Six months have past without good news.

[ziatarik 0]

Dear Pakistani VJ memebers,

any one who can share his or her experience of long long waiting time? I had interview six months ago for IR1 visa and ISL embassy kept my pasport with it. how long it could be. i want to get my passport back as i am planning to visit Nepal, would it hurt my case or they can continue their process without my passport?

[EAbbas 213]

Dear Pakistani VJ memebers,

any one who can share his or her experience of long long waiting time? I had interview six months ago for IR1 visa and ISL embassy kept my pasport with it. how long it could be. i want to get my passport back as i am planning to visit Nepal, would it hurt my case or they can continue their process without my passport?

You can join us here at this tracker for ISlamabad...we are all pending AP some visas have been issued but most of us are still waiting... http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/343005-new-islamabad-ap-tracker/page__st__795

As far as the passport I've heard two different things.. one is they can return your passport but they will need to check again as to the reason for your travel and why you went to another country and will have a longer AP and the second thing i've heard is they won't return your passport during the AP process. I would call if you can and inquire about the passport. That's the only way you will know for sure

[tahascorp 0]

You havent called the embassy yet, if do so what is the reply from them

And please tell me if it is a good idea to contact embassy ?

[EAbbas 213]

You havent called the embassy yet, if do so what is the reply from them

And please tell me if it is a good idea to contact embassy ?

You can contact the embassy at any time.. whether you will get thru or they will reply to your email is a completely different thing.. it is difficult to get thru on the phone line but worth trying if you need to.

[immiprocess 1]

You may ask your petitioner to contact senator/congressman. It will either push your case or inform you the reason of delay. I think ISL embassy takes 6 month for whole name check process but it is not restricted to 6 month. Many cases take longer time and it depends on the frequent visits to foreign country(make name check process lengthy ), so there is no solid answer of your question.

Edited April 24, 2012 by immiprocess

[ziatarik 0]

You may ask your petitioner to contact senator/congressman. It will either push your case or inform you the reason of delay. I think ISL embassy takes 6 month for whole name check process but it is not restricted to 6 month. Many cases take longer time and it depends on the frequent visits to foreign country(make name check process lengthy ), so there is no solid answer of your question.

Thank you for the advice. I called embassy and got typical answer that my case is under-process. I am just curious to know what is max and min time for approval.

[tahascorp 0]

Thank you for the advice. I called embassy and got typical answer that my case is under-process. I am just curious to know what is max and min time for approval.

Arghhhhhhh Frustrated with that typical answer, they should have bound it in timeline May Allah Help Us

[seifetag 0]

You may ask your petitioner to contact senator/congressman. It will either push your case or inform you the reason of delay. I think ISL embassy takes 6 month for whole name check process but it is not restricted to 6 month. Many cases take longer time and it depends on the frequent visits to foreign country(make name check process lengthy ), so there is no solid answer of your question.

Hi there..we are coming up on our 6mos as well, May 8th will be our 6mos, it's interesting that you mentioned the name check process...my husband is from ethiopia and so I'm wondering if that's what they are checking on? I'm a USC and my husband is the beneficiary, I've called our local congressman and his aid explained to us that the adjudication officer has our case and its just a matter of getting to ours, she called then informed me what the officer told her, so we are waiting and hoping to get an answer soon!! good luck to you on your wait for NOA2, RBM

[unlockingsky 94]

Hi there..we are coming up on our 6mos as well, May 8th will be our 6mos, it's interesting that you mentioned the name check process...my husband is from ethiopia and so I'm wondering if that's what they are checking on? I'm a USC and my husband is the beneficiary, I've called our local congressman and his aid explained to us that the adjudication officer has our case and its just a matter of getting to ours, she called then informed me what the officer told her, so we are waiting and hoping to get an answer soon!! good luck to you on your wait for NOA2, RBM

if you check the current processing time for csc, you can request a service ticket. i130 for csc is now 5 months.

unfortunately vsc is screwed up.

[immiprocess 1]

Hi there..we are coming up on our 6mos as well, May 8th will be our 6mos, it's interesting that you mentioned the name check process...my husband is from ethiopia and so I'm wondering if that's what they are checking on? I'm a USC and my husband is the beneficiary, I've called our local congressman and his aid explained to us that the adjudication officer has our case and its just a matter of getting to ours, she called then informed me what the officer told her, so we are waiting and hoping to get an answer soon!! good luck to you on your wait for NOA2, RBM

No, Ziatarik is asking about his visa. He already went through with all CSC, NVC, and currently his name is under FBI name check process.

In your particular case, you just need to call CSC and create a service request about your petition. If it does not work for you then you may ask your congressman or senator to look into your matter.

Yes, I am currently waiting. I hope I will get NOA2. God Willing.

Edited April 27, 2012 by immiprocess

[Darnell 8,478]

ya, seems some confusion there. OP is in AP, after the interview date at the IV unit. No concept of NOA-2 for this, now.

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

*** Moving from USCIS to Regional forum for country specific answers ****

[Love To Teach 161]

You can join us here at this tracker for ISlamabad...we are all pending AP some visas have been issued but most of us are still waiting... http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/343005-new-islamabad-ap-tracker/page__st__795

As far as the passport I've heard two different things.. one is they can return your passport but they will need to check again as to the reason for your travel and why you went to another country and will have a longer AP and the second thing i've heard is they won't return your passport during the AP process. I would call if you can and inquire about the passport. That's the only way you will know for sure

This is very worrisome as my fiance has to travel for his job as a tour guide. He can't do his work if they keep his passport that long. How do we deal with this? Thanks for the info!

Edited May 12, 2012 by SJ's Fiance

[EAbbas 213]

This is very worrisome as my fiance has to travel for his job as a tour guide. He can't do his work if they keep his passport that long. How do we deal with this? Thanks for the info!

Contact the embassy and just tell them he needs his passport to work. They should send it back but you may still go thru AP and possibly another check to the countries he goes to after he gets the passport back.... You can either call or email the embassy.