Mehrshad Alexander Mehrdad
My name is Mehrshad Alexander Mehrdad, a U.S. citizen born 10/02/90 residing in Irvine, Ca. I have been awaiting the arrival of my fiancé, Melika Nazar since 03/2016. We were first introduced by our mothers early 2015 who were childhood friends. Shortly after our introduction, Melika and I quickly forged a relationship predominantly using Telegram, Viber, Whatsapp, Skype, and imo. These telecommunication platforms became an essential part of our lives, as the both of us became wholly committed to a long-distance relationship.
With every passing day, we realized the many similarities we shared and admiration and infatuated with one another. On Nov. 20, 2015, my father and I traveled to Iran with the primary intention of meeting my potential soul mate. After arriving in the country and seeing her in person, I knew, that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. Subsequently, my father and I formally asked her parents for their daughter’s hand in marriage.
On 03/2016, I filed a petition for a fiancé visa. Melika's acceptance arrived on 04/2016. In early 09/2016, my immediate family and I traveled to Iran for short two weeks and with a beautiful ceremony we then announced our engagement to both of our families. On November 1, 2016, Melika successfully completed her visa interview. However, Melika’s fiancé visa status continues to remain unchanged from “administrative processing” even after a year from her visa interview.
In 10/2017, out of desperation and sanity and risk of losing my job I made another trip to see my loved one. Since my departure she has been ill and struggles with depression, I am also emotionally and financially exhausted. I have been trying every available option to find out about her visa status, the U.S. State Department has notified me that it is out of their control.