Best Birthday ever!!

[PeachesMagee 62]

Congratulations! The best birthday present!!!

[Lexushim 105]

14 hours ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

My husband's first interview was on his birthday in 2017 and did not end as we hoped.    His third and final trip to Islamabad embassy happened to be on my birthday.  After spending 4 hours at the embassy he walked out with Visa in hand (yes this actually happened)!!!

 

Alhamdulillah!!!!

 

I'll update more later after I get over the initial shock.  

 

Ahmed is coming home!!!

 

 

 

CONGRATS! ❤️

[AFCF 267]

Happy belated birthday and congratulations! Happy for you ♥️

[Lexushim 105]

32 minutes ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

So to recap over the past few months and not repeat old news here is how things progressed after the  second interview.  

 

We were trying to be patient sending inquiries here and there and got our local Senator and congressman involved.  Around December my company started freaking out over COVID  (My boss' brother is a medical research doctor who has been working with CDC and the whitehouse during the pandemic).  I originally had a trip planned in February but with the crack downs at my firm due to covid coming our way and tax season coming we decided to hold off our trip and file the WOM.  I had been researching it for a year or so and made the decision that any progress was some progress.  Here is a list of our updates just to see how much things slowed down and to deter from the myths of how many consecutive updates produces a visa:

 

10/23/18	Day of second interview
10/30/18	Ds5535 submitted
10/31/18
11/1/18
11/2/18
11/6/18
12/9/18
12/10/18	senator inquiry
12/27/18
1/17/19	senator inquiry
1/25/19
12-Feb	self inquiry
2/21/19	senator inquiry
3/4/19	self inquiry
3/25/19	congressman inquiry
4/24/19	senator inquiry
5/19/19	self inquiry
6/3/19	senator inquiry
6/27/19	congressman inquiry
7/25/19
7/31/19	Senator Inquiry
9/11/19	congressman inquiry
9/30/19	Senator Inquiry
11/15/19	self inquiry
12/5/19	senator inquiry
3/9/20
3/10/20
3/11/20
6/30/20
7/20/20
7/23/20	embassy contacted regarding medical and appt
7/24/20	Embassy confirmed medical with AZIZ center
7/28/20	Completed medical Appointment
7/30/20
8/6/20	Changed from refused to Administrative about an hour after his interview
8/6/20	Changed from Administrative Processing to Issued another 1 1/2 later

 

 

We filed in February with an answer date of April due from the Department of State.   Unfortunately there was some sort of snafu in or case and the United States attorney was not notified in time so they moved the date to June 12th.  I wasn't really too upset since Covid there were many cases getting extended anyway.  Before June 12th they asked for a 60 day stay in which we accepted moving the date to answer to August 11th.

 

On July  23rd my husband was notified by the embassy to come in for oath and fingerprints on August 6th, update medical and get new passport photos.  No other documentation was requested.

 

He arrived to the appointment there was some confusion about the ds260 they thought it was not updated (even though I had updated it in December) once they figured that out the counselor officer then thought I was a green card holder.  Finally after working out all the kinks they asked him to wait while they print the visa and they can give him the passport.  

 

I don't know for sure if the filing the WOM guaranteed the visa..there is a possibility that they would have issued it anyway (i've seen others in long AP get issued visas lately) but there is a possibility that  not filing it we could still be waiting.

 

Either case I'm happy the outcome.

 

Thanks to everyone who has been following us all these years and sending encouragement!

 

 

So you received your visa after 3 years and almost 6 months.... OMG. That's a long time! God bless you! 

[Lexushim 105]

35 minutes ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

So to recap over the past few months and not repeat old news here is how things progressed after the  second interview.  

