New Islamabad AP Tracker

[SchipM8 1]

Actually I think it was 2009, but no one has ever said that K1 expiration is an issue....yet!

[EAbbas 213]

***UPDATED***

VISAS RECEIVED

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

Barikhan F-2A visa Sept 22nd 2011 pending AP AMEX CALLED Dec 29th 2011 to pick up visa

S&S CR1 (male) Oct 19, 2011 Visa issued Dec 21, 2011

shmalik K1 (male) Nov 2011 Visa received Jan 6, 2012

a and k K1 (male) June 6, 2011 AMEX called Jan 9th 2012 to pick up visa

Winning23 K1 (female) December 19th 2011 pending AP approved 3 weeks after interview

PENDING AP

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

gtvapsamtik Interview CR1 (female) July 14th 2011 AP/AR

maabish interview CR1 (male) 28 july 2010 pending AP

s&S88 interview CR1 (male) Sept 28,2011 pending AP

Moshin786 K1(male) Nov 28th 2011 pending AP

Soccer.player FB-2 (male) Sept 9th 2010 pending for both AP and current Priority Date

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

Faisal khan CR1 (male) Oct 13th 2011 pending AP

Forever Love Cr1 May 26th 2011 pending AP

Carolynhotstuff CR1 (Male) 2nd Interview May 8th 2011 pending AP/January 12, 2012 Home investigation

Sabrina.Asad CR1 (male) Dec 19th 2011 pending AP

RealAl Cr1 (Male) 1st Interview - April 9, 2011 2nd Interview - Aug 8 - Approved pending mandatory AP/ Sept 19 AP over and restarted/Oct 28 AP over and restarted

Maila CR1 Oct 6th pending AP

Syed Ali (B1/B2 Visit Visa) Dec 2010 pending AP

Sabian K3 (male) July 11, 2011 Pending AP

Gil1234 K1 (male) June 6th, 2011 pending AP/ Jan 18th 2012 Embassy requested new passport to be sent ASAP

khuram CR1 (female) interview Aug 10th, 2011 pending AP

Lots of Patience CR1 May 8th 2011 pending AP

bilal coudhary CR1 (male) Oct 6, 2011 pending additional AP

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

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

Faki CR1 (male) September 30th, 2011 pending AP

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

SchipM8 K1 Dec 2009 1st interview, May 2011 2nd interview pending AP

Actually I think it was 2009, but no one has ever said that K1 expiration is an issue....yet!

I hope your right.. maybe its when its returned they sit on it letting it expire but if its at the embassy they don't let it expire... sooo sorry for your wait

[samranaz 0]

Samarnaz, my husbands first name is also Abdul and we are stuck in AP since August 8, 2011. One person with this first name was on AP for 1.5 years, another one for 3 years and I know someone else with Abdul as a middle name who interviewed on October 2010 and still on AP. Found only one abdul so far who was done in 4 months. I hope we don't have to wait that long. We are waiting more than 5 months on AP now.

Hello RealAi, how are you? Thanks for scaring me to death

I don't think this only is the case that AP goes by name. It also affects I understand that. But there is no standard for any specific name. because Mohammad is more common than Abdul and some people get out in two weeks with name Mohammad. There are lots of other things involved in AP. Which nobody knows or maybe some people do know but they don't want to share with everyone. My case is simple in scence that I never got any RFE at any stage. They asked my husband for more ongoing relationship proofs that he gave them and they were satisfied as our marriage is arranged . But the question she was emphasizing on the most was that why my husband divorced his x-wife after 15 years.(which I think is the most trigger for our AP). At the same time(according to my husband) she was looking closely at his divorce dertificate. Maybe she thought it was a fake document and she made another copy of it (they already have a set of copies of all documents)and gave him all his originals back and kept his passport and told him they need more work on his case that may take 4 weeks, 8 weeks or upto 4 months. It has been more than 4 months now we never received anything from them. Also one time when I called DOS a nice lady picked up and told me that all my husbands documents are good and they are doing normal procssing. I dont know how long this normal processing will take.

