New Islamabad AP Tracker

[F Khan 2]

Salam Friends, this is Fahad Khan,

My Interview was on 7th August 2012 for B1/B2 at Islamabad Consulate, I m also given 221g Administrative Processing White Paper,

Please Note that Visa Officer did not see any of my Document, not even a single paper, Interview was good.

[ShahBabbar 0]

I'm sorry your husband has been in AP so long and you are due next month. There is not a whole lot you can do to get him out of AP. You can always contact your Senator or Congressman and ask for their help. You can also fax the ambassador of the embassy and ask for his assistance.

Thank you, I think I'm going to contact my senator and explain the situation...hopefully I'll get something positive out of it.

[ShahBabbar 0]

Im sorry for the AP but you can contact your senator as CArolyn suggested. They can't get you out of AP but they can get better answers for you. There are loads of us in the same situation and the best thing for you right now is not to stress too much and have a healthy pregnancy and baby. They do care about your situation but they care more about the safety and security of USA and that's what they are working on.

I'm in a similar situation except my daughter has a brain tumor but all we could do is send the medical records and let the senator inquire about our case. We know they are working on it but it just takes time. If you look at the volume and not just here on VJ but the volume of applicants at the embassy you will see it takes time to check each person wishing to come here and its a long process. Sometimes longer for some as the checks they do can be different.

It sounds like they are just checking his background and once that is complete then the visa can be issued. Stay strong and dont stress too much... your baby is counting on you and your husband and will be here whether or not your husband gets the visa so focus on that. Wish you the best and our prayers are with you.

Well, reading this thread..and doing some research online, I knew trying to get out of AP or expediting the process is pretty much impossible, but a girl can hope..right? As far as the process being long , I kind of expected it...but I thought me being an American citizen ( which, apparently doesn't do ####### to help )and my husband showing proof to the CO that he plans to come back a couple of months after(to take care of his law firm, and that his holidays from high court would be over) would help? Naive as it sounds.

I'm so sorry to hear about your daughter, I can't imagine the amount of patience you possess in order to be able to get by each day without your husband. It's really difficult, and May god bless you and your family! My prayers and best wishes are with you as well.

Too bad we just had to fall in love with men who come from one of, if not the most hated countries in the world.

Edited August 15, 2012 by ShahBabbar

[EAbbas 213]

***UPDATED***

VISAS ISSUED

s.ali interview CR1 (male) Sept 21, 2011------- Visa Received 3 months later

Barikhan F-2A visa Sept 22nd 2011 --------Visa over 3 months later

S&S CR1 (male) Oct 19, 2011 --------------Visa issued 2 months and 2 days later

shmalik K1 (male) Nov 2011 Visa -------------received Jan 6, 2012-2-3 months?

a and k K1 (male) June 6, 2011 ------------Jan 9th 2012 to pick up visa---7 months of AP

Winning23 K1 (female) December 19th 2011 ----- AP for 3 weeks

Syed Ali (B1/B2 Visit Visa) Dec 2010 AP-------- Visa received Jan 25, 2012--1-2 months?

Lahori82 CR1 (female) Dec 20, 2011 ---------------Visa in 1.5 months

SM-pk CR1 (female) Oct 2011 AP ----------------visa received FEb 9th 2012--4 months?

Faki CR1 (male) September 30th, 2011 -----------visa received 4 months

Forever Love Cr1 May 26th 2011 ---------------received March 1, 2012 after 9 months and 6 days

RealAl Cr1 (Male) 1st Interview - April 9, 2011 --------Visa issued March 4th 2012-11 months of AP

Gil1234 K1 (male) June 6th, 2011 -----------------VISA received March 14 2012-9 months and 1 week of AP

gtvapsamtik Interview CR1 (female) July 14th 2011 AP/AR--Visa received at 8 months 3 weeks after interview

bilal coudhary CR1 (male) Oct 6, 2011 pending additional AP------- Visa received April 19 2012 6 1/2 months after interview

longtimewaiter CR1 (male) April 2011 pending AP---------- Visa received April 19 2012 1 yr after interview

Worth_the_Wait K1 (male) Feb 23 2012 pending AP--------Visa issued April 30 2012 2 months and 1 week after interview

RiaB CR1 (Male) May 17th 2012-----approved at interview waiting for Visa to be issued (Visa issued May 19th 2012 received May 21 2012)---4 days after interview

khuram CR1 (female) interview Aug 10th, 2011 pending AP ------- Visa Issued April 23 2012 8 1/2 months after interview

Faisal khan CR1 (male) Oct 13th 2011 pending AP-------June 8 AMEX called to pick up Visa 7 months 3 weeks after interview--- Visa received June 11 2012

