Maybe i'm Being Overanxious ?

[AlHayatZween 2]

Salaam all,

Happy Thursday.

As a lot of you know i am preparing for our interview in Casa next week. i took some of your advice and i've been trying to contact my representatives all morning. i just thought i could send them a letter or something to make them aware of our petition IN CASE we need their help in the next few weeks. Am i neurotic for preparing myself for so much to go wrong so quickly?

Anyway, my Senator's office was great. They said, Sure, send us a letter and a case history.

My Reps' offices are reluctant to take anything from me since we [Habibi and i] don't have a problem yet.... which, i understand. They are probably inundated with stuff daily... i get it... "Don't bury him until he's dead," one woman told me.

But something my Reps' offices have been telling me really doesn't sit well. They are saying that even if there is a problem and Habibi is denied, there is nothing they can do. "It's up to the Consulate," they've said. "You can't contact us until you come home with 'the paper'," another insisted.

Is this true? Have any of you heard this before?

Maybe i should just chill out and wait to see what the interview will bring?

Sorry for my meandering neuroses,

hz

[belinda63 3,046]

It is true that most are reluctant to get involved until there is a problem, as you have deduced. I contacted my senators office twice and all they did was send an email to the consulate and obtain the same response as I did, "still in administrative processing".

I have contacted my representative and just mailed this morning the release of information paper explaining the situation so I do not know what results if any I will get.

Pretty much what they told you is correct, it is up to the consulate to approve or deny the visa, the representative has no say in the matter nor can they influence the decision. They can become involved if there are issues arising from the process, in my case being in AP for more than one year. Whether they can do anything about that we will see, maybe just obtaining an inquiry will be enough for them to blow the dust off the file and start working on it again.

Good luck and remain positive, it is very rare for a petition to be denied unless there is fraud or misrepresentation, the only question is how long it will take.

[sarahaziz 0]

Stay positive Hayeti, and communicating with my Reps personally I only contact them when a problem has occurred. If I would've called them beforehand about anything I feel it might make them not want to help bec they think something is wrong with me and the information I have given them. That's strictly just my thoughts tho!

[Nutty 2]

We are all meandering neurotics by this time!

I understand your trying to cover all your bases....It is the same for me when dealing with the DOS and consulate people. However, try not to do damage control before damage. If only because you may be getting nervous for nothing. There is a good chance your habibi will come out of the interview with flying colors!!!

Tina

Salaam all,

Happy Thursday.

As a lot of you know i am preparing for our interview in Casa next week. i took some of your advice and i've been trying to contact my representatives all morning. i just thought i could send them a letter or something to make them aware of our petition IN CASE we need their help in the next few weeks. Am i neurotic for preparing myself for so much to go wrong so quickly?

Anyway, my Senator's office was great. They said, Sure, send us a letter and a case history.

My Reps' offices are reluctant to take anything from me since we [Habibi and i] don't have a problem yet.... which, i understand. They are probably inundated with stuff daily... i get it... "Don't bury him until he's dead," one woman told me.

But something my Reps' offices have been telling me really doesn't sit well. They are saying that even if there is a problem and Habibi is denied, there is nothing they can do. "It's up to the Consulate," they've said. "You can't contact us until you come home with 'the paper'," another insisted.

Is this true? Have any of you heard this before?

Maybe i should just chill out and wait to see what the interview will bring?

Sorry for my meandering neuroses,

hz

[AlHayatZween 2]

We are all meandering neurotics by this time!

I understand your trying to cover all your bases....It is the same for me when dealing with the DOS and consulate people. However, try not to do damage control before damage. If only because you may be getting nervous for nothing. There is a good chance your habibi will come out of the interview with flying colors!!!

Tina

Inchallah

i hope so!!

Thanks, ladies, for your thoughts...

i wrote a kinda longwinded letter to my Senator, the one who said they'd be happy to know our history, just in case...

and i feel better just having written it. i haven't sent it yet... it needs a lot of editing down, but maybe i will fax it over tomorrow. just writing it helped some.

anyway, thanks for your insight! i hope i have some good news to share with you soon, and all this worrying for nothing!

hz

Edited April 17, 2008 by AlHayatZween

[Sofiyya 1,687]

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