Calling everyone going thru Islamabad Embassy, version 2.0

[kim_786 0]

My wife calls me this morning, she has her passport with the visa in hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOO!! Thank you all for your help!!!!

Congratulations to you!

[scarlethawk 0]

My wife calls me this morning, she has her passport with the visa in hand!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOHOOO!! Thank you all for your help!!!!

Congratulations to you!

Where did you get this post from? Is the date right? Feb 28 2007? A bit late in congratulating, huh.

[saqfin 0]

Finally I reached US on 29th July. I sat in a room for almost 3 hours in JFK airport. An officer ask me few questions, i.e

1. What kind of job i was doing back home country ?

2. Any work in military related, or training.

3. My wife's address.

Then he said wait for more processing. It took 3 hours to clear from JFK.

Today on 30th July i went to social security office. I submit the form and an officer gave me a letter that it will take 4 to 6 weeks.

Zaki

[saqfin 0]

Salam everyone,

Just wanted to share my husbands interview..july 25,2007.

He arrived at 6:00 am at the place the bus picks up everyone.... was sent with the "immigrant" group to wait... his interview wasnt until 1:30 pm... he asked to be interviewed in urdu.. it was a pakistani guy and an american women who interviewed him... they asked him 10 questions

1. Who is petioning you?

2. who is mr.X and mrs.X? (my parents)

3. How old are you?

4. How old is your wife?

5. what is her job position?

6. Do you have any children?

7. What is child's name?

8. what is her date of birth?

9. Date of your marraige?

10. When was the last time your wife visited you?

They then asked him if he had any wedding pictures, he showed them and they went through a few of them asking questions. They then asked if he had any pictures of our daughter, he took out about 200 pictures, home videos, and a coffee mug I had sent him that had a picture of our daughter on it, (they were amused to see it and loved it!)

My husband then told them that "my wife had sent the I-864 to NVC but had a few mistakes in it, NVC told her to give it to me to present at interview"... (by the way I filled out a new one just this month, with tax returns for 2006 for both me and my parents, who are "household members").. They said "no its not necessary we dont need them everything looks good". He then said "Do you need the tax returns for 2006? NVC told my wife if interview is after April 15th, I will need to submit 2006 tax returns at interview" They then said "No, we dont need those either"...

They then told him everything looks fine, but we still need to do some background check on your case, he was handed a pink slip. He asked them "how long will this take"? They told him "about 3-4 months".

we are both VERY disappointed.. even though it was expected..

I hope all our Ap's end soon, insha'Allah. And best of luck to those who are still waiting for interview date.

~Stranger

Congratulations Stranger. Hope AP will end soon inshallah.

Zaki

[MaryandMian 1]

Welcome to the USA!

Finally I reached US on 29th July. I sat in a room for almost 3 hours in JFK airport. An officer ask me few questions, i.e

1. What kind of job i was doing back home country ?

2. Any work in military related, or training.

3. My wife's address.

Then he said wait for more processing. It took 3 hours to clear from JFK.

Today on 30th July i went to social security office. I submit the form and an officer gave me a letter that it will take 4 to 6 weeks.

Zaki

[saqfin 0]

Welcome to the USA!

Finally I reached US on 29th July. I sat in a room for almost 3 hours in JFK airport. An officer ask me few questions, i.e

1. What kind of job i was doing back home country ?

2. Any work in military related, or training.

3. My wife's address.

Then he said wait for more processing. It took 3 hours to clear from JFK.

Today on 30th July i went to social security office. I submit the form and an officer gave me a letter that it will take 4 to 6 weeks.

Zaki

Thanks Mary.

Zaki

[zeyad 0]

Hello everyone, Just been busy with the wife.....Talk about a culture shock. I just went shopping this morning with her and was it an experience, both for her and my pocket....LOL. Anyways, I'm trying to figure out if we can go to Canada, Niagra Falls etc. Are K-3 visa holders allowed to leave the us for a few days and come back without any problems.

Also, should I apply for Adjustment of Status right away or wait? The damn fees are killing me everywhere I go, employment authorization is needed to get a soc number???? Fees for that, Fees went up for Adjustment of Status. And fees for a multi visit visa for one year to Canada is around 150.

[waiting4s 0]

Hello everyone, Just been busy with the wife.....Talk about a culture shock. I just went shopping this morning with her and was it an experience, both for her and my pocket....LOL. Anyways, I'm trying to figure out if we can go to Canada, Niagra Falls etc. Are K-3 visa holders allowed to leave the us for a few days and come back without any problems.

