URGENT! I AM LOSING IT!!! USCIS-Review Case

[Lizz&Mohamed 2]

Hello VJ,

I am sorry to be posting yet again on the same issue...but I swear I am going to lose it. I can't think and function in life because all that is on my mind lately is how USCIS is approaching the 180 processing days on my returned case & I've yet to receive even a NOIR/NOID from them!!! How can they subject us through this?! I am trying to remain optimistic by telling myself that they have to re-affirm our case...If USCIS approved it initially then just because a CO felt that my husband did not know enough about me, should not be grounds for a visa denial. Right? I believe in my husband when he so strongly denies ever being asked one of the questions the CO told my Congresswoman that he did not know, like: how long I've lived in my current residence. He told me that she asked him if I owned or rented but never how long I've lived there. My poor husband being limited in English (but knows enough for he & I to communicate), said that from the start of the interview this woman from the Embassy in Cairo, appeared and sounded upset/flustered & was very intimidating...& without me there with him at the interview...of course he was nervous & intimidated by her demeanor. Who wouldn't be?! The other thing this CO alleged to my Congresswoman that he did not know my birthday!!! Come on! That is the one of the first things he learned about me! Yes, he did not give her my birthday in the U.S. format, instead he gave her my birthday in the Egyptian format but it was correct none the less. The last thing this CO mentioned in the letter to my Congresswoman was that he also did not know about my employment status during a brief stay, where I moved to the state of Ohio. My husband told her of my move to Ohio but answered the employment question during this stay in Ohio wrong. But so what?! What does that mean anyway?!!! Even if I have married a U.S. Citizen, that does not mean that I will share every minute of my life with him either.

I am just dissapointed that our lives are greatly affected by the CO's at the Embassies. That they have much more power in this immigration process, even after USCIS has already approved our cases. What's killing me is that I've only received one piece of mail from USCIS & that is the NOA informing me that they were in receipt of our case from DOS on April 13th and that is all I've gotten! No NOIR/NOID!!! Nothing! I keep checking my case status online & see that they last touched it on August 31st but again no change in the status. I fear that the 180days will expire on the 13th of Sept. & I will still have no word/answer from them on my case...The insanity is killing me!!! Then I read that returned petitions don't have a priority! Only the new petitions do. Then why issue the 180days processing time frame then if that is so? My Congresswoman will make her inquiry after the 13th, if I don't have an answer from USCIS & I have been told to go through the USCIS OBUDSMAN process for them to look into my case if it goes beyong the 180days, to contact an Immigration Attorney (which I am holding off on doing unless I get a denial). I just still wonder if USCIS can deny our CR-1 petition without giving me the opportunity to rebut? Will my husband & I be given at least that much consideration??? That is the least we deserve. This is an approved petition for God's sake! My husband is not a criminal! He has a clean police record, is self employed, has a B.A. in Education...

Thanks for reading my post and sorry if I am coming across insane but this long drawn out process is not only unfair but emotinally draining for all of us. There is stress at home with my children and between my husband and I because of this...I am sick with Pneumonia for a few weeks now & my doctor has recommended complete rest & to avoid stressful situations...Fat chance!

I am hoping to hear from anyone who is or has gone through this same process/problem. I am open to all suggestions. Thank you again for listening to me. It means a lot.

Lizz&Mohamed

[desert_fox 32]

I think if you post this in the MENA forum, that you will find out that the policy at the Calif Service Center is to let the K1 expire and make it a moot point. The important thing is that you withdraw the petition or they will let it expire WITH prejudice, meaning that you accept the fact that the original allegations of the CO were true. See legal posts by ELLIS ISLAND whos ia an attorney that discusses this issue. Copy is availoable in the MENA forum.

[Lizz&Mohamed 2]

I think if you post this in the MENA forum, that you will find out that the policy at the Calif Service Center is to let the K1 expire and make it a moot point. The important thing is that you withdraw the petition or they will let it expire WITH prejudice, meaning that you accept the fact that the original allegations of the CO were true. See legal posts by ELLIS ISLAND whos ia an attorney that discusses this issue. Copy is availoable in the MENA forum.

Thank you for your response.

