Travel Ban Support Group

[Amal93 16]

13 hours ago, Sahal Muse said:

When was the interview date. 

10/3/19

[Bb2020 7]

Septembers stats.

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/MonthlyIVIssuances/SEPTEMBER 2019 - IV Issuances by Post and Visa Class.pdf

[JessM28 62]

Good Morning! 

 

So my husband got the following email from Madrid Embassy this morning: 

 

To continue with the process of your immigrant visa we need you to send an scanned copy of your passport to this email address, the pages with the biographic data (photo, passport number, issuance and expiration date, etc.).

 

The Consular officer will review your case once the scanned copy has been received.

 

Immigrant Visa Unit

Consular Section

U.S. Embassy Madrid

 

 

Also his status changed from the "/" to the "or". 

 

They already have his passport page- so I don't understand why they need it again. Has anyone else received a similar email? Do you think he will get his visa soon. Today is 1 year since we were approved at USCIS and it has been a little over 6 months (April 3rd) since his interview. 

 

Praying that maybe he will get his visa and be here in the US by Thanksgiving!! 

[Muhammad&Mansory 117]

Dear all, 

 

FINALLY; my wife got her visa today. 

 

Here is a summary of all the ####### we have gone through: 

 

Filed I-130 on05/13/2017

Interviewed in Amman on 06/24/18

 

We filed WOM on 07/26/19

 

We received a call from the embassy on 09/17/19 to re-do medical exam and submit DS-260 and police certificate. They also informed us that we are scheduled for a re-oath on 10/26/19

 

My wife went to Amman embassy and the re-oath was a group one. There were over 150 people scheduled for a re-oath and all of them were Syrians! 

After the re-oath, the embassy gave applicants a slip of paper and asked them to come back after two days to pick up their passports. After handing out the passports today, applicants went through a face to face survey asking questions about the situation in  syria such as safety, livelihood etc...

 

And now we come to closure! 

[Nag & Matt 82]

2 minutes ago, Muhammad&Mansory said:

Dear all, 

 

FINALLY; my wife got her visa today. 

 

Here is a summary of all the ####### we have gone through: 

 

Filed I-130 on05/13/2017

Interviewed in Amman on 06/24/18

 

We filed WOM on 07/26/19

 

We received a call from the embassy on 09/17/19 to re-do medical exam and submit DS-260 and police certificate. They also informed us that we are scheduled for a re-oath on 10/26/19

 

My wife went to Amman embassy and the re-oath was a group one. There were over 150 people scheduled for a re-oath and all of them were Syrians! 

After the re-oath, the embassy gave applicants a slip of paper and asked them to come back after two days to pick up their passports. After handing out the passports today, applicants went through a face to face survey asking questions about the situation in  syria such as safety, livelihood etc...

 

And now we come to closure! 

Congratulations.  I am very happy for you. 

 

This is so weird the questions about Syria after they recieved their Visas 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[fakeeh 14]

2 hours ago, Muhammad&Mansory said:

Dear all, 

 

FINALLY; my wife got her visa today. 

 

Here is a summary of all the ####### we have gone through: 

 

Filed I-130 on05/13/2017

Interviewed in Amman on 06/24/18

 

We filed WOM on 07/26/19

 

We received a call from the embassy on 09/17/19 to re-do medical exam and submit DS-260 and police certificate. They also informed us that we are scheduled for a re-oath on 10/26/19

 

My wife went to Amman embassy and the re-oath was a group one. There were over 150 people scheduled for a re-oath and all of them were Syrians! 

After the re-oath, the embassy gave applicants a slip of paper and asked them to come back after two days to pick up their passports. After handing out the passports today, applicants went through a face to face survey asking questions about the situation in  syria such as safety, livelihood etc...

 

And now we come to closure! 

How much it cist the wom and with who please

[Muhammad&Mansory 117]

18 minutes ago, fakeeh said:

How much it cist the wom and with who please

We filed with Nimer Law and cost us $8000  

[fakeeh 14]

16 hours ago, Muhammad&Mansory said:

We filed with Nimer Law and cost us $8000  

woow it is too much. 😞. congrats to you and your family.

 

 

 

[JessM28 62]

Help please: 

 

We got a second email yesterday (see below)- the question is how should we get the passport to the Embassy? Does my husband have to mail it or is it ok for him to go to the embassy and drop it off? He has his medical scheduled for this coming Thursday so we are hoping that maybe he can get his visa by the end of next week. 

 

We emailed the embassy to get clarification but they have not responded. So close to the end of the process but still so much to figure out  

 

Please, send your passport so we can complete the immigrant visa process, also we will need a new medical exam (see instructions attached), as the previous one you presented expired on September.

[Forever5432 7]

Anybody here that hasn’t gotten an update since August 15?

[Sahal Muse 13]

5 hours ago, Forever5432 said:

Anybody here that hasn’t gotten an update since August 15?

Nothing new from us embassy.  I don't really know what they are doing with our cases. In shaaAllah khair 

[Bb2020 7]

14 hours ago, Forever5432 said:

Anybody here that hasn’t gotten an update since August 15?

We had 2 updates this week but haven’t received any good news.

Interview was back in June, The last thing they requested from us was a resume, its the oddest thing since my wife has not worked and her educational bio is all mentioned in the ds-260 form.

[NJ515 73]

We arrived back to our home in Texas with no issues at the border. It was a fun 4 day road trip from Canada. The border patrol officer did question why we were crossing from Canada instead of Germany (where her visa was issued) and when I started to explain the issues due to the travel ban, he cut me off, apologized, and quickly processed our paperwork. It was a good feeling!

[always1234 1]

1 hour ago, NJ515 said:

We arrived back to our home in Texas with no issues at the border. It was a fun 4 day road trip from Canada. The border patrol officer did question why we were crossing from Canada instead of Germany (where her visa was issued) and when I started to explain the issues due to the travel ban, he cut me off, apologized, and quickly processed our paperwork. It was a good feeling!

Congratulations!! when did you receive the visa? did you have a lot of updates before frankfurt contacted you guys? we had an update almost every day until last week, but this week nothing. interview was end of june..frankfurt cr1

[NJ515 73]

12 hours ago, always1234 said:

Congratulations!! when did you receive the visa? did you have a lot of updates before frankfurt contacted you guys? we had an update almost every day until last week, but this week nothing. interview was end of june..frankfurt cr1

 

We received the visa on the 14th. We elected to pick it up at the Mailboxes Etc in Frankfurt and flew immediately from there. I heard that the Frankfurt consulate processes mostly on Fridays.  Hopefully you hear from them tomorrow. We also had a lot of updates, and then nothing, and the following Friday they reached out.