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Hi,

 

My US citizen cousin got married in Pakistan in January 2018 and her husband had his interview in June 2019. Since his interview the case has been in administrative processing with no status update.

 

My cousin is planning on going to Pakistan to visit her husband in March and she wants to the following:

 

As a US citizen is she allowed to go (with or without an appointment) to the US Embassy in Islamabad to inquire about her husband’s case status/ visa status?

 

Thanks for advice. She is very stressed out.

 

My cousin did send an email to inquire about her husband’s visa status since it’s been more than 6 months and no update. However, she did not receive any relavant information.

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Doubt they’ll get in without an appointment. It’s pretty normal for Pakistan to impose long AP times, various background checks and document authentications. It’s part of the process, and it’s rough. All you can really do is wait. 

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1 minute ago, AmericanCitizen85 said:

The administrative processing is a long time I understand. 

 

If as a US citizen she is allowed to go to the US Embassy to inquire about her husband’s visa status, how would she go about scheduling the appointment?

She can email the Embassy.......but it will be a waste of time......AP can not be expedited or waived.....

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1 minute ago, missileman said:

She can email the Embassy.......but it will be a waste of time......AP can not be expedited or waived.....

 

She already emailed the Embassy and it was a standard language that it’s under administrative processing, so it was pointless.

 

I realize administrative processing can not be expedited or waived.

 

What I would like to know is if she is allowed to make an appointment at the Embassy and inquire about her husband’s visa status.

 

She is already going to visit him and spend time with him, so she figured if it’s allowed she would inquire at the Embassy in person.

 

Just not sure if it’s possible; if so what the method is to make an appointment.

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3 minutes ago, AmericanCitizen85 said:

 

She already emailed the Embassy and it was a standard language that it’s under administrative processing, so it was pointless.

 

I realize administrative processing can not be expedited or waived.

 

What I would like to know is if she is allowed to make an appointment at the Embassy and inquire about her husband’s visa status.

 

She is already going to visit him and spend time with him, so she figured if it’s allowed she would inquire at the Embassy in person.

 

Just not sure if it’s possible; if so what the method is to make an appointment.

Email them and ask for an appointment.

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

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Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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12 minutes ago, AmericanCitizen85 said:

The administrative processing is a long time I understand. 

 

If as a US citizen she is allowed to go to the US Embassy to inquire about her husband’s visa status, how would she go about scheduling the appointment?

I doubt they would even schedule an appointment for a USC just to inquire about a pending case.

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Posted (edited)

She can try, and even if she gets an appointment it won’t do anything. It won’t make it faster or better or worse or slower. Waiting sucks. Some people wait even longer, decades even. Waiting is all anyone can do, 

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They won't be able to tell her anything that they already haven't. 

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Assuming she will not be staying nearly the Embassy, wasted time and money in doing so, assuming she could gain admittance.

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2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Assuming she will not be staying nearly the Embassy, wasted time and money in doing so, assuming she could gain admittance.

 

When you are stuck in a predicament, you try to use any avenue available that might help.

 

If in the end, none of the avenues help make your situation better; at least you know that you tried everything.

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don't know how different embassies around the world are but i definitely remember when waiting in line for one of my tourist visa appointments, USCs would just arrive, go straight to the front, show passport to security and say they needed X and be allowed in. None of them seemed to have appointments (no paper shown or names checked against a list etc as was the case for those of us with appointments)

i'd say if she happens to be in the same city she may as well try. Yes she may not be told anything more than he is still on AP but it feels different being told it by a person than getting the same email they send everyone.

 
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