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['laneysera':

Salam: congratulations to you and to your husband on his visa. My brother will be receiving his visa soon too. Hey just want to reconfirm it again, they told ur husband that they are out of visa stickers, right? and it took him around 4 days to receive his visa. Just want to make sure that we are all told the samething. let me know what exactly they said to him.

salam

hey dood.. thanks!

Nas did not mention anything about the sticker outage. after he was told that he was approved he asked the lady to give him the visa right then and there and she told him no. First she showed him the letter to where he had agreed to have his passport sent to karachi - he tried to convince her that since he was in ISL could she please just issue it there... then the lady said that the Embassy is not issuing visa's there anymore, that it had to be mailed. :( - so home he went...

When you mentioned that your brother was told they were out of Stickers .. I assumed that was why they were so insistent on mailing his.. :huh:

he was approved 5:30 pm Tuesday, got the Visa in Karachi 10:30am Sat - :dance:

11-08-05 Interview

11-08-05 A/R with full set of fingerprints

12-23-05 45 day minimum - only fingerprints are back

12-30-05 Still waiting for results at DOS

01-23-06 I-130 Approved (via email on Friday the 13th) (Got to NVC 2/6/06)

01-27-06 Still Waiting - 80th day of A/R

02-08-06 You have got to be kidding me.......

02-16-06 Receive letter from Embassy to return with emails and passports! (DOS complete 1/12/06)

02-19-06 Flight from Karachi to Islamabad

02-21-06 Drops off recent chats and old passport at Embassy

02-21-06 Embassy Issues Visa!!! YaaaaFreeeakinHooo!

02-22-06 Flight from ISL to Karachi (dont get me started on why they could not just hand him his passport yesterday)

02-23-06 - Argue with AMEX for an hour to make them look for the embassy shipment

02-28-06 - He's here..... now off to AOS!

05-12-06 - EAD Card Received

07-23-06 - After 10 weeks, SSN in hand!

07-25-06 - AOS Interview

07-25-06 - AOS 'semi-approved' waiting FBI name check GRR!!

09-23-06 - Welcome Notice in the Mail!!!

08-04-08 NOA 1 Removing Conditions

08-28-08 Bio Appt

01-02-09 Nothing, not even a touch! I was really hoping one step would go smooth.

01-27-09 CARD PRODUCTION ORDERED!!! Yaahoo, finally!!! Next Step Naturalization.

11-09-09 N-400 Delivered - Phoenix

03-16-10 Oath Ceremony - Denver CO - DONE! DONE! DONE!

Don't ask me anything, I'm making this up as I go along

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['laneysera':

Salam: congratulations to you and to your husband on his visa. My brother will be receiving his visa soon too. Hey just want to reconfirm it again, they told ur husband that they are out of visa stickers, right? and it took him around 4 days to receive his visa. Just want to make sure that we are all told the samething. let me know what exactly they said to him.

salam

hey dood.. thanks!

Nas did not mention anything about the sticker outage. after he was told that he was approved he asked the lady to give him the visa right then and there and she told him no. First she showed him the letter to where he had agreed to have his passport sent to karachi - he tried to convince her that since he was in ISL could she please just issue it there... then the lady said that the Embassy is not issuing visa's there anymore, that it had to be mailed. :( - so home he went...

When you mentioned that your brother was told they were out of Stickers .. I assumed that was why they were so insistent on mailing his.. :huh:

he was approved 5:30 pm Tuesday, got the Visa in Karachi 10:30am Sat - :dance:

Can you find out from you husband whether US embassy mentioned anything about not having visa stickers on them? I'll appreciate it

Don't hate the player, Hate the game

Peter Griffin: The deep south? Isn't that the place where the black guys are really lazy and all the white guys are just as lazy but they're mad at the black guys for being so lazy?

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Can you find out from you husband whether US embassy mentioned anything about not having visa stickers on them? I'll appreciate it

dood.. just called him.

he was not told anything about the Embassy being out of stickers..

