Dood Wala

Guys,

I am back, been away for little while. What have i missed?

Can someone tell me how much does the NVC visa fee bill cost?

hey guys salaams,

My husband just had the interview at the Islamabad embassy and they said in four weeks they will email him wether they approve it or not for him to pick up his visa.

He had gotten in line at 5am and was out by 10:30am

my husband said that there were two other couples both from NY whose wife's received visa right there.

Questions asked:

What language you prefer: Urdu or English

Does your wife live alone in the US, date of her last visit with you in Abu Dhabi, repeatedly asked date of marriage, what he does, then again date of marriage, name of petitioner, Date of marriage, where your spouse works, saw all of the pictures,

Since my husband came from Abu Dhabi they asked why he didn't just apply from there. Because our marriage had taken place in Pakistan so he had to have his interview in Pakistan for a K-3 visa.

ok take care,

good luck to everyone

Farah

Farah,

Did they say anything about AR? did they keep his passport? or gave him a pink slip?

If he lived in Abu Dhabi then name check is must for all men. What surprises me that they didn't mentioned anything about AR to farah's husband.

Hang in there!

Define cheap! I stayed at PC in Islamabad. it cost me $75/night for a deluxe room.

The Marina International charged me $50 per night.

Humera,

I lived in ISL for over 6 years back in early 90's and never came across this hotel. Is it new?

I apologize if this question has been asked before. I am trying to search within this thread but that feature is not allowed. And this thread is toooo long for me to browse hundreds of pages.

I want a cheap (but clean) hotel to stay in Islamabad only for 1 night. The last time I stayed in the Marina International (Blue Area) only a few years ago and it was not such a great place. The bathroom was dirty and the sheets not so immaculate. I definately want something close to the Embassy but reasonable as well. I wouldnt mind a guest house either. One thing I noticed is that if you tell the hotel that ur going to the Embassy, they tend to raise their rates.

I would appreciate any replys on this matter.

Thanking you in advance.

Humera.

Humera:

Define cheap! I stayed at PC in Islamabad. it cost me $75/night for a deluxe room.

Hey Guys I m here in the US .. arrived JFK on 29th.. faced flight delays(longer)

POE was smooth but with about 3 hours waiting.

Having Motion Sickness so will talk to u ppl later

Congratulations. Welcome to Ammrica, Have fun.

Thanks and GOD bless you all.

I went to the travel agency and these people are ufffffffff they are giving me the price for one way ticket for PIA 61,500($1,000).

I don't wanna take any other airline coz I heard that at Dubai or in London they give you hard time at the immigration counter when you proceed towards US flight.

Doesn't PIA go through London or Machester? Why not try Pacific route? Singapore airlines?

Where do you get Police Certificate in Lahore and how much is it?

its suppose to be free, we did not pay anything.

It'll only cost if you want it to be....

Today marks exactly two months from my wife's interview so I called DOS but got the same response, she is pending security clearence

thinking of you

duas bro

Thanks alot for the support for trying to reunite with my husband. BYE BYE VJ.

We are going back in october(EID) will you be there then?? give us a ring shonnie

QUdah Hafiz

Cindy,

Question on your Signature:

it says "July 2007 Manzar to be a daddy Inshallah. due in march 2007"

These dates don't match up. I m not sure how someone can go back in time and have a baby? did you mean March 2008??

Thanks alot for the support for trying to reunite with my husband. BYE BYE VJ.

Wooow another long journey, maybe this time it's quicker. Good luck and do let us know about your pak trip.

*********Up date ************************

I got a call from my congressman. I hoping we can get our case fixed. wish us luck

Denials suck.

Woow that is news to me. hang in there. Luck will shine upon you

Well, our case is cuising through NVC smoothly (mashallah) and only DS230 is left to be generated.

I am leaving for Pak in a week and planning to send DS230 from Pak once I hear from NVC that it has been generated.

Does anyone see any issue if I send DS230 from Pak via FedEx? What should I write as "sender's" address? Address in Pak or US?

