simps

its been 1 month and 2 weeks and i still didnt get my green card either.. can anyone tell me the contact number of uscis so we can talk to them and ask.. we tried on 800 number but always machine is there.. how do we talk to an opratore??

try calling USCIS. Mine was mailed to a doctor in California... good thing the doctor was kind enough to

forward it to my address. Confirm to them if they already sent it, somebody might have received it in error

or could be stealing your identity already. If not yet printed, then just follow up on them.

whats the number do u call on?? we tried to call but it was just machine.. can u please post here thank you somuch for replying my post..

we just removed it from timline. i really don't remeber but my case finished in last week of sep 2009. as we all know mumbai embassy is preety busy thats why i got my interview date after 1 month of case compite. i really dont know howmuch busy chennai embassy is. it depend but maximum time limit for interview is 3 weeks to one month.

NVC said my case is completed on 01/19/2010. Does any body know how long it takes to schedule an interview at chennai, india. Please share your experiences.

probably it will take 2 week to one month after cae finish.

Hi guys, i started to get all worried about my green card.. it's been one month and one week now and i havent recieved my green card yet. we didnt get SSN either but yesterday we went to office and applied for one. when i check my case status online it says something like this..

On March 12, 2009, we received this I130 IMMIGRANT PETITION FOR RELATIVE, FIANCE(E), OR ORPHAN, and mailed you a notice describing how we will process your case. Please follow any instructions on this notice. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or contact our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283.

During this step, USCIS initiates the background checks of the applicant/petitioner and identifies issues that may need to be addressed either during an interview or by asking the applicant/petitioner to submit additional information or documentation. USCIS reviews applicant's/petitioner's criminal history, determines if there are national security concerns that need to be addressed, and reviews the application/petition for fraud indicators.

If you have filed an I-485, I-589, I-751, N-400, I-90, I-821, I-131, I-130 or I-765, you can expect to receive an appointment notice to appear at an Application Support Center to have your fingerprints and/or biometrics taken. The timing of your appointment is determined by the number of applicants ahead of you that also need a biometric appointment. We try to schedule biometric appointments as quickly as possible and in most cases you will receive your appointment notice within 30 days of submitting your application. We will send your appointment notice approximately 14 days ahead of your scheduled appointment. It is important that you keep this appointment. If absolutely necessary, you can request that your appointment be rescheduled however, please be aware that rescheduling may delay the processing of your application. Please follow the instructions on your appointment notice if you need to reschedule.

i dont understand these stuff.. anyone know here what does it mean?? do u think we need to get appointment at local USCIS office? or should we wait for few more days? my husband tried to call USCIS but its not working. is it any special number to contact them for green card? oh man this is really annoying and stressfull. yeah one more thing i havent recieved my welcome letter eaither. i have read somany post here and they r talking about how if they got welcome letter then they will get green card soon, so is it anything really to worry about for me if i dont get welcome letter? Thank you somuch..

when u call the 800 number which prompt do you follow? we have been waiting for ssc number and green card for one month and one week now. thanks

congratulations Courtney... wish u and ur husband All the best for the interview..

we are waiting for our GC too, its been 16days now since i get here. inshaAllah hopefully it will come this week or next.

we just arrived yesterday in new york. border patrol and homeland security put a cr1 stamp on my wife's passport. should we be expecting a green card in the mail? if so how long will it take to get here? or is the stamp on her passport the green card itself? thanks to all for your help.

it looks like u entered in 11 20 2009. we will be coming to jfk on december 14th. how was the process? can u tell me what to expect? thanks

Congrats simps!!! I just stumbled on your post and wanted to laugh and cry while I read it. It sounds like your husband comes from a great family. I hope you enjoy SLC, it is where I live and I keep praying that my fiance will be joining me here soon!!

hi glad to see someone from SLC.. I m sure ur fiance will get her visa soon.. we will pray for both of u.. May god make whole process easy for u amen.. Thank you..

