talean nawaz

I think you may be confused at what a co sponsor does. They cannot be hired or found by an attorney as co sponsors accept the responsibility of having to financially support your love if something happens and there is no income for him or her. It's not just a formality, it is a serious, contractual obligation that no stranger would be willing to take. You must either find a co sponsor or make the income requirement yourself. There is no way around it.

Yes Butt Saaab is right... do not let her overstay her visit visa and have her back in pakistan so she can do the interview at islamabad.

Actually it makes sence,he is not the first person to tell me this or the last one.I asked 5 days ago what shoud I do and many people support me to show up.Thanks for your answer

I wasn't saying what you're doing makes no sense, i was saying it doesn't make sense for them to deny someone after they cancelled the interview themselves... they make no sense, not you... please read carefully what I was replying to before you get your panties in a bunch.

Many people have gotten a letter of cancellation, not showed up and then got denied on basis of not showing up for the interview.

Better to go, get marked down that you were there and get sent home, than to NOT go and have them pull one over on you and say you never showed up, you're denied!

Right?

wow... that makes no sense....

more detail:

for your kind information, I never attested my original documents/photocopies from foreign ministry. It is not required by USCIS/NVC.

Neither did we.

Passport and Greencard... that's all!

if u got a letter saying the interview is cancelled, why are you still going?

Thanks all I am waiting for the NVC to review my DS230 as packet one with affidavit of support has been completed yesterday.

You were supposed to send the Urdu marriage certificate and English translation with this packet. If you did not, expect delays. You must send originals or certified copies from the issuing authority to the NVC.

Reminds me of a time my ex and I went into a beauty supply store in NC... he had really long hair and took great care of it. He loved to browse hair products. So we go into this store and as soon as we walked in the door we were asked what we were looking for. My ex replied we were just looking. The clerk told us, no, you can't do that...Told my ex he had to wait in the front while I could browse the store...WE WERE FLOORED!! I lost it and caused a scene! I do not even understand the clerk's logic behind that!

Eabbas is right, all cases in Islamabad are different, it's very sad, but true.

Yes! These are all very good comments! Thanks for sharing with me!

I am curious about when they arrive to the airport in Istanbul from Islamabad. He will be checking his luggage and I am wondering if he will be required to gather it after his plane lands in Istanbul and then recheck it before he get on his connecting flight. This is what I have to do when I go thru Abu Dhabi and it is a big pain. If they actually transfer it to his connecting flight for him that will be much simplier. Anyone have experience with baggage from Islamabad to Istanbul and connecting flights?

I would call the airline. They should be able to answer this for you. I never had to transfer my own luggage in Abu Dhabi. I flew Etihad, though.

Yeah, the embassy didn't call my husband either. It was a surprise when american express called him one moring to pick up his passport that afternoon. Congrats!

My husband also traveled for the first time when he came here. What we decided to do was fly him with no luggage, only a carry on bag. We bought any clothes he needed here and his family wanted to arrange shipping for his clothes to the US, but he decided he didn't need anything. It worked out great. Ot was less time and confusion.

Contacting the embassy by phone in Islamabad is near hopeless! Better luck trying to email them, but sometimes they still don't even respond. Try calling DOS and/ or get an elected official involved. You might have better luck getting info this way, but it's not going to change the fact you are in AP or making it any shorter. Some here have been in AP a year or longer. Hang in there!!

I'm sorry you are going through this, but it is a major trial in patience dealing with Islamabad. Every case is different and they are very inconsistent. My hubby was also asked for proof of how I paid for my trips to Pakistan with the same refusal worksheet. When we sent the proof, the visa was printed about 17 days after that and he received the visa like a week after it was printed.

Unfortunately, the embassy does not care about pregnancy or children. Look at Eabbas, she has three children who really need their papa Adil in their life, but they are in 11 months AP. Another friend I know had her baby alone and her hubby arrived 3 months after she gave birth. I also know a woman who gave birth to her baby without her husband, but the baby was stillborn, and still they are waiting to be together... they can't even mourn the loss of their child together, it's heart breaking. No one said this will be easy... I know it's not what you want to hear, but we all have been through the wait, some shorter, some longer, but a wait none the less.

