this is really hard for me to type so i'll make it brief...

i went over the paperwork COUNTLESS times with my fiance about making sure everything was filled out perfectly, making sure we had each document necessary and it was the updated forms, photos, emails, conversations, phone bills, plane tickets, etc.

i've read disappointing stories here on vj about being sent the outdated form and when the person showed up at the interview, they were turned away because it wasn't up to date!

well i had the OPPOSITE interview. my fiance brought in the DS156 that was the newest 2007 version you can get off their website. apparently they wanted the OLD VERSION from 2004 that is expired and they made my fiance leave. instead of letting him hand in a new form that would take less than 5 minutes to complete, they handed him a form and made him leave.

so now we have to reschedule a new interview for who knows when the fukc it will be.

i'm crushed. i tried to do the right thing. checked everything 1000000000x and this is what i get.

so i think i'm leaving ny. i was waiting here thinking he would be here within a few weeks, but now it looks like that is NOT going to happen. thanks for all the support last night and those who called/PMed me. i appreciate it.

-jen

Oh hon I am sooo sorry!!!!! That is just whacked!!!!

Wow I cant believe they did not accept a newer version of the Form...

Sorry. Hope things get resolved soon for you guys.

sorry, but sounds like you may get another chance...just a delay in time

OMG that's crazy !! So they didn't even do the interview.... just gave him the older form and told him "laterz... you need to reschedule" ???? Dayum... I would think they would go ahead with the interview and just issue a 221g for the missing document. Which form did they send in his packet -- the older one ?

Anyway.... aw hellz. Sorry to hear you'll face an additional delay -- that totally blows. Hope you can get a new date soon.



-MK

So sorry Jen,

this is really ridiculous. Sometimes i think they are looking for any stupid pitty reasons to send a person home. I am sure everything will be OK......did they tell him when to come back to bring "old" forms? that's just insane
My fiance's interview is tomorrow and i am already freaking out although i know he will get his 221-g for sure since his police report did not arrive to embassy yet.

hang in there!

Sorry Jen, but at least he will get a second try. Well actually a first try really since they didn't even interview him.

Good Luck

Wow it's funny you mention the delay in the police certificate. We had that, too -- it took forEVER for the consulate to confirm receiving it -- like 5 weeks. (Not to scare you -- it was also during a major holiday season, and the consulate was closed like half the month -- that made it even slower.) Considering they send this report ELECTRONICALLY, there's really no excuse for it taking so long. I called every week and got the same story, until finally I got this helpful lady who actually went and looked -- I could hear her rummaging around on someone's desk or something -- and then she said "Oh. We have it."

But the good news is, if all else is in order, they'll issue as soon as they get the paperwork. Good luck tomorrow !



-MK

well apparently he had most of the interview before they asked for this paper. she said if he would have had it, it would have been a success. but, yeah, they just told him to get out. he tried to fill out the paperwork right there and they said NO! you have you just come back! your turn is over! why do a whole interview, the man is sitting in FRONT OF YOU, then make him come back who knows when the hell when? more work for everyone! its retarded beyond belief. i feel sick to my stomach.

sorry to hear about that Jen. good luck on getting a speedy 2nd intervew date. we had a total of 3 interview dates (one of which the consulate was CLOSED for a local holiday and the CO was wrong on the date) a 4 hour flight to the consulate was wasted. I can empathize with the frustration.

Oh god, don't scare me please.
He has to move out of his apartment by july 1st!!!
Gosh, i hope it won't take 5 weeks for that stupidity.
Did your SO go through Jerusalem?

I'm really sorry to hear this, Jen. The only version of the DS 156 that I can even find online is the version that expires 9/30/07. Is this the one you used? It even says previous versions are not acceptable. I wonder which version patiently_waiting's fiance brought. I would have done the exact same thing as you did...why on earth would one think it would be ok to bring an *expired* form????

yes, we brought the new version that expires in 2007. i really don't know why they would send him away when it says the old version is not accepted. i'm baffled. not sure which form patiently waiting's fiance had. but he had success and we didn't.