Congrats! I read your story and glad to hear that you overcame it.

thank you starlight95

My wifes passport says the same thing May 2010, so she has to enter US before then.

Yeah thats what mine says too... i think u people are rite. its time limit to enter in USA..

hey gundas.. when r u leaving?? we booked our ticket and Qatar air way has best deal.. if u want u can check...

hey guys how r u all? sorry a lill bit late to post the experience... I got my passport and package to submit at POE just today. I wonder it says i got visa untill may 2010. so its just like 7 months why is it so? anyone has any idea about it?

OKay now my story begins.........

At 6:15am reached at embassy in mumbai on 6th of nov. enterd in the embassy around like 7:15am. advice for everyone do not take any electronic items, no mobile, men doesn't allow to keep their watch either, Ladies keep ur purse with ur companion. Yeah lol atleast keep some money with u if ur relative is at VFS lounge. I forgot to take money from hubby and i had to wait for the VFS bus for a long time.

At 8:30 done with fingure prints. then waiting begins... try to be really patient if they do not call ur name lol.. about 9:45 they called my name and it was an indian officer looked like he did not have nice break fast from his wife LOL.. Man he didn't even know how to pronounse my name.. I said good morning and no reply from him now questions begins..

1. do u speak english- yeah i do..

2. with strange expressions u r muslim rite?- Yeah i m

3. is ur husband is muslim? - yeah he is..

4. why his name is christian? is he converted muslim or what?- yeah he is..

5. whats ur qualification? - i have finished my bachelors in fashion design.

6. how he became muslim? with really strange expression...( what an idiot!!!)- i explained whole stroy... blah blah..

7. do u have any proof of him accepting islam? - i was all blank couldn't think of any answer and i said no but i have one photograph which shows he is praying( salah)

8. do u have photo album or anything? - yeah i do have, would u like to see...

officer- no i dont want to but if u can't show me the proof of him accepting islam then it means ur marriage is invalid.. my replied to him- how can our marriage be invalid? we got married in front of somany people according to islamic way.. officer- lets see what happens, American officer will call back go ahead and sit.

what a jerk!!! my heart started beating so fast and i knew they gonna make me go back.. i was keep thinking what will i answer the american officer about him accepting islam and proof?? so much tension.. i couldn't even think of anything but just a fear in my heart for rejection..

on about 12:30 American officer called me. there was one indian lady with him standing beside him. he looked kinda nice to me. i wished good afternoon but no answer from him too.. that time i knew i m finish now

2nd Interview begins..

1. whats ur marriage date?- 18jan 2009

2. is he muslim?- yeah he is..

3. how did he accepted islam?-looked in to his eyes and explained whole story again.. (he was listenining to me really carefully)

4. where did u learn ur english at?- home, school, college..

5. whats ur education?- same answer again...

6. he is muslim rite? - yeah he is.. officer- his parents don't have any problem with him being muslim? - no not at all, they are nice and understanding people and love him alot.

7. how did u meet? - introduced by cousin..

8. is he ever been out side of USA other then india?- yeah he been to maxico with his parents for only one day while he was kid..

9. whats ur parents do?- mom is house wife, dad is businessman..

10. any sibilling? -yeah 2 brothers

11. what do they do? - older one is Software eng. younger is studying software eng..

12. whats ur qualification??- (same quesion again so i just looked at him and i said i have answered u)

he seemed like confused to me.. acting strange and made me feel like our case is really dificult.. but it wasnt that..

he said give me some time.. hold on.. was wiating and he went behind the window where i can here all the conversation of them. he started talking to some indian and american officer about my case.. he asked what he should do now he is really confuse.. then he said a conversion story to some officer and then came back to me.. some indian officer came with him and started looking at our file and our photos.. he was acting like there is something wrong of being muslim from mormon lol.. what an idiot!!!

13. american officer- do u have any photos of wedding?- yeah i do have, do u wanna see?? officer- yeah please..

showed him album of 200 photos but he seemed like he wasnt in mood of looking at the photos either.. he didn't even look 3 pages of album and stopped me..

