What could it mean if the status in CEAC changed from ‘refused’ to ‘administrative processing’? The interview was in London; exactly 60 days later they requested updated CVs and letters from the company. I wrote a follow-up; the same day they asked for the bio pages of the passports (Belarus and UK) — and the next day they asked whether I had used another name and the status changed. I want to think that administrative processing is a good sign — or should I not read anything into it?
I had the same transition — “refused” changed to “AP”. They asked me to bring in my passport even before the status change. A request for the biographical pages and a question about other names is a standard procedure during the check. They kept the passport for another week after the status change.
Requesting passport biographical pages and asking about other names is a standard procedure during the check — nothing to worry about. The “refused” status after the interview changes for everyone; it’s an interim status until the visa is affixed. If it changed to “Administrative Processing,” it means it has already moved to the stage of the visa being pasted into the passport — roughly speaking, that’s a good sign.
AP status after ‘refused’ in London — a standard pattern before the visa sticker affixation (вклейка). The biopages and the question about names are the final identification; I’ve heard that after this stage it’s one to two weeks until issuance.
double application - Belarus and the UK at the same time - that’s because both passports are in play; London often handles this. I read that after such an interview with a switch to AP the time until the visa was affixed was 7–10 days. The fact that passports aren’t returned is normal; they’ll be returned together with the affixed visa.
When we sent them the documents, the status also initially showed “refused” — that’s normal, an intermediate state. If it changed to “administrative processing”, it means it has already moved to the stage of affixing the visa into the passport; the passport will be returned with the visa. A request for the passport’s biographical pages and the question about names is the final identification — a standard procedure. Hang in there
The fact that bio pages were requested the same day after the follow-up means the file was active — it was just reviewed again. Sixty days in London is not uncommon for cases like this.
Such a sequence — a request for the biometric pages (биостраниц), names, status change — is the final stage, not the start of something new. I heard that in London after that the passport was returned on the 8th–12th day. You’ll get through it)
