling it out and handing it to them if they ask for it or even if they don’t ask for it ?

also, do you think having a kid helps a lot with avoiding administrative processing or it doesn’t matter… i have all original documents and a lot of photos but still sounds like even if you have everything right you can’t avoid the admin processing

الصراحه معلومات مفيده جدا الله يوفقك ويسعدك ماذا الأوراق الاصل المطلوبات ممكن تكتب قائمة can you list the documents needed, such as wedding certificates, birth certificates etc.

Ali A i got administrative processing and i have a kids so it doesnt matter

@Sal Sanaa, Yemen yay congratulations.

@Ali A if they ask for ds5535 they will ask you to fill out the document online it’s no longer a paper you submit in person, I doubt they would have accepted it if they requested it from him. and many people with kids got ds5535, I wasn’t missing any paperwork too, just luck I guess because they wouldn’t explain why me

@ali a , exactly the DS-5535 should be printed out and the answers on the sheet. The guy Bashir who’s number I gave above will organize the file as the embassy wants to see it and make it easier for them, in the end making it easier for you and not asking much of your spouse. My wife said they looked at like 3 pictures out of the 100 we brought, they barely asked her any questions. She said it was very easy for her.

@reef Yemen I’ll list them all in a post as we had them organized by us by the guy Bashir who’s number is listed above.

@ali a I hear having a kid helps, everyone with experience dealing in this all say that. But, what matters is having every single required document. That’s really the first thing. If you have everything exactly how it should be, you’ll be fine. We did this entire process of fetching documents by getting more than we needed.

@Sara Saleh thank you 😊 ok, I didn’t know that. I was advised to have that there. By my representative in US and by Bashir. The guy here is hands on and deals with thousands of cases probably per year. He knows the behavior of the consulate.

why do they give people administrative processing?

@Sam S they try to find the smallest reason to delay your case. that’s why it’s really important to make sure you have all your documents ready and organized. Also, to bring more evidence then is asked for durring your appointment.

@reef Yemen yes brother I’ll go over a detailed list of docs in a post. I did this already and it wouldn’t post. My old profile doesn’t work anymore for some reason.

@Ali A, from what I hear being born in America holds weight and having a kid helps. Who knows. We had the DS-5535 pre filled out and printed out not sure if that’s what you’re supposed to do, but we did it. I’ll tell you they barely asked my wife any questions it was easy for her, my son.. it was very easy. All of us were at the window. The lady just asked us to hold our right hand up to affirm the docs were true. The paperwork was even done incorrectly and they just fixed it on the spot and approved his passport. I seen a lot of people being asked to provide a DNA test. I would bring that to be safe to save you a few months. If they ask for it you’re stuck for a while. I’m glad they didn’t ask me.. but my son looks exactly like me it would’ve been a crime had they asked me for a DNA test. With my wife, we brought tons of photos. They want the wedding day photos mostly. But just have too many photos. We had WhatsApp convo they never asked for it.

@sara saleh thank you

@big o np bro!

Oh, update from the post on my son. We did the mytravelgov profile and did the crba application and the email came to another email and I didn’t know it until a day before his appointment which was 6/20 2 days after my wife. Almost got unlucky and missed it.. but his appointment was very easy. Both parents need to be there if possible. Or it seemed they’re asking for a DNA test. Especially if the one who is the American didn’t show up. Almost everyone was asked to provide a DNA test and we were the last to go so we seen everyone. Also photos from birth to present were asked for. Make sure you take photos with your children. They want to see that. The in and out of America thing was also a major factor. I would suggest to come with a DNA test. That is something people have a stigma about, but don’t leave it up to the consular. Just do it and that’ll save you a few months. They asked a lot of the people for DNA test.