StabbingEcstasy

over 14 months of AP for a female applicant is RIDICULOUS.

@ carolyn you are right she will have a blast in PK, but not all area in pakistan is like oven, northern part is very cool in summer... put it this way My two year old daughter is in pakistan..

Hi, EAbbas nice to see you hanging in there..

My wife in pakistan said the same thing to me and we were talking about this "why i can't move to pakistan" recently. i am currently planning on this and SAVING money, it's been 1 year now in AP... To keep it real In news which i listen closely i can see Pakistan is signing deals with China for electricity and Iran for compressed natural gas i don't blame them a bit because "energy is pakistan's top need at the moment" the two country that don't sit well with USA but As for Immigration they will continue to retard the process to pressure pakistan to exit the deal (YES this part of american govt's way).. At the end of the day it is more important to be together with your love1 then the stupid visa...

PS: yes i tried senator,congressman and U.S president--------> they all puppets

i am down with protest... i lived huge chunk of my life here in the states and have found out that if you wait like sheep no body care But as soon as you become Vocal everybody tries to help.. I am not fan of typing all day on internet with no results... E-mailing together is good idea for starters...

YOU RIGHT i don't know why they are refusing to add. It would help alot.

Please edit your timelines to help others going through the same process. It helps others so much and brings comfort while they wait if they can see how long others had to wait for each step in this process.

Could all of you Pakistan people be so kind and update your timelines as best as you can remember. It really helps others going through this wait to see how long others had to wait. And this thread has way too many pages for everyone to read through to see if you might have posted your wait times within in.

It only takes a couple minutes. I will help you

CLICK Home at the top left

CLICK View My Timeline

CLICK Edit/Add My Entry

CLICK EditTimeline at the bottom

Fill in as much as possible and especially Beneficiarys country and the other one says Embassy

Thank you for your help

Thank you for your kind input and i hope you are nearing to the end of AP because that's alot of time. You took them to the court once i am sure they will not afford to go there again, that would look really bad on there part. InshAllah you will see your Visa sooner.

StabbingEcstay,

I feel your pain. I know a couple that waited in AP 4 years before they finally got their visa. You can take DOS to court but I would wait until she has been in AP for at least 16 months. Even then once you file the court papers the DOS has 90 days to respond. That's another 3 months! I took DOS to court after 16 months in AP. Our visa was denied because they said we married for immigration purposes. We appealed and won. Our case was sent back to the embassy in Islamabad where they placed us in AP again. After 8 months they are now requesting new DS230, affidavit of support and my husbands passport. For some reason Islamabad loves to put people in AP and leave them there but once they decide to issue the visa they move very quickly.

Other then that i am up to page 45 of this thread, learning interesting information to say the least. All thanks to Ebass and friends, i hope you guys are doing well. My wife case is 9 months in Ap, in these 9 months i have asked Senator and president help but found out they are useless(senator get same answer from embassy every two months and the president has forwarded our concern to uscis . . i am thinking about taking DOS to court because i don't see an end to this. . again Thank you Ebass for this wonderful thread..

hi, guys i have quick question.. my wife case is still in AP islamabad 9 months in now. my child is with her who has American passport yet my child(year and half) never traveled to states.. so the question is her social security card is that something i can apply now or do i have to wait until she comes here.. ty

Humein B chahey kay hum sab mil kay Long march karein. who stuck in ( AP )

THAT is good point, let the voice be heard.. We deserve Respect. :thumbs:

QUICK question is their a female visa recipient that been waiting in AP for say: A YEAR?

my wife visa is in AP for 7 months now. her interview was on june 11 2012.

FOR NEWBS

Administrative Review: Is when your case is being looked at more closely for accuracy and to make sure all security name and fingerprint checks have cleared and your visa can be adjudicated.

Administrative Processing: Means once you have interviewed it is in security checks for any of these situations: you have had a name hit in one of the many data bases, background checks for fraud, or has missing and incomplete information that must be submitted and the rechecked. Processing is more in depth and than the review process and there is no time limit for this processing to complete. Administrative processing can last a few days or months and in some cases it has endured for years.

what is 221(g) No visa or other documentation shall be issued to an alien if (1) it appears to the consular officer, from statements in the application, or in the papers submitted therewith, that such alien is ineligible to receive a visa or such other documentation under section 212, or any other provision of law, (2) the application fails to comply with the provisions of this Act, or the regulations issued thereunder, or (3) the consular officer knows or has reason to believe that such alien is ineligible to receive a visa or such other documentation under section 212, or any other provision of law: Provided, That a visa or other documentation may be issued to an alien who is within the purview of section 212(a)(4) , if such alien is otherwise entitled to receive a visa or other documentation, upon receipt of notice by the consular officer from the Attorney General of the giving of a bond or undertaking providing indemnity as in the case of aliens admitted under section 213: Provided further, That a visa may be issued to an alien defined in section 101(a)(15) (B) or , if such alien is otherwise entitled to receive a visa, upon receipt of a notice by the consular officer from the Attorney General of the giving of a bond with sufficient surety in such sum and containing such conditions as the consular officer shall prescribe, to insure that at the expiration of the time for which such alien has been admitted by the Attorney General, as provided in section 214(a) , or upon failure to maintain the status under which he was admitted, or to maintain any status subsequently acquired under section 248 of the Act, such alien will depart from the United States.(THE BEST THING IS NOT TO WORRY AND GET LONG DISTANCE PHONE PLAN)

TELL US IF THERE IS UPDATE ON 221(g) No visa or other documentation shall be issued to an alien if (1) it appears to the consular officer, from statements in the application, or in the papers submitted therewith, that such alien is ineligible to receive a visa or such other documentation under section 212, or any other provision of law, (2) the application fails to comply with the provisions of this Act, or the regulations issued thereunder, or (3) the consular officer knows or has reason to believe that such alien is ineligible to receive a visa or such other documentation under section 212, or any other provision of law: Provided, That a visa or other documentation may be issued to an alien who is within the purview of section 212(a)(4) , if such alien is otherwise entitled to receive a visa or other documentation, upon receipt of notice by the consular officer from the Attorney General of the giving of a bond or undertaking providing indemnity as in the case of aliens admitted under section 213: Provided further, That a visa may be issued to an alien defined in section 101(a)(15) (B) or , if such alien is otherwise entitled to receive a visa, upon receipt of a notice by the consular officer from the Attorney General of the giving of a bond with sufficient surety in such sum and containing such conditions as the consular officer shall prescribe, to insure that at the expiration of the time for which such alien has been admitted by the Attorney General, as provided in section 214(a) , or upon failure to maintain the status under which he was admitted, or to maintain any status subsequently acquired under section 248 of the Act, such alien will depart from the United States.

Yes, my case is f2a....

F-1 visas are for full-time students.

F-2 visas are for spouses and children of F-1 visa holders. SO best thing is to Google it! In my case i am resident of states, so i informed them of my situation. Never the less you can still write to the us president from abroad or if you have somebody living in the states have them write...

If you click under your name and country flag, there is a link to Timeline- if you fill that out, it will help us answer your your questions.

just did that.. funny it was there the whole time yet i didn't see.. TY

I would like to get a hold of the copy as well, if you dont mind. I have waiting since Feb of this yr.

copy of what letter to obama? i see you have different visa so you want to write letter About that. may i ask what is this visa for?

Mostly guys go through APs because they have name checks to go through and other security checks as well. But if you read the Visa site carefully, you will see that they ask for 90 days to resolve the AP from the time you have provided them with all necessary documents. In other cases you are also allowed to get in touch with them after 60 days period has passed in AP. During interview they might give you a sheet which says not to bother them by email or phone during AP and they might speak saying that AP takes 4 months, more or less depending on case lengths. And yes women also go through AP. Security check goes for everyone but women have a lower probability of going in AP as to what I have learned from this forum....

That's true i emailed them and they said not to bother them. what's up with this AP. My wife Interview had no objection since june 2012 and they kept her passport, so what is the point of this process? I ask new york senator Gillabrand to ask us embassy islamabad on my behalf.. 2 weeks later received letter from senator stating "her case is undergoing AP, a normal part of the visa application process, that can be neither EXPEDITED nor WAIVED. please understand(LOL) that we are unable to predict the amount of time this will require. However, once the AP is complete, we will contact her" currently am working on my letter to the president obama...