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Mohamed had his interview on September 26th and we have been eagerly waiting for 8 weeks to hear about his visa. I have called the Department of State several times and all they can say is the case is still pending. Thanks to all of you who post here, I learned that there are different stages. So today when I called I asked what stages were still pending. They said that stage 1 and 3 had cleared but stage 2 was still pending. It seems strange that they skipped a stage? Does anyone know what stage 1, 2 and 3 stand for? I e-mailed casa to have them contact the clearing office. If anyone knows anything about these stages could you please let me know? Thank you so much! Anyone else had an interview in September and are still waiting? I feel like I am the only one

~Janelle

hi janelle,

my name is mohamed too from morocco lived in marrakesh now in atlanta with my wife ,we had horrible process too, i have a K1 successful interview about 2 weeks later they called to bring passport ,they took it and said to wait for a call but they never called ,my fiancee was calling DOS every single day and we got in PENDING PENDING PENDING ...then they called to get passport back without the visa and said back to AP ,so my damn AP took about 4 MONTHS before i finally got the visa ,and all that because my name is mohamed, so the problem is that in their stupid system it takes long time to issue the visa, so dont be scared he will get the visa as soon as the security clearences are done inchallah .

good luck

You have me crying too Simo. I'll have to tell Abdel you are here now. He is so terribly homesick right now maybe he will actually use his computer and talk to you. He hates talking on the computer at all, but if you get bored waiting to work maybe he will give in and use it. I know talking to you would be so good for him.

Welcome to Georgia!

yes that would nice, he is wlcome anytime to talk ,inchallah everthing will be fine .

thank you .

oh that s very sweet of you guys, thanks alot for everything noura and said, thanks alot everybody ,and i pray allah for everyone to be together and have a nice life .

well the trip was not smooth at all specially in JFK was a nightmare was running left and right, up and down all the way at the airport ,asking this asking that at times NO one to ask, i just find myself somwhere alll alone ,well was all because of stupid immigration process and then work stamp.

as soon as plane landed in JFK which was late about 30 mns i tried to get my hand lagages to leave the plane as soon as possible but was shocked when i found tooooooooooo many ppl waiting ,because other planes landed right before ours from turkey,libanon i think ,italy ... so there were to many immigrants, wanted to call my princess but i couldnt because not allowed to use phone in that area, then stuck in the other place where to get work stamp, the only thing is that i didnt lost my bags and they never looked at them, so on my way to exit, i asked a police officer ,sir should just leave without to look in my bags, he said no you are fine or you want me to look ,i said its up to you sir ,he smiled and said no sir that s fine you can go, good luck.i said thanks sir. once am outside i went to delta place but none was there, so i started to figured it myslef ,took different elevetors, allees,....with my too big heaviy bags and to hand lagage

took me forever to find myself at delta terminal, but not finished yet i asked they told me its international terminal and that i should go to domestic one oh damn i wanted to scream .so took me forever again to get that domestic place ,luckily i found that old lady was so nice ,helped me to get a new ticket was 7 pm ,which was aboarding time, plane leave at 730, she asked me to take jacket off and RUN to gate 25 , i was like well just show me which direction she was like this way ,just RUN ,if not you gonna stay here till morning, i said thanks alot ,she helped me thru security stuff,she took my belt off hahahaha, put my hand lagage in that machine with my shoes, told the officers to hurry up ,they did it very fast ,once am clear i put on my shoes belt in hand ,jacket in other hand runing with my bags ,ppl was looking at me but i didnt care was too long before i find gate 25 ,it s the same minute when i heard my name at the whole airport, i found many ppl on teh gate but i went straight to the officer and told him that am gonna miss my flight and that i just heard my name ,so they checked my ticket and told me its fine and go ,i run to the plane , was sweating . once am with planes and trucks i asked guys there about plane one was not sure, other didnt hear me, was loud out there ,till some youngman showed me the plane i was like are you sure ?because was a baby plane too small i hqd to ask a nice lady in the plane, she said yes welcome aboard sir ,i said thank you madam, she took me to my place ,and closed the door ,then called my carrie to let her knoz am ok and am coming to her .allah sent me that nice girl in atlanta aiport thanks leila ,as soon as i got off she asked me are you simo i said yes ,then took me a picture ,and said your wife is waiting for you am gonna take you to her, was so happy she helped me alot i was so exhausted .

