Asalamu Alikum and hello to everyone,

Would everyone be able to post how long they've been in this whole visa process. I just wanna know if there are people who have been in a longer time than I have.

For me: 7-months and counting for a k-3 visa.

Thanks in advance,
Zizi
ps-I would post this in the k3 section, but I felt like my process is dragging on since I'm originally a middle easterner!

Is your SO coming from Canada to the US?

I'm the SO. And yes, I'm coming from canada.
ps-what does SO stand for?

Our process has been about 6 months so far.

lol- I just love your name, zizi! It makes me laugh every time I see it.

For me, it took 5 months for my fiance to get a k-1 visa, but we were very very lucky.

Our K3 took 6 months at MSC with one RFE.

Jackie

11 months and counting for K1 from I-129F submission... no RFEs or other problems. Just received request for fingerprints.

98 days from filing K1 to NOA2.... waiting now for NVC and then Casa.... inch'allah we'll be done and have him here by year's end, which would put us at abt 7 months start to finish, depending on when *finish* is.
Noura

16 months and counting...

Applied for K1 end of March 2005...

I think I'm going to break the record here...

Its all below in tickers

16 months. WOW. Did you have any problems?

I wouldn't be surprised if I go up to 16 months. I'm loosing hope. My goal is that I will be in there in less than 2 years INSHALLAH . So next ramadan we'll be together . INSHALLAH!

11 months is a lot too..justwaiting

May Allah make us all patient inshallah .

Keep the posts coming...
Zizi
ps-MHandMB...hahaha..i'm glad my name makes you laugh





OMG......why is the interview set in February?

Jordan serves as an embassy for Jordanians, Iraqi's, and Palistinians. Major backlog.

my sig has my timeline (for exact dates)
started the process in december 04 and he got here in december 05 on CR-1 visa from Jordan

I filed for I-130 in July 2005, for K-3 - last August. He had the dumbest interview this July which didn't lead to anything. So, it's been a year for K-3 already. Wasn't even able to find out if i'll get 'intent to deny' letter soon. And i have a Congress Woman's office and a Senator's office trying to help me since July 2006.

Tanya

Our CR-1 took about 9 1/2 months from start to finish. No RFEs, no AR, but we did have an unnecessary 6-week delay waiting for an Israeli police certificate (which we weren't told we needed until my husband got to his interview.) However, we were dealing with a very small consulate in a very small country, so our experience was not really typical of Muslim countries. Also, I'm of the opinion that Israel's state-of-the-art security apparatus helps speed things up as far as name checks, etc.

Wishing you the best with your visa journey -- hope you finish soon !



Just to clarify....

Actually, Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza process their visas through the Jerusalem consulate, as my husband did.

A large number of Palestinian refugees and their descendants do indeed now reside in Jordan, and they do process their visas through Amman.... but this is because they are considered Jordanian citizens.



-MK

172 days and no light anywhere.