Congratulations on your bundle of Joy, Joel. Hope mom and daughter are fine proud papa?

Mary

Alhamdoliallah!! they are both doing fine.......

Here she is: Halah Khan

AHHHH JOEL!! BHAI.. SWEET Congratulations. what a blessing

Manzar is leaving Islamabad Feb 28th British air, lay over London then on to Chicago, be in about 6pm

Mary I hope no surgery is needed, kid has geat momma, Inshallah all will be fine. Have Ishtaeq tell embassy he needs to be here before planting season

Joel your daughter is so precious. Thanks for the picture.

Cindy we are going to have surgery again this next Tuesday. I left long detailed message on the off topic thread.

Good luck everyone. And no one is around since last week. Where is everyone at?

Mary

Oh Joel, she's beautiful...all the best to your family. I'm sure she's melted your heart dozens of times over already!

Joel what a pretty baby..
congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks everyone....
about melting my heart....she does it everyday........

MashaAllah, So Cute baby,
Congratulations, Her Eyes r Like Twinkle Twinkle little Star:)
a Kiss from me to her on her Forhead,
MashaAllah

Mash'allah she's a cute one for only two weeks old...

congrats joel!!!!!!!! your daughter is adorable....very very cute Mashallah. I'm so happy for you. hope both the baby and mom r doing fine....congrats again

thanks guys.....

hi everyone.. does anyone have good news or any news from the ISL embassy? please dont be shy!

Hey everyone!!

Sorry I don't post as often....just been really busy lately. I have some minor good news, ISL recieved husban'ds p3 and will send an interview date soon...InshaAllah!

quick question....my brother in law plans to marry in july to a USC.....he plans to do k1 or k3 i forget which one....how long is it taking to process these for people going thru ISL? Our lawyer keeps saying they will be together in no more than 4 months? is that possible?

help me clear things up!!!

InshaAllah everyone u r in my prayers, and congrats US1415 on the new baby girl, MashAllah!!

Hello Freeni,

Congratulations on packet 3 and hope to hear your interview is scheduled soon.

Your bil must be going to file the K3 which is the marriage visa. The K1 is for fiance only. I hate to say this but I filed a K3 at the same time as my CR 1 in January and it was not at the embassy until end of July. Shon filed K3 and it is still on hold and has not been issued she is going the CR1 now. A few others have done the K3 and still not finished they are on AR/AP status.

So I know of three of four and we are all over 1 year since filing for the K3 and still not reunited. You must stress to the bil that it is long journey no matter which visa he pursues. MO did the K1 and he was on AR for 7 months after his interview. Cindishah has been at this for long time years on her K1 that just got approved. Tell them to expect long processing and to pray for strength and patience in this process.

Good luck and keep us updated on your journey.

Mary

...

My husband got a letter from the Embassy today:



I guess my Satruday will be spent printing the last 18 months worth of daily chats! I was at the interview in person, I brought emails, chats, cards, they did not want any - but now they want him to go to ISL to present these things... [happy thoughts ... happy thoughts ...]

Did anyone else get this? I just called the DOS 4 days ago and the case was still pending??? I dont get it!

I'll write the embassy to see what is going on... then go buy a ream of paper.

Laney he did not have field investigation did he? And we have not had any updates on our status. I called DOS yesterday and they said at embassy level since his interview with no new notes. I do not keep our chats I guess I will have to start from today on out. I had a box full in the bedroom from about one year ago. Gheez. How much more complicated can this get? Mian was interviewed by the male English CO the first time. Do you know if you husband was interviewed in his native language or in English by whom?

Good luck. I really had hoped you would post it is being issued now. Hang in there. Hugs.

Mary

Hey Mary,
Nope - no field investigations...

It was an English interview - I was with him at window 3 - a very nice chick about my age, maybe even younger ...

Im praying soooooo much it is a simple, hello, heres your stamp, good bye

I am too Laney. I thought he had English interview before and I knew you were there since they laughed at the pics of you feeding the animals.

Good luck and keep us informed I am praying that is easy peasy and you have visa in hand same day.

OH good grief Laney.. those Jokers..***&^

tell them you are on a k-3, USCIS will have plenty of time in the states to question the meshing or married life as AoS will be processed here.. good grief ,you have been with him in Pakistan how many times ?? 2 or 3? tell them that DOS said security checks are complete, If all is fine, then just give the visa stamp...Update the senator on this current request from Isl. have his/her liason send in the fax or email support this week, before he heads down for another interview.. even if he interviews you will have all your current chat records, of etc, and history of updtaed pictures, Inshallah all will be fine, sounds like it will be, ISL just likes to put up road blocks and red flags, ..If it is another interview/ co , he/she can order another check, try to block this as much as you can..or even call them and tell them that it seems to you they are being way prejudical and inhumane ( )
good luck
ALLAH HAFIZ
cindi

Good luck Laney- I pray this is the end of this HELLISH Process. for my husband and my interview they looked at chat records, mostly to see if we had them. here is a tip.. my husband keeps all my e mail in one file online. he printed top page that listed all the emails. they never said nothing more. about wanting to read the contents.

