My dear friend, if embassy’s staff behaving with you in a such friendly way then why don't you just go ahead and request for an early appointment try to change your interview date from December to sometime in October in that way you will probably save at least two whole months. In worse case scenario they just decline your request for early appointment that will not going to hurt your real interview. Think for minute with cool mind and try for an early appointment.
Wish you best of luck.

Everyone plese read this

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=31681

and tell me what could make the embassy give a woman the blue paper and reconsider it so fast? Please share your thoughts!!!!!

THEY ARE ABUSING THEIR AUTHORUTY AND ALLAH(SUBH) SEES EVERY THING

hmm, maybe they just made some mistake and realized it later..? or is that too nice of me to say

I have a friend that is also a member of VJ. his wife of 2 years they interview.
she got 221g paper. admin. processing but, she is from India.

they are not abusing no powers, they are using their given powers, lol. you would do the same thing boyz, so dont get all hyped up on that OJ. chil bill and drink some nice tea. try adding half and half(milk) to it, its awesome.

well embassy sent me email reply saying wife should get passport by end of this week.

mbhatti has interivew for cr1 today.

UPCOMING INTERVIEWS
mashrafk00 has interview for k3 on 9-22-06
nasir has interview for k3 on 9-29-06

good luck to both of you, may Allah ta'ala make it easy.

Good luck Hafiz G. INSHA ALLAH she will have visa by the end of week. Bring us alot of mitahi.
Editing you post below

good luck on interviews and reunions..
send me good luck. I want my husband home
this is insane

I think it is just a mistake.



Good luck everyone....

Hafiz Mian ap ka status kia hai bhai.... ap ko lifafa mila kay nahi abhi thak ?

Good Luck on your interviews and look forward to hearing good news shortly.

My husband passed his medical exam!!! Alhamdulillah!
Next thing on the list is the interview...inshAllah it will go well.

This is great news for you! I have a question. My husband has been going through the mandatory admin processing since 9/1 so I'm hoping he will get his visa in a few months. If not, I will be making a trip back over there to see him. Does anyone know if it makes any difference if the petitioner goes to the embassy in person to see what the hold up is with the AP/AR? If his case is still pending at that time, I want to see if this will help maybe speed things up? Also, does anyone know if this admin review stuff is done with the same detail and depth with both the I-130 and the K3? Cause my husband got a time frame of 15 days - 2 months from his interviewer and he did K-3 and his friend who had an I-130 interview was told about 6 months for the review process.

sk782 - the answer to that (as far as I'm concerned) is it depends - it depends on what stage of admin proc they are at, if it's at the internal embassy level or over here in DC already... w/ our case - and that's all I can attest to - calling and s/w a consular officer helped move the case along while it was doing some internal security checks involving some countries he had traveled to - and then when I went to go visit we went to the embassy and had him take the full set of prints (had we not made a personal visit who knows how long it could have been for them to contact him to come in and do the prints), and then after that it took several months at the DC check level (for that I don't think visits to the embassy will help at all) All in all it took us about six and a half months of AP. Hope that helps a little - wishing you the best and a speedy resolution insha'Allah.

Hope all is well with the rest of you! i've been busy w/ AOSing

sk782,

If you are in AP they will not discuss anything with you and you cannot have the case adjudicated any faster via a congressman, senator or visiting. I called, emailed, and asked for help since we were in a black abyss and they only said they would contact my husband once they were ready to move forward on his case. It was right at 5 months for us. Good luck.

Mary

Hubby got his final police certificate from Islamabad....everything is coming together

wohoooooooo

well my wife got passport today.

congrats!!!!

Mubarak hooo sir jee !!!!

Congrats .........

Congratulations!

mubarik

ALHAMDULILLAH!!!!!!!!!! bohot bohot congrats to both of you!!!!!!!!!!!!! May ALLAH SUBHANAHU WA TA'AALA give you a blessed and joyous life together. Aameen Summ Aameen!!!!

