i forgot you expidited... Insha'allah it will happen Islam is a religion of patience.... Not much choice now lol

Rajaa,
My petition wasn't touched since May 20th. I just received an approval notice in the mail. I was approved on July 23rd (on Wednesday). I believe USCIS was having technical problems with their system on Wednesday so maybe that is the reason why my online status wasn't updated.

You're a May filer. You will be approved soon as well. Fingers crossed for next week!! Please don't feel down as you will be approved in the coming days..........

Hi thirdsjen,

Thank you. I started feeling down last Friday thinking I may be left behind by CSC. I hope all May filers get approved soon and that's including VSC filers.

The spreadsheet looks great.........

sara,

i am glad your expedite was approved and hope you will get here safe...i have a question for you that i was hoping you may be able to answer. as you may have heard there were a series of bomb blasts in india for the past two days. about 9 blasts in bangalore and the the next day about 19 blasts in ahmedabad....from what i have been reading, the terrorists r planning more attacks on major metropolitian cities in india.....do u think this can b grounds of expedite...if yes, how would you suggest going about it? what information do i have to provide to USCIS? once the expedite is approved and she gets an interview date, how long will she have bfore she can fly to the US?

could you please share your experience??

thanks,

I wanted to be a May filer..but ended up being a June filer. Lulu...amman is 2-2.5 months out on interviews? Me and my friend Hani are watching your case closely. He is a March filer and hasn't been touched yet in Cali.

Hi Rajaa! Love my mena buddies!

Hiiiiiiiiii!!!! still waiting here...last May gal I think waiting.

Sure cmnb, I will do whatever I can to help you out. I am first of all very sorry to hear about this bombing. Only today I was watching news and when I heard ahmedabad was targetted, I rememebered someone of my fellow VJ members are from there. I dearly hope they are all safe. As far as the expedite request is concerned, Yes this is a very valid reason to file for an expedite request on humanitarian grounds. Here are some things we did for our first expedite which was approved in April 08 right after the roit that killed lawyers in a protest in karachi:

1. Husband gathered facts like news articles from western press stating the casualities etc. Western press because it is considered more authentic. He had collected articles from Reuters, cnn, msnbc, bbc and I think hindustan times. Also he checked information on the local capital city police's website.
2. He checked with his local congressman's office and explained things to them. They said they would fax him a form about the privacy act. He filled that up and sent it to the congressman's office. Also he wrote a complete letter to congressman stating the urgency of the situation along with the articles he had found concerning that incident in karachi.
3. He called uscis and asked them for the expedite request he wanted to make. they I think gave him a fax number on which expedites could be filed. VSC must have a separate office and officer assigned for accepting and reviewing expedite requests too...please check with them.
4. He wrote an official request to USCIS for the expedite addressing it to the officer assigned for this job and in that letter he included statistics, my apartment's local, his own experience (what ever he witnessed when he was in my city), facts concerning the security situation in karachi along with those articles being referred to in that letter through footnotes. He had faxed that letter to CSC.

He then had received an email stating that the expedite request had been received. Later a letter was faxed to him stating they have approved the expedite request. And then they started working on the petition.

Allaah forbid is your wife's city have been a target of recent bombings, I am sure you can find enough material on it online. Also if possible and necessary, attach some googled photos of her house and the places where the bombs exploded.

Please do know that when a letter is written with sincerity, the uscis consider it. It should neither be too official nor too emotional but you have tell them your wife's life and security is a priority to you and they should consider it.

I hope this will be helpful and she can be with you safely, soon.

As for the time it takes, once the case has been expedited at USCIS, a separate request has to be made for NVC but it is difficult at NVC unless its a life and death emergency but using the new fast method, you should be done with NVC stage within a month. Please focus on the request for expedite at USCIS level for the moment. One thing at a time I suppose.

May Allaah keep people save from all these terrorists' attacks...aameen.

All the best,

Sara.

Ukhti Rajaa inshaAllaah you are in my duaa

jJ, I know, I know. I too wish you were a May filer. Hang in there. Is Hani on VJ? Haven't seen him around.

I am pretty sure AMM is within that timeframe. My 129F was also approved so I am hoping that when that interview is scheduled it will just be a place holder for the CR1. That is what happened last time. I have to make it through NVC in lighting speed. ISA that will happen this time around as well.

Hi cmnb,

From what I hear on the news, Delhi is also under a threat so that would be a reason to expedite your case.

thank you, Sara, for sharing such valuable information...i hope things settle down in india, i will talk to wifey and see what she feels of the situation in delhi...she is feeling it first hand there...but again, thanks so very much for sharing...regards,

hi KAHM, ill talk to wifey today and see what she feels of the situation over there...hope things settle down..i dont want to misuse the situation if i dont have to....i know many other people r waiting in line bfore me to get their cases approved and it would not b fair to them...ill surely do it if there is no way out and if it comes to my love's safety..thanks guys, i apprecite it a lot!

thanks,

You're welcome.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL WHO GOT APPROVED!!!!!!!! WE'RE VERY VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!

