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06-08-2007, 12:29 AM
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#1 | | New Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 5
| Visa Delayed - please help
hello everybody
Today I went in for the visa interview and it was very quick and the interviewer said I would be granted a visa but, under new laws passed after 9/11 I need additional checks on my application because I share a similar name to a person who is 'very unqualified' for a visa.
I am so worried now because this procedure coudl take months, maybe even three. And university starts in late August.
Has this happened to anyone else or to people know of it happening to anyone? If so, please tell me what the outcome was. I am so distressed becase all my plans have gone to pieces | 
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06-08-2007, 01:50 AM
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#2 | | New Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 8
| happened to me. waited for a year. thought i had no chance. enrolled in the second year | |
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06-08-2007, 02:56 AM
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#3 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hyd, India---> Georgia Tech 2011
Posts: 321
| Ouch, thats gotta hurt. By the way, are you from Pakistan ? 'Cuz this problem of yours occurs there quite frequently.
I've heard of a Pakistani who got into a TOP college but was denied entry in the US because his name was similar to that of a dead terrorist. Poor him. | |
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06-08-2007, 04:18 AM
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#4 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pakistan
Posts: 184
| yeah, i know of a senior at mid-school, got into yale and stanford, but no visa. he did end up at stanford the next year though. | |
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06-08-2007, 04:36 AM
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#5 | | New Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 5
| It looks as if the wating period is about a year, according to you guys. Man, my worst fears realised. | |
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06-08-2007, 02:40 PM
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#6 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Peru
Posts: 561
| wow karmeni! I really feel sorry for you. You know what I'd do in your case? I'd call immediately the media; I'd right a letter to the embassy in your country. It's simply NOT FAIR!!.. and you don't lose anything if you try.
Good luck kameni! | |
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06-08-2007, 04:46 PM
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#7 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Q8 -----> CMU '11
Posts: 133
| I was worried about something like that due to the name issue. But thankfully it didn't happen with me.
Keep your fingers crossed kameni! | |
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06-08-2007, 05:57 PM
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#8 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Williamstown
Posts: 1,249
| Hey, kameni, it might not take that long. At what college are you planning to enroll? You could give them a call, explaining your situation. Maybe they could intervene. | |
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06-09-2007, 04:45 AM
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#9 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 44
| dude i'm so sorry to hear, inform your college though - i know a couple of people this has happened too also | |
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06-09-2007, 05:29 AM
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#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Manila, Philippines
Posts: 97
| kameni! contact your college! maybe they can help! and if your name is similar to that of a terrorist or someone like that, ask for an appeal? or show them your birth certificate and stuff. tss. that's so stupid. they're so paranoid!!! | |
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06-10-2007, 02:22 AM
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#11 | | New Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 5
| Yes, I have sent a correspondence to the university. You're right, I have to remain hopeful. | |
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06-10-2007, 02:35 AM
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#12 | | Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 573
| Sadly, there is little you can do methinks besides call up the Consular General's Office and ISSO of your University...
Alternatively, just change your name. (Okay, don't do that.) | |
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