Lets Try this Again--- ALGERIANS!!

[doodlebugg 10]

It has been quite awhile since I filed, so changes are always going. I stand corrected, thanks. So in comparision, how much longer, on average, does it take to process the I-130 in comparison to the I-129F? At the time we filed it took approximately an additional 4 months for the CR1.

Due to this is it feasible that they returned the fee because they are in the process of adjudicating the I-130? I just can't imagine they return anything.

We really can't tell until she gives more info I think. The fact that the official that she talked to said she got a "free K3" makes me think the I129 is the one that is being processed but that makes no sense if they returned her check. I think something went wrong somewhere but that's just my gut feeling. I guess it all depends on whether she (or her father) got the NOA2 for the I129f or not.

Here's the link to the change that happened in case anyone else needs it.

http://www.uscis.gov/files/pressrelease/PN_i-129f.pdf

I wanted to go with the I130 but since the I824 is a 6 month processing time I'll just stick with the I129F for now, but my congressman's visa person told me that if she could she'd tell everyone not to go with the K3 since it's so frustrating once the immigrant gets here and since it is taking about the same amount of time as the I130.

[tmma 467]

Any other Algerians on this board pending I 130 Cases for their Algerian spouses? If you've already been approved and theyre with you how many months in total did it take for your spouse to step foot in USA?

If you just simply got approved by a letter through mail How many months total did that take??

FEEL FREE TO BE DETAILED

O/T ( sorry) but had to say to the OP-If that's your pic on your av.....you look like Adrianna Lima.!

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Edited December 13, 2007 by tmma

[sarahaziz 0]

alot of people say that i look like her

i posted my pic on look a likes site i got a 5 out of 1-10

[sarahaziz 0]

Ok ladies in my situation, I called the USCIS today and I actually got through with an immigration officer for the first time! She was chinesse or asian and I couldnt understand her accent or anything. It was really tough but after explaining my situation she said in the system it said they had sent 5 or 6 papers to my house explaining something about my cases. And that is not true! and my address was valid spelled correctly and everything. She put in a research for my case and from today she said i have to get a reply to my DIRECT email before January 12 2007. She said before the immigration process took 6-8 Months processing but now the Fiance and Immigration Forms take 10-14 months to process because of the large amount of applications recieved. DO NOT TRUST USCIS CALL IN AS MUCH AS U CAN DO WAHTEVER YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET TO AN IMMIGRATION OFFICER!! They obviously don't know what the heck they are doing because in her system I have wrong information about my case and about papers sent to my house! I wouldnt trust them on the processing times either. MAke sure if you talk to an immigration officer they actually go through and take your email address and give you a confirmation number.

[sarahaziz 0]

They messed up on my K3 application, They don't have my information in the system Everyone who has a same status as me Filed and still Pending you should definitely find out whats going on before its too late. They should just approve my case and get it over with or I have to travel to algeria again

[morocco4ever 63]

The USCIS is nothing more than an outsourced call center that gives basic information. If there is anything unique or unusual that happens with your file they fall apart. From what I understand it is even more difficult now to talk to an immigration officer. Perhaps you could call again and talk to someone different. If you still don't get a solid answer, and they won't send you to an immigration officer you could talk to their supervisor.

I just don't get it. Those of us on VJ are a mere handful of the applicants for visas. How in the world can they mess up so many cases????

[doodlebugg 10]

The USCIS is nothing more than an outsourced call center that gives basic information. If there is anything unique or unusual that happens with your file they fall apart. From what I understand it is even more difficult now to talk to an immigration officer. Perhaps you could call again and talk to someone different. If you still don't get a solid answer, and they won't send you to an immigration officer you could talk to their supervisor.

I just don't get it. Those of us on VJ are a mere handful of the applicants for visas. How in the world can they mess up so many cases????

Right??? lol

Is the USCIS the same place as DOS to call? If so good luck !!! I called two days ago and the woman, who was actually very nice and took about 15 minutes to look into the system finally told me that my husband never showed up to his interview. I asked to double and triple check and she said , nope, I see that he had an interview on 7/22 and that the interviewer did not show up but your husband did not show up for the 7/29 interview.

I emailed Cairo that day and they actually replied the next day (first time in like EVER) and said that their records show that he did indeed show up and "his case is pending Administrative Processing and we will contact him once it is completed"...blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.

So...............dos is completely worthless imho.