 

We were trying to be patient sending inquiries here and there and got our local Senator and congressman involved.  Around December my company started freaking out over COVID  (My boss' brother is a medical research doctor who has been working with CDC and the whitehouse during the pandemic).  I originally had a trip planned in February but with the crack downs at my firm due to covid coming our way and tax season coming we decided to hold off our trip and file the WOM.  I had been researching it for a year or so and made the decision that any progress was some progress.  Here is a list of our updates just to see how much things slowed down and to deter from the myths of how many consecutive updates produces a visa:

 

10/23/18	Day of second interview
10/30/18	Ds5535 submitted
10/31/18
11/1/18
11/2/18
11/6/18
12/9/18
12/10/18	senator inquiry
12/27/18
1/17/19	senator inquiry
1/25/19
12-Feb	self inquiry
2/21/19	senator inquiry
3/4/19	self inquiry
3/25/19	congressman inquiry
4/24/19	senator inquiry
5/19/19	self inquiry
6/3/19	senator inquiry
6/27/19	congressman inquiry
7/25/19
7/31/19	Senator Inquiry
9/11/19	congressman inquiry
9/30/19	Senator Inquiry
11/15/19	self inquiry
12/5/19	senator inquiry
3/9/20
3/10/20
3/11/20
6/30/20
7/20/20
7/23/20	embassy contacted regarding medical and appt
7/24/20	Embassy confirmed medical with AZIZ center
7/28/20	Completed medical Appointment
7/30/20
8/6/20	Changed from refused to Administrative about an hour after his interview
8/6/20	Changed from Administrative Processing to Issued another 1 1/2 later

 

 

We filed in February with an answer date of April due from the Department of State.   Unfortunately there was some sort of snafu in or case and the United States attorney was not notified in time so they moved the date to June 12th.  I wasn't really too upset since Covid there were many cases getting extended anyway.  Before June 12th they asked for a 60 day stay in which we accepted moving the date to answer to August 11th.

 

On July  23rd my husband was notified by the embassy to come in for oath and fingerprints on August 6th, update medical and get new passport photos.  No other documentation was requested.

 

He arrived to the appointment there was some confusion about the ds260 they thought it was not updated (even though I had updated it in December) once they figured that out the counselor officer then thought I was a green card holder.  Finally after working out all the kinks they asked him to wait while they print the visa and they can give him the passport.  

 

I don't know for sure if the filing the WOM guaranteed the visa..there is a possibility that they would have issued it anyway (i've seen others in long AP get issued visas lately) but there is a possibility that  not filing it we could still be waiting.

 

Either case I'm happy the outcome.

 

Thanks to everyone who has been following us all these years and sending encouragement!

 

 

I hope you continue to guide some of us for some time... ❤️

[Ahmed&Freda 628]

8 minutes ago, Lexushim said:

So you received your visa after 3 years and almost 6 months.... OMG. That's a long time! God bless you! 

Yes.. every step went great except the embassy we kept getting hung up there.

[paro 30]

OMG.. congratulations.  I was thinking about you the other day. You guys did not give up. Hatss off 

[Crazy Cat 39,214]

18 hours ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

My husband's first interview was on his birthday in 2017 and did not end as we hoped.    His third and final trip to Islamabad embassy happened to be on my birthday.  After spending 4 hours at the embassy he walked out with Visa in hand (yes this actually happened)!!!

 

Alhamdulillah!!!!

 

I'll update more later after I get over the initial shock.  

 

Ahmed is coming home!!!

 

Congratulations!!!!   I know it has been a long journey to this point.  

[TaKane 53]

19 hours ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

My husband's first interview was on his birthday in 2017 and did not end as we hoped.    His third and final trip to Islamabad embassy happened to be on my birthday.  After spending 4 hours at the embassy he walked out with Visa in hand (yes this actually happened)!!!

 

Alhamdulillah!!!!

 

I'll update more later after I get over the initial shock.  

 

Ahmed is coming home!!!

 

 

 

Congratulations!

[tiyyo 68]

Congratulations and Happy Birthday!!! I'm not sure why they target Pakis, but they did the same thing to my hubby and he was in Spain!!!

Now breathe a sigh of relief!

[SalishSea 16,769]

I have been following your case, and all I can say is......finally!

