CALLING ALL GOING THOUGH ISLAMABAD PAKISTAN- OFF TOPIC

[MaryandMian 1]

Welcome Back Omid,

I am glad to hear you made it back safe and sound. I know you enjoyed your trip but are missing your SO now. I do not know anything but we are in AP yet. I have made calls to the embassy, congressman and senator. The senator also gets canned response and we had conflicting stories as to where the case was physically at now. I asked the congressman to help one month ago and they have not written me back or returned my phone calls. Ishteaq contacted the embassy and they said the case was in the states. DOS says the case is in Islamabad and no security checks have been ordered stateside? I cannot figure it out and have given up and just trying to stay hopeful for good news soon.

I went to another board and read up some more on AP and those on it was anywhere from shortest 4 months but most are 6 - 9 months in length. And all ladies were getting conflicting reports as to the status and whereabouts of their cases. Not much is written on the AP aspect of the visa journey since most cases get the AR which is usually shorter in processing.

P.S. *If they took a full set of prints it means he had a name hit and they are doing a Chamelon check. They have to submit all 10 prints and have the prints elimated in all the security basis.*

Hope all of us get some good news soon.

Mary

[Omid 0]

quick question - how long are medical exams good for?

[MaryandMian 1]

quick question - how long are medical exams good for?

Omid I think the medical is good for one year. Shonnie will confirm this for me I am sure since we had discussed this earlier. It is the police reports depending on what municipality it comes from the expiration times vary.

Mary

[babybunny 2]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~ISL CHEERLEADING LIST~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

this list is everyone active, inactive and waiting to be active on this thread. its our encouragement list. its a simple no frills list.. ok..it is away of tracking those on AR and those waiting to be reunited. those that are Reunited. and those expecting babies!!!

if you see errors let me know. if you want to be added –deleted- updates etc.. or maybe even a special message attached to your name just let me know.!!!!! Also your name may appear more than once.

Sometimes you may have 2 interviews pending or you may have something else in the mix. Its ok!!

Please everyone - it takes each one of you to keep the list and this thread alive!!!

ISL cheerleading List.

WELCOME Faal4anisa and Ayesha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New sisters and brothers welcome!!!- -don’t be shy please post!!!

Anyone have reunion coming up?

GET WELL SOON – JP. Hang in there!!!!

Please pray for us to get visa in hand – daddy need to be home!!

AR

Michigan

Omid

Mary .. Case DOS!!!!

Shonjaved- case waiting security checks again..

Waiting for interviews!!!!

Julieanne – how are you doing kiddo?

Psoft

Dude

A1Atif- Good luck!

Hafiz30

Faal4anisa

Ayesha

Waiting visa in hand

Perdesi – Congrats on getting visa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sheila….

Unsure list…unsure of your status. Please inform me so I can update you !!!

Con- molly

muhammadzubair75

Pending home comings

Dood brother

reunited

Us & Pakistan

US1416

Dood wala

Junaid-

Nizzy-

Dean

Shamila

Czarina!!!!!!

Jenny

Jess

Cindi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laney-

Zsam

Sadia having a baby girl!!!

[faal4anisa 0]

Hi.. sisters and brothers. since the old stuff is gone. we get to start anew.

please rember we share all the goodnews here, badnews here, favorite foods, we can complain here. anything relating to the ISL embassy feel free to post here or in our main thread in the regional forums.

sorry about this crash .. its ok . so rember keep this thread alive. post all you want!!!

here is the old ISL link...

http://www.visajourney.com/forums2/index.php?showtopic=59766

[ayesha shaikh 0]

im ayesha havent started anything yet but about to start papers for my husband

[babybunny 2]

im ayesha havent started anything yet but about to start papers for my husband

WELCOME AYESHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[faal4anisa 0]

Aasalama Aliakum i m faal from PAKISTAN and i m k-1 visa seeker just started and my petition is almost ready to be send to texas service center so wish me good luck thanks

[babybunny 2]

Aasalama Aliakum i m faal from PAKISTAN and i m k-1 visa seeker just started and my petition is almost ready to be send to texas service center so wish me good luck thanks

WELCOME FAAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PSoft 0]

Best of luck Faal.

By the way ‘Faal’ is real name or it is your nick. Anyway welcome on board Visa Journey. We all here brothers/sisters sailing in the same board.

