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QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Oct 30 2008, 10:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (shiri @ Oct 30 2008, 07:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey, just checking in with you. Still no case complete?

I am sorry. It will happen soon. I finally was able to send off our DS230 and photos and supporting docs today. It is supposed to be there by noon tomorrow. I am hoping for a Dec interview date, but have come to grips with the fact it might not be until Jan. We will see. Best wishes for a quick case complete.

Thanks.. i know many of us are hoping to get it done before the cutoff... i wish us all that

Why did I think of "Get'er done" when I read that? lol

All this moving has made me tired!

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-30 22:26:00

QUOTE (WaitingforRakesh @ Oct 30 2008, 07:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Well, I got through this evening

They finally say now that they have received my RFE (blue ink signature on I-864) and the DS 230 paperwork.

Now I am in the review waiting stages with you guys!

Yeah!!! Hopefully we will all get "Case complete" quickly.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-30 19:49:00

I was so hoping you would have good news today

Inshallah tommorow will be your magic day!!!

For me, they did finally waive the police certificate which I thank God for. Now I am in "Case pending completion" as well. We are in this together!

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-30 18:47:00

QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Oct 29 2008, 06:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

lol i've been calling 2x a day since it got to nvc,,, i've already called once today so i am trying to hang on until the end of the day. NOt sure if it helps but at least I know i did something even when they haven't

Do you call and actually talk to the operator. They got onto me for calling too soon since the last time and so I wondered if anyone else gets that.

Sorry you didn't get the good news today. I really hope you get it before the end of the week. You have been waiting too long!

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-29 18:26:00

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QUOTE (S and S @ Oct 28 2008, 05:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I hope you hear something soon. Sorry they haven't finished your case yet. I got my RFE letter in the mail Saturday. They say I must provide a police clearance from the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate. I had not read this anywhere so I told my husband to go down to the police station, but apparently the police clearance wasn't good enough, ugh! I pointed out my husband has not even lived in Jordan for a year yet, but they don't seem to care. I sent my husband down there to try and get the certificate, but they said he does not have residency so they cannot give him the certificate. This is so frustrating. I have no way to fix this RFE. I once again called NVC and told them the problem and now I am waiting for the supervisor to review the case again. I am praying they just approve it understanding it is impossible to get this certificate.

that's terrible... i am soooo sorry. I hope they pull their head out of their ..... well you know? keep us up to date. So he will have to be there a year to get his certificate or will he have to wait to be a residant then get the certificate??? even still how long is that going to be?

I hope it gets worked out somehow too, lol. He can't get residency as it is nearly impossible to get one as Iraqi these days. He was lucky to get the initial residency for three months but that expired in March. We are trying to work out something else is all else fails.

I saw you haven't got word on your case being complete. This is really taking too long for you. Inshallah they will give you good news this week so you can move along in your case. Hopefully your husband will not need to work on settling you in Spain as I know that would be difficult for you.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-29 00:47:00

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-28 19:50:00

QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Oct 21 2008, 09:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

get this called Sabrina the operator she said "hummmmm case is still in final review, I am going to send this to a supervisor I think someone MISSED the final approval give us 10-15 days for a supervisor to look at it"

Can you believe that!!!!!!!! WTH does that mean??

That is what they told me is 10 to 15 days for a supervisor to look at it though they also said the police clearance I sent was missing. Good grief, I hope they get things straight soon for both or sakes!

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-21 15:52:00

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thanks S and S good things comes to those who wait right???? :sigh:

Yeah, not sure if you saw my latest post in the NVC area, but they claim I didn't send the police clearance for Jordan with my husband's paperwork. I know I did so I have to wait for some supervisor to go over the paperwork (10-15 days they say before calling back). This is ridiculous as everything else is good to go. Not only that but the requirement for the police clearance is if he has been there a year, he will not have been there a year until December 3rd! Ugh!

ohhhh that sucks!!!

I told Reda to get an updated police record from Casa and get one from Madrid even though.... for his interview. I also advised him to get his shot records too so he doesn't need as many hehe

but back to you... that sucks!!!! can you send a copy?

I don't know. I think I'm going to call back Wednesday night and see if they reviewed it yet. Maybe I will get lucky. I have a copy and mentioned that but the guy didn't say they would take it. I don't see why he can't just bring another one with him to the interview. He just got this police clearance at the beginning of this month so it is definitely up to date.

I don't understand they do background checks on our guys why would a local police report matter?

Good question, but a lot of this process doesn't make sense to me.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-21 00:43:00

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thanks S and S good things comes to those who wait right???? :sigh:

ohhhh that sucks!!!

