AP TRACKER

[RealAI 1]

You're right... while our checks are going thru i don't think we hit a huge snag with my husbands name bcos its not so common... common enough im sure but not too bad... but my situation is due to the fact he is from pakistan and it seems pakistan has a tendancy to have longer AP's than other embassies...

The two congressional inquiries were replied to as normal ap... nothing additional etc...

6 months today and still nothing Inshallah some day my prince will come

when it comes to AP on top of other reasons for delay, its also luck. Few people with common names from Pakistan got out of AP within 4 months. The names that usually make AP long are Mohammed, Abdul, Ali and Khan. People with these names sometimes have to wait for several years to get out of AP. Eabbas, since your husband does not have any of these names his AP should finish within average AP time for Islamabad.

[yasieyasie 0]

when it comes to AP on top of other reasons for delay, its also luck. Few people with common names from Pakistan got out of AP within 4 months. The names that usually make AP long are Mohammed, Abdul, Ali and Khan. People with these names sometimes have to wait for several years to get out of AP. Eabbas, since your husband does not have any of these names his AP should finish within average AP time for Islamabad.

Looks like I won't be seeing my fiance for a long time, his name starts with Mohammad.

[EAbbas 213]

Looks like I won't be seeing my fiance for a long time, his name starts with Mohammad.

You never know... just think positive and hope for the best... there have been others with those names that don't take longer than 6 months...

my husband doesn't have a common name (his is Adil) but we're stuck at 6 months... all we can do is pray, love our spouses and live as normal a life as possible with the cam as our way of having them in our lives on a daily basis...

hang in there.. we're all here with u!!

when it comes to AP on top of other reasons for delay, its also luck. Few people with common names from Pakistan got out of AP within 4 months. The names that usually make AP long are Mohammed, Abdul, Ali and Khan. People with these names sometimes have to wait for several years to get out of AP. Eabbas, since your husband does not have any of these names his AP should finish within average AP time for Islamabad.

I pray your right but as of right now its a total of 6 months... pending, stuck, stagnant... u name it

Edited December 16, 2011 by EAbbas

[Maya84 1]

Everyone who are on AP like me , wishing you a very Merry Christmas. I hope you guys are finding a way to comfort yourself in this holidays without your loved ones with you . I have a question, so I have called the DOS three different days and of course I got a hold of three different human. And surprisingly, I got different answers each time. One of the operator told me, the case never comes to the US, the other one told me, everything is American side is done and the case is back to the embassy and it is up to the embassy to make a decision, third time - it is still in AP and it shows under AP until a visa is issued. So how true is any of these statement? I don't know. They confuse my head and it is like a up and down game.

Anybody having this super efficient experience with DOS?

[EAbbas 213]

Everyone who are on AP like me , wishing you a very Merry Christmas. I hope you guys are finding a way to comfort yourself in this holidays without your loved ones with you . I have a question, so I have called the DOS three different days and of course I got a hold of three different human. And surprisingly, I got different answers each time. One of the operator told me, the case never comes to the US, the other one told me, everything is American side is done and the case is back to the embassy and it is up to the embassy to make a decision, third time - it is still in AP and it shows under AP until a visa is issued. So how true is any of these statement? I don't know. They confuse my head and it is like a up and down game.

Anybody having this super efficient experience with DOS?

Ive been calling since june and keeping impeccable notes as to what each person says. Basically you got good info its just piecing it together. The file NEVER does leave the embassy but the information is sent to Washington and it sounds like all the checks from washington are done and they are still working on it until they can issue the visa.

We've been told the last several weeks that we are at the embassy and they are working on it to make a decision but its still ap.. for us personally bcos we are from pakistan it may take even longer but it sounds like yours wont be that much more time.

Wish you luck and a blessed holiday season!!!

[Maya84 1]

Ive been calling since june and keeping impeccable notes as to what each person says. Basically you got good info its just piecing it together. The file NEVER does leave the embassy but the information is sent to Washington and it sounds like all the checks from washington are done and they are still working on it until they can issue the visa.

