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My fiance just arrived three days ago and I'm pretty sure he had "the blonde." He did the interview, got normal AP and then got called back 5 days later, I'm happy to say. Actually, she did not ask nor do anything unfair, that is, out of the range of reasonable but she did talk about personal things with my fiance. I don't know about all that talk that the visa is approved or not before you get there because so much changes in the 9 months or so that you wait for the interview, but maybe it does. Anyway, when I put the packet together I didn't really know what I was doing so I guess that they must have taken some of the documentation in to consideration at the interview.

She looked very carefully at all of the phone records and I told my fiance to be sure to place the photos of our engagement party (including photos of my mother and his mother in Morocco together) on top of all the other papers and facing the interviewer when he went up to her. She asked about all the information in the original application, including information on my former spouse.

Don't freak out (like I did) before you know what kind of AP he gets, if he gets AP. You can tell him to email you exactly what it says and then ask on the site what that means. There is a good posting on this where the person was kind enough to color code everything. Good luck!

So I have been reading that the approval of the visa happens before the interview and it depending on the interviewer you get could mean approval or denial or ap hell.

Exactly who does what? I have heard horror stories about a blonde...

Im a little freaked out. My fiance's interview is on the 19th and he is curently at this very minute he is at his medical exam.

Should i warn him about the blonde? What signs should he look out for? I know we have plenty of "proof" and every one tells me that we will be fine and some people tell me he will get his visa right away.... how do they know this?

omg Im so freaking confused.

THanks!

so i made a binder for him... in the binder (professionally bound and everything) the first page is a copy of the approval notice from uscis. then there is a copy of my petition, the biometrics, copies (certified) of plane tickets and bus tickets, copies of emails, chats and phone log, and pictures of our engagement party and other pictures of us together. I also sent him a seperate bit of papers that include (just in case) an aff. of support, a letter from my employer and last years tax return. ( i pray they dont look at this one, because i recently changed jobs and moved to a different state and i make less here then i did before i moved, but i sent it just incase they ask for it. I did notify uscis when i moved)

he had his medical today, all went well. he has already filled out his applicaiton and has all documents translated and ready to go.... so now its the hurry up and wait game... uuugggggghhhhh i hate waiting.. i just want him here, i miss him so much.

hope he got a copy of his medical, (he will need it) its hard to tell day to day the way they will act. He will be sitting near and can hear the person before him so maybe he will get an idea. Not knowing who he will get you really just be well prepared with the questions/answers and tell the truth. I believe they are starting to look at the evidences more now than before (after some got the visa approved even tho they werent still with the person) and it was brought to their attention, so hopefully things are getting better. Im pretty sure they prob take the next days cases and review the day before so they pretty well know what they are going into before that person shows up

let me tell you that the consulate of casablanca has long history of misconduct and mistreatement of petionners and beneficiary at large. just because some of you guys got their visa doesnt mean they are fair enough with everyone, ask those who got refused before they will tell you. i'm sure they

read me. here is a some question and interview that the consular officer asked

" how many man did you meet before you met your husband '' irrespectful and intimidationg question

" do you khow that she's older than you " this is clear discrimination by age

" do you that she's jew and you are muslim " discrimination by religion

i'm not sure if she did asked people about their differences in their skin color

those are just few questions that i did extract from people who got denied their visa.

if you want to read those horrible stories with the consulate of casablanca in morocco i'm glad to

attach below the link

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/the-right...act-is-governed

the question is not whatever you got a visa or not, but it's a question of good treatment, dignity

and professionalism. THE RIGHT TO BRING YOUR FAMILY HERE IS A RIGHT PROTECTED BY LAWS

NO ONE CAN DENY IT

Hmmmm... i've never heard of this specifically happening before, but unfortunately, i can't say i'm surprised. i think Casa has a lot of mix-ups and who knows what happened. it could be they just lost or misplaced something... maybe they deleted his prints from their computers! i can only begin to imagine.

