ONIKI

Well, hello everyone. I am back. I see we have new members and new developements. Onekea, i see you have been busy "welcoming" your husband here. wink, nod, snickers...lol Congratulations. We are doing great. Heading into the hole again to get the stepkids here. Suze, so sorry about what you are going through, that Guyanese embassy is a joke. They just like being nasty to people. Good luck. How is everyone else doing?

Hi all...How is everyone doing today? Thank you Sassythea. Onekea congradulations on the pending addition to your family, it does the heart good to hear good news. Mrs. Rowe welcome back...good luck with the petitons for your children. LadyC welcome I take it you are from Guyana.

Thanks Ladies!!!

Well it's good to see some activity in this thread again!

MrsRowe good luck with your stepsons. I think things are moving much faster now than when we were filing.

Nikki'T', I hope all is well with you and hope that you have made some progress with your case.

Welcome LadyC!!!! And best wishes to everyone!!! And please come back and continue to post. I am at home and bored to death...just waiting for baby to come..

I'm not sure if it made a big difference, but I did attend my husband's interview in GT a year ago today. We were approved and picked up the visa the next day. They did interview us separately, but with the embassy you just never know what they are really looking for. You sound like you are prepared for this, so if you cannot make it, just make sure your husband goes there confident. There was another guyanese on VJ that did not go to her husband's interview and he was approved just fine. Good luck!!

Hi all!

I'm still here from time to time. Today marks one year since my hubby and I had our interview in GT. All is well with us. Hubby is working and going to school and we are expecting our a little bundle of joy in June . I want to wish everyone still trying to get their SO over here the best of luck. I don't know how that embassy decides who give a hard time , but keep the faith and go in their with confidence.

I will do my best to keep in touch...

Wow...What happened to everyone? Hope all is well.

Hi Ladies. I haven't been on here in a long time. I hope all is well and that everyone is feeling better. Sorry to hear about the accident Nikki.

Definitely check on that...it took about 4 weeks to get ours.

I'm still here...just busy with moving and getting settled in. I'll check in again later and catch up!

Hey Ladies,

I'm back from Guyana and my hubby is with me. The embassy was just fine. They interviewed us separately. My husband went first and then they asked me the same questions they asked him. Nothing offensive at all, just when and how we met, how many times did I visit after we got married, if it was my 1st time there when we met, I explained that we had a small wedding and then a big vow renewal so she asked who was there...that kind of stuff. My husband answered the questions and then some and even got to show some wedding pictures. He was in there for like 15 minutes and I almost lost my mind. But we got through it...thank God!

So ladies...there is hope!!!

Still praying for you all...and I will do my best to continue to post here

--Onekea

Just wanted to say thank you all for all of your prayers...and to let you know that they worked!!!!

WE MADE IT!!!!

..and we have the visa already.

We're coming home on Tuesday March 10, God-willing....

I will catch up and let you all know how it went when I get home...

All the best....

-Onekea

I'm leaving on March 1. No need to be jealous...I see approvals coming sooner now so hopefully you won't have to wait 9 months like I did. You'll be in Guyana or your hubby will be here before you know it. I still can't believe we've been married almost a year already.

Thanks for the prayers..at this point all I know is that I am going to get my husband and bring him back with me. I don't even want to think about the negative...my nerves are shot!

i just got email from CRIS i was not expecting it!

I was jumping like crazy, i was screaming and now i am crying! )

Wow congrats!!!

Okay, so Mya and i went to do the mouth swab yesterday. It was a little more to it than i thought. They use 4 of those q-tip looking things to swab both cheeks, you have to have photo id. They take a picture of you too. Michael is going to do his today, that will be sent back via fedex today i hope. If it can be in the US by the end of this week, it would be so nice. Then it will be done by the end of next week and on it' way back to Guyana and Michael's visa can be issued quickly. Aww man, hurry, hurry, hurry.lol. Okay, i am a little anxious.

