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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Egypt
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i was shocked really as i didn't imagine that we were waiting for 3 months for nothing . i don't know if they just like to make ppl wait for nothing or that they didn't review the documents we sent for those 3 months and until the congressman contacted them so they started to look at it .

we will see what else will they do when we send them the new tax returns (2009) that proves my wife makes more than enough to sponsor me , and we would send my mother in law's most recent tax returns (2008) also so they can choose each one is workable for them .

i wish you will get good news soon bro , anything new from their side??

I can't believe they made you wait that long and not update you on what they need from you... I'm very sorry you had to wait that long to know... But, hopefully right after the get the documents needed, they will issue your visa in no time. :thumbs:

ROC Timeline

8/1/12: ROC window opens
9/4/12: ROC packet sent
9/8/12: ROC packet delivered to VSC
9/12/12: Check cashed
9/14/12: NOA letter received (NOA dated 9/10/12)
9/20/12: Biometrics letter received (Bio appointment 10/15/12)
10/12/12: Early biometrics walk-in

4/27/13: RFE received

6/17/13: RFE response sent

7/1/13: ROC petition approved

7/5/13: GC received in the mail.

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Congrats Ihab. Your visa will definitely be at your house soon isa because trust me the embassy never says visa issued unless they mean it. The "visa is issued" email is the only accurate email that you can trust from the Cairo embassy...........lol.

Doesnt it seem like there are a lot of visas being issued ever seen February began?? And that doesnt even include the people that dont have VJ and were also probably issued their visas as well. I am starting to wonder if they got in trouble for delaying visas for such a long time or the amounts of visas to issue increased for Egypt???? Maybe their new cycle year began the beginning of February. Either way I really think everyone left in the club will be issued their visa very soon isa.

Embassy Journey

2009-11-15 : Case at US Embassy in Cairo

2009-10-26 : Medical Exam@4pm

2009-10-28 : Medical Exam results given

2009-11-09 : Interview Date @ 9am

2009-11-09 to 2010-01-21 AP

2010-02-02: Visa Issued

2010-02-06 : Visa in Hand

2010-02-11 : U.S. Entry

U.S. Journey

2010-03-01 : Social Security card received

2010-03-04 : Welcome to the US letter received in the mail

2010-03-11 : Green card received

2010-04-04 : Ahmad got a J-O-B (Alhamdullah!)

2010-05-22 : Ahmad got his DL

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Egypt
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thanks guys, I really hope so, and same for all of you out there, it is very painful waiting as you all know and experienced already, i really don't think these guys know how painful this is, I mean you would think at least figure out a system to let people know an average time for waiting depending on the case, a lot of people out there just waiting.

anyway, i just hope for my wife's sake she would hear good news from them, it hurts enough that she is away from me, but it hurts me more knowing she is suffering and I can't do anything about it.

let's hear some good news from you guys soon i hope :)

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Egypt
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DHL is really on the move this time.

4th Feb

Scheduled for delivery as agreed 08:58

Arrived at Sort Facility Cairo - Egypt 19:46

Departed Facility in Cairo - Egypt 20:41

Processed at Cairo - Egypt 20:41

5th Feb

Arrived at Delivery Facility in Cairo - Egypt 02:29

This is the same information as the package going to the Embassy so I believe it is in Hurghada now. It doesn't update as Hurghada as everything says Cairo for some reason which is the same as before. Hubby is actually in Cairo on his break and he went to his Dad's office in 6th of October tonight to see them and his Uncle. He's supposed to be back to the clinic by Sunday I believe. It makes me uneasy knowing the package is there and he's not. DHL should be off on Friday as it is the weekend there. If the package isn't at the clinic already then it should be there for certain Saturday or Sunday. I should know if he has the visa in hand Sunday or Monday and if everything is ok with it. I was reading over the Congressman's email again and I read it mentioned the K3 visa. I suspect they issued the K3 visa then instead of the IR-1. We had questioned which one they would issue us because of the nature of this wait and we had read of some other cases on VJ that had been issued the IR-1 instead in the interview because they qualified for the visa after 2 years of marriage.