We've been told the last several weeks that we are at the embassy and they are working on it to make a decision but its still ap.. for us personally bcos we are from pakistan it may take even longer but it sounds like yours wont be that much more time.

Wish you luck and a blessed holiday season!!!

Thanks for the quick note. We are from Bangladesh but hubby is in the UK. So at this point I have no idea how long the embassy will take to come up with a decision. However, I have seen somewhere in the AP thread that DOS will tell you if the AP is done, I guess it only applies when a visa gets issued.

I am praying for all of us and iA we will get out of this brutal journey pretty soon.

[mrsalfayad 6]

Looks like I won't be seeing my fiance for a long time, his name starts with Mohammad.

Mine too...*sigh*

[EAbbas 213]

If it's any good I've seen some men breeze thru AP with the name Mohammad.. it just all depends I guess.. maybe you too will not be stuck for so long.. ) Happy New Year!

[mrsalfayad 6]

Has anyone had a DOS officer suggest Humanitarian Parole? I talked to a really nice lady today (the first one who didn't yell at me when I started crying) and she suggested I look into Humanitarian Parole. From the little research I've done, it seems like this is just a temporary solution that would bring the beneficiary here for a limited amount of time, until the pending crisis in their home country is over -- does anyone know if you can do AOS if you're here on Humanitarian Parole?

[OSMAN R&M 0]

Uaer Name Visa Type Country/Embassy Date of Interview Reason

Revived K1 Pakistan/Islamabad 12/04/2008

SAD EYES K1 United Kingdom 02/25/2008

WonTanNara K1 Guinea/Dakar, Senegal 04/29/2008 security clearance

Indianheart CR1 Chennai India 06/06/2008 document verification

CassandraHaydar K1 Iraq/Seoul 06/17/2008

miamiwife K3 Turkey/Ankara 06/24/2008 administrative processing

Lurking CR1 Nigeria 07/07/2008 document verification

FSUmome CR1 Iraq/Ukraine 07/15/2008 administrative processing

hyd617 CR1 India/Chennai 07/28/2008 221G

JULIAFERNO K1 Turkey 07/29/2008

OSMAN R&M K1 Greece/ Athens 07/06/2011 & 08/24/2011 no reason given

[Maya84 1]

Hi Everyone,

I hope all are holding up well. Just checking on if anyone heard anything yet regarding AP. It has been almost 2 months for us and nothing yet. I just wish there was a better way to track this nonesense.

Hope to hear good news from all of you soon iA.

Take care!

[carolynhotstuff 252]

Hi Maya84, My husband has been in AP for 14 long months. There is finally some movement on our case. The embassy did a field investigation on him a week or so ago and now the embassy has sent an email to my congressman saying they will look at our case to see why it is taking so long.

We are very excited and hope that our case will be finished very soon.

[Deep2009 18]

Hi Maya84, My husband has been in AP for 14 long months. There is finally some movement on our case. The embassy did a field investigation on him a week or so ago and now the embassy has sent an email to my congressman saying they will look at our case to see why it is taking so long.

We are very excited and hope that our case will be finished very soon.

Good news, hope you both will be together soon

[Maya84 1]

Hi Maya84, My husband has been in AP for 14 long months. There is finally some movement on our case. The embassy did a field investigation on him a week or so ago and now the embassy has sent an email to my congressman saying they will look at our case to see why it is taking so long.

We are very excited and hope that our case will be finished very soon.

Thats an amazing news. Keeping u guys in prayers.

[yasieyasie 0]

Hi Maya84, My husband has been in AP for 14 long months. There is finally some movement on our case. The embassy did a field investigation on him a week or so ago and now the embassy has sent an email to my congressman saying they will look at our case to see why it is taking so long.

We are very excited and hope that our case will be finished very soon.

Carolyn,

I am so very happy to hear that! Your in my thoughts!