was my best moment to see my princess with nours on phone, held eachother, talked to noura for a while got my bags , leila left then we went home ,SWEET HOME

that was all but new experience though ,am sure i have more waiting for me .

good luck to everyone and thank yuou foreverything .

simo and carrie forever inchallah .

good luck and mabruk for visa in advance inshallah he will get it. the time he is having interview iwill be on the plane to my princess.

hi friends, i think i have to introduce myself again am simo from morocco my fiancé is carrie ,remember now ? well it's been along time i didnt post here was reading you guys at times but no time to reply, was busy at work and been very depressed because of my LOOOOOONNNNNGGGG 5 MONTHS of AP after interview ON APRIL 27 th .anyway as you know i got the visa finally and bought ticket for nov 6th and i just wonna thank everybody for your support and help and everything , you are so great ,and ramadan is so blessing it's raining in casablanca of visa's hahahahah hope it's gonna keep raining for others waiting or working on process yet .

thank alot friends. and good luck to everybody

simo and carrie forever .

i hope this link gonna help some am using it to practice some of my little languages

http://www.word2word.com/coursead.html

good luck

carrie and simo

Hi all!

Well, Aziz had his interview at Casa last Wednesday. All seemed to go well, in spite of some very embarrassing questions...She said the paperwork looked good. Then she looked at his passport (which had just been renewed and is supposed to be good for either 5 or 10 more years), and said that he would have to get a new one because the Moroccan passport issuer had apparently taped it together in a way that is not acceptable. They gave him a 221g that only had that box checked with the remark typed in, "Please get a new passport." She said THEY would call HIM. I don't understand unless they are also doing some processing, but the letter didn't say that.

He went all the way back to his corner of the country and was told IF he really does need a new passport (and they suggested he verify that with some local agent) it will take about 6 weeks to get. His NOA2 states that it is good til July 14th.

My question is: What if he doesn't get his passport by July 14th. Do we have to do anything to get his NOA2 date extended?

Thanks for all of you who so selflessly share your experience and knowledge. I am grateful!

hi susan,

it's nice that he got the famous 221g which they gave me on april 27th till now, but better than other issues anyway. for passport i had it reneiwed they told me that that it doesnt take that long anymore and to come pick it up in 24 hours ,so i got it in 24 hours

good luck

Susan

Hello everyone, just got this email from casa embassy in reponse to an email I sent on may 14

Dear ,

Thank you for your e-mail. Would you please drop your passport at the consulate reception on Monday at 10.00 am.

Regards,

IV Casablabca

mabrouk khoya kamal, hope they will issue visa right away and pick it up at 3 pm inshallah, keep us in touche.

simo and carrie

hi kathy as i promised, am sending you an OLD picture about 23 yrs old

i'm gonna let you guess who is saoudi ,am the one in the midle range 2nd one from your left .i guess saoudi could remember all this guys including me

best regards.

hi everyone well i am about to send in my first set of papers can anyone tell me what kind of proof is the best to send in and about how many pictures should i send emails cards the whole nine yards i want this first step of so many to go as smoothly as possibe. any advice i can get on the whole visa process i would greatly appreciate thanks

wish i can tell you all details about that, because my princess did it all, all i did is sign the forms and letter of intent to marry but she could help alot in that she is very sweet and smart like everybody here .

hard luck and welcome

Does anyone know if they are really strict with the passport style photo??? My fiance send his over for our original submission of a K-1, and it look too close up......... there are no shoulders in the pic..... he had it done in morocco and was told that it is a standard passport photo..... it just doesn't seem to exactly match the passport photo requirements. It is just a little off( a little larger from chin to top of hair) Should I have hime get another and wait to send in the app, or just send it in with that one? Any help anyone can give would be great!!!!

thanks,

well i dont think it's complicated he just have to take other good pics ,they give some CD with photos then he could just e-mail the picture to you and then you can print them out there .

goodluck

simo and carrie

Can somone please tell me how to upload my pics into out photo album?