Sorry ... I should have specified "5 weeks from the date of *request*" before it was "officially received" by the Consulate. Also Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (AND Columbus Day) fell during this time, so they were on vacation half the month. They didn't tell us in the packet to get an Israeli certificate -- just one from every place he'd lived for more than 6 months. So it never occurred to us to get an Israeli one, because Mahmoud never lived in Israel. We found out at the interview that he needed it -- grrrr. (Since then, they have changed the instructions to be more specific.)

Yes, he processed through Jerusalem. The staff there is very nice. Best of luck with TA !



-MK

Wow. I know it doesn't help at all, but I'm really pissed for you. That's what you get for being on top of things when Casa so clearly is not.

It's already been 2 weeks since he requested his police report, so i am hoping for another 3 weeks. They told him in the police station that the standard time is 2-3 weeks but MAXIMUM is ONE month.
Why did your So had to get it from Israel as well if he never lived there?
Thanks for your replies.

I also saw that there was newer form online and had him fill that one out. However, he had both versions with him. The one they sent and the newer one. That was what saved him. He is overly cautious with that kind of stuff.

Sorry about another delay Jen. Don't give up. I know it's hard to hear that right now, but I am a true believer in everything happens for a reason. Your time will come. I know it will. We are still here for you.

Goddammit. Call the consulate and raise some hell.

Well.... it has to do with the West Bank being under occupation

I think you're good to go -- no consulate holidays on the horizon until the 4th of July. So they should be nose-to-the-grindstone at their desks ! I bet they'll have it in the system very soon.



-MK

Now i am worried about his forms since he's got all the new and updated ones.

Sorry Jen for hijacking your post!

I've been thinking about it some more and it's really odd that they didn't just give you a 221g, like WOM said, *especially* since they had already conducted the interview. I guess we'll have to wait and see it this is new procedure at Casa.

This happened in Algeria too when they were switching over to the new affidavit of support forms... i was hearing that consualtes were only accepting new versions of the form, but the CO in Algeria wanted to old form. Luckily i sent both cause they took the old form, but they just all work in their own little bubble over there, i dont think they really care what the rest of the world is doing... however, i am SHOCKED that he wasn't just given a 221g like everyone said and am sorry that you're going to have to wait longer....

OMG!!
I'm so sorry to hear that.. but pls.. dont let it get you down.

good luck on your next interview and scheduling it..

There is one thing you can count on with the consulate in Casa....inconsistency.

Sorry, but don't despair. Just play the game their way, you can't fight them. Give them what they want and soon he will be with you forever.

Geeze.. WTF is that all about !!! that is nuts!

"yeah, come back when you can bring the EXPIRED FORM!" Derr.. what a bunch of Tools!!!

I'm So sorry.. this must be SOOO frustrating!

Sorry, I'm sure it'll all work out.

I am so sorry that you guys were not approved....at least you have another interview....do not get discouraged.

I am very sorry to hear about this and pray everything will work out very soon.

I am really sorry to hear about this situation However i do believe everything will work out in the end. Stay strong

Sorry to hear that Jen, I hope they will reschedule with him fast!!

Jen,

just wanted to say sorry here - we are here for you though. The offer still stands if you wanna hang with us in the Garbage state for a while lololol (bad joke i know).

(((hugs)))

thanks for the support everyone. i emailed casa twice, the embassy, NVC, a senator, and my local congressman. hopefully something will be done tomorrow. i think this is ridiculous and don't understand why they would want a form that was clearly stated to be OBSOLETE. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/82063.pdf and https://evisaforms.state.gov/ds156.asp

hopefully we'll get another interview very soon. i find it odd they didn't give him a 221g as well. why do the whole thing over? none of this makes sense!!!!!!!!

congrats to you mona and reda.

Wow! I am so sorry to hear that that happened to you! I am also positively steamed! Hang in there, it WILL all work out!

That is just ridiculous. I hope they can get him scheduled for another interview really soon.

sometimes the sheer idiocy of the state department amazes me. sorry to hear about the delay jen.

Sorry to hear about this. Best wishes for a speedy reschedule and a successful interview.

Truly unbelievable. So sorry, hang in there

So sorry to hear that Jen..I hope and pray that the next interview is quick and an easy one !! hang in there ..