I also was musing over our visa journey timeline. Today it has been 2 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days since I filed for the K3. Our journey from filing to visa in hand took almost 3 years. We met online March 17th, 2004. That was 5 years, 10 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days ago. It has been nearly 6 years since we met this March till when he is supposed to arrive here. We were engaged March 27th, 2006. From the time we met online to the time we were engaged it took 2 years, 1 week and 3 days. And 3 years, 10 months, 1 week, and 2 days ago we were engaged. So nearly 4 years ago. Then 9 months after engagement we were married December 28th, 2006. Today we've been married 3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day and have spent nearly that entire time apart waiting on the visa. This process isn't for the faint of heart. Some get through it quite well while others have one hell of a ride.

In the time that I've known him I finished my bachelors degree and applied for graduate school and made several short films and a documentary. He's finished his doctor in training or residency as we call it in the states and he served 16 months in the Egyptian military. He's had two nieces born. His Sister and Brother-in-law have been to the US twice now and one has finished their PhD at John Hopkins while the other is working on their PhD now at John Hopkins. One of my Brothers has gone into his own business only to sell it to his partner and start a new business and he's been divorced and remarried and now a baby girl is about to be born any day here. Another one of my brothers and one of my half-sisters have each married and divorced their partners in under a year. I also had one brother who served in Iraq, married when he got back, and had a baby boy last year. I'm watching the generation of my family that is 10 years younger than I getting married and starting their own families now or going off to college. I've also had many friends and family pass on and so has my Husband and that has been difficult to share apart like this.

In my time here on Visa Journey I've watched countless people go through the process and get visas and reunited or break up. I've read horror stories, I've read happy stories, I've seen many SO's get here, and many MENA babies born and shared in other members joys and trials. I've helped friends in person who've found their loved ones online, go through their divorce, unite with their SO's, and showed friends visa journey to go through their own visa journey. I've been apart of MENA book clubs in the summers, and started facebook groups for support for wives with spouses in the military mostly from Egypt. I've observed and participated in the cycles of VJ, and with the members of it, almost half the amount of time of my online relationship with this man. So much life has happened in this these last 6 years. So much has been invested in relationships in a way never before thought possible because we have this new technology today that allows us to connect. I am really grateful for the support VJ has provided and for having the opportunity to meet you all and experience your journeys as well and make many friends going through the same process. Visa Journey is a great resource if you allow it to be what it was intended for.

When my Husband arrives in March I wonder where will life take us next? What adventure is in store for us next? Where we will travel? When will he pass his USMLE's and start practicing medicine here? When will our first child be born and we get to start our own MENA family? Where we will settle down? How will he like my attempts at Egyptian cooking from the books I've bought? How will my friends and family take meeting him and what will his reaction be to them as well? What friends will he make here? What school will I go on to for my Masters or what jobs we'll get or even what the first year together on the same continent will be like. We never know what lessons we will learn in life or what surprises life may have in store. For example I've been accepted to graduate school a Boston University and the University of Westminster in SLC and I didn't even apply to them. They contacted me because of my GRE scores and my degree field. I'm still waiting to hear from the graduate schools I did apply to. They say I should know something by mid-March. Where we'll end up nobody knows for sure. There are considerations and compromises to be made when the time comes. I never intended to be here this long or live my life this way. Ten years ago I wouldn't even have imagined I'd be where I am today. I don't think anybody ever does when they get caught up in the ride of life much less the visa journey. This day was a long time coming and many times it seemed like the same day. Soon for all that follow or have a difficult journey it will be your story next and I hope that it will be your visa in hand too. (F)

We are so close now but even I know from my time reading here that there is still much more to come with immigration. The preparations for his arrival. His plane tickets and travel here. His POE experience. His adjustment here. My adjustment to the marriage in person and our life together. Then filing for Adjustment of Status or is it Removal of Conditions? I guess I will have to get started on the next load of paperwork for immigration and get ready for the next level of interviews and fees. There are so many more steps. Hopefully they will go faster then these years I've waited apart so far and at least this time we'll get to be together as he says "forever" this time. (L)

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Egypt
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I can't believe they made you wait that long and not update you on what they need from you... I'm very sorry you had to wait that long to know... But, hopefully right after the get the documents needed, they will issue your visa in no time. :thumbs:

i don't know either why did they do that as it seems unprofessional, but anyways we have 10 days to prepare the new documents and to send it to back to them . hopefully they will not take a century to review it again lol

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Egypt
Timeline
Posted
DHL is really on the move this time.