[morocco4ever 63]

They are nearly as bad. When our case was sent back to the USCIS they never quite gave me a straight forward answer. One week they would tell me that my case was in California, the next it was in Casa. About the most honest answer I got is that Casa hasn't updated since the interview, and they really don't know anything. Then they asked me to write them and ask them to update our case with them.

BTW, they call them Visa Experts

Edited December 14, 2007 by Visa in hand!

[kenneme 2]

I have a question on doing a ceremony in Algeria.

I'm US citizen by birth he's Algerian citizen living temporarily in France. We want to do a K1 probably (just got engaged so we're still figuring this out) and officially get married in the US. But we would like to do a traditional Amazigh (Kabyle) ceremony in the village in Algeria so his family could be there etc. Is there any chance we can do this before coming to the US for the "real" wedding (both are real for us but I'm talking legally/officially) if we don't register a wedding in Algeria, don't get "declared man and wife" by anyone but just have the party and henna ceremony would this jeopordize our K1 petition?

Also, just to clarify that I am reading your responses right - the DCF is not longer possible in Algiers? Could we do it in Paris instead? Does that mean that the only option to bring Algerian (fiancé or spouse) is a K1 with wedding in US or a K3 with wedding in Algeria?

Thanks so much and I'm glad to see there are at least a few other Algerian-American coupels on here!!! Vive l'Algerie!

[Beauty for Ashes 257]

I have a question on doing a ceremony in Algeria.

I'm US citizen by birth he's Algerian citizen living temporarily in France. We want to do a K1 probably (just got engaged so we're still figuring this out) and officially get married in the US. But we would like to do a traditional Amazigh (Kabyle) ceremony in the village in Algeria so his family could be there etc. Is there any chance we can do this before coming to the US for the "real" wedding (both are real for us but I'm talking legally/officially) if we don't register a wedding in Algeria, don't get "declared man and wife" by anyone but just have the party and henna ceremony would this jeopordize our K1 petition?

Also, just to clarify that I am reading your responses right - the DCF is not longer possible in Algiers? Could we do it in Paris instead? Does that mean that the only option to bring Algerian (fiancé or spouse) is a K1 with wedding in US or a K3 with wedding in Algeria?

Thanks so much and I'm glad to see there are at least a few other Algerian-American coupels on here!!! Vive l'Algerie!

I can't speak for anyone else than myself. But the choices change based on several things

Is he legally in Paris? Are you working over there and do you have someone to give an affadavit of support for you if you don't have enough money? If he is, then DCF in Paris if you hit the 6 month requirement. Or you can k1.

If he can easily go back and forth to Algeria, you can always have like a wedding party. Getting married in Algeria , well it depends. I ended up marrying in Tunisia and even there it took almost a full 10 days to get everything I needed to marry and I still left without a wedding certificate. I had to pay alot of money to obtain it after leaving. Some have married in Algeria. Some have had a horrible time doing so and it took them several months. Some have been unable to do so.

my thoughts to you is if you can, do a wedding ceremony that is NOT legally binding. Do the k1 and get him to the usa and marry him here. I could have had my spouse here almost a year ago had I not gone the cr1 route. The only other active petitioner for Algeria got married last January and she is still waiting for a interview. I had a pregnancy expedite, and my wedding was May 2007 and He got his visa April 2008. If you are in the mood to wait 11 months to over a year, get married legally. If you want him here fast, I have seen people get their spouses here in 5 to 6 months with k1s. My health and my relationship have suffered from the wait and for the life of me after going cr1 I could never ever recommend marrying in advance LEGALLY unless there was no other choice. His legal status has alot to do with it

Also by the way , you cant dcf anywhere without the 6 month residency requirement. Before you could and there are alot of americans on here who dcf'd their Algerian spouse. Me and Sarahaziz are the first married people to go through the new situation with the elimination of DCF due to the adam walsh act in January 2007. You cannot compare our timelines to theirs because they did not have to wait at all. I have a long wait and so does Sarah.

The opinion about marrying in Algeria varies because if you know someone in the government, often you get the papers through that you need to marry much faster. There is alot of paperwork required to marry in Algeria and each district varies in procedure. Algiers can be quick and another district slow. If you have lots of resources and plenty of time, try it. It did not work for me. I married in Tunisia and it was one nightmare after another with every single Tunisian I ran across requiring bribes.What should have cost 1 dollar a paper sometimes cost us 100 dollars and without shame people took it. Bribe this person and that person and this person and that person just to get what people should have done normally. Its just the reality. The girl on here who's husband is Tunisian father in law worked in the govt or was some big whig so they got things in a day. Thats my point. Its not like here where things are uniform. Its anything goes getting papers done..

people who petitioned from lets say Morocco may have a different opinion than me but after having to deal with people asking for money, losing paperwork, refusing to give us copies for free etc, I would never recommned marrying over there without no other choice.