Thanks to everyone for their advice to my question. Congrats!! When are you leaving to get her?

lol the signature the signature


how do i find out when medical expires?. I am planing on going in december, maybe towards end of december. Is that ok, or do i have to earlier?

Congratulaions.

1 year

hey...i was just wondering...my husband had his interview yesterday and they kept his passport and told him it will be fed ex'd to him in a few days. does a few days really mean a few days or does it mean he's been put on the dreaded administrative review???? i know some of u will ask for my timeline and i'll give it to u in a nutshell

I applied for the I130 in March. Got an NOA in March. Applied for I129F in April. Got an NOA in April. Got a 2nd NOA for the I29F in July. Husband got his interview date for Sept 15th. I130 was approved some time in August but have not yet received any more info on that. I will give detailed dates for anyone who is interested.

I was worried because we are from Peshawar so I thought they might give us a hard time for being in such close proximity to Afghanistan but it seems like he will get his visa right??

oh, and it was for K3

sabahk99

Did he get a 221g which can be in blue or white form? If he got either one of these he is on AR/AP and it will have to run its course. If not and they did not take full set of prints maybe you will have the visa in short time. I know our case was to be fine and was to be completed in short time and we were 5 months of AP in black hole but my husband did a 221g. Each case is different and and no one can really tell you for sure when your husband will be issued his visa. Stay strong and positive and hopefully your wait will not be too long.

Mary

he didn't get a form 221(g). they took his passport and said to wait a few days and he'll get it back via fed ex. he says the translator turned out to be an acquaintance and that the interviewer was also very friendly...

Did they really say a few days or give a short time period like 15 days - 2 months which is what they told my husband. He also didn't get the 221g and said the interviewer was friendly. I guess no one can predict how long the post-interview process will be because everyones cases seem to be different.




Can someone please tell me where on the form it says 221(g)? My husband is pretty sure that he didn't get this form and I am assuming that if this were the case, his interviewer would have told him. Would any person going through the normal, required admin process get a 221(g)?

admin processing is automatic code : 221g
is he on admin processing?
if you are not sure .. start by calling the DOS. ask if there are security checks ordered.

Salamz,


I received the Police Certificate in 3 July 2006. How long it is valid, and if it s expired, then i would need to take the New Police certificate on Interview?


Good luck Sabah, i Think you husband is not in AP/AR, he will get visa through Amex in couple of weeks. INshAllah


God Bless everyone

whats up fooki

well folks Alhamdulillah i just bought a house. Time to start making payments.

Fooki,

Police certificates expire at different times depending on the providences. I would check and see if it has a date or inquire if it has expired you will need a new one by the time you interview. Good luck.




Congratulations on this new purchase. I see you are not getting things ready for your wife's arrival.

yep

Congrats Hafiz.
So did u buy it through the same Islamic mortgage company? If so, please PM me their number or web address.
Good Luck!!!!!!!

yes, i have pmed you the info

ok...so like i said...my husband had the k3 interview...the interviewer was really friendly...they kept his passport...gave him some paper with the embassy's contact info on it...told him he would get the visa in a few days.

so today i call isl embassy just because it sounded too good to be true...so the 'visa expert' on the phone tells me your husband is undergoing administrative review....naturally i asked 'how long does that take?' her response...'there is no set time for it but it is usually a minimum of 3 months and is nothing to worry about because 95% of male applicants are subject to review'

now why on earth would they keep his passport if they aren't going to issue him a visa for at least 3 months??????

who do i believe? the lady on the phone or the interviewer? my husband is convinced he'll get it within the next week or two. i'm not so sure now...

well i been aksing myself the same dayum question for a year now. they took my husband passport
they gave him a brownish token. they interview me, field investigate us. we got nothing but
we still wait. 392 days and counting..

Hafiz,
Send me that URL too please ...

yes thats exactly what they did with him...took his passport and gave him a token and a phone number/address for fed ex.

address for AMEX .. not FEDEX.
AMEX is the courier that will send the passport. we already had a false alarm from
them. they tell us the visa is ready turned out it was a bunch of paper work for
the K-3.


anyways why dont you call DOS and ask the status of your case?

