Lonely heart

Mrs.Saiff,

I am sort of new here, and in answer to your question, it is hard to say if it influences the embassy positively or not if you go to the interview. I went to my husband's interview in Islamabad and the lady behind the glass told me to go sit down , that I was not allowed to stand with him at the window. That was after I had been told by another worker that it was ok for me to be present. I will say, even though we were one of the first ones in, we were the last to be called, don't know why. But for his sake I am glad I was there, as he was very nervous. If I had to do it over, I would go again.

Thanks for replying Pluan , So what is ur case status now like u said u were with ur husband for his interview is he in AP now for how long then?Yeah evryone is saying even if i go with him for his interview wont b any good .Since i have no say at that time .So im re thinking what to do .

Hey! I am also at the Islamabad embassy girls don't forget me! I'm waiting for the interview and going too! So, what can we do to try to get a shorter AP time? Is having the papers in check a way to prevent it or is that just going to happen no matter what we do?

Mahitab

Well Hey kool Mehtab v r all in same timeline ,lol .Well getting to ur question , unfortunately there isnt anything u can do to avoid Ap , they put almost all males through AP and worst part is there is no time limit like how long will it take So please pray for all of us who r sponcering there hubbies to get here soon as possible and make AP process wuick n fast Ameen.Best of luck

Hi mary,Well i wished i knew the answer y or what happend .Cuz whenever v called n asked them bout case there answer was always "Case pending" and wait for our call ".They never called but v kept calling so without any valid reason they just put almost all Males in AP But once ur in u shouldnt b in AP again thats what i heard.Best wishes and please pray for us that v go thorugh this hard time easily i mean all of us at visa journey r going through heart aches:( Best wishes to all.

Mrs Siaff

For me...Calling or emailing the Embassy has proven to be a complete waste of time. Not once have they given me any useful information in an email and I have not been able to speak with anyone at the Embassy on the phone. I can't see how it would be a bad thing if you went to your hubby's interview with him.

Hi browneyedgirl

We are so excited This is Waheed's second field investigation and it went very well. We are waiting to see what happens next.

peace

~kris

Thank u Kris for replying aswell yeah i agree with u emaling or calling embassy is just not worth it .Well im kinda hestatting to go n b there for his interview what if like they always do ask for sum MORE documents frm here USA n if im there how will i provide more like they just look for sum stupid stuff to delay as much as they can hope they dont .And Inshalaha Kris ur waiting time will b over soon too.Best wishes .

I dont know. Its up to the embassy unfortunately. You know better than me they do as they please. Hopefully if he gets AP again it wont be long. I dont know how you have ever gotten though to talk to the embassy, i havent ever been able to get through, my fiance got through one time and the they told him he had the wrong section and hung up on him.

Oh i know u can never get a hold of them through fone so what my hubby does if now he has question he just goes to the embasssy n sumone always helps answer question they r nice if u go there since now they have set up hours where u can go n they can answer ur question in embassy .Thats how he got his passport back he went n asked them for it with in 5 minutes they gave him saying ur case will b cancelled the previous case which was already seemed like dead case v didnt care as long as he got his passport back which we will b needing it soon now .So im thinking i should get a letter written frm congressman here saying they need to expedite case since they already had put him in AP b4 so .

Congrats on the approval! (:

looks like our hubbies will be going through the same embassy (: and i plan on attending his interview with him just because i want to be there for support. in the mean while, i'm staying in the states to get all the paperwork together so everything will be ready when his interview is near. i hope this helped!

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Thx for replying sis .wow so ur hubby will also go through Islamabad embassy nice mayb our hubbys might get same date n we'll b bale t c each other there ,lol would b nice .So yeah i think i should also b with my hubby but just confused how they start asking for more stuff i will provide all paper work u know how the embassy ppl r just wana create mess by asking for tons more paper work .But hope evrything goes okaay .Thank u .Best wishes

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Hopefully he will get his visa soon. I know the wait is hard, i havent waited as long as you and its really hard for me too. We are on Ap for the last 6 months . Hopefully, it will be over soon. Inshallah. Best wishes to you too.