4th Feb

Scheduled for delivery as agreed 08:58

Arrived at Sort Facility Cairo - Egypt 19:46

Departed Facility in Cairo - Egypt 20:41

Processed at Cairo - Egypt 20:41

5th Feb

Arrived at Delivery Facility in Cairo - Egypt 02:29

This is the same information as the package going to the Embassy so I believe it is in Hurghada now. It doesn't update as Hurghada as everything says Cairo for some reason which is the same as before. Hubby is actually in Cairo on his break and he went to his Dad's office in 6th of October tonight to see them and his Uncle. He's supposed to be back to the clinic by Sunday I believe. It makes me uneasy knowing the package is there and he's not. DHL should be off on Friday as it is the weekend there. If the package isn't at the clinic already then it should be there for certain Saturday or Sunday. I should know if he has the visa in hand Sunday or Monday and if everything is ok with it. I was reading over the Congressman's email again and I read it mentioned the K3 visa. I suspect they issued the K3 visa then instead of the IR-1. We had questioned which one they would issue us because of the nature of this wait and we had read of some other cases on VJ that had been issued the IR-1 instead in the interview because they qualified for the visa after 2 years of marriage.

I also was musing over our visa journey timeline. Today it has been 2 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days since I filed for the K3. Our journey from filing to visa in hand took almost 3 years. We met online March 17th, 2004. That was 5 years, 10 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days ago. It has been nearly 6 years since we met this March till when he is supposed to arrive here. We were engaged March 27th, 2006. From the time we met online to the time we were engaged it took 2 years, 1 week and 3 days. And 3 years, 10 months, 1 week, and 2 days ago we were engaged. So nearly 4 years ago. Then 9 months after engagement we were married December 28th, 2006. Today we've been married 3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day and have spent nearly that entire time apart waiting on the visa. This process isn't for the faint of heart. Some get through it quite well while others have one hell of a ride.

In the time that I've known him I finished my bachelors degree and applied for graduate school and made several short films and a documentary. He's finished his doctor in training or residency as we call it in the states and he served 16 months in the Egyptian military. He's had two nieces born. His Sister and Brother-in-law have been to the US twice now and one has finished their PhD at John Hopkins while the other is working on their PhD now at John Hopkins. One of my Brothers has gone into his own business only to sell it to his partner and start a new business and he's been divorced and remarried and now a baby girl is about to be born any day here. Another one of my brothers and one of my half-sisters have each married and divorced their partners in under a year. I also had one brother who served in Iraq, married when he got back, and had a baby boy last year. I'm watching the generation of my family that is 10 years younger than I getting married and starting their own families now or going off to college. I've also had many friends and family pass on and so has my Husband and that has been difficult to share apart like this.

In my time here on Visa Journey I've watched countless people go through the process and get visas and reunited or break up. I've read horror stories, I've read happy stories, I've seen many SO's get here, and many MENA babies born and shared in other members joys and trials. I've helped friends in person who've found their loved ones online, go through their divorce, unite with their SO's, and showed friends visa journey to go through their own visa journey. I've been apart of MENA book clubs in the summers, and started facebook groups for support for wives with spouses in the military mostly from Egypt. I've observed and participated in the cycles of VJ, and with the members of it, almost half the amount of time of my online relationship with this man. So much life has happened in this these last 6 years. So much has been invested in relationships in a way never before thought possible because we have this new technology today that allows us to connect. I am really grateful for the support VJ has provided and for having the opportunity to meet you all and experience your journeys as well and make many friends going through the same process. Visa Journey is a great resource if you allow it to be what it was intended for.

