Calling everyone going thru Islamabad Embassy, version 2.0

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

Called DOS again today, got the same reply that my wife's pending security clearence

[scarlethawk 0]

Called DOS again today, got the same reply that my wife's pending security clearence

Hang in there. InshaAllah it will over soon.

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

Called DOS again today, got the same reply that my wife's pending security clearence

Hang in there. InshaAllah it will over soon.

Inshallah!

[waiting4s 0]

Called DOS again today, got the same reply that my wife's pending security clearence

Hang in there. InshaAllah it will over soon.

Inshallah!

Hang in there!

[dude4084 0]

Hi

I heard that the normal time for renewal/fresh US passport in USA is 120 days now-a-days.

Is this true or false? Your comments?

-Dude

[Tareq 0]

Called DOS again today, got the same reply that my wife's pending security clearence

Hang in there. InshaAllah it will over soon.

Inshallah!

I know how these procedural delays and the wait kills you. Insha-Allah it will be fine and the long wait you two have endured patiently will bring it many good news. (Insha-Allah).

I am watching the timeline all those who are going through this because I will be going through these once my wife's K3 gets started.

[jaxguy 0]

Got letter from NVC today regarding upgrading my wife's petition. All it states that "We have received your inquiry and when we will make a decision we'll let you know"

Is it a standard reply? How long do they take to upgrade a petition?

Thanks

[jaxguy 0]

Called DOS again today, got the same reply that my wife's pending security clearence

It will be over soon, Inshallah.

[zeyad 0]

Called DOS again today, got the same reply that my wife's pending security clearence

Yup, Inshallah soon. I gotta hand it to you Khurram, you have went through a lot, I was reading your other post. I wish you the best.

[zeyad 0]

Zeyad,

In my basic opinion, I think it's already predetermined if your wife will go on AP/AR just from her name and the procedures the embassy uses to confirm background checks. They are not giving visa's immediately anymore it seems and I believe (and hope) my wife is not on any major AP right now. All signs show she will receive her visa shorty as they took all her documents and did not hand her any forms stating AP/AR.

I don't believe you will be allowed in the actual interview with the US interviewier. There is a shorter pre-interview that takes place which I think you can attend. Please see my review of my wife's interview that took place last week for full details.

If your wife can prove to them you are indeed married and have all the documents stated on the checklist, I don't know how much you being in attendance will affect the matter.

I'm sure others might have better experience with this than me.

Good luck with everything.

Thanks, There is no doubt that we can prove the marriage. We have pics, invitation cards (shaadi & valima) honeymoon hotel receipts, pics from our honeymoon, etc. This whole AP/AR thing sucks. I mean look at Khurram, he's been married for a while, and they still put his wife on ap, that's just BS. Some other cases may seem shady but look at his situation....he's totally real, the guys been married for three years and they put him through this torture. I know there are many others, but since he is the latest, that is why I chose to discuss his case. Also look at your situation. I don't know much about your relationship with your wife (time, etc) and if she gave enough info. But I am really getting "shaky" here.

[scarlethawk 0]

I am not sure if AR/AP has much to do with proving a legitimate marriage. My understanding is AR/AP has more to do with checking background to ensure that that person means no harm to US.

Having said that, I think you are right that after years of being married and having to put up the difficulties endured in awful situation of being away from ones spouse that one has to put up with these AR/AP delays.

[scarlethawk 0]

I mean if there needs to be a security check start at the time of application initiation or if there are other security checks that happen at other stages of the application than why aren't they enough?

[MaryandMian 1]

I am not sure if AR/AP has much to do with proving a legitimate marriage. My understanding is AR/AP has more to do with checking background to ensure that that person means no harm to US.

AR/AP does have to prove a legitimate marriage as well as all the security checks. I know of a few marriages over two years that were denied because of the spouse already married in their home country and hiding it from the USC and the US government. These couples were on AR/AP for two years or longer before a decision was made and the USC spouse contacted that the marriage was considered a fraud.

Having said that, I think you are right that after years of being married and having to put up the difficulties endured in awful situation of being away from ones spouse that one has to put up with these AR/AP delays.

I know security checks also start on both parties when the petition is sent to the service center, then it can also be pulled and put in AR/AP at the NVC level if a name hit or something else in the background comes up. Then it goes to the embassy/consulate and more checks are done. At the time of the interview if you give 10 fingerprints it means you have already had a name hit or some type of check that has to be verified more closely than the index prints. So this process is long and timesome from start to finish. Good luck to all of you that are separated and waiting on your SO.

Mary

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

Called DOS again today, got the same reply that my wife's pending security clearence

Yup, Inshallah soon. I gotta hand it to you Khurram, you have went through a lot, I was reading your other post. I wish you the best.

Thanks Zeyad

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

Thank you guyz for your support, The reason why I am so angry about this AP is because I went through a year of security clearance myself for a lenthy year when I had my citizenship application filed. I guess there is nothing I can do about it so why feel sorry for myself. Thanks again guys for your kind words

Khurram