Yes to be safe print the DS-156 double sided, also make sure to send her 2 copies. Yes you can use the online fillable pdf's as I did that. I spent a lot of time at net cafe's down there while I there visiting. Or you can let her fill it no biggie. Only thing your concern is I-134 and support documentation! AND a copy of your passport for her!

You have my email dont hesitate to shoot me an email or a pm here if you need to!

lol
congrats ae24ever. i called but no one picked up, so i left message. i lost my cell phone in pakistan. so i could not find your number. but i finally found it. so when are you applying for AOS.

oh I forgot you are the great know it all...

Noo. Its you who is the miss know it all! I am glad you help people but please dont give them wrong information! Lol! They way you give information, you could for the in INS (mis)information 800 number. Haha! I swear you would fit right in!

man michigan you getting touched like crazy

do me 2 things.
SHUT UP..

will do! just dont give people wrong information!

we got dayum visa!!!!

congrats!


Its your anniversary gift.

my heartiest congrats Shon!! so permanent 10 year stamp or 2 year conditional?

congrats shon, i am so happy for you. You have gone through alot of pain and waiting. Wish you the best

Mashallah Shonnie this is great news! Mian and me are so very happy for you both and wishing that his arrival home is very soon.

Congrate Shon, so happy for you and inshallah ur husband well be here soon

Thank you Hafiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



oh yesssss.... thank you...



Thank you...


I think the embassy is granting approvals now.. everyone please please hang in there..
your approval is right around the corner.

Finally my wife is schedule for k3 interview on March 6th. Hopefully everything will go well for her. any advice and suggestions? Looking forward ot hear from others with realtime experience.

Thanks All

Great news. Congrats Shon

i am in the process of moving. Do i have to change address for my wife, before i apply for AOS, or can i change it later on?

congrats shon! Thats awesome news

Salaam Juni,
hows the baby

Congrats Shon!

I am very happy for both of you please do remember us in your prayers.

8 1/2 months of AP now.

This AP is happening to mostly guys or ladies as well?

BOTH... men and ladies are being placed on AP now.

I will pray for you and all the others that have been waiting. I now it seems endless that your case will be approved and over with. please never ever lose hope. rember me and bingo have been waiting 2 years. I dont think anyones case is as complexed as ours. gods hand touched our case and I am sure gods hand will touch each one of your cases. some how you must find peace - because, your day is comming so soon. if you all have noticed. there are alot more approvals comming from ISL. before there was a DRY spell where they were not approving nothing, lately seems like the latest checks are taking 3-6 months.
my advise to each one of you is to CALL DOS. ask them this.
" what is the status of my case "
" is my case in the correct order? "
" is my case processing smoothly? "
"is there any movement on my case "
most of the time you will hear " admin processing"
dont stress. they wont order security checks UNLESS they are confident your case is valid for approval.



GOOD LUCK. I pray she dont get AP. seemingly ladies are getting this now.
if you are able to go to interview with her please do so..

Well I hope my wife does not, as she has already interview and they wanted my 2006 taxes, I just filed and mail her returns and other supporting documents again just incase. They told her she was approved just needed to provide 2006 taxes. Man I hope to God we are not looking at AP, I also attended the interview with her.

Hey SHON YOU SAID IF YOU CAN GO TO THE INTERVIEW PLEASE DO, I HAVE A SAME QUESTION MY WIFES INTERVIEW IS ON APRIL 25TH CR1 I AM
REALLY SCARED THAT SHE WILL GET AP IF I GO WITH HER WOULD IT HELP ALOT, PLEASE REPLY.

Hi,

My interview is on April 26th IR1. Unfortunately my wife will not accompany me. I am sure i will caught in AP/AR as almost all pakistani met subject to AP/AR.

Hi,

My interview is on April 26th IR1. Unfortunately my wife will not accompany me. I am sure i will caught in AP/AR as almost all pakistani men subject to AP/AR.

You can go! I went with my wife, I just had to show them my US passport! The only thing is they may just let you stand in the booth while they interview your wife! But I went to the window just to show the interviewer I am here.

I dont know if it helps with AR or AP or not but I felt my showing would at least show that I exist at the far least.

I have one question though, will an offer letter for my job constitute as a job letter? I also added a letter from HR stating I am in good standing and such with the company.


Of course they did not say anything about it at interview as I had submitted those, they asked for my 2006 tax transcripts but I sent the returns and added all of my support documentation again just incase.

Hello all,
I've been reading this post for quite some time and thought I'd ask a few questions....

I'm a U.S. citizen currently waiting on my wife's I-130. The NVC sent the physical copy on Jan. 4,2007. We are currently waiting for it to be matched with the electronic copy and then have packet 3.5 sent to my wife.

When I email them I usually get a form letter saying:
"Dear Sir/Madam,
Our records indicate that we did receive your case electronically but haven't received the physical file yet. You are therefore requested to contact our office after 2 weeks"

Then a week ago I got an email saying:
"Dear Sir/Madam,
We did receive the case file but due to current workload and staffing levels we are unable to review the file and mail the packet 3.5 to the applicant. It is hereby requested to contact our office after 1 week from now in order to obtain the further update on the case."

So I replied to them yesterday and now they are once again saying that they haven't received the physical copy! This is getting very frustrating and I'm getting conflicting messages from them. My wife tries to call them every day from Pakistan and the phone just rings and rings.

So my question to everyone is how long does it usually take from the time the NVC sends the I-130 packet to the embassy for them to send out packet 3.5?

Also, does anyone have a guess as to when the interview might be?

