Immigration delays, after interview!

[ngant17 1]

Here is a letter (actually an email) which was forwarded to me from a congressman's office who has been only partially- helpful in expediting my K1.

"The case is currently pending receipt of required clearances. This involves an interagency process that takes place in Washington, D.C. Once we receive the clearances, we will contact the applicant to continue processing her case."

"As a result of enhanced homeland security, visa applications are now subject to a greater degree of scrutiny than in the past. We regret if this may have resulted in some inconvenience for the petitioner and the applicant. Please be assured that we will process the visa application to conclusion as expeditiously as the law will permit."

Moral: don't be surprised if your K1 visa suddenly gets stalled after the interview!

[angerman 0]

Here is a letter (actually an email) which was forwarded to me from a congressman's office who has been only partially- helpful in expediting my K1.

"The case is currently pending receipt of required clearances. This involves an interagency process that takes place in Washington, D.C. Once we receive the clearances, we will contact the applicant to continue processing her case."

"As a result of enhanced homeland security, visa applications are now subject to a greater degree of scrutiny than in the past. We regret if this may have resulted in some inconvenience for the petitioner and the applicant. Please be assured that we will process the visa application to conclusion as expeditiously as the law will permit."

Moral: don't be surprised if your K1 visa suddenly gets stalled after the interview!

You havent gotten your visa yet????

I went on the 11th a monday and it was ready for me at the embassy friday the 15th, that is so weird and im so sorry for you, hope you will get the visa soon!

[gogal2020 0]

Here is a letter (actually an email) which was forwarded to me from a congressman's office who has been only partially- helpful in expediting my K1.

"The case is currently pending receipt of required clearances. This involves an interagency process that takes place in Washington, D.C. Once we receive the clearances, we will contact the applicant to continue processing her case."

"As a result of enhanced homeland security, visa applications are now subject to a greater degree of scrutiny than in the past. We regret if this may have resulted in some inconvenience for the petitioner and the applicant. Please be assured that we will process the visa application to conclusion as expeditiously as the law will permit."

Moral: don't be surprised if your K1 visa suddenly gets stalled after the interview!

Wow that takes a long time. Sometimes they keep it at the embassy level if the clearance was not done at NVC, but it looks like they had plenty of time to do that at the NVC level. It could be your country, or a name hit that created a problem. In our case it took us 3 months at NVC before it was transferred to the embassy and then a week or so after the interview visa was received, even though my lawyer had to contact them directly to make sure they did what they were supposed to do.

Good luck, I hope this works out for you soon,

Mike.

[1HappyGuy 45]

Considering that your fiancee is from Cuba and the U.S. has no direct diplomatic relations with them, if you get her here soon that will be amazing. Hang in there a little longer. I read the state department information about U.S and Cuba relations and it isn't getting any better right now.

Good luck.

[ngant17 1]

Yeah, and the most amazing thing is that Cubans can take advantage of the 'Cuban Adjustment Act' which allows them to by-pass all legality of the US immigration laws and covertly sneak in to the US and claim a visa based on the fact that they orginated from Cuba. If any other foreigner comes in this way, it's called illegal immigration and they get deported back immediately.

Considering the fact that it's been over 500 days since I first submitted the K1 paperwork, I followed all the rules and paid all the fees, and even almost 2 years, and after the interview at the USINT (US Consulate in Havana), they still find reasons to kick it back to Washington DC for additional review by some other inter-agency task force.

No wonder there are so many Cubans trying to come in thru the 'back door', so to speak. Why waste hundreds of dollars and years of uncertainty with the legal way to immigrate, when all you need is an inner tube that floats, and catch the right current and drift to Key West or Miami in a few days. Then you get instant adjustment!

Considering that your fiancee is from Cuba and the U.S. has no direct diplomatic relations with them, if you get her here soon that will be amazing. Hang in there a little longer. I read the state department information about U.S and Cuba relations and it isn't getting any better right now.

Good luck.

[Dan J 277]

Yeah, and the most amazing thing is that Cubans can take advantage of the 'Cuban Adjustment Act' which allows them to by-pass all legality of the US immigration laws and covertly sneak in to the US and claim a visa based on the fact that they orginated from Cuba. If any other foreigner comes in this way, it's called illegal immigration and they get deported back immediately.

Considering the fact that it's been over 500 days since I first submitted the K1 paperwork, I followed all the rules and paid all the fees, and even almost 2 years, and after the interview at the USINT (US Consulate in Havana), they still find reasons to kick it back to Washington DC for additional review by some other inter-agency task force.

No wonder there are so many Cubans trying to come in thru the 'back door', so to speak. Why waste hundreds of dollars and years of uncertainty with the legal way to immigrate, when all you need is an inner tube that floats, and catch the right current and drift to Key West or Miami in a few days. Then you get instant adjustment!

Considering that your fiancee is from Cuba and the U.S. has no direct diplomatic relations with them, if you get her here soon that will be amazing. Hang in there a little longer. I read the state department information about U.S and Cuba relations and it isn't getting any better right now.

Good luck.

Looks like your stuck in AP or AR, nothing you can do but wait and keep calling.

[TracyTN 237]

This actually is not that uncommon (unfortunately).

I hope you don't have too long a wait.

[etripke 0]

Yeah, and the most amazing thing is that Cubans can take advantage of the 'Cuban Adjustment Act' which allows them to by-pass all legality of the US immigration laws and covertly sneak in to the US and claim a visa based on the fact that they orginated from Cuba. If any other foreigner comes in this way, it's called illegal immigration and they get deported back immediately.

Considering the fact that it's been over 500 days since I first submitted the K1 paperwork, I followed all the rules and paid all the fees, and even almost 2 years, and after the interview at the USINT (US Consulate in Havana), they still find reasons to kick it back to Washington DC for additional review by some other inter-agency task force.

No wonder there are so many Cubans trying to come in thru the 'back door', so to speak. Why waste hundreds of dollars and years of uncertainty with the legal way to immigrate, when all you need is an inner tube that floats, and catch the right current and drift to Key West or Miami in a few days. Then you get instant adjustment!

Considering that your fiancee is from Cuba and the U.S. has no direct diplomatic relations with them, if you get her here soon that will be amazing. Hang in there a little longer. I read the state department information about U.S and Cuba relations and it isn't getting any better right now.

Good luck.

This is strange because over the past 6 months there have been a number of Cuban fiancee/fiance who have received an NOA2 within days of being checked in at CSC. It seemed like they were given special processing for what ever reason.

[ngant17 1]

From the grapevine, it is my understanding that all requests for visas with Cubans are being forwarded directly to Washington at this time (June 2007). Somebody is becoming paranoid against Cubans, someone up there in Washington DC. Someone in an official capacity who is mentally unstable or delusional thinking, I suppose.

Hopefully they won't be labelling Cuba as a terrorist nation again. That would really set the clock back a lot.

This is strange because over the past 6 months there have been a number of Cuban fiancee/fiance who have received an NOA2 within days of being checked in at CSC. It seemed like they were given special processing for what ever reason.