You are well within your right to be anxious. Put on your dancing shoes your reunion is right around the corner.

Oh my gosh, fedex has it already. wohoo. All they need to do now is deliver it to Genelex by the end of this week and they will be well within my estimation. I hope that they are done with testing by the end of next week.

Hey Ladies,

MrsRowe looks like things are moving along and your hubby will be here soon..

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. I got my interview date. Its on March 5. I came on here to post last week but I'm the type of person to keep this kind of stuff to myself and the nerves got the best of me. I am now preparing to go back down to GT for the interview...I am soooooo nervous. MrsRowe how long did it take for you to get your interview letter or for your hubby to get his? The weeks are going s fast...now I see how you felt last month I need prayer...

Oh my gosh. Congratulations. Don't worry it's going to be okay. Wohoo. I am so excited for you.

It appears to me that if the tow parties are at the interview then they may interrogate you a bit but as long as you are confident in your answers, there should be no problem. I will pray for you. One of us are getting through this process without any hitch. It's going to be you. Just be confident in your answers and you will be fine. Don't let them intimidate you.

Oh my goodness.

Thanks Mrs Rowe!

I think we will be fine with answering questions because there is nothing to hide. But my stomach is still in knots...maybe its the fact that someone else has power over my future or that this whole process is coming to an end. Thanks for the prayers...I need them LOL

Hi Ladies -

So nice to know there are others like me out there - I need to talk to people who understand my plight or I will lose my mind! Here are questions that COULD be asked on any interview, anywhere in the world. However, note, that in guyana they have no shame and ask some of the nastiest, most personal questions. I don't think that's necessary but nothing we can do about it. I am going to find a way to report that though. I don't think they are within their legal limits with some of the questions they asked me.

I hope the questions help.............

K1 Visa

· How did you meet your fiance?

· When did you meet in person?

· How long have you known each other?

· When was the last time you met your fiance? Where?

· When did your fiance propose?

· What do you love about your fiance?

· When are you going to travel to the US?

· Have you every been to the US?

· If so, on what kind of visa did you travel to the US? How long did you stay? When did you return?

· What is your birthday?

· What is your fiance's birthday?

· Where was your fiance born?

· What does your fiance do for living?

· Where does your fiance work?

· What is your fiance's designation at work?

· Does your fiance have any brothers and sisters?

· Where does your fiance live?

· Where do your fiance's parents live?

· Do you have any brothers and sisters?

· What do your parents think about this engagement? Do they approve of it?

· When did your fiance divorce?

· Why did your fiance's first marriage not work out?

· Does your fiance have any children? How many, how old? Do they live with your fiance?

· Are you willing to take care of your fiance's children if they live with him/her?

· When and where are you going to have the wedding?

· How much time have you spent together?

· Did you have an engagement party?

· Did you make a formal announcement of your engagement to family and friends?

· How do your families feel about your plans to get married?

K3 Visa

· How did you meet for the first time?

· Where did you meet for the first time?

· How long have you known each other?

· What does he do for a living?

· What is his designation at work?

· What do you do for a living?

· Have ever been to the US?

· If so, on what kind of visa did you go to the US? For how long did you stay? When did you return?

· Has he/she ever been to India?

· Does your spouse have any children? Have you met them?

· Are you willing to take care of his/her children if they live with him/her?

· When did you get married?

Also look at fraud interview questions. Some of the questions such as related to wedding, relatives etc. may apply to you as well.

Development of Your Relationship

· When and where did you meet for the first time?

· Could you please describe the first meeting?

· Did you make arrangements to meet again?

· Did you exchange phone numbers and/or email addresses?

· When did you meet next?

· Where were you living at the time? Where was your spouse living?

· What did the two of you have in common?

· Where did you go for the dates?

· When did your relationship turn romantic?

· Who proposed to whom?

· Why did you decide to have a long (or short) engagement?