Thanks! - Jeremy and Bushra Tentis

Jeremy!

It usually takes couple weeks to tranfer the file from the NVC to the embassy and from there it takes another 4-6 weeks to send out the packet due to the lazy dumbs sitting over there. You get the interview letter normally couple months earlier.

Calling the embassy is a waste and useless, they don't even know what they tells you.

Media,
Do you mean we will get the interview letter a couple months later, or the interview date a couple months later? I thought that after sending packet 3.5 back, my wife would get the interview letter a few days later.

When my wife's I-129f was approved and I-130, they forwarded the I-129 since I filed K-3 to Pakistan within 2 weeks max, she recieved her packet 1 and a half weeks later with her interview date as well in the same packet. So yes they are very random.

what is an offer letter? is this something saying you have a "PENDING" job but, not really employed?
look the point of the employment letter is to prove you can sponser your mate. if you have the assets and a job - thats all you need.

here is my question:
anyone know how long it takes for the embassy to lick the visa on the passport?


I agree! if you want to know what the embassy is doing with your case call DOS.
here is the number.. have your case number and your spouse Birthdate..
202 663 1225
press option 1,0,4,3,0

Shon it took the embassy like 1 day to give me the visa, one day they told me I was approved and the second day I picked the passport up from American express in Islamabad, the day they say you are approved is the day they actually stamp the passport? What did they tell Javed? So when is he coming to the US?

they said something like 10 days to get the visa. I will call DOS on monday ask whats happening. FEB 23 he wants to come to mama..

First of all congrats to shon and Javed. You guys are symbol of courage. Wish u a happy life together.
Now................................
Something strange is happening with my wife's I-130 at NVC. I have called them and told them that we will, INSHA ALLAH, do AOS, but...............................
even though she never sent or emailed them DS 3032, I recieved IV fee bill stating that they have recieved DS 3032. I called NVC and the operator confirmed that DS 3032 has been recieved despite my assertion that she never sent them one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!More interesting........ yestarday, I recieved instructions on downloading and submitting the I-864 because, somehow, they have recieved the AOS fee bill. Now, for that to happen, I had to send them a money order of $70.00, which I never did. Whats happening???????????? what should I do?????????

strange Shon! I got the visa the very next day! You should call DOS and see what they say!

uhmmm maybe its some weird error. at any rate... USICS has a better memory than you.
would send the correct information or whatever because, its bound to backfire.
happy AOSing.

hey shon:)
we sent in my hubbys passport on jan 16th
still the a-holes havent sent it back to us yet!
everytime i ask them they say either they are understaffed-and they need time or to wait one week-and after one week-wait another!
sigh sigh!!!

They called max down to embassy told him to bring passport , and handed it back stamped the same day. Others i have heard, they courrier it over to the house within the week. Bingo in Lahore , maybe a few days more than a week. Sit tight you alomost there sister SHON

we are in the same situation.. grrrrrrr
I called DOS and they are stupid.. they tell me " waiting for some interview"
geeez I am tired of this hell..


I hope he get his visa soon and we can get on with our lives.. I cant take this no more its making me crazy..

Hi everyone
so i availed Monday of February 12, 2007 to submit my ocuments.

It was all "suffer" (travel) & suffer (wait) fo mealong with continous raain shower all the way.
here is summay
--I managed to reach at convention centre at 7:20 am
--Reached in font of embassy at 8:30
--They allowed me and others (IV cases) after 90 minutes of wait in queue so i stepped in embassy at 10:00
--They announce my nae around 2:35 PM and just took 30 seconds to collect my docs without asking a question. thats All!
--Again i have to wait for 30 minutes to return to convention centre.

Well, about visa, they will send me through Speedex in 7 to 10 days.


i have just read few last posts and i am just making a guide for all of us about guessing VISA issuance process/tie

Sadeeh--------------------submitted on Jan 16 -- via Amex----------------still waiting
My freind (a non VJ) -----submitted on Jan 31 -- via Amex----------------still waiting
Javeed--------------------submitted on Feb 5 -- via Visitng embassy-----still waiting
Dude(yself)---------------submitted on Feb 12 -- via Visitng embassy-----still waiting




Thanks to VJ, which gave me lesson to be pateint atleast till 2 PM. Hence i was mentally strong and ready to see 2PM on the watch!



Remember: Monday, Feb 19, 2007 embassy is closed.

Hello VJ members,

I have a question, when my wife file I130 in G-325 form she mistakenly write wrong name of my mother when i sent DS230 to NVC i sent a letter with DS-230 stating that in G-325 form my mom's name is incorrect and mention the correct name.

My interview is on 26th April, i am wondering on my interview day will there be any problem due to wrong name on G-325 form ???


Thanks and looking some help.


Zaki

i think it will not creatr any problem as yo have admitted your mistake and has requested to correct it.

whenever humans are involved, expect an error.

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and just wanted to say it's great to see that there's a place for all of us to discuss our experiences.

sadeeh still waiting for the visa? DOS said we are on AP with the embassy so why the embassy tell us 10 days < something like this > so far its been 8 days

My wife was interviewed for K3 yesterday at ISL and she got it without any problem. She had tons of supporting material with her but was only asked for a few things. The (male) interviewer asked about me (how long have I been in US, what do I do, How did I got my citizenship), I-134, and a couple of our wedding pictures. After collecting so much material and having spent so long researching and preparing, this was a bit surprising but certainly welcome. She says another lady interviewed for immigrant visa was put on AP.

Well thats it and best of luck to all of you!