FYI - All my postings are registered with the MENA portal, since I've signed up with them. Also, my petition is not for a K1 visa...it is for a CR-1 visa that does not expire...

I know, I am at the mercy of USCIS at this point & have to wait until they finish reviewing our case. I have just replied to an email message from USCIS from August 30th, respectfully asking them for an update... I hope, who ever reads it, has enough compassion to assist me with my case...

Lizz&Mohamed

[Miss smarty pants 84]

Hello VJ,

I am sorry to be posting yet again on the same issue...but I swear I am going to lose it. I can't think and function in life because all that is on my mind lately is how USCIS is approaching the 180 processing days on my returned case & I've yet to receive even a NOIR/NOID from them!!! How can they subject us through this?! I am trying to remain optimistic by telling myself that they have to re-affirm our case...If USCIS approved it initially then just because a CO felt that my husband did not know enough about me, should not be grounds for a visa denial. Right? I believe in my husband when he so strongly denies ever being asked one of the questions the CO told my Congresswoman that he did not know, like: how long I've lived in my current residence. He told me that she asked him if I owned or rented but never how long I've lived there. My poor husband being limited in English (but knows enough for he & I to communicate), said that from the start of the interview this woman from the Embassy in Cairo, appeared and sounded upset/flustered & was very intimidating...& without me there with him at the interview...of course he was nervous & intimidated by her demeanor. Who wouldn't be?! The other thing this CO alleged to my Congresswoman that he did not know my birthday!!! Come on! That is the one of the first things he learned about me! Yes, he did not give her my birthday in the U.S. format, instead he gave her my birthday in the Egyptian format but it was correct none the less. The last thing this CO mentioned in the letter to my Congresswoman was that he also did not know about my employment status during a brief stay, where I moved to the state of Ohio. My husband told her of my move to Ohio but answered the employment question during this stay in Ohio wrong. But so what?! What does that mean anyway?!!! Even if I have married a U.S. Citizen, that does not mean that I will share every minute of my life with him either.

I am just dissapointed that our lives are greatly affected by the CO's at the Embassies. That they have much more power in this immigration process, even after USCIS has already approved our cases. What's killing me is that I've only received one piece of mail from USCIS & that is the NOA informing me that they were in receipt of our case from DOS on April 13th and that is all I've gotten! No NOIR/NOID!!! Nothing! I keep checking my case status online & see that they last touched it on August 31st but again no change in the status. I fear that the 180days will expire on the 13th of Sept. & I will still have no word/answer from them on my case...The insanity is killing me!!! Then I read that returned petitions don't have a priority! Only the new petitions do. Then why issue the 180days processing time frame then if that is so? My Congresswoman will make her inquiry after the 13th, if I don't have an answer from USCIS & I have been told to go through the USCIS OBUDSMAN process for them to look into my case if it goes beyong the 180days, to contact an Immigration Attorney (which I am holding off on doing unless I get a denial). I just still wonder if USCIS can deny our CR-1 petition without giving me the opportunity to rebut? Will my husband & I be given at least that much consideration??? That is the least we deserve. This is an approved petition for God's sake! My husband is not a criminal! He has a clean police record, is self employed, has a B.A. in Education...

Thanks for reading my post and sorry if I am coming across insane but this long drawn out process is not only unfair but emotinally draining for all of us. There is stress at home with my children and between my husband and I because of this...I am sick with Pneumonia for a few weeks now & my doctor has recommended complete rest & to avoid stressful situations...Fat chance!

I am hoping to hear from anyone who is or has gone through this same process/problem. I am open to all suggestions. Thank you again for listening to me. It means a lot.

Lizz&Mohamed

Lizz~ your CR-1 will be reviewed in their own time. The Cr-1s have to be reviewed. They just are not in a hurry to do that. Sorry for you. It will happen in time. Just keep going back as much as you can. Try to focus on other things for now. It's hard, I know, but it will happen in time.

