mounir and suzie

Awesome news! I can't imagine how excited you are!!!!

thanks so much Aymsgirl ,, i was this morning really feel down said to my self they will take longer and longer then i decide to check my e mail and then when i saw their e mail telling me that the visa is issued already i really cant believe that i even danced and then i prayed to thanks God a lot so i learned to never give up and be sure all will come on time , thanks so much , have a blessed day

dont worry inshallah they will put him out the AP soon , i was on AP too but didnt took longer as i was expected , they will ask him soon for sending his passport to issue him the visa so soon,, wish you the best luck ,, btw i got an e mail from the embassy today telling me that they issued me the visa yesterday and will send it within two weeks ,, inshallah you will hear good news soon , have a blessed day .

Congratulations!!!! Very happy you were issued your visa.

thanks so much Raina4gy

awe congratulations

sara

thanks Sara so much

Congratulations

thanks so much illnevergetthis .

Congratulations

thanks so much merijain

Mabrook!!! That is great.

thanks so much amoon ,, wish all the happiness to you

May you have a happy reunion and blessed life together

thanks so much Sandrila , wish you all the happiness , i'm still so excited thanks so much .

first let me thanks everyone on here i want to call everyone name but i know all know how much i love everyone on here all help me a lot and support me all the time so i want to let you all know that today i got an e mail from the embassy telling me that they issued my visa DEC 13 and will send it to me within two weeks yayyyyyyyyyyyy finally thanks God a lot ,, i didnt get it in hand yet but i'm so happy to know that after all the waiting time ,, not any word i will say is enough to thanks everyone on here and explain how wonderful people you are ,, wish with all my heart for everyone who is waiting to get the visa so soon ,, thanks again everyone .

sweet congratulion

thanks so much ladyinpink wish you all the happiness .

good evening everyone and happy monday to you all , i got a great news today and i made a thread about that and here i will say it again lol , i got an e mail from the embassy this evening telling me that they issued my visa already dec 13 which is yesterday and will send it to me within two weeks yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy , thanks to you all thanks to MENA for all the support and everything , have a great day Amoon,,Sandrila,Jasman0717,Aymsgirl,charles,R and F,Nagi,Aya and Maureen and to everyone on MENA ,, i love you all ,, wish you all the best always .

Quick update!

John just called DOS a little bit ago and they told him our case status is not AP, it's: temporary hold for paper work.. And the visa should be issued right after they get the papers.. The DOS representative also told him he read our interview review and it was one of the best reviews he has seen to come out of Egypt in the last 8 years!!!! I feel flattered lol

Oh and I even the DOS representative told John: "Your fiance brought too much proof"

CONGRATULATIONS again AYa i'm more than happy to know about this quick update inshallah you will get it so soon , by the way i got today an e mail from the embassy telling me that they issued my visa already yesterday and will send it to me within two weeks thanks God a lot ,, i made a thread about that ,, have a great day .

first let me thanks everyone on here i want to call everyone name but i know all know how much i love everyone on here all help me a lot and support me all the time so i want to let you all know that today i got an e mail from the embassy telling me that they issued my visa DEC 13 and will send it to me within two weeks yayyyyyyyyyyyy finally thanks God a lot ,, i didnt get it in hand yet but i'm so happy to know that after all the waiting time ,, not any word i will say is enough to thanks everyone on here and explain how wonderful people you are ,, wish with all my heart for everyone who is waiting to get the visa so soon ,, thanks again everyone .

CONGRATULATIONS Aya so happy for you and yes this sounds is really great inshallah you will get your visa so so so soon ,, i will make a new topic now saying a great news about me , have a great one everyone .

just i want to say i decide to keep going with k3 cause as Vanessa said it will make all over start again so i guess for me time is pass to change it now is hard to handle more waiting time for a new interview and all this process ,, i thought to change it to CR1 thinking it can make all more fast to issue the visa also for all the papers need to done when God willing i go there but the fact its too late to change it now so i will stay with K3 may God help all of us ,, thanks to everyone i appreciate all the responding not only the one for me but every posting it gave me a great info ,, have a nice blessed day all .