Thanks

How are you planning to include the Bar code document? Checklist? Have you asked someone what is exactly in the DS-230? NVC may have changed list of the required documents. I have heard that some folks from this site have sent the 3032 before even it was generated. And it was accepted by the NVC.

Now as far as sender's address is concern. Here is what i suggest:

You should always write the choice of agents address for "Sender's address". If you are the petitioner and also choice of agent then you should write your address as "sender's address".

Now the problem is that you are in Pakistan and you are sending the 230 before even it gets to your house in USA.

I would say, you complete the DS-230 form before you leave to Pakistan, hand it to your friend/relative whoever you trust the most. Whenever NVC generates the DS 230, have your friend/relative mail the forms to the NVC.

You will have assurance that mail will get their safe, on time and it'll have your origonal address with the US stamps.

Dood Wala,

Sounds like you have been away from VJ for a long time and you don't have a clue how to generate bar code page. It can be done, and as a matter of fact I have prepared the bar code page already, not going to tell you how cuz I know you are from CA..... )))

Anyway, thanks for the advise.

What is this nonsense you keep saying in every post "you are from CA...."?). If you have learn how to copy the barcode then whoopty freakin doo.

First, you ask a question on this forum and ask everyone to comment on your questions. And then you make fun of others. Grow Up!!!

Well, our case is cuising through NVC smoothly (mashallah) and only DS230 is left to be generated.

I am leaving for Pak in a week and planning to send DS230 from Pak once I hear from NVC that it has been generated.

Does anyone see any issue if I send DS230 from Pak via FedEx? What should I write as "sender's" address? Address in Pak or US?

Thanks

How are you planning to include the Bar code document? Checklist? Have you asked someone what is exactly in the DS-230? NVC may have changed list of the required documents. I have heard that some folks from this site have sent the 3032 before even it was generated. And it was accepted by the NVC.

Now as far as sender's address is concern. Here is what i suggest:

You should always write the choice of agents address for "Sender's address". If you are the petitioner and also choice of agent then you should write your address as "sender's address".

Now the problem is that you are in Pakistan and you are sending the 230 before even it gets to your house in USA.

I would say, you complete the DS-230 form before you leave to Pakistan, hand it to your friend/relative whoever you trust the most. Whenever NVC generates the DS 230, have your friend/relative mail the forms to the NVC.

You will have assurance that mail will get their safe, on time and it'll have your origonal address with the US stamps.

Another good news!! We got our visa!!! My fiance got his visa on the 12th ... the AMEX people called him on the 11th and asked him to come pick his stuff from their office =) Inshallah he is gonna be here soon!!

Thanks to all VJers for their help and support and alot of prayers for all the others in the waiting mode. The good news is that ISL embassy has seem to pick up the slack Inshallah all of you will hear good news soon too!

Anddddd ... I will need some more support in the coming months regarding AOS etc ... soooo thanks in advance for that =)

Congratulations and good luck in your rest of the journey.

The number of males getting the visa is increasing =)

Something is wrong, i can feel it.

Thank you for congratulating me and replying my questions.

Now i would like that some minute questions must be asked to make the things clear to myself

1) Can my POE be only Houston? Can it be NY? or any other?

2) is it necessary that i reach USA by PIA only? Can i take some other carrier?

No you can't. you must not. first visit to USA must be experienced through PIA. or else they won't let you land at USA.

Thanks

-Dude

Is it required to use PIA for entering USA with K3 for the first time? or can one use Emirates or any other airline?

Thanks

I command you to fly nothing but PIA. After all you must keep the nation pride. Soon it'll be a new Law for new immigrants to fly on PIA.

Thank you for congratulating me and replying my questions.

Now i would like that some minute questions must be asked to make the things clear to myself

1) Can my POE be only Houston? Can it be NY? or any other?

2) is it necessary that i reach USA by PIA only? Can i take some other carrier?

No you can't. you must not. first visit to USA must be experienced through PIA. or else they won't let you land at USA.

