Thank you very much for the detailed response. It's very appreciated.

One final question ... what did the interviewing officer tell your wife about AP/AR or when she will get her visa? Also, can you share your timeline?

THANKS EVERYONE !!!! I feel so much better...!!!


("chicago" thanks for all the details.. they will be very helpful to those of us who are waiting for our interviw dates to come... it takes some pressure off whe u know wht to expect)

My nikah was in November 2001 and rukhsati was December 2004. Long gap between Nikah and rukhsati. CO did not ask me about nikah or rukhsati but i told him that nikah was in 2001 and rukhsati was in 2004. He asked why wait for so long and asked for pictures of both functions also he asked me that tell me something interesting about your wife in this gap.

At the end he approved and congratulated but said need to do AP. Nothing to worry about Nikah or rukhsati gap.



Zaki

Yes it could be a problem, but only if you mention it. In desi culture first, there is an engagement, and then there is Nikah and then rukhsati. And gora's don't understand this long process. So when your husband goes to the embassy make sure he doesn't mention anything about nikah and then later rukhsati process. Otherwise it could be a problem. Obviously, there are some pakistani people who work at the embassy. They know what happens in our culture. we like to do the nikah first so the paper work can be started. And rukhsati will be around the time when the petition is approved.

Just make sure don't show too many pictures. I remember someone went through the same issue. This girl who got married (nikah) in summer but her rukhsati was in december. So when she took her wedding pictures (she wanted to show some pictures of nikah, especially when she was signing the nikah form) but then her valima was in winter. She took out most of the valima pictures in which her family members were sitting next to a heater and wearing extra warm clothes. just an idea how the embassy can find out that there was a huge gap between your nikah and valima.

you are on AP, do you think your AP has anything to do with this huge Gap? In some cases it could be good thing because CO may take this 3 years Gap as successful marriage. but not every CO think like that?

They gave my wife a white paper saying that CO thinks that there is additional administrative processing required before they can issue the visa. And once thats complete they will issue the visa. The CO at the end of the interview told my wife that don't worry you will get the visa in less than two months. I don't know how long they take to issue one after its cleared from Washignton.

Do u think that i made a mistake here to tell CO the complete story about the gap between nikah and rukhsati ?

Zaki

Congratulation Chicago . Was she on AP, if she was then how long it took for clearance from DOS?
Ali

Never Ever tell anything beside what has been asked by the CO (that is the basic rule). Don't provide any volunteer information. The answer of the question should be to the point. Don't try to provide the background behind the answer (basically, don't try be a smart ###).

If asked for date of marriage: just provide the date that you put on your I-130 (nikah/rukhsati whatever it was). If the nikah date was on the I-130 and there was a gap between nikah and rukhsati (more than a month) then just pretend that rukhsati was on the same date of nikah.

it could cause an issue especially if your interview is taking place before your rukhsati date. And if it hasn't then like i said CO may take this as a positive thing because it could prove that your relation to your wife is still very strong. Although, Gora's may take this process very strangely. CO may put you on AP for further investigation just to see the precision of the marriage.

Thanks everyone....

ZAKI did u have a translater or did u have your interview in English??? and by the way dont worry, inhs'Allah everything will work out (Ameen)...


I already Paid the Visa fee to NVC... How much money should he take at the time of interview ($100?)??

And if you have any other advice for interview preperations or anythings pls tell..

Thanksss...

If you are a Pakistani married to a Pakistani the Nikka and Rukhsati are not an issue. If a Pakistani marries a Gora woman then you might have an issue since these marriages are scrutinized more closely. Almost all men have AP and the current events in London and in the media are not going to make the checks go any faster.

You are on a roll man. All the points you made are very good!

Hello everyone,

Can you have learner permit from New York State without having aa SS#.

Thanks,
Ali

www.dmv.org and check your state. Here in Alabama they would not talk to us without the ss number.

On June 11, the CIS Ombudsman issued his 2007 Annual Report to Congress. Heres the link to the 145-page report: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/CISOMB_...Report_2007.pdf
Of particular concern to many of you would be Ombudsman's comments about FBI name checks which are listed on page 37 of this report.

May God help us all in overcoming this hurdle!

