RJandHamid

I've been following visa cases at the Casablanca consulate for several years now and I've known a handful of same sex couples who successfully received K-1 visas. Everyone I spoke with said they were actually surprised by how kind and understanding the consular staff were. I haven't seen same sex couples try for a spousal visa in Morocco (probably because the online marriage option is still fairly new and I think getting married in a 3rd country and then returning to Morocco can be potentially risky), but that doesn't mean it hasn't possibly happened. But like everyone has already said, you are going to need to meet this person at least once, I don't think you are going to find a way around this requirement. 

You said you have not met anyone, you have not met him nor his family.
 
First things first. Get a few visits in, by all means meet his family, see how it goes.

I've been following visa cases at the Casablanca consulate for several years now and I've known a handful of same sex couples who successfully received K-1 visas. Everyone I spoke with said they were actually surprised by how kind and understanding the consular staff were. I haven't seen same sex couples try for a spousal visa in Morocco (probably because the online marriage option is still fairly new and I think getting married in a 3rd country and then returning to Morocco can be potentially risky), but that doesn't mean it hasn't possibly happened. But like everyone has already said, you are going to need to meet this person at least once, I don't think you are going to find a way around this requirement. 

There's a pretty significant K-1 interview backlog at the Casablanca consulate. I've seen people waiting around 4-6 months for K-1 interviews to be scheduled. The consulate schedules the interview, so that's why ustraveldocs doesn't have any information. You can try emailing K1Casablanca@state.gov, but they have not even been great about responding to that recently. It's really just a waiting game, as frustrating as it is. 

There's a pretty significant K-1 interview backlog at the Casablanca consulate. I've seen people waiting around 4-6 months for K-1 interviews to be scheduled. The consulate schedules the interview, so that's why ustraveldocs doesn't have any information. You can try emailing K1Casablanca@state.gov, but they have not even been great about responding to that recently. It's really just a waiting game, as frustrating as it is. 

Neither the K-1 visa nor the visitor visa would be correct. You will be applying for the CR1/IR1 spousal visa. The petition that you (the US citizen) will complete is called the I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. You can file this petition online. Eventually after your petition is approved and you go through some additional documentation steps, she'll attend an interview at the US consulate in Casablanca. I'd say the average CR1 process time from start to finish accounting for the backlog in Casablanca is about 1.5-2 years.

DCF is not an option in Morocco unless it is an exceptional circumstance. 
https://ma.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/filing-local-petition/

Neither the K-1 visa nor the visitor visa would be correct. You will be applying for the CR1/IR1 spousal visa. The petition that you (the US citizen) will complete is called the I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. You can file this petition online. Eventually after your petition is approved and you go through some additional documentation steps, she'll attend an interview at the US consulate in Casablanca. I'd say the average CR1 process time from start to finish accounting for the backlog in Casablanca is about 1.5-2 years.

Neither the K-1 visa nor the visitor visa would be correct. You will be applying for the CR1/IR1 spousal visa. The petition that you (the US citizen) will complete is called the I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. You can file this petition online. Eventually after your petition is approved and you go through some additional documentation steps, she'll attend an interview at the US consulate in Casablanca. I'd say the average CR1 process time from start to finish accounting for the backlog in Casablanca is about 1.5-2 years.

Neither the K-1 visa nor the visitor visa would be correct. You will be applying for the CR1/IR1 spousal visa. The petition that you (the US citizen) will complete is called the I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. You can file this petition online. Eventually after your petition is approved and you go through some additional documentation steps, she'll attend an interview at the US consulate in Casablanca. I'd say the average CR1 process time from start to finish accounting for the backlog in Casablanca is about 1.5-2 years.

Neither the K-1 visa nor the visitor visa would be correct. You will be applying for the CR1/IR1 spousal visa. The petition that you (the US citizen) will complete is called the I-130, Petition for Alien Relative. You can file this petition online. Eventually after your petition is approved and you go through some additional documentation steps, she'll attend an interview at the US consulate in Casablanca. I'd say the average CR1 process time from start to finish accounting for the backlog in Casablanca is about 1.5-2 years.

Your wait time is unfortunately normal for the Casablanca consulate right now. You can try emailing K1Casablanca@state.gov to ask for an interview date. Sometimes this works right away, sometimes it still takes weeks or months to receive a response, but they generally do respond to that email. I'll post a template below. Another thing you could try is to ask your congressman to email them on your behalf, they tend to be more responsive to that. 
 