Do what you like but whatever you do, think about time and the stress that it will put on your relationship. over a year apart can strain even the best relationship.

k1 is clearly the way to go... I dont know his legal status in France. It matters. I have seen them make illegal Algerians go back home to interview ....The Algiers consulate is very nice though...

[hollyw 0]

I have a question on doing a ceremony in Algeria.

I'm US citizen by birth he's Algerian citizen living temporarily in France. We want to do a K1 probably (just got engaged so we're still figuring this out) and officially get married in the US. But we would like to do a traditional Amazigh (Kabyle) ceremony in the village in Algeria so his family could be there etc. Is there any chance we can do this before coming to the US for the "real" wedding (both are real for us but I'm talking legally/officially) if we don't register a wedding in Algeria, don't get "declared man and wife" by anyone but just have the party and henna ceremony would this jeopordize our K1 petition?

Also, just to clarify that I am reading your responses right - the DCF is not longer possible in Algiers? Could we do it in Paris instead? Does that mean that the only option to bring Algerian (fiancé or spouse) is a K1 with wedding in US or a K3 with wedding in Algeria?

Thanks so much and I'm glad to see there are at least a few other Algerian-American coupels on here!!! Vive l'Algerie!

Also by the way , you cant dcf anywhere without the 6 month residency requirement. Before you could and there are alot of americans on here who dcf'd their Algerian spouse. Me and Sarahaziz are the first married people to go through the new situation with the elimination of DCF due to the adam walsh act in January 2007. You cannot compare our timelines to theirs because they did not have to wait at all. I have a long wait and so does Sarah.

you can't do a dcf anywhere anymore w/o the residency requirement? wow... i'm out of the loop.

my husband was in Paris.. he was illegal - we had to go to Algiers. I'd take the people at the Algiers consulate over the ones in Paris any day.

[Beauty for Ashes 257]

I have a question on doing a ceremony in Algeria.

I'm US citizen by birth he's Algerian citizen living temporarily in France. We want to do a K1 probably (just got engaged so we're still figuring this out) and officially get married in the US. But we would like to do a traditional Amazigh (Kabyle) ceremony in the village in Algeria so his family could be there etc. Is there any chance we can do this before coming to the US for the "real" wedding (both are real for us but I'm talking legally/officially) if we don't register a wedding in Algeria, don't get "declared man and wife" by anyone but just have the party and henna ceremony would this jeopordize our K1 petition?

Also, just to clarify that I am reading your responses right - the DCF is not longer possible in Algiers? Could we do it in Paris instead? Does that mean that the only option to bring Algerian (fiancé or spouse) is a K1 with wedding in US or a K3 with wedding in Algeria?

Thanks so much and I'm glad to see there are at least a few other Algerian-American coupels on here!!! Vive l'Algerie!

Also by the way , you cant dcf anywhere without the 6 month residency requirement. Before you could and there are alot of americans on here who dcf'd their Algerian spouse. Me and Sarahaziz are the first married people to go through the new situation with the elimination of DCF due to the adam walsh act in January 2007. You cannot compare our timelines to theirs because they did not have to wait at all. I have a long wait and so does Sarah.

you can't do a dcf anywhere anymore w/o the residency requirement? wow... i'm out of the loop.

my husband was in Paris.. he was illegal - we had to go to Algiers. I'd take the people at the Algiers consulate over the ones in Paris any day.

Yep. the adam walsh act shut that down January 2007. They have to be able to do background checks and they cant when they dcf easily. If you are active duty military, you can. Other than that you have to have 6 months legal residency LEGALLY to be able to DCF and a residence in the USA and that s hard as hell to pull off. Thats why all of us who are marrying Algerians including Algerians that want to marry Algerians are in a quagmire of waiting. I think these hellish waits do cut down on some immigration fraud ( people give up they take so damn long) but they have almost taken its toll on my marriage and relationship. Keeping people apart a year is an awful long time when people are legally married. Its ####### ####### ####### as far as I am concerned. But at least I had Algiers. I could have had the hell known as Casablanca...Ive seen so many turn downs out of there its just crazy

I have a question on doing a ceremony in Algeria.

