Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	TOUCH	I'M NEW HERE. WHAT IS A "TOUCH?" i FIND THIS LISTED IN OTHERS TIME LINES. ANYBODY CAN HELP ME PLEASE.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 19:09:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	time line	QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Nov 4 2007, 09:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (deb and ali @ Nov 4 2007, 09:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> HOW DOES ONE ADD A "TOUCH" TO THEIR TIME LINE? THE LAST ONE LISTED ON THE USCIS WAS WAY BACK IN 7/13/06!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT CANT BE GOOD , CAN IT? IT SEEMS SINCE MY SO INTERVIEW NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WITH MY PETITON. OOOOOOO DREAD. THE INTERVIEW WAS ON 11/14/06. NEARLY A YEAR NOW. DEBARATO ??? I'm confused... Your fiance had their interview in 2006..did your fiance get his K1 visa??? NO WE HAVE NOT RECIEVED A VISA YET. AND A YEAR AGO AFTER THE INTERVIEW MY SO WAS TOLD HE WOULD HEAR FROM THEM IN ONE MONTH. MY GONGRESS MAN HAS EMAILED THE CAIRO EMBASSY ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. AND THE REPLY IS ALWAYS 2 SENTENCES.... THE CASE IS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT IS COMPLETE. I'M FEELING HOPLESS SAD TO SAY. BUT TRUE.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 21:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	time line	QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Nov 4 2007, 09:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (deb and ali @ Nov 4 2007, 09:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> HOW DOES ONE ADD A "TOUCH" TO THEIR TIME LINE? THE LAST ONE LISTED ON THE USCIS WAS WAY BACK IN 7/13/06!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT CANT BE GOOD , CAN IT? IT SEEMS SINCE MY SO INTERVIEW NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WITH MY PETITON. OOOOOOO DREAD. THE INTERVIEW WAS ON 11/14/06. NEARLY A YEAR NOW. DEBARATO ??? I'm confused... You had your interview in 2006..did you get your K1 visa???	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 21:26:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	time line	HOW DOES ONE ADD A "TOUCH" TO THEIR TIME LINE? THE LAST ONE LISTED ON THE USCIS WAS WAY BACK IN 7/13/06!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT CANT BE GOOD , CAN IT? IT SEEMS SINCE MY SO INTERVIEW NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE WITH MY PETITON. OOOOOOO DREAD. THE INTERVIEW WAS ON 11/14/06. NEARLY A YEAR NOW. DEBARATO	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 21:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	k-1 petions from 2006	QUOTE (polarbear @ Nov 5 2007, 01:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll be joining you in AP/AR in Cairo in another week No matter how long it lasts, I haven't heard of a case going through Cairo without it. I do think there might be a few people on the MENA threads with interviews in 2006, but I know there are also several from jan-march 2007 and later. Keep hope, you aren't refused yet, and as long as the husband/SO isn't a terrorist you will get the visa eventually (haven't heard of a case being refused after AP/AR, just really, really, long wait times) Good Luck Deb and Ali Hopefully you will get some good news soon... THANKS FOR THE UP BEAT REPLY.HELPS KEEP HOPE ALIVE. DEBBIE	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-17 19:46:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	k-1 petions from 2006	QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Nov 4 2007, 11:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (deb and ali @ Nov 4 2007, 11:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> NO THEY DID NOT SAY YOU ARE APPROVED. THEY SAID HE WOULD HEAR FROM THEM IN 1 MONTH. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPEDED YET. EVEN AFTER MY GONGRESSMAN CONTACTING THEM SEVERAL TIMES TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE CASE. Eeek... Um...I'm so sorry. That doesn't sound good. I really have no idea. They never said you were approved or denied but they said they would contact you in a month and it's been a year?!?! Something is seriously messed up. Have you called them directly to talk to an actual person instead of just e-mailing? Your Congressman hasn't been able to help??? wow.... I would contact an immigration lawyer asap. Best of luck to you WELL I HAVE DONE ALL OF THIS. THEY WONT ANSWER ANY QUESTION BY PHONE. WHEN I WAS IN CAIRO IN JUNE THEY WOULD NOT GIVE ME A APOINTMENT. AND I DID CONTACT ONE LAWYER. HE SWAID DTHERE WAS NOT ANYTHING HE COULD DO. MAYBE ITS TIME TO SEEK ANOTHER LAWYER.