202 663 1225
press options 1,0,4,3,0
have handy the case number ISL200
and the aliens DOB.

DOS has to clear ALL AP/AR cases!!!!!
as we told you before all AP/AR cases are no time limit.
it can last 17 days - 2 years. right now he is proble going Local
clearances, then after that will have the other security checks ordered.
the good news is they did not order FULL set of finger prints on your
husband. that would Add 3 months more to your already long case.

thanks for the DOS info...I had no idea about all this

Anyway, I called DOS. they said they haven't yet received 'the list of checks' from the embassy that they are supposed to run. he had his interview on friday, and its monday so i can understand why they haven't yet received any info. they told me to call back in a week and they would have all his information...as in which checks are to be performed. she said it usually takes 1-3 months but can be quicker. i'm thinking they probably didn't require many checks for my husband because we've been married since dec 2004 and because the interviewer told him it would only be a matter of days...i dont know...maybe i'm just hoping for that...

Well well well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to speak now............................
Sabah your hubby didn't get 221(g) that means he is not on AP/AR. INSHA ALLAH.
That also means that DOS won't have any info on him. Why would you need to talk to DOS and inquire about security checks when no one ever told you there are any that needs to be done???????????????
If they needed security checks they wouldn't be afraid to ask for fingerprints.
When they keep the passport and tell you to wait to receive it in mail, hopefully that passport comes with a visa on it. INSHA ALLAH.
AMEX is the courier company that delivers visa in large cities like Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad. For other cities, TCS is used in Pakistan.
So be optimistic, and positive, and THANK ALLAH SUBHANAHU WA TA'AALA that they didn't put him on AP/AR and plan for his homecoming, INSHA ALLAH.





Meanwhile, wife had medical done, ALHAMDULILLAH Everything went ok.

ohhh so give it 1 -3 months .
the embassy is slow on issuing the checks..
but call often to the DOS once time has passed..
they dont know at the embassy -because DOS has to send clearance
to embassy for ALL AP/AR cases. me and my husband been married that long too.
they still put is through the ringer. 1 check takes about 90days or less.

see K-1 get certain checks, CR1- get certain checks, IR1 get certain checks.



I beg to differ.AE!!!!!
if he was NOT given 221g then he would be having passport in hand..
embassy uses AMEX.
next= my husband never had to give full set of prints - just the required one.
they also kept my husbands passpport and gave him a token..
try again AE.

ALLL MEN are placed on AP/AR.....
17 days -2 years is the time frame!!!!!!!!

btw, it took 3 months before the 1st security checks were ordered on our case

Does anybody know what it means if my husband was asked for prints but did not get the 221(g) form? I tried to call the DOS today but they were already closed. I will try again tomorrow. I thought this admin review stuff wasn't supposed to be as complicated for the K3 visas as for the I-130.

Finally the visa arrived at AMEX. I got it yesterday. And the visa is issued. After the Rome US embassy aproved my waiver in mid July. The PAki US embassy asked for clearances from Khi and Lhr. And updated medical report. Which I submitted last week. The visa officer instantly told me the visa/waiver is approved. And the visa can be issued. Yesterday I collected my passport. With the token received at the Embassy. So easy and simple was the last step. And no interrogation. Nothing.........

NOw its time to plan the journey back to the US. Where wife and daughter awaits my arrival.

Thank you for all your updates and suggestions. And thank you to all the people who shared their stories with me in the group. I 'd like to thank the visa journey for making one place for fellow immigration processees to meet at one place and share their views and updates at one place with around the world regardless of where they are.

Thanks shon. That clears up the confusion. I wont debate cuz u know alot abt this tpoic. BTW whats the update on your case shon? have u tried calling them?

shon....

my husband didnt undergo any fingerprinting...does this mean they can still ask him for that? even after the interview?

1-3 months is not bad. i am going back to see him after a month...it will go by quickly.

thanks for your expertise...i really hope things move quickly for you

yes they can ask for FULL set of prints at any point in the process.