· How long was it before you decided to get married?

· When did you decide to get married?

· Did you live together before marriage?

· Did your parents approve of the match? Why or why not?

You and your spouse

· What is your name, address and date of birth?

· What is the name, address and date of birth of your spouse?

· What did you do for your spouse's last birthday?

· What did you give each other for your last birthdays?

· How often and what time do you call each other by phone?

· Which holidays do you celebrate together?

· What activities did you do together the last time you visited each other?

· Which of your financial matters are shared, or who supports the other financially?

· Do you and/or your spouse have any scars or tattoos? If yes, where on the body?

· Where do you work?

· What time do you or your spouse arrive home (whoever is working)?

· What are your working hours?

· What is your annual salary?

· Where does your spouse work?

· What are your spouse's working hours?

· What days of the week does your spouse work?

· What is your phone number at work?

· What is your spouse's phone number at work?

· Do you know your spouse's salary? If yes, how much is it?

· Do you and/or your spouse attend regular religious services? Where?

· Do you have any joint bank accounts? Where? What kind of accounts (checking, savings, money market etc)?

· Are both of you listed on the account? As a proof, do you have a bank letter or cancelled checks?

· Who takes care of paying the bills?

· What religious holidays do you celebrate together?

· What is the most important holiday of the year in your household? Where do you typically celebrate it?

· What did the two of you do last New Year's Eve Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas?

· How did you celebrate your most recent wedding anniversary?

· Have you and your spouse gone to see a movie (or any other form of entertainment) lately? When and what did you see?

· When was your last vacation? Did you and your spouse go anywhere together at that time?

· When did your spouse take vacation last time from work?

· When was the last vacation you and your spouse took together?

· Where did you go? How did you get there? Could you please describe in detail?

· Do you have the photos from your last vacation together?

· Did you file a joint tax return this year? Can I see the copy of it?

· Do you jointly own any property? If yes, can I see the copies of the documents?

· Do you have an insurance policy listing your spouse as the beneficiary? If yes, can I see copy of the same?

· Do you have any utility bills where both of you are listed together?

· Do you have receipts from items you have purchased together?

· What other documentation do you have to prove that you are living together as a married couple?

· What did you do for Christmas, New Year, your anniversary? Did you exchange gifts? If so, what kind of gift?

Wedding

· Where was the wedding held?

· How did you and your spouse get to the church, temple, mosque, gurudwara, courthouse etc?

· How many people attended your wedding?

· Who were the witnesses to the ceremony?

· Did each of your parents attend the wedding?

· What kind of cake or other food was served?

· Did you serve the liquor? What kind?

· Did anyone get drunk or otherwise embarrass themselves at the reception? Who? Describe.

· How late did the guests stay at the wedding?

· Did you exchange wedding rings? Did you and your spouse purchase them together or separately?

· Was there music or other entertainment?

· Who were the bridesmaids/groomsmen?

· Did you have a reception after the ceremony?

· If you didn't have a reception, what did you do after the wedding ceremony?

· Where was the reception held?

· Could you please describe the reception?

· Could you please show me any photos of the wedding ceremony and/or reception?

· Did the bride change clothes for the reception?

· What time did you and the [bride or groom] leave the reception?

· Did you go on a honeymoon? When did you leave? How did you get there? Where did you go? For how long? What airlines?

· Where did you live after the wedding?

Relatives

· Do you know your spouse's family members? Which ones?

· Have you met each other's parents?

· When did you see them last time? For how long? Where?

· Do you buy gifts for your in-laws on important holidays? Do they buy gifts for you?

· Which other members of your spouse's family do you see frequently? When was the last time you saw them? What did you do together?

· How often do you see each other's parents?

· How do each of you get along with your parents-in-law?

Children

· How many children do you have?

· What are the names, birth dates and birth place (hospital name, city) of each child?

· Which children were normal delivery and which ones were c-section?

· What is the name of your child's best friend?

