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4 hours ago, MIra3 said:

Congrats! If u don’t mind me asking what exactly happened during the reoath and finger print? Also my husband submitted updated DS260 online when we were asked to. What tracking and invoice Id are u referring to? Did the embassy already have your passport and now your waiting for them to send it back with the visa? 

Mg husband will be taking his new passport with him as his old one was expired. 

 

Thank u for your help 

It was a brief interview before which they make you take the oath and verify fingerprints. And then after asking a few questions they told me that my Visa is approved. 

I was talking about the case id used to login to ceac but if you already submitted ds260 then he shouldn't have a problem.

My passport was already with them. And today my visa got issued. Hopefully will get the passport in a couple of days.

Hope that helps.

On 1/7/2020 at 4:09 PM, MIra3 said:

Hi when is your date for reoath and finger prints? Also you can have your wife wait in the lobby if u like but from what I know only u will be allowed inside. 

It was on 7th Jan. 

My application got approved and now I am waiting for the status to change to issued and to get back my passport.

My recommendation to anyone who is going to embassy for fingerprints and oath, please make sure your DS260 is filled out and submitted. They almost had to send me back. Also, keep your tracking id and invoice id written on a paper with you. And if you have enabled 2 factor authentication for your emails, disable them before going in or use backup codes. This is in case you need something from your emails cloud etc.

Feel free to ask me any questions, I'll post more details once I get my passport back.

Urgent question: should I take my wife (petitioner) with me to the embassy as they called me for fingerprints and oath? My initial interview was more than a year ago when I went alone. Will this make a difference? Can she even accompany me as official websites does not permit company?

On 12/13/2019 at 7:21 PM, MIra3 said:

Hi so my husband was asked to resubmit medical and pictures and Ds260 in October 2019. Case has been in AP since November 2018 Islamabad embassy. 

Today we received email to appear for reoath and fingerprints and to bring a valid PPT. 

Anyone know what happens at this type of appointment and a PPT is a passport? 

Just wondering, what date did they ask you to reappear at embassy? Trying to see how later is the date they give for reappearing from the date they email. Asking because I'm in similar situation and hoping to receive a similar email but I would be traveling within pakistan 

1 hour ago, MIra3 said:

Hi so my husband asked for his passport back to renew it since it was expired.  Now how do we send it back to Islamabad embassy? I know in order to mail anything through approved couriers we need written email from embassy requesting. But my question is how do I inform

embassy that my husband’s passport is renewed? Or do I wait for them to request on their own? 

Send an inquiry through ustraveldocs.  They will share your concern with embassy and you'll get a reply hopefully in a week. That email reply will be sufficient to mail the renewed passport.

Sending an inquiry through embassy website might work but in my experience I never got a response that way.

2 hours ago, Zaib212 said:

wait until the new medical about to expire then they will issue and that happen a lot now.

How close to expiry have you seen visas being issued?

On 10/18/2019 at 10:44 PM, Rashid patras said:

Send them email for your fresh passport to resubmit to AEG, they won't accept your passport until you attach email requesting to submit new passport, last month they sent me my passport to send fresh coz old one is going to expire so they sent me email which I take to AEG on 28th September after that mine case updated twice, waiting for another email which they have to call me for fingerprints and Oath. In your case why they didn't request same time they ask for redo medical. 

I already did email them and it's been more than a week with no response.

2 hours ago, MIra3 said:

Thank u so much for the reply. This is very helpful. How long did it take after the call to receive your old passport? 

 

They called my husband initially to resubmit medical and then finally received a written email 2 days later asking of same thing. My husband is also asked to resubmit his Ds 260 form which apparently is still locked and can’t fill out until embassy unlocks it. 

 

Give it few days for them to send u an email for passport resubmission. It seems like it takes them couple of business days to process things. 

I got my passport 2 days later. Been more than a week still no email from them.

10 hours ago, MIra3 said:

Hi any update on your case? My husband was just asked to resubmit medical and photos. The embassy didn’t specify if it needs to be mailed or email or how to send those reports. Any idea? We’re u told to mail it in? 

Also my husband’s passport is expired and they did not ask for passport renewal yet. They have his expired passport since interview which was November 2018. 

 

 

Hi,

You need to mail it. Once you get your medical report, take that along with a copy of your husband's passport and printout of email from embassy to AEG. You'll need to create an account with ustraveldocs if your husband never did - ppl at AEG can guide you on that. I was unable to create my account initially because my passport had expired so I was told to enter a wrong expiry date.

After submitting my medical I emailed the embassy but never received any response. Only last week I got a call that they are sending my expired passport back and that I should send them the new one. I am still waiting for them to send me an email before I can submit my new passport as AEG doesnt take your documents unless you have a written email.

On 10/3/2019 at 10:53 PM, Rashid patras said:

13th September embassy sent back my expired passport and sent  mail that we have reviewed your immigration visa case and to move forward we need your valid passport and mail also said once we receive passport we will then schedule you for fingerprint and Oath, which I sent on 30th September, But my medical also expired but didn't mention anything about medical, any info... 

Doesn't make sense to me why they would not ask for all the needed documents at the same time. From your email attachment I can see that they make it clear that the next step is fingerprints/oath and hence the background security checks are complete. I don't like to think that people in US embassy would by mistake miss out details like expired medical reports. Maybe they plan to call you to embassy at a date which will give you ample time to get medical done again (eg they might tell you to come for fingerprints/oath 30 days from now - enough time to get medical again).