SS is compulsory in NY as well

Hey everyone. I just got a call from my wife stating that on the news, there is a bunch of stuff going on in Islamabad with the military and all. I didn't get much details because the cell phone signal sucked. She's afraid the embassy may shut down, cause usually that's the first thing to happen when things get stirred up a little. I'm not sure what the hell is going on there but I am nervous now. Her interview is right around the corner and this kind of crap happens. I hope all is well over there, for the sake of everyone, not just me.

Did anyone hear about this??

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?hpid=topnews

New article of shooting at Mosque. I am praying no delays for any of you that are in this process and we have a friend there now that went to get his wife and bring her back to the states.

Yes i have translator. I prefer interview in URDU. There is no fees on interview day as IR1/CR1 already paid $380 to NVC. I took pictures, chat logs, phone cards, but nothing asked only pictures for both functions (Nikah & Rukhsati). You can read my interview questions in my signature link.


Thanks

Zaki

KJO saw your other post where your clearances are done now, congratulations and hope you post visa is ajudicated soon. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...c=76270&hl=

I meant to post this here!!!

Hi Folks,

I just wanted to check in to let you all know that I called DOS and my fiance passed the security clearance. YEAH!!! The visa specialist said that the case has been forwarded back to the embassy. I thought it would be good to share this with you all especially since there was a few others that had their interviews at the end of March.

I'm hoping this part goes quickly. When he was interviewed he was told congratulations, your visa was approved, we just have to go through administrative processing.

Fingers crossed things will go quickly for us and others. Allah akbar!

Congratulations KJO

I sent email to US embassy yesterday and today received their reply "Still pending for admin processing. Please check back after a week."



Zaki

I hear that more than 9 people (1 military, 2 security guards and 6 students) have died in this clash so far. This is nuts and def not good for the image of Pakistan.

Check this out...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/0...g.ap/index.html

And the part scares the most is this:

{A man used the mosque's loudspeakers to order suicide bombers to get into position.

"They have attacked our mosque, the time for sacrifice has come," the man said.

Hundreds of police and paramilitary Rangers have taken up position near the mosque in recent days in what officials have said is an effort to contain their activities.

Musharraf said last week that he was ready to raid the mosque, but warned that militants linked to al Qaeda had slipped inside and that the media would blame any bloodbath on the government.}

Now that is nuts....

does anyone know what the US embassy does in a stituation like this?
I emailed the embassy because now I'am also worried my husband's interview date is August 28, 2007.

Im praying that everything goes well for everyone. inshallah

In cases where unrest have been in the past the embassy/consulate will operate but at a higher level of security. If things continue to get worse around the area as in the past with Morocco and Africa before they have closed the embassy for a short time (a few days to weeks) for things to stablize and then it is reopened. I am hoping that Islamabad is able to just operate at hightened security now.

Following up on the issues in Islamabad. It's good news that the people at the mosque finally surrendered. I hope things get straightened out there.

Good luck to all of you guys who have their better half's interview coming up and I hope you guyz don't get stuck in AP.

I just got an email from the embassy today so they are working even though it sounds kind of tense in ISL.

On our case, apparently DOS just COMPLETES a security/background check but it is still the embassy that gives CLEARANCE. Here is the response we got from our inquiry about what we thought was DOS security clearance.

"Our record indicates that we have a response from the State Department and that is in review. However, it is difficult to predict that the response is a clearance. We will immediately contact the beneficiary once a clearance is received. Please check back with us after a week



Yours truly,

Immigrant Visa Unit"

Last week I was also informed from DOS that the security check has been completed; however, when speaking to ISL I was told that they will contact my wife in a few weeks or sooner; the operator refused to give any other details.

DOS does security checks as well as the embassy consulate and AR/AP can be at the embassy level as well as at any other time during your processing. There are three main checks that are done at the embassy level in the beginning Condor, Mantis, and NCIC. Depending on what the CO decides or your schooling and job can trigger a Horse, Pegsus, etc. KJO hang in there and looks like your in AR/AP at the consulate level now.



This is normal and most times the one's answering the phone can be rude, hang up on you, tell you they will transfer to another department and your on hold for long periods of time. They do not have much information on your case and they can verify a case number but they are not privy to much information -- this falls to the CO.



This is good since there is more violence and unrest this morning as well. http://www.thenews.com.pk/ and article on MSN news.

I am also active on another forum and a gentleman from Afghanistan on CR1 just had the embassy ask for his passport back and we are hoping he has an ajudicated visa soon.

