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Worldismine03's US Immigration Timeline

blank avatar   Petitioner's Name: M
Beneficiary's Name: S
VJ Member: Worldismine03
Country: Afghanistan

Last Updated: 2023-04-04
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Immigration Checklist for M & S:

USCIS I-129F Petition:      
Dept of State K1 Visa:    
USCIS I-485 Petition:  
USCIS I-765 Petition:      
USCIS I-131 Petition:      
USCIS I-751 Petition:  
USCIS N-400 Petition:  


K1 Visa
Event Date
Service Center : California Service Center
Transferred? No
Consulate : Islamabad, Pakistan
I-129F Sent : 2021-11-13
I-129F NOA1 : 2021-11-17
I-129F RFE(s) :
RFE Reply(s) :
I-129F NOA2 : 2022-01-13
NVC Received : 2022-02-09
Date Case #, IIN, and BIN assigned : 2022-03-11
NVC Left : 2022-07-18
Consulate Received : 2022-07-21
Packet 3 Received : 2022-08-11
Packet 3 Sent :
Packet 4 Received : 2022-08-15
Interview Date : 2022-10-11
Interview Result : Administrative Review
Second Interview
(If Required):
Second Interview Result:
Visa Received :
US Entry :
Marriage : 2022-10-17
Comments : I never received the email for packet 3 or instructions and even my lawyer kept saying wait for them to email you. My gut kept saying pay the visa fee on us travel docs website and then schedule it myself. After getting tired of waiting I emailed embassy support directly told them I didn’t get the instructions email but Ceac site showed our packet was ready at the embassy. Sure enough I got an email the following day for instructions and the instructions were exactly what I thought which was pay the visa fee and schedule it myself. If you see Ceac site showing ready status for embassy just don’t wait for that instructions email. It cost us 21 days but I’m thankful at least we have our interview set up now.
Processing
Estimates/Stats :
Your I-129f was approved in 57 days from your NOA1 date.

Your interview took 328 days from your I-129F NOA1 date.


Member Reviews:

Consulate Review: Islamabad, Pakistan
Review Topic: General Review
Event Description
Review Date : October 13, 2022
Embassy Review : Terrible experience. My fiancé had his interview and they didn’t even care to look at ANY of our photos together, my airline ticket, receipts, chat logs, phone calls where we spoke every single day at times for 3-5 hours.

They didn’t even ask any questions about our relationship. They focused on our 10 year age gap im in my 30s he’s in his 20s. And just without any care just told my fiancé the interview is done. Gave him a 221g form and when he asked what happened or why the CO just shut the window on him.

I’m so hurt by all of this because we had everything we needed in our file. I spent days and hours on hours making sure we had everything we needed.

They didn’t even take my 2021 tax transcript only took my 2020 one which makes no sense. They didn’t even take my affidavit of support.

Now we have no answers. I even flew to Pakistan to be here for my fiancé for his interview and got denied with no reasoning behind it. I’m at a loss for words and just in shock.

On top of that they have third party nationals looking through your evidence which makes no sense. How can you have a third party national who isn’t even a citizen of the US have any part or decision on the life of a U.S. citizen trying to bring their fiancé. I’m extremely upset by all of this.
Rating : Very Poor


