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My wife got the notice for her AOS interview after the biometrics. In the letter it lists almost the whole AOS application documents which we already submitted. DO we have to take all these with us to the interview again? Some say "unless already submitted"... i am a bit lost on which to take and what not to take.

any help?

Thanks!

They issued it! The guy that said no to us was wrong. I did complain about it to the management.

So we went back and were lucky to get the same lady who helped us the very first time, who said to bgin the i94 and she will take care of it. So now just gotta wait for the mail.

Thanks all!

We have the same last names. So there is no name change. Yet they still said not without EAD

We will go again today and i hope they give it to her... I want to put her on my health benefits and SSA employees not knowing how to do their job isnt really helping me here.... Lets hope it works today.

So, Im pretty pissed right now... I need to add my wife (got here 3 weeks ago on K1 visa) to my health insurance and that require a SSN. I went to the SSA office and the first day i went, they told me I needed the i-94... okay no problem.. went back home and printed one out... took my wife back to the SSA office and a different person told us she needs a work permit to get a SSN... What now?? what do i do now? How do i get her health insurance with a SSN? I will be applying to the AOS this week but how long does the work permit take??

She arived on march 19th and the i-94 doesnt expire till Mid June...

Any advice/help?

Thanks guys!

Her maiden name and my last name are the same. so the name change isnt an issue for us. The i-94 doesn't expire till July 2015. So i dont understand why she was denied the SSN with i-94 and k1 visa on the passport.

Yeah I realized the info on 325a is the same as the first one we filed only difference is the new and current address...

Thanks for the reply!

Hey guys,

So I got married last week and my wife is here on K1 visa. I went to the get her a SSN but they told me that she needs to have a "work permit" in order to get a SSN. This seemed really odd because the first day i went and they told me everything is good i just need the i94. We went back with the i94 and they told us (different person) she needs a work permit to get a SSN. So now I am filling for AOS and the work permit, although she wont work because shes still a student. anyways... thats the situation i am currently in.

My question for you great folks is, AOS packet is asking for the g-325a. Is this the same g-325a we filed during the visa process? or does new and current info goes on there, for example the current address should be the address here in the US, correct?

Please help.

Thanks!

My fiancee just got her K1 Visa, on the passport, in her hand and is ready to fly to the US. however, it says we must pay the visa free and has given the website about where to pay. On the website it asks for Alien Number... Her K1 Visa doesnt have the number... how do I pay for the fees without the Alien Number??

Thanks in advance!

Finally visa in hand!!!! Time to fly to Pakistan for 2 weeks.

Edit: They asked her basic K1 visa questions... What I do for a living? where i live in the states? and few questions about my divorce. They also asked to look at skype logs and photos. I had her take everything (like others said, its better to over prerp than under prep). She said the embassy staff was really nice...

After the interview they congratulated her told her she should have her passport back in 2 weeks. About 6 days later they called her and told her to pick it up.

Are the interview questions different based on the visa type? Also, we dont call each other much but we skype alll the time. Would skype logs be okay as one of the proof?

Finally got the interview date for mid Feb!! I'm excited for her! Hopefully, she does well on the interview!!

So they finally told me they got my documents and now are "pending review"... wonder how long thats gonna take. US embassy - Islamabad is an embarrassment to the US. Its sad that these guys represent us in Pakistan.

Oh, wow. I hope they find your documents soon and get the interview date out to you asap!

i hope so too.

They take over 10 days to reply to emails so ill just have to wait.

I hope you've gotten the date by now but it took us a solid 4 weeks to receive the interview date after sending 3.5. Good luck!

Things got pretty ugly for us. So after constantly emailing the embassy I finally got an response saying they never got my packet 3.5. So now I sent them all the tracking info and TCS records showing that the embassy stamped the receipt of delivery. So now its just a waiting game to see what the embassy says.

BTW, US Embassy - Islamabad has to be the worst government/state office I have ever dealt with. Their customer service is just sad.

keep an eye on things man... the embassy just told me they never got my documents. We sent them by TCS. Use DHL or any other american shipping company. Its shocking how they can just lose such important documents.

Why do you think it will take that long?

thats just the worse case... Also most of the documents were originals and getting documents from Pakistani state departments is hell... so thats why i think it will get pushed out. I hope it doesnt. i hope they find the documents at the embassy. i have TCS tracking showing it was delivered.

Dnd worry Bro, once u will email & fax courier name & tracking number then within 4 days ur case will update & u will get packet 4 within 1 week inshAllah

I hope you are right. You can reply to their emails you have to use the email system and i dont know when they will look at my email. I really hope they find the papers.

UPDATE: The embassy finally emailed me. They did not get my documents. So i sent them the TCS tracking number to further inquire about it. Worse comes to worse, my process will get delayed 3-4 months because getting all those original documents in Pakistan isnt easy.

Sad day today!!!

Brother I am from Pakistan. TCS being a domestic courier service has a reputation of delivering documents on time.

If they say, the delivery has been made, then you have to believe it.

Other than that, you can Fax the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan at +92-51-262-3673

or CLICK HERE for inquiry page.

thanks bro! that gives me hope. Ill try faxing them also. I give it till the end of the month and see if they respond to my emails.

Hey guys,

I have an issues. We sent our packet 3.5 about 30 days ago to US Embassy - Islamabad. Our online status has not changed at all. it still says December 3d (thats when they emailed me Packet 3.0). My fiancee in Pakistan used TCS to send the packet 3.5, according to the TCS tracking system they said they delivered it on December 19th. I called the NVC here in the US and they said they dont have any information because once they send the K1 file to the US embassy they dont handle anything at NVC anymore. I emailed the embassy 4 times already with in the last 10 days and they have not responded at all.

