Nag & Matt

Welcome and keep us updated

finally happy to join this thread! good luck to all on ILs!

Hello guys! 
Around 3 weeks ago the U.S embassy in Riyadh asked us to submit new medical and police report. We sent the documents this week. They haven’t asked for passport or any other document. Should I expect another interview? What is an oath for ppl under the travel ban? I have read comments that mention that. 
Anyone has any idea of how long does it take after they ask for new documents? 
Thanks a lot!!! 

There is light at the end of the tunnel. The DOS has testified to congress that they plan to finish the remaining 17K waiver adjudications within next 6 months. 
 
Law360 (September 24, 2019, 7:00 PM EDT) -- A U.S. Department of State official on Tuesday blamed the lengthy delays that have plagued the travel ban waiver process on a time-intensive manual security check, but told lawmakers that a new automated procedure rolled out this summer has significantly sped up the process.

Speaking before House Judiciary and House Oversight subcommittees, Edward Ramotowski of the State Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs said that waiver approvals had doubled in the last two months, since the department started automating part of the process to vet individuals from the nations targeted by President Donald Trump’s travel restrictions.

He also said the department plans to get through the rest of the waiver cases, which face a 17,000-case backlog, within the next six months.   https://www.law360.com/articles/1201847  

Hello guys i have been emailed by the embassy today to update  ds260  and re do medical and come for oath

mine changed from Expiring Soon yesterday to Admin p today  or instead of /!.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am happy to tell you that August Stats are out!! 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/immigrant-visa-statistics/monthly-immigrant-visa-issuances.html


Syria:
CR-1        10
IR-1          19   

Iran:
CR-1       22     
IR-1         37      

Yemen:
CR-1      19
IR-1       228  

The numbers are beautiful! 

Hello brother,
 
sorry I disappeared. I lost the password to visa journey and did not know which email address I used for it so wasnt able to recover the account.
I got my visa 6 weeks after filing mandamus. Very smoothly. I have been in the US since July.

Based on all the things Trump has said, I definitely think it originated as a blanket ban against muslims.  Politically, it softened the impact a bit to add in the other countries.  Trump has been nothing but open about his abject contempt for muslims.  Remember all the birther stuff?

I was at the congressional hearing and spoke at the storytelling/press conference prior to the hearing. While I agree that many impacted by the ban are not Muslims I feel the intent of the ban was to stop Muslims (or people from Muslim countries) from emerging the US. I think Venezuela and North Korea were added on for the government to save face. Although I am unsure that any of our cases will be directly or quickly impacted by today’s hearing it did show that there are members of Congress who are monitoring this ban and are finally calling out the Departments of State and Homeland Security for their lack of clarity in this situation. Several cases were brought up by different members of Congress and the representative from the DOS was writing down their names- so it will be interesting to see what comes of their cases. It was a long and emotional day but I am happy I got to be a part of it and pray that this Committee will continue to hold these groups to the fire. I would expect an update on the DOS website about the newest travel ban numbers soon. 

Old news 

i think i got bad news.
Expiring soon!

Guyss CEAC website is working now, go
check your cases and tell us if you get some good news 

Your analysis make sense, as I also figured the same , but mentioning a large number of Congress in favor of no ban act gives some idea if its true.  But I am sure that everything will be alright after my time pass 😂

I do agree with you .. it’s not a Muslim ban at all .. its a ban against specific nations out of a  political regard.. and this is proved by the fact that many Muslims got their visas approved recently and many Christians are still waiting for their AP to be completed .. so I think if there was any act to be conducted it should be fighting the ban in general as a presidential proclamation and trying to at least make them make the process faster and clearer 

I watched the whole thing too, it was very interesting. I think the ban supporters have a strong point. They probably won't issue the no-ban-act. 
Because it is clear that it is NOT a Muslim ban, all the citizens of the countries are being affected regardless of their religion. So, I really do think that treating it as a Muslim ban is not going to solve our problem. They should focus on having an effective short waiver system instead. and grant exceptions on a case to case basis, like children and older people.  

That is just my opinion. And I am saying this because I imagine the Syrian government for example will not cooperate with the US government. What are your opinions? And please correct me if I am wrong. 

Is there in way that hearing is gonna help. I dont think any out come will help us 
Hey guys ceac site is it still down or is it working 

I heard the whole hearing I think the pressure is on hop to see some changes or ban left. its mentioned that the state department and DHS has been working on accelerating the process of visa issuance since July. i noticed many people has their visa issued in the past two month.       

For those of us who can't make it to the hearing on the muslim ban, here's the livestream link: https://judiciary.house.gov/legislation/hearings/oversight-trump-administration-s-muslim-ban
 
It'll be live at 10 am eastern time today (9/24)

Most people look forward to Friday/Saturday because it's the weekend - I don't, because the embassy is closed that day so no updates - lol 

100% sure and if you want to make sure go to your ceac website where you submitted the documents to NVC and check your visa type, they changed mine to IR1 and it happened to my friend too

Congratssss 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Did they ask you to update the DS 260 ??

We are a K-1, so no DS 260 for us . 

Also guys piece of advise, once you notice that they change the / to an or, start to do the medical and the police  clearance, they will be valid for 6 months(the medical) and for one year (the police clearance), so in this way you will surprise the embassy by being super fast, and you will save some weeks too  

Thank you!! We are excited and doubling down on our prayers that my hubby arrives very soon- as we hope that all couples can be reunited too!