When my Husband arrives in March I wonder where will life take us next? What adventure is in store for us next? Where we will travel? When will he pass his USMLE's and start practicing medicine here? When will our first child be born and we get to start our own MENA family? Where we will settle down? How will he like my attempts at Egyptian cooking from the books I've bought? How will my friends and family take meeting him and what will his reaction be to them as well? What friends will he make here? What school will I go on to for my Masters or what jobs we'll get or even what the first year together on the same continent will be like. We never know what lessons we will learn in life or what surprises life may have in store. For example I've been accepted to graduate school a Boston University and the University of Westminster in SLC and I didn't even apply to them. They contacted me because of my GRE scores and my degree field. I'm still waiting to hear from the graduate schools I did apply to. They say I should know something by mid-March. Where we'll end up nobody knows for sure. There are considerations and compromises to be made when the time comes. I never intended to be here this long or live my life this way. Ten years ago I wouldn't even have imagined I'd be where I am today. I don't think anybody ever does when they get caught up in the ride of life much less the visa journey. This day was a long time coming and many times it seemed like the same day. Soon for all that follow or have a difficult journey it will be your story next and I hope that it will be your visa in hand too. (F)

We are so close now but even I know from my time reading here that there is still much more to come with immigration. The preparations for his arrival. His plane tickets and travel here. His POE experience. His adjustment here. My adjustment to the marriage in person and our life together. Then filing for Adjustment of Status or is it Removal of Conditions? I guess I will have to get started on the next load of paperwork for immigration and get ready for the next level of interviews and fees. There are so many more steps. Hopefully they will go faster then these years I've waited apart so far and at least this time we'll get to be together as he says "forever" this time. (L)

Olivia Thank you so so much for sharing your story and your feelings with us .

And you have to know that we really appreciate it .

We have been so happy,sad,angry,crying and frustrated about things .

You guys know each others for 6 years and still apart Wow it shows us how much fighter you are guys .and it gives us hope that there is a light at the end of the tunnel .

And we know that there are so many challenges in that journey not just the visa .

I'm really so speechless after i read your story and your feelings .

I wish you a very good luck with your husband .and a nice blessed new life together .

You have been waiting so long for that happy life and you guys deserve it . (F)

Nothing's impossible . Nothing's unreachable .When I am weary you make me stronger

This love is beautiful .So unforgettable . I feel no winter cold when we are together .

Will you stand by me ?!!!Hold on and never let me go .

Will you stand by me?!! With you i know i belong . When the story gets told .

When day turns into night .I look into your eyes . I see my future now .All the world and its wonder

This love wont fade away.And through the hardest days . I will never question us .You are the reason my only reason.

I'm blessed to find what i need in a world loosing hope. you are my only believe .

You make things right every time after time.....

Will you stand by me ?!!!

I love you so much and i miss you so much more .

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Egypt
Timeline
Posted
DHL is really on the move this time.

4th Feb

Scheduled for delivery as agreed 08:58

Arrived at Sort Facility Cairo - Egypt 19:46

Departed Facility in Cairo - Egypt 20:41

Processed at Cairo - Egypt 20:41

5th Feb

Arrived at Delivery Facility in Cairo - Egypt 02:29

This is the same information as the package going to the Embassy so I believe it is in Hurghada now. It doesn't update as Hurghada as everything says Cairo for some reason which is the same as before. Hubby is actually in Cairo on his break and he went to his Dad's office in 6th of October tonight to see them and his Uncle. He's supposed to be back to the clinic by Sunday I believe. It makes me uneasy knowing the package is there and he's not. DHL should be off on Friday as it is the weekend there. If the package isn't at the clinic already then it should be there for certain Saturday or Sunday. I should know if he has the visa in hand Sunday or Monday and if everything is ok with it. I was reading over the Congressman's email again and I read it mentioned the K3 visa. I suspect they issued the K3 visa then instead of the IR-1. We had questioned which one they would issue us because of the nature of this wait and we had read of some other cases on VJ that had been issued the IR-1 instead in the interview because they qualified for the visa after 2 years of marriage.

I also was musing over our visa journey timeline. Today it has been 2 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days since I filed for the K3. Our journey from filing to visa in hand took almost 3 years. We met online March 17th, 2004. That was 5 years, 10 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days ago. It has been nearly 6 years since we met this March till when he is supposed to arrive here. We were engaged March 27th, 2006. From the time we met online to the time we were engaged it took 2 years, 1 week and 3 days. And 3 years, 10 months, 1 week, and 2 days ago we were engaged. So nearly 4 years ago. Then 9 months after engagement we were married December 28th, 2006. Today we've been married 3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day and have spent nearly that entire time apart waiting on the visa. This process isn't for the faint of heart. Some get through it quite well while others have one hell of a ride.

