NVC forwarded our case to Tunis...how long is the wait for the interview now?

[Dreamers 0]

I just don't understand. We are already married!
i thought we came before non-married people? <i mean no disrespect to those couples who are not married yet.

I have been to the American Embassy in Tunis before....there were like 3 people there, i know they are not busy.

So frustrating!

When i ask (NVC) for a statue update on our case OR for a time frame on WHEN an interview date
will be scheduled they keep sending me this, copied and pasted garbage. On the phone, they are so nonchalant
and even condescending about it...and they wonder why folks get so upset, its our lives your messing with people!


2/21/2014 From the NVC:

"We have finished reviewing your case. We will tell you when we set an interview date for your case.
Please do not contact the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in TUNIS, TUNISIA about your interview until we give you the date."

Can anyone help with a time frame, please?

[Hedi&Colleen 11]

If you already have your case number, you can check the status of your visa at the below address, just type in your TNS number. Once it says "ready" you can begin emailing the Embassy. We never got an email update from the NVC at all regarding the interview, just fyi.

https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=o/iS8zDpeAKjMWCuebHqOw==

[Dreamers 0]

Thankx for your response and yes i will keep checking the website.
Yes, we have had our TNS number for months

Do you know how long is the wait for an appointment from the time

they say they done and you qualified for an interview?

[daliroya 7]

I realize your frustration. The waiting is excruciating, but well worth it. The good news is when married couples get their approval, the spouse arrives with EVERYTHING! Permission to work, travel, etc. When my fiance arrived on K-1, we had to wait on all of that. I know other married couples from Brazil and Morocco have also been waiting much longer than those who applied for K-1, so it's not just the Tunisian embassy. I also noticed that sometimes workers on the phone were kind and helpful and others were brusque and rude. I definitely think our government can do a better job of training its workforce. However, we always dealt with very kind people at the embassy in Tunis, and had good experiences with them. Hang in there. Use this time to prepare for your lives together, learn more about each other and be productive. As happy as we are together, life here in the states is a big adjustment and will try the strongest relationship. I advise spending the time talking about how you will live here, lining up jobs, preparing resumes, working on English, studying the driving laws of your state so he can pass, budgeting for all the expenses when he arrives, plan what the first months will be like (expectations of behavior such as who will make breakfast, wash clothes, etc. while the other one is working). The energy spent on longing for each could be turned into building time that insures a positive and successful transition. Hoping the best for you. Believe me, I understand how hard this is and just want to be a voice of encouragement.

[Dreamers 0]

Thank you so so much for the encouragement. Truly it means a lot to me. Khaled and I are the most positive loving couple and we already know what
is expected in our relationship as we lived as a married couple in Sfax. Even tho some of the USCIS and or the State Department personnel can be rude
and blunt, we are still respectful and leave them with only good things to say about us. We have dealt with the embassy in Tunis when we got married and
found them to be nothing less then helpful and very nice to us. In a separate situation, they helped me return to the states to care for our home. We ran
into problems with the renters (not paying and trashing the place) They were so helpful and genuinely cared about our situation and helped me return
home in a flash. الحمد لله

I came back, removed the renters (sheesh---what a process that was!) and removed all their trash. I stopped the foreclosure on our home and got

our affairs back in order. We both are self employed and are very self sufficient people. We Skype on a daily and he is fluent, not only in English, but French

Italian and of course Arabic. Honestly, we would wait until the end of time for each other. He is much more patient then i am, for sure---Patience is certainly

not one of Aries better qualities. With God's teachings, I am much better than i used to be, darned Americana in me! hhhhhhh just jokin'.... I just see this as one of my
lessons in this life.....to be more patient. It just gets to me sometimes... as the days go by....i see its one less that i have spent by my husbands right hand.

Nchallh

[Hedi&Colleen 11]

Dreamers, the waiting is definitely terrible! Our story is that we were both living in France (where we met) when we decided to try our luck in the U.S. We filed in May, I moved back to the States in June, I started work in July. I thought it would go pretty smoothly, but my fiancé had to move back to Tunisia at the end of November, as his student visa for France was expiring - that was right during the period where our case was being sent from NVC to the embassy, and they sent it to the WRONG country (France), even though we requested Tunisia as the consulate to process it, but we weren't able to notify the right person in time about his change in address. The transfer took two and a half months - from November until the end of February, but it finally arrived in Tunisia. It's been almost a month in the country and we finally have our interview (al hamdoulelah!) for next week. Altogether it took a long time from the NVC to the consulate, but we had a few bumps in the road on the way there....

Good luck!

[daliroya 7]

What a journey you both have been on, Dreamers and Colleen. Only those who have been through the process can feel the stress of it. Keep us posted as you both move toward togetherness! Sending best wishes your way!

[Hedi&Colleen 11]

Thank you Daliroya!

[Dreamers 0]

Awwwww bless you both Hedi and Colleen, i know you will do great on your interview and it will even be more sweeter because of the trials it took to get it.
Best wishes to you ~ And Dailroya the waiting is got to be the most crucial part of the whole process by far! I got a bottle cap today and the little inscription

on the inside said, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Grannyism #13 !!! khaled was born on the 13th ~ And the answer to the bottle cap, YES it sure does
Peace be upon you all (((((((hugs)))))))