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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Mandyu1 it's almost impossible to get any information from the DOS except the words "still pending".

I know, I called there this morning because I received a reply email from the embassy. Last week DOS told me that all visa's coming out of Cairo were on hold until the embassy reopened. However, the email I received earlier this morning states that if an applicant had an interview prior to them closing, and their passport is at the embassy, they will finish processing it and send the visa/passport via DHL. I mentioned this to her and said it contradicts what I was told last week by them...she really didn't know what to say other than they're not on the grounds of Cairo and don't know what they're doing there (really!!..I kind of figured that) Hoping to hear some news soon!

~ Our Journey ~

10/27/09 - Met online

04/21/10 - Travel to Egypt to meet in person

05/08/10 - Sent I-129F

05/10/10 - VSC receives I-129F

05/11/10 - NOA1

05/13/10 - Touched

05/14/10 - Touched

05/17/10 - Received NOA1 in the mail

07/06/10 - NOA2 - Approved!!!! :)

07/12/10 - Received NOA2 in the mail

07/13/10 - Received at NVC

07/16/10 - NVC changes embassy per our request

07/19/10 - Told we are in AP @ NVC

07/30/10 - Case sent to Cairo embassy

08/05/10 - Case received at embassy

09/07/10 - Received packet 3 - FINALLY!!!

09/15-10 - 2nd trip to Egypt, returned home on 10/5/10

12/14/10 - Received interview date

01/09/11 - 3rd trip to Egypt

01/12/11 - Interview - APPROVED!!!...but AP

01/24/11 - Returned to the states without my habibi :(

04/06/11 - AP was completed!! :)

05/10/11 - Visa has been issued!!!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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Include me too in the tracker.

My husband's CR1 interview was on February 14, 2011 in Chennai, India.

I think his academic background in Material Science and Engg triggered AP.

He had to fill in SAO questionnaire that enquired about his academic qualification, research papers etc.

USCIS Journey

01-11-2009 : Married In India (I was Green Cad Holder then)

02-05-2010 : Filed I130 -F2A

02-11-2010 : NOA1 Received

03-15-2010 : N400 filed

04-20-2010 : Finger printing Notice Received for N400

05-06-2010 : Finger print appointment

06-15-2010 : N400 Interview, passed english and civic test, but told to bring addtional evidence

07-19-2010 : N400 Reinterview, additional documents submitted

09-08-2010 : I130 Approved

09-09-2010 : Received NOA2 Hard Copy

NVC Journey

09-18-2010 : NVC Case number generated MDR2010####

09-18-2010 : DS 3032 mailed to both petitioner and beneficiary

09-29-2010 : AOS fee bill generated and I864 requested

09-30-2010 : AOS fee paid

10-06-2010 : I864 sent to NVC

10-15-2010 : DS 3032 received by NVC

10-15-2010 : USCIS send naturalization oath ceremony.Ceremony on November 5, 2010.

10-20-2010 : DS 3032 entered into system

10-25-2010 : IV fee bill generated

11-01-2010 : DS 230 requested

11-05-2010 : Naturalization oath ceremony.Became US Citizen !!!

11-06-2010 : Sent natz. certificate NVC to upgrade petition to CR1.Case upgraded to CR1

11-17-2010 : Sent all civil docs and DS 230 to NVC

11-28-2010 : DS 230 entered into system

12-09-2010 : RFE , missing info on line 31 on DS 230 !!! Resent DS 230 Part 1.

01-06-2011 : SIF !!! Case completed !! God Bless !

01-13-2011 : Called NVC.Operater says interview on February 14, 2011 @8:00am

02-10-2011 : Medical

02-14-2011 : Interview @ Chennai US consulate - Put in AP :(

03-11-2011: Consulate emails saying VISA ISSUED !!!

03-25-2011 : POE @JFK

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Pakistan
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I got a response from an email I sent to the embassy. At first they were saying we were in Administrative Review now they are saying we are in Administrative Processing.

My husband had his interview and we were asked to provide a new co-sponsor. When we sent them the new affidavit of support our case was placed in Administrative Review. Now 3 months later they have placed us in AP. I am going to assume that they have accepted our new co-sponsor and are now doing background checks.

I have to assume they accepted our new co-sponsor because we haven't gotten any information from the embassy about it. They have not asked for any additional documents from us or told us our new co-sponsor was approved.

Please include me in the tracker.

Filed: Country: Senegal
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My husband's CR-1 interview was on November 4th in Dakar, Senegal. We were placed in Administrative Processing and have still not heard anything!

Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos. Charles M. Schulz

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Pakistan
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i send email to ISL embassy :devil: when AP was 30 :dance: days and i just send another request coz now is 60 :dance: days pass still AP no visa yet. my dear friends Hope is not a dream but a way of making dreams become reality.i know We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. :thumbs:

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Gambia
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I'm added too! My fiance's interview was just March 1 and we're on AP. The good news is only the AP box was checked. So all the docs were accepted. I just hope and pray it's not so long that something expires and we have to get it done again.