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 23:37:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	k-1 petions from 2006	QUOTE (msu17 @ Nov 4 2007, 11:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Have you contacted the embassy to see what happened? Ask over in the Middle East forum, they will probably have more experience YES I HAVE CONTACTED THE EMBASSY SEVERAL TIMES AS HAS MY CONGRESSMAN. ALL THEY SAY IS THE CASE IS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. THEY GIVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MAY MEAN.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 23:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	k-1 petions from 2006	QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Nov 4 2007, 11:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (deb and ali @ Nov 4 2007, 10:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Nov 4 2007, 10:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (deb and ali @ Nov 4 2007, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT SUBMITTED A K-1 IN 2006 THAT IS STILL WAITING A VISA AFTER HAVING THEIR INTERVIEW, OR IS IT JUST ME? are you sure you were approved? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY APPROVED? WE WERE APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ON 7/26/06. THEN THE CASE WAS SENT TO CAIRO. THAT IS WERE THE INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE FOR MY SO. THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD HEAR FROM THE EMBASSY IN ONE MONTH. BUT STILL WE ARE WAITING WITHOUT ANY WORD. THE APPROVAL FORM WAS A I-797C, NOTICE OF ACTION. What I meant was, at the interview did they actually say, Congratulations, you have been approved. If you say you have been approved then I have no idea why you would still be waiting a year after the interview to receive the K1 visa.... NO THEY DID NOT SAY YOU ARE APPROVED. THEY SAID HE WOULD HEAR FROM THEM IN 1 MONTH. THAT HAS NEVER HAPPEDED YET. EVEN AFTER MY GONGRESSMAN CONTACTING THEM SEVERAL TIMES TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE CASE.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 23:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	k-1 petions from 2006	QUOTE (~Laura and Nick~ @ Nov 4 2007, 10:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (deb and ali @ Nov 4 2007, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT SUBMITTED A K-1 IN 2006 THAT IS STILL WAITING A VISA AFTER HAVING THEIR INTERVIEW, OR IS IT JUST ME? are you sure you were approved? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY APPROVED? WE WERE APPROVED BY DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ON 7/26/06. THEN THE CASE WAS SENT TO CAIRO. THAT IS WERE THE INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE FOR MY SO. THAT WAS A YEAR AGO. WE WERE TOLD WE WOULD HEAR FROM THE EMBASSY IN ONE MONTH. BUT STILL WE ARE WAITING WITHOUT ANY WORD. THE APPROVAL FORM WAS A I-797C, NOTICE OF ACTION.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 22:49:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	k-1 petions from 2006	IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT SUBMITTED A K-1 IN 2006 THAT IS STILL WAITING A VISA AFTER HAVING THEIR INTERVIEW, OR IS IT JUST ME?	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 22:30:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Our K1 Visa was Approved today!	QUOTE (LuvMyDane @ Jan 18 2008, 06:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Finally!!! and they made us wait and suffer longer than we should've. I am a little bitter about the whole ordeal because it was difficult watching others that had applied the same time as us get approved months ahead before us. I was even discouraged to see someone apply to the same country as us, a month later than us. and at the same servicing center as us, get approved before us. I hope you all have the strength and love to endure this. It makes me cry that I have been without my loved one for so long. So many things have happened in the past 9 months that we each had to do alone. Without each other. We can never regain that time lost and yes I am bitter about the whole system. So this whole journey was a bittersweet one. The Visa is approved and he will be here shortly. I am very happy knowing that. I wish all of you swiftness in your case and I hope your's doesn't end up as paperwork clutter on someone's desk like ours did. Congratulation's! May you live long with your loved one.Dont dwell on the time lost reveal in your future together.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-18 20:54:00
Middle East and North Africa	Was wondering who else is waiting since 2006- we should keep in touch	RUTHANNE I'M WAITING SINCE 2006. CAN I ADD YOU TO MY FRIENDS LIST. THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP IN TOUCH AND COMPARE NOTES.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 23:44:00