14. what kind of muslim r u??- i was thinking what the heck is he asking me?? i said what do u mean?? he said i mean islam has some cast and stuff so what r u following?? sunni , shia?? i said sunni..

15. what kind of muslim ur husband is?? - he is following the same as i do...( i wonder he did not even ask me about my relationship with him but just about his religion.. ) i m sorry guys it was alot more question then these but i forgot...

then he said mam i am sorry i have to put u on hold.. we need ur husband's conversion certificate or any proof of him being muslim.. i was really sad almost about to cry..i told him my husband is with me today at VFS lounge, if u like to talk to him i can call him, he said no we need proof and next time if he can come with u then take him to the embassy. then i asked him so what should i tell my husband? mam get us proof any date on 7:30am.. we are not denying you neither giving you approval.. i asked him stupid question lol.. i asked him if i will get the proof then u gonna give me approval?? he said we would like to interview you and ur husband then we will see.. i said (with sad face) oh okay i understand.. then i left the embassy with tears....

luckly(alhumdollilah) my cousin who lives in US was coming to india to visit her parents.. we called them and imam of masjid to make certificate.. we called my parents inlaw to give us written note talking about how he became muslim and how they do not have any problem.. we got everything on 15th so we went to mumbai on rite away.

on monday 16th nov morning 7:30am entered in the embassy.. there was line for pending petitions.. there weren't much people in the pending line.. my turn came and i entered in to the room, wished good morning to an indian officer( same one from last time)..officer- he said yeah mam do u have anything to give me.. me- yeah i submitted all the documents.. officer- where is ur husband? - he is out side at the securty section.. i told them you want him to come in but they stopped him... officer- oh okay have sit.. we will call u back.. waiting begins it was 12:30 pm and they called my name.. i had to wait like 5 hours and i was thiinking today may be they will make me go back again.. i actually cried sitting over there hiding my self from everyone in the washroom..

The american officer( same one from last) called me in..

he wished me good morning

i smiled and correct him good afternoon sir.. lol what a deem light..!! started to looking at his watch.. he actually ssmiled at me and said ohh its afternoon... people he actually knew how to smile lol... then he said okay mam i have few questions to ask u.. i said okay i would gladly like to answer you with really big smile.. okay this time he was keep smiling and being super nice with me..

1. how did u meet again please explain? i explained

2. so howmany people came in the wedding from USA- none, officer- why?? they wanted us to get marry in USA but we got rejected for K1 and we wanted to get marry quick after such a long wait for K1.. officer- oh okay okay..

3. howmany sibilling ur husband have?- 2

4. what do they do?- i explained

5. with smile are they converted too??- i was giving him mean face and i said what do u mean? he said no i mean he is the only one convert to islam of his brothers too?? i said no he the only one and they are mormon..

6. so no one else in the family converted to some other religion?- i said its their choice if they want to they can.. but rite now none of them are converted only my husband..

7.so how he accepted islam?? - like i said before, officer- yeah i know but didn't he talk to u why?? i just looked at him and said what do u mean?? he said mam i m an immigration officer so i have to ask you that.. what an idiot !!! i know he is lol... i said i would like to asnwer all ur questions sir.. he smiled and joked with me..

8. so did u look for any indian to get marry??- yeah i did..

9. then how ur husband won the race with really big smile...?? i loved him and i got attarcted to him more then others..

then he told me to hold on.. he went back to someone and had probably long conversation... i was waiting like 10 min alone in the room.. he came back and said sorry to me and being really nice..

10. so it was more like arrange marriage because ur cousin introduce u to him..- yeah it was, you can say that..

11. do u have her phone number?- i knew her phone number by heart so gave him..

12. where u going to live in USA? -salt lake, officer- no i mean where in usa?- salt lake, Officer- i mean house or apartment( what a dumb he could have explain it like that before) i said oh u mean like that?? i answred..

then he said the magic word.. mam i don't have anything else to ask u now so we will issue ur green card when u will reach at USA and

it was really long inteview.. i forgot alot of question rite now to post in here but u can imagine how long the interview was. hopefully its good and informative for you people.. it was relief after such a long iinteview..

have fun guys, Take care... we will be leaving for USA next month.. anyone would like to join us?? lol

Hehe! Hey Simps! I'm just so glad that you got your visa and that you finally get to be with your husband.

