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December 2018. But, I have been monitoring the progress or lack of progress of the Ds-5535 form.
Mainly because my wife and I expected this dreadful form; She is from Fez, an imperial city that has not been liked lately.
Honestly, I am not sure what to do because I can not move there, and obviously she can not move here. I wish I had known 
she would not be able to come here. It would have saved us money and perhaps, we would have not pursued each other.
Marriage and family are meant to be under one roof, or at least know when they would be together. Currently, there is no indication we will have a normal life, together in one home where I make a living and feel at home. I have a great career here in my country, and it would be almost a career suicide to move to Morocco. Add to that my entire family is here and I can not imagine myself living overseas. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of assuming I, a proud Us citizen, have the right to marry whomever and bring her home. I paid fees and went through all the steps without an RFE nor a Sponsor. My wife had never left Morocco nor done anything to raise a flag for this Ds form. BUt, it is what it is and we are just taking it one day at a time and keep praying and hoping for a miracle. 

I heard its taking 3-4 years to clear ds5535 because of backlogs within US itself and least priority is given to foreign immigrant application .

My husband and I received his interview date last night. My husband will have his interview on April 3rd in Madrid. Praying for a miracle! 

Hello everyone,
 
I am here to share the good news. My husband's visa got issued today exactly 17 months after his interview date.
I hope this journey ends for everyone who is waiting. This waiting journey was really frustrating and emotionally draining for me, and I am sure it is the same for everyone who is going through this. But thank God, it came to an end.
I am on cloud 9 today. I am very grateful and thankful for this day. I hope everyone waiting gets to see this day soon.
 
Thanks

I just wanna thank those who come to share their good news and spread some joy and hope!! Stay blessed y'all 🙏
 
13 months of stupid AP and counting. 
Let's pray for each other please. . .

Just a short update. My husband received his IR visa today from Dakar embassy. We were in AP with DS5535 from August 2017 through November 2018, so 14-15 months.  We were contacted in November that "visa is ready" and told to redo medicals, new tax forms, AOS and DS260 online and schedule appointment through the consular visa website, could not do it in December as I had vacation book to Mali over Christmas time. We filed August 2014, right after our marriage, I am a USC, and it still took 4.5 years.
 
But it's almost over. My husband is travelling home now (2 days by road) and next week has to interview at one of the European embassies for his work visa to Europe where he is booked for tour in February and March. Thankfully that is only a 30 minute   So I will see him in April, just in time for spring. 
 
I hope no one has to go through what we did. Stay strong and your day will come soon, so everyone here be soon reunited with their loved ones. Today was our day to celebrate. I will write again when he arrives.
 
 

Yess I did.. thankssss...They have asked me to send the docs via american express Islamabad. Plz pray for me. Its hard time. I dont know what will happen next. Its been 16 months since my interview.

Hi all,
  I just posted my video today for the in-it website. They are trying to collect videos to share with Congress and other stakeholders to get rid of the ban. The videos have to be short- like 1-2 minutes and explain how the ban is impacting you or someone you care for. They want to try to use these in the first 100 days of the new Congress so the sooner the better. They are making great social media pieces around this issue to bring public attention to it again. Right now all the videos deal with Iranians so it would be great to get some other diverse voices on the site- anyone impacted by the ban!! 
 
Please spread the word and please post a video. You can make it anonymous if you prefer. Check out the other videos and post your own! 
 
 
https://app.in-it.com/missions/StopTheBan
 
 
Thanks! 
-Jess

I was about to email the embassy that I noticed the status was changed back to AP on Ceac without me reaching  them. They are totally aware of the the situation. I just don't know what is taking sooooo long to process the Visa. Tomorrow, Jan 10 is going to be exactly one year since my husband's interview  

Yeah I understand. Im waiting for my husband's visa too. I dont know what is taking so long. 

No good news coming:( just had another sad day.

https://app.in-it.com/missions/StopTheBan
 
This could be a helpful link for US citizens looking to get their stories heard about their struggles to get their banned spouses or fiancés here to the states. 
 