I am so sorry Jen. I can't imagine how dissapointing that must be. The only thing I can say is at least he wasn't denied.

Did they reschedule him there or when are they rescheduling him for?

jen i am so sorry. they will have you in there soon. inchallah everyhting will be perfect like you had planned it before. i am so sorry i am praying for you some more. love natalie

HI - I can not even begin to express what disgust I felt when I first read this yesterday and I thought I would not post a response and keep this to myself ... but I wanted to say that I am so sorry for you guys... you are doing the right things by emailing your congressman and the consulate etc..... it is just insane.

Does anyone know where the old version of the form is or if it is still available online --- I too downloaded the new form to have it ready to go and I am so thankful that you posted this information helping all of us behind you not to get caught in the same red tape.

Good Luck and be a thorn in their hineys!!!!

I hope you get another interview quick and your hubby/fiance is here with you soon!!

Malarie

So sorry to hear this Jen. I'm hoping this can all be resolved quickly.

why are adults that are too incompetent to just fill out the forms they are sent (yes people, they weren't just wanking around when they mailed THOSE SPECIFIC ONES OUT) deserving of any sympathy?

Now that's pretty unfair. If he had brought the form that he was sent and was turned away because the consulate said the form was expired, do you think he would then be deserving of sympathy?

I think it's incompetent for Casa to be using expired forms.

figures someone had to come in my post and be an a$$. i've read countless times about people bringing in forms that were expired and being turned away THEN. so whats your excuse for that? your comments mean nothing to me. thanks to everyone else for support though!

anyway, i talked to my fiance in more detail about what happened yesterday after he had a chance to calm down. apparently he never did have an interview. i misunderstood him at first. he said the minute he walked in the moroccan receptionist who takes the forms from you when you walk in had an attitude. she hated him the minute he walked in. my fiance is a humble and nice person. he would never have walked in there with attitude so i can't imagine why she would be such a b*tch right off the bat. he said she yelled at him because he had the new form and gave him an old one to fill out. so he filled it out, went back to her, and she told him that it was too late, to get out, and to email for a new interview. i can't begin to imagine why this happened to us. why they'd accept the old form. why anything like this happened. so hopefully we'll get a new interview soon. they responded to my email not telling me of a new interview for him. they just said he needs to write once he's completed the form. DUH it takes 2 minutes to write the form! we still haven't received another response after that.

i'm glad i could help someone here by telling them to get the old form! malarie, i don't know where you will get the old forms. maybe they will include it in the packet the send to your fiance? i'd have him watch out for that.

This just shows some of the things i was TRYING to say about Casa, there is no reason for half the stuff they do and you guys didnt seem to understand what i was saying, now maybe you can see...the people there (some) are rude and unhelpful, when they say that you are thru they mean just that you are thru. When they say they have seen enough, thats its, no explanations etc.....no explanations of returns....no answers when you try to find out....half way thru a year you would think the 07 form would be the required. If they sent the outdated form they were wrong and the rest of the world is using the up to date one...something very wrong here in this embassy..so i guess take the one they sent and the computer on just to be safe for everyone...

well yeah, it would be different if someone brought the forms sent to them by the consulate and was turned away. those are two completely different scenarios. where are you going with this? what does one have to do with the other? one's a stupid choice and one is based on common sense.
the incompetency of casa is neither here nor there. following their directions, at least if something goes wrong you have a leg to stand on. here that's not the case.



and if some random person posted on VJ that consulates were telling benificiaries that they had to jump off bridges before they would be issued visas, does that mean you would tell your genius boyfriend to head for oued skhirat? you don't know anything about the circumstances involved with other people's situations, just based on what they post here. and for that matter, if something's happened in manila, it doesn't necessarily pertain to you. to follow " i've read countless times about people bringing in forms that were expired and being turned away THEN." over following the directions and papers mailed by the actual consulate you are going through is well...silly.

don't feed the troll. just report it.

first of all, there wasn't one in my fiance's packet. so i downloaded it off the internet. which was THE NEW ONE. and i've read about the problems in CASABLANCA, not manila. why don't you keep your opinions to yourself when you obviously have NO IDEA whats going on.

PWNED!!!!