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My honey is NIGERIAN and I'm AMERICAN

K1 Journey

07/27/10 Mailed Petition

07/28/10 Petition received at VSC then forwarded to Lewisville, TX (received there 7/29/10)

08/02/10 NOA1 Notice date

08/06/10 Touched

08/07/10 Received NOA1 in mail

08/10/10 Touched

10/03/10 Touched

01/31/11 I-129F Petition APPROVED!!!

02/03/11 Received hard copy of NOA2 (although the envelope is stamped Feb 2...so only one day to get to me :) )

02/07/11 Arrived at NVC

02/07/11 MADE APPOINTMENTS FOR MEDICAL AND INTERVIEW. (Will post actual dates after they occur :) )

02/08/11 Left NVC

02/17/11 Medical

03/01/11 Interview (FH is in AP)

04/12/11 AP COMPLETED!!

04/13/11 FH notified to come to the embassy with his passport!

04/26/11 FH received Visa

04/29/11 FH Arrived in the US!!! JFK POE

06/08/11 MARRIED!

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Add me to the long list. I'm a filipina, husband is in the army, currently living here in Germany on a US base.My case was transferred here in Frankfurt. My interview was feb. 9, they told us everything is great, expect the visa in 2 weeks. 2 wks passed no visa, contacted consulate in frankfurt they told us my case was electronically sent to washington for AP. Called DOS yesterday...answer- case still pending AP.

I emailed Frankfurt USC again today, this is their reply:

I refer to your recent inquiry concerning your immigrant visa application which is currently pending here in Frankfurt.

Under current U.S. law and regulations certain applicants require additional administrative processing before a visa can be issued. Your application falls under this special review process. The amount of time required to carry out this additional administrative processing varies. It can take anywhere from a couple of weeks to several months or longer. We are unable to expedite this process.

However, please rest assured that as soon as we are able to proceed we will take immediate action in your case.

Sincerely,

U.S. Consulate General

Correspondence and Information Unit/km

Giessener Str. 30

60435 Frankfurt[/i]

very frustrating...this has been a very long process for us...full of ups and down. My husband has been to 2 combat deployment in Iraq. Been stationed out of US for how many years now. He hasn't been home to visit his family and friends back home. He just wanna go home and introduce his us (me and the kids ) to everybody. He has been serving his country for so many years and this is how he get paid.

To all of us on AP...may god be with us all....

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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ALBReider,

I totally understand your pain, Its soo frustrating. We have been married for 2 years and have been staying apart ever since.

I am tired of answering people and relatives.

Only GOD can help us out of this hell hole....

USCIS Journey

01-11-2009 : Married In India (I was Green Cad Holder then)

02-05-2010 : Filed I130 -F2A

02-11-2010 : NOA1 Received

03-15-2010 : N400 filed

04-20-2010 : Finger printing Notice Received for N400

05-06-2010 : Finger print appointment

06-15-2010 : N400 Interview, passed english and civic test, but told to bring addtional evidence

07-19-2010 : N400 Reinterview, additional documents submitted

09-08-2010 : I130 Approved

09-09-2010 : Received NOA2 Hard Copy

NVC Journey

09-18-2010 : NVC Case number generated MDR2010####

09-18-2010 : DS 3032 mailed to both petitioner and beneficiary

09-29-2010 : AOS fee bill generated and I864 requested

09-30-2010 : AOS fee paid

10-06-2010 : I864 sent to NVC

10-15-2010 : DS 3032 received by NVC

10-15-2010 : USCIS send naturalization oath ceremony.Ceremony on November 5, 2010.

10-20-2010 : DS 3032 entered into system

10-25-2010 : IV fee bill generated

11-01-2010 : DS 230 requested

11-05-2010 : Naturalization oath ceremony.Became US Citizen !!!

11-06-2010 : Sent natz. certificate NVC to upgrade petition to CR1.Case upgraded to CR1

11-17-2010 : Sent all civil docs and DS 230 to NVC

11-28-2010 : DS 230 entered into system

12-09-2010 : RFE , missing info on line 31 on DS 230 !!! Resent DS 230 Part 1.

01-06-2011 : SIF !!! Case completed !! God Bless !

01-13-2011 : Called NVC.Operater says interview on February 14, 2011 @8:00am

02-10-2011 : Medical

02-14-2011 : Interview @ Chennai US consulate - Put in AP :(

03-11-2011: Consulate emails saying VISA ISSUED !!!

03-25-2011 : POE @JFK

Filed: Country: Senegal
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Our AP is over! After badgering the embassy and state dept, I received a response from the embassy via email.

