Salaam 3alekum Everybody!

Thank you so much for your prayers and wishes. Thank you so much for your happy thoughts and all the good advice along the way.

We finished our interview, Alhamdulilah. Sorry it took me a few days to report back...
i think we did as well as we could have!

Hayati went to the Consulate with a stiff upper lip and his arms full of evidence. Thankfully, alhamdulilah, he spoke with a very nice blonde woman. She was friendly and smiled a lot, but she would not speak Arabic with him. He asked her twice, but she just kept asking him questions in English. My hubbie knows English, but very, very basic. But by some miracle, he understood everything she said, and she understood his replies.

She asked him:
My name
My address
How, where, and when he met me
If I'd ever been married before

He showed her our photo album and she looked at all the pictures.

Then he showed her my passport, and told her i was waiting nearby. She had him come out and get me immediately!! So i went in with him, and she asked me just one question. She wanted to know if we were already married because last year we tried to get married and i had to go to the consulate for some documents (that is another long story), but in the end, we never legally married in Morocco.

She said she did not doubt our relationship. She said they still had some administrative processing to do... and it should take a week or two. Then she took Hayati's passport, which i feel is a good sign. She said they'd call him in a week or two and that she didn't "anticipate any problems" inchallah.

Soo....
i don't know. What do you guys think?
i feel like we did our best and that it went as well as possible. Alhamdulilah.

Any thoughts?
Okay, hope you all our well, and i'll check back in when i can.

Thanks again for listening and being here,
hz

Sounds promising, and i think it's great that you were there and actually got to show your face and speak with the interviewer

I think it sounds good especially if they kept his passport.

Alhamdulilah,sounds good.
Abdo

THEY DID THAT TO KAMAL AND HE HAD HIS VISA INSIDE A WEEK. SO KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED

YAY girl! I've been waiting to hear good news from you! Sounds good. Congrats to you!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!

Ya this is very typical of them to do, and its good the consulate saw you. Keeping the passport is always a good sign. I wish you will be the lucky ones who get the call within the 2-3 weeks they say.

Insha-Allah we will all be reunited in the coming days, weeks and months.

Tammy

Congratulations!!

sounds good, I think you will be welcoming him here soon... YAY

congrats

I am so happy things went well for you. Inshallah your wait will not be long. How long do you plan to wait in Morrocco before you have to come back?

Sounds great!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! to you both!



AJ1

Congrats - sounds like everything went very well

congratulation happy news hope he get his visa soon .

Keeping the passport is a good sign! Well done!

it sounds good to me i mean they kept the passport.......and she said she had no doubt about ur relationship .....

Insha Allah he wd have his visa in a week

sounds good

Congratulations, hope he receives his visa soon!!!

Im praying for you that his visa will be fast!

Administrative process is after a successful interview. United Stated Department of State must check your name, your fingerprints with FBI, CIA and other government departments to make sure you are not a criminal or terrorist.

here is waiting times:
1 to 3 months (Lucky)
3 to 6 months (average)
6 to 12 months (unlucky)

When adminstrative processing is finished, you go back to Embassy to pick up visa.

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im still waiting !!

I think about the longest i heard was like 6 weeks down to a few days (in morocco) most i thought were like a week or two (times may have changed)

didn't maggie724 wait like 6 months? i think carshel waited 5 or 6 months too, but they were the exceptions, not the norm.

yes right !!

Im sure there are exceptions i havent kept up with all, but in general (i think) most are just weeks but like i said this was last years times when i was watching but there have been some that were just days...

I pray that he will have his passport back very soon with the visa in it and ready to travel to the USA!

Great news!!! Yes, you are done with everything but the AP!!!

Congratulations!!!!

Sounds like everything went great -- and it sure didn't hurt that you were there, too !

Can't wait to hear your good news that the visa is in hand -- insha'allah very soon !!



-MK

Salaam Everybody!
Thanks for all the congratulations and well-wishes and prayers. i am still in Morocco, and i don't want to come back home till inchallah this is all over! The woman was very positive at the interview and she made it sound like there were no problems, but i was reading the 221g thing again today and the language is so strong, it made my heart end up in my throat. i'm trying to focus on how postive the woman was... i know this is all part of the process, but i still won't rest until he has the visa in hand.

Anyway, thanks again for listening and looking forward to catching up with all of you soon.
Take care,
hz

Inchallah, i really hope so...
From your lips (well, fingertips) to God's ears...

Where is that praying smiley?

hz

Hi all,
Sorry, i'm officially clogging up the forum. My last question before i sign off:

They didn't ask for the Affadavit of Support at Habibi's interview? Is that weird? When does he submit it?
And should i e-mail the consulate with this question? i'm afraid to rock the boat...

Bonne nuit!
hz

your husband will get his visa very soon insha allah,i noticed that in CASABLANCA the administrative procedure takes only few weeks 1 - 3 weeks.
the consulate told you next week so be ready for next week,and i hope hear from you very soon.
Abdo

Casa is one of the consulates that doesn't ask for the affidavit of support so I think you are fine. Hope that your AP will be a short one!

do not e-mail or call the consulate,you have to wait till next week and please be patient..,i am sure they will call your husband !!
Abdo

Thanks Abdo! Thanks Lost in NY! Thanks Everyone....
Yes, i'm trying to be patient... Still no news, but it has only been a week and that's really no time at all. Habibi is being much more patient than me... i'm back in the States now, half a person again....

Hope all of you are doing well,
hz

your welcome ,the consulate called me after 10 days !!
visa in hand hamdo allah
Abdo

Alhamdulilah!

hello , i think your intervew went well and you are aproved . and i wish you hear sooner from them ..
had my intervew in april 10 , o was the last one who get intervewd , the blond lady called me asked me few quetion
where did you meet ?
do you were tallking to people before she meet her ?
tallk about first trip to morocco ?
where you will get married ?
when you proposed to get married with her ?
she asked me to left her pictres and mails chatt , letters , and then she gave me a form says
your case requires additional administrative processing . we require nothing further from you this time . we will contact you by telephone as soon as we are able to contunue with your sace .cab aby body tell me what is gonna be hapenne .
i still don't hear anything from the consulte i'm so nervouse and i'm wishing they will call me this week , ....

Things look very positive.

Why does Casa require Affadavit of Support prior to CR-1 interview and not for K-1?

be ready to get the good news its your week,i hope they call your husband very soon.
Abdo

Because the CR1 visa is a permanent immigrant visa that obligates financial support on behalf of the sponsor(s) and the K1 is a temporary, non-immigrant visa that must be readjusted after the beneficiary is already in the US.

Inchallah...

i hope so...

Thanks for the happy thoughts,
hz

Inshalla you will hear something soon. She said about 2 weeks right? I wouldn't start stressing until that deadline is passed - as you know, every case is different

Good luck and you will be in my prayers

It sounds l a lot like our experience and he had his visa in about a week. :-))

salam allikum ,, i really hope the best for you both , insha allah . you were very fortunate to be able to be there for his interview . it seems that ALLAH (swt) has his hands on your shoulder . alhamdolillah ... I PRAY YOU GET YOUR CALL SOON TO PICK UP STAMPED VISA , INSHA ALLAH.. GOOD LUCK , BESLAMA

Thank you, everybody!
Inchallah, i hope you are right. As for today, we are still practicing being patient.

i hope we all hear some good news soon.

Shukran jazilan,
hz

BEST OF LUCK!!!! Hope everything goes well for you!