Travel Ban Support Group

[fakeeh 14]

6 hours ago, fakeeh said:

all of us stuck at AP.

May/2018

[Ali333 25]

2 hours ago, A&M24 said:

hey, i was talking with the lawyer today (curtis), he said there is still spaces in the 8th August lawsuit, My case is one of his cases, contact him soon, he is very decent lawyer. 

And good Luck guys  

Can you explain to me what what these lawsuits are !!! Is it something that guarantees getting waivers approved !! 

[A&M24 16]

1 minute ago, Ali333 said:

Can you explain to me what what these lawsuits are !!! Is it something that guarantees getting waivers approved !! 

It is called a writ of mandamus, so basically if you spent more that 6months in the administrative  processing and you tried to email the embassy during this time and tried to get a congress man to ask about your case and all of these options didnt work, you can file a lawsuit complaining about unreasonable delay in you case, the federal judge will force the department of state and the embassy to make a judgment in your case in 2 or 3 . So if the embassy sees that you deserve the visa you will get it, if not you will denied, not guaranteed to get the visa, but it guaranteed to get a decision either yes or no in 2 or 3 months.  

 

[salhasl 113]

1 hour ago, Muhammad&Mansory said:

I cannot agree more. I personally have spent so much because of this stupid ban. Instead of putting this money for a down payment for a house, I have to change all of my plans and life! 

 

 

a 100 cases? did he/she win most? what is the name of this lawyer? 

Google travel ban mandamus. Half a dozen lawyers show up. I don't want to recommend one, since this is a very straightforward case, and ideally should not take more than a bit of paperwork, unless you have other red flags in your case and would have gone into AP outside of travel ban. Its a travesty. Basically all the ban has become is an extra 4-5 K + 1 year apart.

 

The idiocy of this policy is that if i was an Iranian F1 student, I could get my spouse here in no time. But as a US citizen, I cannot. Its unbelievable. 

[Muhammad&Mansory 117]

5 minutes ago, salhasl said:

Google travel ban mandamus. Half a dozen lawyers show up. I don't want to recommend one, since this is a very straightforward case, and ideally should not take more than a bit of paperwork, unless you have other red flags in your case and would have gone into AP outside of travel ban. Its a travesty. Basically all the ban has become is an extra 4-5 K + 1 year apart.

 

The idiocy of this policy is that if i was an Iranian F1 student, I could get my spouse here in no time. But as a US citizen, I cannot. Its unbelievable. 

We shall see! I already started the Mandamus last week. Let's see what happens! 

[salhasl 113]

Just now, Muhammad&Mansory said:

We shall see! I already started the Mandamus last week. Let's see what happens! 

Keep us posted. The sad thing is most of the money is being spent on hotels, airlines, landlords in foreign countries, and its tens of thousands of dollars per affected case. IF you multiply this by atleast 10 thousand affected cases at 10K each (at least - i know i have spent more than that in travel and accommodation costs to visit my spouse) - thats a hundred million dollars. And 10K is on the lower side of the scale. I know people who have spent close to 100K (especially yemenis) So its atleast a 100 million dollars per year probably a LOT more that could have been spent in the US economy thats now gone forever. 

[Muhammad&Mansory 117]

1 minute ago, salhasl said:

Keep us posted. The sad thing is most of the money is being spent on hotels, airlines, landlords in foreign countries, and its tens of thousands of dollars per affected case. IF you multiply this by atleast 10 thousand affected cases at 10K each (at least - i know i have spent more than that in travel and accommodation costs to visit my spouse) - thats a hundred million dollars. And 10K is on the lower side of the scale. I know people who have spent close to 100K (especially yemenis) So its atleast a 100 million dollars per year probably a LOT more that could have been spent in the US economy thats now gone forever. 

I will keep you posted for sure. 

Regarding the expenses, I definitely agree with you. I myself have spent close to 20k because of this delay, most of which are due to traveling cost etc..

 

Hopefully this stupid AP ends soooooon. 

 

[salhasl 113]

31 minutes ago, Muhammad&Mansory said:

 I will keep you posted for sure. 

Regarding the expenses, I definitely agree with you. I myself have spent close to 20k because of this delay, most of which are due to traveling cost etc..

 

 Hopefully this stupid AP ends soooooon. 

