hk9302010

Embassy just called our house phone and said my husband needs to bring his ID and come in this Monday at 10 a.m.

That's great! They are moving fast

Inshallah you get your visa that day.

Keep us updated

what was the reseason for the delay two times?

and also what is the your visa status on the website?

does it show "issued"?

thanks for your cooperation

They had less workers before so they delayed most of visa pick ups. But now days I was hearing they are picking up faster.

Yes, its been saying "issued" since Nov.2013.

yeah it will be the first time to pick up the visa

and they gave me "white slip"

50-50% they will delay/return you & say they they'll either call u when your visa is ready or they will give another white slip with another date on it.

So, If I were you I would cancell my flight NOW before its too late.

Wait untill u got your visa at hand then book your flight.

hey

what's wrong?

you said your husband would pick up the visa on 19 jan

what happened?

I already bought a ticket. the flight on 27 feb

and I suppose to pick up the visa on 18 Feb.

Do NOT book plane tickets till you have the visa on your hand!

If I where you I would cancell now untill you have the visa in your hand.

Is this your first time going to pick up your visa?

but u said ur husband had an app on dec nd they told him to jan then u went nd they said feburary isnt that three times or am i wrong

No, read my timeline below.

I went on 12-04-13 then 12/29/13 for visa pickup (so twice I was returned).

When I went that day on 12/29/13 they then gave me a new "pink" visa pickup slip for 2/4/2014.

2/4/2014 hasnt came yet I'm still waiting... 2 weeks left.

Pray for me!

HK when is your pick-up data?

Lets make an honest vote on who thinks my husband's visa will be ready. I'm gonna say no, it won't be ready. So stressful!

You'll never know some people luck they get it on their first time. Keep your head up:)

im not slow or anything but i seriously forgot which one of u got sent back 3 times is it H93 or Hk93

inshallah u both get it this time cuz i feel ur pain but even more

Hey, yea it's me & it was "2 times" not 3.

My next pickup date is on 2/04.

i try my best to help others cuz i now i have so many questions that i want answers to as well. and u seem to be doing alot of research urself nd helping out alot. keep up the good work. i know lately this past week or two i have not been posting as much im just pissed of from waiting for everything .... the visa, travel plans, family, pregnancy., im suprised my blood pressure isnt going up from all of this.

Remember think positive, think about the blessings around you and know that everything happens for a good reason. Keep your head up

I guess now they are changing the rules instead of giving people who's are first time visa pickups another white slip they say we will call you.

They are soo backed up its a BIG mess:/

Hopefully everyone gets their visa soon inshallah

Just to keep you all I just got an email reply it says:

"Due to the Departure status at the embassy, many of our staff have not yet been allowed to return, and many of our sections are operating at less than 50% staffing. This has unfortunately resulted in longer than usual wait times for all consular services."

I soo I feel you:/

Inshallah you'll get a call soon

Ok here's how things went.

We went to my husbands appointment on dec. 18. It couldn't have gone any smoother or easier. Everything went really well but they said we need the new I-864 form when he comes to pick up his visa. They gave him the white slip visa pick up slip and he goes to pick it up on January 26. Then he gets a call from them to his cell last Thursday to come in on Sunday.

We went today and his name wasn't on the list but they let us in anyway. We waited hours until they let us into the building. There wad so many ppl it was crowded so there was a man there to let ppl in one by one. Well the jerk had us be. One of the last ones in.

There was a lady there to also go pick up her visa that we knew from our village. She went in before us and came out and we were still waiting. When she left she told us that they kept calling my husbands name inside. But what could we do the guy wouldn't let us in.

So then they finally called us in. We went thru security and when we got into the consular section it was crazy packed. U could definitely tell they were way overbooked and unorganized. All the workers were in such bad moods.

We went to one of the workers (yemeni). We showed him the white slip and gave him the forms. Then he told us to leave and they will call us.

I think they would've given the visa to us that time but the guy was too lazy and overwhelmed that he just then decided not to.

How ridiculous. I was so mad. Inshaallah they will call us soon tho. Inshaallah things will look brighter for all of us.

is anyone going threw the same thing as me when trying to check my visa status online on the ceac website. i keep pressing on submit but then nothing comes up

Try switching your browser to Google Chrome , Firefox, Internet explorer ect.

well, now i got scared gain

i think it doesn't matter the color

i got white slip, hope it means good

Don't worry the holidays are gone so there's no backlog. The workers are back and replying to emails that good.

Inshallah everyone gets their visas on time from Jan. and so on.

