Hello I am new to this site so bear with me. I am married to an Egyptian man we met when he came to the U.S. on a J-1 visa he had a 2 year requirement which he completed in August of 2012. I filled the I-130 out and we got the application going back in October of 2010 everything went smoothly and he had his interview on June 3, 2012. The interview went well and they put my husband's visa into administrative processing right away. At this time I was in Egypt on a visitor visa which was extended, but it expired in October of 2012 so I returned back to the U.S. in September. Shortly after my return to the U.S. I discovered I was pregnant I am due in less then one month and my husband's visa is still in administrative processing. This means that it's been in administrative processing for almost 10 months. I know there is no way I can know when the process will be finished, but do I really have to sit here and just wait. I don't want our baby to be born without his daddy and it's causing stress on not just me, but my parents because they have offered to let me and the baby stay with them while I can't work if my husband is not here. If anybody knows if there is anything I can do please help. I love my husband so much and I need him here. Every paper we have sent in has been 100% authentic, we haven't falsified any information, and we have provided them with extra information as well. I don't understand why it is taking so long and I don't know what to do next. Please help!
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Administrative processing for Family Based Visa
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Jackolantern
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They probably simply forgot about his case. He needs to contact the consulate and explain the urgency of the situation.
They probably simply forgot about his case. He needs to contact the consulate and explain the urgency of the situation.
Is that even possible that they could actually forget? I have called the visa office in the U.S. and they said it's still under processing when I give them my case number. I also got a response letter from a letter I wrote back in December on behalf of the white house. It says that the decision is made by the Department of State, but the Department of State has no phone number and won't allow public contact. So how is there a way of knowing if they forgot about our case and is that even legal for them to set aside a case and let it go forgotten?
Jackolantern
Registered Users (C)
Is that even possible that they could actually forget? I have called the visa office in the U.S. and they said it's still under processing when I give them my case number. I also got a response letter from a letter I wrote back in December on behalf of the white house. It says that the decision is made by the Department of State, but the Department of State has no phone number and won't allow public contact. So how is there a way of knowing if they forgot about our case and is that even legal for them to set aside a case and let it go forgotten?
They do that all the time. Somebody puts the file in a drawer somewhere and forgets about it. Or maybe they don't directly forget about it, but the employee is transferred to another department or transferred out of the consulate back to the US and nobody else has picked up the case. Sometimes they even lose files.
He should make an appointment with the consulate and physically go there to inquire about it. He should also bring the doctor's notes about your pregnancy, stressing the importance of wanting to be in the US for the birth of his US citizen child, and that he has already been waiting since June of last year.
You should also contact your Congressperson or Senator for assistance.
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They do that all the time. Somebody puts the file in a drawer somewhere and forgets about it. Or maybe they don't directly forget about it, but the employee is transferred to another department or transferred out of the consulate back to the US and nobody else has picked up the case. Sometimes they even lose files.
He should make an appointment with the consulate and physically go there to inquire about it. He should also bring the doctor's notes about your pregnancy, stressing the importance of wanting to be in the US for the birth of his US citizen child, and that he has already been waiting since June of last year.
You should also contact your Congressperson or Senator for assistance.
Okay thank you for your advice I e-mailed the Congressman of the U.S. state I currently live in and my husband is working to get an appointment with the embassy in Egypt. I am shocked that it's even come down to this. How they can lose paperwork is beyond me especially since I have worked as an assistant secretary and have a dream to be a Medical Secretary soon. I would never had made it in my job if I ever misplaced any files for a long period of time. Anyways I will update as soon as I know anything. Thanks again for the help and advice.