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Just now, Lil bear said:

Processing of the GC seems very variable  . My husbands card arrived after 5 weeks but mine took 5 months.  We entered together on IR 5 visas. No reason for my delay ever given or discovered. If it’s not received by 120 days, start a service enquiry and get your Senator to enquire as well. 

Okay thank you for the reply

Hi all, it's been a while since I've posted and sorry if this isn't in the right forum. My husband has been here in the states for over 2 months now and has yet to receive his green card. He's worried because other people that he has spoken with who also came from Morocco have gotten theirs within 2 months or less. We thought since he got an SSN card like a week after arriving that the green card would come fairly quickly as well. Of course we called USCIS and all they could tell us is "Wait". Anyone else still waiting a while? I know they said it can take up to 120 days from the time you arrive in the US but just wondering...

thanks in advance

I'll tell you ours. Filed petition May 2018- got petition approval 6 months later (Texas Service Center). Took NVC a little more than a month to actually receive our petition. Once received , we waited about 6 weeks for case number. Got case complete in 10 days. Got interview date a month after case complete. Approved at interview. Went into AP 3 days after interview.  I was terrified he'd be in AP for a long time but he was out of it a week later and ceac changed to "ISSUED". He received visa in hand 12 days later. Husband is arriving to USA tomorrow (inshallah) so that we may start our lives together. I have also just discovered I am expecting so it's quite a lot of life changes happening for both of us at one time.

19 minutes ago, Kbidaa29 said:

Moroccan embassy. Cr1 Casablanca 

Every case is different. We did cr1 too. My husband's status was in "Ready" for 2 days then "Administrative Processing" for one week..it took almost 2 weeks from the date the visa was issued for him to be able to pick it up.

39 minutes ago, blonde.espresso said:

Hi guys, I got approved two weeks ago, my status changed from AP to issued within two days after interview. I've been tracking my visa via ustraveldocs and it changes from your document is with the US consulate to document delivery information and since then I've not got any update yet. Has anyone been through a similar situation? Can anyone advise me on that? Thank you.

I don't think that traveldocs website is 100% accurate all the time. My husband picked up his visa yesterday morning and that site never updated. We only knew the passport was available to be picked it up when he got a text message from the courier Aramex.

1 minute ago, adil-rafa said:

isn't on Adil's

Well I spoke with a couple of other Moroccans who came over recently on CR1s and they also had this at the end of their passport number. They had no problem entering the US.

1 minute ago, janluca said:

Here is an explanation

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5 minutes ago, janluca said:

Dont worry thats actually normal. Its called a check digit to ensure the previous characters were correct

Great thank you!

17 hours ago, saladboye said:

read the requirements for EZ, if she can meet all 3 requirements, then use EZ if not than use the standard form...

1 hour ago, adil-rafa said:

i cant find these 3 things 

i would just do the I 864

Copy and pasted from the I-864EZ instructions page on USCIS website:

You may use Form I-864EZ if ALL the following conditions apply:

1. You are the person who filed or is filing Form I-130, Petition for Alien Relative, for a relative being sponsored;

2. The relative you are sponsoring is the only person listed on Form I-130; and

3. The income you are using to qualify is based entirely on your salary or pension and is shown on one or more Internal

Revenue Service (IRS) Form W-2s provided by your employers or former employers.

I met these qualifications so I used the form and it was accepted with no problem.

My husband picked up his passport today finally. I noticed his passport # printed on the visa is correct but it has a "1” at the end when his passport number does not end in a 1. Now at the bottom of his passport it does end in a 1 but not at the top where the rest of his bio info is. I'm worried that this was some typo and he's gonna have to have them reprint the visa. Any insight? Thanks.

Just now, adil-rafa said:

they had a passport and it got sent to DC with the other ones that were in casa for renewal of passports (by mistake)

then it had to be returned to Morocco

I see. Well I hope my husband's visa  is in the passport regardless...

7 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

sounds like the embassy thought it was a renewal of a passport (as my husband just renewed his in April and his was marked fairfax)

a renewal from USA goes to embassy here and onto Casa for the renewal and then back to DC to be mailed to the person

I don't understand. This is about his visa.

My husband's passport was finally sent to Aramex today (hamdolilah!) but NOW I'm concerned because the tracker said it came from Fairfax VA. All the other screenshots I've seen of other people's trackers have shown their passport just going from Casablanca (consulate) to Casablanca (aramex). Any idea why my husband's passport would've had to go to Virginia, USA first?

9 minutes ago, abdo1 said:

Hi guys we received this letter from our congressman what does it mean exactly last line pending before ?? Are they already inquired and waiting for response from US embassy ? 

 

 

This letter is intended to acknowledge and thank you for your recent visit to my District Office. I am in receipt of your signed Privacy Release Form requesting assistance with finding the status of case # xxxxxxxxxxxxx pending before the United States Consulate in Casa Blanca, Morocco, under the jurisdiction of the Department of State (DOS).