All I want to know if they embassy has received my packet 3.5

Any advice for me? should i just keep waiting? Or is there any way besides email that I can get a confirmation from the embassy.

Thanks!!

Finally got the interview date on 2-25-2015

Congrats!! If you dont mind me asking when did you submit your support documents (packet 3.5)?

So Fellows lets start

i am from Karachi and my interview was on 30th December 2014. As it was a regular working day so i have to go by air to resume my current job in a day.

I'll recommend the Airblue among others local air lines. Never ever try PIA for such as important situation, i am a witness of a PIA flight which was delayed to next day.

For those who do not have relatives in ISB, when you reach the Islamabad airport you can go to Abpara Market where many hotels are available depends on your budget this location is near to Diplomatic Avenue. ( US embassy). Fare of taxi from ISB airport to Abpara market is 500 ~600.

Minimum hotel rent available is 2500 ~ 3000 / night.

Well on the day of interview i reached to diplomatic avenue at 5:30 am. There was a line of almost 20 people that time i also start waiting for opening the gate.

At 6:00 am watchman open the gate and they checked CNIC (Original).

Once i get inside i was moving towards shuttle service counter but at entrance the duty office asked me to leave my documents bag as it was not allowed. i asked him there is only documents but he insist that it is not allowed please submit it on that counter. i asked him how can i manage my documents he said they will provide the shopping bag. So i went to that counter and submit the bag and arrange my files in a shopping bag it was terrible to manage them in a shopping bag so NEVER CARRY A BAG, even mine was a document carrier but in form of bag. i lost my que position at that time which was achieved at 5:30 am.

After it i went to shuttle counter bought a ticket ( 500 RS) and get the first shuttle to US embassy. Reached Embassy about 7:15. Now security guards made two lines one for immigration visa applications and other for non immigration visa applicant. At that time you need to show your passport and visa letter to them.

Now i entered in the embassy and a young fellow guide me towards immigration ticket counter, get my ticket number and went to security check. Submitted my pen drive as no electronic items are allowed in embassy, i did not carry my mobile phone as well.

after clearing form security check i came into a waiting area where a guard was guiding every one. after waiting of almost 45 minutes i went towards bio metrics room, where a young pakistani guy took my finger prints and handed over two papers to me and then i go to an other waiting area.

Note: During bio metric i have seen many peoples have wrong size / direction of pictures. Please do read the photo instruction provided on embassy website.

In other room i wait about 5 minutes and my ticket numbers is called i go to the counter a Pakistani guy asked about my passport and and medical which i give to him than we had a conversation as below.

Pakistani Guy: Do you know Mr. XXXX

Pakistani Guy :Why i am asking about him ?

PG: yes and he filled a wrong form as well for joint sponsor, do your wife and his brother lives in a same house?

PG: write a form number on a post it and give it to me that it should be filled as your wife and his brother is living in a same house,

PG: Smiled and said sir you are not the only victam of such cases.

PG: the counsuler office will let you know during interview and he asked about the language of interview

at that point i felt its over, because i did a very perfect paper work through out the process not a single mistake, and that time i was imagining a very long time in AP due to this mistake.

Any way i wait for my interview call but at that time now i was not so much interested in interview due to that form error because i realize today the visa status will not be decided. As my ticket was announced i go to that window for interview and the following conversation was

CO: Good Morning

CO: How are you ?

CO : she gave me a card to read loudly and i did, after that she asked me that so you are an engineer

Co: Do you have masters degree

CO: your marriage was on

CO: Does your wife visited you after marriage

CO : Oh really is she in this building

CO: When she comes to Pakistan ?

CO : how did your marriage fixed, arrange or love

CO: how did you meet ?

CO: so would you like to do work in the same company in US ?

CO: She gave me my original documents and said , Congratulations you visa has been approved, you will get your passport in two weeks by american express. You have to pay 165$ fee before going to usa.

Me: i thanked her and wish her happy new year in advance and she smiled and wished me good luck.

She did not asked about a single document or picture, interview last for hardly 5 to 6 mins.

I Go outside the embassy, try to remember did she said i am approved ? or any thing else then her next line pop up in my mind you will get your passport within 2 weeks. I thanked to ALLAH PAK, as ALLAH is the only power to turn anything right.

I wish good luck to all the people who is preparing for their interview. The only tip is do pray before going to interview. Be confident you have done nothing wrong. If you think you can understand the american accent only in this condition chose English. Your answers should be very specific to question.

by the way i have visa in hand Allhumdulillah.

CONGRATS!

Does anyone know if the status changes (at least the dates) online once the embassy has received packet 3.5? My fiancee used TCS when I told her to use DHL. I have never used TCS so i dont have much trust in them. The embassy wont reply to my emails and i just wanna know if my packet is lost or not...

Any advice?

Usually it takes 20 to 60 days max

Fee require after visa collection from american express

Thanks! that gives me some hope...

I am not getting any email response from the embassy. Does anyone know how I can get an interview date after sending the packet 3.5. Also, when do i pay the fees for my fiancee in Pakistan?

Glad to hear you guys are getting interview dates.

I am pretty worried about the packet 3.5. It has been 11 days TSC delivered it and my online status still has not changed. As you all may know, packet 3.5 holds critical personal information. I would hate to see my documents getting lost as my entire life/worth is in those documents.

Embassy isn't return my emails, does anyone know how else I can get a conformation on my docs being at the embassy?

Thanks