i'm sorry for the hold-up though! he should go down there and see what they tell him. on the bright side, at least they are working through your case and "processing"... albeit, not with much organization.

good luck! i hope it's nothing and they'll issue his visa ASAP, inchallah.

i think casa immigration services is a lost isle in the middle of ocean

total missmanagement

WE NEED TO COMPLAIN TO HIGHEST LEVEL AT THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE IN WASHINGTON DC

hi everyone,

i was reading some postings here, and i'm really shocked to hear the way some people try to justify

delays related to visa issuance, some people said " because his name is mohamed" some other said

" they want to check to see if he's not a terrorist " come on people be realistic

how can a terrorist collecte all the documents needed including his police record (khowing that if

you have any criminal spot you wont get any immigration benefit ) and send them forward to

immigration services.. please , let's not try to hurt more other people feelings, i'm sure

too many petitionner and beneficiary get so frustrated to hear these kind of pre-judgement

let me tell you my i-130 petition-case

on july 23, 2007 my wife was refused to be granted her immigrant visa by us consulate of

casablanca, morocco, she was asked to bring more proof of our marriage relationship.by the way

my wife has never been married before, no past immigration issue, no criminal background ( she did

provide her clean moroccan police record part of her NVC package ) same day my wife had her

interview i did email the consulate and asked them to email me or call me if they need any help or

concern ,they didnt ask for any. this is just in case they need further details and my wife couldnt

help them . my wife came up 4 days later with more evidence including our weeding party pictures,

recent visit picture, emails exchanges, money transfer slip to her. she had her 2nd interview

with "the blonde lady" the result was " sorry i cant give you a visa " " your case will be returned to

uscis " no explanation or details of why , not even a single paper given

they sent back our petition to department of state on october 5, 2007

department of state send it back to uscis on november 6, 2007

uscis receive it back on december 12, 2007 with a recomendation to review it

i'm waiting it's almost 8 months now . i did contact my congressman, sent a letter

to office of ambudsman. and i'm not a criminal or terrorist

I DONT EVEN HAVE A SPEEDING TICKET

believe it or not. THANKS GOD

SO PLEASE DO NOT HURT ANYMORE PEOPLE FEELINGS

it's a problem with the system in place not with the petionner or the beneficiary. a system that's is

based on pre-judgement and suspissions. not on following laws, procedures and proven evidences

the result of this malfunctionning system is, breaking families apart

i have read many cases similar to mine and i was shocked . there is a lady that she had her husband

denied and SHE HAD TO SEND 28 POUNDS OF EVIDENCES TO USCIS TO REAFFIRM HER PETITION

this is not a joke this is sad reality

ladies and gentleman, i'm sure many of you did read my posting, you can be uscis , nvc,

us consulate employe, us consul, you can be attorney, human right activist, actual president of united

states of america, candidate for united state presidency doesnt matter. we need to get together and

do better to change this system where are dealing with

'WE NEED TO DO BETTER TO PRESERVE THE DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA"

" WE NEED TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO CHOOSE WHOM EVER THEY WANT TO MARRY"

" WE NEED TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO JOINT THEIR FAMILIES IN A REASONABLE

TIMELY MANNER "

finaly, i have a message to our follow citizens, please if you have been though this hardship

do not hesitate to practice your freedom of speech, speak up !! you are in a free country !!!

let's get together and work for change !!!!

THANK YOU ALL !!

hi kevin and tuyen

you said that you have been denied you first i-130 petition and you restarted with new one. right??

didnt ucsis send you notice to appeal their decision, it's a right given to you by immigration law

in my oppinion, starting a new petiton is like giving legitimity to their decision

i believe, it's better to work on your first petition. this is how your proove them that your marriage is

genuine

I am afraid there may be no hope for my VN wife, Xuan.

We made the mistake of allowing my wife's Sister handle the case for us.