· Who prepares and packs the lunch for your children?

· What is your usual babysitter's name? What are the day care timings?

· What is the name of your child's teacher?

· Who picks up the children at school?

· What are their least favorite foods?

· Which children (if any) still use a car seat?

· What are the favorite toys/activities of your children?

· If your spouse has children from a previous marriage, what are their names, ages, where they live, and where they go to school, if applicable?

House

· Could you please describe the place where you lived right after the marriage? No. of bedrooms and bathrooms; furnishings; color of walls, floor coverings, appliances, etc; type of air conditioning (window or central), heating (gas or electrical), etc; number of telephones, TV sets etc.

· Do you live in a home (single family, condominium, townhouse) or apartment? How much is the mortgage or rent? Who pays it?

· Who cleans the house?

· What are the garbage pick up days?

· Do you write checks for paying the bills or online billing?

· What color are the curtains in your house?

· What type of curtains or window coverings are in your living room? What color?

· Who gets up first? At what time?

· Do you set up the alarm clock to get up in the morning?

· What do each of you eat for breakfast?

· How many staircases are in your house?

· Is there a carpet in your front hallway? What color?

· Do you have any pets? Which ones (such as dog, cat, fish etc.)? Who feeds it? Who walks it or cleans its cage, kitty litter box etc?

· How many sinks, toilets, and showers are there in your house/apartment in total?

· Is your sofa a regular one or does it have pullout bed? If later, have you ever had guests sleep there?

· Where did you get the furniture? Was the furniture already there, did you buy it, was it a gift, or did it come from you, or your spouse's previous residence?

· How was the furniture transported to the house?

Technology

· Who keeps the garage door opener in the car?

· How many remote controls are there in your house?

· How many cars do you have?

· Do you have a garage? How many cars fit into it? Who parks in it? Do you use a garage door opener?

· How many telephones are in your house? Where are they?

· Do both of you have cell phones? Do you have family plan on the phones?

· Does your phone have answering machine? Who checks the messages?

· Do you have VCR? What brand? Do you use it only to watch videos, or do you record any TV shows?

· Do you have DVD player? What brand?

· Where do you rent the movies from?

· Does your spouse listen to the radio? What station?

· Do you have cable TV or satellite dish?

· Who is the cable/dish provider in your house?

· Does your spouse listen to music? What kind of equipment does he/she have such as walkman, iPod etc?

· How many TV sets are in your house? In which rooms?

· Do you watch TV shows together, or separately?

· Name one TV show that you always watch together.

· Do you have still camera? Is that digital camera or the one with the roll?

· Who uses the camera most often?

· Who takes pictures at important family occasions or during sightseeing?

· Do you have camcorder? What brand is it?

Kitchen

· Who goes for grocery shopping? Where? How often? How do you get there?

· What color are the kitchen curtains?

· Who makes the breakfast?

· What does your spouse drink in the morning? (Such as coffee, tea, milk etc.) If so, does he/she use cream and/or sugar?

· What is your spouse's most (or least) favorite food?

· Is there a particular food that you eat every week? What is it?

· What are your favorite foods and who cooks what?

· Do you have a barbecue grill? Do you use it? Is it gas or charcoal?

· Who does most of the cooking?

· How many times a week on average do you eat out?

· What is your special restaurant?

· Where is the garbage kept in the kitchen?

Bedroom

· What size is your bed (twin, queen, king)?

· Do you have a regular mattress, futon, or waterbed?

· Who sleeps on each side the bed?

· Does either of you read or watch television before going to sleep?

· Do you have lamps next to your bed?

· Have you ever had an argument that resulted in one of you sleeping in another room? Who, and which room?

· What kind of birth control do you use? What brand do you use?

· When was your wife's last menstrual period?

· Do you leave any lights on when you go to sleep at night?

· How many windows are there in your bedroom?

· Where do you keep your toothbrushes?