Middle East and North Africa	Was wondering who else is waiting since 2006- we should keep in touch	[quote name='Ruthanne' date='Sep 30 2007, 04:33 PM' post='1226576'] Who else is waiting since 2006 or even before that? I always feel forgotton on this forum because people are worried about having to wait for 6 months or 3 months. I am sure that there are more people waiting like I have been. And please dont give me the advice that I should contact people to help. Trust me I have contacted everyone that I can. The problem with Senators and Congressman is they can only do an inquiry on your file. I can do my own inquiry. Also anyone from MENA- has anyone successfully claimed descriminination and won that anyone is aware of? DEAR RUTHANNE, I'M WAITING SINCE 11/14/06 . THAT WAS THE DATE OF MY SO INTERVIEW. HE WAS TOLD HE WOULD HEAR FROM THE EMBASSSY IN 1 MONTH. STILL WE ARE WAITING . I TOO CONTACTED MY CONGRESSMAN. AND THE REPLY THE EMBASSY ALWAYS GIVES IS..... THIS CASE IS IN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS. YOU BE NOTIFIED WHEN IT IS COMPLETE.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-04 22:56:00
Middle East and North Africa	I just need to vent	Dear Jennifer, I feel your pain. As I read your post, I felt as if I could have written it myself. I'm new to this site today. so i'm not to good at using it yet. I first filed for my love in March of 2006. It' is a long hard wait. It's been a year since my fiance's interview. Each day i become more depressed with this un godly wait. Try to take comfort in knowing you are not alone in this treatment. It's clear from your post that in are very in love. There is some small comfort in knowing you are not alone in this. Misery dose love company. Hence this site. Keep the faith baby. yours truly Debarato.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-03 19:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	I just need to vent	QUOTE (aj1 @ Nov 3 2007, 07:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Today i was having one of those days where all i could do is cry, and think of how much i miss my love. It is amazing to me really how much i love my fiance i told him that today if i didn't love him so much there is no way i could have waited all this time. I have not seen him in 22 months and i can't afford to see him right now if i could i would have by now for sure. Everyday that goes by i pray that we hear something soon. Almost 8 months on A/P and we have no idea how much longer it will be. I told my love today that it would be such a wonderful birthday present for me if he got his visa on my birthday which is December 14th and i am hoping we hear something by then. I am sorry to write all this i just had a really rough day today i know that we all encourage each other to stay strong because i encourage alot of people on here everyone on V.J. knows i am always the one with encouraging words but today i had to encourage myself to believe, and pray this horrible nightmare will be over soon so that we can start our life together.It is not like we are doing anything wrong all we want is to be with our loved ones, I just know god never gives us more than we can handle but i have my days where it seems like this is all a dream. This process is definetly designed for people who are truly inlove, dedicated, patient, and who have found the right person. I know that I love him so much and he is the one for me and because of this love is why i can continue on with the whole ridiculous process. Thank you for reading! You are all in my prayers and thoughts for sure. AJ1	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-03 19:37:00
Middle East and North Africa	I just need to vent	QUOTE (aj1 @ Nov 3 2007, 07:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Today i was having one of those days where all i could do is cry, and think of how much i miss my love. It is amazing to me really how much i love my fiance i told him that today if i didn't love him so much there is no way i could have waited all this time. I have not seen him in 22 months and i can't afford to see him right now if i could i would have by now for sure. Everyday that goes by i pray that we hear something soon. Almost 8 months on A/P and we have no idea how much longer it will be. I told my love today that it would be such a wonderful birthday present for me if he got his visa on my birthday which is December 14th and i am hoping we hear something by then. I am sorry to write all this i just had a really rough day today i know that we all encourage each other to stay strong because i encourage alot of people on here everyone on V.J. knows i am always the one with encouraging words but today i had to encourage myself to believe, and pray this horrible nightmare will be over soon so that we can start our life together.It is not like we are doing anything wrong all we want is to be with our loved ones, I just know god never gives us more than we can handle but i have my days where it seems like this is all a dream. This process is definetly designed for people who are truly inlove, dedicated, patient, and who have found the right person. I know that I love him so much and he is the one for me and because of this love is why i can continue on with the whole ridiculous process. Thank you for reading! You are all in my prayers and thoughts for sure. AJ1	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-03 19:34:00