11-08-05 Interview

11-08-05 A/R with full set of fingerprints

12-23-05 45 day minimum - only fingerprints are back

12-30-05 Still waiting for results at DOS

01-23-06 I-130 Approved (via email on Friday the 13th) (Got to NVC 2/6/06)

01-27-06 Still Waiting - 80th day of A/R

02-08-06 You have got to be kidding me.......

02-16-06 Receive letter from Embassy to return with emails and passports! (DOS complete 1/12/06)

02-19-06 Flight from Karachi to Islamabad

02-21-06 Drops off recent chats and old passport at Embassy

02-21-06 Embassy Issues Visa!!! YaaaaFreeeakinHooo!

02-22-06 Flight from ISL to Karachi (dont get me started on why they could not just hand him his passport yesterday)

02-23-06 - Argue with AMEX for an hour to make them look for the embassy shipment

02-28-06 - He's here..... now off to AOS!

05-12-06 - EAD Card Received

07-23-06 - After 10 weeks, SSN in hand!

07-25-06 - AOS Interview

07-25-06 - AOS 'semi-approved' waiting FBI name check GRR!!

09-23-06 - Welcome Notice in the Mail!!!

08-04-08 NOA 1 Removing Conditions

08-28-08 Bio Appt

01-02-09 Nothing, not even a touch! I was really hoping one step would go smooth.

01-27-09 CARD PRODUCTION ORDERED!!! Yaahoo, finally!!! Next Step Naturalization.

11-09-09 N-400 Delivered - Phoenix

03-16-10 Oath Ceremony - Denver CO - DONE! DONE! DONE!

Don't ask me anything, I'm making this up as I go along

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['laneysera':

Salam: congratulations to you and to your husband on his visa. My brother will be receiving his visa soon too. Hey just want to reconfirm it again, they told ur husband that they are out of visa stickers, right? and it took him around 4 days to receive his visa. Just want to make sure that we are all told the samething. let me know what exactly they said to him.

salam

hey dood.. thanks!

Nas did not mention anything about the sticker outage. after he was told that he was approved he asked the lady to give him the visa right then and there and she told him no. First she showed him the letter to where he had agreed to have his passport sent to karachi - he tried to convince her that since he was in ISL could she please just issue it there... then the lady said that the Embassy is not issuing visa's there anymore, that it had to be mailed. :( - so home he went...

When you mentioned that your brother was told they were out of Stickers .. I assumed that was why they were so insistent on mailing his.. :huh:

he was approved 5:30 pm Tuesday, got the Visa in Karachi 10:30am Sat - :dance:

Can you find out from you husband whether US embassy mentioned anything about not having visa stickers on them? I'll appreciate it

Dood the embassy is full of BS. they can borrow a sticker from Lahore consulate.

dood - tell them issue the god dayum visa and stop wasting our time.. dayum it..

they all treat us like we are stupid. :angry:

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Whoo hoo 11 hours the plane is leaving Islamabad

Laney flying British?

18 months after filing :dance:

august 2004 I-129 filed (neb)

DEC 2004 Approved

interview: SEOUL

MArch 21st , 2005AR for special security clearance,washington

May 18th tranfer case from Seoul to Islammabad

June 21st security clearance done

June 28th online at the embassy in Islamabad

waiting for paper transfer and the good word

OCTOBER 14TH 2005 Interview Number 2: ISLAMABAD, PK

AR number 2 sent to DOS per Islamabad (2 cable request)

Nov 22 okd updated financial and etc proof accepted / embassy waiting for security cables

dec 20th one cable back waiting on 2nd

Jan 17th.. good word recieved. SECURITY CHECKS ALL CLEAR!!! DOS says embassy to contact him within two weeks!!!!!!

FEBRUARY 10th, 2006 VISA RECIEVED!!! They called him In via phone, stamped his passort and sent him on his way!!!

FEB 28th WELCOME HOME>>>POE CHICAGO did not even look at xray, few questions. one hour wait at Poe

march 10th marriage (nikkah at the islamic center)

aug 2006 AOS interview, cond 2 yr GC arrived september

June 2008 applied for removal of conditions on permant residency aka awaiting for 10 yr greencard

Dec 2008 10yr green card approved, no interview.