Timeline Comments: 20

blank avatar Mbfernandes on 2022-01-14 said:
Ezk on 2022-01-14 said:
Congratulations! Did you expedite the process?
blank avatar Worldismine03 on 2022-01-15 said:
Thank you Ezk. No I didn’t expedite the process. We only requested a waiver for the 2 year meeting requirement and just waited. I wasn’t expecting an approval this quickly and neither was my lawyer but we are happy and appreciative of the fast approval. Hopefully interview won’t be a major set back with US embassy being closed in Afghanistan
blank avatar Abenajj on 2022-01-19 said:
Wow congratulations this is super quick!!! It also makes me hopeful.
blank avatar Worldismine03 on 2022-01-20 said:
Thank you Abenajj yes it was a total surprise. I was expecting to hear back around end of summer. I pray you get the NOA2 quickly also.
blank avatar Sanda2022 on 2022-03-16 said:
What was the reason you had for not meeting? Did you have any additional requests on that area specifically
blank avatar Worldismine03 on 2022-08-10 said:
The reason we had to not meeting was because of the current situation in Afghanistan the border closures and issues that is over there and thats why they approved our meeting waiver.
blank avatar Mohadesa on 2022-09-22 said:
Congratulations! Did you select to place of interview to be Islamabad initially on form I-129F ? Or you change it later?
blank avatar Mohadesa on 2022-09-22 said:
My beneficiary doesn't live in Pakistan can our case be sent to Pakistan?
blank avatar Worldismine03 on 2022-09-23 said:
Hi @mohadesa No I originally put Kabul and had it transferred after my fiancé arrived to Pakistan. Once we knew our case was with NVC and my fiancé was able to get to Islamabad we contacted NVC for a transfer request and it was transferred within 48 hours probably even less. On the advisement of our lawyer he said that the only way to get the case transferred to Islamabad we had to provide address in Islamabad, Pakistan visa (they want to know you came there legally), and a phone number they can be reached in Pakistan. After getting all of that together I sent it over to nvc and after that we were able to see our case was transferred. On the DS-160 form we had to put Islamabad at that time. Hope this helps and good luck!
blank avatar Mohadesa on 2022-10-13 said:
Hi @Worldismine03 I’m really sorry to read about the recent outcome! Did they tell you at all any reason? Thank you so much for info, sorry I replied late I never got a notification until now, did you request the the case transfer to Pakistan through nvc public inquiry form? We don’t have a Pakistan’s visa yet! The public inquiry response time is 2 months now dang
blank avatar Sanda2022 on 2022-10-13 said:
I am so sorry about your outcome. That seems so unfair. Is there anything you can do?!
blank avatar Sanda2022 on 2022-10-13 said:
I am so sorry about your outcome. That seems so unfair. Is there anything you can do?!
blank avatar Worldismine03 on 2022-10-15 said:
@mohadesa yes I applied for the interview transfer through the NVC inquiry form on their site. I wouldn’t worry about the response time as for afghan nationals they expedite their responses. I had my transfer happen the following day from my inquiry. They gave us no reason at all but my fiance said that they gave that same white 221g form to all the Afghan people that went to the embassy and had their interview before him. Including a mom who was getting a family visa through her son. We didn’t get any answer why our case was being sent back to USCIS but from the CO’s demeanor and words it seemed they had an issue with our age gap. Me in my 30s and him in his 20s. There was another fiancé couple there that had similar age and they also got their case sent back. If you can go anywhere other than Pakistan I would suggest to do so at this point based from what I have seen. (not sure if either you or your fiancé is from afghanistan) but if you are just be prepared to not have a legitimate interview as they separated Pakistani people from Afghan people and had the Pakistan nationals go in a room for their interview while Afghan nationals had their interview through a window.
blank avatar Worldismine03 on 2022-10-15 said:
@sanda2022 thank you for your kind words. Our lawyer said to get married because our case will sit at USCIS for a year before I hear anything and even then I will never know why our case was sent back. Now our road block is that we can’t find someone to do our nikkah (wedding certificate) here In Pakistan since they are requesting one of us to be a Pakistan national. So now I’m not sure what to do at this point. It’s been 3 days since the interview and we haven’t been able to sleep or can’t stop thinking what else we can do. In a few hours I’m gonna try to go to the law office in Pakistan to see how we can get married here. There has to be some way.
Purify100 on 2022-10-15 said:
Look up jamila's Advocate, the office is located in Lahore, Pakistan. They help couples marry legally and register it through the court. I think they would be a huge blessing to you. My husband who is from Pakistan and I married legally through them because of covid I couldn't go to him to marry him through the church.
Purify100 on 2022-10-15 said:
If it's any consolation to you our age difference is 27 years difference, where I'm older, our love is real and we want to be together for the rest of our life and no one can separate or keep apart love, age is not a factor or against the law when its 2 consenting adults and for the CO to state its unusual is false. Its more common then we know and it's it must be done by law this is not a legal reason to deny its prejudice.
blank avatar Mohadesa on 2022-10-15 said:
Thank you so much for the info! I hope everything gets solved as soon as possible for you
blank avatar Worldismine03 on 2022-10-19 said:
Thank you everyone for the advice and well wishes. It’s been one week since we were denied still haven’t heard back and the Ceac site showing “ready” is a tease. Me and my fiancé are definitely feeling depressed since the outcome and just almost faking being happy but it’s been hard knowing in 4 days I’ll leave here and who knows when I can see him again. He’s going back to Afghanistan until we can know more or our next steps
blank avatar Worldismine03 on 2023-03-30 said:
As a correction we weren’t denied we were sent to Admin Processing hell where our petition is left to expire.
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