[Wendy<3Ahmed 12]

Hi Lizz,

I am writing for my friend here, Michelle, who also married an Egyptian man, and is in the same situation you are. Her I-130 application was approved here in the USCIS and February 10th he had his interview (I-130)in Kuwait(where he is currently working). At the interview the Co was having a bad day and he decided to send the application for the visa back for further review. About a month later she received a letter from the DOS stating that the application was sent back for review. May 4th immigration sent her a letter as well that they will review it in there 3 months processing time. She does have an attorney working on her case, but it doesn't her any good, since the lawyer said it out of his hands and they have to wait for the legal processing time which is 5 months at the Cali. service center.

We understands how you feel because it a very draining and emotional process. As US citizens we have to stand for our rights. Its not right because of one person(CO) opinion or view our cases, it shouldn't effect our the life in such a negative way. Our own country is betraying us. We will pray for you. Do keep in touch.

Wendy

(for Michelle)

[BellaRose 7]

I do not want to stress you any more than you already are. You are not alone here. Our case was sent back to USCIS in the summer of 2009. Our case went outside of the "180 days" processing three times over. We did not receive a request for evidence until August 8th 2010. That's almost exactly a year wait for them to even pick up our package to be reviewed. I just sent in our evidence last week and waiting for reapproval hopefully. We had the same issue as well....he allegedly did not know much about my life (meanwhile we lived together a year and known eachother for 4) My husband told me they did not ask him one question about me and he speaks perfect english. I have been in this I-130 process for two years now and in my specific case maybe halfway through.

I am not saying this will happen to you ...as I have a much more complicated case, however I will give you some advice to maybe speed the process up for you in particular. If the only reason the case was sent back was because he didn't know much about you and for no other reason:

-when they review your case, I garruntee they will send you a request for evidence "bonafides"

-at that point you will be given 33 days to respond or they will deny your petition

What you can do now is gather up-to-date evidence of your relationship (lots of it)

i.e. exit entry stamps to visit him, telphone logs, email logs, joint anything tax return bills flyermiles lease credit cards....affidavit from you notarized about specific memories how you met yadayada....affadavits from your relatives providing their name, DOB,relationship to you, address, and phone number and a page about how they found about your marriage and about your relationship in general. marriage certificate, western union transaction history or call history, pictures, children birthcertifacates....ANYTHING.

Get all copies of these documents (front and back)

this way when you get the request for evidence you can send it off right away. This will keep you occupied as well and get your mind of the wait time (getting some documentation took me over a month to get)

you still have a long way to go because this means you start back at the begining (petition approval)->Nvc ->consulate ->interveiw

when you get the second interview maybe you should go with him....I know I am. Good Luck, I truly hope you are more fortunate than us.

[Lizz&Mohamed 2]

Lizz~ your CR-1 will be reviewed in their own time. The Cr-1s have to be reviewed. They just are not in a hurry to do that. Sorry for you. It will happen in time. Just keep going back as much as you can. Try to focus on other things for now. It's hard, I know, but it will happen in time.

Thank you for your words of encouragement. I do appreciate it. It's just been a bit rough lately...it's Ramadan & I want nothing more than to share it with my husband...

But God willing it will happen by next year - "Insha Allah"...

[Lizz&Mohamed 2]

Hi Lizz,

I am writing for my friend here, Michelle, who also married an Egyptian man, and is in the same situation you are. Her I-130 application was approved here in the USCIS and February 10th he had his interview (I-130)in Kuwait(where he is currently working). At the interview the Co was having a bad day and he decided to send the application for the visa back for further review. About a month later she received a letter from the DOS stating that the application was sent back for review. May 4th immigration sent her a letter as well that they will review it in there 3 months processing time. She does have an attorney working on her case, but it doesn't her any good, since the lawyer said it out of his hands and they have to wait for the legal processing time which is 5 months at the Cali. service center.

We understands how you feel because it a very draining and emotional process. As US citizens we have to stand for our rights. Its not right because of one person(CO) opinion or view our cases, it shouldn't effect our the life in such a negative way. Our own country is betraying us. We will pray for you. Do keep in touch.

Wendy

(for Michelle)

Thank you Wendy for sharing & tell Michelle my heart goes out to her because I know how emotionally draining this process is. I too thought California Service Center processing time was 5months but as it turns out from the monthly calls I've placed & an email inquiry notice I received from them...it is 6months (180days). On September 13th, our 6months will be up & it is my hope they can give us their decision.