· Does your spouse use regular toothbrush or an electrical one?

· What kind of toothpaste, soap, and shampoo does each of you use?

· Where do you keep your clothes? Where does your spouse keep his/her clothes?

· What color are your spouse's pajamas?

· What is your favorite position (missionary, doggy, cow girl etc)?

· Where are the bathroom towels kept?

· Where do you keep the dirty clothes?

Just before the interview

· Did you or your spouse go to work yesterday?

· If so, at what time did you and/or spouse leave the house and return?

· Did you eat dinner together last night? What did you have?

· Did anyone else have dinner with you last night?

· Who cooked the dinner last night? What time was dinner served?

· Did you watch TV after dinner? What shows did you watch?

· Who went to bed first?

· At what time did you go to bed?

· Did you have the AC, fan or heater on?

· Who woke up first this morning? Did an alarm clock go off?

· Did you or your spouse take a shower this morning?

· Did you have breakfast? Where and what did you eat?

· Did you come to the interview together? Who drove?

Thanks for posting this. Its crazy..the little details they can ask u about. I agree that something needs to be done about what goes on in Guyana. I'll see what happens when I go down for my hubby's interview.

Goodmorning ladies:

Oneka congradulations on your interview date

Munesh & Suz Thank you for sharing with us. I do agree with you about the way couples are treated at the embassy, wish you much success on filing your report in regards to the matter.

Mrs. Rowe you are a day closer..

Have a blessed day.

Thanks Nikki'T!!!!

Okay, so Mya and i went to do the mouth swab yesterday. It was a little more to it than i thought. They use 4 of those q-tip looking things to swab both cheeks, you have to have photo id. They take a picture of you too. Michael is going to do his today, that will be sent back via fedex today i hope. If it can be in the US by the end of this week, it would be so nice. Then it will be done by the end of next week and on it' way back to Guyana and Michael's visa can be issued quickly. Aww man, hurry, hurry, hurry.lol. Okay, i am a little anxious.

You are well within your right to be anxious. Put on your dancing shoes your reunion is right around the corner.

Oh my gosh, fedex has it already. wohoo. All they need to do now is deliver it to Genelex by the end of this week and they will be well within my estimation. I hope that they are done with testing by the end of next week.

Hey Ladies,

MrsRowe looks like things are moving along and your hubby will be here soon..

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. I got my interview date. Its on March 5. I came on here to post last week but I'm the type of person to keep this kind of stuff to myself and the nerves got the best of me. I am now preparing to go back down to GT for the interview...I am soooooo nervous. MrsRowe how long did it take for you to get your interview letter or for your hubby to get his? The weeks are going s fast...now I see how you felt last month I need prayer...

I'm so sorry they are putting you through this

I don't understand though...your daughter is in the U.S....its not like you were filing for her to come here...

Exactly.

I have already contacted my congressman's office. I called the embassy trying to reach a manager or something but they said that there is no manager.

It seems they could not find any other reason to delay the case. I hope your congressman can do something about this. It makes no sense to me. Still praying for you. This really scares me.

I'm so sorry they are putting you through this

I don't understand though...your daughter is in the U.S....its not like you were filing for her to come here...

I have spoken to a co-worker who used to work in an embassy as a visa interviewer. She put it correctly, she said it depends on what kind of day the interviewer is having or the type of person they are. She said to just make sure that all your papers are well organized and like everyone said, just be confident when they ask questions. Don't get upset or offended cause it only causes problems. Most of the time, they know if you are approved before they call you up for the interview. Some cases will be simple while some will require futher questioning. I have organized a folder of evidence for my husband and i should have taken pictures of it to give others ideas but this is what i did.

