Calling everyone going thru Islamabad Embassy, version 2.0

[Revived 0]

Well I'm on AP since May 5 2008. Nothing so far and still pending. I don't know what the hell they are doing but i think it will be over after election in US.

Any male on K3 (AP) here and since when? someone told me on this forum that there is expedite service but there is nothing like that. I have involved each any every person i could from Senator John Mccain to congresswomen as they are the In-charge of Arizona. No lucky all they say is It's a national security issue and can't be done anything. This is absurd yaar been waiting since last 19 months to go there through proper channel and they are not letting me. I wished i would've used my visit visa to go there and applied.

I lost my job too due to these a***hole. Anyway hope you all get your visa's soon.

count me in peeps! way over 10 mons now=)) n beneficiary = male!

mayb like MENA we need to have a list goin' so we culd have an approx timeline for followers?

wud ya guys think?!

Also, saqib i m very sorry to hear your situation, may Allah SWT make it easy upon us all ~Ameen

Edited October 10, 2008 by Revived

[KandD 1]

Well I'm on AP since May 5 2008. Nothing so far and still pending. I don't know what the hell they are doing but i think it will be over after election in US.

Any male on K3 (AP) here and since when? someone told me on this forum that there is expedite service but there is nothing like that. I have involved each any every person i could from Senator John Mccain to congresswomen as they are the In-charge of Arizona. No lucky all they say is It's a national security issue and can't be done anything. This is absurd yaar been waiting since last 19 months to go there through proper channel and they are not letting me. I wished i would've used my visit visa to go there and applied.

I lost my job too due to these a***hole. Anyway hope you all get your visa's soon.

count me in peeps! way over 10 mons now=)) n beneficiary = male!

mayb like MENA we need to have a list goin' so we culd have an approx timeline for followers?

wud ya guys think?!

Also, saqib i m very sorry to hear your situation, may Allah SWT make it easy upon us all ~Ameen

All i can say is AP really sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dhobee 1]

Zidane,

I guess you're just a few paces ahead of us in this game... so whatever you're going through is a lot of help for us. Thank you for letting us know everything here.

I have following the question:

My nikkah naama is in Urdu and it needs to be translated to English and then attested. Does the package you received mention any requirements on who to get it translated and attested from?

Your help is greatly appreciated.

Also, if you don't mind answering... is the beneficiary in your case a female/male?

To all those on AP,

Good luck. There WILL BE light on the other side, inshAllah.

[dhobee 1]

One more thing, Zidane...

It's impressive you got everything ready in A DAY! MashAllah.

About the affidavit of support, does it have to be notarized? If yes, how did you get THAT done in a day???

[Revived 0]

One more thing, Zidane...

It's impressive you got everything ready in A DAY! MashAllah.

About the affidavit of support, does it have to be notarized? If yes, how did you get THAT done in a day???

we nortorized our affav of support and i think it has to be nortirzed.

you could get that done from your bank if in US

if in Pakistan i think u culd from the US embassy in ur city.. that is i fu r in karachi, go to khi US embassy and get it done!

[dhobee 1]

Thank you, Revived.

That's a great help.

[Amir yasin 0]

8 months in AP

Interview date 13 feb 2008

To all those on AP,

Good luck

[Revived 0]

8 months in AP

Interview date 13 feb 2008

To all those on AP,

Good luck

you r not alone=)) nearly 11 mons now=(

inshAllah we all will get it soon=)

[zidane 0]

Sure dhobee, no problem.

About the nikkah nama, ours was in english so didn't need to get it translated. the instructions say that you need to send in the original nikkah nama, english translation, and one copy of each.

The translations I suppose need to be done by a certified translator who needs to attach a letter saying that he has expertise in english and urdu, and sign it with his name and address. maybe you can get this done from nadra.

The beneficiary in our case is female.

We got the I-134 package ready a few weeks ago when a family member was coming here from the US, so she could bring everything. You can search online for the notaries in the area where the applicant lives if in the US. Lucky for us a family member of ours was a notary so he just did it, put his stamp and everything and the date when his license expires on it. If you want to get it notarized from Islamabad then you would have to get an embassy official do that.

We also got the bank statement notarized. And since the instructions for the I134 say we should fill it out in duplicate, we got two copies of it notarized, and two copies of the bank statement also.

Hope that helps. Please pray I get the interview call soon and avoid the dreaded AP!! For all those on AP, I'll keep u in my prayers.

One more thing, Zidane...

It's impressive you got everything ready in A DAY! MashAllah.

About the affidavit of support, does it have to be notarized? If yes, how did you get THAT done in a day???

[dhobee 1]

Salam everyone,

Got our Packet 3.5 through snail mail. Something gives me the feeling they've sent us an older packet because DS-156, 157, 230 and I-134 say they expire in 2007 and 2004 (in respect). For those of you who recently got their packets, did you see this on your forms?

The first page of the packet has been crossed with a blue marker... I mean, how unprofessional can you get! And that says you're supposed to bring the forms and certificates (marriage, police, medical) at the interview. So what exactly do they want right now? Just DS-156, 157, 230 and I-134?

[KandD 1]

Salam everyone,

Got our Packet 3.5 through snail mail. Something gives me the feeling they've sent us an older packet because DS-156, 157, 230 and I-134 say they expire in 2007 and 2004 (in respect). For those of you who recently got their packets, did you see this on your forms?

The first page of the packet has been crossed with a blue marker... I mean, how unprofessional can you get! And that says you're supposed to bring the forms and certificates (marriage, police, medical) at the interview. So what exactly do they want right now? Just DS-156, 157, 230 and I-134?

So what exactly do they want right now? Just DS-156, 157, 230 and I-134? Yes

[dhobee 1]

Even though they're expired, browneyed girl?

[zidane 0]

Yeah all the forms in our packet (the white folder) were expired too. dont use those, look them up online and fill them on your computer and print them out. that's very unprofessional too, either they should tell you explicitly to go online to get the latest forms or attach them.

hmm in my mail they said to send all forms and certificates my mail with the forms. don't read the crossed out page, read the two pages they've stuck in the folder for the instructions.

ds 157 is when beneficiary is male

Salam everyone,

Got our Packet 3.5 through snail mail. Something gives me the feeling they've sent us an older packet because DS-156, 157, 230 and I-134 say they expire in 2007 and 2004 (in respect). For those of you who recently got their packets, did you see this on your forms?

The first page of the packet has been crossed with a blue marker... I mean, how unprofessional can you get! And that says you're supposed to bring the forms and certificates (marriage, police, medical) at the interview. So what exactly do they want right now? Just DS-156, 157, 230 and I-134?

[dhobee 1]

Hang on, Zidane...

Don't go offline... you're going too fast for me!!!

[dhobee 1]

So they sent us old forms too... and we have to download the latest and send those. Got that part.

There's nothing "attached" to the booklet. Just a cover letter. The cover letter says "see attached list of offices" of couriers where we're supposed to submit the completed documents... but there's nothing "stuck in the folder"

Now what!