Adeelwali K1-May 16, 2011 interview AP (DOS says Visa issued June 13th- 1 yr 1 month after interview --- Visa received June 25 2012

John Dam Dam K1 male March 22 2012 interview ---visa received June 22 2012 3 months after interview

Sabrina.Asad CR1 (male) Dec 19th 2011 pending AP/ visa issued July 23 2012--- almost 7 months after interview

Steamcake CR1 July 23 2012 visa approved/waiting on issuance

hyder_ejaz Student Visa July 23 2012/pending AP/---visa issued August 1 2012 --8 days after interview

Naum CR1 (Male) July 31st 2012 Visa Approved/waiting on issuance

***PENDING AP***

2009 Interviews

SchipM8 K1 Dec 2009 1st interview, May 2011 2nd interview pending AP--- Case sent back to USCIS expired

2010 Interviews

maabish interview CR1 (male) 28 july 2010 pending AP

Soccer.player FB-2 (male) Sept 9th 2010 pending for both AP and current Priority Date/ Requested fresh DS230, Medical and PCC from embassy/Embassy requested return of passport

2011 Interviews

MARCH

Rafi CR1 (male) March 10th 2011 joint sponsor requested pending AP

Pari786 CR1 (male) March 2 2011 pending AP

MAY

Carolynhotstuff CR1 (Male) 2nd Interview May 8th 2011 pending AP/January 12, 2012 Home investigation/ Jan 24th 2012 Congressman got reply from Assistant Counsel at embassy that he will look into their case/ Case sent back to USCIS/received NOIR/replied to NOIR-case reaffirmed June 11 2012

Lots of Patience CR1 May 8th 2011 pending AP

khalidnfatima K3 (male) June 15 2009 interview case sent back to USCIS -LOST CASE CLOSED-Refiled CR1 May 13 2011 interview pending AP

JUNE

Eabbas Interview CR1 (male) June 15th 2011 Mandatory ap

JULY

BrokenHeartD (male) CR1 July 5th 2011 pending AP/ July 10 2012 received a call from Embassy to submit his medical and ds230

Sabian K3 (male) July 11, 2011 Pending AP-sent back to uscis

sm2010 CR1 (male) interview on July 12, 2011 pending AP

Austin Guy (Male- 69 yr old father) July 12,2011 pending AP

aishanabeel (male) CR1 July 25 2011 pending AP/requested 2nd biometrics July 12 2012

SEPTEMBER

samranaz CR1 (male) September 9th, 2011 pending AP

WaitingAP (male) CR1 Sept 20 2012/pending AP

Arif Ali K1 (male) Sept 26, 2011 pending AP

s&S88 interview CR1 (male) Sept 28,2011 pending AP (Requested senator help Feb 22th) Embassy emailed to include information about immediate family members and current job info Feb 24th 2012

OCTOBER

Maila CR1 Oct 6th pending AP

NOVEMBER

Moshin786 K1(male) Nov 28th 2011 pending AP-sent back to USCIS for revocation/ marriage planned in pakistan/Married May 19th Filed CR1 July 9th

DECEMBER

sajidla IR1 Interview date Dec 19, 2011 Pending AP

MBA2012 CR1 (Female).....1st Interview Dec 22, 2011; 2nd Interview Feb 13, 2012.....Pending AP

far316 CR1 (female) December 21 2011 pending AP

2012 Interviews

JANUARY

Yoursonly CR1 Jan 26th 2012 pending AP

Fahad99 CR1 (male) Jan 30 2012 pending AP

MARCH

mrjanu85-March 9, 2012- pending AP

MAY

ShahBabbar CR1 (male) May 9 2012 pending AP

JUNE

FifiSabz CR1 (male) June 14 2012 AP pending

Heartandsoul CR1 (male) June 21 2012 Denied/trying to keep case at embassy

Anas & Ayesha CR1 (Male) June 27th 2012 Denied/trying to keep case at embassy

Aisha& Wajid CR1 June 29 2012 Denied/trying to keep case at embassy

JULY

princess18 CR1 (female) July 30 2012 AP pending

AUGUST

F Khan B1/B2 August 7 2012 pending AP

Upcoming interviews Best of luck!

SarahZeeshan CR1 August 29 2012

sn530 K1 (female) Waiting for interview date

[EAbbas 213]

Salam Friends, this is Fahad Khan,

My Interview was on 7th August 2012 for B1/B2 at Islamabad Consulate, I m also given 221g Administrative Processing White Paper,

Please Note that Visa Officer did not see any of my Document, not even a single paper, Interview was good.

Welcome to our tracker and the AP club... sorry about the AP... as you may already know Islamabad works a little bit differently than other countries. Just be patient check your emails and be sure to answer your phone as they may call and request documents. If they don't then just know they are simply running checks on you and depending on how many checks it could be in a couple of months or longer. Just be prepared to wait this process out and know there isn't much information that you can get except your pending AP.