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Yes, ladies have wonderful reunions with your husbands. The countdowns have begun.

:dance::dance::dance:

Mary

Everything I respond to is from personal knowledge, research or experience and I am in no means a lawyer or do I claim to be one. Everyone should read, research and be responsible for your own journey.

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congrats sister sister and laney :thumbs:

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Can you find out from you husband whether US embassy mentioned anything about not having visa stickers on them? I'll appreciate it

dood.. just called him.

he was not told anything about the Embassy being out of stickers..

Salam:

I guess they might be out of stickers later day, He wasn't told this by a Pakistani employee, he was told by an American who was interviewing him. I guess we can wait for a day or two.

US embassy is closed for 1 entire week due to George.W.Bush visit to pakistan. last working day for the embassy is Tuesday Feb 28th, 2006. They will reopen on following Monday, March 6th, 2006. This is because bush will be in town.

Amex in Lahore told my brother that if the Embassy send us your package beofre they shut down for a week we will call you otherwise you would have to wait for a week or so. So lets see what happens now. I have asked him to call the embassy and talk to the supervisor. He call a number that was given by the embassy but no one was answering it. Does anyone have a number that is active? i guess embassy has many numbers for immigration inquiries.

Don't hate the player, Hate the game

Peter Griffin: The deep south? Isn't that the place where the black guys are really lazy and all the white guys are just as lazy but they're mad at the black guys for being so lazy?

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Whoo hoo 11 hours the plane is leaving Islamabad

Laney flying British?

18 months after filing :dance:

YEP!! BA to London!! 8 hours to go! I cant wait for him to call me from Heathrow....

Tell Manzar to look for Naseer - he will be the one that looks like he needs a cigarette....

just 8 months for us though.. :thumbs:

11-08-05 Interview

11-08-05 A/R with full set of fingerprints

12-23-05 45 day minimum - only fingerprints are back

12-30-05 Still waiting for results at DOS

01-23-06 I-130 Approved (via email on Friday the 13th) (Got to NVC 2/6/06)

01-27-06 Still Waiting - 80th day of A/R

02-08-06 You have got to be kidding me.......

02-16-06 Receive letter from Embassy to return with emails and passports! (DOS complete 1/12/06)

02-19-06 Flight from Karachi to Islamabad

02-21-06 Drops off recent chats and old passport at Embassy

02-21-06 Embassy Issues Visa!!! YaaaaFreeeakinHooo!

02-22-06 Flight from ISL to Karachi (dont get me started on why they could not just hand him his passport yesterday)

02-23-06 - Argue with AMEX for an hour to make them look for the embassy shipment

02-28-06 - He's here..... now off to AOS!

05-12-06 - EAD Card Received

07-23-06 - After 10 weeks, SSN in hand!

07-25-06 - AOS Interview

07-25-06 - AOS 'semi-approved' waiting FBI name check GRR!!

09-23-06 - Welcome Notice in the Mail!!!

08-04-08 NOA 1 Removing Conditions

08-28-08 Bio Appt

01-02-09 Nothing, not even a touch! I was really hoping one step would go smooth.

01-27-09 CARD PRODUCTION ORDERED!!! Yaahoo, finally!!! Next Step Naturalization.

11-09-09 N-400 Delivered - Phoenix

03-16-10 Oath Ceremony - Denver CO - DONE! DONE! DONE!

Don't ask me anything, I'm making this up as I go along

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Can you find out from you husband whether US embassy mentioned anything about not having visa stickers on them? I'll appreciate it

dood.. just called him.

he was not told anything about the Embassy being out of stickers..

Salam:

I guess they might be out of stickers later day, He wasn't told this by a Pakistani employee, he was told by an American who was interviewing him. I guess we can wait for a day or two.

US embassy is closed for 1 entire week due to George.W.Bush visit to pakistan. last working day for the embassy is Tuesday Feb 28th, 2006. They will reopen on following Monday, March 6th, 2006. This is because bush will be in town.