Don't be sad Rajaa, i'm still here! We filed May 2nd and still no approval. We got an RFE last week and mailed it to them again today. I hope it wont get another 2 mos before we receive an NOA2. Huhuhu!!!!

Thank you please add patience and calm.... after reading about our dear friend in MENA losing her husband while she waited for him in the U.S. I got really anxious again....
Rajaa

I just hope it happens ... is all any day as long as Iknow it will happen.

Who lost her husband?

Jen, any word from NVC about ur case number? keep us posted!

hi all! just dropping by in here before i go to work..

NVC received the file 7/25. As of now, still no word about the AOS or the DS-3032 being generated. I keep calling and calling. As soon as both of those are generated, going to email the DS-3032, will call NVC again to get my IIN, then pay the AOS fee online..

as soon as it says "PAID," gna send in my AOS package then go on my vacation. I HOPE THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN!!!!

i want to get all of these things done before i go so that i will have peace of mind, dangit!

cmnb, i hope your wife is ok! AND MAYBE AN EXPEDITE TOO!!!!

Rajaa, somebody died? how sad..

Jen - my wife is fine..thank you for asking...she works in New Delhi and the situation is under control there at this time (atleast for now) if things dont calm down ill apply for expedite...thats what my wife and i decided...i just dont feel its right that my application has been there only for about 2 months and we have people waiting for months now...ill do it only if the situation is not manageable in delhi.

such a good and honest man you are, cmnb! i'm glad your wife is ok. but even if you had to file an expedite, it is not your fault for going ahead of the others..

off to work i go! see ya'll in the morning!

Yeah... a girl married a moroccan last month started their journey and we just found out he passed away this weekend. It's heart breaking he was so young and she so far there is nothing that can be done..... Started freaking me out again. Called my husband just to hear his voice I told him and he was calm as usual I love him so much.......

my condolences, may God bless his soul.

Its so upsetting to hear such news. Don't bring yourself down with such thoughs rajaa...what is meant to happen will happen. Pray for the best and a happy life. May Allaah bless that man's soul...aameen.

how sad.. i don't even know what to say..

That's just unbearably sad. Even if your loved one isn't in an country having some instability and military action, or anything, you still sometimes worry about the awful things that might happen to them. It's so heart-breaking to even think about, that I can't begin to comprehend what it might feel like. So cmnb I'm pretty sure everyone would be nothing but happy if you guys got expedited processing.

Rajaa, don't loose hope, who knows, maybe there's someone picking up your petition right now, going over it, stamping it and putting that NOA2 in the mail.

Thanks... I am the last CSC CR1 from May..... on VJ now. bummer... I hate being last

My crystal ball says you will be approved this week.

Insha'allah you'll be the first to know

Rajaa, you are not the last.. i looked. hehehe... it just feels like you are the last..

but then, don't you have to wait until January for your husband so that he can move back from spain? so you see, it's ok even if you are last.. just trying to cheer you up, girl! although i don't think i'm doing a good job.. hehe

FINALLY was able to get my IIN from a very nice lady at NVC! really is better to call at night rather than in the day. they're kinda mean during the day.. i don't know why.. so i was able to pay my AOS fee bill online.. it's showing IN PROCESS right now.. on the AVR, still keeps saying that my case was received on July 25, blah blah blah blah.. nothing about anything being generated.. the USCIS website still has my case pending not approved.. not one email from CRIS..

off to email the DS-3032!

Really not the last from CSC???? I looked but ok that does cheer me up a little I think... and yeah I do have to wait but I don't want it to be like May next year or anything like that... GEEeeezzzzz

really! i looked in Delicia's spreadsheet.. there's still a couple there.. you are not going to wait till may.. haha! just prepare everything while you are waiting.. have him ready all his docs too so that when the time comes, you are good to go..

Jen, thats great you got you iin number. I told you that you just had to keep trying.

And wow, thats fast. It took over a week for them to invoice my AOS bill so I could pay.

If you do things right, when you come back from vacation, your case could be complete at NVC.

before i got the IIN, the AVR just kept repeating that they entered it into their system on July 25, please wait 6-8 weeks for the beneficiary.. blah blah blah.. didn't say anything about sending the AOS fee, generating any DS-3032.

as soon as i got my IIN, i immediately logged into the payment website.. Payment status for the AOS fee stated that it was invoiced so i went ahead and paid.. after that, status changed from INVOICED to IN PROCESS.

the IV fee status is of course, NOT INVOICED at this time..

so, i gave it 4 hours before i called NVC again to listen to the AVR. now it says that they received the AOS fee bill on July 30 and they will send further instructions within the next few weeks..

I do have a question when you say have Reda get all his docs ready... I am not sure what he has to get ready as I have all the doc????? I am so confused with the next steps...

good morning, girl! you should've been here in southern california. we had a nice little earthquake yesterday.. i was in the middle of typing in here too!

what i meant by docs: his birth certificate, police clearance, marriage certificate, passport photos, biographical passport page.. i think that's about it. my brain is too tired to think right now..

remember i showed you this before?

oh yeah I've got all that except his biographic page... I submit all that right???

and I am glad to hear you're doing good after the quake ... lol and you were in VJ at the time lol..sounds like us.

