AP TRACKER

[treehugger 23]

Does it sound good ? Should i be excited ?!

I hope that they are serious this time and they will really send me the visa soon .

I hope you hear good news very, very soon

[treehugger 23]

It's time for my weekly update, so I just called the DOS to see if there was any good news...

All I was told was that my application was still pending, and that the last date stamp was 8th April.

Even though I wasn't expecting to be hearing anything fantastic, I was just so deflated. Such a short conversation, although the lady was perfectly amiable. It's been seven weeks, and I've no idea why I've not got my visa yet.

Does anyone know if I can ask for my passport back, as I'd like to be able to travel, or does it just complicate and delay things yet further?

[Whatznext 2]

Everyone - THANKS

Hot guy - I see a VISA being issued very soon you have also waited a very long time

[tenderheartusa79 14]

Thank you so much everyone .I hope that we all will hear good news soon .

[kznova 2]

Thank you so much everyone .I hope that we all will hear good news soon .

I hope that muhammed , i was on AP for 5 months

Insha allah you get your visa soon

[Starlight95 1]

Thank you so much everyone .I hope that we all will hear good news soon .

I am sure it coming now. Congrats!

Star

[tenderheartusa79 14]

I hope that muhammed , i was on AP for 5 months

Insha allah you get your visa soon

Thank you so much .

I am sure it coming now. Congrats!

Star

Thank you so much .

[dezaman 1]

I'm rooting for you Hot Guy!!! That sounds like fantastic news.... We've been in AP a little over 5 months but its nothing like the patience you've had to endure for 13+ months.... Will continue to keep you and your fiancee in our prayers!

Dee & Lee

[ZaheersShezadi 0]

Thank you so much .

Thank you so much .

Good luck to you and I hope you hear good news soon, Insha'Allah. We also have been in AP for a little over 5 months. They have had our passport now for about 3 weeks. Take care and hope you will be in USA with your love, soon.

Allah Hafiz.

~Tara

[ZaheersShezadi 0]

Thank you so much .

Thank you so much .

Good luck to you and I hope you hear good news soon, Insha'Allah. We also have been in AP for a little over 5 months. They have had our passport now for about 3 weeks. Take care and hope you will be in USA with your love, soon.

Allah Hafiz.

~Tara

[Meredith_Brahim 2]

It's sad, but I have to confess that I come to this forum everyday, open the spreadsheet and look at all the blue colored cells of all of us journeyers who've received their visas...and it brings me a little comfort of being at the top of the list of those who haven't. Here's to good news coming soon - we're seeing a good trend with Mohammed after 13 months! Hope Zaheer, Dee, and Brahim are coming up soon - with 5 and 4 months respectively, can't be long now!

Maybe it would be helpful if we also tracked who is in AP at the embassy and who is in mandatory AP in 'Washington' (i.e., name checks)? SOrry to be a geek about this, but then we could really do some metrics on the average length of time....

[bridget and alen 0]

It's sad, but I have to confess that I come to this forum everyday, open the spreadsheet and look at all the blue colored cells of all of us journeyers who've received their visas...and it brings me a little comfort of being at the top of the list of those who haven't. Here's to good news coming soon - we're seeing a good trend with Mohammed after 13 months! Hope Zaheer, Dee, and Brahim are coming up soon - with 5 and 4 months respectively, can't be long now!

Maybe it would be helpful if we also tracked who is in AP at the embassy and who is in mandatory AP in 'Washington' (i.e., name checks)? SOrry to be a geek about this, but then we could really do some metrics on the average length of time....

Ok ill start ap at embassey level as of dec.14th 2009.4 months seems like a short time compared to some of the others.I am finally learning i must wait.So im settling in for the long haul because i know that ours is not going to be anytime soon due to how horrible our interview was.But i am waiting and cheering all of you on.And sending out prayers for each of you.Good luck

[ZaheersShezadi 0]

Well. I called DOS today. i was on hold for about 20 min. Finally, a lady who didn't give me her name answered. She was nice. I told her i wanted to inquire about my husband's status. So i gave her the case number and she asked his name. I told her his name and she said "Ok, I see here that he had his interview on November 2, at the Embassy." and I said "Yes." and she said "Its still pending. Did they ask you for any additional documents?" and I said "Well, about a month ago they asked for domicile documents from me. Why? Are they asking for any additonal ones?" and she said "No. I was just asking to see why it was taking so long." and I said "Oh, well they wanted proof that I had left the country before my domicile was in jeopardy so I submitted that. And we sent the passport. Shortly after that, we called and they said AP was over and they were "working on it". Then, they sent us the email that they had received all the documents and then a week later it was 'back in AP.' So, I dunno if it is cuz of the passport..." she said "Sometimes that happens, but at least they have your passport, so that's a good thing. They only ask you to submit your passport once the visa is ready to be issued." so I said "They didn't ask us for it, we asked them if we should send it along with the domicile docs and they said yes. Then we called a day later to make sure they still wanted us to send passport and they again said yes." and she said 'Thats fine, as long as they let you send it, they are almost ready to issue visa. Sometimes they just want to check over everything again once they get it. But according to all the notes on your file by the embassy, everything looks really good. I'm sure you will hear something from them soon. Once they issue you the visa, they will send it to your husband via DHL." and I said "They gave hiim a token to pick it up at SpeedEx" and she said "Oh, ok good. that's good. But, it sounds like everything is just fine." and I said "Ok, I just wanted to see if visa was issued yet or not." she just said "Ok." She didn't say yes or no.. but I am sure she would have told me if the visa was issued. So I said thank you and hung up. I hope this is good news. It is so hard to see my baby who looks exactly like my husband, everyday, getting bigger (she is almost a month old) and he has never ever seen her, smelled her, hugged her.... anything. Its so hard. Well, please wish us luck. You are all in my prayers and I hope we are in yours as well. take care and Insha'Allah, someone will hear some good news this week.

Allah hafiz

~Tara

[tenderheartusa79 14]

I'm rooting for you Hot Guy!!! That sounds like fantastic news.... We've been in AP a little over 5 months but its nothing like the patience you've had to endure for 13+ months.... Will continue to keep you and your fiancee in our prayers!

Dee & Lee

Thank you so much .You are in my prayers as well .

Hope that you will hear good news soon .

Good luck to you and I hope you hear good news soon, Insha'Allah. We also have been in AP for a little over 5 months. They have had our passport now for about 3 weeks. Take care and hope you will be in USA with your love, soon.

Allah Hafiz.

~Tara

Insha'Allah he will get the visa in no time .You are in my prayers .

Good luck and my best wishes for you .

[tenderheartusa79 14]

It's sad, but I have to confess that I come to this forum everyday, open the spreadsheet and look at all the blue colored cells of all of us journeyers who've received their visas...and it brings me a little comfort of being at the top of the list of those who haven't. Here's to good news coming soon - we're seeing a good trend with Mohammed after 13 months! Hope Zaheer, Dee, and Brahim are coming up soon - with 5 and 4 months respectively, can't be long now!

Maybe it would be helpful if we also tracked who is in AP at the embassy and who is in mandatory AP in 'Washington' (i.e., name checks)? SOrry to be a geek about this, but then we could really do some metrics on the average length of time....

There is a light at the end of the tunnel .I wish that you all will hear awesome news soon .

Once we will get our visas we will forget about all of that stress and pain .