New Islamabad AP-Tracker, Part III (merged thread)

[HafsaJawwad 39]

Oh you guys were so right! I checked the status just now and it is saying issued! Alhamdulilah very best of luck to everyone else. You're in my prayers ❤️

[salsan77 1]

@zeegee yes I know that whenever she visits Pakistan she will have to take visa .. The thing I want to confirm is that exit permit from here Pakistan for the first time ? R u sure she doesn't need anything .. ?? Will the immigration officer will need anything or fine something ??

Hi

She needs Overseas id card

Nicop card

[Jialuqman 0]

Oh you guys were so right! I checked the status just now and it is saying issued! Alhamdulilah very best of luck to everyone else. You're in my prayers ❤️

Congratulations Hafsa

[carolynhotstuff 252]

Oh you guys were so right! I checked the status just now and it is saying issued! Alhamdulilah very best of luck to everyone else. You're in my prayers ❤️

Congratulations on getting your visa issued.

[mrs.sarfaraz 14]

@hafsajawwad congratulations to u .. I wish I could have applied non immigrant category they are so quick in getting visa .. No peace in applying immigrant visa they torture us more even we r married but idk I don't understand what they people do ..

@salsan77 I called consulate today they told me to go to passport office in Karachi with the passport and take exit stamp from them .. Btw if we go for Nicop how much time will it take to come ??

[mrs.sarfaraz 14]

hafsajawwad's visa is issued so this means that Islamabad has start working now

[sarahch 68]

Oh you guys were so right! I checked the status just now and it is saying issued! Alhamdulilah very best of luck to everyone else. You're in my prayers ❤️

Comgratulations!

[HafsaJawwad 39]

Thanks so much guys. I'm feeling excited but still holding my breath until he has the visa in hand.

I didn't know about the big difference in AP for immigrants v non immigrant visa :/ I just applied this way because I met his family and got engaged in Pakistan. But my family hasn't met him and I really want my family to be there when we get married so that's what I'm looking forward to now. I can't imagine how tough it must be to be separated after getting married I really do hope and pray that the AP gets cleared up and you both can be together soon Insha Allah.

Also I don't know how much this helped but I had a senator working with my case and contacting the embassy plus I may have written a few terse emails to the president explaining my frustration with the whole process and discrimination that they claim to not have. Nooooot sure how much of a difference that made lol but I got a reply so my voice was heard

[sarahch 68]

The president? As in the president of usa?

Thanks so much guys. I'm feeling excited but still holding my breath until he has the visa in hand.

I didn't know about the big difference in AP for immigrants v non immigrant visa :/ I just applied this way because I met his family and got engaged in Pakistan. But my family hasn't met him and I really want my family to be there when we get married so that's what I'm looking forward to now. I can't imagine how tough it must be to be separated after getting married I really do hope and pray that the AP gets cleared up and you both can be together soon Insha Allah.

Also I don't know how much this helped but I had a senator working with my case and contacting the embassy plus I may have written a few terse emails to the president explaining my frustration with the whole process and discrimination that they claim to not have. Nooooot sure how much of a difference that made lol but I got a reply so my voice was heard

[HafsaJawwad 39]

The president? As in the president of usa?

The one and only lol. It goes to an office staff of course but I emailed them before I got my noa2 and it was a couple of weeks or so before I got approved. So I was just like okay I'm just going to email them again. And that was maybe 3 weeks ago.

[sarahch 68]

The one and only lol. It goes to an office staff of course but I emailed them before I got my noa2 and it was a couple of weeks or so before I got approved. So I was just like okay I'm just going to email them again. And that was maybe 3 weeks ago.

lol,

i sent u a pm

[kaleem999 11]

Oh you guys were so right! I checked the status just now and it is saying issued! Alhamdulilah very best of luck to everyone else. You're in my prayers ❤️

Congratulations

[mrs.sarfaraz 14]

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Technological Systems Issue

JUNE 26, 2015

Visa Systems Issues

All visa-issuing embassies and consulates are now back online. We are scheduling visa interviews and issuing nonimmigrant and immigrant visas.

We issued more than 300,000 nonimmigrant visas this week. Consular staff will work this weekend, to clear our backlog, which we anticipate will be gone by early next week.

We are still experiencing problems with some online immigrant visa application forms. We are working around the clock to correct the issue.

We deeply regret the inconvenience to travelers who are waiting for visas, as well as their families and U.S. businesses that have been affected.

We continue to post updates to our website, travel.state.gov.

Q: How can you clear your backlog so quickly?

As posts have been brought back online, we have been processing pending biometric checks. As those results are obtained and automatically transferred back to posts, our overseas staff has been completing the final adjudication steps to issue the visas.

Between June 9 and June 19, 335,000 visas that ordinarily would have been printed were stuck in clearance. Of that number, nearly 300,000 have now been printed. We expect to eliminate the remaining backlog by early next week.

Between June 9 and June 19, we advised affected applicants that they could cancel and reschedule their appointments for a later time. Most applicants scheduled for interview between June 9 and 19 had submitted their applications before June 9. Their interviews went ahead as scheduled. All posts have now reopened appointments, and many have added capacity to accommodate for rescheduled applicants.

New appointments continue to be scheduled every day. Please see travel.state.gov for information on appointment wait times at specific posts.

Q: How are cases being prioritized?

We continue to facilitate urgent cases for those individuals who need to travel imminently, and will continue to do so until the systems return to full capacity.

We apologize to travelers and recognize that this has caused hardship to some individuals waiting for visas as well as families and employers.

Q: What about the foreign agricultural workers (H2A visa holders?)

More than 3,750 temporary or seasonal workers have been issued new visas in Mexico since last week.

We will continue to prioritize H-2 applicants as our systems return to normal, and will issue as many approved cases as possible. We believe that we will have issued all current pending H-2 visas by the middle of next week, and we will have additional appointments open for new H-2 visa applications.

Q: What about domestic passports?

Domestic passport operations are functioning, with some processing delays.

Q: What about overseas passports?

Overseas passport applications are being processed. There have been delays in some cases, but posts overseas are able to issue emergency passports in urgent cases.

Thanks to ALLAH atleast they have start working now

Edited June 27, 2015 by mrs.sarfaraz

[Nexapro 21]

Congratulations whoever have gotten their visa,s i keep praying for all of us Insha allha our turn will come anytime soon!

Any update guys ?

[sarahch 68]

Congratulations whoever have gotten their visa,s i keep praying for all of us Insha allha our turn will come anytime soon!

Any update guys ?

Insha Allah

mines was june 26

the embassy called my husband for second interview this week

keeping fingers crossed.