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Thanks for your posting, anyone else had experiance with K3 not CR1, my wife's case is a K3

any ideas will be appreciated?

I want to know from the anyone who got a k3 visa from the embassy, did the embassy stamp in your passport

What a great news... My wife got the visa "Alhamdo Lel Allah"

I can't belive it...I am so happy ....I am jumping

I was sleeping when my wife called and told me this ...few menutes a go..

Thanks to everybody and I wish the rest of you a smooth process

A special thanks to KeKhan for sharing her info, for being there when needed

Thank you so much KeKhan

Everybody is waiting and check this out

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/wait/tem...p;x=61&y=19

Waiting is something, and waiting without you knowing when the wait will end is something else

The website you posted only shows info. for Nonimmigrant visas (unless I missed something on that page). But the immigrant visa is another thing, and probably not something they would make any estimates or promises about. Maybe you should try what we did and ask to possibly get your passport back for travel??? (I don't know what happened really with ours, but it was after that request that they mentioned that they would expedite our case). Of course my husband thinks it could be that our officer was sympathetic since he has the same last name as us, lol

Your last sentence reminds me of a poem by emily dickinson called "if you were coming in the fall" - it actually meant a lot to me while I was waiting (I get daily poems in my email). I'm sorry you are still waiting - keep us updated on how it's going and good luck!

KEKhan

I know that the link doesn't give time frame for K visas, but then why not? why they don't want to put a deadline for them self for the immigrant visa?, I thought it should have the priority because it's coming from US citizen, verses the other non-immigrant visas aren't!

It's really painful.

By the way did your husband got a replacement for the envelope that was little bit open?

Everybody is waiting and check this out

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/wait/tem...p;x=61&y=19

Waiting is something, and waiting without you knowing when the wait will end is something else

Mashaa Allah ....Congratulation KEKhan

What a good news , inshaa Allah this will start the string of visa issuance,

Thank you so much for sharing the info

Mobarak and have a wonderful live together

This was how our emails looked:

Embassy Email: Your case is still pending and I have no idea how long will it take to be completed, if you need your passport you can come and collect. Please let me know if you need your passport. Regards,

My husband:

Thank you for your reply. I will email you one week in advanced if I needed to come and collect my passport. For the time being I will keep it with the embassy for the visa processing.

Embassy: Please remind me next week to remind the officer who is reviewing your case to expedite your case. Regards,

My husband: (reminded them)

Embassy: Thanks for reminding me. I informed the officer to expedite your case. Regards,

Well it looks kind of good to me, but I can't be sure. We'll find out soon I hope,

KEKhan

Well Kekhan, reading the above I think it's expediting the process, but is it the final process to give visa I don't know but what's sure from the above email back and forth is that the case is under process by someone and they can't send the passport until that person is done processing wither it's the last processing or not, I don't see the above corresponding revealing it

Inshaa Allah it's to give the visa, so we can all celebrate in here

Thanks for posting and sharing.

6 weeks with no news from the embassy, and they don't even answer my emails, I don't know if I will get the visa or not, maybe my case is stack in this AR/PR that everyone is talking about, I couldn't confirm it from the DOS, as they don't have any idea.

Have any one got a visa from us embassy in Riyadh at all? speak out ppl, over 500 visit hits and only four people posting!

I don't know if anyone has gotten the final visa from Riyadh on this website. I do know that my husband emailed our contact at the consulate, and told them we would like to get his passport back for him to travel (since they don't give us a timeline on how long they are keeping it from him). They emailed back saying they have no idea how long it will take, and to let them know ahead of time if he needs passport to pick it up.

He emailed back saying he would email one week in advacne if he needed to pick up passport, then they seemed to change tune (for some mysterious reason), and the same exact person wrote back to say, "email me again next week and remind me to send your case so it can be expedited" (by another official).

We wrote back at the beginning of this week, and reminded him. He replied and said he had sent our case for expediting. Good news? I have no idea, but it is giving us a little hope. Maybe you should try the same thing and see what they say. In my opinion no one has the right to take your ID for unlimited, unknown amts. of time. I'm glad we brought it up.

KEKhan

But I am sorry to ask this question, are you sure it's to expedite the visa issuance not to expedite the passport sending, I hope/wish/pray that it's the first so you would be the first to get the visa out of Riyadh, because it seem like a black hole to me if no one has ever taken visa from them.