Keep me updated & ask Michelle to add me as a friend so we can keep each other updated on our cases & perhaps be of some help to each other.

Lizz&Mohamed

[Lizz&Mohamed 2]

I do not want to stress you any more than you already are. You are not alone here. Our case was sent back to USCIS in the summer of 2009. Our case went outside of the "180 days" processing three times over. We did not receive a request for evidence until August 8th 2010. That's almost exactly a year wait for them to even pick up our package to be reviewed. I just sent in our evidence last week and waiting for reapproval hopefully. We had the same issue as well....he allegedly did not know much about my life (meanwhile we lived together a year and known eachother for 4) My husband told me they did not ask him one question about me and he speaks perfect english. I have been in this I-130 process for two years now and in my specific case maybe halfway through.

I am not saying this will happen to you ...as I have a much more complicated case, however I will give you some advice to maybe speed the process up for you in particular. If the only reason the case was sent back was because he didn't know much about you and for no other reason:

-when they review your case, I garruntee they will send you a request for evidence "bonafides"

-at that point you will be given 33 days to respond or they will deny your petition

What you can do now is gather up-to-date evidence of your relationship (lots of it)

i.e. exit entry stamps to visit him, telphone logs, email logs, joint anything tax return bills flyermiles lease credit cards....affidavit from you notarized about specific memories how you met yadayada....affadavits from your relatives providing their name, DOB,relationship to you, address, and phone number and a page about how they found about your marriage and about your relationship in general. marriage certificate, western union transaction history or call history, pictures, children birthcertifacates....ANYTHING.

Get all copies of these documents (front and back)

this way when you get the request for evidence you can send it off right away. This will keep you occupied as well and get your mind of the wait time (getting some documentation took me over a month to get)

you still have a long way to go because this means you start back at the begining (petition approval)->Nvc ->consulate ->interveiw

when you get the second interview maybe you should go with him....I know I am. Good Luck, I truly hope you are more fortunate than us.

Hello Jane,

Thank you for responding, now I know that there are quite a few of us out there in the same boat.

I have been checking our case via USCIS website & see that they are touching it monthly, last touch was August 31, 2010. It is my hope that by the 180 days (Sept. 13th), I will have some sort of decision and/or NOIR/NOID. When I received NOA from USCIS that they were in receipt of our case as of April 13th, I immediately began putting a new supporting evidence package that was mailed off the first week in June. It included flight info from my last trip to Egypt (April 2010) with my children, pictures of my husband with my children, neice & all of his family, months worth of emails, chat logs, & cell phone bills detailing the multiple, daily calls. When I called USCIS & informed them of me doing this, the representative told me that I shouldn't have done that because there is no guarantee that my package would even get attached to the paperwork/case. I told her, I did not want to risk them making a final decision without considering our new information. I unfortunately cannot add my husband to my insurance because they need him to be here/present & have no joint accounts because I imagine he would have to be present to be added as well.

I will start to print out more emails, chat logs, call logs from skype & yahoo messenger, my cell & our paperwork on packages that we send to each other ocassionally, so that I can be ready for their request. I have however, even read some postings here where some people's cases were re-affirmed without even being request a single document...Go figure. It's crazy how that works out right? Some are put through the ringer & others are so lucky....

Please keep me updated on your case & if there are any other things you can think of that will help me, please do not hesitate to share.

Lizz&Mohamed

[Lovebirds2009 3]

Hello Jane,

Thank you for responding, now I know that there are quite a few of us out there in the same boat.

I have been checking our case via USCIS website & see that they are touching it monthly, last touch was August 31, 2010. It is my hope that by the 180 days (Sept. 13th), I will have some sort of decision and/or NOIR/NOID. When I received NOA from USCIS that they were in receipt of our case as of April 13th, I immediately began putting a new supporting evidence package that was mailed off the first week in June. It included flight info from my last trip to Egypt (April 2010) with my children, pictures of my husband with my children, neice & all of his family, months worth of emails, chat logs, & cell phone bills detailing the multiple, daily calls. When I called USCIS & informed them of me doing this, the representative told me that I shouldn't have done that because there is no guarantee that my package would even get attached to the paperwork/case. I told her, I did not want to risk them making a final decision without considering our new information. I unfortunately cannot add my husband to my insurance because they need him to be here/present & have no joint accounts because I imagine he would have to be present to be added as well.