We were married in HCM March 2005. She had her interview 10/06. She was denied with the recommendation it be revoked.

Xuan is a very shy traditional lady near 40yrs old. She had to use a translator which I learned here was probably a bad thing.

They thought we were a "sham entered into soley to evade immigration laws".

In any event, I flew back to VN but it was too late. By the time I got to the Embassy the case had been sent back. I didn't know that at the time.

We had a "lawyer" in HCM, but he was fairly clueless. When she was initially denied I called to try to speak to the CO and couldn't. I sent a letter FedEx. I sent medical records showing I had a pulmonary embolism from a previous flight to SE Asia and shouldn't take long flights anymore.

It made no difference.

USCIS got the case from the Dept of State Feb 2, 2007 to review it. I called and emailed my Senator. I got no response.

I was under the impression based on my Sister-in-law's understanding that we were waiting for a denial to appeal or add more evidence.

Well, a year ago I called for an update and was sent a letter. It stated: "The processing has been delayed. A checkof our records establishes that your case is not yet ready for decision, as the required investigation into your background remains open."

Until the background check is complete they cannot make a decision.

Well- that letter was from July 29th 2007...ONE YEAR AGO.

I am 37yrs old born and bred in the USA with zero criminal background. In fact, I hold a valid real estate license and concealed carry permit. Both those items require background checks. So, what in the world have the been doing for 1yr?

I went to my local immigrations office. The guy told me our case is in the investigations department/branch. He seemed sad for me and told me I wouldn't get any kind of straight answer. Just as one guy to another he said that it could be a "while".

Well, this surprised me. I don't know what they could be investigating for over 1 year!

He told me that the case went from Dept of State to investigations. Investigations sent it back to Dept of State. Then Dept of State sent it back again to investigations.

I have received ZERO correspondence from USCIS since the case has been sent back to the US.

I found a very good resource about denied I130's sent back to the US. I will use the freedom of information act to try to get the consular's notes and any other documents related to our case since being sent back to the United States.

As I understand it now- there SHOULD be a NOTICE of intent to Deny or Revoke. If they Deny I may be able to appeal. If they revoke, then there is literally zero recourse. Is this correct?

I saw references to Marc Ellis and called his US phone number. It rang 14 times and there was no answering machine or email link.

Needless to state- this has put a HUGE strain on our relationship.

I understand all opinions will be speculation, but I welcome any and all opinions at this point.

Thank you very much in advance.

Dean

hi dean,

my wife i-130 petition was also sent back from the consulate of casablanca in Morocco to uscis

califournia for review on december 12.2007 since then i didnt hear from them yet. eventhough

i did provide extra evidences of our marriage relationship, the interviewer refuse to see them or at

least she ignored them. this is unbelievable and unexpected.anyway i'm waiting to califournia center

to send me a notice of intend to deny so i can raffirm again

i have an advice for you, stick to you wife and collecte as much as evidence to proove that your

relationship is still going. contact you senators, congressman let them khow about what's going on

you can even write to barack obama and "fight" to defend your right as us citizen to bring your wife

to us. there is no way an employe of consulate can break up families based on pre-judgement or

suspission. this sytem need to be changed and change is coming no matter how long it takes

good luck to us

my wife has been denied her immigrant visa last july 2007. it's being 7 months now since

our case has being sent back by us consulate of casablanca, morocco back to uscis califournia for

review, no explanation why the visa has been denied. i'm waiting it's taking too long to

review this case eventhough we has provided proof of our marriage (marriage certificate, weeding

pics, emails,etc)

if you have seen a case like mine please help

Thanks !!

please contact your congressman and ask him/her to make an inquiry on your behalf asap. he/she needs to make his inquiry to the California service center. it is faster if they call. your rep can get the number easily.

since you are married you will get the NOIR (notice of intent to revoke) letter. sometimes it takes a year or more. returned cases are NOT a priority to USCIS.