Ok, I have to step in here and say something since the original question was regarding my situation in that we have already filed the CR1 and I was asking about doing the K3 at the same time to see which would get the interview first. I don't know that it is actually sound advice here for Mounir at this point since he has already had his K3 interview. The CR1 would start over from the beginning. It's not like they had been filed at the same time. I would think, in Mounir's case, it would be best to see what happens with his K3 since he's in AP and go from there. He's already said repeatedly how much he misses Suzie and want to be with her so starting over from the beginning might not be best. I know if I were in that situation and my SO told me he wanted to start from the beginning, after being so close to done, and I would not be happy at all.

This is just my opinion but I thought I should step in and make sure that the advice is being given realizing that our two situations are vastly different.

I guess it depends on how long the CO review is. We were in AP for a few weeks after the K3 interview, then we had our CR1 interview and were in AP for 2 more weeks after that. We received the visa almost exactly 2 weeks later and it was the CR1 visa because the K3 is cancelled once you interview for the CR1

wow thats not the bad really now i got it as well , i will see what i can do with it cause so far i still waiting but not any news so i guess for going to CR1 will be the better opation , thanks so much again ,, have a great day.

Go for the IR1/CR1.

K3 is practically obsolete at this point. It was introduced at a time when CR1s were taking years to be processed so as to allow the immigrant to be with the USC spouse during the process. Nowadays they are processing both at about the same time -- the only place where the K3 saves you time (4 weeks or so) is in the NVC stage. Not worth it. The CR1 is a far superior visa as has been explained in minute detail regarding cost/time/benefits. After two years, you may file for removal of conditions.

You don't want to have to deal with USCIS more than you really need to.

Good luck on your visajourney!

Thanks so much for your reply ,, wish you the best luck,, have a great day .

i was thinking of all you said cause you right i suppose to be close to done with k3 last week i got an e mail from the embassy telling me that now the case is pending co officer's review so lots on here told me that does mean i finally got out of AP , today i e mailed the embassy asking what the statue now of my case but still didnt get any reply from them , i just thought after reading about CR1 it can make things faster now cause even i got this e mail about my case but i seen lots got the same one and still waiting for months to get their visa so its really confusing and for changing it now it can make a high risk to cause more waiting time so i really still thinking about that , wish to do any fast process to my case to be with my wife its so hard to be far apart all this time sorry dont mean to sound like complain ,, thanks for you advice ,, have a great one .

I'm new here. My name is Alejandra and I'm a LPR. My mom, a USC petitioned for me under the 245i law and I got my GC on January 31st, 2005.

I'm originally from Argentina, and this month I will be applying for my naturalization.

I hope I can help people that are going through similar processes.

Welcome to VJ.

I guess it depends on how long the CO review is. We were in AP for a few weeks after the K3 interview, then we had our CR1 interview and were in AP for 2 more weeks after that. We received the visa almost exactly 2 weeks later and it was the CR1 visa because the K3 is cancelled once you interview for the CR1

wow thats not the bad really now i got it as well , i will see what i can do with it cause so far i still waiting but not any news so i guess for going to CR1 will be the better opation , thanks so much again ,, have a great day.

Go for the IR1/CR1.

K3 is practically obsolete at this point. It was introduced at a time when CR1s were taking years to be processed so as to allow the immigrant to be with the USC spouse during the process. Nowadays they are processing both at about the same time -- the only place where the K3 saves you time (4 weeks or so) is in the NVC stage. Not worth it. The CR1 is a far superior visa as has been explained in minute detail regarding cost/time/benefits. After two years, you may file for removal of conditions.

You don't want to have to deal with USCIS more than you really need to.

Good luck on your visajourney!

Thanks so much for your reply ,, wish you the best luck,, have a great day .

Happy Sunday all MENA wish you all a great day and lots of happiness ,, i was going to ask also about Aya's interview didnt see any up date about it wish we all hear good news ,, i looked today again to the DHL but still the same thing not any update on it hopefully it gonna change soon,, have a great one everyone .

What they really mean is:

Look, we don't give a #######. Get back in line. Next please.

lol Nagi i agree you right .

that's not correct. We interviewed for both the K3 and the CR1. You can do another interview for the CR1

thanks for the reply New Beginnings so if i can make another interview for CR1 and now i'm almost on the last step with K3 cause remember they sent me an e mail telling me my case now is pending co review so this step will canceled and i gonna need to wait for the new interview then waiting again for all the steps after the interview ? thanks again and sorry for asking much about that just i got some confused and need to decide fast what the better to do , best of luck .

