misslady

We were stuck in AP for 5 months and that's not counting the 12 month wait that it took to get his interview! Don't give up. You never know with this AP stuff when the end is near!!

ml

Hi,

Sorry to hear about your ordeal. I know you are hurting and feeling so much pain but do not waste your time beating yourself up for opening your heart and life out to someone who chose to throw it all away the very first time he hit you. I hope you find the strength to pick yourself up and move on from this horrible experience.

Take care,

ml

My guy is a first time traveler (never been on a plane before!). He came from Hyderabad, India to Dubai to Hamburg to JFK. Next day he came to LAX and then last flight to Fresno, where I picked him up. Four plane changes and total of over 52 hours flight & waiting time. (Note: he had asked for vegetarian meals but was served fish on the flight!)

He landed in JFK, went in the correct line and an Immigration Officer (IO) took the mysterious brown envelope and his passport. He opened the envelope and went through all the paperwork inside, one by one. He asked, "Are you here on K1 visa? How much money did you bring in? How did you meet? What is her name? Are you nervous?" (He answered, No!) And a few more questions. As the guy continued to look carefully at the photos, my guy OFFERED the info that I was older. Then the IO asked what both our ages were, then looked at his body up and down and asked while chuckling, "Did you pump her?" (Sounds like an illegal question to me!) While he used finger motions demonstrating. My guy remained silent at that insult. Then he asked, "Is she your fiancé?" and made the statement in a warning-type of voice, "You will get married within 90 days." The IO gave the papers and passport back to my guy and sent him to another department.

In the other department he was asked to sit down (only one other person waiting) and the brown package was again taken and gone through, carefully, paper by paper, again and again. He then said, "You will get married within 90 days, OK?" My guy then asked for the EAD stamp, and this IO showed him that it was already stamped on his I-94 form. (Note: It was a stamp that said, "NYC 36 EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZED" with date stamp, but had no mention of expire date or any validity period.) He asked, "Is your fiancé there waiting for you?" When my guy said no, I'm in CA, the IO asked, "Do you want to go there?" and DUH my guy said yes, and showed him the ticket for the next morning. The IO then instructed him what terminal to go to for that flight.

All in all my guy was somewhat traumatized by the way and tone he was interviewed in, which was not smooth like the interview but somewhat nerve wracking.

My guy said Emirates was a very comfortable and pleasant flight (Hyderabad-Dubai-Hamburg-JFK) but United Airlines (JFK to LAX and Fresno) was a really bumpy ride, especially take offs and landings.

Anyway the long journey is OVER now and we are settling in finally together! THE WAIT IS OVER WHOOHOO! I'm sure the AOS process will be much more pleasant cuz we can do it together. Yea!

Sorry he had such a bad experience. Better times ahead

Congratulations. Glad he made it through that POE hurdle. I hope the rest of the process goes well for you both.

Take care.

ml

best wishes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

any news yet????

chi

Hoping your husband gets that visa!! Good luck Babybunny!

Congratulations! Wishing the two of you all the best and a happy future together!

Does anybody know if it is normal to be placed on AP without any written notice??? My husband was verbally told that our case was placed on AP when his passport was returned to him a few days after the interview.

We have been on AP for 4 months now. I don't have to tell you that it's a very frustrating process especially when you have to deal with an Embassy that doesn't give you any information or updates no matter how many times you call or email the request...

yeah,, we were recently placed back on AP. we received no letter. I found out because I called the DOS.

what I recommend is contact your congressman. also call DOS for updates.

Thanks for the well wishes. I did contact DOS and was told that the Embassy has our petition on AP and could make a decision today if the CO felt she had enough information which I don't understand. A CO should be able to make a decision with all the PCCs and other documentation they were given. I feel as though we lose our rights when the petition gets to the Embassy level. When I contacted my Congressional Rep, I was told that everyone is supposed to get something in writing. I'll let you know if our Congressional Rep was able to help us.

Best of luck to those on AP...

Does anybody know if it is normal to be placed on AP without any written notice??? My husband was verbally told that our case was placed on AP when his passport was returned to him a few days after the interview.

We have been on AP for 4 months now. I don't have to tell you that it's a very frustrating process especially when you have to deal with an Embassy that doesn't give you any information or updates no matter how many times you call or email the request...

Congratulations

Awesome news Sam!! I wish you both the best of luck.

I also hope a lot of others get out of this AP mess too!!!!

Our case was complete on the 4th October, will the NVC answerphone message change to say when it was sent ?, becuase at the moment it still says "your case was complete on....blah blah"

Also do you think that it is too early to call DOS to see if an interview has been scheduled ?

Thanks in advance

Hi,

The message should eventually change to "NVC has finished processing... and has forwarded your case to...". Your agent should also get a notice in the mail as well. Good luck.

ml

Hi,

I used the downloaded version for the DS-230 with the yellow highlights and the form was accepted by NVC. I don't think it should be a problem.

Good luck.

ml

Hi,

I received that same exact letter except mine was dated 15 Sep 06. I called them yesterday and was told to disregard the letter and that my case was completed and will be sent to the the Embassy. It's odd that they would let these letters go out when a DS-230 was received which is only going to cause confusion on both ends.

ML