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Hi, I want to start this thread to find out how exactly are visas annotated for people with past arrests or convictions. In my case it said: "Fingerprints checked. Not an ineligibility." I think it means that they did a fingerprint check even though the name was not located in the...

Oh and the dates were: Interview: March 14, 2005 FP returned by FBI: March 18, 2005 FP sent to the Embassy from the National Visa Center: March 21, 2005 Visa Approval: May 27, 2005

AkAhmed: She called the consulate and the guy who was handling her case asked her why didn't she come to the consulate. She said well, no one called me. He seemed surprised. She set up an appointment for the following Friday. They didn't ask her anything else, just took her passport and told...

Visa approved Just to let everyone know, the wait does end. My wife got her visa approved today.

Ali: What's with this about Consulate's own internal investigation? They told me something similar but I didn't pay attention. They said that their investigative department is looking into this matter. Weird.

Salman you don't need a machine readable passport to enter the country. But if you enter the country without a machine readable passport, then you'll be fingerprinted at the port of entry. That's all. Congratulations on the visa!! My H1B revalidation is due, but I am too scared to get out of...

AKAhmed: What did the embassy in Islamabad tell you after March 21? Did they refuse to take your call? Maybe it's routine for them to sit on someone's file for six weeks and then look at it? I called the embassy last week and told them that my wife's FP results were sent to the embassy on...

Akahmed: My wife's fingerprint results were also sent to the embassy on March 21. So I think we are in a somewhat similar situation. I'll keep you updated on what's going on.

US Embassy is not asking for I-797 for first time H-4 Beneficiaries I got a visa officer on the phone and he said that last week the embassy received clarification from the Dept. of State that an H-4 I-797 is not needed unless the beneficiary has changed status within the US. The spouse's I-797...

Last week I called the embassy in Islamabad and was lucky enough to get a visa officer on the phone. Unlike the local staff, the visa officer was very polite and very helpful. First of all he informed me that the embassy was mistaken in requiring I-797 for a first-time H-4 beneficiary, and...

I called the US Embassy in Islamabad last night and was told that my wife's file is open and being "analyzed". I wonder what that means. As a recap: My wife was arrested in 2001 for mistakenly walking out with a department store hand bag. The charges were dropped on February 15, after...

I continue to be frustrated by this impasse, where the National Visa Center says that my wife's fingerprint check results have been forwarded to the Embassy, and the embassy says they're still waiting for them. (The fingerprints were forwarded on March 21!!! ) I don't know what the heck is...

Marker do you know what kind of check they did on you? Did they do a FBI Name check?

CLASS is the Consular Database against which they check the name of each applicant. What this means is that Anis' name appeared in the Consular Database for a potential visa ineligibility under the INA (Immigration and Nationality Act), but it turned that he is not ineligible. (This is to warn...

I am convinced that the major part of the backlog is due to these Pakistanis/Indians working at the embassies. That's why they get upset when you tell them that you went over their heads and figured out that they are sitting on something. This is very interesting.

Ali: Send an inquiry to the National Visa Center at nvcinquiry@state.gov . They will tell you what is going on with your finger prints. Also FAX the FBI Name Check Program to ask if there's a pending name check in your name. My guess is that since your name is so common, the name check is...

Anis: I am informed by the NVC that they forwarded the fingerprint information to the Embassy on March 21. Three weeks have passed. I am not sure how they send it, but if they send it electronically, then the Embassy is taking a very long time.

Does anyone here have any experience with Fingerprint check. How long does it take between the NVC sending the fingerprint results and the consulate processing the visa? Thanks.

My wife is going through 221 (g) processing. I understand that it's about a fingerprint check through the NCIC. I have been calling the DOS hotline for a while, and different people gave answers with varying degree of vagueness. So a couple of weeks ago I called the FBI CJIS division. (The...