Ok ok...it wasn't what we expected but it went VERY smoothly....DETAIL DETAILS....

Ok I ended up not going with him to the interview...for personal reasons...but here is his account:

He arrived at the embassy at 6:45am and 8 others were there...no line...just mingling. He was told they were not allowed to form a line till later. They later formed TWO lines..one for immigrants and one for non immigrants. They took in the immigrants first. He was 3rd in line of the non immigrants. (We are K1). After going inside at 7:30am they searched his bag, had him turn off phone, and gave him his number (#26 for those that want extreme details) He then took a seat. Eventually he was called to window (#7 for those who REALLY want to know) to hand them his originals and passport. They then gave him the papers to fill out for DHL and sent him to pay. (very positive people if u ask me) He was then called for his fingerprints and made to sit again to wait for interview. FINALLY he is called at around 11:15AM to a window with an American woman. He was asked if he wanted interview in english, he said yes. (His english is excellent) She had himi fill in my name and sign that form and swear all the information was true and correct. They then proceeded with a 20 minute...yes I said 20 minute interview.

1, How did you meet?
2. Did she tell you her real age when you met online from the start?
3. Why do you want to marry someone older then you?
4. Did you know she was married before
5. How many times was she married?
6. What was the nationality of her last husband?
7. What does she do for a living?
8. How many times have you met?
9. She has XX dollars in her account, who paid for the trips?
10. How did she pay for the trips?
11. (forgot one) When was her last divorce?
12. What do you do for a living?
13. Where does she live?
14. Where do you live?
15. What does your father do for a living?
16. Does she have kids?
17. How many?
18. What are their names?
19. How old is the oldest?
20. How old are YOU? (hehehe..would have loved to been there to see that one)
21. Where will you live when you go there to USA?
22. SHE ASKED IF WE HAD EVIDENCE....
23. SHE ASKED IF WE HAD PICS
24. What do you love about here?

She said..ok..go sit for a few moments. After 5 minutes or so, she called him back and said...

CONGRATULATIONS.. you have a GOOD case...I am recommending you for approval. He asked about his passport...she said they had to keep it to stamp the visa in it. And said he'd have it back in about 2-3 weeks (stock answer). Then said..do you know you need to marry her in the 1st 90 days? He said,, yes...but it will be within the first 2 weeks. She smiled..said to have a good day.

He said she smiled alot was very friendly and it was more conversational. She was amazed with our evidence and smiled...asking him just to point out a few items...so he showed her the packet with our mailings, our section of emails, with a few dated from different dates, our call records and sms records and let her know that those and the chat logs were ONLY in the past year...becasue there was just to much.

He said he got a very very good feeling about the whole interview and said she was very polite and really just was verifying our relationship to satisfy her mind so she can continue with visa. She did state she was the consular that would be working our case. Over all it was a polite and pleasent experience for him and Im sort of glad I didnt go. He handled it very well...

Thats my story..and Im sticking to it...

My feeling is she wanted to verify our relationships validity and that i wasnt be bought for visa...but..in end he made her aware that we had a friendship LONG before love and that after 4 years we were sure this is what we wanted. That I couldn't move right now due to caring for parents and taht this was our best option for now. I was thankful they ASKED to see the evidence..and soo glad we took in the binders FILLED with alllllll we had. He feels we'll get fast visa...well...Im not AS optomistic..Im a bit worried they will still put us in AP and home visit. they did NOT ask if his parents met me or approved...so I guess we will see...



Thanks for the well wishes...

Finally....CONGRATULATIONS!!!

sounds like it went very good, congratulationss!!

congratulations

That's sounds VERY positive hon!!!! I hope they stick to their word about the 2 to 3 weeks but I have a good feeling about this!

Thank you...yes finally..sorry it took so long...but the windows crashed on his back up laptop...and he had to redo them today for me..so I could get on to tell you all the news...He was very happy with how friendly she was and said she smiled alot. The answers he said he gave we VERY smooth and VERY well put..like when she asked why he wanted to marry an older woman...he said...its not about her age...we built a friendship that turned to love. I want to marry HER...her age is not what makes her who she is inside. (thats my guy...lol) (gotta love him) If anyone wants to know his answers..please message me in private...

just a question...how did they know how much is in your bank account? Does the embassy really have access to all of our financial information or is it just from the statements that you have to send them?

Thank you Bridget..Im glad they asked sooo many questions...so he had to option to setttle their mind up front. I hope they stick to their word to..but we all know how that is. I will call DOS when I get home to see if we are in AP or what status they have us in. I have a good feeling to..BUT...Im not going to get overly hopeful..I've seen tooo many have great interviews then wait for 9384873947239874 months for that visa. By the way..that black guy that was sooo rude to u doesn't appear to be there any longer...wonder why??? duhhh

Sounds like it was a great sucess and wish that he iwll have his visa in hand very soon.

It sounds like it went extremely well! Thank you for posting your details!

I think that's why some people are being re-interviewed since they have realized he was way out of line with a lot of us. That makes me feel a little better but alhumdulilah for it all, you know?