Good luck to you

[F Khan 2]

Welcome to our tracker and the AP club... sorry about the AP... as you may already know Islamabad works a little bit differently than other countries. Just be patient check your emails and be sure to answer your phone as they may call and request documents. If they don't then just know they are simply running checks on you and depending on how many checks it could be in a couple of months or longer. Just be prepared to wait this process out and know there isn't much information that you can get except your pending AP.

Good luck to you

Thank You Very Much Brother, We all should Pray for each other I just see your Updated list above, just one case of B1/B2 in AP, & get Get Visa after one year as you mentioned interview on December 2010 & Visa in January 2012, thats Strange.

[EAbbas 213]

Thank You Very Much Brother, We all should Pray for each other I just see your Updated list above, just one case of B1/B2 in AP, & get Get Visa after one year as you mentioned interview on December 2010 & Visa in January 2012, thats Strange.

It's actually sister and yeah it took him a while but you must remember the embassy is inconsistent and even if two cases are exact there may be different outcomes or time lines... you may wait as long or it may be issued much sooner... just have faith!

[F Khan 2]

It's actually sister and yeah it took him a while but you must remember the embassy is inconsistent and even if two cases are exact there may be different outcomes or time lines... you may wait as long or it may be issued much sooner... just have faith!

OK THANKS sister

[Soccer.Player 47]

Email from us embassy

Please note that your visa application is under administrative processing. The Embassy cannot predict how long the processing may take; Please note that administrative processing can take up to 6 months or even longer. Please rest assured that as soon as the administrative processing is completed, the Embassy will contact you immediately using the contact information you provided in your DS-230 application form. If your contact numbers or any information from your DS-230 has changed, please notify us using the Immigrant Visa Unit’s web-based e-mail submission form at http://islamabad.usembassy.gov (use the links Immigrant Visas ---> Contact Information --> Immigrant Visa Inquiries).Yours truly,Immigrant Visa UnitConsular Section, American EmbassyIslamabad, Pakistan

[princess18 3]

My husband's here and we're spending about 14 days together... makes me miss the visa even more because we had planned to go back together and so far, after 2 weeks of AP, there's still no sign of the visa. Hopeful though!

[sn530 27]

My husband's here and we're spending about 14 days together... makes me miss the visa even more because we had planned to go back together and so far, after 2 weeks of AP, there's still no sign of the visa. Hopeful though!

You never know when the visa might come through, Stay Ambitious!

Edited August 15, 2012 by sn530

[MBA2012 3]

I have some good news and some bad news. Good news is that the embassy is currently working on our case. So our file is not being used as a coaster. I spoke to my Mammoo in Pakistan today and he said that he was visited by two men from the embassy. They asked him some questions about my wife and I and then left. So it looks like the embassy is doing some field investigation regarding our case. Has anyone else gone through the same process yet? And if so what happened? Or does this mean that they are about to wrap our case up? Oh the bad news is that we are still in AP.

[sn530 27]

Means that someone is actually working on your application.Did your uncle tell you what they asked him? I am almost certain they would have asked about your relationship and questioned him about the pictures and time of place of images .

[MBA2012 3]

Means that someone is actually working on your application.Did your uncle tell you what they asked him? I am almost certain they would have asked about your relationship and questioned him about the pictures and time of place of images .

Yes he did. He told me they asked him his relationship to me? Where do I live? I'm I married or not? When was I in the country? Where did the ruksati happen? Oh and they made up something about their sister doing a research project and they wanted to conduct a survey.

[EAbbas 213]

Email from us embassy

Please note that your visa application is under administrative processing. The Embassy cannot predict how long the processing may take; Please note that administrative processing can take up to 6 months or even longer. Please rest assured that as soon as the administrative processing is completed, the Embassy will contact you immediately using the contact information you provided in your DS-230 application form. If your contact numbers or any information from your DS-230 has changed, please notify us using the Immigrant Visa Unit’s web-based e-mail submission form at http://islamabad.usembassy.gov (use the links Immigrant Visas ---> Contact Information --> Immigrant Visa Inquiries).Yours truly,Immigrant Visa UnitConsular Section, American EmbassyIslamabad, Pakistan

Im so sorry for this.. i thought for sure they would have been finished with your case by now especially after requesting the updated docs. Wish you the best and a quick end to this

Yes he did. He told me they asked him his relationship to me? Where do I live? I'm I married or not? When was I in the country? Where did the ruksati happen? Oh and they made up something about their sister doing a research project and they wanted to conduct a survey.

Well at least you know for sure what they are doing and they are working on your case. hopefully after this it won't be too much longer.