Middle East and North Africa	I just need to vent	QUOTE (aj1 @ Nov 3 2007, 07:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Today i was having one of those days where all i could do is cry, and think of how much i miss my love. It is amazing to me really how much i love my fiance i told him that today if i didn't love him so much there is no way i could have waited all this time. I have not seen him in 22 months and i can't afford to see him right now if i could i would have by now for sure. Everyday that goes by i pray that we hear something soon. Almost 8 months on A/P and we have no idea how much longer it will be. I told my love today that it would be such a wonderful birthday present for me if he got his visa on my birthday which is December 14th and i am hoping we hear something by then. I am sorry to write all this i just had a really rough day today i know that we all encourage each other to stay strong because i encourage alot of people on here everyone on V.J. knows i am always the one with encouraging words but today i had to encourage myself to believe, and pray this horrible nightmare will be over soon so that we can start our life together.It is not like we are doing anything wrong all we want is to be with our loved ones, I just know god never gives us more than we can handle but i have my days where it seems like this is all a dream. This process is definetly designed for people who are truly inlove, dedicated, patient, and who have found the right person. I know that I love him so much and he is the one for me and because of this love is why i can continue on with the whole ridiculous process. Thank you for reading! You are all in my prayers and thoughts for sure. AJ1	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-03 19:30:00
Middle East and North Africa	I need your advice	QUOTE (MelindaandTarek @ Nov 17 2007, 02:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I agree w/others that have posted. I believe if you marry you need to cancel the K1 and file K3 and it seems that process can be longer and others here have personal experience w/this...as far as marrying in Egypt...an American can marry in Egypt...only the catch is that the marriage is not recognized in America...this is my understanding of it..I have thought the same things too....and still waiting it out and there are still others that have waited far longer than I have so far........I hope you all get those VISAS soon and cant wait to see one or better yet ALL of you post VISA IN HAND!!!!!!! Good luck to you all.......((((hugs)))) Melinda I THINK IF YOU MARRY IT WILL LENGTHEN THE PROCESS. MY SO HAD HIS INTERVIEW A YEAR AGO ON THE 14th OF NEVEMBER. WE HAVE BEEN IN A/P EVER SINCE. I THOUGHT OF MARRYING IN ANOTHE COUNTRY AS WELL. BUT I THINK IT WOULD ONLY ADD TIME TO THE PROCESS. SO IV DECIDED TO GO WITH THE FIANCE APPLICATION UNTIL THE END. DEBBIE	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-11-17 20:12:00
Middle East and North Africa	SHOULD MY HOPE BE RENEWED?	QUOTE (Ahmed & Sue @ Jan 14 2008, 12:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Deb, The good thing is there was a response other than AP. At least they took the time to actually make a statement to the congressman. When mine contacted Cairo, they got the same canned response as I always get. Ahmed asked the same thing about the home visits. He has not had any yet. We were wondering if every family gets them, or they just single out individual cases. This would be interesting to know. It is 9 months of AP for us, and this whole process just drives you crazy. Take care, Sue Dear Sue, I'm sorry to say but our case has been in A/P for 14 months. They have responded to my congressman in the past with the pat answer of "your case is in A/P. You'll be notified when it is completed."This time my congressman contacted the DOS. They (the DOS) contacted the embassy this time. And security was the explaination this time. This process is making me and my SO crazy. In march it will 2 years since i applied for my SO. But they say nothing last for ever. Let's hope this is true for this process as well. I hope you get good news soon. Debbie	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-14 22:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	SHOULD MY HOPE BE RENEWED?	