God bless and have a WONDERFUL life and marriage together.

lol thanks, that was real fast reply. Thank you somuch ber. When will u going to finish this? r u waiting for ur hubby to come back?

Hey guys we got the visa ill post my experience on VJ soon. we just got back today from mumbai. It was relief.

Thank you somuch all for ur support and all kind help for us. i really really appreciate ur help. He got alot of good advice and good way of handling this horrible journey. now i am waiting for my passport to arrive at my home soon then we will book the ticket. again Thanks alot guys.

i really wanna thanks to people whom i know since whole journey. My dear paris heart, no where man, Ber+ter, mohan,Tngirl, courtney and ahmed,SDW, sunflower, lilly, trinket, desidon, gundas i am sorry if i m forgetting anyone else name. thank you somuch guys for helping us out and for all ur advice and support. big hug to all.

we got the visa alhamdulillah we just took them the statement from my imam and a signed affadavit from my parents. alhamdulillah they didnt ask for anything else and they were very polite to my wife this time. Allah makes a way out from every difficulty for those who fear him. thanks to all for the responses. i think they had the right to ask for that since in india they have the muslim marriage act. so no harm inshaAllah. we will be coming back to salt lake in the second week of december inshaAllah. thanks to all

my passport that had that on it is lost. i had to reapply for a new passport after that. i never kept any documents from that travel company i went with as i didnt consider it important. it was in 2003. i dont know if they might have some record of it somewhere in some government office. Allah knows best. may Allah help us ameen.

sorry for the late response everyone. we dont have the internet at my wifes house. first of all we did the nikah in india with a qazi then we registered in gujarat. but they didnt even look at that. i cant accept islam again becuase then they will say why are you accepting islam again if you are already a muslim? i went on hajj but i dont have any record of it since i didnt see any need to prove i was a muslim to anyone before. i am having my imam make a letter which he will take to a notary in utah where i accepted islam. i have been muslim since 1999. they asked for a proof that i am no longer mormon. but noone gives that type of document to anyone there. i have one article that i wrote about my conversion story a few years ago its on islaam.ca under zachary david simpson. i never changed my name legally because in islam if your name doesnt imply anything bad like worshipping other than Allah then there is no need to change it. if i changed my name now it would make it worse. my name has two prophets we consider muslim in it. zachary is the same as zachariah and david is dawood in arabic. my last name doesnt imply that i am christian either it means son off sim. so that doesnt mean i worship jesus. my wife is a born muslim and she married me becuase we had contact through her cousins husband. i dont know what else these people want from us we submitted all they asked for including the registration from the indian government in gujarat. and the nikah certificate. i was already muslim when we got married. this is all so ridiculous. now they want to interview me too. may Allah guide them. ameen. they asked my wife what kind of muslim i am and if my parents dont hate me becuase i left their religion to become muslim?! they asked her how her parents reacted when they found out i was a converted muslim. they asked if i ever left usa for any other country. they asked if i was sufi or sunni. they made her sign the ds 230 part two then told her we r not denying the visa we just want to get this proof of his conversion and then we want to interview both of you. they didnt take her passport they gave it back. thank you all for your responses. please pray for us.

we went to the interview in mumbai india and they basically harrassed my wife until noon about her religion and then they said that they need proof that i am no longer christian and that i converted to islam. they said without it that they cannot issue a visa to my wife. we are having our imam from my city write a letter stating that he knows me to be a muslim. the way my wife described it to me is that they wanted some kind of document from the government that i changed my religion and noone i know seems to think there even is such a thing in america. has anyone heard of this kind of document existing in america? thank you all for your advice.