In the time that I've known him I finished my bachelors degree and applied for graduate school and made several short films and a documentary. He's finished his doctor in training or residency as we call it in the states and he served 16 months in the Egyptian military. He's had two nieces born. His Sister and Brother-in-law have been to the US twice now and one has finished their PhD at John Hopkins while the other is working on their PhD now at John Hopkins. One of my Brothers has gone into his own business only to sell it to his partner and start a new business and he's been divorced and remarried and now a baby girl is about to be born any day here. Another one of my brothers and one of my half-sisters have each married and divorced their partners in under a year. I also had one brother who served in Iraq, married when he got back, and had a baby boy last year. I'm watching the generation of my family that is 10 years younger than I getting married and starting their own families now or going off to college. I've also had many friends and family pass on and so has my Husband and that has been difficult to share apart like this.

In my time here on Visa Journey I've watched countless people go through the process and get visas and reunited or break up. I've read horror stories, I've read happy stories, I've seen many SO's get here, and many MENA babies born and shared in other members joys and trials. I've helped friends in person who've found their loved ones online, go through their divorce, unite with their SO's, and showed friends visa journey to go through their own visa journey. I've been apart of MENA book clubs in the summers, and started facebook groups for support for wives with spouses in the military mostly from Egypt. I've observed and participated in the cycles of VJ, and with the members of it, almost half the amount of time of my online relationship with this man. So much life has happened in this these last 6 years. So much has been invested in relationships in a way never before thought possible because we have this new technology today that allows us to connect. I am really grateful for the support VJ has provided and for having the opportunity to meet you all and experience your journeys as well and make many friends going through the same process. Visa Journey is a great resource if you allow it to be what it was intended for.

When my Husband arrives in March I wonder where will life take us next? What adventure is in store for us next? Where we will travel? When will he pass his USMLE's and start practicing medicine here? When will our first child be born and we get to start our own MENA family? Where we will settle down? How will he like my attempts at Egyptian cooking from the books I've bought? How will my friends and family take meeting him and what will his reaction be to them as well? What friends will he make here? What school will I go on to for my Masters or what jobs we'll get or even what the first year together on the same continent will be like. We never know what lessons we will learn in life or what surprises life may have in store. For example I've been accepted to graduate school a Boston University and the University of Westminster in SLC and I didn't even apply to them. They contacted me because of my GRE scores and my degree field. I'm still waiting to hear from the graduate schools I did apply to. They say I should know something by mid-March. Where we'll end up nobody knows for sure. There are considerations and compromises to be made when the time comes. I never intended to be here this long or live my life this way. Ten years ago I wouldn't even have imagined I'd be where I am today. I don't think anybody ever does when they get caught up in the ride of life much less the visa journey. This day was a long time coming and many times it seemed like the same day. Soon for all that follow or have a difficult journey it will be your story next and I hope that it will be your visa in hand too. (F)

We are so close now but even I know from my time reading here that there is still much more to come with immigration. The preparations for his arrival. His plane tickets and travel here. His POE experience. His adjustment here. My adjustment to the marriage in person and our life together. Then filing for Adjustment of Status or is it Removal of Conditions? I guess I will have to get started on the next load of paperwork for immigration and get ready for the next level of interviews and fees. There are so many more steps. Hopefully they will go faster then these years I've waited apart so far and at least this time we'll get to be together as he says "forever" this time. (L)

Olivia,

What a ride!! I do not know you or Waleed personally, but I have to say that I am so so proud of the two of you.. You have waited for so long, endured the distances for 6 long years, and seen the ugly face of the immigration process still at the visa stage. Among the many lessons in your post, 'Love and Faith can conquer everything' stands very clear!

I truly wish you a happy everlasting life with your husband and a continuing success on all the sides of your life! (L)

P.S: Your post was beautifully written. :)

ROC Timeline

8/1/12: ROC window opens
9/4/12: ROC packet sent
9/8/12: ROC packet delivered to VSC
9/12/12: Check cashed
9/14/12: NOA letter received (NOA dated 9/10/12)
9/20/12: Biometrics letter received (Bio appointment 10/15/12)
10/12/12: Early biometrics walk-in

4/27/13: RFE received

6/17/13: RFE response sent

7/1/13: ROC petition approved

7/5/13: GC received in the mail.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Egypt
Timeline
Posted

i wish all of you a full of fun weekend , and new week would come with more visas for the rest of the club members . as i can remember we don't have now but ( hot guy , 100% ahly fan , Ihab ) . oh i am not on the list back yet until i send them the missing document that they need :)

so is there anyone else in the final review but i didn't mention ??

Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Egypt
Timeline
Posted
i wish all of you a full of fun weekend , and new week would come with more visas for the rest of the club members . as i can remember we don't have now but ( hot guy , 100% ahly fan , Ihab ) . oh i am not on the list back yet until i send them the missing document that they need :)

so is there anyone else in the final review but i didn't mention ??

thank you very much same for you, and i sure hope you will get back on the list soon. have a wonderful weekend

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
Timeline
Posted
i wish all of you a full of fun weekend , and new week would come with more visas for the rest of the club members . as i can remember we don't have now but ( hot guy , 100% ahly fan , Ihab ) . oh i am not on the list back yet until i send them the missing document that they need :)

so is there anyone else in the final review but i didn't mention ??

100% ahly fan which is Sharifah is also out of the club. Her husband's visa was issued on Feb 3rd. Many congratulations to her as well. Isa you, Mohamed, and Ihab will have your visas very soon.

Olivia, your story was very well written and I am so happy you will get to begin your new life together soon.

Embassy Journey

2009-11-15 : Case at US Embassy in Cairo

2009-10-26 : Medical Exam@4pm

2009-10-28 : Medical Exam results given

2009-11-09 : Interview Date @ 9am

2009-11-09 to 2010-01-21 AP

2010-02-02: Visa Issued

2010-02-06 : Visa in Hand

2010-02-11 : U.S. Entry

U.S. Journey

2010-03-01 : Social Security card received

2010-03-04 : Welcome to the US letter received in the mail

2010-03-11 : Green card received

2010-04-04 : Ahmad got a J-O-B (Alhamdullah!)

2010-05-22 : Ahmad got his DL

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Filed: K-3 Visa Country: Egypt
Timeline
Posted
100% ahly fan which is Sharifah is also out of the club. Her husband's visa was issued on Feb 3rd. Many congratulations to her as well. Isa you, Mohamed, and Ihab will have your visas very soon.

Olivia, your story was very well written and I am so happy you will get to begin your new life together soon.

thanks as they say, ysma3 min boik rabina ya Nancy

Filed: Timeline
Posted
DHL is really on the move this time.

4th Feb

Scheduled for delivery as agreed 08:58

Arrived at Sort Facility Cairo - Egypt 19:46

Departed Facility in Cairo - Egypt 20:41

Processed at Cairo - Egypt 20:41

5th Feb

Arrived at Delivery Facility in Cairo - Egypt 02:29

This is the same information as the package going to the Embassy so I believe it is in Hurghada now. It doesn't update as Hurghada as everything says Cairo for some reason which is the same as before. Hubby is actually in Cairo on his break and he went to his Dad's office in 6th of October tonight to see them and his Uncle. He's supposed to be back to the clinic by Sunday I believe. It makes me uneasy knowing the package is there and he's not. DHL should be off on Friday as it is the weekend there. If the package isn't at the clinic already then it should be there for certain Saturday or Sunday. I should know if he has the visa in hand Sunday or Monday and if everything is ok with it. I was reading over the Congressman's email again and I read it mentioned the K3 visa. I suspect they issued the K3 visa then instead of the IR-1. We had questioned which one they would issue us because of the nature of this wait and we had read of some other cases on VJ that had been issued the IR-1 instead in the interview because they qualified for the visa after 2 years of marriage.

I also was musing over our visa journey timeline. Today it has been 2 years, 7 months, 4 weeks and 2 days since I filed for the K3. Our journey from filing to visa in hand took almost 3 years. We met online March 17th, 2004. That was 5 years, 10 months, 2 weeks, and 5 days ago. It has been nearly 6 years since we met this March till when he is supposed to arrive here. We were engaged March 27th, 2006. From the time we met online to the time we were engaged it took 2 years, 1 week and 3 days. And 3 years, 10 months, 1 week, and 2 days ago we were engaged. So nearly 4 years ago. Then 9 months after engagement we were married December 28th, 2006. Today we've been married 3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 1 day and have spent nearly that entire time apart waiting on the visa. This process isn't for the faint of heart. Some get through it quite well while others have one hell of a ride.

