3 months of ap.. is this the beginning of the end or just hopeful wishing?

[EAbbas 213]

Ok... so we called DOS again yesterday ... two weeks ago Addy got someone who told him that its in review at embassy (STILL??????) we were told he was going to name checks on july 25.. and the guy told him that when its completed they will contact us via email or phone call to pick up visa. Then yesterday the lady told me there have been no updates and its still pending...i asked if anything has been updated and she said no but the next update you should get will be Congrats your visa has been issued....I know that they do a review at the end of name checks as well to go over the case to issue the visa...could that be where we are? When we ask specific questions they always tell us they can't discuss that.

Now i dont want to get my hopes up for this to be over in another month or two so idk if I should consider what they are saying as its beginning to come to an end or not

[carolynhotstuff 252]

Try not to get your hopes up. After 3 months of AR they put our case into AP. You are doing a great job of getting a little information out of DOS. All you can do is keep calling DOS every week and wait.

[ap sucks 0]

Hope your suffering ends soon EAbbas. you truly suffered enough.

Don't worry. just take your mind out of it and get busy with another stuff and time will pass without noticing it.

Just like I did until US embassy suddenly called me. I know my case isn't big as yours but you have to be patient.

[EAbbas 213]

Hope your suffering ends soon EAbbas. you truly suffered enough.

Don't worry. just take your mind out of it and get busy with another stuff and time will pass without noticing it.

Just like I did until US embassy suddenly called me. I know my case isn't big as yours but you have to be patient.

LOOOOL LOVE THE NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for your wishes....Yeah its hard when everything I do I think of doing it with my husband... we have so many plans but everything is on hold until he comes... even the children cry for him... It's so heartbreaking... I try to focus on other things but in the end my mind always goes back to him and starting a family with him... and picnics, and shopping, and movies, and coffee and and and... see it happened again

Edited September 8, 2011 by EAbbas

[RealAI 1]

LOOOOL LOVE THE NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks for your wishes....Yeah its hard when everything I do I think of doing it with my husband... we have so many plans but everything is on hold until he comes... even the children cry for him... It's so heartbreaking... I try to focus on other things but in the end my mind always goes back to him and starting a family with him... and picnics, and shopping, and movies, and coffee and and and... see it happened again

Eabbas I know exactly how you feel. I am in the same boat as you. We are in AP 32 days today. DOS is not much help as they don't give out any details. I dont really understand what is the big secret that they cant disclose to us.

[EAbbas 213]

Eabbas I know exactly how you feel. I am in the same boat as you. We are in AP 32 days today. DOS is not much help as they don't give out any details. I dont really understand what is the big secret that they cant disclose to us.

Yeah I know.. they can't disclose the case details.. you know i dont think we are even asking for details just give us something... like ok name checks initiated... 3 checks requested 2 completed waiting for last one.. dont have to tell us exactly what checks or even if anything happened on them... just give us a little bit so we stop calling so darn much...

[carolynhotstuff 252]

I guess AP is supposed to be this big secret process. It's so unfair to go month after month just hearing "your case is still pending". Can you believe we have already paid for the visa and we get treated like this?

[lokidew 0]

I guess AP is supposed to be this big secret process. It's so unfair to go month after month just hearing "your case is still pending". Can you believe we have already paid for the visa and we get treated like this?

I know what you mean, I might go live with my spouse overseas in pakistan untill our CR1 visa is approved. It sux bcuz Ill have to request discharge from my service.

[salraf86 0]

i have been in AP for 2months now. God knows when I'm gonna get my visa. Hope for the best!

Edited September 12, 2011 by salraf86

[aishanabeel 0]

Hey guys,

I haven't been here for a while, mostly because I get depressed the more I think about this Visa stuff. My husband has been in AP for nearly 3 months now,

we plan to call the embassy to see what's going on since you can call every 3 months or so... lets hope this is the last time we have to call them.

I wish they would just tell us whether he's going to get it or not, at this point I don't care I just want to be with him-

I have a 9 month old and its sad she doesn't even recognize her own father...

I hate this *#######* ... By the way guys, DOS isn't hiding anything. I asked them if they know more and its confidential,

they said that a couple of months ago they were given info as to where the application is and were allowed to share the information.

Right now, even they don't know ! All they see on their system is whether its been issued or not. So it's not really their fault either.

What I don't get is, they waste so much time before the interview doing a background check, why can't they just do the name check beforehand,

and why is it so necessary. I HATE the US Visa process it makes NO SENSE! people who aren't married can get here in 5-6 months but people

who are married have to wait long?

*cursing in my mind right now*

Edited September 21, 2011 by aishanabeel

[Nattychic 1]

Cursin in my mind aswell it's been one month already and nothing.

[EAbbas 213]

All we know is that before sept they didnt see any updates... then at the beginning of sept when we called one lady said the she didnt see any but the next one should be congrats...then the last two times i called ....the only person who ever ever respondes to us pending only and wont discuss anything futher has said twice ina row now she sees updates and they are working on it... i just dont know anymore... its been 3 months in ap... almost a year since we were married and all we want to do is be together... just wondering if these are clues we are getting close to the finish line but who really knows..

Edited September 21, 2011 by EAbbas

[lokidew 0]

Hey guys,

I haven't been here for a while, mostly because I get depressed the more I think about this Visa stuff. My husband has been in AP for nearly 3 months now,

we plan to call the embassy to see what's going on since you can call every 3 months or so... lets hope this is the last time we have to call them.

I wish they would just tell us whether he's going to get it or not, at this point I don't care I just want to be with him-

I have a 9 month old and its sad she doesn't even recognize her own father...

I hate this *#######* ... By the way guys, DOS isn't hiding anything. I asked them if they know more and its confidential,

they said that a couple of months ago they were given info as to where the application is and were allowed to share the information.

Right now, even they don't know ! All they see on their system is whether its been issued or not. So it's not really their fault either.

What I don't get is, they waste so much time before the interview doing a background check, why can't they just do the name check beforehand,

and why is it so necessary. I HATE the US Visa process it makes NO SENSE! people who aren't married can get here in 5-6 months but people

who are married have to wait long?

*cursing in my mind right now*

I totally agree with you, they should do all the checks before the interview. I just found out from DOS that people get put on AP after the interview not before. More I learn about how this system works the more, I hate it how immigration system works in ISLAMABAD. My wifes been on AP since 14 July 11, she's lived at same address her entire life, never had a passport or travelled outside the country, never a criminal record.

Edited September 22, 2011 by gtvapsamtik

[EAbbas 213]

I totally agree with you, they should do all the checks before the interview. I just found out from DOS that people get put on AP after the interview not before. More I learn about how this system works the more, I hate it how immigration system works in ISLAMABAD. My wifes been on AP since 14 July 11, she's lived at same address her entire life, never had a passport or travelled outside the country, never a criminal record.

Same with my husband... idk what makes them do that.. why they do it to certain ppl and not others... they say for ISL its always mandatory AP and yet there are men that never go thru it... i just dont understand

[Tyeger87 10]

IDK what is going on, we hit the 4 month mark next week and when we call DOS it ranges from "Pending" to "They are working on it now" to "We are just waiting on the Embassy." I dont know whats going on BUT if it doesnt look like an end is near, I will be looking for jobs in Comoros or Tanzania.