Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	How does embassies, etc. verify details about your relationship and yourselves?	QUOTE (Galt's gallstones @ Nov 8 2009, 10:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations on his approval! When do you expect him to arrive here in the states? thanks a lot we are looking at 2-4 weeks, i want to definitely start searching for plane tickets when i am sure he has his passport/visa in his hand. i just read some posts on here from people who were told that they were approved, had their passports taken away, then apparently are going through AP. so my bubble is slightly pricked but if they give his passport to him next thursday as they say, then we will start. i definitely want to aim before the end of the month though! he's been bugging me to take him to a thai restaurant in manhattan right after we leave the airport LOL .... good times	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-08 15:33:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	How does embassies, etc. verify details about your relationship and yourselves?	QUOTE (NickD @ Nov 8 2009, 03:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But you never know until you try, may even run into a human IO that doesn't think he/she is somekind of a god going way overboard to protect the nation. Our AOS officer was very nice. And in sense, could be protecting the USC from fraud, but that only occurs if the spouse is from a different country. They sure don't protect you from fraud if you marry another USC. lol that'd be nice now, wouldn't it? big brother style.	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-08 03:32:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	How does embassies, etc. verify details about your relationship and yourselves?	my main concern is not after our marriage but before....obviously, when i met him, i didnt think that we would get married and be in this situation. FYI, we never wanted to go this route, i was dying to move to dubai and we had planned to do that ever since we got engaged. we felt that the immigration process for the US was going to be a nightmare (YES IT HAS) and we didn't want to deal with it...lo and behold, here we are.... so obviously, i didn't keep a lot of e-mails and my phone records and what not (phone records through t-mobile were not given to me, long story that i've bitched about here at length). i'm just saying you can say that you met at the circus or paragliding or whatever, how the heck are they gonna know? that's what annoys me....we met having dinner with mutual friends in ankara. but obviously i dont have any proof of that. that's my point. i get your points, though. thanks...	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-07 10:37:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	How does embassies, etc. verify details about your relationship and yourselves?	so, hubby's interview is on Sunday...I was just thinking and obsessing about everything and had a question: we met in TR when I went there to backpack back in 2006, we married in 2007 after a year of...courtship, I guess, lol. But how would they know this? Certainly, I or he don't have paperwork to verify this, we just met, traveled together, know each other through our parents (my dad and his mom were neighbors growing up) and friends (that's how we met again), etc. I just don't understand...maybe I'm freaking myself out too much. I just hope and pray there are no delays for us. But this is an honest question: how do embassies really verify such personal information anyways???	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-06 23:43:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Out of AP! Need some advice.	congrats on getting the visa!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-12-02 23:20:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	thanks a lot hun! hope things are awesome on your end! so hubby is coming after NYE but whatever, i stopped going nuts for NYE a while ago, gonna be just me and my cats	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-12-03 01:25:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	QUOTE (mstee @ Nov 28 2009, 02:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (enraptured @ Nov 27 2009, 10:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (wellmux @ Nov 12 2009, 06:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi did ur husband received visa yet ? hey sorry i didn't see this before. so my husband's interview was november 8th i believe and he got his visa on november 12th, a mere 4 days afterwards. i am just in the midst of moving to philadelphia for a new job so he cannot come until i find a new place, which will hopefully be in 2-3 weeks time.... ugh....but hopefully soon he will be here! how's things going with you? any updates? Welcome to Philly... the city of brotherly love! Im happy for you thank you i may actually hit you up in regards to asking about what are good/decent spots around it? i've been on craigslist searching for a nice flat, but i have no idea what to avoid and what to jump on. i'll pm you...thanks a lot	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-28 14:39:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	QUOTE (FinnLove @ Nov 28 2009, 12:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats enraptured! I missed this thread after I posted the first time! thanks finnlove! hope you are reunited with your man very soon too!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-28 01:24:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	QUOTE (wellmux @ Nov 12 2009, 06:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi did ur husband received visa yet ? hey sorry i didn't see this before. so my husband's interview was november 8th i believe and he got his visa on november 12th, a mere 4 days afterwards. i am just in the midst of moving to philadelphia for a new job so he cannot come until i find a new place, which will hopefully be in 2-3 weeks time.... ugh....but hopefully soon he will be here! how's things going with you? any updates?	