 

As much as I scream and yell about the stupidity of this policy and this administration, I am eternally grateful that I live in a country that empowers me as a citizen to drag these enormously powerful entities (Department of State, USCIS, embassies) to court and demand justice. There are probably very few countries in the world where ordinary citizens are this empowered. God bless this country and the principles it was founded on. May it stay this way forever. 

 

 

[bosman 7]

Hey guys! 

It brings me great pleasure to inform you of my wife's visa issuance after a dreadful 1 year and 15 days from her interview (total 2 years and 2 months), the wait is finally over! I never thought this day would come. To enlighten you on the most recent process and bring you hope, as mentioned by other users there seems to be an automated process the DOS have implemented in an effort to address all the backlogged cases. The riyadh embassy made mention to us that hopefully this means a more streamline and shorter processing time for cases. Being that we passed the 1 year mark from the interview, we were asked to redo and obtain the medical report (good for 6 months) and police report (good for 1 year). We also had to update the DS-260 form. The moment we did all that and mailed my wife's passport, the embassy took only 3 business days to issue/print the visa. It was all a quick process once we emerged from AP thank God.

Also as mentioned by other users, it is insane the amount of money we've had to spend being torn apart this long and agree with others how counter-intuitive this waiver process was all in all. It's funny too because I was SO CLOSE to pulling the trigger on a WOM with Curtis and paying the 5k. I was actually on the phone with him a second time when suddenly I received an unprovoked update on CEAC and reply from a previous inquiry email (sent a week before considering WOM) i sent to the embassy stating that they anticipated our case to complete processing soon and to expect an email asking for updated documents. Curtis told me it looks like they want to give you a visa and recommended I hold on the WOM and to contact him if anything changes. He was right and definitely meant well for us. 

It was a long ride guys and we want to thank you all for the support and warm wishes. I pray that you all get reunited with your spouses very soon and live a long, healthy and happy life with each other. You all deserve this basic right. Wishing you all the best! 

[umshams 1]

, hopefully you get an update soon.

[umshams 1]

1 minute ago, umshams said:

, hopefully you get an update soon.

@MO&RA

[umshams 1]

4 hours ago, A&M24 said:

hey, i was talking with the lawyer today (curtis), he said there is still spaces in the 8th August lawsuit, My case is one of his cases, contact him soon, he is very decent lawyer. 

And good Luck guys  

Ive never heard of Curtis or even have his contact information. Can you provide those please. Where is he based?

8 minutes ago, bosman said:

Hey guys! 

It brings me great pleasure to inform you of my wife's visa issuance after a dreadful 1 year and 15 days from her interview (total 2 years and 2 months), the wait is finally over! I never thought this day would come. To enlighten you on the most recent process and bring you hope, as mentioned by other users there seems to be an automated process the DOS have implemented in an effort to address all the backlogged cases. The riyadh embassy made mention to us that hopefully this means a more streamline and shorter processing time for cases. Being that we passed the 1 year mark from the interview, we were asked to redo and obtain the medical report (good for 6 months) and police report (good for 1 year). We also had to update the DS-260 form. The moment we did all that and mailed my wife's passport, the embassy took only 3 business days to issue/print the visa. It was all a quick process once we emerged from AP thank God.

Also as mentioned by other users, it is insane the amount of money we've had to spend being torn apart this long and agree with others how counter-intuitive this waiver process was all in all. It's funny too because I was SO CLOSE to pulling the trigger on a WOM with Curtis and paying the 5k. I was actually on the phone with him a second time when suddenly I received an unprovoked update on CEAC and reply from a previous inquiry email (sent a week before considering WOM) i sent to the embassy stating that they anticipated our case to complete processing soon and to expect an email asking for updated documents. Curtis told me it looks like they want to give you a visa and recommended I hold on the WOM and to contact him if anything changes. He was right and definitely meant well for us. 

It was a long ride guys and we want to thank you all for the support and warm wishes. I pray that you all get reunited with your spouses very soon and live a long, healthy and happy life with each other. You all deserve this basic right. Wishing you all the best! 

Congratulations!

[Nag & Matt 82]

11 minutes ago, bosman said:

Hey guys! 

It brings me great pleasure to inform you of my wife's visa issuance after a dreadful 1 year and 15 days from her interview (total 2 years and 2 months), the wait is finally over! I never thought this day would come. To enlighten you on the most recent process and bring you hope, as mentioned by other users there seems to be an automated process the DOS have implemented in an effort to address all the backlogged cases. The riyadh embassy made mention to us that hopefully this means a more streamline and shorter processing time for cases. Being that we passed the 1 year mark from the interview, we were asked to redo and obtain the medical report (good for 6 months) and police report (good for 1 year). We also had to update the DS-260 form. The moment we did all that and mailed my wife's passport, the embassy took only 3 business days to issue/print the visa. It was all a quick process once we emerged from AP thank God.