2007 Results and AR/AP Statistics

Saeedeh/Ahsan CR-1/IR-1 (Male)Interview Sept 2006,Second AP March 2007 MEDIA CR-1/IR-1 UNKNOWN
TSHAH2006 K-3 UNKNOWN
PAIN07 CR-1/IR-1 (Male) AP second time after approved waiver. Interview 2005 waiver approved fall 2006 1st AP 10/06
CANUHANDLEIT (Male) UNKNOWN
SUFI CR-I/IR-1 (FEMALE), and kids interview July 31, 2007
MISSINGHIM K-3 (Male) UNKNOWN
ASISUN K-3 UNKNOWN
NASIR K-3(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON ????? VISA RECEIVED In December 2006
MICHIGAN K-3 (Male) INTERVIEW ON 01, NOV,2005 VISA RECEIVED ON 02,NOV,2006
A1V K-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON O9, JUNE 2006 ON AP
HAFIZ K-3(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON 01,SEPT,2006 VISA RECEIVED 14, SEPT,2006
AE4EVER K-3(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON 13, SEPT,2006 VISA RECEIVED 20, SEPT 2006
SABAHK99 K-3 INTERVIEW ON 15, SEPT,2006 ON AP
RKHALID CR-1/IR-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON 06, OCT,2006 VISA RECEIVED 30, DEC,2006
TIMEFRAME CR-1/IR-1 INTER VIEW ON MAY,2006 ON AP
DDX K-1 INTERVIEW ON MAY,2006 ON AP
NAIR1 CR-1/IR-1 INTERVIEW ON APR,2006 ON AP
GHATTIYA CR-1/IR-1 INTERVIEW ON 20, APRIL,2006 ON AP
JULIEYANN CR-1/IR-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON 01, AUG,2006 VISA RECEIVED 26, FEB,2007
FOOKI CR-1/IR-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON 07, DEC,2006 ON AP
FASEL CR-1/IR-1(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON 13, DEC,2006 VISA RECEIVED 15, MAR,2007
SAEED/NIDDY CR-1/IR-1(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON 05 JAN,2007 on AP
SK782 K-3 (Male) INTERVIEW ON ????? VISA RECEIVED 26, JAN,2007
PITTBULL K-3(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON 30, JAN,2007 VISA RECEIVED 14, FEB,2007
ADIL KHAN K-3(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON 30, JAN,2007 ????????
QUEST234 K-3(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON 06,FEB,2007 VISA RECEIVED 14, FEB,2007
DUDE4084 CR-1/IR-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON 12, FEB,2007 ???????
CED8 K-1(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON 20, FEB,2007 VISA RECEIVED 04, MAR,2007
Ali Khan CR-1/1R-1 (Male) (PK-CANADA) INTERVIEW ON 21, FEB,2007 ON AP
INFINITBOY CR-1/IR-1(FEMALE) 2007 INTERVIEW ON 06 MAR,2007 VISA RECEIVED MARCH 13, 2007
TAKRAM2000 K-3 (Female) and kids INTERVIEW ON 06, MAR, 2007 arrived in states March 23, 2007
DLG K-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON 12, MAR,2007 ???????
FAAL4ANISA K-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON 13, MAR,2007 ON AP
BABYBUNNY CR-1/IR-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON AUG,2005 STILL ON AP(THRICE) 21, MAR,2007 **NOIR May 2007.
AXYOUSU1 K-3(FEMALE) INTERVIEW ON 25, APR,2007
DESPERADO K-1 INTERVIEW ON 27, MAR,2007 ON AP
KJO K-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON 27, MAR,2007 ON AP
ZAKI CR-1/IR-1 (Male) INTERVIEW ON 29, MAR,2007 ON AP
AFTAB&SADIA K-3 INTERVIEW ON 15, MAY,2007on AP
ZEYAD K-3 (Female) Interview July 10, 2007
OASRIZ K-3(FEMALE) Interview June 5, 2007 visa in hand June 12, 2007
.NetFan CR-1 (Male) Interviewed March 15, 2007 on AP
Maranello K3 (female) interviewed 12/01/2006 on AP
Khurram Seraj (female) interview 05/29/2007 on AP
Ali1978 K3 (female) Feb 06,2007 on AR and now April 27th on AP, visa in hand May 24, 2007
XStrangerX2007 CR-1/ IR-1 (Male) interview July 25, 2007
Hp81 K3 (Male) Interview 07/24/07
Chigal K-3 (Male) Interview November 2006 and Visa in hand May 21, 2007
Chicago CR-1/IR-1 (Female) Interview June 2007 and on AP
Neverending on Waiver over 2 years and in processing over 5 years as of May 2007.
Sayed K-1 (Female/Afghanistan) Interview fall 2006 on AP now 9 1/2 months as of May 22, 2007
Scarlethawk CR-1/IR-1 (female & child) Interview
Jaxguy CR-1/IR-1 (female, kids)
Niddy CR-1/IR-1 (Female) Interview 01/05/07 on AP now.
Jeremy Tentis K3 (Female) Interview 06/22/07 and on AP now.
Data Sheet K-3 (Female) Interview September 26, 2007
Waiting4s K3 (Female) - Interview September 11, 2007
fareash (K3) male - Interview - August 28 2007
nnn K3 (Female) - Interviewed June 2007 on AP
Kjan CR1 (Male) Interviewed March 2007 and on AP.