Email template:
Email subject line: K1 Interview Date Needed- Name (Case Number)
Hello,
I am requesting assistance with an interview at the U.S. Consulate.
We filed the K1 Visa on 00/00/00. It was approved by USCIS on 00/00/00. The National Visa Center created a case number on 00/00/00 and shipped the case to the US Consulate in Morocco on 00/00/00. The case moved to "ready" for interview status on .00/00/00 We already submitted the DS160 application on 00/00/00. However, we are unable to
schedule an interview until the US consulate schedules one for us. We have not received any kind of communication from the consulate regarding our interview.
K1 Visa
Petitioner: XXXXXX DOB
Beneficiary: XXXXXXX DOB
Thank you so much for your assistance with our case.
Kindest regards,

They do not. The consulate schedules interviews for both K-1 and CR1 interviews.

Your wait time is unfortunately normal for the Casablanca consulate right now. You can try emailing K1Casablanca@state.gov to ask for an interview date. Sometimes this works right away, sometimes it still takes weeks or months to receive a response, but they generally do respond to that email. I'll post a template below. Another thing you could try is to ask your congressman to email them on your behalf, they tend to be more responsive to that. 
 
Email template:
Email subject line: K1 Interview Date Needed- Name (Case Number)
Hello,
I am requesting assistance with an interview at the U.S. Consulate.
We filed the K1 Visa on 00/00/00. It was approved by USCIS on 00/00/00. The National Visa Center created a case number on 00/00/00 and shipped the case to the US Consulate in Morocco on 00/00/00. The case moved to "ready" for interview status on .00/00/00 We already submitted the DS160 application on 00/00/00. However, we are unable to
schedule an interview until the US consulate schedules one for us. We have not received any kind of communication from the consulate regarding our interview.
K1 Visa
Petitioner: XXXXXX DOB
Beneficiary: XXXXXXX DOB
Thank you so much for your assistance with our case.
Kindest regards,

They do not. The consulate schedules interviews for both K-1 and CR1 interviews.

They do not. The consulate schedules interviews for both K-1 and CR1 interviews.

It's very normal to have an engagement party in Morocco. In fact they will likely ask about it at the interview and ask to see photos. Some of the VJ users might say some scary things about the Casablanca consulate (and they are right that it notoriously difficult), but a traditional engagement party is generally not a problem at all. We were actually asked at our interview why we did not have a traditional engagement ceremony and had to defend that. I've seen plenty of couples show engagement party photos at the interview in Casablanca and never have I seen it be a cause for denial or concern. As long as it doesn't look like a wedding party (engagement party photos would be a simple and small gathering involving engagement rings, sharing milk and sweets/dates vs a wedding party with a large number of guests, multiple wedding dresses, traditional wedding chair/furniture photos, etc).

You cannot schedule the K-1 interview online for the Casablanca consulate. You either wait for them to email you an interview date, or you can try emailing them to ask for a date. The email is K1Casablanca@state.gov.

You cannot schedule the K-1 interview online for the Casablanca consulate. You either wait for them to email you an interview date, or you can try emailing them to ask for a date. The email is K1Casablanca@state.gov.

You cannot schedule the K-1 interview online for the Casablanca consulate. You either wait for them to email you an interview date, or you can try emailing them to ask for a date. The email is K1Casablanca@state.gov.

You'll need to wait until your status is "Ready". Once you have this status, it means the consulate has received your petition. The Casablanca consulate sends out interview dates by email, but many people have decent luck emailing the consulate themselves to directly ask for an interview date. The email that they are currently responding to is K1Casablanca@state.gov.

You'll need to wait until your status is "Ready". Once you have this status, it means the consulate has received your petition. The Casablanca consulate sends out interview dates by email, but many people have decent luck emailing the consulate themselves to directly ask for an interview date. The email that they are currently responding to is K1Casablanca@state.gov.

It's very normal to have an engagement party in Morocco. In fact they will likely ask about it at the interview and ask to see photos. Some of the VJ users might say some scary things about the Casablanca consulate (and they are right that it notoriously difficult), but a traditional engagement party is generally not a problem at all. We were actually asked at our interview why we did not have a traditional engagement ceremony and had to defend that. I've seen plenty of couples show engagement party photos at the interview in Casablanca and never have I seen it be a cause for denial or concern. As long as it doesn't look like a wedding party (engagement party photos would be a simple and small gathering involving engagement rings, sharing milk and sweets/dates vs a wedding party with a large number of guests, multiple wedding dresses, traditional wedding chair/furniture photos, etc).

What is your current case status? It's very typical for it to take Casablanca 1-2 months from when the status first appears as "Ready" to send out the K-1 interview date. You don't set it up yourself, they will email you a packet with details and an interview date and time. If it's been awhile, you can also try emailing K1Casablanca@state.gov to try to speed things up. Hope you get an interview date soon!

Just to give an update, we already recieved notice for the interview date which will be June 24. That was really quick...😳😳