Salaam all,
Happy Wednesday!

We just got our NOA2 yesterday, woo-hoo!!! Alhumdulilah!

My question is: Should i tell my fiance to start gathering all his documents now (sijel al adili, chahadat al 3ozoba, etc...)? Or should we wait till we know the packet's been sent from NVC to Casa?

From what i've read here, i feel like Casa is hit or miss... it could take 1 month or like 6 months to get an interview. And then there's that 3 month thing... how the validity of notarized documents expires after three months... i'm worried if we get the documents now, what if we don't have an interview until goodness knows when?


Any advice?

Thanks!!
hz

Hello and Congrats on your NOA2
I would start gathering stuff now...but just so you know will have pleanty of time once you have the interview date to get your papers
Angela

Hi Angela,
Thanks! Yeah, probably better to be on the early side b/c sometimes it takes a while to get the documents.
i just hope we get an interview soon, too!

Thanks again,
hz

ck out my timelines, they have maybe changed a little but i dont think much

I would have everything gathered ASAP with the exception of what expires. Police report, medical, anything else? Sometimes the mail is pretty slow, and sometimes it just doesn't show up at all. It is worth it to not only send what you can soon, but have extra originals on hand just in case.

Id start compiling stuff now. Im not sure how much things have changed since last year, but we had one month to the day from NVC to Packet 3 and one month from that to his interview. IMO, if you wind up having a to wait a tad longer for the interview, the worst that happens is having to get a new BC, etc. Id rather have all the stuff together and have to wait a little while than not be ready on the big day.

Best wishes for an easy interview and a speedy visa in hand!

Thanks everybody for the help and advice!

Just a quick question: Does the birth certificate expire?
We got a bunch of legalized copies earlier when we were applying for his passport, etc... So we have translated copies already... Hmmm...

Thanks for all the support, too! We need it!
Hope all is well with you,
hz

From what I understand from my husband, yes, the BC is only good for 3 months. I never understood this. Its not like the information is going to change, but that seems to be the rule over there. I imagine its due to problems with fraud. Hubster had to get his BC on 3 different occasions during the whole visa process, but it seemed to be a simple task.

Damn!
I was hoping that we had at least that one small thing covered. I will tell Habibi...
I hope it's simple. He's got to travel all that way for the other documents anyway...

Thanks again!
hz

Well someone else may have more recent experience than we and might pop in to correct me. Im kinda hoping that's the case, because I know it has to be a pain to travel all over the place just for one piece of paper. Ahmed had it easy because he lived in the same town all his life. He also was a mere hour's train ride from the consulate.

Oh my! I just read your signature carefully!
You're due soon! Congratulations and good luck!!

And thanks again for the input,
hz

I would statr getting things ready, I got the papers saying we were appoved and that the papers where going to casa. That was spet 6th 07. He got his papers while i was over there, which was in Aug, His interview was oct 15th. So it doesnt take long oknce the papers get to casa.
good luck

I HAVE THE PAPERS AT HOME BUT ONE OF THEM IM THINKING THE POLICE OR COURT HAS EXPIRATION DATE ON IT, I BROUGHT THEM BACK WITH ME IN NOV AND THE EXPIRE DATE WAS TOWARDS END OF FEB

i m sorry i spell somethings wrong and i flew over after i got the letter.
good luck

Hi Everybody,
Thanks so much for your responses. We will get a jumpstart on the papers.
I've been reading about this "AP thing" all morning, and it is very scary. I don't remember
reading about that when we were deciding what visa to apply for last spring...

Good luck to everyone!
Seems like we all need it,
hz

Thanks. And good luck on the visa!




I wouldnt fret too much about AP right now. Everyone goes through it. Some have a short easy time, others a long wait. But if you do your best and provide everything they ask for, then thats the best you can do. We'll be here to help support you through the wait.

Hey, thanks! I will definitely need the support!
We are hoping for the best, and we tried to prepare everything as best we could...
so it's just waiting for now. Thanks again...

Have a good weekend everybody!
hz

Hey,

You got some great answers here so I can just say - best of luck with you journey And remember that there are some great people here to support you every step of the way...

D.

Salaam all,

Happy Hump Day.

Here's an ambitious question:
Is there any way to find out when the consulate sends out your Packet 3? Can you call DOS or e-mail the Consulate?

Not that ours has been even touched yet, but i'm just wondering...


Thanks and good luck to us all,
hz