Samer78

Wow.. I pray we will all get our visa issued before the effective date which is November 3rd.
 
(b)  Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply to:
(i)     any alien holding a valid immigrant visa issued before the effective date of this proclamation;

Ali.. congratulation to you  as well. Believe me if their intention is to refuse your  Visa they won't even bother asking about your passport.  The only difference between your case and ours, it has been more than six months since my wife did her medical exam,  so she has to redo her medical exam. In your  situation you don't have to. Hope that answer your question 

Happy to inform  everyone  in this forum/ supporting group  that I received an  email  this morning from the embassy in Kuala Lumpur AP completed, my wife (Syrian  citizen) can redo her medical exam and drop her passport. Her interview  was conducted in March of this year. I would  like to thank everyone for the valuable information and please  don't give up, I believe it's getting better.

When I first joined VisaJourney in 2014, I was kind of skeptical about gaining any knowledge, directions or thoughts about how I proceed with my AWA case. I read a lot of threads related to AWA, the more I read the less hope I have because all I hear here is negativity, and cases being denied not until I ran into Angie Y Shane story and started to think in a positive way.  I said if it works for them, then it should work for me if I do my own research, and this is what I started with:
 
* I read almost every single denied case (learning from others mistakes)
* Learning about what are the necessary documents needed to overcome AWA
 
Summary: From the two bullet points above I learned the following:
1. Be honest about your story.. do not hide anything (tell the beneficiary the truth)
2. Admit your mistakes and do not try to give excuses about what had happened in the past
3. Send as many supporting documents as you and be creative, do not stick only to the same list
Ex. (Community Services, Donations, Letters of supports, pictures, polygraph, psychological report, certificate of recombination, resume, phone logs, airplane tickets) and more and more 
4. And definitely hire a good lawyer who have worked on similar cases to yours.
 
FYI:  I received 1-797 notice of approval yesterday  5/3/2018
 
Shutout to everyone who gave us such a valuable information on this site, and wish everyone a good luck..... 
 
 

@AZ 2010
 
Thanks for your comment. Below is the complete list of evidence I provided USCIS  with :
 
1. Three letters of Affidavit from my two brothers and sister  ( it should be from people who knows about your offense)
2.  One letter written by me (Stating all the facts about what had happened, and explaining on what I learned from my past mistakes)
3. One letter written by my wife ( Stating that she knows about my offence, and how she thinks that I pose no danger to her)
4. A copy of my Freedom of information act
5. Our marriage certificate 
6.  More than 20 pictures of  ( me and my wife) and each one has a description when the picture is taken/ where it was taken/ and identifying all the people in picture
7.  psychological report
8. Polygraph test
9. Certificate of  recognition from my employer
10 Thank you later and award from my manager
11.  Community services ( From the past 6 years) pictures and letters 
12.  Donations ( From the past 6 years)
13.  Phone logs  that shows me and my wife talking almost single day
14. Airplane tickets ( flying out to her place)
 
 
Let me know if you have any questions and good luck to you.

When I first joined VisaJourney in 2014, I was kind of skeptical about gaining any knowledge, directions or thoughts about how I proceed with my AWA case. I read a lot of threads related to AWA, the more I read the less hope I have because all I hear here is negativity, and cases being denied not until I ran into Angie Y Shane story and started to think in a positive way.  I said if it works for them, then it should work for me if I do my own research, and this is what I started with:
 
* I read almost every single denied case (learning from others mistakes)
* Learning about what are the necessary documents needed to overcome AWA
 
Summary: From the two bullet points above I learned the following:
1. Be honest about your story.. do not hide anything (tell the beneficiary the truth)
2. Admit your mistakes and do not try to give excuses about what had happened in the past
3. Send as many supporting documents as you and be creative, do not stick only to the same list
Ex. (Community Services, Donations, Letters of supports, pictures, polygraph, psychological report, certificate of recombination, resume, phone logs, airplane tickets) and more and more 
4. And definitely hire a good lawyer who have worked on similar cases to yours.
 
FYI:  I received 1-797 notice of approval yesterday  5/3/2018
 
Shutout to everyone who gave us such a valuable information on this site, and wish everyone a good luck..... 
 
 

@Damara ... Thank you so much.

@AZ 2010
 
Thanks for your comment. Below is the complete list of evidence I provided USCIS  with :
 
1. Three letters of Affidavit from my two brothers and sister  ( it should be from people who knows about your offense)
2.  One letter written by me (Stating all the facts about what had happened, and explaining on what I learned from my past mistakes)
3. One letter written by my wife ( Stating that she knows about my offence, and how she thinks that I pose no danger to her)
4. A copy of my Freedom of information act
5. Our marriage certificate 
6.  More than 20 pictures of  ( me and my wife) and each one has a description when the picture is taken/ where it was taken/ and identifying all the people in picture
7.  psychological report
8. Polygraph test
9. Certificate of  recognition from my employer
10 Thank you later and award from my manager
11.  Community services ( From the past 6 years) pictures and letters 
12.  Donations ( From the past 6 years)
13.  Phone logs  that shows me and my wife talking almost single day
14. Airplane tickets ( flying out to her place)
 
 
Let me know if you have any questions and good luck to you.

When I first joined VisaJourney in 2014, I was kind of skeptical about gaining any knowledge, directions or thoughts about how I proceed with my AWA case. I read a lot of threads related to AWA, the more I read the less hope I have because all I hear here is negativity, and cases being denied not until I ran into Angie Y Shane story and started to think in a positive way.  I said if it works for them, then it should work for me if I do my own research, and this is what I started with:
 
* I read almost every single denied case (learning from others mistakes)
* Learning about what are the necessary documents needed to overcome AWA
 
Summary: From the two bullet points above I learned the following:
1. Be honest about your story.. do not hide anything (tell the beneficiary the truth)
2. Admit your mistakes and do not try to give excuses about what had happened in the past
3. Send as many supporting documents as you and be creative, do not stick only to the same list
Ex. (Community Services, Donations, Letters of supports, pictures, polygraph, psychological report, certificate of recombination, resume, phone logs, airplane tickets) and more and more 
4. And definitely hire a good lawyer who have worked on similar cases to yours.
 
FYI:  I received 1-797 notice of approval yesterday  5/3/2018
 
Shutout to everyone who gave us such a valuable information on this site, and wish everyone a good luck.....