NVC: Cairo Embassy IR-1/CR-1

[together4evr 360]

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Patientlywaiting might recive his visa dec 5th from DOS .....not candaceman. Sorry for the error

[together4evr 360]

Ok now I will just post 2011 egytpian interviews and wait for the visa.

MARCH 2011

Tapas777 interview March 4, 2011-----Visa June 16, 2011------3.5 months of AP

samoray March 31, 2011-----------Visa June 21, 2011------almost 3 months AP

April 2011

Candaceman April 7, 2011----------possibly still AP---no updated timeline-

Jenny ElSayed April 6, 2011-----------Visa April 11, 2011-------He got it in 5 days

MAY 2011

Horees and MSH May 9, 2011----Visa May 12, 2011-----HE got visa in 3 days but filed DCF and married 2 years

Hananmcclarty May 15, 2011----visa June 13, 2011----------SHE in AP 1 month

July 2011

Katieomar July 11, 2011-------Visa Oct 6, 2011----almost 3 months AP

Ahmed and AMber July 21, 2011-----visa August 8, 2011---18 days of AP for HIM. She lived with him in Cairo for a couple months before interview

August 2011

Engo 2/03/11------------ 8/03/11--VISA----------2 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS

Monalisa 2/15/11-------- 8/10/11---------still waiting

Ramy_87 2/15/11--------- 8/07/11------------NEVER UPDATED TIMELINE

Liz&khaked 3/10/11-------8/18/11----------NEVER UPDATED TIMELINE

Sept 2011

Rami75 3/23/11---------- 9/12/11---------no timeline

Jenn&mohamed(patientlywaiting) 9/19/11---------STILL WAITING--I think DOS issued visa dec 5th

om & abo Malik 9/15----------------VISA 2 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS LATER

Oct 2011

Wendy&ahmed 10/03/11--------------------------STILL WAITING

Mary&besho 10/05/11 ----------------VISA IN 7 DAYS---SHE IS A GIRL

Lena samy 10/12/11-------------------VISA 8 DAYS LATER--SHE IS A GIRL!

CAMIANDAMIR-9/27 interview---------visa 10/23---------- VISA IN 1 MONTH

keki elsharif inteview Oct 30--------Visa Nov 22, 2011----He got it in 22 days

1. Cami & Eslam(luv4eslam)-------Nov 13, 2011-man

2. Nababdurrahman ---------Nov 20, 2011-man

3. Mero Rob --------------------Nov 22, 2011-female

4. Tp1986 -------------------------Nov 22, 2011-female

5. Rami & Yosra---------------Nov 29, 2011-woman

Edited December 10, 2011 by togetherforever13

[marymina119 3]

Ok now I will just post 2011 egytpian interviews and wait for the visa.

MARCH 2011

Tapas777 interview March 4, 2011-----Visa June 16, 2011------3.5 months of AP

samoray March 31, 2011-----------Visa June 21, 2011------almost 3 months AP

April 2011

Candaceman April 7, 2011----------possibly still AP---no updated timeline-

Jenny ElSayed April 6, 2011-----------Visa April 11, 2011-------He got it in 5 days

MAY 2011

Horees and MSH May 9, 2011----Visa May 12, 2011-----HE got visa in 3 days but filed DCF and married 2 years

Hananmcclarty May 15, 2011----visa June 13, 2011----------SHE in AP 1 month

July 2011

Katieomar July 11, 2011-------Visa Oct 6, 2011----almost 3 months AP

Ahmed and AMber July 21, 2011-----visa August 8, 2011---18 days of AP for HIM. She lived with him in Cairo for a couple months before interview

August 2011

Engo 2/03/11------------ 8/03/11--VISA----------2 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS

Monalisa 2/15/11-------- 8/10/11---------still waiting

Ramy_87 2/15/11--------- 8/07/11------------NEVER UPDATED TIMELINE

Liz&khaked 3/10/11-------8/18/11----------NEVER UPDATED TIMELINE

Sept 2011

Rami75 3/23/11---------- 9/12/11---------no timeline

Jenn&mohamed(patientlywaiting) 9/19/11---------STILL WAITING--I think DOS issued visa dec 5th

om & abo Malik 9/15----------------VISA 2 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS LATER

Oct 2011

Wendy&ahmed 10/03/11--------------------------STILL WAITING

Mary&besho 10/05/11 ----------------VISA IN 7 DAYS---SHE IS A GIRL

Lena samy 10/12/11-------------------VISA 8 DAYS LATER--SHE IS A GIRL!

