Calling everyone going thru Islamabad Embassy, version 2.0

[bhajishah 4]

TWO words for SHON and Michigan..

Cindi and Manzar SHAH= 18 months of bs

togtether at least for the last 3-4 months

You two be strong, tell Javed quit whining , his life is better off than before 3 years ago, because we

ther you are here or there you are in his life

and michigan, look at borther Mo 9 or 10 months on AR and he has been running around in the california sun for that last 6 months.

when you have to adjust to Goras world then you willb e missing the homeland, enjoy time with your family, it could be a few years before you can go back to visity PK.i dont trust these travel waivers to send Manzar back home for his little brothers wedding

[babybunny 2]

why dont they just give the visa, whats taking them so long. JUST GIVE IT ALREADY. i mean i can understand if its only been less than a year, but some people have been waiting well over a year now. WHAT THE HELL is going on?

G. Dubya-ment

right now he is not thinking about the legals..

TWO words for SHON and Michigan..

Cindi and Manzar SHAH= 18 months of bs

togtether at least for the last 3-4 months

You two be strong, tell Javed quit whining , his life is better off than before 3 years ago, because we

ther you are here or there you are in his life

and michigan, look at borther Mo 9 or 10 months on AR and he has been running around in the california sun for that last 6 months.

when you have to adjust to Goras world then you willb e missing the homeland, enjoy time with your family, it could be a few years before you can go back to visity PK.i dont trust these travel waivers to send Manzar back home for his little brothers wedding

I know what you mean cindi. i will tell Javed stop his whinning

[michigan 0]

dear Cindi! I am sure u went through hell hole with immigration i have been married for 4 years now! So basically dealing with this bull ####### for 4 years now!

Its frustrating that u dont break the law do everything according to law and people who follow rules are being scrutinized!

[babybunny 2]

dear Cindi! I am sure u went through hell hole with immigration i have been married for 4 years now! So basically dealing with this bull ####### for 4 years now!

Its frustrating that u dont break the law do everything according to law and people who follow rules are being scrutinized!

4 years? dayum

[Lari 0]

dear Cindi! I am sure u went through hell hole with immigration i have been married for 4 years now! So basically dealing with this bull ####### for 4 years now!

Its frustrating that u dont break the law do everything according to law and people who follow rules are being scrutinized!

Hi michigan, I see your timeline starts from 2004. If you were married 4 years ago, why didn't ypu apply for him sooner? Or is it that immigration took you 4 years? I don't think it can take that long. I am sorry to hear this but can u plz tell me what happened in your case and why 4 yrs? Did u apply after 2 yrs of being married or what?

[michigan 0]

well yes! I was on F-1 never bothered filing! Got some bad advice from lawyers. So when visa expired decided to come back instead of living illegally in the US. Which was the biggest mistake I mean in my life!

[PSoft 0]

well yes! I was on F-1 never bothered filing! Got some bad advice from lawyers. So when visa expired decided to come back instead of living illegally in the US. Which was the biggest mistake I mean in my life!

If you were on F1 then you didn’t complete your degree? I think you didn’t graduate that was the reason you didn’t get a change to move towards OPT or H1. By the way which school you attended in MI?

Edited June 9, 2006 by PSoft

[a1v 4]

Hi Everyone,

Well As U know today Was My Interview,

0o0oh Was Really Stress full Waiting And Whole Process i Reached to Shuttle service at about 6, and Atlast Came out Of Embassy At About 12:45...

Will Inform u ABout Whole process LAter, As i m Not Home Yet.

Well Interview Was Ok 1st i got Interviewd at window 6 By a pakistani man then After ABout 2 hours a American lady Called Me at Window 3, And asked Many Questions, i WIll mention later tomorrow InshaALlah.

Well She Said We need to d Some more process on your Case and it may Take From 6 to 8 weeks, And She Aslo Asked me To Give My Full Set Finger Prints, She Said I Can Coem LAter For it i said No I Cant as i Live In Other City, She Said ok u Can Do It Now If U have Money it Costs 85us$.

So i Did , The Later Requestiong The Finger printing was Light Green Color.

And She Did Not kep my passport gave back to Me, but Stamped on last Page Of Passport the Stamp Contains THis text "IV Unit ISLAMABAD 9 jun 2006"

and it mentioned in otehr White Letetr that it is Administrative Processing they r going to Do Now.

i m Worried What Exactly Will happen now, and is it Sign of bad luck?

How much time does it takes? What R Our Rights?

:S

[babybunny 2]

Hi Everyone,

Well As U know today Was My Interview,

0o0oh Was Really Stress full Waiting And Whole Process i Reached to Shuttle service at about 6, and Atlast Came out Of Embassy At About 12:45...

Will Inform u ABout Whole process LAter, As i m Not Home Yet.

Well Interview Was Ok 1st i got Interviewd at window 6 By a pakistani man then After ABout 2 hours a American lady Called Me at Window 3, And asked Many Questions, i WIll mention later tomorrow InshaALlah.

Well She Said We need to d Some more process on your Case and it may Take From 6 to 8 weeks, And She Aslo Asked me To Give My Full Set Finger Prints, She Said I Can Coem LAter For it i said No I Cant as i Live In Other City, She Said ok u Can Do It Now If U have Money it Costs 85us$.

So i Did , The Later Requestiong The Finger printing was Light Green Color.