I'm US citizen by birth he's Algerian citizen living temporarily in France. We want to do a K1 probably (just got engaged so we're still figuring this out) and officially get married in the US. But we would like to do a traditional Amazigh (Kabyle) ceremony in the village in Algeria so his family could be there etc. Is there any chance we can do this before coming to the US for the "real" wedding (both are real for us but I'm talking legally/officially) if we don't register a wedding in Algeria, don't get "declared man and wife" by anyone but just have the party and henna ceremony would this jeopordize our K1 petition?

Also, just to clarify that I am reading your responses right - the DCF is not longer possible in Algiers? Could we do it in Paris instead? Does that mean that the only option to bring Algerian (fiancé or spouse) is a K1 with wedding in US or a K3 with wedding in Algeria?

Thanks so much and I'm glad to see there are at least a few other Algerian-American coupels on here!!! Vive l'Algerie!

I can't speak for anyone else than myself. But the choices change based on several things

Is he legally in Paris? Are you working over there and do you have someone to give an affadavit of support for you if you don't have enough money? If he is, then DCF in Paris if you hit the 6 month requirement. Or you can k1.

If he can easily go back and forth to Algeria, you can always have like a wedding party. Getting married in Algeria , well it depends. I ended up marrying in Tunisia and even there it took almost a full 10 days to get everything I needed to marry and I still left without a wedding certificate. I had to pay alot of money to obtain it after leaving. Some have married in Algeria. Some have had a horrible time doing so and it took them several months. Some have been unable to do so.

my thoughts to you is if you can, do a wedding ceremony that is NOT legally binding. Do the k1 and get him to the usa and marry him here. I could have had my spouse here almost a year ago had I not gone the cr1 route. The only other active petitioner for Algeria got married last January and she is still waiting for a interview. I had a pregnancy expedite, and my wedding was May 2007 and He got his visa April 2008. If you are in the mood to wait 11 months to over a year, get married legally. If you want him here fast, I have seen people get their spouses here in 5 to 6 months with k1s. My health and my relationship have suffered from the wait and for the life of me after going cr1 I could never ever recommend marrying in advance LEGALLY unless there was no other choice. His legal status has alot to do with it

Also by the way , you cant dcf anywhere without the 6 month residency requirement. Before you could and there are alot of americans on here who dcf'd their Algerian spouse. Me and Sarahaziz are the first married people to go through the new situation with the elimination of DCF due to the adam walsh act in January 2007. You cannot compare our timelines to theirs because they did not have to wait at all. I have a long wait and so does Sarah.

The opinion about marrying in Algeria varies because if you know someone in the government, often you get the papers through that you need to marry much faster. There is alot of paperwork required to marry in Algeria and each district varies in procedure. Algiers can be quick and another district slow. If you have lots of resources and plenty of time, try it. It did not work for me. I married in Tunisia and it was one nightmare after another with every single Tunisian I ran across requiring bribes.What should have cost 1 dollar a paper sometimes cost us 100 dollars and without shame people took it. Bribe this person and that person and this person and that person just to get what people should have done normally. Its just the reality. The girl on here who's husband is Tunisian father in law worked in the govt or was some big whig so they got things in a day. Thats my point. Its not like here where things are uniform. Its anything goes getting papers done..

people who petitioned from lets say Morocco may have a different opinion than me but after having to deal with people asking for money, losing paperwork, refusing to give us copies for free etc, I would never recommned marrying over there without no other choice.

Do what you like but whatever you do, think about time and the stress that it will put on your relationship. over a year apart can strain even the best relationship.

k1 is clearly the way to go... I dont know his legal status in France. It matters. I have seen them make illegal Algerians go back home to interview ....The Algiers consulate is very nice though...

Ive seen several illegals pull this off. He will have to go home for his K1 interview ( algiers) if he is illegal. He will also have to obtain a French police report before he leaves France to go home. Talk to some of the other petitioners on this board and they can tell you how they did it with a spouse being illegal in France

[kenneme 2]

Dear Holyw - thanks for your input!

Waharina,

Thank you so much for your response and sorry for not being more specific in my earlier post I was trying to seperate out all of the elements but I realize now that is pretty much impossible!

My fiancé is a legal resident in France with a work visa / carte de sejour (he did change of status from student almost four years ago). He will (ench'allah) renew his French residency in September 2008 (it is one year renewable). He has his military card so there is no problem for him to go/come back from Algeria if needed (I know that's a prob for some folks). He also visited the US in march on a tourist visa and miraculously had no problem getting that visa and coming for a visit - I think because of his job contract in France. I am currently living and working in France (through September and then I'll return to finish my masters degree in the US in December). So I recognize, and am humbly grateful, that our situation is a bit easier than other folks!