I will start to print out more emails, chat logs, call logs from skype & yahoo messenger, my cell & our paperwork on packages that we send to each other ocassionally, so that I can be ready for their request. I have however, even read some postings here where some people's cases were re-affirmed without even being request a single document...Go figure. It's crazy how that works out right? Some are put through the ringer & others are so lucky....

Please keep me updated on your case & if there are any other things you can think of that will help me, please do not hesitate to share.

Lizz&Mohamed

It all depends on a country your spouse wants to immigrate from.There are some so called high risk countries where more or less people do get married for GC more then other so those who really wants to get married because they are in love,are sometimes treated as majority who don't,whose number one thing is to come to US...But I know how it is..waiting to find out what is going to happen after 6,8,10 or more months of waiting is nervewrecking and I can imagine if someone is told he/she is denied because of lack of info on his spouse..But even when everyghing seems to go wrong,at the end-love wins and eventually you'll be reunited.In your case I'd send all the proofs I can to show them we're differenet then those other 'bad' guys...And tell your hubby every single detail about you(which I am against of doing in normal circumstances,because we all have to have some things just for ourselves..) so he can't fail once he goes again for an interview.It's sometimes stupid that someone is denied because of nnot knowing who was your boss..but,that's how it works for us who decide to fall in love with someone from different nationality wanting him to move with us here in US

Hope it all works out!

Edited September 6, 2010 by HisLoveMyLove

[TracyHamza 1]

Hi Lizz...I know exactly how you feel...my husband and I are going thru the same thing...our 180 days will be up the 21st of this month and still no word...it is VERY stressful to have to wait but I have kept in contact with my congresswoman's office and I send an occasional "reminder" email to the service center that has it to let them know that there is a family waiting...in my case I decided to stay in Morocco with my husband while we wait because the seperation was too much...I've been here since a month before his interview at the end of Jan.and although I love it here I want to get back home...what is really upsetting is that immigration doesn't seem to care that families are seperated for long lengths of time, go thru emotional stress and have their lives turned upside down while "waiting" for them to take their sweet time..in our case uscis sat on the petition for 3 MONTHS before they even started reviewing it...absolutly ridiculious...I hope in your case that you hear something good very soon

[mustafa1232 3]

Hello Jane,

Thank you for responding, now I know that there are quite a few of us out there in the same boat.

I have been checking our case via USCIS website & see that they are touching it monthly, last touch was August 31, 2010. It is my hope that by the 180 days (Sept. 13th), I will have some sort of decision and/or NOIR/NOID. When I received NOA from USCIS that they were in receipt of our case as of April 13th, I immediately began putting a new supporting evidence package that was mailed off the first week in June. It included flight info from my last trip to Egypt (April 2010) with my children, pictures of my husband with my children, neice & all of his family, months worth of emails, chat logs, & cell phone bills detailing the multiple, daily calls. When I called USCIS & informed them of me doing this, the representative told me that I shouldn't have done that because there is no guarantee that my package would even get attached to the paperwork/case. I told her, I did not want to risk them making a final decision without considering our new information. I unfortunately cannot add my husband to my insurance because they need him to be here/present & have no joint accounts because I imagine he would have to be present to be added as well.

I will start to print out more emails, chat logs, call logs from skype & yahoo messenger, my cell & our paperwork on packages that we send to each other ocassionally, so that I can be ready for their request. I have however, even read some postings here where some people's cases were re-affirmed without even being request a single document...Go figure. It's crazy how that works out right? Some are put through the ringer & others are so lucky....

Please keep me updated on your case & if there are any other things you can think of that will help me, please do not hesitate to share.