Edited January 19, 2012 by samranaz

[samranaz 0]

Thank you for the lovely comments, my first name's Saad. I'm not proud of this, but I googled meself several times (also had a looksy through FBI wanted list) and didn't come across anything stupefying. I'm thinking the whole AP bit is mandatory contrary to popular belief for Pakistani males. I've also spent a lot of time in Britain, so they probably had to conduct the search on several fronts... been to Middle East a few times, and my lovely's white (she's not muslim though, which the CO asked me grilled me about for awhile I have no idea why)... of course I don't have staunch proof these are the reasons I was put in AP, but I've seen a lot of places where many people say these are some of the leading reasons why you can be put in AP.

Either way I'm hoping 'tis gonna go through real soon like I think (and like how people have told me) it would. I'm very certain all your visas would come through real soon as well, the whole pipeline bit and it being clogged had held back more happiness than 'tis due share. Hang in there, it's on it's way!

Thank you very much Saad and AP is somthing that we never will figure out. But being a Pakistani male or any kind of relation to Pakistan is a big red flag at this time.

[salraf86 0]

My name is Abdul Majid and I'm in Administrative Processing since July 25, 2011. I think it has to do with my name. Indeed Allah is with those who are patient. Hang in there brothers and sisters.

[samranaz 0]

My name is Abdul Majid and I'm in Administrative Processing since July 25, 2011. I think it has to do with my name. Indeed Allah is with those who are patient. Hang in there brothers and sisters.

You are are absolutly right brother. I know and they also say alot about common names too. Being a muslim is also a red flag, Having different beleives is again a cause of AP. In our case we both are muslim and from pakistan. I am pakistani US citizen living here and working here and paying taxes in US for 17 years. They must have checked all my backgrounds too.

But at the end all we can do is pray for ourselves and everyone else who is victom of this horrible AP. May Allah bring this journy to end safely. And we meet with our loveones soon. Ameen.

Edited January 19, 2012 by samranaz

[lokidew 0]

same here I have a clean backgound and I am in a Federal Service since 2007. Got married to my 2nd cousion in Pakistan. Had interview on 14July2011 and only thing CO asked was proof of ongoing relationship. Now ive never had a strong relationship with my cousion before we got married(arranged marriage). Since then her case has been in AP.

All we ever heard from Embassy was

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have received your documents and forwarded this case to a Consular officer for review. We’ll contact you in few days to inform about the further process.

I hope this information will be helpful to you.

[EAbbas 213]

same here I have a clean backgound and I am in a Federal Service since 2007. Got married to my 2nd cousion in Pakistan. Had interview on 14July2011 and only thing CO asked was proof of ongoing relationship. Now ive never had a strong relationship with my cousion before we got married(arranged marriage). Since then her case has been in AP.

All we ever heard from Embassy was

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have received your documents and forwarded this case to a Consular officer for review. We’ll contact you in few days to inform about the further process.

I hope this information will be helpful to you.

When was the last time you sent documents? You aren't sending anymore now unless they ask right?

[lokidew 0]

When was the last time you sent documents? You aren't sending anymore now unless they ask right?

Actually Ive sent them Documents 3x times since the interview. One huge packet on 15July2011 (day after the interview), Another packet in Oct and then latest proof of ongoing relationship on 02DEC2011.

According to DOS my wifes case is put on AP on 02DEC2011. So I got the feeling that ever time I send new set of documnts they put the case on AP over again.

Thus I wont be sending anymore unless they request it. I might have made the process longer since I kept on sending the documents without their request.

its odd that whenever embassy reply to our Email. its always the same reply since AUG 2011. Those new days they talked about has been turned into few months

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have received your documents and forwarded this case to a Consular officer for review. We’ll contact you in few days to inform about the further process.

I hope this information will be helpful to you.

