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NONIMMIGRANT VISAS

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSING

Instructions for those who submitted a visa application at the U.S. Embassy, New Delhi

After your visa interview, if you were found temporarily ineligible for a visa you received a pink, green, or yellow Section 221(g) handout.

If you received a pink handout, you can check the status of your case online. The case status report is updated twice a week. Note: Due to circumstances beyond our control, the case status report may not get updated every Tuesday and Friday. Do not contact the Embassy as there is no cause for concern.

Please note that the Embassy cannot begin processing your application until you have provided all the documentation requested at the time of the interview.  Only then will your case appear on the on-line case status report.

If you received a green or yellow handout, the information on this page and in the case status report is not relevant to you. Instead you will be contacted by the Embassy if and when further action is required. Do not contact the Embassy.

How to interpret the case status report

Find your BATCH ID in the case status report and note the case STATUS. There are only four case status remarks: PENDING PROCESS, CONTACT EMBASSY, SEND PPT, and PROCESSED. Each remark is explained below and instructions are given where applicable.

PENDING PROCESS

Your case is still pending administrative processing. The Embassy cannot issue you a visa before completion of the processing. The Embassy cannot waive the processing. Do not contact the Embassy.

CONTACT EMBASSY

Your case has been processed and the Embassy needs additional information from you to process the case to completion. Please e-mail the Embassy (nivadmin@state.gov) and request the list of documents you must submit. In the subject line of your e-mail state your BATCH ID and then write "Contact Embassy." Submit requested documents as explained below.

SEND PPT

You are required to submit your passport for issuance of the visa.  Submit the passport as explained below.

PROCESSED

The visa has been issued, or the case is closed and no action can be taken at this time.

How to submit requested documents or a passport

Please submit requested documents and passports via VFS.  You may submit them at the nearest U.S. VFS application Center.  To locate the VFS center closest to you, please check www.vfs-usa.co.in, and click on US Visa Application Center. 

Be sure to include a copy of the pink 221(g) handout with your submission, and mark all packets of documents "Attention:  U.S. Embassy - Administrative Processing.   Do NOT submit any ORIGINAL personal documents (degrees, mark sheets, etc.). Documents submitted will NOT be returned (other than passport and petitions). 

Note that VFS will charge a fee for this service.

For more information, contact VFS.

Please click here to see the status of your case.

Case Status Report

  Case Status Report (PDF*)

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