And She Did Not kep my passport gave back to Me, but Stamped on last Page Of Passport the Stamp Contains THis text "IV Unit ISLAMABAD 9 jun 2006"

and it mentioned in otehr White Letetr that it is Administrative Processing they r going to Do Now.

i m Worried What Exactly Will happen now, and is it Sign of bad luck?

How much time does it takes? What R Our Rights?

:S

afif..sounds like everything is fine. you got the 221g admin. processing this is the steps..

now comes the security checks. once done they willl call you in and issue the visa.

in the mean time you gotta wait til the checks are done. in about 2 weeks or so.

have your wife call Department of state and check on if the security checks are cleared.

thats all you can do til this mess is over. have patients its gonna take several months.

The visa Adjudication Process- Flow chart

1. The process starts when the applicant schedules a visa interview.

2. Applicant goes to post

3. Us. Embassy./ U.S. consulate- consular section

4. Applicant is reviewed by consular officer and name entered into CLASS. Applicant interviewed at post.

5. Consular officer deterimines if the applicant is eligible to receive the visa, including using discretion to determine if a security advisory option <SAO> maybe needed: this would include looking on the Technology Alert List < TAL> to see if field/ area of study of applicant falls under TAL.

6. If SAO is not needed then…consular officers decide to issue or deny the visa.<<<< the end >>>> OR

7. If SAO is needed…..then Inter- Agency Mantis check.

8. Security Advisory Opinion prepared and forwarded to post.

9. Consular officer then decides to issue or deny visa to applicant.

Hi Everyone,

Well As U know today Was My Interview,

0o0oh Was Really Stress full Waiting And Whole Process i Reached to Shuttle service at about 6, and Atlast Came out Of Embassy At About 12:45...

Will Inform u ABout Whole process LAter, As i m Not Home Yet.

Well Interview Was Ok 1st i got Interviewd at window 6 By a pakistani man then After ABout 2 hours a American lady Called Me at Window 3, And asked Many Questions, i WIll mention later tomorrow InshaALlah.

Well She Said We need to d Some more process on your Case and it may Take From 6 to 8 weeks, And She Aslo Asked me To Give My Full Set Finger Prints, She Said I Can Coem LAter For it i said No I Cant as i Live In Other City, She Said ok u Can Do It Now If U have Money it Costs 85us$.

So i Did , The Later Requestiong The Finger printing was Light Green Color.

And She Did Not kep my passport gave back to Me, but Stamped on last Page Of Passport the Stamp Contains THis text "IV Unit ISLAMABAD 9 jun 2006"

and it mentioned in otehr White Letetr that it is Administrative Processing they r going to Do Now.

i m Worried What Exactly Will happen now, and is it Sign of bad luck?

How much time does it takes? What R Our Rights?

:S

afif..sounds like everything is fine. you got the 221g admin. processing this is the steps..

now comes the security checks. once done they willl call you in and issue the visa.

in the mean time you gotta wait til the checks are done. in about 2 weeks or so.

have your wife call Department of state and check on if the security checks are cleared.

thats all you can do til this mess is over. have patients its gonna take several months.

oops forgot to add. since they asked for a full set of prints - sadly this will add to the wait time.

you should follow - Omid time line.

The visa Adjudication Process- Flow chart

1. The process starts when the applicant schedules a visa interview.

2. Applicant goes to post

3. Us. Embassy./ U.S. consulate- consular section

4. Applicant is reviewed by consular officer and name entered into CLASS. Applicant interviewed at post.

5. Consular officer deterimines if the applicant is eligible to receive the visa, including using discretion to determine if a security advisory option <SAO> maybe needed: this would include looking on the Technology Alert List < TAL> to see if field/ area of study of applicant falls under TAL.

6. If SAO is not needed then…consular officers decide to issue or deny the visa.<<<< the end >>>> OR

7. If SAO is needed…..then Inter- Agency Mantis check.

8. Security Advisory Opinion prepared and forwarded to post.

9. Consular officer then decides to issue or deny visa to applicant.

[Omid 0]

so why is it that some do the full set at the interview and others later?

[Lari 0]

Finally a Good news here. AP/AR is completed both at DOS and Embassy. My Husband's case got adjudicated, and they gonna issue the visa soon, or I think they already have. But again this is verbal information and nothing in written yet. So hope they don't change mind again like they did a while ago.

All you out there, Be patient, GOD IS GREAT!!!

[PSoft 0]

Finally a Good news here. AP/AR is completed both at DOS and Embassy. My Husband's case got adjudicated, and they gonna issue the visa soon, or I think they already have. But again this is verbal information and nothing in written yet. So hope they don't change mind again like they did a while ago.

All you out there, Be patient, GOD IS GREAT!!!

Wow, it is wonderful news Lari congratulations finally you are done. Of course 'GOD IS GREAT !!!'

i m Worried What Exactly Will happen now, and is it Sign of bad luck?

How much time does it takes? What R Our Rights?

In whole Immigration processes ‘Petitioner and Beneficiary’ have no rights lol.

Just sit down and wait until Islamabad reply you.

[babybunny 2]

so why is it that some do the full set at the interview and others later?

Omid -

sometimes the full set of finger prints is a request that the embassy gets later on from DOS.

jess I think her husband had full set of prints later in her AP process..

[hafiz 1]

good luck to everyone next week

[michigan 0]

Omid, either a result from one of ur security checks from zour securitz advisorz opinion triggered the full set of finger prints. Or it could be that the embassz simplz forgot and later realized that you had not submitted the FPs.