I figued it out. Thanks NO need to replay.

hi frndly i dont think i can help in that pics thing,but i took a look on your pics and wonna ask if your husband is from marrakesh, he looks like a friend of mine when we were kids studying at school (Errachidia) dont know if it's him or not.

anyway congratulations and good luck .

simo and carrie

Assalaamu alaikum everyone!!!

Thank you so very much from all my heart for your thoughts and prayers.

Alhamdulillah I am feeling MUCH better

May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bless each and every one of you for your

dedication to me and my Kabir and always praying for us & for me to recover.

Alhamdulillah we have wonderful loving brothers and sisters here that we

can depend on!!

Insha'Allah my Kabir will be here on May 26 WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO

I just cant wait for my kind loving husband to arrive HOME!!!!!

All of you will be in my thoughts and prayers always. Insha'Allah you all

will be reunited with the loves of your lives soon!!

ASsalaamu alaikum

Allah Hafiz

Sister Eva - Nadia

very glad to hear from you eva, allah is great and hopefully will give more health and comfort till you are perfect and live too long by your husbands side.

alhamdullah

carrie and simo

carrie... and simo...

Inshallah, the moroccan consulate will call simo to come pick up his visa! I am praying for you guys!

I think that is GOOD that they finished the AP... don't let it get ya down...

*hugs*

and as noura suggested...

ALF MABRUK for us my beautiful princess and inshallah the same for all of you guys very good luck

thank you very much honey for good news this afternoon, love you my soul.

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

that is so sweet!!!

simo... i think you and carrie are well suited for each other! you both are just the best!

i will be here cheering you on when you get your visa... and doing a happy dance when you are here in Georgia with your habibi!

thank you very much lynne, my heart will be with you and your man specially in interview day and inshallah everything will be good with you, casa is getting better i think ,just keep training

ALF MABRUK for us my beautiful princess and inshallah the same for all of you guys very good luck

thank you very much honey for good news this afternoon, love you my soul.

OMG! I just checked the USCIS update page for about the 4th time today and they touched our EAD and AOS today!

Then I checked the e-mail we use for that, and they sent us the e-mail 5 times telling us Abdel's work permit has been approved and will be mailed shortly! Wow, that was the boost I needed. I was feeling totally drained about the tires and now I'm not tired at all.

Jenn, you should be hearing something shortly. I must say Charleston is really on top of things. I hope they do all our files!

BIG congratulations liz and abdel am glad for you , all that is waiting for us also soon

Okay guys... so I just got through to the NVC... spoke with a very nice lady... gave her my CSC reciept number... and she said that NVC had received our petition TODAY... and she gave me the NVC case number...

Okay... i am so excited now... will you guys please help me with the next step?

Of course, I will receive all correspondence through my attorney... but, I am hoping that I have everything in order...

1) Have original NOA1 & NOA2 (will get that from attorney)

2) Tax transcripts for 3 years

3) NEW letter of intent

4) Got co-sponsor (just in case... don't think I will need it tho...)

5) Will get letter from my bank

What else? My mind is a little overwhelmed at the moment... any and all advice will be very much appreciated!

Thanks everyone!

Lynne

congratulations lynne, nothing to add more than what guys said but i dont know if you saw that post my princess sent to sarah i think a list of all what she sent me. so hurry up things gonna go fast now ,you are gonna have interview in a month after NOA2 like 05/18 .

hard luck .

Hi guys,

Our case was approved today in California!! I'm so happy and so is Hicham. You can probably expect a lot of questions that are going to spew out of me in the next few days so sorry in advance. Thanks for all of your help! You guys have been so great and extremely helpful. Have a great day!

Sarah

big congratulations sarah and hicham, am glad for you good luck for you and dixie now in the interview.

I am not sure if you meant a K-3 being approved so fast, or a K-1, but Jennie and Belaid filed for a K-3 as they are already married. I believe they sent everything in last year in Feb or March so it's been over a year! They hadn't seen eachother in almost 2 years! Anyways have a good day!