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-27 22:19:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	thank you everyone xoxo !!!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-08 15:35:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	QUOTE (wellmux @ Nov 8 2009, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations Sister enraptured, I am happy for u both and I hope they send him visa sooner, i had my interview at islamabad embassy 4th september and i was put on AP now i am still waiting for my visa to come it has been more than i am in Administrative Processing. I am praying for ur husband that he gets his visa soon and please everyone pray for me as well that my Visa comes as well, When i had my interview the ladie officer told me that i was approved but she said that some processing needs to be done on ur case, at my interview time she gave me a slip stating that, Dear Visa Applicant, your case has been termporarily refused for further administrative processing , we can not give u a definate date when the processing be completed , but the minimum time is approximately six weeks and there is not maximum time limit, when ur case is approved we we call u to request ur passport so that we may put the visa into them. this is what this slip i have says, just pray to God that Visa is issued in some days by the way its a normal procedure they do this with almost everyone, and CO telling ur husband that hes approved these are promising words. one thing makes me confuse is that today is 08 november 2009 and how come American embassy is open at sunday... Pray for me too please, Wellmux, I am so sorry for what you are going through As far as I know, he is not going into AP, which to me is shocking because all they told him was to bring a civil document from a governmental office and to leave his passport with it and that he can come back next Thursday for the visa. I'd be real pissed off if there was any other issues, but I guess I see what you are saying....that is why I'm reserved in my happiness until he has the actual passport/visa in his hand. We are also not going to book him any flights until he has that as well...well, guess we will know by next week. he got a denial letter with the 221(g) thing but the officer told him that was just for that piece of paper that was missing, and he went there after the interview and got it already...Inshallah that is all we will have to deal with.... I hope things go quickly for you as well, look at it this way, one day that passes by is one day less for you to wait to be with your love As for me, after 2 years of marriage, hopefully now we can finally live together and get sick of each other like other couples do lol	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-08 11:26:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	thanks so much guys. i should note also that when hubby went to his interview, they took all his evidence and made him wait for nearly 90 minutes. in that time frame, i am assuming that they checked everything, so do definitely be organized and have as much as you can for them!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-08 10:32:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	ok, i'm a bit calmer now, so will discuss what went down: hubby went to the embassy at 7:00 am, even though the interview was supposedly at 7:30. they made him wait an hour, called him in, talked to him at length about every little thing about our relationship and past. he said that the officer asked him about how we met, our backgrounds, why we traveled around, etc etc... the officer apparently asked him a lot about our backgrounds, i guess the fact that we are both of circassian descent mattered. i guess it was a good thing, i sort of suspected that this would be the case. so anyways, after that he was asked to sit and wait, and he waited another hour, then he did some fingerprinting, then waited again, and then they talked to him some more.... the officer was kind and in a good mood, smiling and cracking jokes throughout the whole thing. apparently he wanted to practice his arabic, because when he asked my husband which language he preferred the interview to be in, my husband responded with "you're the interviewer, pick whatever is good for you" (lol) so the interviewer says ok i will speak in arabic, but after a while, the conversation was in both english and arabic. my husband's verbal skills in english are great, it's his written and reading that are not so awesome, but hopefully we will put him through some kind of ESL class here at the local community college when he comes. next, hubby asked the guy what to say to his wife, since i have been not sleeping most of the night and was up, worried, and anxious about the whole ordeal. the officer apparently smiled at him and said "you can tell your wife that your case was approved".... !!! however, he did say to my husband that they need some type of civil document from the ministry of internal affairs there, and that he needs to return to the embassy tomorrow morning with that document plus his passport. so hubby already flew to the place, got the document, and is ready to go. on the document that he read to me over the phone, he said that it stated that our case was denied and that it had a 221(g) reason or whatever....but since the officer told him that this was the only obstacle in his way, it's a non-issue, i believe, at this point. apparently, hubby also asked them about getting the IR-1 visa and the officer made a note of that in his writings and said that it would be ok. so next thursday, if all goes well, hubby will have the visa. now, since i am neurotic, i am not letting myself be 100% happy because i am not sure if some BS will come up and spoil everything, you never know right? maybe i've read too many horror stories on this site...anyhooooo....right now, we are just going to focus on that, he needs to get his stuff together, tie up some loose ends, etc. and we need to find a really cheap ticket for him to use. i am trying to find a friend of mine who has contacts in the airline industry and hopefully we can obtain a buddy pass for him to use, which is like 60% cheaper than most basic airline tickets....God willing. i was crying and laughing and all over the place before, but now seriously...the sun is even brighter than it has been, life is more bearable, and i now face things with a new resolve. I AM JUST SO FREAKING HAPPY. now i truly understand the joy people feel when they get to this point.... omg... anyways, thanks for reading...i will keep you guys updated. oh, and I LOVE YOU VJ, SERIOUSLY!