Egypt AP list....

[~~~water~~~ 0]

thanks for the words of encouragement. somtimes I feel it seems so hard these days cause the time is about to be here.... any day your right we made it this far

[aj1 1]

Your welcome hun! NOW LETS ROLL EM OUT CAIRO FOR AUGUST!!!!! I wanna see lots of visa's in hand from Cairo this month. June, July had lots now lets make it happen for August and September!!! And its cloee to being Ramadan so i know we will see some visa's YIPPY!!!! Keep the faith guys there coming!!

AJ1

[Cheryl & Medo 3]

Iam not gona hold my breath. Not the way Cairo slow drags there A$$

[Cheryl & Medo 3]

WOW not one freeking visa from Egypt this month

[Ahmed & Sue 0]

WOW not one freeking visa from Egypt this month

Cheryl,

We still have time the month is not over yet.....lol. Don't give up yet.

Sue

[~~~water~~~ 0]

I know !!!

[doodlebug 3]

micky_sabry (Egypt, K-1 but should have been CR-1) Interviewed 7/26/06 Awaiting AR

AshkiA (Egypt, CR-1) Interviewed 8/17/06 Awaiting AR

gotmeahunk (Egypt, K-3/CR-1/IR-1) Interviewed 11/19/06 Awaiting AR

CairoBound (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 11/21/06 Awaiting AR

angeljan (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 1/25/07 Awaiting AR

nouna (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 2/1/07 Awaiting AR - (VISA! 07/17/07)

Becky&Sam (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 2/5/07 Awaiting AR

Cheryl & Medo (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 2/7/07 Awaiting AR

Picatue (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 2/12/07 Awaiting AR - (VISA! 06/18/07)

aj1 (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 3/12/07 Awaiting AR

just waiting for my habebe (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 4/2/07 Awaiting AR

Ahmed & Sue (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 4/18/07 Awaiting AR

Fouad (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 4/29/07 Awaiting AR - (VISA! 07/12/07)

JODO (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 5/01/07 Awaiting AR - (VISA! 06/13/07)

water is wide (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 05/03/07 Awaiting AR

m&n (Egypt, CR-1/IR-1) Interviewed 5/6/07 Awaiting AR

TamaraLovesAdam (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 5/9/07 Awaiting AR

Wael253 (Egypt, CR-1/IR-1) Interviewed 5/23/07 Awaiting AR

deemabrouk (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 5/23/07 Awaiting AR - (VISA! 06/27/07)

Jo and Re (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 6/6/07 Awaiting AR - (VISA! 06/20/07)

Legasus (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 6/11/07 Awaiting AR - (VISA! 06/19/07)

Doodle (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 7/22/2007 Awaiting AR

I guess I'll take over keeping the list updated. Any news on anyone this week?

[MrsAmera 41]

This isn't for me but I just wanted to give all you Egypt peeps some hope. I have a very good friend whose husband is from Egypt. They are both relatively young (early 30's) and have been talking/together for 5 years) They were married in the US (he was here on a J1) and then he went back to Egypt last summer to finish his degree. They filed for a K3 then. He went for his interview today and said that it was really simple, and they approved him on the spot! He had to go to some counter inside the consul to pay for his shipping for his passport which they kept and said they would be sending to him within 2 weeks. Is this strange? I've only heard all your horror stories out of Cairo. Any insight?

[ya falaha! 0]

It sounds like a very typical Cairo interview (with the nicer COs). My husband was approved and paid for his passport to be sent back but we ended up with 4 mos. AP anyways. Cairo is tricky. They will tell you you're approved and it will take 2 weeks, a month, etc. but they rarely keep their word. Hopefully for your friend's sake they will stick to the 2 weeks they promised.

This isn't for me but I just wanted to give all you Egypt peeps some hope. I have a very good friend whose husband is from Egypt. They are both relatively young (early 30's) and have been talking/together for 5 years) They were married in the US (he was here on a J1) and then he went back to Egypt last summer to finish his degree. They filed for a K3 then. He went for his interview today and said that it was really simple, and they approved him on the spot! He had to go to some counter inside the consul to pay for his shipping for his passport which they kept and said they would be sending to him within 2 weeks. Is this strange? I've only heard all your horror stories out of Cairo. Any insight?

[doodlebug 3]

This isn't for me but I just wanted to give all you Egypt peeps some hope. I have a very good friend whose husband is from Egypt. They are both relatively young (early 30's) and have been talking/together for 5 years) They were married in the US (he was here on a J1) and then he went back to Egypt last summer to finish his degree. They filed for a K3 then. He went for his interview today and said that it was really simple, and they approved him on the spot! He had to go to some counter inside the consul to pay for his shipping for his passport which they kept and said they would be sending to him within 2 weeks. Is this strange? I've only heard all your horror stories out of Cairo. Any insight?

I would think that since he was already here on a J1 that he'd have a much easier time. That's great for your friend but it doesn't give us any hope since none of us (that I know) are in that situation.

[MrsAmera 41]

I guess I was just pointing out that maybe they are getting a little better processing? Ouch.

[doodlebug 3]

Sorry if I snapped at you. It's just frustrating to hear someone who sailed through only a few weeks after they gave my husband such a hard time. I do hope your friend does get his visa in two weeks. Sounds promising for him since they kept his passport. I don't think they kept anyone else's passport on this list that we have here but I could be wrong. I don't think it's showing that they've gotten more efficient though but just that your friend had a slam dunk case. Dee's husband got his visa in about a month's time too but people who interviewed on that same day are still waiting so it's all luck of the draw in my opinion since I can't seem to wrap my head around why they seem to do what they do over there.

[MrsAmera 41]

Cairo sucks that's what I'm going to say here. You're right it doesn't make sense that they do this. Really I feel for you and for my Moroccan compadres too. We were supposed to have a meeting last week at work with the head consular at Cairo and let me tell you I told my boss he had better let me speak up and voice my opinion about how awful the consule is or I should just go home for the afternoon because I would be in my chair seething. Unfortunately the guy canceled at the last minute so I never got my 15 minutes lol!

[m&n 0]

Cairo sucks that's what I'm going to say here. You're right it doesn't make sense that they do this. Really I feel for you and for my Moroccan compadres too. We were supposed to have a meeting last week at work with the head consular at Cairo and let me tell you I told my boss he had better let me speak up and voice my opinion about how awful the consule is or I should just go home for the afternoon because I would be in my chair seething. Unfortunately the guy canceled at the last minute so I never got my 15 minutes lol!

I don't mean to be nosy.....but.....where do you work? Are you involved with the embassy at Cairo and do you have regular contact with head consular officers? Who is the head CO at cairo....do you know his or her name? Sorry for so many questions.....just one more.... ....in your opinion.....do you think that speaking up about the inefficiency at the embassy will bring about change?....just wondering cuz I really want to complain but am unsure of who exactly to direct my complaints to.

[~~~water~~~ 0]

They kepy my fiancess passport but as of yet we are close to 4 months AR , I think like you it is a luck thing