U.S Embassy

Consular Section

Immigration Unit

Islamabad, Pakistan

Edited January 20, 2012 by gtvapsamtik

[lokidew 0]

One more thing I wanted to Add Ebbass, Last week found out that my wife is pregnant with my child, one month down the road *really excited to be a daddy lol. Now should we tell the Embassy that she is pregmamt ?

Edited January 20, 2012 by gtvapsamtik

[EAbbas 213]

One more thing I wanted to Add Ebbass, Last week found out that my wife is pregnant with my child, one month down the road *really excited to be a daddy lol. Now should we tell the Embassy that she is pregmamt ?

Congratulations!!! Im not sure of the right answer to that ... if you get the visa within a month it really won't be an issue as she will still be traveling as one....but im not sure what the answer is to that ...

Edited January 20, 2012 by EAbbas

[RealAI 1]

One more thing I wanted to Add Ebbass, Last week found out that my wife is pregnant with my child, one month down the road *really excited to be a daddy lol. Now should we tell the Embassy that she is pregmamt ?

You should notify the embassy, it could only make your case stronger.

[salraf86 0]

In that case even my wife who's USC is also pregnant with my child. should i notify this to the US consulate or DOS??? will it make my case stronger?

[EAbbas 213]

If anyone has new info today let me know. We are still showing Gil1234 latest request for his passport as the latest big info. Hopefully there will be a few more calls over the next few days.

***UPDATED***

VISAS RECEIVED

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

Barikhan F-2A visa Sept 22nd 2011 pending AP AMEX CALLED Dec 29th 2011 to pick up visa

S&S CR1 (male) Oct 19, 2011 Visa issued Dec 21, 2011

shmalik K1 (male) Nov 2011 Visa received Jan 6, 2012

a and k K1 (male) June 6, 2011 AMEX called Jan 9th 2012 to pick up visa

Winning23 K1 (female) December 19th 2011 pending AP approved 3 weeks after interview

PENDING AP

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

gtvapsamtik Interview CR1 (female) July 14th 2011 AP/AR

maabish interview CR1 (male) 28 july 2010 pending AP

s&S88 interview CR1 (male) Sept 28,2011 pending AP

Moshin786 K1(male) Nov 28th 2011 pending AP

Soccer.player FB-2 (male) Sept 9th 2010 pending for both AP and current Priority Date

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

Faisal khan CR1 (male) Oct 13th 2011 pending AP

Forever Love Cr1 May 26th 2011 pending AP

Carolynhotstuff CR1 (Male) 2nd Interview May 8th 2011 pending AP/January 12, 2012 Home investigation

Sabrina.Asad CR1 (male) Dec 19th 2011 pending AP

RealAl Cr1 (Male) 1st Interview - April 9, 2011 2nd Interview - Aug 8 - Approved pending mandatory AP/ Sept 19 AP over and restarted/Oct 28 AP over and restarted

Maila CR1 Oct 6th pending AP

Syed Ali (B1/B2 Visit Visa) Dec 2010 pending AP

Sabian K3 (male) July 11, 2011 Pending AP

Gil1234 K1 (male) June 6th, 2011 pending AP/ Jan 18th 2012 Embassy requested new passport to be sent ASAP

khuram CR1 (female) interview Aug 10th, 2011 pending AP

Lots of Patience CR1 May 8th 2011 pending AP

bilal coudhary CR1 (male) Oct 6, 2011 pending additional AP

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

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

Faki CR1 (male) September 30th, 2011 pending AP

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

SchipM8 K1 Dec 2009 1st interview, May 2011 2nd interview pending AP

In that case even my wife who's USC is also pregnant with my child. should i notify this to the US consulate or DOS??? will it make my case stronger?

I guess do what RealAl is saying and contact them. Even if it is your USC wife. I just haven't studied that part of the visa process. Good luck to you!

[RealAI 1]

In that case even my wife who's USC is also pregnant with my child. should i notify this to the US consulate or DOS??? will it make my case stronger?

AP could be expedited under hunamitarian grounds. Letting a father be there at the time of the birth of the child should fall under that.