Lizz&Mohamed

hi Lizz&Mohamed i told you in my last previous post the mistake is in your side iam sorry to say that but this is the ground reality but i think you are not facing and excepting that you are responsible for your husband visa denied because the communication gap between you and your husband and this is also the reality that uscis or nvc and consular officer is not the responsible for your husband visa denied again iam sorry to say that but this is true because consular officer do that job because consular officer bond to ask these type of or any type of question and obey the rules and regulation about usa immigration in other words consular officer have nothing personal this is the part of his duty i know you dont understand what iam trying to say but i think i will give you example in the way of common sense let suppose iam a consular officer and i ask you a question please give me answer but first i ask you a question please read my example story then i ask you a question

here is the example let suppose for example one lady whos name is sara going for a goverment office for personal resons or work suddenly at that time sara saw a man who working on a front desk and suddenly sara like that man and when sara return home sara cannot eat well sara cannot sleep well sara cannot concentrate on her job because in that momement when first time sara saw that man sara is in love and every time sara think about that man who is that guy what is his name what designation he hold or working is he married or is he single how old he is because sara is so exiceted about that guy and trying to know each and every minute of his life and every time she think about that guy and every single day trying to making a plan to meet that guy because she is in deeply in love . so here is my question sara is a alien women she never ever meet or talk that guy in her whole life but because of sudden love of sara she trying to know each and every think about that guy so please give me answer if sara marry that guy and after marriage when sara going for is cr1 interview counsular officer have a fully right to ask sara about her husband what he do where he stay or which city he move ext ext because consular officer know this marriage is base and stand on a true love and this couple know each and every thing about each other so please give me answer in that case or scnerio consular officer have a right to ask these type of question or not give me answer ? ? ? ?

[TBoneTX 46,865]

here is the example let suppose for example one lady whos name is sara going for a goverment office for personal resons or work suddenly at that time sara saw a man who working on a front desk and suddenly sara like that man and when sara return home sara cannot eat well sara cannot sleep well sara cannot concentrate on her job because in that momement when first time sara saw that man sara is in love and every time sara think about that man who is that guy what is his name what designation he hold or working is he married or is he single how old he is because sara is so exiceted about that guy and trying to know each and every minute of his life and every time she think about that guy and every single day trying to making a plan to meet that guy because she is in deeply in love . so here is my question sara is a alien women she never ever meet or talk that guy in her whole life but because of sudden love of sara she trying to know each and every think about that guy so please give me answer if sara marry that guy and after marriage when sara going for is cr1 interview counsular officer have a fully right to ask sara about her husband what he do where he stay or which city he move ext ext because consular officer know this marriage is base and stand on a true love and this couple know each and every thing about each other so please give me answer in that case or scnerio consular officer have a right to ask these type of question or not give me answer ? ? ? ?

And the correct answer is: Speedy Gonzalez on a caffeine high!

[SuperDuper! 230]

Sorry for your plight! Please take care of yourself during this stressful time.

Couldn't take the time to read your long run on post without paragraph breaks, though, so FYI.

Take care and we are hoping for the best for you!

[Lizz&Mohamed 2]

hi Lizz&Mohamed i told you in my last previous post the mistake is in your side iam sorry to say that but this is the ground reality but i think you are not facing and excepting that you are responsible for your husband visa denied because the communication gap between you and your husband and this is also the reality that uscis or nvc and consular officer is not the responsible for your husband visa denied again iam sorry to say that but this is true because consular officer do that job because consular officer bond to ask these type of or any type of question and obey the rules and regulation about usa immigration in other words consular officer have nothing personal this is the part of his duty i know you dont understand what iam trying to say but i think i will give you example in the way of common sense let suppose iam a consular officer and i ask you a question please give me answer but first i ask you a question please read my example story then i ask you a question

here is the example let suppose for example one lady whos name is sara going for a goverment office for personal resons or work suddenly at that time sara saw a man who working on a front desk and suddenly sara like that man and when sara return home sara cannot eat well sara cannot sleep well sara cannot concentrate on her job because in that momement when first time sara saw that man sara is in love and every time sara think about that man who is that guy what is his name what designation he hold or working is he married or is he single how old he is because sara is so exiceted about that guy and trying to know each and every minute of his life and every time she think about that guy and every single day trying to making a plan to meet that guy because she is in deeply in love . so here is my question sara is a alien women she never ever meet or talk that guy in her whole life but because of sudden love of sara she trying to know each and every think about that guy so please give me answer if sara marry that guy and after marriage when sara going for is cr1 interview counsular officer have a fully right to ask sara about her husband what he do where he stay or which city he move ext ext because consular officer know this marriage is base and stand on a true love and this couple know each and every thing about each other so please give me answer in that case or scnerio consular officer have a right to ask these type of question or not give me answer ? ? ? ?

