Everyone going through Administrative Processing in ISLAMABAD

[MumtazG38 1]

Hey Feisal bro whats happening no news from Amex yet?.We are waiting for u here hurry up man Hopeful786 whats the update? and MumtazG38 is it a boy or a grl? ....... Miss u all.

It's a boy....we're going to name him Faris Ali. It means the brave knight of Mola Ali (A.S).

No it's not a stupid question, and it does matter what you wear. I would suggest American clothes.

Best of luck on the interview

I second that!!!!!

[MumtazG38 1]

ALHAMDULILLAH

Today was the day we were waiting for , we got call from Amex to pick up the passport.

and now my hubby has his visa. We will be leaving on 28th January

I must thanks all of u for ur support , and I am praying that u all get ur Visas soon

WOOHOO! Congrats saba_yasir! Good luck on POE!

[Hopeful786 0]

Congradulations saba yasir... alhamdulilah this is great newss! I hope you have a safe journey

[pkG2010 1]

did they keep your passport or gave it back?

[pkG2010 1]

Well, they told us that we were also approved and that the CO also believed that our intentions for going to USA were for the best. Then he gave us the list of AmEx offices, no pink/blue/green sheet, just the list of offices and he circled the one in Sialkot, and stapled the purple sticker to it and stuck one on Zaheer's passport. He said that the AP was mandatory and takes on average 2-3 months, could be longer or shorter. That's all we were told. Its been almost 3 months now, and I have been back in USA away from Zaheer for 1 month now. I am getting worried about having the baby without him. The good news is that I contacted DOS today and they said as of Jan 12 it is still pending AP, but I asked her if they would just suddenly decide to deny him even if they told him he was approved. She said no they dont usually do that. Also, she said she could see no indication by our case that there were any problems. No one has asked about his brothers and sisters so far. Some people on this site talk about getting Emails from the embassy, but I never ever get any. We have emailed them like 10 times and to this day, over 1.5 months, they have not responded to a single email or fax. Our senator's office even contacted them, and they told my husband last monday that they replied back to her that day. Just keep us in your prayers people. I want Zaheer to be here for our daughter's birth. I never wanted to be away from him, that's why I lived in Pakistan for almost a year. So.. anyhow. Take care all. Allah Hafiz.

~Tara

tara did they keep your husbands passport???

[Usmomo 0]

MashaAlllah, Im very happy for u, very very happy news!

Plz dont forget us in ur duas,

~MOMO

ALHAMDULILLAH

Today was the day we were waiting for , we got call from Amex to pick up the passport.

and now my hubby has his visa. We will be leaving on 28th January

I must thanks all of u for ur support , and I am praying that u all get ur Visas soon

[Usmomo 0]

Mahsallah,

Mabrouk! very beautiful name! may Allah keep on blessing all of us Ameeen

Take care n enjoy new journey of life!

~MOMO

It's a boy....we're going to name him Faris Ali. It means the brave knight of Mola Ali (A.S).

I second that!!!!!

[Usmomo 0]

SlamoAliakaum all,

I had been away for a while! My laptop dell charger stopped workin i guess becuase of electricity surge or something !!

Alhamdolillah hubby had his medical yesterday , we will be collecting results tomorow inshaAllllah

Faisal bhai, when r u leaving?

Hopeful786 any updates?

~MOMO

[Jennifer1 0]

ALHAMDULILLAH

Today was the day we were waiting for , we got call from Amex to pick up the passport.

and now my hubby has his visa. We will be leaving on 28th January

I must thanks all of u for ur support , and I am praying that u all get ur Visas soon

Congratulations to you both! ! By the way, I assume the husband's name is Yasir. That would be the only second Yasir that I 'know' besides my fiance!

[Hopeful786 0]

SlamoAliakaum all,

I had been away for a while! My laptop dell charger stopped workin i guess becuase of electricity surge or something !!

Alhamdolillah hubby had his medical yesterday , we will be collecting results tomorow inshaAllllah

Faisal bhai, when r u leaving?

Hopeful786 any updates?

~MOMO

Thus far no updates yet, just waiting ... your husband's interview is soon insha'Allah... I hope it goes well with no AP insha'Allah

[ZaheersShezadi 0]

tara did they keep your husbands passport???

no they gave it back. they only put a sticker on the back of it that matches the one that is stuck to the paper.

~Tara

[MumtazG38 1]

They tried to give us the passport back to but thank god Haseeb didn't touch it...he let it sit there in the tray until the interviewer simply picked it back up and took it. You know, I think that made all the difference really, because we never had to wait for them to find the time to call us eventually and let us know when to submit passport, and then have to sit and wait patiently for them to send it back. Which could take 2 weeks for each process....so an extra month or so of waiting on them. Thank Allah we simply got the call from speedex(not even the embassy, they never called us in fact) on the 29th day of waiting....and went to go pick it up right away. I believe that simple move by my husband saved us big time!

Edited January 22, 2010 by MumtazG38

[soulreaper83 0]

Well, they told us that we were also approved and that the CO also believed that our intentions for going to USA were for the best. Then he gave us the list of AmEx offices, no pink/blue/green sheet, just the list of offices and he circled the one in Sialkot, and stapled the purple sticker to it and stuck one on Zaheer's passport. He said that the AP was mandatory and takes on average 2-3 months, could be longer or shorter. That's all we were told. Its been almost 3 months now, and I have been back in USA away from Zaheer for 1 month now. I am getting worried about having the baby without him. The good news is that I contacted DOS today and they said as of Jan 12 it is still pending AP, but I asked her if they would just suddenly decide to deny him even if they told him he was approved. She said no they dont usually do that. Also, she said she could see no indication by our case that there were any problems. No one has asked about his brothers and sisters so far. Some people on this site talk about getting Emails from the embassy, but I never ever get any. We have emailed them like 10 times and to this day, over 1.5 months, they have not responded to a single email or fax. Our senator's office even contacted them, and they told my husband last monday that they replied back to her that day. Just keep us in your prayers people. I want Zaheer to be here for our daughter's birth. I never wanted to be away from him, that's why I lived in Pakistan for almost a year. So.. anyhow. Take care all. Allah Hafiz.

~Tara

What is the number you called to contact the DOS? I tried calling them through the number I found on the Department of State website but it was just an information line that took me in automated telephone circles. It would be somewhat mentally reassuring to know some sort of status on our AP. Thanks!

[FEISAL 3]

It seems like its now taking 30 to 35 days for the Embassy to return passports with visa after submission.

I am sure the failed Christmas bombing has to do with the Embassy asking for sibling records for CR/IR1 class of applicants as well to put that into the AP process as well. I still have not received any email of asking for the same

Hope all of u hear good news soon

[Omark 3]

Feisal IA you will get ur passport back soon,where will u be moving to TX ?

Hopeful786 whats happening?

I am here in Cali and its been raining and flooding since last week ...reminds me of pakistan i miss it.

MumtazG38 kool name ...congrats.