This would be a matter related to the bona fides of the relationship. I'm no expert on Indian culture or laws but it appears the Consular Officer wishes to verify that cultural norms were followed. It's the same kind of thing as questioning bona fides in Viet Nam when there's no formal engagement ceremony. It's related to religious practices and cultural norms as they relate to whether the relationship is bona fide.

As with any overcome situation, you do the best you can to comply with the specific request. Consular officers know there would be no US government document declaring your religion or conversion, so it would be some other documentation. For instance, if you were declaring you were a Catholic, there would be a (not government but church) record of same, like a baptizm certificate, etc. Is there something similar in Islam?

there is not such thing of documnetation in islam. one can accept it by heart they do not need any certificate but just one witness that u accepted. thats why we were so confused. we are tryng to talk to the person who was tere with my husband while he accepted islam. if he can make us then it would be from some mosque not from gov. hopefully they willl accept this. I was so amazed while theye were keep asking about his religion instead of asking about my relationship with him. this ppl are really paranoid. i was so confidant and i was stright looking in to his eyes and answering, i thougt i m gonna get the visa but end up with some big dificulties.. i really hate this Visa process. one cant be with thier love onse. my life is on hold now and cant even think anything furture then that. so disgusting..

Did you get married in India? If so, in India do you have a marriage contract or your marriage license that is filed in with the government? I would think that your religion should be listed on these documents...official government docs. I hope you have this in India and it helps.

yeah we got married in india and we got the GOv certificate of marriage and they didnt care what religion my husband follow. they just care if we got married or not. this is so painful i hate this process. i dont know whats next now. May god help us ameen.

they said that it is indias rule. we dont know what to do now other then get what they asked for. is there anything else we can do? i dont know if they will even accept the letter from my imam or not. as far as i know noone ever has to do this kind of documentation when they change their religion in america.

we went to the interview in mumbai india and they basically harrassed my wife until noon about her religion and then they said that they need proof that i am no longer christian and that i converted to islam. they said without it that they cannot issue a visa to my wife. we are having our imam from my city write a letter stating that he knows me to be a muslim. the way my wife described it to me is that they wanted some kind of document from the government that i changed my religion and noone i know seems to think there even is such a thing in america. has anyone heard of this kind of document existing in america? thank you all for your advice.

Hey guys add me in the list too.. mine will be on 6th of nov. i m quite nervouse and excited too lol.. i wonder how it would be ?? i wish everybody good luck.. so VJ members will be getting alot of experience of interviews post hehehhehehheh.

hi guys.. Thanks alot for all the answers and advice.. i will be going to surat for medical on 6th of oct. i guess ill be done by the time of VFS. hey Gundas Thanks alot for VFS checklist.. now i m going to take each copies of documents. my inteview date is 6th so i decied to go to VFS on 27th so it wont be any rush. any one has guess howmuch will it take for the medical?? i guess desidon told me around like 5000rs.. Thanks alot..

Well it cost us about 10000 rs. as we took 2 shots of HPV vacissine as well. And 2 shots of varinova or somethign like that...So just be prepared ..Physician will determine which vacissien to take....And Surat appolo is not that busy as of ahmedabad as we did our medical from surat appolo...we live 10 min frm the hospital...

Hi nyrhythm thank alot. I m done with my medical now. still need to get the 2 more vaccination to go. ill got for that next month after interview. that was quick n easy. you r rite they r not tat busy. we were done only in an hour. oh you could have told me before tat u live there lol may be we could have met. it took 7083rs for me for medical. i wonder if they gonna ask for more when u go for next shot. now ill be going to ahemdabad for the PCC. good luck for everyone here for the inetview.

hi guys.. Thanks alot for all the answers and advice.. i will be going to surat for medical on 6th of oct. i guess ill be done by the time of VFS. hey Gundas Thanks alot for VFS checklist.. now i m going to take each copies of documents. my inteview date is 6th so i decied to go to VFS on 27th so it wont be any rush. any one has guess howmuch will it take for the medical?? i guess desidon told me around like 5000rs.. Thanks alot..