For my case its the opposite - they asked for new medical but did not ask for new passport. They did not even mention fingerprints/oath etc. Now for me if they don't ask for my renewed passport before my medical expires I'll have to get medical done once again.

So on the bright you won't have to worry about that at least

3 minutes ago, mabobine said:

That's silly, why wouldn't they ask for new passport, when existing one is expired. I would suggest you wait for fingerprint email from embassy and then ask them if you should bring new passport during the interview. 

I don't know why they don't respond to email after AP is over. I suspect the emails we get during AP are real person responding to our queries. 

Unfortunately, since they have my expired passport, I can't renew my passport. I suspect they'd need a new passport before they proceed further. Do they ask everyone for new fingerprints?

3 minutes ago, mabobine said:

They didn’t ask for new passport? But it does take 2 months after sending medical to get a response. My concern is that they would ask you again to submit passport and it can tale additional 2 months 

No they did not. When I first informed them about my passport expiring soon, they sent me the email requesting medical report and photos. And since then they have not been responding to my emails.

Just now, mabobine said:

Another sign I noticed that when your ap is over they stop responding to email. I sent several emails to the isb embassy and they never responded back in last 4 months. 

I was asked to resubmit medical and photos end of July. I mailed those docs to embassy mid August. Sent them a few emails after that but have not received any reply. My passport which is with them has expired and my status online shows 'expiring soon'. So just wondering what's happening. My interview was in September 2018 and I got the DS form in Jan 2019.

15 hours ago, mabobine said:

Update on our ir5 cases. finally we got visa yesterday after exactly 19 months. Case updated a couple of times back in may and ir form also got reopened for social media account information. A month later we got email to submit updated medical and pictures. It took close to 2 months after that to get interview call and finally visa is issued yesterday. 

Congrats! Were there any updates during the last 2 months after submitting medical and pictures?

22 hours ago, MZe said:

Interesting. Ours opened exactly a year after interview.

Any updates to the online inquiry you made regarding expiring soon status? 

On 9/13/2019 at 7:54 AM, MZe said:

Thanks. Phew I almost had a heart attack reading that. I just sent a request thru the embassy form online as their fax seems to not be working anymore. Was trying fax since it is more of a tracked copy of what we send. 

Any update on this? My status changed to same as yours on 13th September so I emailed embassy through their inquiry form/webpage. No update since a week now.

6 minutes ago, candyy said:

 

Actually no, it is valid for 1 year.

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/ISL-Islamabad.html

On 9/10/2019 at 12:13 AM, candyy said:

https://lizasworld1144.wixsite.com/musingsofadesigirl/post/us-spouse-immigration-type-f21-part-1-2

and 

https://lizasworld1144.wixsite.com/musingsofadesigirl/post/us-spouse-immigration-type-f21-part-2-2

i wrote these blog posts to help people out who are looking for answers. i have explained my experience in detail. You need to take a look, you might get your answers. I hope it helps someone.

Very comprehensive.  Just a correction, medical reports for Pakistan are valid for 6 months vs a year.

20 hours ago, MZe said:

Try calling the embassy or faxing them asking about your passport expiring. You might need to get in a renewal and send them an updated passport. If you have a lawyer, ask them to send a request for information on passport expiring on your behalf. It is strange that it seems in July and August a couple folks were asked to submit documents but there haven’t been any processing news as of yet. 

Thank you,  I'll send them an inquiry one more time before faxing them / asking my lawyer. Btw any update on your case since you submitted the 2nd medical and photos?

I got my last update on 26th of July when I also received an email from embassy asking for 2nd medical and visa photos. Took the medical on 7th of august and mailed it through AEG on 16th August (friday).  Then 20th August I sent embassy an email(through their website) asking for confirmation. No update as of now. On top of that my passport, which is with them, has been expired. What should I do next? Wait for now?

22 hours ago, Rashid patras said:

No nothing last update was 17june and that too on case inquiry.

I got 2 updates last week - nothing changed though.

My passport would be expiring next month. Should I request it back from the embassy and send them the new one? How does this work?

7 hours ago, asfandyar said:

can you please tell me how long your administration processing took? How long did it take for them to update status first time? I got into administrative processing two weeks ago. I uploaded the things they asked for very same day but there's no status update uptill now.

After about 2-3 months of submitting my documents they went me DS5535.  And its still in AP.

I got the first update date change after about 20 days or so.

5 minutes ago, Ahmed&Freda said:

I think the date is for them not us and has no correlation to how long our case will take.  It's the form itself that expires.  

 

I'm just confused that since 2017 never once has our ds-260 reopened or have we been asked to update it.

Same here, it just updated on it's own - not even sure when.

3 minutes ago, Candy-Man said:

after about month and a half it says that visa is issued on CEAC and passport status shows that it is collected from embassy for delivery

Congrats! How many updates did you see after receiving the questionnaire?

2 hours ago, Rashid patras said:

Is your case also in Islamabad?

Yes it is.

2 hours ago, Rosepetal3333 said:

Thank you 😊 No we did not get any updates at all in the period of 6.5 months. Only when we inquired or the congresswoman sent an inquiry. Then one day the embassy emailed to redo medical. 

Thanks for the info. That helps.  Congrats once again