madalas

Still waiting for I-130 approval. Funny this month is 20 years we've married...

So nothing yet, no new updates.

Will be sure to update as we trail along....

This has been a life devastation and such an injustice.

I have to believe we will prevail, and I do believe with my all heart and soul the righteous always do.

Thanks so much for your kind words, they truly add comfort really.

EM_Vandaveer gotcha. Thanks again for your reply. We'll see....

I'll be sure to post updates as we decide how to proceed. Have a great Friday.

EM_Vandaveer, rcrips All of the many attorney's I met with said this was an extremely tough case.

Although we have no conviction, the Reason to Believe, in our case a 212a2c, drug related (despite no drugs involved at all) is the worst.

We have paid for several consultations, legal opinions over the years...none were promising, all agreed hard/almost impossible to fight the Reason to Believe.

EM_Vandaveer You say that we could try to overturn this Reason to Believe (lifetime ban) BEFORE we go any further in the immigration process? Not one of the attorneys suggested that.

I didn't even think that was possible since my husband was deported 11 years ago and is not in the country and also not in the process of applying for any benefit?

Is this something I could initiate while in the US here? Who would be hearing this, USCIS, ARO?

All of the attorney’s, including the "famous" one said we'd have to go through the process again, start over. Let the applications make it all the way to the Embassy Visa denial and fight it at that time?

My understanding is the ARO, The Admissibility Review Office handles the waiver request forwarded by the Consular , however the Consular needs to be convinced to forward, correct?

So we are not eligible for any waivers but would we be able to appeal the embassy denial?

You know at this point, we have only filed I-130.. I could wait and not go forward and maybe revisit the attorney angle?

Please know we do not expect anything miraculous, we know we may be are crazy to go this alone, and we may end up not doing so... we'll see.

You guys/girls are sooo knowledgeable and I appreciate your opinions.

Just saying hello, salaam to all of you with Egyptian spouses...

Indeed it can be hard living in Egypt, I did so for 10 years. You never fully get used to it do you...(think driving, lack of organization, etc.)

But we are fortunate to have had the choice/opportunity right?

I am now in US with our son, and it has been the hardest year ever being away from my husband.

We just filed I-130 on 4-21-16 (20 years of marriage next month..its a sad, long story see, my profile).

So we will try this again and see what happens. Ultimately though the goal is to be together as a family so if we cannot overcome our crazy situation w USCIS my son and I will be in Cairo with S.

Good to see all of you and I am sure I will asking for tips and tricks with Cairo IF we get that far.

Bets wishes.

So as long as I respond to their requests, (of course I will), then NVC will forward to Embassy then? They cannot NOT send to Embassy based on our ineligibility, is that right?

Thanks for your comment Jeanne.

Anitafeliz you are so right...

I moved to Egypt in 2005 when he was deported and lived there for 10 years. I just came back to US last year as my son started school. Single parenting is not easy and we may the decision to do this one more year, upcoming school year for our son here in US. So we will go to Egypt for summer, then back for school.

The injustice is what kills us. No crime, no conviction, no conspiracy, no illegal drugs... its a tough one.

Again thanks for your kind words.

Thesmiths2106, anitafeliz, so it is possible then that the NVC will not forward to embassy then? That was why I posted this initially. I wondered IF the NVC could decide NOT to send to Embassy. Anyway we'll see. Would be nice though to know before paying more fees. Its so hard not to know.

BTW, my husband was never convicted of anything, all charges court dimissed same as well as the case itself. AZ law found they did nothing wrong by selling a LEGAL over the counter medicine in large quantities. He has never even had a traffic ticket. I know it doenst matter as the then INS needed just a slight Reason to Believe. There is no waiver for this and it sucks.

I do not want to raise my son in Egypt.. I love Egypt dont get me wrong, but schools are too expensive (no public schools) and the counrty is not stable at all. He's been there on and off since he was born and we go every school break, he loves Egypt too, his Daddy is there.

Thanks for your repliues. Now we wait...

Yes.

INS said he knew the legal over the counter vitamin he sold to undercover agents was being used as a precursor to make illegal drugs.

Not sure... we will try to prove that there should never have been a Reason to Believe in the first place.

We'll see...

Well, we have a CRAZY case, my husband has a lifetime ban with no waiver available.

My thinking was, again I am not sure how it works, that NVC due to our previous INS filing could deny even processing our appliucations and not pass on to Egypt.

Now I assume that whatever the circumstances, NVC processes paperwork, they do not not make decisions to forward or not to forward to an Embassy or Consulate.

That was my question initially. I was not clear enough I guess.

Thanks anitafeliz.

Anitafeliz....complaining?

I am not complaining at all.

I was just wondering if NVC can NOT send our application/files to Embassy in Egypt.

Trying to figure out if our files will indeed go abroad for processing or can they be denied here by NVC.

Sorry for confusion...

Hi everyone.

I received email NOA today for my filed I-130, (sent 4-21-16 Phoenix Lockbox). In 7-10 days I should receive NOA in mail according to email.

Once its received in Texas for processing, and the I-130 is approved and forwarded to NVC, can NVC decide NOT to send to Embassy in Egypt? Can they not send as we not eligible for a Visa (212a2c, Reason to Believe). I think I read somewhere they they only process, not make decisions, that will be done at Embassy abroad.

So is it safe to assume they will glady take our filings and fees and forward to Embassy?

We are new to this process although we orginally filed in 1996 (see my profile...ugh).

Thanks!

Thanks for the welcome and the link. (My good friend is from Arkansas... )

Hello everyone.

I am so delighted to join this site, so many of you have such amazing information to share and I know I will learn a lot here.

Having an Immigration "issue" is something no one can understand if they are not experiencing it. It truly is draining in soooo many ways.

I am a US Citizen and my husband of 20 years is from Egypt.

We have a crazy case, THE hardest of the hard, a "Reason to Believe" 212 a 2 c. No conviction necessary.

As bogus as it is, it is THE worst.

You can read our crazy journey, I pasted in my profile (I didn't know where else to post, hope it in the right place?)

So we are going it alone, after 20 years of our inital INS application, 16 years after deportation, we will try this ourselves, no attorney.

I submitted our I-130 last week, no NOA yet.

Are we crazy, yes I think we are. Will we really do this, yes we will.

Whatever the outcome, we have to have an outcome and know we did what we thought we could.

Looking forward to joining in the conversations here.

Thanks.