Sarah

Thank you Simo, that is very sweet of you. We're hanging in there, time seems to be going pretty fast and hopefully this month we will have our NOA2. I ask Hicham questions everyday pretending that I am interviewing him but I am still worried about a question coming out of no where like "which arm did she break when she was 11?"... and even though that's pretty crazy of me to think that someone would ask a question like that I guess I just want him to be really prepared, and maybe just maybe he will get approved the same day of his interview. Probably not, but maybe!

Well I hope Jennie and Belaid are celebrating with eachother in Casa today! They deserve it!

And Simo I hope you have your visa soon! I'm sure it's going to be any day now.

Sarah

thank you sarah, don't worry i had that with my princess also ,on phone ,puter..hahahaha:) i was teasing her by saying that thank GOD she is not a CO hahahah my poor sweet kitten

anyway it's nice to practice alll questions to be ready for anything, i swear that when the CO started drilling questions it was like carrie asking me ,it was SO normal for me drilling answers as well nothing was surprising me , i mean my ears were used with those questions and it's like (click) to answer right away so make sure you keep interviewing hisham it's good for your interview specially if he has that blonde woman (questions machine) hahahahah:) .as i said in my post dont forget to tell hisham to get a place in FRONT of windows and focus in CO's face and how they ask questions .

good luck and thank you .

WOW! That was some post! Never thought I'd get to the end! LOL But thank you so much for the info. My fiance is Turkish and will have his intrview in Ankara, but any information from other interviews is a blessing to have! We have also started practicing interview questions and I will be sure to have him read your post and we will use the questions you remembered and practice with them too. Thanks again for the info and all the best to you both!

~Debbie

you are welcome debbie and resul, hope you will have great interview in istanbul and congratulations in advance for successful and interview and visa you sound a nice couple:)

good luck

Thank you Simo. I am so very happy for them both and hopefully we will all get the man for our interviews!

yes inshallah sarah just keep strong you and hisham ,and keep training hahahahah:)

everything will be fine inshallah doesn't matter if the guy or women CO it stills in all cases an INTERVIEW.its all about answering to questions .

best of luck for you hisham .

That's awesome! We had a same day approval to so it is definetely possible in Morocco. I really think it helped that she was there (even though not in the room). I know they asked Youssef when he saw me last and he said I was just outside. There was another American woman there when her husband got his visa and they got theirs the next day too. I'm not saying it's a sure thing but I really think it helps. Yay Jennie and Belaid!

Who interviewed your fiance, if you dont' mind me asking? I wasn't sure if I was going to go over there for my fiance's interview but I think I will, it can't hurt.

Take care,

Sarah

well first congratulations to belaid and jennie from all my heart that's such great news and they are very lucky to have that very nice GUY for interview, i was there and he was the most who is issuing visa's right away and short interview, it's very rarely when i hear the women telling somone to come tomorrow at 3 to pick up visa. so it's definitely him who is issuing visa's right away and i like it when he says to ppl to take a tiny little paper and come back tomorrow at 3 pm to pick up visa ,could send friend or brother or anyone you know if you couldn't come ....in arabic .

really belaid and jennie deserve this luck and their visa to be issued right away.

congratulations again and same inshallah for all of you guys waiting for interview noura, sarah......

and bw, belaid had medical exam same day as mine 04/14/2006, i didn't know he was belaid till i saw pics now ,he a nice berber guy and i was there with him in the morning FIRST persons waiting for doc to open. belaid i was the tall guy you were runing after him thru all over places, when you see pics you will find out you or jennie.

anyway i realy hope a great good luck for both of you and all of you guys waiting for interview.

glad to hear that they are finally together and i hope happiness will be complete when they have a great interview and visa issued right away, am sure they really deserve it since they are apart for ages which is REALLY hard, am away from my princess just few months it's PAINFUL , would be horrible for them being away for yrs .

so congratulations jennie and belaid for being together finally and BIG congratulations in advance for great interview .

good luck everyone

hey noura,

am looking forward to hear about NOA1, plz let me know what shakin as soon as you get that notice, it must be there VERY soon inshallah .

good luck you and said.