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-20 21:56:00

QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Oct 20 2008, 09:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

thanks S and S good things comes to those who wait right???? :sigh:

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-20 21:31:00

QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Oct 20 2008, 08:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

ok so i called in the morning and the afternoon and still.."under final review when completed we'll schedule an interview and send the packet to the consulate."

i just would like to hear "case complete and here is the interview date" see not hard to say??? why can't they say it???? oh well tomorrow is another day

I'm so sorry, I hope tommorow you get good news.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-20 21:07:00

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QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Oct 19 2008, 12:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

come on MOnday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol, I keep thinking the same thing.

We're MOnday lovers...never liked it until i got into the VJ deal... mondays are my favorite day now

yes and Mondays used to be the worst. I can't wait until they are again!

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-19 01:13:00

QUOTE (Rajaa_Reda @ Oct 19 2008, 12:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

come on MOnday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol, I keep thinking the same thing.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-19 00:58:00

Good luck! I hope they finish your case soon and it gets sent on to the consulate.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-18 14:31:00

NVC Complete!

Congratulations. Hopefully you will have an interview soon.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-11-20 19:21:00

finallyyyy...approved

Congratulations!!! Good luck with the rest of your process.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-11-20 19:23:00

DS-230 Question

It is only for the benificiary. I am divorced but my husband is not. I didn't send any divorce decrees in for the DS-230 and I didn't get any RFEs. Same with birth certificate. They just need the birth certificate for the benificiary.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-11-24 23:36:00

Thanks for your replies. Ironically we no longer need the expedite as my husband got approved for refugee. The refugee organization that represents the United States already booked his plane ticket for two weeks from now. We waited most of the year for refugee and didn't think it would ever be finished so we were trying to speed up the spouse visa. I can't believe the expedite was approved and then he was approved for refugee within 24 hours. Thank God I will be together so soon!

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-11-26 14:18:00

The biggest reason I worded in the letter was the threat of my husband being forcibly returned to Iraq where he has had death threats. His visa expired in March of this year for Jordan and his stay was tenuous at best. If he went back to Iraq and managed to not be killed he still would have no way to go to the embassy interview as they don't conduct them in Iraq. I had one other personal issue added to this though I prefer not to discuss that. Basically I wrote a strongly worded letter and so did my congresswoman's office and I provided proof of his refugee status and news stories of other Iraqis married to Americans and the problems they faced.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-11-25 20:05:00

Never mind, doesn't matter anymore! My husband will be here in two weeks.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-11-25 04:37:00

I called NVC tonight and they said my expedite request was approved. NVC is now sending his case to the embassy. Does anyone know how it works after this? My husband's case was complete so there isn't anything left except the physical exam and interview. How soon do they schedule the interview?

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-11-24 23:20:00

It's Thanksgiving day!!!!!!!!!!

Have a happy thanksgiving everyone!

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-11-27 17:27:00

i received my visa

Congratulations!!! That is wonderful news.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-12-06 14:38:00

October I-130 approvals!!! Onward to NVC!!!

QUOTE (Math Man @ Oct 19 2008, 10:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'm still confused about the translation issue. Or rather, I'm confused about why people think translations are necessary in most cases. The State Department website clearly states that translations are needed only for documents "not in English, or in the official language of the country in which application for a visa is being made." In the case of my wife, who will interview in Juarez, Mexico, I think this pretty clearly indicates that Spanish-language documents don't need to be translated. What am I missing?

I didn't want to risk an RFE so I sent the translations anyway.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-10-19 10:15:00

September I-130 filers at Vermont

I really hope that all of you get your NOA2's soon. I can't believe it is so out of order. They recieved my I-130 petition on September 24th. I got the NOA1 on January 7th and the NOA2 approval on January 28th. I thought it was processed fast (if you don't count waiting so long for the NOA1) because of my husband's country situation. He is forced to stay with an expired visa in another country just so he can go to his embassy interview (no embassy interviews in Iraq obviously). NVC is slow, they got my case by the end of January. I send everything as soon as I get it, but I still haven't got the visa application and Affadavit of support though I payed for them several weeks ago.

Good luck to all of you and I wish you the best.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-02 20:57:00

Im Loosing Sleep over this!!!

I have been feeling your pain. The message at NVC said they sent the DS-230 out on 19th of March and then the next message said they sent the I-864 out on March 24th. I haven't recieved anything in the mail yet. It is so frustrating.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-04 12:18:00

Does anyone know if your spouse/fiance' is iraqi and was apart of ...