Also, should I apply for Adjustment of Status right away or wait? The damn fees are killing me everywhere I go, employment authorization is needed to get a soc number???? Fees for that, Fees went up for Adjustment of Status. And fees for a multi visit visa for one year to Canada is around 150.

Welcome to America!, its a free country...

[Oasriz 0]

Hi everyone, just wanted to update you on my current status.

My wife arrived in Chicago on the 22nd of July. As you can imagine, I was very happy. Very ironically though, my company needed me to work on site in Orlando, Fl for the next 2 weeks. Initially I wanted to take her with me, but it was very short notice and she really hasn't adjusted to life here yet... so I went to Orlando alone.

Anyway, I'm back now in Chicago and got to spend a full weekend together which was great. We filled and sent all the AOS forms on 7/28 and are waiting for the EAD approval before we get her social security card.

Good luck to everyone else and thanks for all your help. I'll be on the AOS forum much more now.

[sufi 0]

My wife and daughter had their interview today. Their interview time was 8AM. The interview went pretty well. She was interviewed on two separate windows and asked several ususal questions regarding how the marriage was arranged, when we got married, where did we get married, what do i do in the US, how much I earn, when and where our daughter was born, how often I have visited her, where have we lived together since our marriage, key dates of her prior visits to US and other place etc.

In the end, she was told that she meets all requirements of immigrant visa and has been approved. The immigration officer returned all her original documents along with receipts for collecting passports from AMEX. The immigration officer told her that she will receive her visa within a week.

I will keep you posted for any further updates.

I would like to thank all of you for your help, suggestion, support and for sharing your experiences. I wish all of you good luck in your immigration process and wish you a speedy and happy reunion with your families.

Thanks,

Sufi

[babybunny 2]

********* UPDATE*************************

The Congessman said we have to refile the I-130. she said at this point it will take

2.5 years to get the prior <NOIR< revoke > > case re- adjudicated. for that reason we are considering re filing. god I think it will take 2.5 coz of admin processing and #######. ufffffffff.

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I am going to pakistan - not sure when ( have to get my documents and stuff in order ).

Then I will be reuniting with javed. the cool part is I am traveling to PK with another VJ member.

its gonna be an awsome trip.

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

KHURRAM SERAJ, where are you? A regular contributer now MIA. Hope all is well with him.

I am here, sorry for not stopping by but I am trying to keep my mind occupied so that I don't think about this AP

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

Hello everyone, Just been busy with the wife.....Talk about a culture shock. I just went shopping this morning with her and was it an experience, both for her and my pocket....LOL. Anyways, I'm trying to figure out if we can go to Canada, Niagra Falls etc. Are K-3 visa holders allowed to leave the us for a few days and come back without any problems.

Also, should I apply for Adjustment of Status right away or wait? The damn fees are killing me everywhere I go, employment authorization is needed to get a soc number???? Fees for that, Fees went up for Adjustment of Status. And fees for a multi visit visa for one year to Canada is around 150.

K3 visa holders are allowed to travel without restrictions for two years.

I suggest apply for AOS as soon as you can as you 2yrs to have the green card in hand.

[jaxguy 0]

My wife and daughter had their interview today. Their interview time was 8AM. The interview went pretty well. She was interviewed on two separate windows and asked several ususal questions regarding how the marriage was arranged, when we got married, where did we get married, what do i do in the US, how much I earn, when and where our daughter was born, how often I have visited her, where have we lived together since our marriage, key dates of her prior visits to US and other place etc.

In the end, she was told that she meets all requirements of immigrant visa and has been approved. The immigration officer returned all her original documents along with receipts for collecting passports from AMEX. The immigration officer told her that she will receive her visa within a week.

I will keep you posted for any further updates.

I would like to thank all of you for your help, suggestion, support and for sharing your experiences. I wish all of you good luck in your immigration process and wish you a speedy and happy reunion with your families.

Thanks,

Sufi

Congratulations Sufi !!!!!!!

Very Happy for you. I am glad interview went well.

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

Hi everyone, just wanted to update you on my current status.

My wife arrived in Chicago on the 22nd of July. As you can imagine, I was very happy. Very ironically though, my company needed me to work on site in Orlando, Fl for the next 2 weeks. Initially I wanted to take her with me, but it was very short notice and she really hasn't adjusted to life here yet... so I went to Orlando alone.

Anyway, I'm back now in Chicago and got to spend a full weekend together which was great. We filled and sent all the AOS forms on 7/28 and are waiting for the EAD approval before we get her social security card.

Good luck to everyone else and thanks for all your help. I'll be on the AOS forum much more now.

I am very Happy for you, let me know if I can help with some forms as I have been doing reserach on AOS while I wait for my wife's AP