Calling Islamabad Embassy v 3

[ybutt20 0]

Any male coming from Pakistan have to go through AP, in some very rare cases it could be for few weeks or months but you can't dodge AP. The average time for AP is six months, no ten months because when you would email embassy at pakivinfo@state.gov you would get a reply that you don't reply to emails about cases that are pending for less than ten months...

aserene20 did you see news yesterday, Al-Qaeda is plaining to attack US from Pakistan:President Obama. i am also one of the victim of AP and its over an year now for me. but i have accepted it with open mind (now, because whatever they are doing, they are doing to protect their country. if i was one of then i would have done the same. but its also true that they gotta do more work to make this system move faster). where there is a will, there is a way, as you have seen in FBI name check backlog elimination. i guess there is no will right now to reduce the AP period at embassy espicially at ISL.

I hope and pray your AP won't be that long. Now its the exam of you patience and you love for eachother.GOOD LUCK.

[Revived 0]

Any male coming from Pakistan have to go through AP, in some very rare cases it could be for few weeks or months but you can't dodge AP. The average time for AP is six months, no ten months because when you would email embassy at pakivinfo@state.gov you would get a reply that you don't reply to emails about cases that are pending for less than ten months...

aserene20 did you see news yesterday, Al-Qaeda is plaining to attack US from Pakistan:President Obama. i am also one of the victim of AP and its over an year now for me. but i have accepted it with open mind (now, because whatever they are doing, they are doing to protect their country. if i was one of then i would have done the same. but its also true that they gotta do more work to make this system move faster). where there is a will, there is a way, as you have seen in FBI name check backlog elimination. i guess there is no will right now to reduce the AP period at embassy espicially at ISL.

I hope and pray your AP won't be that long. Now its the exam of you patience and you love for eachother.GOOD LUCK.

u r doin' a good job.. becoming a pro LOL

and aserene, take a chill pill dear.... u will b fine , it has taken some of us yrss and others months=) anger will only lead to more frustration=) dun torture urself this wait culd impact your relationship as well... so be calm and hope 4 good=)

praying for you all, specially for my lil brother=)

duas,

[perdesi 1]

Anyone recently applied for parents to come to the US? If so, how long is it taking from applying to getting visa?

[karachiite 4]

Anyone recently applied for parents to come to the US? If so, how long is it taking from applying to getting visa?

yeah, I have applied for my mom ,look @ my time line. below

[perdesi 1]

Anyone recently applied for parents to come to the US? If so, how long is it taking from applying to getting visa?

yeah, I have applied for my mom ,look @ my time line. below

Thanks, but this is only the process in the US. Not the entire time frame.

Another question for anyone. Is it better to file for both parents together (i.e. in the package, writing letter to keep the cases together) or file them seperate? I am asking since males have to wait for the clearance and females don't.

[aserene20 0]

Any male coming from Pakistan have to go through AP, in some very rare cases it could be for few weeks or months but you can't dodge AP. The average time for AP is six months, no ten months because when you would email embassy at pakivinfo@state.gov you would get a reply that you don't reply to emails about cases that are pending for less than ten months...

aserene20 did you see news yesterday, Al-Qaeda is plaining to attack US from Pakistan:President Obama. i am also one of the victim of AP and its over an year now for me. but i have accepted it with open mind (now, because whatever they are doing, they are doing to protect their country. if i was one of then i would have done the same. but its also true that they gotta do more work to make this system move faster). where there is a will, there is a way, as you have seen in FBI name check backlog elimination. i guess there is no will right now to reduce the AP period at embassy espicially at ISL.