CAMIANDAMIR-9/27 interview---------visa 10/23---------- VISA IN 1 MONTH

keki elsharif inteview Oct 30--------Visa Nov 22, 2011----He got it in 22 days

1. Cami & Eslam(luv4eslam)-------Nov 13, 2011-man

2. Nababdurrahman ---------Nov 20, 2011-man

3. Mero Rob --------------------Nov 22, 2011-female

4. Tp1986 -------------------------Nov 22, 2011-female

5. Rami & Yosra---------------Nov 29, 2011-woman

i just wonder if they say in the interview u r approved and they keep ur passport and tell u u will get ur visa in 1-2 weeks and then people do not get it in 1-2 weeks sometimes not even in 1 month why dont they say this in the interview like we will put u in AP do not have ur hopes up high ????????? is it all the sudden after the interview is over they decide the person need to be in AP ? didnt they review the whole file before the interview >? just never understood that but i guess its like a lot of twists in the whole processthat cant be explained

Edited December 10, 2011 by marymina119

[together4evr 360]

On Cairo website they actually state that the CO may say congrats but instead you get placed in AP. So I think this is their way of avoiding confronation. I think all eyptians need to specifically ask am i in AP or will I really get my visa within 2 weeks. Because the CO have the information in front of them. They are not require to tell you but they cannot tell you a full lie (half-lies or half-truths are ok to avoid any confrontations). That is my belief only-there are no facts except as written below off cairo website

Though Cairo may tell you Congratulations,The (AP) "Administrative Processing" could possibly take from 1-6 months in some cases.

Edited December 10, 2011 by togetherforever13

[bondokw5o5a4ever 0]

hi, it is the new account of bondokwkhokha cause there is aproblem with the previous account could u replace it with the last one?

[together4evr 360]

1. Aly174 June 5, 2011-------------------------Dec 1, 2011-APPROVED

2. pyramids June 21, 2011-------------------Dec 4, 2011-APPROVED

3. TamerA June 30, 2011----------------------Dec 6, 2011-APPROVED

4. Marymina119 July 13, 2011-------------------Dec. 8, 2011-APPROVED

5.Yesterdayrain23 July 20, 2011------------Dec 11, 2011

6.Zawgyosama July 28, 2011---------------------Dec 13, 2011

7.(Ruby56) Bev&Hadi July 28, 2011----------Dec 14, 2011

8.MagdaEssam(habibi83) August 5, 2011-----Dec 15, 2011

9.Lina Tarek(jralsibai) August 12, 2011---Dec 19, 2011

10 Sherif August 18,2011------------------------Dec 21, 2011

11.keko August 25, 2011

12 Mohamed1980 August 29, 2011---------------Jan 5, 2012

13.MahaAhmed Sept 1, 2011---------------------Jan 9, 2012

14.Bondokw5o5a4ever Sept 10, 2011-------------Jan 9, 2012

15.Soza Joe Unsure Sept----------------Jan 11, 2012

16.madanisgirl Sept 16, 2011--------------Jan 12, 2012

17.mero&rafo Sept 23, 2011--------------Jan 12, 2012

18.CarolBasha Sept 30, 2011-------------Jan 17, 2012

19.Togetherforever13 Oct 13, 2011---------Jan 19, 2012

20.Emad Desouky Oct 17, 2011-------------Jan 19, 2012

21.mer&damby308 Oct 19, 2011--------------Jan 22, 2012

22.mariekemo Oct 28, 2011-------------Jan 24, 2012

23.Ezra Hassan Nov 21, 2011--------Jan 30, 2012

[nababdurrahman 1]

Good luck to Yesterdayrain23...looking forward to hearing about your approval! He or she is probably standing in line there now..it's 7am there. Sending happy thoughts your way!!

[pyramids 0]

Anyone else whose visa has been approved and is waiting for it to arrive in the mail - do you keep getting regular notifications that the "delivery is scheduled as agreed." If the visa is ready to be mailed and it's just sitting there, does anyone know why it isn't sent right then. Why do they keep it for a week or however long? Are they finalizing it during that time, or trying to accumulate a larger batch of visas to send out all at once?

[tp1986 0]

I have one quick question. My husband just recently sent the documents to the embassy and it said it was signed by US. I thought usually it would be signed by a person's name and not just US. Does it mean that the documents was still received by the embassy? I just sent them an e-mail and haven't a gotten a response yet on whether or not they have received the documents.