Thanks a lot for posting and sharing the info., and I wish you the best of luck in your journey

6 weeks with no news from the embassy, and they don't even answer my emails, I don't know if I will get the visa or not, maybe my case is stack in this AR/PR that everyone is talking about, I couldn't confirm it from the DOS, as they don't have any idea.

Have any one got a visa from us embassy in Riyadh at all? speak out ppl, over 500 visit hits and only four people posting!

So how long has it been since your 2nd interview? and what was the interview all about?

Also what visa are you seeking to get? CR1, K1, K3

Dude, I was refused in Feb 2008 you can estimate how much time has passed, my case is CR1, my wife has contaced the senetor and provided our case number and other information they asked so hope for the best, by the way we are proceeding our case through a lawyer now.

Goodluck to all of you..

Austin,

I wish you all the good luck on your fight, but your case was refused in Feb. 2008, I can't estimate how login has your case been in US Embassy in Riyadh, can you say how many months

Also you stated that you were interviewed again, what do you sense from that interview was the reason for the refusal?

Thanks a lot Austin for opening this thread, and for being so helpfull

Great! I really thought I am the only one with wife visa in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Embassy

Well my wife had her interview in the first week of Feb. and they told us it can takes up to four weeks before they send the passport with the visa thorugh Fedex, but a month is over, and I tried emailing them but they told me to stop asking and that they will commnuicate to my wife once they have any updates,

So I don't know what to do now, and why is it only in US Riyadh Embassy where after the interview you still have to wait for long time before they give you the result, I thought they will in the same day as the interview or at most the next day.

Does any one know or have any idea what's going on? my wife isn't saudi, and I am a US Citizen with Approved K3 Visa.

Please share your info here

My husband also had his visa interview at Riyadh; it seemed to go pretty well. He is a Saudi; I am a USC with an approved I-130. His interview was on Feb 12. About 2 weeks after it, we emailed the consulate and they told us that our case is under "administrative review" - (which if you don't know what that is, you can learn a lot by searching other threads on this website). They also told us to email back again 2-3 wks later if we heard nothing. We have emailed them this week to see if there is any progress, but heard nothing yet.

If they do not give us any information (or if they continue to hold my husband's passport with no visa in sight, and w/o communicating with us), we are considering taking our lawyer's advice and contacting a Congressperson for help. I have also read that people on this website have called the Dept. of State to see what is happening with their visas - I might consider doing that also depending on how long we have to wait.

Well good luck to you and your wife - I hope the Riyadh consulate gets their act together soon.

KEKhan

Call the DOS..........they are super nice and will let you know what's happening.

202-663-1225

then dial 1 and then 0 at the voice prompts..............good luck..........

Read under Egypt portal about administrative processing in certain countries..........

Thanks a lot Lyn for the info. I appreciate it.

Dear I got the call in February and am refused by the us consulate, for me its very much upsetting situation right now, it will take 3-6 months officially to get another call, so relax and stay cool, wish you luck in your process, they kept my passport and again when I got a call I thought they will give me a visa but they interviewed me hard again for almost 30 minutes ...but hope your case will be fine.

So how long has it been since your 2nd interview? and what was the interview all about?

Also what visa are you seeking to get? CR1, K1, K3

Thank you Kekhan, I really appreciate it, I will read through the link you posted when I get back from work and see.

Yes that's what I am thinking to do as well, if I hear nothing for a week or two I will contact my congressman specially that it's election year so I will expect them to be very responsive.

I can't belive this after all we went thourgh there is still a delay to go through, for what? I have been away from my wife for over two years, enough is enough

But do you know if anyone got a visa from Riyadh embassy recently?

And how long are we looking at for the average wait time?

Also how can someone know if they are in AP review?

Please help I am going cruzy............

What is the AP check? I see that lot's of you talking about it but no explantion on what exactly it is, I searched in here and in google but couldn't get any info beside it's bing a security check or somthing like that, and how would someone know if his case is in AP check?

Please help

Great! I really thought I am the only one with wife visa in Saudi Arabia, Riyadh Embassy

Well my wife had her interview in the first week of Feb. and they told us it can takes up to four weeks before they send the passport with the visa thorugh Fedex, but a month is over, and I tried emailing them but they told me to stop asking and that they will commnuicate to my wife once they have any updates,

So I don't know what to do now, and why is it only in US Riyadh Embassy where after the interview you still have to wait for long time before they give you the result, I thought they will in the same day as the interview or at most the next day.

Does any one know or have any idea what's going on? my wife isn't saudi, and I am a US Citizen with Approved K3 Visa.

Please share your info here