Folinskyinla

As per AILA:

The State Dept. announced in its 11/20/03 press briefing that the Consulate General in Istanbul has suspended normal visa operations, but remains fully staffed to provide emergency assistance to American citizens.

Noorah101

Hopefully Ankara won't suspend visa services as well :-(

Alecca

I hope so too, you guys have been waiting so long

Hypertweeky

Aww I hope they won't either hon.. aww I feel so small, I wish I could do something!!. Well Rene.. I can give you all my support and love from here.. we are all with you hon, you are gonna get thru this!!
WE LOVE YOU!

TweekysLove

Sorry to hear that guys hope everything is ok for Ankara and hopefully sadegh can get his visa soon.. We will be praying for ya!!

dutchman2001nl

I'm with TweekysLove, We will be praying for you guys...... !!!!

Karen D

Dear Powers That Be...

Some good news for Rene & Sadegh soon please...?

dutchman2001nl

From our mouths to Gods ears !!!

Rete

Mr. F.

Is it possible for those people who use the Istanbul US Consulate for immigration services, i.e. K-1, I-130's, K-3's to be assigned to another US Consulate within Turkey itself, or a neighboring country?

Rete

Hypertweeky

Ditto Rete

Noorah101

Hi Rete

It is my understanding that the Istanbul consulate only process non-immigrant visas (i.e., student, tourist...) and the Ankara consulate processes immigrant visas (inlcuding K1, which they treat as an immigrant visa, although it's not).

Your question is a good one, though...it seems they would transfer the case to a working embassy within Turkey first, and then perhaps another country's consulate next...that would make sense.

Rene

Folinskyinla

Hi:

I know that people wait every DAY. But this is a huge bump in the road -- it will be worked out.

When I was a much younger lawyer, November 4, 1979 taught me to be a little fatalistic. 11-4-1979 caused me to add the following paragraph to my retainer and I've not seen fit to change it:

Client acknowledges that there are circumstances over which Attorney has no control and which may affect the case. This includes (but is not limited to) changes in the law, changes in government personnel or policies, world events, backlogs, etc. In regards to cases which require an underlying petition to permit a benefit for Client, Client acknowledges that the petitioning party may either withdraw or be unable to pursue the petition due to no fault of Attorney or Client. Accordingly, Attorney has not made any warranties or guarantees relative to the outcome of the above matters. Client agrees that the fees charged are related to the time, effort and skill that Attorney will apply to the above described matters and does not depend upon achieving a particular result.

Leslie

Added to my prayer list Rene.