oabdelra

Very good

Just a word of advice on the lawyer part. I had a very good lawyer...but even then if I wasn't on top of things it would have gone by much slower for me. In some instances I would direct what I wanted to do...I chose to do things he advised me against and it worked out for me. So stay on top of them, basically all the lawyer is good for is organizing your packet and making it look professional, and offer to occasional consolation/advice,but you basically need to look after yourself here.

foobaz123, on 09 March 2012 - 02:42 PM, said:

Congratulations!!!!!

Now we'll see if I beat you to an Interview scheduling

Saylin, on 09 March 2012 - 02:42 PM, said:

Congrats!

Don't listen to the operators Just keep calling everyday until you get your interview date Remember, you can start calling DOS as well now!

Aneel, on 09 March 2012 - 02:45 PM, said:

CongratZZZ! Now go have a great weekend

sheeshkabelle, on 09 March 2012 - 02:40 PM, said:

YAY!! Congratulations x3!

VisaJourney2011, on 09 March 2012 - 02:38 PM, said:

Congratulation to: foobaz, oabdelra, and TangoBravo !!!!

Thanks everyone for your congrats! Congrats to EVERYONE that just got a case complete! Can't wait for the interviews!!!!

Thanks, well thanks to togetherforever13's latest updates, apparently cairo caught up on their backlog and interviews are now being scheduled a little over a month from case complete

Hey, thanks everyone for the CONGRATS! Thanks for all the help you guys gave me to get to this point, I realllllly appreciate it Congrats to you too foobaz!

Saylin:

Feb 17 - Sent in AOS and IV docs

Feb 22 - NVC Receive

Feb 24 - RFE(original birth certificate)

Feb 29 - Sent in RFE response

Mar 2 - NVC Receive RFE

Mar 5 - Case Closed!!

Now still waiting on interview date...

I got a case complete at NVC as of March 5, 2012

Hey everyone! I still dont know if we have an april interview, but still waiting on the NVC to give us an interview date. I thought I would get anyone here who's having their interview in april to share their experiences!

The quickest oneschedled is 44 days from case cimplete. I hope yours is quicker

Do you know how long it took for them to be notified of the interview time?

Still waiting on interview date I thought Cairo was trying to schedule because they have open times!

Good luck on the remaining 7 weeks! I hope they will be shorter for you

Your wife will have an easy time and she will have her visa in 10 days. Do not worry.

You cannot schedule the medical till you get the email with the interview date.

She will need 3 passport photos and her passport and the email to do the medical

and money

and shots

Just have her collect a small binder of photos with family and friends and some chats and emails and webcams or phone bills.

She will not need much

But egypt asks for photos, email, chats and Military, police and marriage, divorce

So make sure she has original marriage, divorce, military, police and a copy of each---just in case they lost it

and just 100 pages of photos or evidence.

You want to make sure they have no reason to delay her. and if she doesnt have a document it makes them wait for 1-2 extra months

Good Luck

sounds like we need a whole bunch of evidence and that I have to be in Egypt with her before and during the interview to make sure she has everything. I asked NVC and they said she does not need any of the documents that are in the packets...but from what I've read Cairo is notorious for being picky...mannnnn

Togetherforever thank u so much! I called the NVC and they said they will be scheduling for April next week...so I guess I'll call every day lol...well now what do I do? Do I tell my wife to go get the medical? What are the next steps? What do I need to send her from my side?

Saylin can you help me with this please :) :

Hey guys I have a question...i'm worried! Basically the I received a checklist for a birth certificate dated yesterday March 2nd. However, they generated a letter on february 29 for that checklist. I sent in the item and it was received yesterday at 10 30 am their time. The AVR was saying yesterday that a letter was sent/generated on feb 29. Now it is saying March 2nd (yesterday). I;m confused, did they review the birth certificate yesterday or did the AVR just update with the date sent?

do you mean you think they reviewed it yesterday that quick?

Hey guys I have a question...i'm worried! Basically the I received a checklist for a birth certificate dated yesterday March 2nd. However, they generated a letter on february 29 for that checklist. I sent in the item and it was received yesterday at 10 30 am their time. The AVR was saying yesterday that a letter was sent/generated on feb 29. Now it is saying March 2nd (yesterday). I;m confused, did they review the birth certificate yesterday or did the AVR just update with the date sent?