Thanks

-Dude

Woow woow woow. Islamabad embassy is on a roll. Is this new Ambassador a desi or a gora?

3 cases approved within a day or so. This is really good news.

Gori, Anne Patterson.

Gori- A Woman! Did she replace a male Ambassador or female Ambassador?

3 Visa's that were approved yesterday, were they all females or were there any male?

Woow woow woow. Islamabad embassy is on a roll. Is this new Ambassador a desi or a gora?

3 cases approved within a day or so. This is really good news.

Is US embassy in Islamabad closed because of the Red Mosque issue?

Can someone tell me why COs are putting female's on AP?

Is it because of local investigation or are they running their name and fingerprints against FBI and CIA name/fingerprint check list?

Are they putting every female on AP? or just those who were either born or went abroad (middle east/Other parts of Asia) for visit/study?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...ml?hpid=topnews

New article of shooting at Mosque. I am praying no delays for any of you that are in this process and we have a friend there now that went to get his wife and bring her back to the states.

Check this out...

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/0...g.ap/index.html

And the part scares the most is this:

{A man used the mosque's loudspeakers to order suicide bombers to get into position.

"They have attacked our mosque, the time for sacrifice has come," the man said.

Hundreds of police and paramilitary Rangers have taken up position near the mosque in recent days in what officials have said is an effort to contain their activities.

Musharraf said last week that he was ready to raid the mosque, but warned that militants linked to al Qaeda had slipped inside and that the media would blame any bloodbath on the government.}

Now that is nuts....

Hey everyone. I just got a call from my wife stating that on the news, there is a bunch of stuff going on in Islamabad with the military and all. I didn't get much details because the cell phone signal sucked. She's afraid the embassy may shut down, cause usually that's the first thing to happen when things get stirred up a little. I'm not sure what the hell is going on there but I am nervous now. Her interview is right around the corner and this kind of ####### happens. I hope all is well over there, for the sake of everyone, not just me.

Did anyone hear about this??

I hear that more than 9 people (1 military, 2 security guards and 6 students) have died in this clash so far. This is nuts and def not good for the image of Pakistan.

Hey everyone,

My husbands IR-1 interview is coming up soon (july 25,2007)... and I AM SCARED.. I just realized something... I was reading some of the old posts and now im VERY CONFUSED..

In the I-130... we wrote or NIKAH date as the Marriage date... which was Nov. 19,2003.. My "Shadi" "ruksati" was on october 12,2004.. WILL THIS BE A PROBLEM??? or am i jus panicking for no reason.. according to Islam NIKAH=marriage but desi culture dosnt consider u married unless you have the whole ruksati thing... will this be a problem at the interiew???

ANY THOUGHTS......??????????

Thanks in advance!!!

My nikah was in November 2001 and rukhsati was December 2004. Long gap between Nikah and rukhsati. CO did not ask me about nikah or rukhsati but i told him that nikah was in 2001 and rukhsati was in 2004. He asked why wait for so long and asked for pictures of both functions also he asked me that tell me something interesting about your wife in this gap.

At the end he approved and congratulated but said need to do AP. Nothing to worry about Nikah or rukhsati gap.

Zaki

you are on AP, do you think your AP has anything to do with this huge Gap? In some cases it could be good thing because CO may take this 3 years Gap as successful marriage. but not every CO think like that?

Do u think that i made a mistake here to tell CO the complete story about the gap between nikah and rukhsati ?

Zaki

Never Ever tell anything beside what has been asked by the CO (that is the basic rule). Don't provide any volunteer information. The answer of the question should be to the point. Don't try to provide the background behind the answer (basically, don't try be a smart ###).

If asked for date of marriage: just provide the date that you put on your I-130 (nikah/rukhsati whatever it was). If the nikah date was on the I-130 and there was a gap between nikah and rukhsati (more than a month) then just pretend that rukhsati was on the same date of nikah.

it could cause an issue especially if your interview is taking place before your rukhsati date. And if it hasn't then like i said CO may take this as a positive thing because it could prove that your relation to your wife is still very strong. Although, Gora's may take this process very strangely. CO may put you on AP for further investigation just to see the precision of the marriage.