It sounds like the K1 is the way to go, the only reason we are looking at other options is because we may want to live in France still for a few years because of work. We want to do the weddings in Algeria and the US so our families can be there and because it would be the most meaningful for us, but even if we do the wedding in the US officially first he doesn't necessarily want to immigrate (ie: become a permanent resident) yet - the reason being that if he has to stay in the US even just for six months to get his greencard he would lose his status in France - which we don't want. So that's the little complication we have

It seems what we may do is bring him to the US either on a tourist or K1 visa, get married officially and then not apply for change of status yet, leave the country and then apply later for his visa/residency once we are ready to move to the US. The only problem with that would be if somehow having "abandoned" the first time without applying for residency would harm his chances later on. (I posted in another forum asking about this so that's why I didn't want to double up by repeating it here before - sorry!) It sounds like the best would be to have our wedding (hopefully in the US if he can get a visa to enter) and then do DCF in Paris a little while down the road when we are ready to move to the US (assuming we would both be living and working here in France)? Option two would be to abandon France (I like this one!) and just do the K1 directly in one shot when we are ready to move to the US in a couple of years. We maybe could still do "wedding celebrations" now ...? or just put off getting married...? What do you think?

On DCF, is the six month residency requirement for him or for me?

I'm so sorry to hear about your trying experience and the terrible journey you've had. I read your other post about the pregnancy complications and it seems to me (if I can offer a bit of unrequested advice) that your hubby needs to skip the transit visa and visit to his mom in Paris (unless there is some life or death reason he needs to see her now) and come straight to you. I'm sure he is also under a lot of stress but it sounds like he just needs to get there ASAP and be there to support you and the baby! I mean, under different circumstances a stop over in Paris would be nice, but now is not the time. In the meantime, you've got to just focus on yours and the baby's health and stay positive Try envisioning all of the other pregnant momies all over the world going through the hormonal ups and downs and growing together - you're stronger than you think you are and this, afterall, is something your body is designed to do! Try to "lay down" the visa stress if you can so that it doesn't keep dragging you down and stay confident that he'll be there soon.

Thanks again for your suggestions and I welcome and further thoughts you may have! Hang in there!

Megan

[Beauty for Ashes 257]

Dear Holyw - thanks for your input!

Waharina,

Thank you so much for your response and sorry for not being more specific in my earlier post I was trying to seperate out all of the elements but I realize now that is pretty much impossible!

My fiancé is a legal resident in France with a work visa / carte de sejour (he did change of status from student almost four years ago). He will (ench'allah) renew his French residency in September 2008 (it is one year renewable). He has his military card so there is no problem for him to go/come back from Algeria if needed (I know that's a prob for some folks). He also visited the US in march on a tourist visa and miraculously had no problem getting that visa and coming for a visit - I think because of his job contract in France. I am currently living and working in France (through September and then I'll return to finish my masters degree in the US in December). So I recognize, and am humbly grateful, that our situation is a bit easier than other folks!

It sounds like the K1 is the way to go, the only reason we are looking at other options is because we may want to live in France still for a few years because of work. We want to do the weddings in Algeria and the US so our families can be there and because it would be the most meaningful for us, but even if we do the wedding in the US officially first he doesn't necessarily want to immigrate (ie: become a permanent resident) yet - the reason being that if he has to stay in the US even just for six months to get his greencard he would lose his status in France - which we don't want. So that's the little complication we have

It seems what we may do is bring him to the US either on a tourist or K1 visa, get married officially and then not apply for change of status yet, leave the country and then apply later for his visa/residency once we are ready to move to the US. The only problem with that would be if somehow having "abandoned" the first time without applying for residency would harm his chances later on. (I posted in another forum asking about this so that's why I didn't want to double up by repeating it here before - sorry!) It sounds like the best would be to have our wedding (hopefully in the US if he can get a visa to enter) and then do DCF in Paris a little while down the road when we are ready to move to the US (assuming we would both be living and working here in France)? Option two would be to abandon France (I like this one!) and just do the K1 directly in one shot when we are ready to move to the US in a couple of years. We maybe could still do "wedding celebrations" now ...? or just put off getting married...? What do you think?

On DCF, is the six month residency requirement for him or for me?