I received an email, my wife's IR-1 interview is scheduled for end of November (!!). Good God! That is almost four months from now.

Anne W. Patterson, Is Sworn In As The 23rd U.S. Ambassador To The Islamic Republic Of Pakistan
Source

Hang in there man.

Does anyone has a sample of I-485, my wife is going to apply for it? Also, K-3 is immigrant visa or non immigrant?

Ali

Thanks Khuraam and Mary. yes, you really cant do without SS#

I understand your frustration but I am afraid this is the "price" you pay for being a US Citizen or LPR. If you are on a visa.....no problem.....your spouse can get visa with in a month....... US taxpayers' dollar working at best.

Does anyone has an idea about the medical that is required for I-485, I mean does the person needs some shots or vaccination?

Ali

hey how is everyone doing? i hope all of your cases are moving along smoothly.

I am sorry to read about your long wait and I saw your timeline and may you be rewarded sooner. Our paperwork went to Islamabad in July 2005 and our interview was not until December 12, 2005. I asked for them to move our interview up two times and it did not help in our case. SH you are petitioning for a wife so I would email them again and ask them to please consider moving your interview date up sooner if they have any available times open up.

All visa applicants have to have a medical before they can be issued a visa. The I-485 is the AOS I see my error before I rechecked it. When you AOS you must have the medical information from your prior visit if she did one in Pakistan. I know she can get a supplement for the shots since the medical is good for one year from the date.


Vaccination Requirements All applicants for immigrant visas are required to have the following vaccinations, if appropriate, for age, medical condition, or medical history:

• Mumps
• Measles
• Rubella
• Polio
• Tetanus and diptheria toxoids
• Pertussis
• Influenza type B
• Hepatitis B
• Varicella
• Pneumococcal

As a fiancé(e), you are not required to fulfill this requirement at the time of your medical examination for a fiancé(e) visa. However, you may want to do so. These vaccinations are required when you adjust status following your marriage. *Mian had the dr decide what he needed for his CR1 and they did a few as well as an HIV test and xrays.*


http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/ty...tml#Vaccination
I am not sure if this is what type of shots you are asking about?

Mary

mary my wife had her medical done in pakistan but no shots, when you mention

how does she get the supplement for the shots, please let me know thanks.

Hafiz,

I listed all the shots that were required in the post of the K1 and it states on the USCIS website that you can skip the shots but must have them done at the time of the AOS. If she has not had her shots she will need to seek out a civil surgeon in the states and get them. They will determine what shots she needs and fill out a I-693A Supplemental Vaccination Report https://egov.uscis.gov/crisgwi/go?action=of...office_type=CIV This link is for the authorized civil surgeons here in the US.

Mary

When I was in Islamabad little over a year ago an there were problems due to the insult which resulted in attacks on us companies (only damage to those buildings occured)............. the embassy closed.

Called DOS again today and got the same reply that she is pending security clearence



K3 is non immigrant and here is the sample



You can aldo contact the county office and get teh shots from there, it will save you some $$ when you get the I-693a done by the civil surgeon

Hello,

In part 2 of I-485 which box should I check on a basis of K-3 visa?

Thanks,
Ali

You will check "a" as your I-130 is approved and that is why you are applying for AOS

But I had proceede with my I-129F.