Yeah hope n pray he does soon.I dont know if u know what i went through i'll make long story short .After being engaged i filed for fiance visa thinking like evryone said he'd b here within 6 months v waited 6 months didnt here anything v got married after waiitng for 6 months being enagged . he had his interview taken place that time they said congrats n will call u n let u know till this day v hadnt got any call from them n they had put him in AP for past 4 yrs .So i had to make sum descisons so i re flied the case in summer 2008 as spouse so my concern and big question is r they still gona put him in AP security check after they already did b4 ?? since i heard once they do they dont put u in AP but then again they r so strict n mean u can expect anything but i wont take it if they do that again:( im frusterated

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Mrs Saiff,

You can attend if you like, its not required but can have a good influence on your case. Good Luck to you.

Thank u for replying back Brown eyed yeah i know they dont let u b part of it but atleast if im there since i can enter embassy having us passport being citzen they'll let me in n hope they dont question on too much of our relationship since v been married since 2005 n waited for my hubby to get his visa so i re filed the case summer of 2008 so hoping this time he does gets his visa soon n dont wana take any risks .even if im with him they shouldnt have any objection y im with him or beside him since they can say anything so mean i swear im shatterd cant even make any decsion since its almost 4 yrs now being apart .Thanks sis for replying best wishes n best of luck .

Our Update.......

My husband finally made it home, Alhumdulilah!!!!!

Wow many congrats to both of u .so lucky u guys so yr 2008 was good for u guys and please dont 4get us in ur Duaas please remember us in ur Duaas im suffering from this sponcership case past 4 yrs n hoping yr 2009 is lucky for us im waiting for my hubby since yr 2005 thats when v got married so please u know how it is since u went though it u r lucky u didnt had ot wait much compare to 4 yrs its alot .Anyways wish u guys happy life toghther .and may Allah reunite all the couples who r in long distance relationship .

Thx very much for YOur reply..

actaully i m waiting for my vis more than three years and now i m furstrated thats why i need fasterway.... i now I130 easier but in paksitan its not faster.... and now iunderstabd ur answer thx very mnuch again,,,

and actually my embassy need all my original documnets throgh approved courier service..

Hi sis , well seeeing ur message i think u r married n u filed both fiance n as apouse n got approved for both so if i were u i would stick with k130 spouse case since i been stuck with i129F fiance case i filed they never give u visa then i been also waiting past three yrs now i refiled k130 for my hubby so my advice will b stay with ur k3 case .Best of luck

More and more people are reporting their wives on AP on this thread which is beginning to get to me!

We spent a year and a half on my husband's background check at the USCIS level (even though he is a US citizen) and from the looks of it, they'll be throwing me into that black hole too after the interview. I spent the better part of my life in the middle east and I am pretty sure that's reason enough for them to delay my AP forever.

Is there any woman out there who was done with her AP within a few months? Or was lucky enough never to go to that hole?

Mrs Saiff ,

you need to tell me what is going on with your case , please tell me briefly so i can give u some good suggestion regarding to your case , if u have filed for one case and your husband is gone through one interview , why would u guys file for another case , the result is going to be same until u dont slove case no 1 , u filed , so please tell me briefly about your case ,

explain , case , category is it CR1 , IR1 , K3 , K1 which one

what is the out come of interview ?

what is indeed written of the paper he got after his interview ?

so please explain briefly so that i can guide you , if you cant explain here , email me on

passionzhere@yahoo.com ,,,

i will feel happy to help u as much as i can ,

coz i can understand how stressful it is ?

with best regards

chaingang

Thank u so much chaingang bhai i emailed u i hope u received my email , And i wana thank u from the bottom of my heart cuz my hubby got his passport back v followed ur advice he went to the embasyy got his passport n his birth certificate back , i have more question what will he need now when they call him for his interview soon inshalah k130, since i relfiled as spouse n they told him they will close his old case which was already dead case for past 3 yrs by giving back his passport v dont care since my biggest worry was getting his passport back b4 his interview so today he got it back thank u so much .for all ur support duaas n advice thank u again .

Why 1000? they charged me 600 !

Finally dropped our 3.5 at the American Express yesterday. They charged us 1000... I was expecting to pay more!

Mrs. Saif, we've never been able to get through phone lines when it comes to the embassy. However, they've responded to us within 3-4 days when we sent emails at "pakivquery@state.gov". Just make sure you write your case number down in the subject. Good luck, you should hear from them soon, inshAllah.

