fatima_kamel

Congratulations!

May Allah give you peace, kindness and love all the days of your marriage. Ameen.

Thank you all so much, Our prayers are with you!

WANTED TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT MY HUSBAND HAS ARRIVED HERE IN THE US. HE ARRIVE ON THURSDAY AT MIDNIGHT.

Great! Enjoy every minute of this anticipation. It is precious.

Thanks to you all, and I am praying that it will be over soon for all of you!! It's been a long journey, but its finally done!

Congradulations

Thanks!!

Whoo Hoo!!!!

It's about time!! Great news girl!!! When is he coming home?

He will be comming next week!

Yes, Yes, Yes!!! Its finally finished. My husband went for his second interview today and they told him to pick up his visa on friday morning.

12 MORE DAYS TILL SECOND INTERVIEW!

STAFFORD, VA

HELLO ALL, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AGAIN. THE DNA TEST IS COMPLETED AND THE RESULTS ARE IN.... MATERNAL 99.999997% AND THE PATERNAL IS 99.999998%. BOTH ARE NOT EXCLUDED AS THE PARENTS. WE KNEW THAT THOUGH!!!! WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT THE EMBASSY!

Congratulations and good luck!

Isn't it funny that they can prove the father with more certainty than the mother?

Yeah it is, My husband laughed at that too and said "Thats why she looks more like me".

Sending prayers your way

Thanks, the same for you!

My hubby picked up the packets today and got interview date of April 17!!!!!!!

OMG...we in the home stretch now!!! Glory be to God!!!! AMEN

Congradulations and good luck!!!

HELLO ALL, JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AGAIN. THE DNA TEST IS COMPLETED AND THE RESULTS ARE IN.... MATERNAL 99.999997% AND THE PATERNAL IS 99.999998%. BOTH ARE NOT EXCLUDED AS THE PARENTS. WE KNEW THAT THOUGH!!!! WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT THE EMBASSY!

Best wishes !

Thank you all for your support. It really helps during this time of need.

I know, I know....I have been a member of VJ for one year now and I still haven't figured out how to use the quote button in a post. The button has a "+" sign in it, but when you press it, it changes to a "-" sign. I would like to know how to quote certain lines only in a when a poster makes an entry, but I still haven't figured out how to do that. I have hit the button, and highlighted the text I want to quote, but when I post my reply, it doesn't quote what I selected; it quotes everything.

So I have looked for a help topic on this, but nothing is specific enough. Have I missed something? I like the quotes in the boxes and would like to learn how to do it. Would someone mind explaining it to me or pointing me in the right direction?

Thanks everyone,

reach449

I just hit the reply button and quote the whole thing! LOL

I'm glad to hear things are going to get moving!!! Silly CO's and what they require, eh? GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!

Thanks! Yeah everyone that I have talked to has never heard of this for my type of situation. But if it will make them happy! They will do anything to prolong and get more money any way they can. The testing site has even said they don't understand in this. Anyway GOOD LUCK!

Great. I'm glad things are moving along. I will be lifting you and your family in prayer.

Boaz

THANKS AND YOU ARE IN MY PRAYERS AS WELL.

Good luck with everything, inshaAllah you and ur hubby will be reunited soon!

THANKS! HOW ARE THINGS MOVING ALONG WITH YOUR CASE? WHATS NEW?

Good Luck!

THANKS!

Good luck with everything. I hope you get all this resolve soon

THANKS!, WILL KEEP YOU POSTED! BTW, HOW ARE THINGS GOING WITH YOUR CASE?

GOOD LUCK! MY PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU!

We have our interview in March so we are still waiting for that.

Crazy embassy

Good luck with everything. I hope you get all this resolve soon

THANKS!, WILL KEEP YOU POSTED! BTW, HOW ARE THINGS GOING WITH YOUR CASE?

JUST UPDATING ON THE POST I MADE A WEEK AGO. WE HAVE DECIDED TO DO THE DNA TESTING TO MAKE THE EMBASSY HAPPY. THE BABY AND I GO ON MONDAY JAN 7, AND MY HUSBAND GOES ON JAN 15 FOR HIS. THEY SAID IT WILL ONLY 3 TO 5 WORKING DAYS FOR THE TEST TO BE COMPLETED. WILL LET YOU KNOW THE RESULTS OF THE INTERVIEW.

Does anyone know of some natural remedies for kidney stones? My cousin is 5 months pregnant and has a very painful kidney stone. Since she is pregnant they can't break it apart with a laser so that it will pass, so they gave her a cathetar to help it pass naturally.

I have heard that there are some combinations of foods/drinks and such that you can take to help it pass naturally faster. Has anyone here heard of any?

I am no expert, but I just went through the same thing. I found out in Sept. 2006 that I had a stone in my kidney through a ultra sound during a prenatal visit at the doctors. There is nothing she can do except take what ever meds the doctor gives her with plenty of water. After giving birth to my daughter in Feb. 2007 I went through 3 surgeries. 1. they went into my back with a scope and broke it, then 2&3 was litho. The doctor informed me to continue my meds and drink plenty of water. when the stones are gone to drink plenty of water and 10 oz of cocktail cranberry juice aday to keep them from forming. he also says there is no home remedy to help them pass once there there.

Fatima Kamel, I send you the info in a pm.

I see no reason for you as the USC needing DNA.........but then I did not see reason for DNA for my fiance and his daughter as we are only

doing a K1 and not a K2 follow to join !

I think they all get the regulations confused. We had no choice but to comply even the congressional inquiry

was useless and they said there is some kind of mysterious connection that they want to explore in their investigation / DNA request.