I hope and pray your AP won't be that long. Now its the exam of you patience and you love for eachother.GOOD LUCK.

thanks for your kind words..its very frustrating:( but anyhow my heart n prays go out to u for being stuck there for more than a yr...plz tell me one thing so i can have some relief ... do you think if i had told my husband to tell them at the interview that it was a love marriage it would've made a difference?? i mean i just didnt want to lie about anything...or is it his name that started some sort of red alert to them?? i cant think of anything...i couldn't even sleep last night. well you're right thats what we get for being part of a society that is purely built on corrupted self indulgent politicians. i guess i have no other choice than to wait n pray to ALLAH MIAN

[Revived 0]

Any male coming from Pakistan have to go through AP, in some very rare cases it could be for few weeks or months but you can't dodge AP. The average time for AP is six months, no ten months because when you would email embassy at pakivinfo@state.gov you would get a reply that you don't reply to emails about cases that are pending for less than ten months...

aserene20 did you see news yesterday, Al-Qaeda is plaining to attack US from Pakistan:President Obama. i am also one of the victim of AP and its over an year now for me. but i have accepted it with open mind (now, because whatever they are doing, they are doing to protect their country. if i was one of then i would have done the same. but its also true that they gotta do more work to make this system move faster). where there is a will, there is a way, as you have seen in FBI name check backlog elimination. i guess there is no will right now to reduce the AP period at embassy espicially at ISL.

I hope and pray your AP won't be that long. Now its the exam of you patience and you love for eachother.GOOD LUCK.

thanks for your kind words..its very frustrating:( but anyhow my heart n prays go out to u for being stuck there for more than a yr...plz tell me one thing so i can have some relief ... do you think if i had told my husband to tell them at the interview that it was a love marriage it would've made a difference?? i mean i just didnt want to lie about anything...or is it his name that started some sort of red alert to them?? i cant think of anything...i couldn't even sleep last night. well you're right thats what we get for being part of a society that is purely built on corrupted self indulgent politicians. i guess i have no other choice than to wait n pray to ALLAH MIAN

All males applicants must go through certain name checks, for some they request futher checks

love or arrange - this shuldn't impact co's judgement

further processing is not only name check, it could be field investigtaion, marriage verification, school /job verification, beneficiary's siblings checks etc. but wat makes the process v long is name check.

no one knows wat they r doing , what are they planning to do, or what they have already done... kind of mysterious but for national security purposes this info is kept confidential.

every thing happens for a purpose n i'A u both will b 2gether soon=)

duas,

Edited April 2, 2009 by Revived

[ybutt20 0]

SO it was an arranged marriage, thats good. I don't see anything is wrong with that. CO's in ISL knows how things work in families from Pakistan, even if they are in US for years. In Majority of cases its arranged whether it was arranged by a person from within the family or through some AUNTY . two people met online,did chat for months, US citizen came to pakistan spent few weeks or months, took pics, went back, kept chatting , kept the logs, had sent some gifts, emails, blah blah and then filed to K1. if they can believe such a romantic love story, they should also know that people especially from pakistan and india perfer arranged marriages.

Keep it in mind, always, NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT LYING! not just infront of CO but everywhere in your life. if its arranged, its arranged. if you would lie, you would have to lie 100 times more to cover that one lie. so keep it simple OK.

Just keep faith in GOD, THIS SHALL TOO PASS. Good Luck.

Edited April 2, 2009 by ybutt20

[aserene20 0]

what is the fastest time that anyone's AP was cleared? who holds a record..

[aserene20 0]

SO it was an arranged marriage, thats good. I don't see anything is wrong with that. CO's in ISL knows how things work in families from Pakistan, even if they are in US for years. In Majority of cases its arranged whether it was arranged by a person from within the family or through some AUNTY . two people met online,did chat for months, US citizen came to pakistan spent few weeks or months, took pics, went back, kept chatting , kept the logs, had sent some gifts, emails, blah blah and then filed to K1. if they can believe such a romantic love story, they should also know that people especially from pakistan and india perfer arranged marriages.

Keep it in mind, always, NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT LYING! not just infront of CO but everywhere in your life. if its arranged, its arranged. if you would lie, you would have to lie 100 times more to cover that one lie. so keep it simple OK.