Hey guys I have a question...i'm worried! Basically the I received a checklist for a birth certificate dated yesterday March 2nd. However, they generated a letter on february 29 for that checklist. I sent in the item and it was received yesterday at 10 30 am their time. The AVR was saying yesterday that a letter was sent/generated on feb 29. Now it is saying March 2nd (yesterday). I;m confused, did they review the birth certificate yesterday or did the AVR just update with the date sent?

I think they will be open tomorrow. Today they are closed due to power outage. They usually fix those things quickly. God willing tomorrow they will get back to work! Always be optomistic!

Portsmouth is not "slammed" with snow...there is snow but it's not that bad. They are closed though.

You're welcome! And no questions are silly in this very serious process.

You should be getting it either the end of this week or next week. Just keep calling every day, you'll get it soon.

Either or. But usually after a week or so into the new month, the old month thread kinda dies out.

Yeah, there was a ridiculous blizzard that hit the US this week, so outages should be expected. I'm sure they have back-up generators though and should be up and running in a few hours.

Well I called and it looks like NVC is closed today

How do I send a response to a checklist? It's for the birth certificate. Do I just send in the original birth certificate with the package IV cover letter and that's it?

I would suggest sending in both, that way, you cover all bases. Make sure you include in the cover letter a little paragraph on her situation. And add a sticky note on each birth certificate explaining it as well since there's no guarantee they'll read the cover letter.

Thank you The problem is she cannot obtain a Saudi birth certificate, because the paper she received when she was born she gave to the Egyptian authorities to convert it to the original Egyptian birth certificate. She can't get a saudi one now because she does not live in Saudi and has no ties. I've seen other Egyptians in the same position just send in the Egyptian with no problems.

Not sure what to do and the NVC operators just read the website info :S

All:

I have an interesting question:

My wife was born in Saudi Arabia (she is an Egyptian national), but she has an original Egyptian birth certificate certified by the Egyptian government. From my understanding this should be acceptable for visa purposes since it is certified by the appropriate government authority (Egyptians have done it before). What is everyone's take on this? Should I submit the Saudi Birth Certificate?

I got a checklist for my wife's original birth certificate. I am positive I put it in (it's a smaller paper) that they may have overlooked or misunderstood to be a copy. I called them and told them that last Friday, so they are getting a supervisor to review it. Was that a good move by me? Could the supervisor over rule the officer and declare my case closed??

In the mean time I got my wife to send me another original birth certificate just in case.

Please adviseeeee

Hi guys!

Foobaz, it's coming this time! The termination message seems to be very good news these days

I have a tax question here: we decided that my husband was gonna file "married filing separately", I've been pushing him to file before the interview. He tells me that there's a field where he's supposed to include my SSN, which of course I don't have yet. Do I need an ITIN? I thought it was only needed for married filing jointly??

I filed Married - Filining Jointly. To do this you have to fill out a form W-7 (application for ITIN) and attach it to the income tax form. You have to send them together. Leave the section for social security number of spouse blank, the IRS will put the ITIN in when they review the W-7 and file the income tax return.

Can she obtain a Saudi birth certificate, maybe from their consulate? Or is it unavailable? It could be good if she enquired about that if she doesn't know.

Well I dont think she can because she is no longer a Saudi resident. But the Egyptian one is sufficient since she is an Egyptian citizen. It's like getting a US birth certificate stating you are an american citizen born in a foreign country. It's still a valid certificate. They accepted the copy of the birth certificate, just looking for the original :S

This is confusing

Thank you, I did just that. They will have someone look into it. I will call back later today. Also, I think I know where the confusion is. She is an Egyptian national with an Egyptian birth certificate, but she was born in Saudi Arabia. The birth certificate for Egypt states that she was born in Saudi Arabia, which is fine. I never thought about this till now. :S...not sure what to do!

All,

I called NVC and they said that my packet had generated a checklist for my Wife's original birth certificate, which I submitted in the packet!. I have not received an email or anything, it was just over the phone. My lawyer said to wait and that sometimes they generate these checklists mistakenly then send the packet off to the embassy a week later. What should I do????????