Emran+Farah

As long as you have consumated the marriage and have pictures of ruksathi you should be fine. However, you living in Pakistan for over 6 months, they might ask you for a domicile. There are others on here who will elaborate on this. Also, you are definitely allowed to accompany your husband to the interview, but please note that you being the USC spouse, will be asked most of the questions! Be prepared and don't get nervous, there is no requirement for you to know the joint sponsor's biography, he is your dad's friend and and that's good enough, although you should know his name and what he does. For the question what date to tell them of your marriage, did you do another nikkah after the telephonic one? If not, then obviously you will state the same date as of when you did the telephonic Nikkah!

Keep in mind that 99.9% of male applicants get AP after the interview, which is normal for Islamabad embassy. If all's ok, most AP will last around 3 months but this is the million dollar question, if not; then how many months or years!! Take care and all the best!!

I was also in the same predicament at the time, But I opted not to go because there really is no need. If they dont ask you to be pressent there is no reason to be present. Unless you as an individual think it is imparative to be at the interview to possibly clear up some sort of complication or confusion with your case. Its really up to you! but in short to say CAN YOU BE AT THE INTERVIEW? the answer is YES.... but should you be there? I heard of a few horror stories of people who accompanied there spouce/fiance and they were put in AP. I did not go because my case was pretty simple and strait forward.

Couldn't agree more with sn530, and also they will do most of the questioning to the USC spouse and less to the applicant. However, it's still not all that bad and luck plays a major role as well. Good luck.

For males from Pakistan being the applicant of IR1-CR1 visas, they will ask for Rukhsati and most probably Valima. But for female applicants only Rukhsati is important and since you have done your Baraat has taken place you should be fine. However if the CO specifically asks you if you have completed the rukhsati and you tell him yes and when in reality you haven't; then it would be lying and could be a problem.

I'm gonna be landing in Chicago as well..I have a B.B.A. in Marketing from Dubai. Have a lot of work experience from Dubai and Karachi. Wifey told me to get registered with most recruitment agencies in Chicago. "Hunk" keep in touch as I will be flying out by end of Feb as well.

amjadasn,

Congrats brother! You shall receive a call from AMEX or Speedex in 2 days from the date of Issuance. All the best!

Waiting for EAbbas,Soccer,salmankhan,carolynhotstuff,Mohsin to get their Visas in the next 1 week Inshallah! Our prayers are with you...

hi i would like to informe that i been in pakistan for all most 2month now and husband finally got the visa. they ask him to get new medical and ds230. he got his visa on the 01-04-2013.

Congrats!! I guess after the interview if the USC spouse/petitioner visits the applicant it does help with AP as long as the Embassy is aware or you inform them of the petitioner's visit to Pakistan. This is just an analytical Guess!

what a gr8 start for u on the start of a new year.... datz awesome and all the best

Thanks and Best of Luck buddy.

you should request status update history from some one got visa recently this will help both of us as mine as also changing rapidly

Guys i recently got my visa, and the same thing happened, first the date of case update was Dec 14, then Dec 28 and on Dec 31st it changed to Issued! on 1st Jan got my Visa in hand!

So I guess the rapid change means actively working on your case which will hopefully result in visa issuance!

Congrats,

On which website u were checking the status of visa, would u like to share the link plz.

THANKS.

The link https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

Ok Everyone, I got approved!!! Thank you Allah!!

I gotta call from Amex today around 2pm to collect my passport. I didn't check my case online for a couple of days however when I did today it said "Issued" so basically my Interview was on Sep 14th 2012 got 221g RFE for rukhsati pics and new qualified joint sponsor, sent all requested docs on October 18th 2012 and got approved on Dec 31st 2012 got my passport on Jan 1st 2013! So an AP of 2 months and 13 days being a male Pakistani applicant.

I sincerely wish all the members here on VJ the best of luck! May you all have a blessed 2013 and Allah help you in your struggle! Thank you....

thanks EAbbas and Carolynhotstuff

Ok Everyone, I got approved!!! Thank you Allah!!

I gotta call from Amex today around 2pm to collect my passport. I didn't check my case online for a couple of days however when I did today it said "Issued" so basically my Interview was on Sep 14th 2012 got 221g RFE for rukhsati pics and new qualified joint sponsor, sent all requested docs on October 18th 2012 and got approved on Dec 31st 2012 got my passport on Jan 1st 2013! So an AP of 2 months and 13 days being a male Pakistani applicant.

I sincerely wish all the memebers here on VJ the best of luck and specially EAbbas,Mohsin,Soccer,Sam,NazishnWaqar and the list won't end!! May you all have a blessed 2013 and Allah help you in your struggle! Thank you....

This is the correct website

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

Alot of us on this forum told you to send the Nadra birth certificate which is bilingual, and we also stated that they were accepted. I dunno what you were waiting for!

hey everyone i am sharing a great news with all of u today i got a call from american express to collect my passports and other documents yayyyyyyyyyy finally after 96 days of AP finally its over thanks to ALLAH ALMIGHTY for every thing thanks to this forum and i pray for all of u that u got ur visa soon. AND insaALLAH every one got is visa just wait for the right time ALLAH has decided something better for u so signing off from this forum and stay happy and blessed.

Congrats bro...

you can check your visa status at the following link now, its working

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

Thanks, it is working for sure. But I wanted to ask one thing for Immigrant Visa, what do they mean by Case Creation Date and Status Updated Date. The time span is almost 8 months in between for my case. Any word on that..

You will get an email from NVC and you'll need to print that out to take it with your other docs to the interview, normally.

I sent my Nadra one and one from KMC as I am in Karachi and they were accepted.

Then why did consular officer told me that your visa has been issued and you will receive the passport with visa in 1 week.

That's just messed up, you should contact DOS about this. Also the designated courier service for the embassy. Good Luck.

Please fill in your timeline. Also you need to tell us if you are a male or a female beneficiary as the time frame varies for both.

Congrats bro!! All the best matie....

I wonder what's inside that brown sealed envelope that we are NOT suppose to ever know about!!!

If anyone does, please do tell.

virgo2012, bro I'm in almost the same situation, been in AP since just over a month now, it's all about waiting. Stay put and Inshallah you will hear soon from Amex to pick your passport up.

Well, we are officially out of AP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got the visa today in hand!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you all for your support!!!!!!!!!!!! It took about 2 1/2 months for our internal AP at the embassy to clear! We were informed that our case remained at the embassy for investigation and never left Pakistan. Our congressman office made one call and I sent one email and called weekly. I am sure Allah alone was responsible for our short duration of AP. All of you still waiting will remain in our thoughts! We are praying for you daily!

Hey Funfetti..congrats mashAllah! just wondering if you were a male beneficiary? Once again..all the very best for future.

Mashallah, congrats!! That was a real short AP. Hopefully we get through soon as well. All the best!