[marymina119 3]

Anyone else whose visa has been approved and is waiting for it to arrive in the mail - do you keep getting regular notifications that the "delivery is scheduled as agreed." If the visa is ready to be mailed and it's just sitting there, does anyone know why it isn't sent right then. Why do they keep it for a week or however long? Are they finalizing it during that time, or trying to accumulate a larger batch of visas to send out all at once?

where do u get the notifications saying " delivery is scheduled as agreed " i never got that massege

[nababdurrahman 1]

Regarding the "Delivery is scheduled as agreed"....if you have the DHL tracking number you can enter it on DHL.com and a few times a week it updates saying "Delivery is scheduled as agreed". This doesn't mean that it is ready, it means that you have paid for the delivery and it will be mailed out when they have the passport. At this point the embassy still has the passports and it has not been given to DHL.

Once approved, the next big step for your visa is VISA ISSUED, which means that your visa has been printed. Once it is printed, they give it to DHL and then you can have it.

Regarding the paper that you sent it, my husband sent a paper in on the 22nd by DHL and I emailed the embassy a week later and they told me that they received the paper on the 28th. So, the embassy may have had it earlier, but it was filed in the correct place by the 28th. It takes about a week, email them to know if they have received it.

To get updates, email the embassy at consularcairoiv@state.gov . They usually reply a day later, sometimes their responses are helpful and other times they are generic. Make sure to email them with your case number so they can look it up.

After your visa approval, there are 2 routes...one is the dreaded Administrative Processing..once that is clear then your visa goes through consular review, which takes about 2 weeks (as they have told me). The other route is just going directly to consular review. Once consular review is over, they issue the visa (print it and put it on the passport!!), then they give it to DHL and then you get it.

I think it is BS the amount of steps it takes. I feel like after the interview it is approved so just give us the visa, but these are the mandatory steps and as everybody knows...there is no way around it. It is safe to say that once you are approved, you will travel to the US...the frustrating thing is waiting it out.

Hope this helps.

[together4evr 360]

I have one quick question. My husband just recently sent the documents to the embassy and it said it was signed by US. I thought usually it would be signed by a person's name and not just US. Does it mean that the documents was still received by the embassy? I just sent them an e-mail and haven't a gotten a response yet on whether or not they have received the documents.

The USA departments do not usually sign their names. When I sent a package to USCIS someone signed it

S. TATE---- like first name S and last name TATE so it spells STATE

(Department of state)

So, someone received it but they will not sign their name.

[together4evr 360]

How much was the DHL fee at the embassy at the interview? And were there any other fees?

Thank you

[nababdurrahman 1]

For the CR1/IR1 visa, the only fees you have to pay are at the DHL counter. The DHL fee is 85 pounds.

[pyramids 0]

Regarding the "Delivery is scheduled as agreed"....if you have the DHL tracking number you can enter it on DHL.com and a few times a week it updates saying "Delivery is scheduled as agreed". This doesn't mean that it is ready, it means that you have paid for the delivery and it will be mailed out when they have the passport. At this point the embassy still has the passports and it has not been given to DHL.

Once approved, the next big step for your visa is VISA ISSUED, which means that your visa has been printed. Once it is printed, they give it to DHL and then you can have it.

Regarding the paper that you sent it, my husband sent a paper in on the 22nd by DHL and I emailed the embassy a week later and they told me that they received the paper on the 28th. So, the embassy may have had it earlier, but it was filed in the correct place by the 28th. It takes about a week, email them to know if they have received it.

To get updates, email the embassy at consularcairoiv@state.gov . They usually reply a day later, sometimes their responses are helpful and other times they are generic. Make sure to email them with your case number so they can look it up.

After your visa approval, there are 2 routes...one is the dreaded Administrative Processing..once that is clear then your visa goes through consular review, which takes about 2 weeks (as they have told me). The other route is just going directly to consular review. Once consular review is over, they issue the visa (print it and put it on the passport!!), then they give it to DHL and then you get it.

I think it is BS the amount of steps it takes. I feel like after the interview it is approved so just give us the visa, but these are the mandatory steps and as everybody knows...there is no way around it. It is safe to say that once you are approved, you will travel to the US...the frustrating thing is waiting it out.

Hope this helps.

This definitely does help, thanks so much. So I guess you all are still waiting too? I just figured that when they said we should expect to get the visa in a week, that was a maximum projection? Or at the very least, that it would be no more than the 1-2 week window. I hope that it does in fact turn out not be much longer of a wait, but we'll see what happens.