Not Bad New, I Think?

[Sofiyya 1,687]

Keeping the passport is a good sign! Well done!

[sara..... 371]

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

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

[HLM 1]

Insha Allah he wd have his visa in a week

[brnidokiegurl 0]

sounds good

[SaadBell 0]

[Mina76 0]

Congratulations, hope he receives his visa soon!!!

[Hanna&Mohamed 0]

Im praying for you that his visa will be fast!

[abdo 0]

..She said they still had some administrative processing to do... and it should take a week or two.

hz

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 !!

[brnidokiegurl 0]

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)

[sandinista! 1,816]

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

[abdo 0]

didn't maggie724 wait like 6 months? i think carshel waited 5 or 6 months too..

yes right !!

[brnidokiegurl 0]

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...

[a1angied 0]

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

[Nutty 2]

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

Congratulations!!!!

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

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