You guys have such great ideas!! I will try both.

Hopefully the idea of me telling them I would be happy to fax 475 pages of random, lovey dovey, I miss you IM's will scare them into just sending the dayum visa via TCS!

I'm emailing the Embassy now, and Nas is booking plane tix in the morning. I hope they give us good news!!

Laney here is some MOJO for you..
good luck we all are praying for you..

Do we have someone with an interview date scheduled yet?

Perdesi. I can tell you a little bunny sayes interviews are now being set for May..

K1 Case Approved today on 19,
So Whats now? When chances for interview? How will It be?

Congratulations Atif,

I think the embassy will send you a packet telling you to get your medical done and police certificate(s)? Not totally sure since I did marriage visa. Your fiancee will need to send you all her copies of the NOAs and paperwork that was submitted to the service center as well as any proof of your relationship. I can tell you the interview will be out 2 months or longer. Good luck and congratulations again.


Mary

thanx Marry, this support is like cool breath for me

last I heard was MAY... keep in mind you can use the help of your congressman to step up the date. good luck!!!

Does anyone know a trusted source to buy ticket to the US from Pakistan?

Carlson wagonlit travels is all I use..

Good News!

After 3 months of A/R, Nas got his Visa today!!

Thanks for all the prayers and Mojo! I'm sending some back big time today!

Laney

Woo Hoo Rocky Mountain High Five!!!

Mubruk......... congrats.............. for getting visa.... way to go

Congratulations Laney, another release from AR so you can happy dance now.

CONGRATS
LANEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all

Hope everyone is doing fine.

I got my k3 visa on 30 sep 2005 and arrived US on 20 dec 2005 .Now i am in the process of preparing the application for AOS. My first question is how soon one should apply for the AOS after arriving US on k3 visa?

My second question is in I-485 part 2 which option i should select? there is no option stating like "i entered as a k3 spouse of a US citizen". instead it gives the option for k1. Should i cross off "h" that is " other basis of eligibility"???? which one will work for me?. any suggestions

thanks for any help in advace

univted 11, Congratulations on your approval and welcome to the USA. I researched for you and here is the link on the AOS guide and process. It says that most K3s and K4s start adjusting status as soon or right after their arrival into the states. http://www.visajourney.com/faq/k3k4visa-aos.html

If this link is not helpful I would maybe repost the same questions in the AOS forums as well. Good luck on the remainder of your journey.

Mary

In the off topic posts there was more good news to share from Islamabad today.

Dood Wala's brother is finally off AR and will have his visa in hand within 2 weeks hopefully.

Shonjaved also was blessed with their CR1 case should have visa in hand within weeks.

Good luck to everyone that is waiting and hopefully the embassy will continue to release AR and AP cases.
Also heard they needed visa stickers and that is the holdup.

NOte to SHON
CAll Headquarters, tell them about that thing, they know what it is, its the machine that prints the stickers, express the items to Islamabad ASAP.. tell them your the boss, and you have it on h ighest authority

It's official!

Naseer just called from Amex - VISA in HAND!

It is such great news.

oh yess cindy. I will tell them about that thing..



Praise god!!!
now its mine and marys turn..
where the dayum visa be at?????????????????

Thx a lot for ur help Mary. I truly appreciate it.

Good Luck!

Hey All!

He's in the air and on his way. It took 8 months, but the ride was smooth - no bumps, RFE's, or lost forms.
I never thought last July that I would be happy with an 8 month turn around on our K-3 - go figure!

Posted the last few days of our Journey in OFF TOPIC

L

Enjoy your reunion and second honeymoon. You both deserve so much happiness after this long separation.

“May Lord Almighty keep you guys happy”
Have a wonderful reunion ………….

Hello all,

I havent posted in a while yet again.

Reason is I am withdrawing my case....my husband turned out to be a slimeball who only marryied me for a greencard. I feel so hurt and abused but happy that I found out before he came to the USA.

But I'll end with, Allah does what HE does for the best, and this is best for mw....INshAllah I pray for the best for all of you.

I am sorry freenie. dayum. are you sure he was only using you? you know this distance can make us all crazy.

except for me - I was born crazy.

Aww Freeni I am so very sorry if that is the case. No one should have to endure all of this and then find out that your spouse was untrue. This process is already so hard and the heartache on top of it is not easy. I will be praying for you and wishing you all the best and keep the faith with God/Allah.

Hugs,
Mary

yes I was used, his agenda was to come here, make me stop working and not talk to anyone and just stay at home and tak care of his elderly aunt and uncle.

He would tell me not to wear American clothes and not talk to other men....even my brothers and dad!

this is so sad, but I'm keeping my head high and looking to the future.