officially how long does an embassy have to act on a k1 visa?

[tonylikeslili 0]

I know this info is here some where but I still find this site confusing,please forgive me but my question is once a k1 is approved and sent to the embassy how long do they have before they must act on the case?,my girl was approved,her papers were processed at the embassy in abu dhabi on 15th of april 2009,she went for her interview on july 6th 2009 but was given the blue slip,since then we have provided them with all the info the blue slip asked for and as of now we still wait for our number to come up,I thought I read some where that the case has to be dealt with by them within a certain amount of time,I thought it was 12 months,that 12 month period is almost on our doorstep as today is the 19th of january 2010,do you think they could be waiting until the last moment to see if we are going to give up or somthing?both of us were so nieve about the whole process and now it feels like were getting bent over a barrel am I way off base on the 12 month time frame thing?I know they have to deal with it at some time,they can't just let it hang forever can they??? thanks for any help everyone

[belinda63 3,038]

Not the answer you wanted but they can take however long they want. At the one year point, at least with us, they had to do a new case number but it was still the same case. We were in AP for 17 months before he received his visa.

I suggest, if you have not already, that you contact your congressman and make them aware of the situation. They cannot do anything to speed up the AP but they can obtain information faster than you can and it helps to let the embassy know you are serious about this.

Also if you don't have your visa by the 12 month mark you may want to contact the embassy and see if your case has been assigned a new number. They never told us this, it was only through our congressman that we found this out.

[Filipina Lover 1]

I know this info is here some where but I still find this site confusing,please forgive me but my question is once a k1 is approved and sent to the embassy how long do they have before they must act on the case?,my girl was approved,her papers were processed at the embassy in abu dhabi on 15th of april 2009,she went for her interview on july 6th 2009 but was given the blue slip,since then we have provided them with all the info the blue slip asked for and as of now we still wait for our number to come up,I thought I read some where that the case has to be dealt with by them within a certain amount of time,I thought it was 12 months,that 12 month period is almost on our doorstep as today is the 19th of january 2010,do you think they could be waiting until the last moment to see if we are going to give up or somthing?both of us were so nieve about the whole process and now it feels like were getting bent over a barrel am I way off base on the 12 month time frame thing?I know they have to deal with it at some time,they can't just let it hang forever can they??? thanks for any help everyone

I've done this 3 times and never had a problem, they have always been quick, but then I am always well prepared and I make sure my girl is well organized. This is the last time I will do this.

You must have made a mistake along the way, but still it shouldn't take this long. I would think since your girl is in Iran, not many people marry an Iran girl, so the embassy should be empty. I didn't even know we had an embassy in that country.

All I can think of is, you can write a letter to the Immigration in America and ask them what is the problem.

[tonylikeslili 0]

I've done this 3 times and never had a problem, they have always been quick, but then I am always well prepared and I make sure my girl is well organized. This is the last time I will do this.

You must have made a mistake along the way, but still it shouldn't take this long. I would think since your girl is in Iran, not many people marry an Iran girl, so the embassy should be empty. I didn't even know we had an embassy in that country.

All I can think of is, you can write a letter to the Immigration in America and ask them what is the problem.

there is no embassy in iran since 1979,all people from iran must go to the american embassy in the uae,this is just part of what makes it very very annoying when they keep you in the dark,she has to fly to another country just to go to the embassy

[tonylikeslili 0]

Not the answer you wanted but they can take however long they want. At the one year point, at least with us, they had to do a new case number but it was still the same case. We were in AP for 17 months before he received his visa.

I suggest, if you have not already, that you contact your congressman and make them aware of the situation. They cannot do anything to speed up the AP but they can obtain information faster than you can and it helps to let the embassy know you are serious about this.

Also if you don't have your visa by the 12 month mark you may want to contact the embassy and see if your case has been assigned a new number. They never told us this, it was only through our congressman that we found this out.

thanks belinda,I hope your husband is here now??,yes I've thought about contacting a congressman/woman,I guess it's better to contact one who is sympathetic to somthing like this,god bless-tony

[tonylikeslili 0]

I've done this 3 times and never had a problem, they have always been quick, but then I am always well prepared and I make sure my girl is well organized. This is the last time I will do this.

You must have made a mistake along the way, but still it shouldn't take this long. I would think since your girl is in Iran, not many people marry an Iran girl, so the embassy should be empty. I didn't even know we had an embassy in that country.

All I can think of is, you can write a letter to the Immigration in America and ask them what is the problem.

little confused you mean you have brought more than one person to the states on different k1's??? or you have gone to the embassy 3 times??

[Elham 1]

not many people marry an Iran girl

What it means then? hahahahaha what's wrong with me? I'm pretty and I have so many fans I know it hahahahahaha

[babaramin 0]

For K-3 or k-1 Dubai or Ankara?

Edited January 29, 2010 by babaramin

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

I know this info is here some where but I still find this site confusing,please forgive me but my question is once a k1 is approved and sent to the embassy how long do they have before they must act on the case?,my girl was approved,her papers were processed at the embassy in abu dhabi on 15th of april 2009,she went for her interview on july 6th 2009 but was given the blue slip,since then we have provided them with all the info the blue slip asked for and as of now we still wait for our number to come up,I thought I read some where that the case has to be dealt with by them within a certain amount of time,I thought it was 12 months,that 12 month period is almost on our doorstep as today is the 19th of january 2010,do you think they could be waiting until the last moment to see if we are going to give up or somthing?both of us were so nieve about the whole process and now it feels like were getting bent over a barrel am I way off base on the 12 month time frame thing?I know they have to deal with it at some time,they can't just let it hang forever can they??? thanks for any help everyone

She is in AP. They can take as long as they like. I have read of some taking several years

Edited January 29, 2010 by Gary and Alla

[tonylikeslili 0]

God help us