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-08 09:24:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our case was approved!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!! I'm freaking out!!!!!!!!!!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-08 08:50:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	thanks to all of you who have responded i don't know where i would have been if it wasn't for this site's great tips and kind posters like you all i know we are all in the same boat, but i do appreciate your presence...it's helped put a lot of things in perspective, and in some sad way, helps me feel a bit better knowing there are other people out there who know what i'm going through. most people in my life cannot fathom the nightmare this process is.... hoping to share good news soon	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-07 22:46:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	thanks guys i don't think i'll be sleeping at all tonight and will probably lurk around, so will give a live update hahaha...how lame but, seriously, does anyone think that the fact that my husband doesn't have anything in regards to our marriage paperwork might pose an issue? i would have had to appoint someone in turkey power of attorney to go to the city hall where we married and get our marriage certificate, and that was a headache that i couldn't get through quickly enough....arghh... i probably will need to do this anyways, in case we lose our main marriage certificate book, but i'd like to do that when i have the time and leisure to do so... alright, im gonna stuff my face with chocolate and wait QUOTE (Darnell @ Nov 7 2009, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Don't sweat any original documents submitted at NVC timetick - He'll get the marriage cert back after the interview. For Good Karma ™ - please wear a pink bodysuit? (Pink is colour of approval, at least at GUZ ) . lol....i dont have one, but i do have a pink scarf?	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-07 22:31:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Enraptured's Hubby's Interview	Hey guys, In 3 hours and counting, my husband will be at the embassy trying to get his interview over and done with. I would highly appreciate any good thoughts, karma, vibes, and prayers that you may have to send our way. I am pretty nervous and trying not to be too happy or too sad....expecting the worst and hoping for the best, so to speak.... I talked to another immigration attorney today, who is one of my best friend's friends and did her own case with her hubby and she has reassured me that things are fine for me. My hubby has printed out over 100+ pages of proof, from my plane tickets/itineraries/ticket stubs, mutual bus tickets of ours from this past spring, emails, a few chat logs, some affidavits, some copies of essential documents that we already sent, a letter from me about my crappy T-mobile situation and how that is why I don't have any phone records from 2006-2008, pictures (he said 97 of them), etc. My main worry, after talking to this immigration attorney, is that hubby doesn't have any certified copies of our marriage certificate....I did email him the scanned copy of the translated and notarized copy that I have, but since I gave everything to NVC and USCIS already, I am hoping that they won't give him any ####### for this? That hypothetically, they'd have everything with them already? Argh...am I just psyching myself out too much? I feel that we've done all we can at this point, the rest is up to the interviewer and God, I suppose. Thanks.... Enraptured	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-07 21:55:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	221g pls help	sorry to hear about that, hope things get resolved soon.	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-12-04 23:15:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Sara's Thread	QUOTE (estadia @ Dec 8 2009, 06:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> omg its just return of his passport with another letter stating visa can not be issued at this time your case has entered Administrative Processing sara hang in there sister.....it's going to be better...	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-12-09 22:18:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Sara's Thread	hey sara, sorry to see that you guys got a little bump towards the end. but it seems that what they are asking you is so simple, so that gives me lots of hope to assume that you will be fine. hang in there...you're almost done! will remember you in my duas	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-11-23 19:13:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Sara's Thread	good luck with everything to come!!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-09-14 00:16:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Arrested for speaking with a (cop) prostitute: what happens now?	Sorry, but you should have realized that being on a random street in Queens at 4 am....who else is out on the streets at 4 am at that time??? Come on dude, you played yourself out and you expect sympathy?? Go whine to Eliot Spitzer, he's the only one who will feel for you. Sorry to be mean, but you kind of deserve it, surely you know what was going to happen.... But good luck to you, hope you get your ish sorted out.	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-03-29 23:37:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	interview today	congrats!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-10-29 12:59:00
