When will I get my Visa??!!

[deemabrouk 0]

Well according to Cairo Embassy...

“You cannot be sure of when you will get your immigrant visa until it is in your hands.”

well geeze.. Thank you Cairo embassy!!!!

SO the 2/3 week you told my husband was a bunch of Bull Poopy huh??

"We are also committed to giving applicants who contact us as precise an explanation as possible as to the status of their cases. "

Precise huh?? So your typical generic response - You case is still in AP... This is precise?? Hmm....

"We are committed to processing all immigrant visa applications as expeditiously as possible, given our resources and all relevant laws and regulations."

Ahh.. OKay ?! well all the paper work was APPROVED... My husband Passed the Interview.. AND his security check are done and cleared.. SOOO where is the expeditiously??

I Cairo Embassy...

http://egypt.usembassy.gov/consular/when.htm

[deemabrouk 0]

and just like i thought... this was my response to my email to the Embassy

"Dear Madam,

Thank you for your email message.

The case is currently pending the necessary administrative processing. The time frame required to process and review individual cases is difficult to predict. Once the process is completed, we will process the case to conclusion.

Regards,

Consular Staff

NM

"

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Grrrrrr. Insha'allah it will be done soon....

-MK

Edited June 11, 2007 by wife_of_mahmoud

[deemabrouk 0]

Grrrrrr. Insha'allah it will be done soon....

-MK

everyone was right.. AP is the hardest !

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

everyone was right.. AP is the hardest !

Well it's not even been 3 weeks yet.... and you know Cairo could take a longgggggg time judging from some of the other timelines. (Sorry if I'm being a downer, but it's the truth.)

I guess just try keep your mind busy with other things. Stressing over this won't help make the time go any faster; in fact it will probably make it seem even longer. Do you have everything ready ? I made a list of stuff I wanted to accomplish before Mahmoud got here -- like cleaning out the closet, or painting the bathroom, or getting new linens and towels, etc. Each day or week I finished a task and crossed it off the list -- it really helped keep me busy and at the same time, it helped make me feel I was making progress toward the goal.

Just like waiting for summer vacation when you're a kid -- it seems like forever. But put this in your head and keep it there: the day *WILL* eventually come, and he'll be heading home to you, most probably later this summer. And then all this #$&*@ will fade away. Cause you'll have a whole new plateful of @%$#! to deal with as you go through AOS

Hang in there.

-MK

[doodlebug 3]

Once the process is completed, we will process the case to conclusion.

duh

[deemabrouk 0]

everyone was right.. AP is the hardest !

Well it's not even been 3 weeks yet.... and you know Cairo could take a longgggggg time judging from some of the other timelines. (Sorry if I'm being a downer, but it's the truth.)

I guess just try keep your mind busy with other things. Stressing over this won't help make the time go any faster; in fact it will probably make it seem even longer. Do you have everything ready ? I made a list of stuff I wanted to accomplish before Mahmoud got here -- like cleaning out the closet, or painting the bathroom, or getting new linens and towels, etc. Each day or week I finished a task and crossed it off the list -- it really helped keep me busy and at the same time, it helped make me feel I was making progress toward the goal.

Just like waiting for summer vacation when you're a kid -- it seems like forever. But put this in your head and keep it there: the day *WILL* eventually come, and he'll be heading home to you, most probably later this summer. And then all this #$&*@ will fade away. Cause you'll have a whole new plateful of @%$#! to deal with as you go through AOS

Hang in there.

-MK

I am trying hard to deal.. but my husband and me have been on stress overload..

and almost everyday.. he gets upset that He wants to be together for our Anniversary.. And he doesnt understand if EVERYTHING is done.. WHY cairo just cant give us the visa.. the golden QUESTION!!!

and the good things about my apartment.. is that I JUST moved.. and the apartment is fairly NEW.. SO besides unpacking.. I dont have much to do.. alhamdulillah

[LaL 418]

Cause you'll have a whole new plateful of @%$#! to deal with as you go through AOS

Not that this will help at this time, but honestly - AP was horrific, but at LEAST you can live relatively normal lives while the processing goes on. We were on AR for just shy of 8 months and while it was difficult and maddening at least he could go about his business as normal - work, etc. The adjustment phase offers little such option save being together. Coming on a K visa really is difficult for so many people due to nothing being available upon landing. Waiting for an EAD, adjustment into married/living together life, more paperwork, etc etc.

the not knowing is quite difficult, but you can look at it as another part of the process which does afford you some different kinds of options.

[deemabrouk 0]

you see... even now I am on line with him... When ... When WehnENirnbirnlaerr !!!!!!!!

I swear to God if Mohamed asks me when ONE MORE TIME!!!!!!!!!

"but the embassy told me 2/3 weeks! "

I curse the Embassy for ever telling my husband 2/3 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!

Edited June 11, 2007 by deemabrouk

[doodlebug 3]

I just love that lil devil dude!!!! rofl!!!

[deemabrouk 0]

I just love that lil devil dude!!!! rofl!!!

me too

[aj1 1]

I just love that lil devil dude!!!! rofl!!!

me too

Believe me i feel your pain. We are 1 year and 1 month into this process. I have not seen my fiance in 17 months, and he has been on A/P for 3 months. He asked me the same question everday too. This is definetely the hardest part of the process. But i know we will get through it. Hang in there the day will come sooner hopefully rather than later when he will get his visa.

AJ1

[deemabrouk 0]

I just love that lil devil dude!!!! rofl!!!

me too

Believe me i feel your pain. We are 1 year and 1 month into this process. I have not seen my fiance in 17 months, and he has been on A/P for 3 months. He asked me the same question everday too. This is definetely the hardest part of the process. But i know we will get through it. Hang in there the day will come sooner hopefully rather than later when he will get his visa.

AJ1

you cant go visit ?? 17 months... thats a LONG time!

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

its been 5 weeks for us since the approved interview.... and we keep getting the same thing.... still pending security checks... and adam keeps asking me WHEN WHEN ... hahah i was laughing when i read what u wrote ... all i keep saying to him is SOON SOON... he says he wishes that was a month !!!

[doodlebug 3]

I think the most frustrating aspect is when security checks are done and they STILL don't give you a freakin' answer!!!