Hey everyone,

My husbands IR-1 interview is coming up soon (july 25,2007)... and I AM SCARED.. I just realized something... I was reading some of the old posts and now im VERY CONFUSED..

In the I-130... we wrote or NIKAH date as the Marriage date... which was Nov. 19,2003.. My "Shadi" "ruksati" was on october 12,2004.. WILL THIS BE A PROBLEM??? or am i jus panicking for no reason.. according to Islam NIKAH=marriage but desi culture dosnt consider u married unless you have the whole ruksati thing... will this be a problem at the interiew???

ANY THOUGHTS......??????????

Thanks in advance!!!

My nikah was in November 2001 and rukhsati was December 2004. Long gap between Nikah and rukhsati. CO did not ask me about nikah or rukhsati but i told him that nikah was in 2001 and rukhsati was in 2004. He asked why wait for so long and asked for pictures of both functions also he asked me that tell me something interesting about your wife in this gap.

At the end he approved and congratulated but said need to do AP. Nothing to worry about Nikah or rukhsati gap.

Zaki

you are on AP, do you think your AP has anything to do with this huge Gap? In some cases it could be good thing because CO may take this 3 years Gap as successful marriage. but not every CO think like that?

Hey everyone,

My husbands IR-1 interview is coming up soon (july 25,2007)... and I AM SCARED.. I just realized something... I was reading some of the old posts and now im VERY CONFUSED..

In the I-130... we wrote or NIKAH date as the Marriage date... which was Nov. 19,2003.. My "Shadi" "ruksati" was on october 12,2004.. WILL THIS BE A PROBLEM??? or am i jus panicking for no reason.. according to Islam NIKAH=marriage but desi culture dosnt consider u married unless you have the whole ruksati thing... will this be a problem at the interiew???

ANY THOUGHTS......??????????

Thanks in advance!!!

Yes it could be a problem, but only if you mention it. In desi culture first, there is an engagement, and then there is Nikah and then rukhsati. And gora's don't understand this long process. So when your husband goes to the embassy make sure he doesn't mention anything about nikah and then later rukhsati process. Otherwise it could be a problem. Obviously, there are some pakistani people who work at the embassy. They know what happens in our culture. we like to do the nikah first so the paper work can be started. And rukhsati will be around the time when the petition is approved.

Just make sure don't show too many pictures. I remember someone went through the same issue. This girl who got married (nikah) in summer but her rukhsati was in december. So when she took her wedding pictures (she wanted to show some pictures of nikah, especially when she was signing the nikah form) but then her valima was in winter. She took out most of the valima pictures in which her family members were sitting next to a heater and wearing extra warm clothes. just an idea how the embassy can find out that there was a huge gap between your nikah and valima.

Thats all there it is, these days getting through immigration process= being lucky.

Always look down on those who have been denied or are not able to go through this process. There is something call "luck" and denying it could be a leading to Kufar.

How could denying "luck" lead to kufar? Are you thinking of "fate" i.e. kismat?

There are some who think that everything positive in life is a direct result of hard work/intelligence/etc. I may not agree with it, but it's hard to rule that out as well.

Yes, i was thinking about "qismat".

Hi datasheet, did you ask the embassy for an earlier date on the interview or are you letting it ride?

Yes, I asked embassy for earlier date but did not get co-operative response. I called them twice and talk to the same person, I think she is Pakistani-American and does not have control over anything, she told me that some officer has to look into my case and decide, when to decide, she does not know and told to call back after one week.

Data Sheet

I just sent them an email request for an earlier date, lets see what happens. I'll keep you posted.

Good Luck. Once US embassy assigns the interview date, they usually don't change the interview dates. But you can def try. You may have to call them and request over the phone.

There is no such thing as LUCK.

Thats all there it is, these days getting through immigration process= being lucky.

Always look down on those who have been denied or are not able to go through this process. There is something call "luck" and denying it could be a leading to Kufar.