Walked out of interview very confused.....HELP!

[americankiwi 0]

I'm hoping someone can tell me something while I wait for the consulate to call me back...Quick background on my husbands case, overstayed 3 years on visa waiver program, admitted twice after that for short visists. Laurel Scott prepared our I-601 waiver. We went to his interview today, at the first window we handed in all the necessary documents and then gave her the waiver packet. Then my husband was called to the window for his interview (with a very stern officer)...he asked my husband if he worked while in the states, he answered yes, asked if he knew it was illegal, he answered "yes", he asked him why did he go back in 2003 after he violated previously, he answered "to visit my wife's family". Honestly my husband didnt know that he wasn't allowed back to visit at that point or even about a 10 year ban for that matter....Anyway so that was about the whole interview and he handed back my husbands passport and said "thats it" and it was over. Shouldn't he of told my husband under what part of the law he was denied (we knew he'd be denied), and explain about the ban, when it started, when it ended...Just some kind of detail?? Or should we just assume he was denied under the part of the law that our lawyer stated in our waiver application and the waiver will go to Bangkok and thats that? Please if anyone can shed any light that would be so great because I'm just sitting here feeling very very worried.

Cheers

Rebecca

[kitkat1 5]

That's it and then what? Did she say "denied and eligible to file a waiver"? Normally a waiver packet is submitted after the denial, once the applicant is told they are eligible to file a waiver. .It's submitted along with the 601 waiver application, for which there is a $265 fee, as well as necessary fingerprints and a fingerprint fee. So what did they tell him? Did you talk to Laurel yet?

[americankiwi 0]

That's it and then what? Did she say "denied and eligible to file a waiver"? Normally a waiver packet is submitted after the denial, once the applicant is told they are eligible to file a waiver. .It's submitted along with the 601 waiver application, for which there is a $265 fee, as well as necessary fingerprints and a fingerprint fee. So what did they tell him? Did you talk to Laurel yet?

Thats it, really thats all he said! We told them when we submitted the I-130 few months before that he had overstayed so they knew he'd be filing a waiver. Before the interview with the officer today we were at another window handing in the forms (birth certs, I-864, marriage certs etc.) talked a bit about the overstay and how she couldnt beleive in her wildest dreams that they admitted him twice after the overstay! Then I handed her the I-601 waiver packet that Laurel put together, the lady handed back a form for my husband to fill out to go with the waiver, pretty much has to explain why he overstayed and told us to send it back. Then we paid the $265 waiver fee and the $380 visa application fee. Then he had the interview in which the guy said "thats it" after asking a few questions...maybe he said that because he knew we already submitted the waiver??

[kitkat1 5]

maybe he said that because he knew we already submitted the waiver??

Sound like it - normally they write in the code for the denial i.e. the code for overstay on the 601 application form. But since you paid the fee and the waiver/letter was submitted, it sounds like everything was in order.

[Aussielad 37]

i hope this all turns around and you get over the hump and get approved, good luck, your in my prayers.

[americankiwi 0]

i hope this all turns around and you get over the hump and get approved, good luck, your in my prayers.

Thank you Aussielad all I can do is pray every day for an approval....