It looks like they want to hear from anyone affected by the travel ban, stuck in administrative processsing or waiting on waiver info. 
 

It's been 5 months since interview..medical is expiring soon.. 
Reached out to my senator to send an inquiry. 
I am gonna have to go to pakistan..because we haven't seen each other in over a year. It's so difficult for me to go because of my work demands 
Please make dua for me. I am doing the same for all of us.

May this New Year bring us happiness and good news. Im really looking forward to seeing cases get approved. Sending everyone good vibes. 

I wish they would at least give us an estimated time to process this form...... 
This puts so much stress on all of our lives not knowing what or when it will happen. 

Both my husband and myself got an email from the Embassy today requesting another personal interview, but this time they are requesting me to be there with him. I tried to go with him inside the embassy for his initial interview but was told that only he can go in. Good thing I have plans to be with him in February.....I hope this is a good sign
 

Unfortunately, you are right! It's just so damn hard to keep optimistic  

any new updates ?

Hello everyone. Merry Christmas to all of you.
I know that the holidays, since they are family time, are the hardest on us. 
So, to all of you who are meeting for the holidays have fun.
And to the rest of us who couldn't meet this year, believe that it will get easier.
 
My best wishes to all of us to be able to live near our family members next year. 
 
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 

Anyone has an update on his/her case from Islamabad Embassy? I am in AP since 21 months and 4 days by today, I received an email 9 months ago to send us proof for on going relationship with your wife which I submitted very next day, afterwards they emailed me back to the same day and requested for updated documents (  e.g : new medical, resubmit DS 260, latest  year tax return from joint sponsor  and make an appointment to take oath and finger prints in the Embassy) to process your immigrant  visa application. 
 
At the second interview day, CO was very nice towards me, she apologized at start and said I am sorry it took a lot for us to process your visa, while taking oath, she finds out something in her system, she said please take a seat , I call u in a bit again , she called me again after 20 minutes, took finger prints and  said please take a seat again , meanwhile she was discussing something about my case with her colleagues , she called me again after few minutes and she is like  I wasn't able to print your visa. She said I am sorry  I can't print your visa,  there is a problem with your finger prints and I will speak with my colleagues  in Washington to fix this issue. She kept my passport and hold her hands in my file and said dont worry everything is in good order, my second medical was expired 3 months ago,
 
I don't know why they are taking so long even though I been in United States back 2014.I see people with good travel history and science backgrounds ( lets say : engineers, doctors, physics scientist, mathematician and so on  ) they do stuck for very long time in AP like me. People who does not have any travel history and not well qualified they get visa very fast right after an interview.Its completely unfair, 
One of my cousin , he wasn't able to finish even high school, he didnt have any travel history , even though he doesn't know how to speak basic English , he got visa same day from Islamabad embassy, 
 
one of my second cousin she got her visa with in a week after her an interview, her visa was issued 4 weeks ago, 
 
Idk wht they torture people for nothing, they just choose random people and make them hold without any reason. Worst thing is, they don't tell u y r u in AP?  Very disappointed , 

Do you guys think we will get our visas? Im really trying to be hopeful, but there are people waiting for like 16 months plus. Whats the chance we will get it?

Update: my husband received a call from U.S. Embassy to renew his medical & send his passport...he’s a national of one of the travel ban countries!!!

2 months waiting... Today is a bad day. Trying to stay patient but it’s getting really hard. I just really don’t understand why some of us have to wait so long 😭 I just have a feeling me and my husband are one of those couples that will be waiting for over a year too. 

Hello,
 
In the spirit of sharing the experience, I wanted to share with you a personal essay I wrote about my experience in AP. Feel free to share it if it resonates with you.
 
https://ne-ma.net/2018/12/05/maybe-tomorrow-maybe-next-year/

I just want to keep this thread alive and say that I am with all of you. Lots of prayers and positive energy to you all.