QUOTE (water is wide @ Jan 14 2008, 12:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think its cause for hope, it seems similar to cairo bounds situation, but at least if it is because of security checks you know its not that they are just ignoring your case. I hope you hear good news soon.. stay stong I know its soooooooooooooo hard Dear Water, yes i guess it dose indicate progress of some sort. It also seems to indicate that they know where his file is. I have really thought at times that they had just put it in somes pigeon hole some where and let it collect dust. This is the hardest thing i'v ever gone through. Thanks for the good wishes. I hope your case makes progress as well. Keep in touch. I love reading your post. Your a real human. Debbie	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-14 22:37:00
Middle East and North Africa	SHOULD MY HOPE BE RENEWED?	QUOTE (anitacastillo @ Jan 13 2008, 06:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Deb - I know your man is going through Cairo and mine is going through a different country, but your latest info sounds similar to what the DOS info line told me last week. They told me that his name has been submitted for security background clearance. In our case, the consulate has asked for a "follow up" from the various agencies (FBI, CIA, etc). Some, but not all, agencies have cleared his name. Since our govt doesn't have a centralized name clearance system, the names (especially those subjected to some higher level of security clearance) are submitted to various US agencies -- I wonder how many --- who all must clear the name. I'm sorry. No one can predict if an end if in sight. At least your congressperson's office got a response. We are 9 months into name clearance and it is driving me crazy. Ann 9 months?????????? Oh dread! In march it will be 2 years since i applied for the K-1. This treatment is so obscene. So unfair.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-13 20:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	SHOULD MY HOPE BE RENEWED?	QUOTE (MelindaandTarek @ Jan 13 2008, 07:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Just wanted to say that my thoughts and prayers are with you, I hope you find an end to this waiting soon. Thanks so much for your prayers. I believe in the power of prayers. God be with you.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-13 20:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	SHOULD MY HOPE BE RENEWED?	QUOTE (bridget @ Jan 13 2008, 05:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (deb and ali @ Jan 13 2008, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Good lord. What is "vetting " anyway. But dont you think it could involve the FBI or CIA? Main Entry: 2vet Function: transitive verb Inflected Form(s): vet·ted; vet·ting Date: 1891 1 a: to provide veterinary care for (an animal) or medical care for (a person) b: to subject (a person or animal) to a physical examination or checkup 2 a: to subject to usually expert appraisal or correction <vet a manuscript> b: to evaluate for possible approval or acceptance <vet the candidates for a position> — vet·ter noun I had to look it up. lol. If it's in Cairo then no it's not the fbi or cia. Did they say it's in Cairo or at the state dept? If it was the fbi or cia it would make more sense since who in cairo would do this vetting when they already have the police report? Thanks for definition. They did not say if it was in Cairo or the USA or the DOS. But your right , he did give them a policy report and he was finger printed. But to our knowledge they have never done a visit to his village. They have neve had or asked for a home visit. So do all applicants have to have a home visit? He has only had 1 interview. They have had his passport all this time because they said he could either take it with him or leave it with them. He decided to leave it with them because they said he would hear from them in 1 month. LOL how silly of us to have believed that one!	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-13 17:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	SHOULD MY HOPE BE RENEWED?	[quote name='bridget' date='Jan 13 2008, 04:47 PM' post='1486412'] That is odd. They ask the visa applicant to submit a police report so why on earth would they need to have vetting by law enforcement agencies done? Seems rather redundant to me and since the police probably have absolutely no incentive to complete the deed in a timely manner that totally sucks for all of us. I mean at least if the applicant were to ask this to be done he/she could put in a bribe, as usual, but I doubt the consulate offers bribes. Good lord. What is "vetting " anyway. But dont you think it could involve the FBI or CIA?	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-13 17:00:00