MRs.saif . listen carefully , they wont give u passport on phone even you request , tell your husband to go to us embassy and tell to security officers standing outside that i need my passport , with in 5 minutes he will get his passport , this is the easiest way you can get your passport ......... remember that

how many cases are pending here any one can please tell me

my case is in ap from the last 20 months now

thanks in advance

chaingang

Thank u for replying Chaingang i hope the security guy helps my hubby thats our only hope now i tried emailing tried calling nothing worked , i emailed the "pakivquer@tsate.gov for the whole month of sept for 30 days evry day i would send like 10 emailes for like 30 days but they never replied or contatced my hubby i added his case # n also his cell # so they can call him but nope no luck so i hope this works by going to us embassy but since security is too tight they might not even aloow ppl there without passport since his passport is stuck there . Though i will tell my hubby to do that

mrs.saif they do give passport with out any problem so dont worry about that tell him to be out side embassy before 12:30 pm , inshllah with out any problem he will get his passport and the process of his visa application will also be going on , so dont worry about that and best of luck my wishes, prayers are with you , and i can surely understand from where you are coming from,

your brother

chaingang

Thank u Chaingang Bhai ,Inshalah on monday my hubby will go n find out May Allah help us all Ameen , since i been waiting for my hubby past 3 yrs they havnt given him visa now we re appiled the case so May Allah help us re unite this time .So he needs his passport b4 his interview again .So inshalah let c what happens on monday i hope its that easy n simple since its usualy evrything they make it complicated there i swear .Anyways how long u been wiating n where u at , is ur wife sponcering u or u sponcering her? I also wana know how much is finger prints fee now?It was hundred sumthing b4 so now is it same plus is there any other fee they ask when u go for interview?

Why 1000? they charged me 600 !

Finally dropped our 3.5 at the American Express yesterday. They charged us 1000... I was expecting to pay more!

Mrs. Saif, we've never been able to get through phone lines when it comes to the embassy. However, they've responded to us within 3-4 days when we sent emails at "pakivquery@state.gov". Just make sure you write your case number down in the subject. Good luck, you should hear from them soon, inshAllah.

MRs.saif . listen carefully , they wont give u passport on phone even you request , tell your husband to go to us embassy and tell to security officers standing outside that i need my passport , with in 5 minutes he will get his passport , this is the easiest way you can get your passport ......... remember that

how many cases are pending here any one can please tell me

my case is in ap from the last 20 months now

thanks in advance

chaingang

Thank u for replying Chaingang i hope the security guy helps my hubby thats our only hope now i tried emailing tried calling nothing worked , i emailed the "pakivquer@tsate.gov for the whole month of sept for 30 days evry day i would send like 10 emailes for like 30 days but they never replied or contatced my hubby i added his case # n also his cell # so they can call him but nope no luck so i hope this works by going to us embassy but since security is too tight they might not even aloow ppl there without passport since his passport is stuck there . Though i will tell my hubby to do that

islamabd embassy

call from monday to friday 12:30 Pm to 3:30 Pm

Phone: (+92-51) 208-2700

press 1

press 2

press 1 again and press 1 u will get to talk with operator in 5 min

Zaidkhan

and then u will wake up.. it appears..that now connecting to an operator has become a dream! the # is constantly busy:@

Agreed with Revived , i tried calling us embassy in islamabad last night i stayed up all night but never got trhough kept saying conneting with operator , n operators never answerd either put line busy again or they picked up n hung up i used so many fone cards then i started calling directly still no luck i was so mad , nothing is going right.Need sum emailing adress which really work i mean i need sum answers either through live operator or email with emails to they never reply i tired calling they never answer (((((((((((((((((((((((

Hello Mrs. Saiff.

Try calling the embassy in ISL and ask them how his passport could be returned. If they can't help on the phone, it may be worth just going to the embassy. I think there is about 1 hour or 45 minutes sloted for applicants to ask question at the embassy. U.S citizens can go to the embassy for inquries as well, more time is available for them. Check out state department's website and ISL embassy page to get the timing.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for replying nicely thanks since im very upset cuz of the whole situation nothing seems to b going in right direction im here in USa right now cant go to the Islamabad embassy since i know they let American citzen in , So i tired calling the Islamabad embassy last night they dont have any Live operator all in machines n i used so many of my fone cards went wasted plus the time diffrence May Allah help, im very frausterated at the moment Plus the # i tried which is 51-208-2700 sumthing like that dont even have like right option like they say for english press one i did n still kept saying for english oress one n for whole good hour wated my fone card , i just wish i could talk to live operator .I still wish if there was sum accurate site since i sent emails they never reply

[ Is the islamabad emmbasy open or not sine i heard its closed? So anyone knows./color]