DCF in Cairo

[salika 0]

Salaam everyone,

I'd love to hear from other women who have successfully gotten a CR-1 from the embassy in Cairo for their Egyptian husbands. I'm really worried because my husband needs to start his job in the US on June 9 and we've been told he cannot apply for a J-1 to get into the US since he's married to me. The only way he can enter the US is with the CR-1 and I've been given some crazy estimates. One person at the embassy said it should take 3-6 months and yet another said it should take 6-12 months!!!

Now I don't know what to do because my husband needs to start his job and can't sit around Cairo waiting for his visa when his job starts in June.

Are there any other options, or is there any way I can expedite the process?

thanks

[doodlebugg 10]

Salaam everyone,

I'd love to hear from other women who have successfully gotten a CR-1 from the embassy in Cairo for their Egyptian husbands. I'm really worried because my husband needs to start his job in the US on June 9 and we've been told he cannot apply for a J-1 to get into the US since he's married to me. The only way he can enter the US is with the CR-1 and I've been given some crazy estimates. One person at the embassy said it should take 3-6 months and yet another said it should take 6-12 months!!!

Now I don't know what to do because my husband needs to start his job and can't sit around Cairo waiting for his visa when his job starts in June.

Are there any other options, or is there any way I can expedite the process?

thanks

I'd go with the 6 to 12 month estimate. What is your situation exactly? Do you already live there? How did you meet each other? There are a few DCF's here that will help you. Monnik is one of them and I think she's been waiting since this past summer for her husband's visa.

[salika 0]

Salaam everyone,

I'd love to hear from other women who have successfully gotten a CR-1 from the embassy in Cairo for their Egyptian husbands. I'm really worried because my husband needs to start his job in the US on June 9 and we've been told he cannot apply for a J-1 to get into the US since he's married to me. The only way he can enter the US is with the CR-1 and I've been given some crazy estimates. One person at the embassy said it should take 3-6 months and yet another said it should take 6-12 months!!!

Now I don't know what to do because my husband needs to start his job and can't sit around Cairo waiting for his visa when his job starts in June.

Are there any other options, or is there any way I can expedite the process?

thanks

I'd go with the 6 to 12 month estimate. What is your situation exactly? Do you already live there? How did you meet each other? There are a few DCF's here that will help you. Monnik is one of them and I think she's been waiting since this past summer for her husband's visa.

Hello,

Thanks for your reply, the first time I came to Egypt was way back in 2002, went back home for one year and since then have been living continuously in Egypt for four years, so yes I qualify for DCF. We met in 2003 here in Cairo and officially got married in the US last summer (although we were married in a religious ceremony in Egypt back in 2004. My husband was in the US last year on a J-1 visa and got the visa in 1 day, so I am assuming there won't be any security issues with the application.

The 6-12 month estimate is terrible, I am not sure what to do since he needs to start his job in the US in June. We're pretty desperate, we were even thinking of doing something really stupid, like getting a divorce so he can get the J-1 visa again and then getting married again once he's in the US and apply to adjust his status. But I know this is stupid and I'd rather not do this, but he needs to be in the US ala tool.

Thanks

[doodlebugg 10]

Salaam everyone,

I'd love to hear from other women who have successfully gotten a CR-1 from the embassy in Cairo for their Egyptian husbands. I'm really worried because my husband needs to start his job in the US on June 9 and we've been told he cannot apply for a J-1 to get into the US since he's married to me. The only way he can enter the US is with the CR-1 and I've been given some crazy estimates. One person at the embassy said it should take 3-6 months and yet another said it should take 6-12 months!!!

Now I don't know what to do because my husband needs to start his job and can't sit around Cairo waiting for his visa when his job starts in June.

Are there any other options, or is there any way I can expedite the process?

thanks

I'd go with the 6 to 12 month estimate. What is your situation exactly? Do you already live there? How did you meet each other? There are a few DCF's here that will help you. Monnik is one of them and I think she's been waiting since this past summer for her husband's visa.

Hello,

Thanks for your reply, the first time I came to Egypt was way back in 2002, went back home for one year and since then have been living continuously in Egypt for four years, so yes I qualify for DCF. We met in 2003 here in Cairo and officially got married in the US last summer (although we were married in a religious ceremony in Egypt back in 2004. My husband was in the US last year on a J-1 visa and got the visa in 1 day, so I am assuming there won't be any security issues with the application.

The 6-12 month estimate is terrible, I am not sure what to do since he needs to start his job in the US in June. We're pretty desperate, we were even thinking of doing something really stupid, like getting a divorce so he can get the J-1 visa again and then getting married again once he's in the US and apply to adjust his status. But I know this is stupid and I'd rather not do this, but he needs to be in the US ala tool.

Thanks

Well that's a different story then. If he's already been in the US AND you met each other in Egypt I doubt your wait would be that long, though maybe someone more knowledgeable would come in and say otherwise. The long waits seem to be for those who met online and their husbands never stepped foot in the US before. Good luck!