Thank you for your response but I disagree with your opinion of my & my husband's relationship/marriage. First of all, I don't know where you get the impression that my husband & I never talk or tried to get to know each other. Yes, we both fell in love but I also waited 1year before i married my husband for that reason alone. I wanted to take time to get to know all about him and his family. And with all due respect to you, you were not there at the interview to witness how the CO, who by the way are human and perhaps when they are having a bad day at work they can sometimes take it out on the visa applicants. They may not mean to do it but it happens and for you to say that they are not wrong and that they are doing only their job...I am sorry you are blinded. There is such a thing as discrimination and people having bad days at work...I see it all the time even in my line of work. I also have family who works for immigration & both of my cousins tell me all the time of some injustices that have taken place against immigrants. Again, I am not saying ALL CO's are guilty of this but I just want you to know that it is possible that either they have bad days and/or just discriminated on certain aspects of our case. One important thing some CO's or any person for that matter that may deal with an immigrant who is not fluent in English, without any professional training and/or patience, will easily get frustrated with the person who cannot communicate well in English. My husband asked her if she could slow her speech a little so that he can understand her questions better and she did not. Instead her response was "no if you can communicate with your wife in English then you will communicate just fine in English with me". My husband was already nervous to begin with being alone without me and in the US Embassy and to add a CO who was a bit upset and intimidating by the way she communicated with my husband...so of course my husband got confused in answering some of the questions. But this does not mean that My husband did know enough about me. My birthday for one is one of the first things he learned about me and I about him. His only mistake was giving my birthday in the Arab format. He did answer one question wrong, but even if I had married an American Citizen, it does not mean that I would of discussed every major event in my life, with every single detail. That's not reality. And these CO's have been known to find any litlle excuse to reject and visa & return it back to USCIS for a possible denial, which I am sure they are hoping they will do with my case. So to answer your question, yes the CO's have every right to ask their questions. All I am saying is that, they can also be fair, understanding and accomodating and most important treat people with respect. For example, when my husband tried to answer her questions clearly for her to understand him, she would cut him off and not allow him the opportunity to explain himself! People deserve to be treated with respect and in a professional manner. Not be talked down to and be intimidated.

Now from personal experience at the US Embassy in Cairo, I can testify to the treatment I received as an American Citizen when I went to register my marriage. The way they spoke to me, both an american and an egyptian employee...it was sad to see. They spoke to me in a manner which made them totally unprofessional. They were upset that I was there to register my marriage. The American even tried to convince me not to do it, not to register my marriage with them! She tried to tell me how Egyptian men have been known to marry for personal gain, for the greencard. She even told me that I could be in danger, physically & asked me if I had registered my trip with them. Though, I understood and respect their safety concern...for them to try to make me feel uncomfortable for trying to registrer my marriage to an Egyptian citizen, I did not appreciate that & feel they have no right in deciding or trying to influence the decision of who I fell in love with and chose to marry.

And while I respect your opinion, I will continue to believe in my husband...I can tell you that my family who are Immigrants from Mexico have experienced discrimination going through the Immigration Process. These officers are human and some are influenced by what the media portrays about any particular ethnic race. Like the negative stereotype of Egyptian men marrying foreigners only for the greencard. We should all be judged on our personal merits/accomplishments and actionsnot by ignorant stereotypes! We should all be given a fair opportunity to apply for a visa, be given a chance to be interviewed (as I volunteered myself and my children for them to see the legitimacy of our union/marriage) and simply treated like decent human beings, with respect and professionalism.

Again, thank you for your response & forgive if I may be coming across harshly but I believe you have misunderstood our case.

Respectfullly,

Lizz&Mohamed