Middle East and North Africa	SHOULD MY HOPE BE RENEWED?	QUOTE (OlivianWaleed @ Jan 13 2008, 03:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sorry I don't know but maybe some ppl here could offer more information. QUOTE (deb and ali @ Jan 13 2008, 12:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (OlivianWaleed @ Jan 13 2008, 03:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Holy cow your case has been over a year in AP!? AP is the black hole especially at the Cairo consulate and from other threads that I have read there isn't a way to calculate when it will end. I am so sorry for your situation. Olivia been in A/P 14 months. thanks for your concern. how long can security take? any thoughts? i hope some one with knowledge can reply	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-13 15:48:00
Middle East and North Africa	SHOULD MY HOPE BE RENEWED?	QUOTE (OlivianWaleed @ Jan 13 2008, 03:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Holy cow your case has been over a year in AP!? AP is the black hole especially at the Cairo consulate and from other threads that I have read there isn't a way to calculate when it will end. I am so sorry for your situation. Olivia been in A/P 14 months. thanks for your concern. how long can security take? any thoughts?	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-13 15:45:00
Middle East and North Africa	SHOULD MY HOPE BE RENEWED?	Well heres the update and question. We have been A/P since 11/14/06. My congressman contacted the DOS in Nov. 07 to inquire what this long delay was all about. Just got back the reply. The letter from Cairo embassy stated that our case is pending the required "vetting by security and law enforcement agencies." They regret and are aware of the many inconveniences this has cased my SO. They are not able to predict when the clearance will be completed because other agencies do the clearence. They hope and trust that the outcome will not be delayed much longer. " Not much longer" holds no real meaning to me , because after the interview they told him he would here from them in 1 month. To date he has never heard anything. How long can " vetting by security" take?They "assure us that the clearance is in the hands of the appropriate agencies."This is the first response that has indicated any concern for us at all. Usually it just says the case is in A/P and we will be notified when it is completed.Dose this indicate that a end is in sight? How long can this take? Any thoughts? Afraid to hope, Debbie.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-13 15:17:00
Middle East and North Africa	Another MENA Visa in Hand !!!!!	QUOTE (~~~water~~~ @ Jan 18 2008, 07:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulation! A fight well fought. May you and your love enjoy life together ever more. You give hope to all still waiting.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-18 20:48:00
Middle East and North Africa	APPLICTIONS FILED AFTER 6/2007	QUOTE (Kezzie @ Jan 22 2008, 04:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This artical has been posted already in many forums including Immigration news..... Kez Thanks Kez, maybe others can find it in the other forums. It's food for thought if nothing else. QUOTE (Kezzie @ Jan 22 2008, 04:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Here is a link to the original press release from USCIS.... http://www.uscis.gov...ETG_17jan08.pdf Kez Good job Kez.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-22 16:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	APPLICTIONS FILED AFTER 6/2007	QUOTE (SqdnGuns @ Jan 22 2008, 04:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It would be nice to have a link to the source story and this is something that has an impact on all at VJ, not just MENA. MOD's please move......... What's a MOD ? And I'm sorry but I'm not computer savy enough to send a link. But if you look up the Washington Post for that day maybe you could.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-22 16:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	APPLICTIONS FILED AFTER 6/2007	QUOTE (I love Ashraf @ Jan 22 2008, 04:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not really do the math,I am not confident because who is to say when and or if they will replace the retired people.Too many papers and not enough paper pushers. I could see if he was saying by the end of 2008 heck mid 2009 but 2010 that is not very promising Yes i agree and the more inportant fact is that the process is broken. I'm not sure how much help extra people will bring when it is the process itself that is wrong. These cases go through multiple hands and agencies. It hard to even find out where the actual case physically is. If it's in security it could be with any number of agencies. If in A/P God only knows where it is.! It 's outrages that we are treated in this fashion.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-22 16:34:00