I used a folder with a clear cover and created a cover for it that included our case number, applicant name, date and time of interview. Inside of that, the first page is a letter written by me, explaining all that is in the folder and a little something about our daughter needing her father, blah, blah blah. Then i divided the folder into sections, photographs, phone cards, money transfers, child, visits. I explained what was in each section. In the section for child, i had our daughter's birth certificate, a letter from my doctor stating on or around when she was concieved, which coincides with my visit to Guyana and her offering up certificate which lists my husband as her father. In visits section, i included passport stamps and ticket stubs and boarding passes. I could not fit the cards and letters in the folder, so i sent two manilla envelopes, one with cards and letters sent to me by him and another for cards and letters sent to him by me. In the photographs section, i simply pasted the photographs and plain paper with tape and labeled each one and i did it chronologically. I had pictures from when i visited to our engagement party to pictures of my sonogram when i was pregnant, to the wedding and then pictures of our daughter with him, with her brothers and they all look so much alike that i hope they can see. So that's how we did it. I just wanted to be organized. Let's just all pray for each other. With God anything is possible.

I organized a folder just like this and left it with my husband when I was in Guyana in Dec. I am continuing to gather things to put in the folder when I go down for the interview.

Well MrsRowe...your day is almost here. Just wanted to let you know that I am praying for your family.

Well I really don't know what exactly they look for during these interviews. At the story People tell you is so amazing its unbelievable. A friend of mine said that during her interview last month that is F1 all she was asked is the name of her fiance, his address and phone number and yea where he worked . Nothing else and her visa was in her hands by the next day. They are so difficult to read.

Wow! See thats what I'm saying...you never know what you will get. It sounds like she was approved before she even got there. My cousin's interview was simple too...it was a few years ago. She was the petitioner but she went to the interview with her fiance and his son. She said they were just talking and playing tick tack toe and her stepson was sitting in her lap. By the time they got called up they only ask them how they met, what were his plans for the future, and how the relationship was with her and his son. Now my other cousin....that's another story...she was denied a few years ago and he's still not here...that's because of their own mistakes though.

WHC are you going down for the interview when the time comes?

You are most welcome Mrs. Rowe. Oneka I was there but I knew from the last question I as asked by the Officer something was going on in his head, but I know that the final decision isn't his it up to CIS...so as you rightfully say I am just hoping and praying that it is returned to Guyana for the issuance of the visa. I am not the kind of person that roll over and play dead...I have dealt with worst set backs and come out of it triumphantly. PRAISES TO THE MOST HIGH FOR HE ALWAYS CARRIES ME WHEN I AM TIRED AND FEELING ALONE...

Amen!

Good luck!!

Congratulations!!!

Congratulations!!!

I agree with Oneka...Tell him to answer all the questions even the one that he may think is too personal because the Officer has your life story sitting infront of him on the computer. Let me share what they sent me in the email so that you will see exactly what I am saying.

Your petition is being returned to the Department of Homeland Security because the applicant was unable to establish that his marriage is not solely for immigration purposes. This case has already been reviewed by a senior Consular Officer and a decision has been made. The case will be further reviewed by the Department of Homeland Security and they will make the final decision. The beneficiary will be notified in writing when the case is dispatched.

I am sharing this because I don't want any of you to be where I am right now.

Thanks Nikita..I really do appreciate you sharing with us. Did you go the interview?

Just a little something to share:

My husband ran into a guy the other day. Never met him before in his life, but this guy proceeds to tell him about his embassy experience, not even knowing that my husband is going through the same thing. Well anyway, the guy told my husband that they asked him all kinds of personal questions and it got to the point that he wsa tired of answering that type of question and maybe showed or let it be known that he didnt want to answer. Well this guy was denied for a fiance visa. They say he did not prove his relationship with the petitioner or something like that.

So to Mrs. Rowe, please make sure your husband is calm, confident, and answers all of the questions. From what you say about him, I figure he is already like this, but make sure he answers those questions.

Nikita I pray that the final decision is the opposite of what u got in that email.

God Bless

That embassy IS scary. Some people get through with no problem and others don't. I think it depends on who interviews you. Just PRAY!!