If your application has been refused under Section 221(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for administrative processing, the consular section will notify you when it is complete or if additional information is required from you. Please be advised that we do not know how long administrative processing will take.  It can take several weeks, months or even years in some cases.

If you left your passport at the Consulate, we will process your application to conclusion as soon as the administrative processing of your case has been completed and your passport will be returned to you as per your booking at https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/niv/.  If you did not leave your passport at the Consulate, we will contact you by email when the administrative processing of your case has been completed to request you to submit your passport to us for visa processing.

If you change your email address or you left your passport at the Consulate and need to request its return before your application has been processed to conclusion, email consularbelfast@state.gov.

Please note we cannot respond to inquiries about the status of your case.  If we have not contacted you, you can assume the administrative processing of your case is ongoing.