They said, "The case has undergone the Administrative Process and the Visa is ready for issue. The documents appear to be complete and in order. In order to issue, your husband must call to schedule a 221 appointment. The information on how to do this is enclosed. At that time he must bring his Passport.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact our office."

YAY!

If it has been over a month, I think everyone should email or call once a week. For us it was 4 months, but I don't know when they were planning to tell us that it was over if I hadn't emailed them to ask.

Good luck to everyone! I hope things move smoothly for you.

Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves. Then we would have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos. Charles M. Schulz

Filed: Other Country: India
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ALBReider,

I totally understand your pain, Its soo frustrating. We have been married for 2 years and have been staying apart ever since.

I am tired of answering people and relatives.

Only GOD can help us out of this hell hole....

"wait4hubby"

Are you waiting for your hubby for one year....?

OR your timelines year value is wrong.

Edited by Deep2009
Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
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Posted (edited)

No, Its been 2 years we got married.

Our wedding was on January 11, 2009.

Edited by wait4hubby

USCIS Journey

01-11-2009 : Married In India (I was Green Cad Holder then)

02-05-2010 : Filed I130 -F2A

02-11-2010 : NOA1 Received

03-15-2010 : N400 filed

04-20-2010 : Finger printing Notice Received for N400

05-06-2010 : Finger print appointment

06-15-2010 : N400 Interview, passed english and civic test, but told to bring addtional evidence

07-19-2010 : N400 Reinterview, additional documents submitted

09-08-2010 : I130 Approved

09-09-2010 : Received NOA2 Hard Copy

NVC Journey

09-18-2010 : NVC Case number generated MDR2010####

09-18-2010 : DS 3032 mailed to both petitioner and beneficiary

09-29-2010 : AOS fee bill generated and I864 requested

09-30-2010 : AOS fee paid

10-06-2010 : I864 sent to NVC

10-15-2010 : DS 3032 received by NVC

10-15-2010 : USCIS send naturalization oath ceremony.Ceremony on November 5, 2010.

10-20-2010 : DS 3032 entered into system

10-25-2010 : IV fee bill generated

11-01-2010 : DS 230 requested

11-05-2010 : Naturalization oath ceremony.Became US Citizen !!!

11-06-2010 : Sent natz. certificate NVC to upgrade petition to CR1.Case upgraded to CR1

11-17-2010 : Sent all civil docs and DS 230 to NVC

11-28-2010 : DS 230 entered into system

12-09-2010 : RFE , missing info on line 31 on DS 230 !!! Resent DS 230 Part 1.

01-06-2011 : SIF !!! Case completed !! God Bless !

01-13-2011 : Called NVC.Operater says interview on February 14, 2011 @8:00am

02-10-2011 : Medical

02-14-2011 : Interview @ Chennai US consulate - Put in AP :(

03-11-2011: Consulate emails saying VISA ISSUED !!!

03-25-2011 : POE @JFK

Posted

ALBReider,

I totally understand your pain, Its soo frustrating. We have been married for 2 years and have been staying apart ever since.

I am tired of answering people and relatives.

Only GOD can help us out of this hell hole....

Thank you...I'm sorry to hear about your case too. I hope you will be reunited with your husband soon.

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Posted

Our AP is over! After badgering the embassy and state dept, I received a response from the embassy via email.

They said, "The case has undergone the Administrative Process and the Visa is ready for issue. The documents appear to be complete and in order. In order to issue, your husband must call to schedule a 221 appointment. The information on how to do this is enclosed. At that time he must bring his Passport.

If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact our office."

YAY!

If it has been over a month, I think everyone should email or call once a week. For us it was 4 months, but I don't know when they were planning to tell us that it was over if I hadn't emailed them to ask.

Good luck to everyone! I hope things move smoothly for you.

thats great!! Congrats!! :dance:

~ Our Journey ~

10/27/09 - Met online

04/21/10 - Travel to Egypt to meet in person

05/08/10 - Sent I-129F

05/10/10 - VSC receives I-129F

05/11/10 - NOA1

05/13/10 - Touched

05/14/10 - Touched

05/17/10 - Received NOA1 in the mail

07/06/10 - NOA2 - Approved!!!! :)

07/12/10 - Received NOA2 in the mail

07/13/10 - Received at NVC

07/16/10 - NVC changes embassy per our request

07/19/10 - Told we are in AP @ NVC

07/30/10 - Case sent to Cairo embassy

08/05/10 - Case received at embassy

09/07/10 - Received packet 3 - FINALLY!!!

09/15-10 - 2nd trip to Egypt, returned home on 10/5/10

12/14/10 - Received interview date

01/09/11 - 3rd trip to Egypt

01/12/11 - Interview - APPROVED!!!...but AP

01/24/11 - Returned to the states without my habibi :(

04/06/11 - AP was completed!! :)

05/10/11 - Visa has been issued!!!

 
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