I'm so sorry to hear about your trying experience and the terrible journey you've had. I read your other post about the pregnancy complications and it seems to me (if I can offer a bit of unrequested advice) that your hubby needs to skip the transit visa and visit to his mom in Paris (unless there is some life or death reason he needs to see her now) and come straight to you. I'm sure he is also under a lot of stress but it sounds like he just needs to get there ASAP and be there to support you and the baby! I mean, under different circumstances a stop over in Paris would be nice, but now is not the time. In the meantime, you've got to just focus on yours and the baby's health and stay positive Try envisioning all of the other pregnant momies all over the world going through the hormonal ups and downs and growing together - you're stronger than you think you are and this, afterall, is something your body is designed to do! Try to "lay down" the visa stress if you can so that it doesn't keep dragging you down and stay confident that he'll be there soon.

Thanks again for your suggestions and I welcome and further thoughts you may have! Hang in there!

Megan

yes...the k1 will be the best way to go unless you can live in france 6 months and legally file...Its your residency that provides the dcf ing

Yes I have been EXTREMELY aggravated at the time I have had to wait and frankly at this moment my husband has been in Paris for 2 days already. He is slated to leave France tomorrow morning for the US. It has been horrible for me but the flip side is I just dont think he fathoms how hard this has been for me. We have a bit of a language barrier in explaining medical stuff and I dont think he really realises what I have been through. I actually went into full respiratory arrest ( my breathing actually stopped) and had to be hospitalised and have intervenous steroids and all kinds of stuff.

What happened is that I had a mild case of asthma pretty regularly. I stayed at the Port of Oran during a cold smoggy snapp in Oran. The place that I stayed is directly across from the PORT and there are all these tankers spewing god knows what into the air. I slept in a room for 3 days with no ventilation, no air conditioning and no filtration so the only way to get air in the room was to open the windows. Imagine a plume of diesel creeping into your room everynight from these ships. By the time I got home, my lungs were so burned , I was at 20 percent lung capacity. By the time I was at the hospital I was at 5 and my lungs gave out. I am not a sickly person. it was a combination of a cold in my lungs, a burn in my lungs, allergic reaction to diesel and whatever else was being spewed into the air... ( oil tankers parked one next to each other less than a thousand yards from my hotel. The asthma deaths in Algeria are very high and frequent. There are no emission controls in the bigger cities.. No polution controls . Nothing. My lungs had it. I got pregnant towards the end of my trip so coupled with my body going through changes and then my body giving way, its been a rough ride. I was at one point actually nebulising 17 to 25 times a day with a machine and albuterol just to keep my lungs open until I hit week 10 and the baby was formed and I allowed them to put me on steroids like predizone and advair. Since I have been on advair. I am doing much better. I still have attacks every day and have had to go back in the hospital but its been less severe.

He is having fun in France, partying with his cousins and with his mom and her sisters and they are all together for the first time ever. He would have NEVER gotten a visa to France if he wasnt married.. its almost impossble unless you marry a french person or you have alot of money, so this was a real event for him and hes getting to see people in Paris he hasnt seen back in Algeria for all his life because his mothers 4 sisters live in Paris and so has his mom for 5 years. His mom is just NOW getting residency and has been unable to travel back and forth to Algeria so he hasnt seen his mom > His dad died as a child so I think these 5 years have been empty and traumatic for him. If he was anyone else, I would be pissed beyond belief. But I know the importance of this trip for his Mom's mental health, not seeing her 3 kids for 5 years and working in France and not able to see her mom etc. I know what it has done for him mentally seeing his cousins..One of whom, took him out last night on the town. Its been an amazing experience for him. I am kind of aggravated at what I perceive as their lacsidasical attitude towards pregnancy. His other aunt was pregnant back in Oran and NO ONE did anything to help her or spoil her and she was cutting up sheep at almost 9 months. You just dont get fussed over there like you do here.. Here we get all kinds of non sense.. There its like go pluck the chicken and bring me a coffee while you are Up LOL

So needless to say, hes in France already. The whole dont go to France, come directly here wouldnt have worked with all the extrernal pressure from his Mom to visit her etc. I wish they would have put me first but it didnt happen. I had to be the bigger person. I have had to do that alot these last 2 years

[Henia 11]

Esalaams!

Due to Consuler changes I-130s have generally slowed down being processed. Couples have much higher and faster success rate with K-1. K-1 throu Alger have been processed on average in 6 months, while K-3/CR-1 have been taking as long as a full year!

But Algerians couple, still better for you then other unfortunate couples going throu Casa and Cairo! Donnot get worried ... old and new Consul still speedier and friendly then other MENA consulates!

We got approved for our petition within 8 months, 6 of which we had to wait for the residency requirement. Just we never got around to using the visa! LOL that is another story!