Middle East and North Africa	APPLICTIONS FILED AFTER 6/2007	From the Washington Post 1/18/08. The USCIS recieved 3 million applications for naturalization in 2006. The USCIS annouced it will take 18 months to process applications filed after 6/1/2007. The USCIS director Gonzalez said it has hired 274 new adjudicators.It has identified 469 retired adudictors it has perrmission to re hire. "Our 2 year response plan will help us accomplish reducing processing times to 6 months by the third quarter of Fiscal 2010, which ends June 30,"Gonzales said in his written testimony. Dose this give confidence to anyone? It sure dose not for me.As it will be 2 years since i applied k-1 in March of this year.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-22 16:09:00
Middle East and North Africa	OMG.... They are ready to issue my loves visa	QUOTE (allousa @ Jan 17 2008, 12:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations Water. Hope for more good news soon.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-22 16:55:00
Middle East and North Africa	In case Anyone Is interested	[quote name='I love Ashraf' date='Jan 22 2008, 03:49 PM' post='1515635'] I thought so too but I that is what the email said that I got from the consulars office because that was my understanding as well but I guess they worked it out. [/quote Dear I love Ashraf, I was in Cairo in July of 2007 and at that time the embassy did refuse to sign any affidavitl. Are you saying they now will or you think they will? Because as late as July 2007 that was the reason Americans could not marry in Eygpt. They refused to sign the affidavit that the Eygptian government required.	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-22 17:17:00
Middle East and North Africa	SECURITY CHECKS	Well guy's, this is the question. How long can a security check take? Some where between November 2007 and January of this year our case moved from the dreaded A/P into security check's . I called the FBI in Washington D.C. in a attempt to find out if progress had been made with the finger print portion of these checks. I was told they dont have his finger prints. They also said they dont recieve all the finger prints for checking. They said there are other agencies that do this also. Which ones could this be? Could it be Eygpt doing them? Or Interpole? How long can security take anyway? Any ideas? Wondering, Debbie	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2008-01-27 14:14:00
Middle East and North Africa	Egypt AP List	QUOTE (bridget @ Dec 7 2007, 11:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thought I'd continue our AP thread. Does anyone have any updates? Visas issued? New people wanting to be added to the list? This list is for those of us going through Cairo who are waiting after the interview for the visa to be issued. micky_sabry (Egypt, K-1 but should have been CR-1) Reapplied for CR-1 and at NVC right now. AshkiA (Egypt, CR-1) Interviewed 8/17/06 Awaiting AR gotmeahunk (Egypt, K-3/CR-1/IR-1) Interviewed 11/19/06 Awaiting AR CairoBound (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 11/21/06 Awaiting AR Becky&Sam (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 2/5/07 Awaiting AR Cheryl & Medo (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 2/7/07 Awaiting AR aj1 (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 3/12/07 Awaiting AR - did not go to DOS yet just waiting for my habebe (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 4/2/07 Awaiting AR ayesha4akram (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 4/4/07 Awaiting AR Ahmed & Sue (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 4/18/07 Awaiting AR water is wide (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 05/03/07 Awaiting AR m&n (Egypt, CR-1/IR-1) Interviewed 5/6/07 Awaiting AR TamaraLovesAdam (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 5/9/07 Awaiting AR xfilesman1 (Egypt, CR-1/IR-1) Interviewed 5/14/07 Awaiting AP Wael253 (Egypt, CR-1/IR-1) Interviewed 5/23/07 Awaiting AR - VISA IN HAND (11/1/07) Monnik (Egypt, CR-1/IR-1) Interviewed 6/14/07 Awaiting AP - did not go to DOS Bridget (Egypt, K-3) Interviewed 7/22/2007 Awaiting AP SandynJack (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 8/30/2007 Awaiting AP The Sparrow (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 9/12/2007 - VISA IN HAND deb and ali (Egypt, K-1) Interviewed 9/14/06 Awaiting AP	deb and ali	Female	Egypt	2007-12-08 11:49:00