Khadija

Thanks for all the helpful info, Lairdside!

I hope Abdo's
administrative processing only takes a few weeks. From the sound of it,
it'll take that long for the paperwork to get from Nebraska to New
Hampshire and then for New Hampshire to get it's act together and notify
me with all the forms, etc... For once I'll be grateful for a slow
process.

I was initially confusing thinking adminstrative processing
was something different than administrative review. It may be but I
think the Consulates use the term interchangeably. So, what is
happening to us is normal considering my husband's country of birth, age
and religion and economic circumstances. I just have to learn patience
(of course one could argue that, after 44 years, I'm not going to learn
now).

Cheers,
P

Originally posted by lairdside
    > I
agree with Patty. I seem to remember reading a DOS memo a long time ago
which defined a visa as being available to be issued once it was at the
Consulate. The I-130 trumps the K-3 once it is available to be issued -
unless things have changed.
    >
I'll try to dig that out tomorrow
together with the info from the NVC. Speaking of which I think it's in
their web pages.. hang on a minute...