Just keep faith in GOD, THIS SHALL TOO PASS. Good Luck.

ohh yess it was an arrange marriage mashallah through an AUNTY ...im 100% in favor of arrange marriages after mine..hehehe well anyhow thanks you've been very kind with your words..yea i know i dont believe in lying..but i guess in frustration u can think of the oddest things to say.

[aserene20 0]

SO it was an arranged marriage, thats good. I don't see anything is wrong with that. CO's in ISL knows how things work in families from Pakistan, even if they are in US for years. In Majority of cases its arranged whether it was arranged by a person from within the family or through some AUNTY . two people met online,did chat for months, US citizen came to pakistan spent few weeks or months, took pics, went back, kept chatting , kept the logs, had sent some gifts, emails, blah blah and then filed to K1. if they can believe such a romantic love story, they should also know that people especially from pakistan and india perfer arranged marriages.

Keep it in mind, always, NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT LYING! not just infront of CO but everywhere in your life. if its arranged, its arranged. if you would lie, you would have to lie 100 times more to cover that one lie. so keep it simple OK.

Just keep faith in GOD, THIS SHALL TOO PASS. Good Luck.

ohh yess it was an arrange marriage mashallah through an AUNTY ...im 100% in favor of arrange marriages after mine..hehehe well anyhow thanks you've been very kind with your words..yea i know i dont believe in lying..but i guess in frustration u can think of the oddest things to say.

SO it was an arranged marriage, thats good. I don't see anything is wrong with that. CO's in ISL knows how things work in families from Pakistan, even if they are in US for years. In Majority of cases its arranged whether it was arranged by a person from within the family or through some AUNTY . two people met online,did chat for months, US citizen came to pakistan spent few weeks or months, took pics, went back, kept chatting , kept the logs, had sent some gifts, emails, blah blah and then filed to K1. if they can believe such a romantic love story, they should also know that people especially from pakistan and india perfer arranged marriages.

Keep it in mind, always, NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT LYING! not just infront of CO but everywhere in your life. if its arranged, its arranged. if you would lie, you would have to lie 100 times more to cover that one lie. so keep it simple OK.

Just keep faith in GOD, THIS SHALL TOO PASS. Good Luck.

ohh yess it was an arrange marriage mashallah through an AUNTY ...im 100% in favor of arrange marriages after mine..hehehe well anyhow thanks you've been very kind with your words..yea i know i dont believe in lying..but i guess in frustration u can think of the oddest things to say.

[Revived 0]

some are told of AP but rec'v a call w/in a month; but again dun compare your self w/any1 each case is unquie and AP is unpredictable

good lucks,

hope 4 good , good will happen 2 u

Edited April 2, 2009 by Revived

[I and S 0]

Thank you everyone for all the Mubaraks, We highly appriciate it.

Today, We simply wanted to share that we recieved the physical passport with the visa.

We hope you all get your's soon.

We have recieved our Visa, however; we aren't going anwhere, we will be here on the blog to stay through your journeys. May Allah make your's a smooth journey too. (Ameen)

Shan.

[Revived 0]

wow that was fast! u rec'vd ur passport in such a short time???

[dknoon3 0]

Thank you everyone for all the Mubaraks, We highly appriciate it.

Today, We simply wanted to share that we recieved the physical passport with the visa.

We hope you all get your's soon.

We have recieved our Visa, however; we aren't going anwhere, we will be here on the blog to stay through your journeys. May Allah make your's a smooth journey too. (Ameen)

Shan.

Congrats on getting the passport...my fiancee had her interview last friday and is still waiting on her passport. she is starting to freak out (actually she has never stopped freaking out since we applied back in august) that something is wrong. we still have time as im flying over to karachi next week to spend some time with her family before her and i return. anyone have any idea as to why there would be a holdup in getting her passport back if they told her that she was approved at her interview??