We complied and they are satisfied with the outcome. We lost over a month to fight it.

The 2. interview will be in April.........no, they could not just ship the visa/passport to him, we have to make ANOTHER trip to Dakar, his third

trip..........1. interview, then DNA test and now the 2. interview.......ching ching........thousands of dollars later here we are after a year in AP.

There is no DNA collection point or consular in Sierra Leone so all had to fly to Senegal. We have been through hell and back.

Divine Mercy, if DNA is required from a foreign spouse, the lab here in the US sends the kits to the approved medical panel physician

for specimen collection who then ships the kits back to the US lab for processing.

The lab then ships the results to the embassy upon which the embassy will contact the beneficiary for another appointment or visa pick up

if all else is satisfactory.

The price for the kits , processing and shipping fee is all included in the quote you will get and also for the collection state side when needed.

YES, I GOT THAT PM THANKS, THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION TOO ITS BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME. WHICH EVER LAB WE DECIDE TO GO TO I WILL POST THE OUTCOME.

I assume you are a naturalized African immigrant ?

If you are a USC by birth then this is the first time I have heard of a DNA request in this case.

If you are naturalized then it is common for paternity / maternity DNA testing in your circumstance.

If foreign documents have to be verified, it can take a very long time and DNA gives quicker results to satisfy the embassy.

Limited staff and resources make document verification time longer.

What the embassy is looking at here is relationship eligibility. The proper relationship to all parties will be established without doubt

through DNA testing. If the results are satisfactory then the visa will be granted, sometimes as in my case not without a second

in depth interview, sometimes without.

No, if you did not have a child together it would not have meant denial at all. If you are a naturalized African immigrant you may would

have had to undergo DNA to prove you and your husband are not blood related. If you are a born USC or are of a different race then

there would be no DNA.

It is also common to DNA test fiances that do the K1 to rule out that they are related.

It gets complicated but is the easiest way for the embassies to establish eligibility for the visa applied for.

Make sure you contact a lab from the embassy ' accredited and approved ' list.

Call around and ask for a discount.

If you need more info on a less expensive lab pm me.

And again, no it is not the law but a suggestion to submit DNA, without submitting it you can jeopardize the visa.

Testing labs have no clue what immigration law is.

Bottom line, if the CO wants it........submit it.

YES, I AM A U.S. CITIZEN FROM BIRTH. THIS IS WHY I DON'T UNDERSTAND!

OUR CHILD IS A CITIZEN OF THE U.S. SHE IS HERE WITH ME IN THE U.S. OMOBA THANKS FOR THE INFORMATION. THE LETTER DID STATE THAT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THE EMBASSY AND THE TESTING CENTER ARE SAYING ITS THE LAW. DUE TO MANY PEOPLE IN THE PAST USING OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN TO ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIPS. IF YOU COULD ALSO GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION ON WHY THE DOCUMENTATION FROM HOSPITAL OF BIRTH IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PROVE THAT I AM THE MATERNIAL MOTHER? I CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR POINT ON WANTING A TEST DONE ON MY HUSBAND SINCE THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY DISHONESTLY IN THE PAST WHEN DEALING WITH CHILDREN. THIS TEST MAKES ME WONDER IF WE DID NOT HAVE A CHILD WOULD THEY HAVE ALREADY DENIED THE VISA? THEY HAVE OUR ORIGINAL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, ALL OF MY BOARDING PASSES, PASSPORT PAGES, ETC.... TO SHOW WHERE I WAS DURING THE TIME FRAME OF CONCEPTION. IF THERE IS ANY INFO YOU CAN PASS ALONG PLEASE DO SO...

THANKS I NEED ALL THE PRAYERS I CAN GET JUST TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THIS. I TOO HAVE NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING. THEY WON'T EVEN LET ME SEND THE HOSPITAL RECORDS AS PROOF THAT I AM THE MOTHER.

HELLO TO ALL, MY HUSBANDS INTERVIEW IN GHANA WAS DECEMBER 13, 2007. WE STARTED OUR PROCESS ON DECEMBER 14, 2006. ALL THIS TIME WE WAS TOLD THAT EVERYTHING WAS COMPLETE AND THAT NOTHING ELSE WOULD BE NEEDED BY AN THE NVC HERE IN THE U.S. AND BY AN EMPLOYEE AT THE EMBASSY IN GHANA. WELL, WHEN MY HUSBAND WENT FOR HIS INTERVIEW, THEY LADY THAT WAS INTERVIEWING HIM SAID THAT SHE HAS TO PEND HIS VISA BASED UPON THE RESULTS OF A 3 WAY DNA TEST. THIS TEST IS TO PROVE THAT OUR CHILD IS PATERNALLY HIS AND MATERNIALLY MINE. WHAT GARBAGE CONSIDERING WE ARE MARRIED AND I HAVE 3 OTHER CHILDREN FROM A PREVIOUS RELATIONSHIP. THEY HAVE NOW RESCHEDULED HIM FOR A NEW INTERVIEW ON MARCH 11 INWHICH THE TEST HAS TO BE COMPLETED AT NO COST TO THE EMBASSY BY THEN.IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE. THEY STATED THAT IT IS THE LAW! THE ONLY THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT, IF ITS THE LAW WHY DOES NO ONE SEEM TO KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL YOUR VISA IS PUT ON A PENDING STATUS! THE SITE THAT YOU WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH FOR THE TESTING IS WWW.AABB.ORG. HOPE THIS HELPS AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL!