Life during 221(g) / AP

[ali.bobby 0]

--- NOTE: This is a copy of a thread that I posted a few days ago on the Family Based Immigration website forum - http://***removed***/forum/sh...read.php?t=5691 - but since it didn't get too many answers there, and this bulletin board seems more active, I thought I'd post it here too. I hope that's okay. ---

Apologies in advance to the moderators - I know this is slightly off-topic, but I put this thread here as I think it's still an important part of the whole 221(g) 'experience'.

I'd be interested to find out how people are getting on with their lives whilst their applications are stuck in 221(g). It strikes me that one of the big unspoken problems is with the huge degree of uncertainty involved - I know that even though I've just been in AP for a couple of weeks, I'm now having second thoughts about, for example, new accommodation leases - what if I commit to a flat for a year and then the visa suddenly comes through? Also what will prospective employers think if I'm unable to commit for a definite period of time? And what do your USC spouses do in the meantime? Do they pack up their lives in the US and rejoin you, or stay put in the hope that the visa comes through quickly?

Do other people have these, or other issues, and if so, how are they managing to cope with them?

Since I asked the question, here's a few notes about my own situation.

1) I originally told my boss that I'd be leaving in a month, as I assumed I'd have the visa by now. Now that I don't, he might be able to extend my contract by a few months, but that's just a short-term solution.

2) I'm also moving out of a flat in a month's time, and returning to my parents home. I don't want to get a new flat yet, but if I'm still here after 6 months then I'll probably have to reconsider.

3) My wife's still in the US. She's a student so fortunately she can suspend her course for a while. If I'm still in AP after xmas then she'll do that and move back to the UK. If that happens, then we might as well put the visa issue to the side and make some new plans in the UK.

All the best,

Bobby

[Whatznext 2]

I feel your pain........I could write 435 pages about this subject

[ali.bobby 0]

I could write 435 pages about this subject

Interesting that you should say that. When I started researching what AP was all about, I briefly thought it'd be interesting to write an blog article about it. I felt it's something that needed to be brought to people's attention, seeing as it's such a crazy situation with absolutely nobody to hold accountable, no time limits, and nowhere to get information about your case, and where most people who get put into it have NO idea that it can happen before they go to the interview. (I know I didn't, and I spent *ages* researching the interview in advance...)

Bobby

[luzhok 0]

I could write 435 pages about this subject

Interesting that you should say that. When I started researching what AP was all about, I briefly thought it'd be interesting to write an blog article about it. I felt it's something that needed to be brought to people's attention, seeing as it's such a crazy situation with absolutely nobody to hold accountable, no time limits, and nowhere to get information about your case, and where most people who get put into it have NO idea that it can happen before they go to the interview. (I know I didn't, and I spent *ages* researching the interview in advance...)

Bobby

Hey Bobby,

The way you described the AP reminds me of situation of a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay - black hole.

Edited September 25, 2009 by luzhok

[NArocks 13]

I can not click on the link I get a blank page??

[Enlighten one :) 5]

Ap Tracker Thread

Being in AP is like a slap in the face. Counting down the days until an aproval. Uk is your country of origin? Typicaly not you will be in AP. AP will be more common due to internet relationships. The embassy need to do backround check since USC can not. Then name checks.

Join the forum above for support. May your AP be expidited

[ali.bobby 0]

NArocks: Seems like this forum interferes with the links. Here's the URL again - ***removed***/forum/showthread.php?t=5691 - or, if it messes that up, just google "family based immigration life during 221".

luzhok: Yeah... but thankfully not quite so bad... ;-)

MrsJibowu: That or having a family connection to a country on their watch list... And thanks for the link. I'll definitely take a look.

Anyone else out there like to share their AP/221(g) story?

Bobby

Edited September 25, 2009 by ali.bobby

[MARM 7]

Just view our time-line with all the details there, almost like a "mini-blog" documenting all the ####### we have gone through so far...