One thing to keep in mind... Lawyers LOVE k-3s as it is soooo much more paperwork and $$$ for them!!! In most cases, if you do not have any "issues" (past crimes, deportations, denials, or other possible wrenches) you can do this whole process MUCH faster by using these boards and wiki and guides and doing it your self... after all who cares more about your case then YOU???

mounir: Not sure if it is possible to change? was your case approved at NVC?? If not, then you would probably be taking a step back... But if it has, you can certainly ask the consulate... But the K3 WILL get your SO over here... but it is just a matter that there is a whole other boatload of stuff to do and hoops to jump through... But each person has to decide which visa is the correct one for them and their personal situation...

thanks for the reply christeen and yes we got approved for both I_129 and I-130 at NVC but the consulate used the I-129 which is K3 so now i'm almost on the last step with that cause i got an e mail from the embassy telling me the case now is pending officer's review so i really dont know if i ask for make an interview after paying the fees for I-130 then the K3 will canceld then i gonna have waiting again for months to go through the new process ,, so please can you please explain me if that right or not about waiting longer again ,, thanks so much .

well i'm on the same boat but i will tell you what i understanding with this e mail ,, i kept e mailing the embassy after i done my interview which was on OCT 22,2009 at the beginning they were told me that my case is pending officer's review then they start saying now the case is under AP , i thought at this time they put it under AP cause they asked me on my interview for my wife's divorce certificate then after lots of time then e mailed me asking me to my passport then i warn them that they have it already then i got an e mail from them saying now the case is pending co review .. so when i asked about that lots of people all said its the last step now for them to issue the visa and means the case is out of AP and i know when you called the DOS will say you still on AP cause we got the same answer but DOS once the embassy put you under AP will keep saying that till the visa get issue ,, also i want to add something it might help a couple of days ago my wife contact her congresman and faxed them a form about all our case info ,, we heard with that you can at least get more info about whats going on and what the statue of the case going so far ,, so dont worry you out of AP and will hear good news soon inshallah , best of luck ,, have a great day .

Also Shon was interviewed in her home (USC). It's not unheard of, albeit pretty rare.

they did that to someone on here .'' Elva and Ehab'' but they just called her on the phone .

I hope that everything will be ok .

wow Mohamed brother i never heard such a thing like that before , but calm down brother this will be just fine and i bet you after this visit everything will be fine and you will get your visa soon , what else they can do with you !!! so dont worry brother i know well how hard all of this but i do beleive it will be their last step then you will get your visa soon ,, you in my prayers brother , have a good day .

Happy Saturday Nagi,TammySue,Tammy and Rosie,Jeanne,R and F, PalmTreeGurl, Aya, and everyone ,, again i wish you Aya all the good luck on your interview ,, i also have a hope to hear good news this week ,, best of luck to everyone .

Happy Saturday Nagi,TammySue,Tammy and Rosie,Jeanne,R and F, PalmTreeGurl, Aya, and everyone ,, again i wish you Aya all the good luck on your interview ,, i also have a hope to hear good news this week ,, best of luck to everyone .

Happy Saturday MENA!

Wishing everyone a great weekend!

I get off work in 2 hours and I'll just try to relax and have really good sleep tonight (I doubt that I will though )...

My interview is just in 15 hours from now!!!!!!!!

Keep us in your prayers and have a great day everyone!

Happy Saturday Aya ,, wish you all the best on your interview .. i keep you in my prayers , cant wait to hear about your interview ,, inshallah you will hear good news after it done ,, have a nice day .

The only way to change the visa type would be to pay the fee's for the CR1 at the NVC and have a CR1 interview scheduled. Once you interview for the CR1 the K3 is cancelled and the approved visa would be a CR1 visa

Thanks New Beginnings i got it but i cant do it now cause as i said i done the interview already with K3 so cant make it all over again ,, so i guess no way to make any change for it by now ,, thanks again .

i am sorry to hear that but look at the bright side on it as lots here said is better now than after long married,, God always help us on the right time , i know this is not easy but time will heal ,, wish you the best on your life .