Its from the bank letter..BUT...lol...I hope she understands..THATS why I DONT have a lot of money left in there...FROM ALL THOSE TRIPS!!!! DUHHHHHHHHH...if they paid me...I'd have alot more in there...and I guess it wasn't till the end when he verified that I live with my parents to take care of them..seemed to click..that I dont have overhead...he told her I saved hard to pay for them and we had trips only once a year until THIS year. I dont think she had it in her mind at THAT moment this was 5 trips OVER 4 years...and its only about a 1500 dollar -2000 dollar trip..I dont have a mortgage...soooooo...of course I can afford it...BUT i also pay to live at my parents home as well..so its just a matter of saving at the right time what i need...duhhh...lol...i'd have soo much saved..if i didnt take those trips...

Did ANYONE here recieve a number after the interview to check their status online??? We did not get one..but he saw where if you were going into AP they gave you a number to check status online..anyone here get that???

never got a number... sounds like it went great hope u are together forever soon

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congratulation fiath we are so happy for you
inshaAllah h will get his visa so soon
and all they give after the interview HDL track number so u can check it online
wish best for u and congratulation again

Wow, Faith!
That sounds so positive! Alhamdulilah.
i'm glad that you are happy and your habeeb is happy.
i really hope they issue him the visa quickly, inchallah.

Thanks for sharing,
hz

Congrats

Congratulations. We signed up for the DHL tracking and they have scanned it everyday. YEA.

I wonder why our tracking number doesn't show this stuff? Is it the number from when they pay at the embassy?

Oh wow...love the details...heeh...congrats honey, it looks GOOD....woohoo

yes it is the number they gave him when he paid DHL. And it will for sure show that day on the tracking and everytime they scan it.

I clicked on the DHL tracking link that Cheryl put on the MENA forum and entered our tracking number. Then you have to sign up for email on that too and it emails you everytime. did you sign up for the email alerts?

I called them and from what I can tell this is a new system that they have set up. Mine doesn't work that way at all. It just says "call customer service" when I use that link but it does show that it was "shipped" on 7/22/07 when I use this link http://www.dhlegypt.com/publish/eg/en/eshi...track.high.html

congratulation so happy for you and inshaallah he will get his visa so soon

Wow, it sounded sooo smooth!

Only one person interviewed your fiance?

From how you presented it, it sounds extremely postive.

It's good you went there to see him...Now you can have a "mini-honeymoon" and feel recharged when you come back to the USA. It will help you to cope with any possible delays that just might occur.

Your interview sounded positive so I am sending best of luck wishes on his getting his visa in hand in few weeks. Enjoy your stay with your beloved.

That's freakin awesome! Sounds like it went peachilly. I just hope he gets his visa as fast as they predicted. mabrookulations!

amal

Awesome Faith!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you girly!! Have a great trip with your love

Congratulations Faith....I hope you receive the visa as promised. My three weeks are up and I still have no visa in my Habibi's hand yet. But as myheartwillgoon says they have scanned it everyday since march 2nd. So I am praying and hoping the end is coming and the visa will be shipped soon.

BTW....when you sign up for DHL tracking alerts youwill receive an email alert everytime your package moves in the embassy. Hoewever, the DHL site has not changed on mine yet....it still says picked up on February 11th at 9:32 am. So you must sign up for the email alerts to know when it is moving within the embassy. The DHL site will not change until the visa is actually shipped and mailed to your SO.

Congrats again!!

Cheryl

Faith,

Congratulations!! That sounds great and I am sure you are relieve to have that over. I am so happy for you and hope you are reunited soon!! ANd have a great time w/ur SO!!!!! YAHOOOOOOOOOOOO

Hugs, Melinda

Faith, have faith!
I cannot say any positive or negative things, you know how AP goes! They were all smiley with my husband as well but I'm sitting here 6 months without one

I just wish for you that his name gets cleared soon, that is what is important to them

In the end, Allah knows best


My prayers are with you

Tammy

Congratulations Faith.

can you call the embassy and check your status? if stuck in AP (still don't know what AP is)? i called today and they said they don't have any info and that i should just wait for a call from the courier. was wondering if this was diff for other people.

Congrats and THANKS for all the details!!! It sounds good!!!!
Let's do a Daylight Savings Time Jig!!!

I was wondering what had happened, I kept checking to see if you posted. I am so happy for your news. Sounds like it went really well and your SO did a wonderful job at the interview. I wish you two the best of luck, your in my thoughts and prayers.

Congrats Amrssnowangel!!! I am glad that things are finally happening for you

Awesome & Congrats!

Thx 4 sharing the interview details!

happy for u, and ty god u didnt met the little black guy because i belive in the hell is with this little black guy ..CONGRATULATIONS happy for u

CONGRATS!!!! Sounds like all went really smooth for him, that's great. Hope if there is any AP for you that it is a very short one. I have a good feeling about this for you though. I'm so happy and hope that both of you continue to have much happiness.

Take Care

sounds good Faith... he is definitely approved on the Consular end... now just get thru the AP ... and be patient... if you have a CRO# then u can call US Dept of State and check on it... but most of the time they dont know anything themselves but Im happy for u ... keep us posted...

-Tam

I´m glad and very happy it went so well for you Congratulations You must be very relieved after all the stress you had to go through Hope he gets the passport really soon