Amex in Lahore told my brother that if the Embassy send us your package beofre they shut down for a week we will call you otherwise you would have to wait for a week or so. So lets see what happens now. I have asked him to call the embassy and talk to the supervisor. He call a number that was given by the embassy but no one was answering it. Does anyone have a number that is active? i guess embassy has many numbers for immigration inquiries.

hmmm.... I was hoping we'd start off the week with some good news out of ISL... and given the above info, I guess we shouldn't be holding our breath for much this week...

K-1 Timeline

04-29-05 - NOA1

07-29-05 - NOA2

01-06-06 - Interview - Admin Processing

04-13-06 - Day 97 since interview - Full set of prints taken at embassy - 3 sec checks requested from DOS

07-07-06 - Cable sent back to ISL

07-20-06 - ISL sending "call-in" letter w/ some add'l docs req'd

07-25-06 - Visa issued (15 months after filing including 199 days of AP/AR)

08-03-06 - POE at LAX

08-26-06 - Married

09-02-06 - Social Security Card Arrives

AOS/EAD Timeline

09-29-06 - AOS & EAD off to Chicago via USPS

10-01-06 - Rec'd 9:13 pm // signed for by R. Mercado

10-05-06 - NOA on AOS & EAD (w/ no middle name)

10-06-06 - Checks Cashed

10-11-06 - Inquiry sent through USCIS to add middle name

10-15-06 - touched

10-24-06 - Biometrics Appt.

12-14-06 - Interview - "Approved" Pending FBI Check

01-10-07 - EAD touched

01-13-07 - EAD approved per CRIS email

01-15-07 - EAD touched

01-18-07 - EAD notice mailed out per CRIS email

01-20-07 - EAD rec'd in the mail

01-23-07 - EAD touched again (???)

05-18-07 - AOS touched - email sent saying "interview conducted - case under active review"

06-07-07 - AOS touched and paper rec'd from USCIS stating conditional status granted on 6-6-07

06-11-07 - Welcome to America letter rec'd by mail

*** File for removal of conditions in Spring '09

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I guess we can forget anything this week out of Islamabad. I went to the website and they have not said anything. Every stay strong.

Mary

Everything I respond to is from personal knowledge, research or experience and I am in no means a lawyer or do I claim to be one. Everyone should read, research and be responsible for your own journey.

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Can you find out from you husband whether US embassy mentioned anything about not having visa stickers on them? I'll appreciate it

dood.. just called him.

he was not told anything about the Embassy being out of stickers..

Salam:

I guess they might be out of stickers later day, He wasn't told this by a Pakistani employee, he was told by an American who was interviewing him. I guess we can wait for a day or two.

US embassy is closed for 1 entire week due to George.W.Bush visit to pakistan. last working day for the embassy is Tuesday Feb 28th, 2006. They will reopen on following Monday, March 6th, 2006. This is because bush will be in town.

Amex in Lahore told my brother that if the Embassy send us your package beofre they shut down for a week we will call you otherwise you would have to wait for a week or so. So lets see what happens now. I have asked him to call the embassy and talk to the supervisor. He call a number that was given by the embassy but no one was answering it. Does anyone have a number that is active? i guess embassy has many numbers for immigration inquiries.

hmmm.... I was hoping we'd start off the week with some good news out of ISL... and given the above info, I guess we shouldn't be holding our breath for much this week...

I was bit surprised when my brother told me this, eventually Amex folks told my brother about this. i asked him to call the embassy to verify it. I don't believe anything Amex people says except your visa is here.

Don't hate the player, Hate the game

Peter Griffin: The deep south? Isn't that the place where the black guys are really lazy and all the white guys are just as lazy but they're mad at the black guys for being so lazy?

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Sheila called. she is doing fine yall!!!

she is in pakistan enjoying herself..

she got case compleate on her CR1 and her case is at the embassy.

so hopefully with a little smooth talking she might get somewhere!

let pray for them to be reunited soon.. good luck sheila - tell the embassy people WHATS WHAT!!!!!!

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