US Immigration from Pakistan

Hello everyone

Yesterday we learned that our case updated to "Issued" for 3/4 family members on our F4 visa case. (Details about our case below)

The derivative applicant that is still "Refused" is the husband of the principal applicant. Using the USTravelDocs helpline, I confirmed that his case is refused for AP. However, we have received no further requests for evidence for his case.

We were however asked to refill DS260s for each applicant on the case a day before the visa got issued.

Today, in fact just now, we saw that our passports got dispatched. Upon further inspection we found out that the refused applicant's passport is still not dispatched.

Please help us. We do not wish for a situation where one of our family members who happens to be a brain tumor patient gets left behind or has to suffer from delays. Any resources such as contacts, information etc. would be greatly appreciated.

Details:

F4 Visa

PD: Jan 2005

DQ: March 2018

Interview: Done in 2019

Medical: Done thrice

A quick request to everyone in general and to my people, in particular!

Please be diligent in updating your Immigration Timelines. We have so many people waiting to be reunited with their loved ones, who log in everyday to this website. It helps estimating more accurate wait times. Takes the anxiety away!!

Try to do at least that much, if you've benefited from this forum.

NVC process documentarily approved in November,2023 still waiting for interview in US Embassy Islamabad Pakistan. I-130 for the spouse of a US citizen .

Hey everyone had my interview last week but got 221g cz the birth certificate i took to interview had some information incorrect. Well it was under f4 category the consular approved the visa for other members but gave me 221g for submitting the corrected birth certificate. I submitted it through post 2 days after interview and now its been 4 days since i submitted the doc still it shows refused :(. Just wanted to ask how much time will it take for a scenario like thisone

I'm reaching out to see if anyone else has experienced something similar or has any advice regarding our situation. My husband and I recently had our visa interview at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul for his family-based green card, and we encountered several issues that have left us feeling frustrated and singled out.

Our appointment was scheduled for 12:30 PM, but despite arriving on time, we were made to wait for an hour and a half before being interviewed. Other applicants, even those who arrived after us and had later queue numbers, were called in before us. We were waiting with our baby, which made the situation even more difficult.

During the interview, we were told that my husband s application was found ineligible under Section 221(g) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act. However, we overheard other applicants, all Korean nationals, being approved for visas despite having what seemed like weaker cases. It felt like our case was unfairly singled out because my husband is Pakistani.

The consular officer also asked for several documents related to my husband s professional career (CV, list of publications, job description, and his Pakistani ID card). These documents are not listed on the National Visa Center (NVC) website as required for a family-based visa. It feels like these requests are unrelated to our case and possibly due to my husband s nationality.

This isn t our first issue with this Embassy. In 2022, we applied for a B2 visa for my husband so he could join me and our daughter on a trip to the U.S. for Christmas. Despite my repeated follow-ups, his visa was not issued until February 2023 well after our planned trip. We re worried that this pattern of delays is happening again with our current application.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of treatment or unusual requests for documents in their visa process? Is it normal for certain nationalities to face additional scrutiny or delays, even when applying for a family-based green card? How did you handle similar situations, and what was the outcome? We re feeling quite stressed about this situation, especially since we need to leave South Korea soon due to my husband s expiring work contract.