It shouldn't be a problem. The US government knows many people had no choice if they wanted to work or go to college. A rather large percentage of Iraqis were in the ba'ath party. I think they would only be concerned if the person is a higher level member.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-05 18:59:00

g325-a photos

The photos I sent in were not the right size for my husband and my paper work went through fine. You should be okay.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-06 01:50:00

Yes, I just got my i-130 Approval

Congratulations!!!! I am so happy for you. I knew it would be fast for you. For once the Iraqis have luck in something.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-08 21:33:00

Wrote a letter to my congress man

My congressman was very helpful for me. I was shocked how much trouble their assistant went through. I would write her emails and she would write me back within an hour or less. One day we sent emails back and forth with information most of the day. She called all over the place trying to get info to help me and she called NVC. My husband is not here yet, but my case has made a lot more progress. Not sure, but maybe my case was more unique because I could add the problem of my husband's life being in danger if he was forced to go back to his home country and his stay is tenuous in the country he is in. I just thank God they helped.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-12 23:25:00

When do they do the background check?

No, the UN wouldn't bother with these checks. Your husband would have already done the ones for USCIS though. So far as I can tell, once they start the refugee the checks are started all over again. Don't ask me why, lol.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-14 01:31:00

When do they do the background check?

I looked around, so long as you don't have any hits with your husband's name, if he does refugee he can get all the security checks done within two to three months of his first interview for refugee processing.

http://www.america.g...cm0.824032.html

http://www.state.gov...s/rm/100030.htm

It is all up to you.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-12 15:01:00

Question about DS-230

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I live in a town of 5,000 people there is no mosque here. LOL

btw, thanks for the offer of help.

What you could do is just get an interpeter for that issue if you just need the correct arabic way of doing it - since each court house has many different people, it may save you time and money to go this route - just a thougth!

Cheers

yes that's an idea but I would be shocked, flabbergasted, almost in a coma if there was a court house within 150 miles of me that has an arabic interpreter.

Lots of people from Yemen in Fayetteville and lots of people from Egypt in Raliegh if your willing to make the drive, lol.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-21 23:52:00

Question about DS-230

I wish I could help you if we lived closer to each other. I was able to write my husband's name with no problem. Thank God for those classes. It must be difficult without understanding the arabic alphabet. I hope you can just trace it, that was a good idea. If not, there has to be some arabic speakers in your area, maybe go to the nearby mosque for help.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-04-20 10:20:00

FEB. I-130 APPROVED ALREADY?... FOR AN IRAC SPOUSE???

QUOTE (Rocketta @ Jun 8 2008, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

S_and_S, you don't owe anyone an explanation of your choices or situation. Envy is such an ugly emotion.

Ignorant people drive me crazy!!!!!

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-06-08 20:33:00

FEB. I-130 APPROVED ALREADY?... FOR AN IRAC SPOUSE???

This really makes me sick to see the post even started. I filed my I-130 back in September. I did not even get a NOA1 until January 7th. I will not feel bad that I got the NOA2 on January 28th. I have been married since May 28th and would have filed sooner if there hadn't been difficulties getting my husbands documents together because he had to flee Iraq for his life after he was threatened by a certain militia. I go to be every night praying he isn't kicked out of his country of assylum before this process is over. If he goes back to Iraq then he is good as dead. I will not apologize that the State Department and USCIS chose to speed up the case, though we are still waiting. The background checks at USCIS are only the beginning. There are further checks at NVC and the embassy. The ones at the embassy taking the longest so don't assume that because Iraqi cases were processed fast at USCIS that they will not have to wait later.

My husband lived a mostly normal life prior to 2003. He often didn't eat well and he had to be careful of what he said so as to not get in trouble with the Iraqi government, but other than that he was happy. He was going to college. His sisters were going to college. His mother worked as a teacher. They were free to wear what they wanted. Iraq was never an extreme Islamic state since Saddam really wasn't that religious. Now they have lost so much since 2003. They never did anything wrong. They didn't participate in extremist activities before or after 2003. You cannot assume they did! That is racism in its purist form and stereotyping. Also, all Iraqis are required to go through enhanced background checks. Far more than most people's spouses on this website. The United States occupies Iraq. Don't you think they formed some databases recording terrorist names and activity and use that when checking a possible Iraqi immigrant? I should hope so.

The person who started this thread is obviously ignorant and if his spouse's life was in danger I have no doubt he would be crying that he/she deserves to come sooner.

S and S

Female

Iraq

2008-06-08 20:05:00