They only did an official engagement and had pictures taken they didn't do Nikah at all and she did not change her name she out put his last name on her oovoo chat as an Id name for the chat she did not formally Change her name because they were not married her last name now is what it was ten years ago it was simply an Id name for her chat that she changed

It's very common for the engagement to be as formal as the Nikah and valima as you know it seems it was perceived as a wedding but wasn't and we all know that for the embassy a lot of what they go on is perception

So to correct this because they are not married yet they are withdrawing the k1 and doing Nikah and filing cr1

Still need to be sure as to why they were sent back and be sure to withdraw the current petition before filing the new one

I'm not saying they did a nikkah, I believe them... but with the pics and using the last name of her fiance (even not formally changed), the CO may have perceived them to be married... and yes, engagements can be formal, but the woman would not usually wear the red/maroon color of dress that the brides usually wear for nikkah... of course it is up to them what color to wear on whatever special occasion they celebrate. It shouldn't really be up to the CO... the only thing I'm saying is that CO's take culture into account and may have mistakenly perceived them as having been married.

They should be given the reason for denial and be able to answer for it, rather than just coming to that conclusion... but this is Islamabad we are talking about... or as I like to call it, inconsistency central!

can she apply for removal if divorce still in process?

Yes, she can... they will give her an RFE for the divorce certificate and she can submit it when it is issued

my senator made an inquiry to department of state in reply the CO said the information he received from me. USCIS was unaware of it they never said they doubted over our relationship. we met each other six times in 3 years of time. 3 times abroad and 3 times in pakistan and had plenty of evidence all we are ambiguous about they might think we are likely married because the video snaps pics we have showed to the CO he kept them and i had put my last name with my fiancee's first name .

Mohsin,

I think you are right that they may believe you are married. I have your fiance as my friend on facebook and I looked at your engagement photos. Mashallah, those pics are amazing and beautiful, but the first thing I thought when I saw those pics was that these look like wedding pics... same color of bride dress on pakistani marriages and everything. Good luck!

I know you are heartbroken. It is really tough. It seems a lot of people change when they come here, especially from countries that don't have the freedom that we do. Even though you feel betrayed, your spouse cheating on you does not constitute immigration fraud, unless you believe she tricked you into coming here to be with that person she is cheating with. If you don't think you can/or don't want to resolve things, just let her go... I know it is so hard to forgive a cheating spouse and it takes a very special person to be able to do that, but people do make mistakes... it does not make them fraudsters. The only way she could be deported is if you had evidence of immigration fraud, which IMO, this is not... seems like someone got caught up with their new found freedom...

I'm guessing the person who asked the question just really doesn't know what his options are. He said he didn't want to do anything illegal, and I think we've established that coming here on a tourist visa to get married is illegal.

So what are his other options? Fiance visa or get married in Egypt. Am I missing anything?

Let's get it straight, coming on a tourist visa with intent to marry, that's ok (ie...destination weddings), but coming with the intent to immigrate is illegal. Marrying and immigrating are two different things. However, even if you were coming to get married and not to immigrate (let's say you planned to get married here and return to your country- no intent to immigrate) if a CO knew this, it is highly unlikely you would even be granted a tourist visa as a spouse living in the US would not be showing sufficient ties to the US.

You may wish to consider having her visit you, this will be a lot easier, if the sparks fly and you wish to get married, either apply for k1 to marry here, or get married there and file for cr-1

Noooo we are still on k3 process.. but I am hoping if anyone here can answer me.

Your k3 will be administratively closed. The K3 is now an obsolete visa. The k3 was used until about 6 years ago when the i-130's took longer to approve. I-130's now have about the same processing times, so now they just approve both at the same time and automatically process as a cr1. hope this helps!

By the way does anyone know how much time they have to enter the US once the visa is received?

6 months

The hard part is we did not lie about anything to them or anyone else. In fact he was approved by CIS before the interview, it was at interview they give him a hard time because I am older than him and been married before.

Everyone is approved at USCIS before interview. You cannot even start applying for a visa without approval from USCIS first, that is what the i-130 is for, this must be approved for everyone before an interview, or even a visa application takes place.