Also as mentioned by other users, it is insane the amount of money we've had to spend being torn apart this long and agree with others how counter-intuitive this waiver process was all in all. It's funny too because I was SO CLOSE to pulling the trigger on a WOM with Curtis and paying the 5k. I was actually on the phone with him a second time when suddenly I received an unprovoked update on CEAC and reply from a previous inquiry email (sent a week before considering WOM) i sent to the embassy stating that they anticipated our case to complete processing soon and to expect an email asking for updated documents. Curtis told me it looks like they want to give you a visa and recommended I hold on the WOM and to contact him if anything changes. He was right and definitely meant well for us. 

It was a long ride guys and we want to thank you all for the support and warm wishes. I pray that you all get reunited with your spouses very soon and live a long, healthy and happy life with each other. You all deserve this basic right. Wishing you all the best! 

This is amazing.  Congratulations and thank you for updating us. 

Best wishes to you and your spouse. 

[Ali333 25]

47 minutes ago, bosman said:

Hey guys! 

It brings me great pleasure to inform you of my wife's visa issuance after a dreadful 1 year and 15 days from her interview (total 2 years and 2 months), the wait is finally over! I never thought this day would come. To enlighten you on the most recent process and bring you hope, as mentioned by other users there seems to be an automated process the DOS have implemented in an effort to address all the backlogged cases. The riyadh embassy made mention to us that hopefully this means a more streamline and shorter processing time for cases. Being that we passed the 1 year mark from the interview, we were asked to redo and obtain the medical report (good for 6 months) and police report (good for 1 year). We also had to update the DS-260 form. The moment we did all that and mailed my wife's passport, the embassy took only 3 business days to issue/print the visa. It was all a quick process once we emerged from AP thank God.

Also as mentioned by other users, it is insane the amount of money we've had to spend being torn apart this long and agree with others how counter-intuitive this waiver process was all in all. It's funny too because I was SO CLOSE to pulling the trigger on a WOM with Curtis and paying the 5k. I was actually on the phone with him a second time when suddenly I received an unprovoked update on CEAC and reply from a previous inquiry email (sent a week before considering WOM) i sent to the embassy stating that they anticipated our case to complete processing soon and to expect an email asking for updated documents. Curtis told me it looks like they want to give you a visa and recommended I hold on the WOM and to contact him if anything changes. He was right and definitely meant well for us. 

It was a long ride guys and we want to thank you all for the support and warm wishes. I pray that you all get reunited with your spouses very soon and live a long, healthy and happy life with each other. You all deserve this basic right. Wishing you all the best! 

Congrats 🎉 for both of you .. I’m so happy for it wishing you and your spouse all the best in your new life .. may I ask you a question pls !!

I am a syrian citizen who lives in Syria and my wife is American living in USA ,, i had my interview a about 2 months  ago and a few days ago the embassy in Amman “ where I had my interview “ called me on a phone call and asked me to send my passport to the embassy and I did . 

The day they got my passport the changed our CEAC status from “ Refused “ to “ Administrative Processing “ . 

I had another call from the embassy just yesterday too asking for some details about me. 

Do you think asking for my passport means our visa was approved!! And how long do you think it’d take to finish all Processing and return my passport !! Thanks for any reply and congrats again for your success . 

[fakeeh 14]

47 minutes ago, Ali333 said:

Congrats 🎉 for both of you .. I’m so happy for it wishing you and your spouse all the best in your new life .. may I ask you a question pls !!

I am a syrian citizen who lives in Syria and my wife is American living in USA ,, i had my interview a about 2 months  ago and a few days ago the embassy in Amman “ where I had my interview “ called me on a phone call and asked me to send my passport to the embassy and I did . 

The day they got my passport the changed our CEAC status from “ Refused “ to “ Administrative Processing “ . 

I had another call from the embassy just yesterday too asking for some details about me. 

Do you think asking for my passport means our visa was approved!! And how long do you think it’d take to finish all Processing and return my passport !! Thanks for any reply and congrats again for your success . 

did u submit the ds-5535 before. if not maybe they will ask you to submit it and then AP