Those with a visa, please step forward

[rebeccajo 14]

I've seen a lawyer note that he'd had incidents with clients who traveled after the FBI checks for the State Department (which are ordered by the NVC when the petition arrives there) were completed. Because of the travel the consulate wanted the checks repeated, delaying the issuance of the visa, so his recommendation to his clients is that once the petition leaves the NVC, stay home.

Seems unlikely. How would they even know if I traveled anywhere? Most countries (U.S. excluded) don't stamp your passport.

Not when I've travelled. I've been stamped every time (about 20 countries) - except once in France, and every time in Canada & Mexico.

My passport was stamped when I entered the UK.

[TimsDaisy 0]

I made the Canadian border agent stamp my passport when I drove into Canada from Vermont to meet up with Tim in Montreal. The agent sort of rolled her eyes at me when I insisted she take it back after checking it Evidence! Haha.

I think the stamps aren't really going to be the controlling factor in the future as countries start implementing RFID - those nifty chips that allow agencies to scan and pull up a computer record of your comings and goings. A lot more dependable (in theory, anyway).

At any rate, I don't think they are checking the passport stamps. I can see a motivation to do another check just in case would be criminals waited until AFTER they thought they had been fully vetted to run to somewhere known for drugs or criminal masterminds or whatever to meet up with their wrong-un friends.

Who knows. Most of the checks don't work to catch the real bad guys anyway - but we know all of that.

[Kym 0]

I spoke with a congressional staffer yesterday regarding some of my issues. She did tell me that when they contact the Embassy, they have 30 days to respond. Normally, it does not take that long, but they must have an answer or at least an explanation within the 30 days (which is also the same when they contact USCIS and that certainly did not take 30 days for me).

I hope you hear something soon!

[Dan&Tiffany 0]

Slight update - probably nothing.

So I called DOS again today because it makes me feel proactive and figured, what the heck, worst it says is the same it says yesterday. I got the guy that Tiffany refers to as "Good Luck" - he's the nicest chap there I think, I almost said, "Tiff says hello!" The conversation went something like this:

Hahaha - indeed Hi to "Good Luck Dude"

And, yeah, I'm the same what about calling and such. I guess the devil you know is easier to deal with than the devil you don't know.

[CardiffIan 0]

I've seen a lawyer note that he'd had incidents with clients who traveled after the FBI checks for the State Department (which are ordered by the NVC when the petition arrives there) were completed. Because of the travel the consulate wanted the checks repeated, delaying the issuance of the visa, so his recommendation to his clients is that once the petition leaves the NVC, stay home.

If this is true it could potentially be a problem for me - I'm waiting to hear if i got a temp writing job that will mean I have to travel to a few more European countries before my interview date - but as the job hasn't been confirmed yet I didn't list the countries in the 'places you've visited in the last 10 years' section in the packet 3 forms, so if i get a few more passport stamps i guess it could cause delays. - the job is good an opportunity for me to turn down if the project gets the go ahead, however.

[Yodrak 7]

mawilson,

Yes, they would have to know that a person had traveled. That seems obvious.

Yodrak

I've seen a lawyer note that he'd had incidents with clients who traveled after the FBI checks for the State Department (which are ordered by the NVC when the petition arrives there) were completed. Because of the travel the consulate wanted the checks repeated, delaying the issuance of the visa, so his recommendation to his clients is that once the petition leaves the NVC, stay home.

Seems unlikely. How would they even know if I traveled anywhere? Most countries (U.S. excluded) don't stamp your passport.

[TimsDaisy 0]

mawilson,

Yes, they would have to know that a person had traveled. That seems obvious.

Yodrak

I've seen a lawyer note that he'd had incidents with clients who traveled after the FBI checks for the State Department (which are ordered by the NVC when the petition arrives there) were completed. Because of the travel the consulate wanted the checks repeated, delaying the issuance of the visa, so his recommendation to his clients is that once the petition leaves the NVC, stay home.

Seems unlikely. How would they even know if I traveled anywhere? Most countries (U.S. excluded) don't stamp your passport.

The government knows a lot of stuff. Lots of governments know lots of stuff. And they share information frequently.

However, before people panic about traveling during the processing of a K1, I think it's important to remember that there's no prohibition on doing so and many people travel frequently for all kinds of purposes. I'd hate to see people start to worry about things that, in all likelihood, have an extremely low chance of causing a delay in processing based on what some lawyer once said somewhere else. If your work or pre-paid vacation plans call for you to travel, then do it, unless you get confirmation from an Embassy worker or a lawyer who tells you not to.