Best of luck Faal.

By the way ‘Faal’ is real name or it is your nick. Anyway welcome on board Visa Journey. We all here brothers/sisters sailing in the same boat.

im ayesha havent started anything yet but about to start papers for my husband

Welcome Ayesha on VJ. Best of luck !

[MaryandMian 1]

im ayesha havent started anything yet but about to start papers for my husband

Aasalama Aliakum i m faal from PAKISTAN and i m k-1 visa seeker just started and my petition is almost ready to be send to texas service center so wish me good luck thanks

Welcome to the Islamabad forums Ayesha and Faal. Glad to have you join us and wishing you have a smooth journey on your visa processing.

Mary

[jesskhan 0]

quick question - how long are medical exams good for?

Omid,

Medical exams are good for one year. Right when I was beginning to worry about having to redo the medical cause it was close to expiring ( hubby was on AR forever) I called DOS to check on status and was told that all checks were completed and to call embassy . Called embassy and was told that they had been trying to reach us for days (which I believe was a lie cause my husband had not gotten ANY calls from them, nor had I ) and wanted to know if my husband could fly to US within the month to avoid redoing the medical?? Normally you have 90 days before you have to travel and have enough time to tie up loose ends but I said of course he can! They did make him redo all the police reports though before he could leave , which was a big pain in the butt cause they had done all this redistricting --Nankana Sahib became its own district --before it was district Sheikhupura --and he only had a few weeks to travel all over the country to get all this done. However, it was worth it to get that visa in hand finally. If anyone has a medical close to expiring I would call embassy and get senator/ congressmen's office to call and put pressure on them to bring it all to a close since they have had so much time to complete all checks etc. I know that is easier said than done though. Good luck !

Jess

[PSoft 0]

Guys,

How much this Medical (full physical) cost in Pakistan. Just wondering... !!

[Overin2911 0]

Guys,

How much this Medical (full physical) cost in Pakistan. Just wondering... !!

Hi Psoft,

My husband (K-3) paid around 3500 rupees in Karachi. He did not have any immunizations performed. We did those here in the US.

FYI - the Doctor would not see him the first time because his passport expired in 8 months. He told him it had to be good for at least a year.

L

im ayesha havent started anything yet but about to start papers for my husband

Aasalama Aliakum i m faal from PAKISTAN and i m k-1 visa seeker just started and my petition is almost ready to be send to texas service center so wish me good luck thanks

Welcome Welcome!

Good luck on both of your Journey's!

Laney

Hi everyone!

.....Been visiting family/friends , learning to cook Paki food ( and yes, I have finally mastered the chappati/rhoti !!!! ) and trying to settle in to our life together. We filed for AOS a couple of weeks ago and are still waiting for the notice of receipt. The hardest part about being here, for Abdul , is not being able to work, drive or have any independence, so I have been trying to entertain him as much as possible.

Jess

Welcome back Jess! I'm very jealous, I have yet to master the chappati - its so much easier to just open a bag of flour tortillas . But in due time I guess I'll have to learn.

My husband is in the same boat...I'm trying so hard to keep him busy. I just wish he could get (pass) his drivers license for now. But we'll just have to keep on practicing.

Good luck on your AOS and EAD - keep us posted.

[babybunny 2]

quick question - how long are medical exams good for?

Omid,

Medical exams are good for one year. Right when I was beginning to worry about having to redo the medical cause it was close to expiring ( hubby was on AR forever) I called DOS to check on status and was told that all checks were completed and to call embassy . Called embassy and was told that they had been trying to reach us for days (which I believe was a lie cause my husband had not gotten ANY calls from them, nor had I ) and wanted to know if my husband could fly to US within the month to avoid redoing the medical?? Normally you have 90 days before you have to travel and have enough time to tie up loose ends but I said of course he can! They did make him redo all the police reports though before he could leave , which was a big pain in the butt cause they had done all this redistricting --Nankana Sahib became its own district --before it was district Sheikhupura --and he only had a few weeks to travel all over the country to get all this done. However, it was worth it to get that visa in hand finally. If anyone has a medical close to expiring I would call embassy and get senator/ congressmen's office to call and put pressure on them to bring it all to a close since they have had so much time to complete all checks etc. I know that is easier said than done though. Good luck !

Jess

my husbands expires june 25th

I really dont think they give a poo. : (