[Ncornejo7 236]

7 hours ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

I'm still trying to get over the fact he was given his visa at the appointment.  My husband had told me of a few other WOM cases that also received their visas the same day prior but I thought he was misunderstanding something.  I kept telling him it was not possible...lol

 

Congratulations!! I just have a question. How long is that visa good for? As in how long does he have to use it before it expires?

[M_H 14]

22 hours ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

My husband's first interview was on his birthday in 2017 and did not end as we hoped.    His third and final trip to Islamabad embassy happened to be on my birthday.  After spending 4 hours at the embassy he walked out with Visa in hand (yes this actually happened)!!!

 

Alhamdulillah!!!!

 

I'll update more later after I get over the initial shock.  

 

Ahmed is coming home!!!

 

 

 

Congratulations happy for you two! Wishing you a happy birthday.....🙂🙂

[Ahmed&Freda 628]

5 hours ago, Ncornejo7 said:

Congratulations!! I just have a question. How long is that visa good for? As in how long does he have to use it before it expires?

January 28th

[sunlight09 1]

On 8/7/2020 at 3:03 AM, Ahmed&Freda said:

So to recap over the past few months and not repeat old news here is how things progressed after the  second interview.  

 

We were trying to be patient sending inquiries here and there and got our local Senator and congressman involved.  Around December my company started freaking out over COVID  (My boss' brother is a medical research doctor who has been working with CDC and the whitehouse during the pandemic).  I originally had a trip planned in February but with the crack downs at my firm due to covid coming our way and tax season coming we decided to hold off our trip and file the WOM.  I had been researching it for a year or so and made the decision that any progress was some progress.  Here is a list of our updates just to see how much things slowed down and to deter from the myths of how many consecutive updates produces a visa:

 

10/23/18	Day of second interview
10/30/18	Ds5535 submitted
10/31/18
11/1/18
11/2/18
11/6/18
12/9/18
12/10/18	senator inquiry
12/27/18
1/17/19	senator inquiry
1/25/19
12-Feb	self inquiry
2/21/19	senator inquiry
3/4/19	self inquiry
3/25/19	congressman inquiry
4/24/19	senator inquiry
5/19/19	self inquiry
6/3/19	senator inquiry
6/27/19	congressman inquiry
7/25/19
7/31/19	Senator Inquiry
9/11/19	congressman inquiry
9/30/19	Senator Inquiry
11/15/19	self inquiry
12/5/19	senator inquiry
3/9/20
3/10/20
3/11/20
6/30/20
7/20/20
7/23/20	embassy contacted regarding medical and appt
7/24/20	Embassy confirmed medical with AZIZ center
7/28/20	Completed medical Appointment
7/30/20
8/6/20	Changed from refused to Administrative about an hour after his interview
8/6/20	Changed from Administrative Processing to Issued another 1 1/2 later

 

 

We filed in February with an answer date of April due from the Department of State.   Unfortunately there was some sort of snafu in or case and the United States attorney was not notified in time so they moved the date to June 12th.  I wasn't really too upset since Covid there were many cases getting extended anyway.  Before June 12th they asked for a 60 day stay in which we accepted moving the date to answer to August 11th.

 

On July  23rd my husband was notified by the embassy to come in for oath and fingerprints on August 6th, update medical and get new passport photos.  No other documentation was requested.

 

He arrived to the appointment there was some confusion about the ds260 they thought it was not updated (even though I had updated it in December) once they figured that out the counselor officer then thought I was a green card holder.  Finally after working out all the kinks they asked him to wait while they print the visa and they can give him the passport.  

 

I don't know for sure if the filing the WOM guaranteed the visa..there is a possibility that they would have issued it anyway (i've seen others in long AP get issued visas lately) but there is a possibility that  not filing it we could still be waiting.

 

Either case I'm happy the outcome.

 

Thanks to everyone who has been following us all these years and sending encouragement!

 

 

Alhamdulillah, sis! I cannot tell you how happy I am for you! I have been following your journey for some time now! It is so amazing to see that your husband finally received his visa! What a blessing! You offered some great advice on VJ. Thank you so much for that! May Allah bless your marriage and take your husband safely to America, ameen.