Get some sleep... I hope to have some news this week insha'allah or next. Good night Jenn!!!

I am looking for Loto's shortcuts I've got James' but everyone keeps talking about his????? does anyone know were to find it?

Its kind of scary...the frequent earthquakes in cali. I remember this was one of the things my husband mentioned saying hopefully I am not afraid of them...yeah right! Last tremour I felt killed thousands in India and bordering villages in pakistan. Stay safe Jen.

Rajaa if you've got all the documents, inshaAllaah the whole process at NVC should not take longer than a month. Please ask Reda to send you filled forms too like DS-3032 and DS-230.

Attached are the files uploaded by LOTO. Great fellow...very nice work done.

That's great, Now, when your AOS shows paid online, you will be able to print the barcode page and send in the AOS package.

Then sometime next week, your husband should receive an email saying they accepted the DS-3032.
A few days after that they will invoice your IV bill, and you can pay that. After it shows paid, you can print the barcode page and send in the DS-230 package. And about a week later, you should have case complete.

My prediction, you could have "Case Complete" the week of August 25th. Then the first week of September they can schedule your husband for an October interview.

Rajaa, Just an item of note. You do not need him to send you anything for the DS-3032. When it is time, he just needs to send an email to the NVC in the format given for the email.

Thank you thank you thank you now I just have to figure a way for him to sign it get the right size photos and back to me...

thanks Steve... but I do need to send in the 2X2 pics of him passport style and his biographic page or does he keep all of that (those are the only two things missing I don't have) and a signed I230

i feel tiny quakes here all the time but i just pretend it's a big truck passing by the house..

yup, you submit those with the DS-230 when the time comes. remember, part 1 needs to be signed by Reda and part 2 he leaves unsigned. Sara just posted Loto's shortcuts.. it's been a great help! too bad he can't make NVC accept my DS-3032 right now!

but IF you really want him here fast, and the k3 is approved as well, then just go with K3. you don't have to turn in anything, i believe. all the stuff that needs to be turn in you give to Reda to take with him to the interview.. something like that.. waaaah! bad advise! haha!

That's what I am wondering.. I have his police certificate, translated and stamped as well as his birth certificate do I need to send them back?

august 25th.. nice dream!!

i won't even be back to the states until the 27th! so far, i have emailed the DS-3032 about 5x already. i haven't received any automated response. should i? still says IN PROCESS but then the west coast just woke up.. maybe the bank isn't even opened yet.. i don't know. just making myself feel better! hehe.. i hope by friday i can send the AOS package..

by next week, the NBI clearance and his extra birth certificate will be ready. i will be there in the philippines already so i will just fedex it here to my sister.. she can then pay the IV fee online IF everything goes as planned!!

steve, thank you so much!! valuable valuable advices!

BUT HOW COME I HAVEN'T RECEIVED AN AUTOMATED RESPONSE?? AM I DOING SOMETHING WRONG?? (just letting off some steam

No, if you are planning the CR1 path. Keep those documents. Just have him fill out the DS-230, have him sign the part 1. Then have him send you the DS-230 with passport photos. And a photocopy of his passport bio page. I assume you also have the marriage certificate. Then you will send all of that in when it is time.

don't do anything yet.. if you are going to pursue CR1, then hold on to them, if K3, then send them back as you don't need them.. HE DOES

waaah! steve beat me to answering! now i look like a dork! just kidding!

I WANT MY AUTOMATED RESPONSE, DANGIT!

Perfect Steve that's what I needed to know. I just sent him the DS230 with the instructions not to sign the bottom of page four section II... and he needs to send me the passport photos. Yes I am Interested in the CR1 route. and yes I do have the marriage certificate as well. So i'll have him send me those things ... OY why am I stressing soooooo lol.

Jenn I am the same way about earthquakes... I call in Earthquake Denial... I always think they're big trucks until things start falling of the walls and shelfs than I saw "Hummmmm was that an earth quake?" lol

yesterday i just said to myself that some really big truck is passing, then when it wouldn't stop shaking and rolling, i started getting nauseated and decided it was indeed a REAL earthquake!

i live on top of the San Andreas fault. in fact, if you drive by the 14 freeway, you can actually see the faultline. you pass through it.. weird, i know.. but for somebody who lives on top of the San Andreas fault, you would think that we would have some huge earthquakes, but we actually don't. most of the big earthquakes felt are farther out. but last big one i heard was back in 1999 in the Mojave desert. 7.1 i think. i don't remember that. where the heck was i?

Jenn, You do not need to send anything to your sister, that will just take extra time and wasted steps. You can pay online from PI. You just need your bank account# and routing #. Then if you have all of the documents for the DS-230 with you, you can just send it in to the NVC from PI, no need to have your sister pay and send things for you.

I do not know, why you are not getting the auto response. I know I have read about this issue, but do not remember what was said, Sorry.