Canada	You're Gonna be Jealous :)	QUOTE (bowflex @ Mar 18 2009, 01:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Best part about my wife and her family being European and Canadian (she was born in Yugoslavia, family now on their way to citizenship in Canada): 1. I get to celebrate American Thanksgiving and Canadian Thanksgiving 2. Her mom is Romanian Orthodox so I get to celebrate "normal" Easter and then their Easter 3. Since they're European my wife cooks like Gordon from Hell's Kitchen and her mom taught her everything she knows Sorry just got excited with the promise of two Easters approaching quickly, it's amazing I'm not fat haha You probably get to celebrate the regular Christmas and the Orthodox Christmas on January 7th right? Lucky you	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-03-18 16:42:00
Canada	I-864 or I-864EZ to the interview in Montreal?	not to go off topic, but thanks for bringing this up. i also was wondering what the primary differences were between the forms and which one would be the better way to go? hope you get your answer! regards, kat	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-03-20 13:37:00
Canada	Tim Hortons!!!!!	nice..thanks for the link! btw, i LOVE your cat pic! i should post pics of my babies	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-04-01 21:33:00
Canada	Tim Hortons!!!!!	where in NY is Tim Horton's??? I used to love their iced coffee, it's been 5 years since I had one!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-04-01 21:01:00
Canada	Why I don't want children	mad props to you. the world is overpopulated enough as it is. not to sound cold. maybe if anything you can consider adopting a child from another country, or just even doing a sponsorship thing if you really want to connect with a child... best wishes	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-04-08 23:44:00
Canada	U.S. Citizen in Canada on Tourist Visa- easiest way to get married?	wow, you need a tourist visa to go to canada now? that sucks!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-04-10 14:09:00
Canada	Passport Photos	2 x 2 is 5 cm x 5 cm right? my hubby and i got our passport pics taken before i left SYR and that was the size we got them...the dude we went to even asked us if we wanted the "american standard" and that is the size in cm's...hopefully theyre good to go...	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-07-21 21:33:00
Canada	Question regarding Divorce Decree...	i am in the same situation as your husband and would just send them in again. copies shouldn't really be that expensive, except arizona it seems...dang! i got divorced in VA and i only paid $6 for the certified copies of my divorce decrees.... Edited by enraptured, 29 July 2009 - 02:33 PM.	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-07-29 14:32:00
Canada	What's wrong with this story?	while i'm sorry and angry for what happened to that poor girl, what the heck was she doing on the bus so late? stupid parenting always annoys me.	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-07-29 14:34:00
Canada	Favourite Tim Horton's story	i love tim horton's....no cool stories really....i went to five different timmy's in toronto once in the same day because i kept craving the coffee and a bagel i was kind of fat then	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-08-04 14:25:00
Canada	Is Canadian immigration easier than American immigration?	so the main consensus here is that it's not worth trying to immigrate to canada...what a pity. what other countries are good then in regards to immigration....	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-08-13 11:51:00
Canada	Is Canadian immigration easier than American immigration?	i did the test and got a 72 yay! lol	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-08-12 20:55:00
Canada	Is Canadian immigration easier than American immigration?	QUOTE (Jamaican JNR @ Aug 12 2009, 01:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (enraptured @ Aug 11 2009, 11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> cuz if we end up waiting forever, I might just consider this. and I heard Canada is eager for new immigrants anyways? You are almost at the interview stage. Just wait a little longer and it will be over soon. oh no i will....i'm just throwing this idea around. we did toy with this for a bit but we figured hey...i'm an american. i got my cats, my fam, my everything here. let's see what happens first. if it doesn't work, we both go as immigrants to Canada...and i love canada anyways...wouldn't mind. just wondering if it's easier in general. thanks	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-08-12 12:10:00
Canada	Is Canadian immigration easier than American immigration?	so, that means i go first, and then i sponsor him? would be neat, and what's faster though? i'm just really getting down on all this, i knew i had my work cut out for me when i started this process and yeah were not even finished with NVC, but i'm just thinking ahead in case, God forbid, sh$t goes down and they deny him or whatever... and it just seems that they got a vendetta against ME men nowadays....which is sad, yeah i understand it in some sense, but it still isn't cool.	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-08-12 00:07:00
Canada	Is Canadian immigration easier than American immigration?	he has an electrician's certificate he got back when he was a student (his mom made him get it just in case, but he has done a bit of work in it) and i'm a legal analyst/researcher...not sure if that would qualify us?	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-08-11 23:55:00
Canada	Is Canadian immigration easier than American immigration?	cuz if we end up waiting forever, I might just consider this. and I heard Canada is eager for new immigrants anyways?	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-08-11 23:44:00
Canada	Visa approved!	congratulations, great news!!	meowmeowmeow	Female	Syria	2009-08-13 11:39:00