[rebeccajo 14]

I doubt Yodrak is trying to create panic. But he is mentioning a noteworthy detail.

mawilson,

Yes, they would have to know that a person had traveled. That seems obvious.

Yodrak

I've seen a lawyer note that he'd had incidents with clients who traveled after the FBI checks for the State Department (which are ordered by the NVC when the petition arrives there) were completed. Because of the travel the consulate wanted the checks repeated, delaying the issuance of the visa, so his recommendation to his clients is that once the petition leaves the NVC, stay home.

Seems unlikely. How would they even know if I traveled anywhere? Most countries (U.S. excluded) don't stamp your passport.

The government knows a lot of stuff. Lots of governments know lots of stuff. And they share information frequently.

However, before people panic about traveling during the processing of a K1, I think it's important to remember that there's no prohibition on doing so and many people travel frequently for all kinds of purposes. I'd hate to see people start to worry about things that, in all likelihood, have an extremely low chance of causing a delay in processing based on what some lawyer once said somewhere else. If your work or pre-paid vacation plans call for you to travel, then do it, unless you get confirmation from an Embassy worker or a lawyer who tells you not to.

[Teddy406 0]

I doubt Yodrak is trying to create panic. But he is mentioning a noteworthy detail.

mawilson,

Yes, they would have to know that a person had traveled. That seems obvious.

Yodrak

I've seen a lawyer note that he'd had incidents with clients who traveled after the FBI checks for the State Department (which are ordered by the NVC when the petition arrives there) were completed. Because of the travel the consulate wanted the checks repeated, delaying the issuance of the visa, so his recommendation to his clients is that once the petition leaves the NVC, stay home.

Seems unlikely. How would they even know if I traveled anywhere? Most countries (U.S. excluded) don't stamp your passport.

The government knows a lot of stuff. Lots of governments know lots of stuff. And they share information frequently.

However, before people panic about traveling during the processing of a K1, I think it's important to remember that there's no prohibition on doing so and many people travel frequently for all kinds of purposes. I'd hate to see people start to worry about things that, in all likelihood, have an extremely low chance of causing a delay in processing based on what some lawyer once said somewhere else. If your work or pre-paid vacation plans call for you to travel, then do it, unless you get confirmation from an Embassy worker or a lawyer who tells you not to.

I have my visa in hand and am planning to visit an EU country BEFORE i go to the USA, i take it **THAT** won't slow anything down/complicate?

[TimsDaisy 0]

No. You'll be fine traveling around before getting to the US.

(and I know Yodrak wasn't starting a panic or trying to. Neither was mawilson. but someone new to the discussion could come in and start unnecessarily worrying about the travel issue - so I thought I'd put it out there that there's no hard evidence to suggest restricting travel is necessary.)

[selly 0]

Daisy I hope this is sorted out as soon as possible for you. I also hope the hold up isn't related to overseas travel after a certain date or indeed relating to countries visited, as my passport has some NICE middle east visa stamps in it and I hope they do not cause a similar delay as my flight and wedding etc are already booked. Do they not realise the levels of anxiety they cause when they do this sort of thing???????

Again best of luck in getting a prompt resolution to the delay.

[TimsDaisy 0]

Daisy I hope this is sorted out as soon as possible for you. I also hope the hold up isn't related to overseas travel after a certain date or indeed relating to countries visited, as my passport has some NICE middle east visa stamps in it and I hope they do not cause a similar delay as my flight and wedding etc are already booked. Do they not realise the levels of anxiety they cause when they do this sort of thing???????

Again best of luck in getting a prompt resolution to the delay.

Thanks for the kind words.

I really don't think ours has anything to do with travel after the NVC stage. I think it is MUCH more likely that it is because of either our change in interview date or the past removal issue on Tim's record. I don't think ours in the ordinary course of events. Not unheard of, but certainly not ordinary.

[TimsDaisy 0]

Okay, NOW I'm starting to be a bit more upset at the delay. Nothing changed. I think the magic effect of the chocolate mags suggest I take to ease the stress is wearing off

At this moment, I'd most like to know when we'd know something so I can figure out whether I should try to make another visit over there (which makes me peeved that he can't travel At All right now since they have his passport!).

Maybe it'll all be solved by Monday - which would've been a normal delivery time for the visa anyway. That'd be cool.

This is just the first time in this whole process where I've had zero idea at all when our next visit will be. That makes me anxious.

Blah.

[Tinker 0]

Now I have to wait until Monday to hear anything????

Cruel

*keeping my fingers crossed"

[mawilson 2,133]

the magic effect of the chocolate mags

Chocolate Mags?