 

I will be in contact with you upon receipt of a response.

 

It just means the congressman received your privacy release form and your request for them to inquire with the consulate in Morocco about your case. He/they will contact you once they receive an answer from the consulate regarding your case. 

9 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

should be printed soon and on its way

have you tried tracking it?

I didn't have to do this as Adil picked his up at the embassy but i do hear there is a tracking #

1 minute ago, adil-rafa said:

Aramex was the way things were done when we got the visa 

But the computers were down (as often are for bad electric in Casa) so he had to go back for fingerprints and they had the passport ready that day 

I see...lucky him.

1 minute ago, adil-rafa said:

should be printed soon and on its way

have you tried tracking it?

I didn't have to do this as Adil picked his up at the embassy but i do hear there is a tracking #

It was allegedly printed 10 days ago.

The only way to check the status is on CEAC and all it says is "Issued" then the paragraph about the visa being printed and will be delivered or available for pick up "soon".

I think things have changed since you went through this process because people cant pick up their passports at the Casa embassy anymore. Only at Aramex. When he calls Aramex they just tell him the Aramex app will notify him when its in transit from the consulate to Aramex. I'm just wondering if it was printed 10 days ago, why is it STILL at the consulate? Did someone lose it? Is it sitting on someone's desk?  My husband talked with a woman on FB who's mothers visa was printed the same day and they received her passport I think the following Monday. I just don't understand.........

1 minute ago, adil-rafa said:

I guess the question is "Did they have the same Aramex office?"

can be one office is a goodly distance for delivery of the passport?

our friend in Alabama took almost a month from time of issued and printed to Aramex actually saying "it is here"

your wait is almost over so just be little more patient and don't buy any tickets yet

Congratulations BTW

Yes. They all used the Aramex in Casablanca.

God I hope it doesn't take a month. This is torture I feel like im going insane thinking of all the what-ifs.

thank you

I'm asking because I am not 100% certain my husband's visa was actually issued like the status says. What if it's some stupid glitch or something after the site was down for the updating of the DS 160 and 260? He was in AP for one week then the status changed to ISSUED the day after the application got updated. I feel like he's still in AP or something because we spoke to people who's visa was printed the same day his was and theirs were at Aramex within a couple of days. Yeah there were holidays that meant closings for the Casablanca consulate and Aramex but it didn't stop those other people from getting their visas quickly.

why are all these ppl in morocco getting their visa in 2-3 days from issuance and my husband is still waiting over a week?????

32 minutes ago, bigfooot said:

Hey guys,

 

we our interview ( me and my spouse) 5 days ago, the consul told us that we will be notified when to pick up our passports, he kept them.

 when we checked the case status the other day at CEAC, it says READY for my wife (main applicant), while AP for me.

 

is this weird ? have anyone of you encountered the same issue or do you know someone who had ? 

 

have a wonderful day

 

 

My husband's CEAC was "Ready" for two days then changed to AP. It was in AP for a week. His visa was issued but now we are waiting to hear that he can pick up his passport.

9 minutes ago, Bibis said:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/visa-social-media-state-department_n_5cf4898ce4b0e8085e3bfde1

Is that true ???

Yes its true. There are multiple threads on this topic already. They have already updated the visa application to ask these questions. 

10 minutes ago, adil-rafa said:

Aramex ships to and from the embassy on a daily basis

Recent visa issue was issued and printed March 7 and finally got the visa thru Aramex April10th 

No idea why a printed visa can't go to Aramex the same or next day but it doesn't

 

 

They are not using Ramadan but the embassy was closed Monday for Memorial Day

you can see a list of holidays for the embassy (both US and Moroccan)

Don't buy the flight till you have that visa in hand

 

 

Yes I'm fully aware that we shouldn't get a planet ticket until he has the visa.

3 minutes ago, kris&me said:

You are married less than 2 years so this process is far from over

keep all your documents as you will be renewing the 2 year green card in less time than you  think

and all this is a "hurry up and wait"

after that there is naturalization

immigration is not fast in any of these processes or steps

I understand the process isn't over, but at least all the other stuff we can go through together. I'm strictly talking about us being physically thousands of miles apart right now.

Whyyyyyyyyyyyy is Morocco so slow when it comes to issuing visas?? My husband's interview was 2 weeks ago and we're STILL waiting. It finally issued last week but now with Eid coming up this week I just feel like they're using that and Ramadan as an excuse to move at snail's pace, even Aramex is closing for 2 days this week for Eid.. We spoke to a few other people who got approved there and their visas haven't made it to Aramex yet either. Does anyone know if the consulate makes bulk shipments of passports w/ visas to Aramex like once a week or something? This whole process just took so long and I'm ready for it to be over already and have my husband here. It's like we're so close to the end yet still so far.