KHURRAM SERAJ

Is there any news from your wife? Is she safe?? I have prayed for her and her family.

She is fine as well as my family, thanks for asking

Good thoughts and prayers for your wife and family over there! Are you able to contact them?

Thanks for the prayers

Yes, Talked to them and they are all ok, but she said there are chances of another rain storm coming their way

K, yes we will..........at some point. But we will play their game until we are victorious and never, never give up.

Well we will play as even if we didn't want to play, we were given no choice

Ladies usually have a short AP, however I have been on AP for six months now with no visa in sight

Don't see any timeline which makes it hard to get a real average of the time it's taking for females.

Yeah, I hope we hear something positive soon

Heavy rains and winds are causing more problems in many areas of South Asia after a weekend of chaotic weather saw several hundred people killed.

Much of Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi - where 200 died - is still without power.

Forecasters say a cyclone and heavy winds are set to hit most of Pakistan's coast and much of India's west coast.

More than 140 have been killed in the rains in India. There have also been a number of deaths in Afghanistan.

No drinking water

Officials in Karachi say that in just one area of the city, Gadap in the north-west, more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed.

Temporary relief camps have been set-up, but most of those affected are refusing to leave their destroyed homes.

Gadap, like other areas of the city, is without drinking water.

For weeks before the weekend floods, Karachi had been hit hot weather and power cuts, leading to protests and rioting.

Sunday saw more riots.

Billboard ban

Correspondents who have visited the flooded areas and the city mortuaries confirm that more than 200 people were killed, although the mayor of Karachi has said less than 70 deaths have been confirmed.

Meanwhile, the provincial governor has ordered that large billboards in the city should be taken down and in future there should be a limit on the size and number of billboards.

Falling billboards and hoardings accounted for many of the fatalities in the city.

Winds of up to 40 nautical miles an hour are predicted for the coastline of Pakistan. Fishermen have been told to stay on land because of the dangers of three-metre high waves.

Indian weather forecasters have warned of a cyclone hitting the coastal areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat states by Wednesday.

Heavy rains have already caused the deaths of some 140 people in southern and western India. The states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka have been the worst hit.

The BBC's Sunil Raman in Delhi says the flood situation remains grim in parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra.

Tamil Nadu and Orissa have been put on alert.

So far, some 25 people have been killed in Karnataka, 53 in Kerala, over 38 in Andhra Pradesh and around 50 in Maharashtra.

In Bagalkot, Bijapur and Raichur, the worst affected districts of Karnataka, more than 4,000 people have been left homeless after their villages submerged in flash floods. Eleven relief camps have been opened for the homeless.

Relief operations are also under way in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool district which was badly affected by the weekend rains.

In Afghanistan officials say floods and landslides have caused deaths in the provinces of Kunar and Kunduz and damaged housing in other provinces.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6236682.stm

Good Mourning to you, too, K !

Did you make your call ??? And if so, anything??

Called and got the same reply

yes it is! Good morning to both of you

I have a question for anyone who's spouse has already been approved:

is it ok if I gave my husband online bank statements cuz I have stopped recieveing paper statements?

Farah

Thanks in Advance

I did the same as I only get Online statements as well, just make sure yoy get a letter from the bank as well.

Hellooo

Good morning

Steve-n-Ana

matt85

Good Morning!

Howz everyone today?

Hello guys

somehow i thought you were providing your timeline based on what jaxguy asked. So i was just clarifying my old point that turnaround for K1 and K3 is much quicker than Cr-1. Thats all.

ah Ok, I was just giving a general idea as waiting4s got a three month gap as well for his interview

maydaydas

Nagishkaw

Nagishkaw

Aw. hang in there Khurram!! I hope it comes soon!

Yup, Just hanging in there

But you filed K3. Main purpose of K1 and K3 is to bypass the delay that CR1 folks have to go through.

My 2 paisa's...

True, but whats your point?

Thanks.... Are there cases where people had their AP over in under 3 months?

Yes, I have seen it end withing three months with females

Called DOS again, same reply

Assalaamu Alaikum,

It seems like my wife's file has been put on AP, after the interview she was given a paper saying that her file is under AP and that it takes min. of 45 days etc..., they also took 10 fingerprints. I was told that all female who were being interviewed that day was given an AP letter.

What is the procedure of checking the status of AP?

Jazakallah Khair!

Call DOS at 202-663-1225 then press 1 and then 0

once you get a rep tell them your wife's case number which is something like ISL2007XXXXXX and they can tell you the status