The u.s embassy finally wrote back to my by email this is what they wrote

Thank you for your e-mail. This case is still located at the National Visa Center (NVC). Although the NVC has finished processing your petition, the case will remain with the NVC until there is an available appointment at the Embassy. Once an appointment is available, the case will be transferred to Sanaa and our office will contact the applicant to schedule an appointment. Until your case is transferred to Sanaa, please direct any inquiries to the NVC. You can reach them by e-mail at NVCInquiry@state.gov or by telephone at +1(603)-334-0700.

Best,

Sanaa IV Unit

That's the same exact email I got when my case was at the NVC.

Hi, this is my first comment

"I don't know to to leave comment in the forum", any way i started read this website 2 months ago some comments made me worried and sad

I had to know some information before my interview and Alhamdulilah my interview went well

My wife applied for me 10 months ago and i had the interviw, I like the Staff and the US lady consul, they were so gentle and they didn't ask much questions as I prepared all the documents they requered

al hamdulilah I will pick up the visa on Feb

I would advice the other people to read and learn from each other

good luck for everybody

Congrats !!

Let us know how your visa pickup went.

hk93- yea the holidays ruin everything the end of tge year its always busy nd messy with anything that comes up. also do u think the workers on vacation are in yemen or went to celebrate in the US for the holidays .

I guessing the us.

yup. nd did they tell u when u went this time that if the visa was ready before ur feb app they would call or just come on that day and thats it also were the works yemenis and y did u wait two hours for just so they can find you a new appointment date?

Hey, yea she even honestly pointed out a stack of about 15 visas/packets with mine in it. She said yours and these others just need to be signed by the main CO but since there's no workers because of the holidays there's no one to sign it. She then said they might call me earlier to come once they get it signed.

And for the long usuall wait I can't explain but you"ll under stand once you yourself.

And There was only 2 workers that day and they were both Yemenis.

I just wanna say i hope no one is annoyed by all the comments i make on here i just have alot to say and im curious about what ppl have to say about their cases. please dont be annoyed with all the comments im makin

If you don't ask questions you'll never learn

-Life

hk93- i hope so as well. and can i ask y is it that u nd h93 have almost the same names whats the h93 about i get mixed up with both ur names . lol

I really don't know, Remember me with the "k" in it lol

hk93 they should of finished up with ur visa if it says that i hate that they did that to u i swear i would cry till i fall asleep but stay strong u only have to wait a lil more longer. inshallah this is the final wait for u.

I know but I believe that "kol takheer feeha khair "

I'm gonna stay positive

hey everyone i sent the embassy an email today and i thought they might not reply but they replied the same day but at 12 midnight. this is wat they said:

Thank you for your inquiry. A consular officer has reviewed your case. We will contact you with further instructions once an appointment date becomes available.

Best,

Sanaa IV Unit

That's great news!! Looks like all those emails helped lol

Inshallah u get your interview soon

Best of luck!!

Everybody that check the status online did it say issued that your Visa has been printed

Why did you go again why you didn't get you visit the first time are you missing anything

Nope I'm not missing nothing. It's not just me, there was people who came their 2nd time to pick up visa and still they did not get it but they did that did get pink slips. There was this one dad picking up his young daughters visa and bunch if other couples who came their 2nd time and still no visa so they gave them pink slips for Feb.

P.s on the website my status says "issued" since Nov. 2013

Omg they changed your visa pick up again? Inshallah ya rab everyone gets it

How long does it take from when you first go into the embassy til you go out? An hour or more?

Yea they changed it but this is the final pink slip they gave me this time so it's the official date.

It depends the faster you get in line with your pick up slip, the faster you get it.

For me since I was the 2nd one in line it took 2 hours.

My husbands appointment is tomorrow so hoping it goes well and if lucky a pink slip not white, inshallah

I knew there was a reason they have a white and pink slip

I know that's what I thought to my 1st time I went. I'm like what's with the white slips and only some pink. I really wasn't satisfied till I got that pink slip.

Ok so this is what went on yesterday,There were over 100 people there most if them for visa pick up. None of them got their visas yesterday. And there was no workers due to the holiday break only 2 windows were open. So I asked around most of the people are fresh this is their 1st time for visa pick up. And about 10 were like me 2nd time coming.

They called me in and I noticed there was over 100 white slips on one side and about 10 pink slips on one side. She gave a "pink visa pickup slip" this time. With a pick up date for the beginning of Feb. 2014. I was crushed but she apologized and explained that that the slip since it's pink meaning it's final I'm going to get the visa 100% either on that date or before. I was not as disappointed since it was a pink slip like I always wanted from before.

Most of the people there wanted either the pink slip or the visa, cause they said the white slip is unlucky.

So it turns out even though they are they same slips the visa pick up slips are color coded white bad ur gonna make at least 2 trips and pink means ur in!!