I am a US citizen residing in Florida, my husband is a citizen of Pakistan and still there waiting
Filed I-130 Petition May 2006
Received filing notice of I-130 on June 19, 2006 (Still pending) No news.
I 129F – K3 Petition filed June 19, 2006
Receipt date by Department of Homeland Security June 21, 2006
Approval Notice of December 8, 2006 Stating: Valid from 12/08/2006 to 04/07/2007
Forwarded to NVC (Department of State National Visa Center)
Forwarded to US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan
Husband received packet on January 24, 2007
Interview date on February 6, 2007
Outcome: Blue slip asking for a co-sponser
Embassy received documents on February 19, 2007 (verified by the embassy)
Emailed Embassy after 50 days, their reply:
We have received the documents you had sent. However, this case is pending for admin processing.
We have emailed several times with the same response – case is pending for admin processing.
Last email sent to embassy on May 2, 2007, the reply:As long as your case is pending for admin processing, we will only tell you this. According to the law, when a visa case is pending for admin processing, the visa is NOT issued. In addition to this, the total processing time cannot be predicted.
Todays date is May 4, 2007
My question: Our approval is no longer valid since it was only good until 04/07/2007 Now what?
Filed I-130 Petition May 2006
Received filing notice of I-130 on June 19, 2006 (Still pending) No news.
I 129F – K3 Petition filed June 19, 2006
Receipt date by Department of Homeland Security June 21, 2006
Approval Notice of December 8, 2006 Stating: Valid from 12/08/2006 to 04/07/2007
Forwarded to NVC (Department of State National Visa Center)
Forwarded to US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan
Husband received packet on January 24, 2007
Interview date on February 6, 2007
Outcome: Blue slip asking for a co-sponser
Embassy received documents on February 19, 2007 (verified by the embassy)
Emailed Embassy after 50 days, their reply:
We have received the documents you had sent. However, this case is pending for admin processing.
We have emailed several times with the same response – case is pending for admin processing.
Last email sent to embassy on May 2, 2007, the reply:As long as your case is pending for admin processing, we will only tell you this. According to the law, when a visa case is pending for admin processing, the visa is NOT issued. In addition to this, the total processing time cannot be predicted.
Todays date is May 4, 2007
My question: Our approval is no longer valid since it was only good until 04/07/2007 Now what?