Shawna Mahmoud

My husband has been here a little over 2 years and we plan to go in December for 1 month, I am pregnant so we won't be going again until maybe 2012.

CHI-TOWN!!! Chicago in the house!

Congrats to you and John! May you have many wonderful years together!

CONGRATS!!!!!! Welcome to the U.S. and I hope that you and John have a wonderful life together. You truly deserve it.

My heart goes out to the family. RIP Maria

Congratulations! That is wonderful news. I hope you guys have a great trip together.

I am very sorry for your loss. I pray that God gives you and your family the strength you need. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Congratulations to you and hubby!! Hope you have a great life together!

We filed K3 and my husband flew in to Chicago on a O/W ticket through Alitalia. We had no problems. I purchased the ticket online, he printed his confirmation and took it to the counter in Cairo and got his boarding passes.

Ahmed's trying to get a ticket to come back with us this September, but when he went to the Air France counter to ask about buying a ticket, they told him that since he's Egyptian he's not allowed to enter the US without a roundtrip ticket. Of course, he didn't tell the agent what kind of visa he has, or that he is immigrating, not visiting. Did your partners enter with a one way or a round trip ticket? I know at least one person who's entered on a one-way, but it was a few years ago, not sure if things have changed since then or not. I tried calling Air France, they said they didn't know. I'm scouring google now, but thought I'd ask here too.

My understanding Amy is that a K3 visa is a non-immigrant visa, therefore he will have to purchase a R/T ticket.

We had a CR1 which is an immigrant visa, therefore allowing my husband to purchase a one way ticket.

Well, it's confusing, because the embassy processes it as an immigrant visa. is there some way to tell the difference on the actual visa itself? does the CR1 visa have a expiration date on it like the k3 does?

You and Hubby are in my prayers and I hope that you hear something soon!

Congratulations!!!!!

Congratulations!!!! She is beautiful!

Congratulations!!! Hope your life together is WONDERFUL!!!

Thanks so much for the info. I guess I should call some airlines and try to figure out how do to book for him. I don't think most airlines in US will let you book a flight that originates outside the USA. Not sure though

I don't think you will have a problem finding an airline. I use NWA/Delta most of the time when I fly to Egypt. I would have used them for Ahmed's ticket but Alitalia just happened to be cheaper with the shortest layover. I booked his flight on my side. As long as you have his name spelled as it is on the visa/passport, It should be fine.

When Ahmed came last year, I booked a one way ticket. I had no problems. We used Alitalia and he had a layover in Rome and then came straight to Chicago. He had no problems in Cairo Airport. His visa was in his passport and they looked at it and gave him no hassles.

THANK GOD!!! I am so happy for you! Well no stress for a while.

Congratulations!!! That is awesome and it gives us hope that maybe we can get our family here as well.

CONGRATULATIONS! Hope he gets it soon!

Congratulations!! I hope that he gets it quickly and you can start your life together.

Went 2 times in 2007 and stayed 5 weeks in 2008 and never took Hep A shot.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you. I hope the interview goes smoothly.

I am Shawna... I live about 10 minutes from Downtown Chicago in Hyde Park. I love to travel so I am looking forward to meeting some of my Mena peeps by the end of the summer. I have met Simsim and his wife.

We bought ours from...

http://www.bidanco.com/index.php

It was $29.95 and took Ahmed about 5 minutes to install. Works wonderful and he is quite pleased.