Abbas Islamabad

Dear VJers,

My AP journey recently finished and i am inside the US. You all have no idea what a lifeline and source of comfort you all were. I connected with a few other H1b applicants undergoin AP in islamabad and discussed their lives every few weeks to keep it real through this network.

My history is ; i came to the US in 2000 on F1 visa as a student and graduated in 2005 with Engineering ; worked a year on OPT and then 6 years on H1b ; with an approved i140 application in EB2 and new H1b i appeared for interview in Islamabad thinking it should be a seamless process given by 11-12 year history in the US. Lo and behold 8 months in Administrative Processing. I contacted 3 senators who did congressional inquiry into the case with the same answer of "undergoing ap and it cannot be helped." After 6 months of AP my company lawyer also applied for Consular Processing at the ISB consulate. Then finally beginning of November i asked Texas Senator Cornyn to inquire again and the same week sent an email to the white house. Both the Senator's office and the White House responded 2 weeks later saying case was approved. And within a few days of that i got the passport.

I was in touch with 2 other friends in the Islamabad area (one H1b male applicant, other wife of H1b applicant) both of whom were undergoing AP and got it after 7-8 months. A third friend also in H1b AP got it in 3 months. So it was really frustrating seeing that there is no timeline and basically no hope... two other friends got h1bs and family members got visit visa within a week of their interviews while i kept waiting...

I called DOS weekly the whole time and never really got anything from them... i cant say if it was the letter to the white house... maybe it was... maybe it was my time...

I had signed up for daily emails from VJ on this thread... really felt sorry and prayed for some other people especially EAbbas who have been away from their kids in the most challenging of circumstances - those stories put my vjourney in perspective.

Thank you all again - please feel free to contact me if you have any questions...

Regards,
Abbas

Anyone here in Islamabad waiting on H1b-AP ?

Today (July 8th, 2013) marks 3 months for me waiting with no update on CEAC since the date of the interview.

Have contacted both Texas senators who sent an inquiry and company lawyer also sent in a letter to the embassy in Islamabad.

So far nothing.

Apr 8 2013 Islamabad H-1b visa interview placed in Administrative Review.

Is this the right place and forum ? All seem to be K1 cases here.