In the time that I've known him I finished my bachelors degree and applied for graduate school and made several short films and a documentary. He's finished his doctor in training or residency as we call it in the states and he served 16 months in the Egyptian military. He's had two nieces born. His Sister and Brother-in-law have been to the US twice now and one has finished their PhD at John Hopkins while the other is working on their PhD now at John Hopkins. One of my Brothers has gone into his own business only to sell it to his partner and start a new business and he's been divorced and remarried and now a baby girl is about to be born any day here. Another one of my brothers and one of my half-sisters have each married and divorced their partners in under a year. I also had one brother who served in Iraq, married when he got back, and had a baby boy last year. I'm watching the generation of my family that is 10 years younger than I getting married and starting their own families now or going off to college. I've also had many friends and family pass on and so has my Husband and that has been difficult to share apart like this.

In my time here on Visa Journey I've watched countless people go through the process and get visas and reunited or break up. I've read horror stories, I've read happy stories, I've seen many SO's get here, and many MENA babies born and shared in other members joys and trials. I've helped friends in person who've found their loved ones online, go through their divorce, unite with their SO's, and showed friends visa journey to go through their own visa journey. I've been apart of MENA book clubs in the summers, and started facebook groups for support for wives with spouses in the military mostly from Egypt. I've observed and participated in the cycles of VJ, and with the members of it, almost half the amount of time of my online relationship with this man. So much life has happened in this these last 6 years. So much has been invested in relationships in a way never before thought possible because we have this new technology today that allows us to connect. I am really grateful for the support VJ has provided and for having the opportunity to meet you all and experience your journeys as well and make many friends going through the same process. Visa Journey is a great resource if you allow it to be what it was intended for.

When my Husband arrives in March I wonder where will life take us next? What adventure is in store for us next? Where we will travel? When will he pass his USMLE's and start practicing medicine here? When will our first child be born and we get to start our own MENA family? Where we will settle down? How will he like my attempts at Egyptian cooking from the books I've bought? How will my friends and family take meeting him and what will his reaction be to them as well? What friends will he make here? What school will I go on to for my Masters or what jobs we'll get or even what the first year together on the same continent will be like. We never know what lessons we will learn in life or what surprises life may have in store. For example I've been accepted to graduate school a Boston University and the University of Westminster in SLC and I didn't even apply to them. They contacted me because of my GRE scores and my degree field. I'm still waiting to hear from the graduate schools I did apply to. They say I should know something by mid-March. Where we'll end up nobody knows for sure. There are considerations and compromises to be made when the time comes. I never intended to be here this long or live my life this way. Ten years ago I wouldn't even have imagined I'd be where I am today. I don't think anybody ever does when they get caught up in the ride of life much less the visa journey. This day was a long time coming and many times it seemed like the same day. Soon for all that follow or have a difficult journey it will be your story next and I hope that it will be your visa in hand too. (F)

We are so close now but even I know from my time reading here that there is still much more to come with immigration. The preparations for his arrival. His plane tickets and travel here. His POE experience. His adjustment here. My adjustment to the marriage in person and our life together. Then filing for Adjustment of Status or is it Removal of Conditions? I guess I will have to get started on the next load of paperwork for immigration and get ready for the next level of interviews and fees. There are so many more steps. Hopefully they will go faster then these years I've waited apart so far and at least this time we'll get to be together as he says "forever" this time. (L)

hello flower. I have been long time reader from your case. I am not from morocco though I have to go through them. I am with you and wish you the best with you and husband.

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100% ahly fan which is Sharifah is also out of the club. Her husband's visa was issued on Feb 3rd. Many congratulations to her as well. Isa you, Mohamed, and Ihab will have your visas very soon.

Olivia, your story was very well written and I am so happy you will get to begin your new life together soon.

oh thank you nancy for the correction :)

well the club has only 3 now , Hot guy , Ihab and I ...is there anyone else ??

 
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