Our journey through AP

[RealAI 1]

Dear all, after spending 11 months in AR and AP my husband's IR1 visa was issued today. The time in AP was ultimate test of Patience. Please read below as it might be helpful.

After being on mandatory AP/security name check for 5 months (2 months in Administrastive review before that) I wrote a letter to the Assistant Secretary of consular services at State Department. I got a response from them in January, the response was a formatted letter that they send to all petitioners who inquire. Having no luck with my first letter in mid January I wrote a letter to the Ambassador of United States to Saudi Arabia (since our case was processing in the embassy in Riyadh Saudi Arabia). End of January the embassy contacted my husband and asked him to provide a signed statement saying that he has never been arrested anywhere in the world. My husband sent the letter through FedEx early February. Few days after that my husband was asked to submit new Police certificate and new medical report. At the same time the chief of consular section wrote me a letter regreting the delay in processing our case. He mentioned in the letter that he was writing to me according to the request of the Ambassador. He also said that the case will be completed as soon as the embassy received the new police report and new medical report. My husband submitted the documents on Saturday March 3rd and visa was issued on Sunday March 4th.

People who are going through long AP, don't sit around. I tried calling senator and congressman, but they only got regular formatted responses. So, I decided to try myself and with the mercy of Allah our AP came to an end finally.

[EAbbas 213]

Dear all, after spending 11 months in AR and AP my husband's IR1 visa was issued today. The time in AP was ultimate test of Patience. Please read below as it might be helpful.

After being on mandatory AP/security name check for 5 months (2 months in Administrastive review before that) I wrote a letter to the Assistant Secretary of consular services at State Department. I got a response from them in January, the response was a formatted letter that they send to all petitioners who inquire. Having no luck with my first letter in mid January I wrote a letter to the Ambassador of United States to Saudi Arabia (since our case was processing in the embassy in Riyadh Saudi Arabia). End of January the embassy contacted my husband and asked him to provide a signed statement saying that he has never been arrested anywhere in the world. My husband sent the letter through FedEx early February. Few days after that my husband was asked to submit new Police certificate and new medical report. At the same time the chief of consular section wrote me a letter regreting the delay in processing our case. He mentioned in the letter that he was writing to me according to the request of the Ambassador. He also said that the case will be completed as soon as the embassy received the new police report and new medical report. My husband submitted the documents on Saturday March 3rd and visa was issued on Sunday March 4th.

People who are going through long AP, don't sit around. I tried calling senator and congressman, but they only got regular formatted responses. So, I decided to try myself and with the mercy of Allah our AP came to an end finally.

I can't be happier for you ... im so thankful you are completed and finally finally going to be together!

Edited March 7, 2012 by EAbbas

[together4evr 360]

How did you write them?

Registered Mail?

How did you get their emails?

Congrats!! I hope your family is reunited soon

And was your letter emotional or just professional with facts?

Edited March 7, 2012 by togetherforever13

[rozi 0]

Dear all, after spending 11 months in AR and AP my husband's IR1 visa was issued today. The time in AP was ultimate test of Patience. Please read below as it might be helpful.

After being on mandatory AP/security name check for 5 months (2 months in Administrastive review before that) I wrote a letter to the Assistant Secretary of consular services at State Department. I got a response from them in January, the response was a formatted letter that they send to all petitioners who inquire. Having no luck with my first letter in mid January I wrote a letter to the Ambassador of United States to Saudi Arabia (since our case was processing in the embassy in Riyadh Saudi Arabia). End of January the embassy contacted my husband and asked him to provide a signed statement saying that he has never been arrested anywhere in the world. My husband sent the letter through FedEx early February. Few days after that my husband was asked to submit new Police certificate and new medical report. At the same time the chief of consular section wrote me a letter regreting the delay in processing our case. He mentioned in the letter that he was writing to me according to the request of the Ambassador. He also said that the case will be completed as soon as the embassy received the new police report and new medical report. My husband submitted the documents on Saturday March 3rd and visa was issued on Sunday March 4th.

People who are going through long AP, don't sit around. I tried calling senator and congressman, but they only got regular formatted responses. So, I decided to try myself and with the mercy of Allah our AP came to an end finally.

thats a long time u been wait.. im sure ur the happiest person in the world now.. be happy in ur rest of life just like that.. wish u all the best.. may allah keeeps ur smile just the way it is right nw

[RealAI 1]

How did you write them?

I found the Ambassador's name from the website and addressed him directly in the letter.

Registered Mail?

I sent it regular mail. found the address on their website. The address was bit different and looked like a local US address. The post office told me that it was a US army base [/b]address and could be sent with a regular stamp.

How did you get their emails?

Congrats!! I hope your family is reunited soon

And was your letter emotional or just professional with facts?

The tone was professional with facts.

[RealAI 1]

I can't be happier for you ... im so thankful you are completed and finally finally going to be together!

Emmy thanks for your support.

I hope your hubby gets visa veryyyy soon. You have been waiting for a long time. Did you find out from DOS if there was any recent updates or notes made on your case?

thats a long time u been wait.. im sure ur the happiest person in the world now.. be happy in ur rest of life just like that.. wish u all the best.. may allah keeeps ur smile just the way it is right nw

Thanks rozi.

[EAbbas 213]

Emmy thanks for your support.

I hope your hubby gets visa veryyyy soon. You have been waiting for a long time. Did you find out from DOS if there was any recent updates or notes made on your case?

The only updates we know of was last few days in december and then again on Feb 7th...... DOS told us monday still pending but she assured me that she sees they are working on it but can't say what it is of cos...

i try so hard to stay strong but it seems im breaking more easily now like a china doll

[rozi 0]

The only updates we know of was last few days in december and then again on Feb 7th...... DOS told us monday still pending but she assured me that she sees they are working on it but can't say what it is of cos...

i try so hard to stay strong but it seems im breaking more easily now like a china doll

im happy for u.. i hope ur hubby wil get his visa soon.. btw when u called DOS they said they are working on ur case.. i dont know if they said that to everyones or not.. they told me that last friday and when i called this monday they told me same thing.. actually i been hearing that last almost 1 months.. i dont know should i believe what they are saying or not.. but good luck

[jazz88 1]

im happy for u.. i hope ur hubby wil get his visa soon.. btw when u called DOS they said they are working on ur case.. i dont know if they said that to everyones or not.. they told me that last friday and when i called this monday they told me same thing.. actually i been hearing that last almost 1 months.. i dont know should i believe what they are saying or not.. but good luck

DOS same thing saying to me since last 3 weeks they are working on it. i don't know how long gone take?

[rozi 0]

DOS same thing saying to me since last 3 weeks they are working on it. i don't know how long gone take?

im not sure but i dont know why i have feeling that..they trying to play with out emotions.. i dont know why i felt like it..