you will need to get together all the proofs of your marriage/relationship to send once you get the NOIR. they will say that your wife is not eligible for a visa because she failed to establish a valid relationship. be prepared to answer each detail in the NOIR.

get letters from friends and family verifying you have a valid relationship/marriage. your wife can translate the letters she gets. make sure each letter has a signature, address and phone number on it. the more letters you get the better.

if you had a wedding be sure to include copies of all your pictures---the more the better.

make copies of your passport stamps showing how many times you have been to see your wife.

make copies of all of your phone calls, chat logs and e mail logs to show your involvement with each other. send even the ones that you have since your were denied.

once you get the NOIR letter you will have 30 days to respond. if it is even one day late your case will be revoked and you may never get your wife here.

if you need help i would like to help in any way i can. we were denied a visa in '03 in Morocco. it was a nightmare to say the least. i fought the lies of the consulate and had the NOIR overturned. my husband arrived here in the states August '06.

send me a private note here and i will give you my e mail address if you would like my help. if you feel you need an attorney i can recommend the best attorney who has lost of experience with denied/returned case. his fees are very reasonable.

alos there is another group you can join for lots of info and resouses to help you. let me know and i can invite you. since it has been a year since the interview you may get the NOIR any day. you must be prepared to answer it asap.

i also saw you posted in the MENA forum and read about denied/returned case. that is a great start in helping you to get the info you need.

best regards

chi

thank you for your reply , i was expecting to meet with somebody who has being through this nighmare experience. as you khow i'm us citizen of moroccan origin, i though things should be easy since i'm married legaly to my wife . this is our first marriage ( no one of us being married before ) plus my wife has no criminal or past immigration issue. i've been living in us for almost 10 years now and i dont even have a single speeding ticket ( the only ticket i had was a parking ticket 5 years ago and i remember i did paid 17 bucks for it ) that's means i have clean backgound thanks god for it

however, the consular officer wanted to make my life miserable i didnt khow why.

anyway i would like to thank you all for you help. i wish i had khown this forum long time ago, please feel free to contact me by email

talk to you soon

god bless you

bye !!

calif just lets expire...they told me i could refile but we married instead and filed cr1...i doubt u ever get a letter..my email to my rep more or less was saying they dont do any more action and wont follow up. I called and talked to a person and I ASK for a letter they told me it wasnt denied it was expired after trying to talk i just gave up i was saying denied he was saying expired. If u look at my status on website it has never been touch in over a year

k1 visa has only 6 months validity. if it expire you have to reply, since you get married you just

need to follow up with with cr1 but you have to make sure that you denied k1 wont affect

you cr1 visa once you interview in casa.

good luck

hi eveyone,

i'm new in this forum, but i did gain some experience though reading postings.

let me tell you that i was surprised to read some other people experience with the consular officer in

casablanca morocco. the way they handle interviews and look at evidences.my wife is one of the

victim, the result is our case was sent back to uscisfor review not even a brief explanation for the

reason

all i can say this "CASABLANCA CONSULATE IS OUT OF US IMMIGRATION NORMES"

if you bring in hundreds of pictures of you weeding, emails , phones calls, WHO CARES !!!!!

it's up to the consular officer, she's the one who decide to the future of your life.if she likes you

she dont even look at evidences, if she dont then, she overlook everythings. the result is

" you petition will be sent sent back to uscis for further review of the relationship"

once the is case is sent back, you have to wait, god only khows how long, my be months, my be

years. then they will send you a notice of intend to deny and they will ask you to send more proofs

to reaffirm the relationship. those are the same proof that you may profide during consulate interview

which mean WASTE OF TIME , DOUBLE WORK, USCIS ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN then you case will

be sent back to the consulate for visa issuance.

i khow a follow citizen that she had to sent 28 POUNDS !!!! of evidence to uscis to turn down their

intention to deny her husband

another follow citizen had to write to the consul general and us ambassador concerning her husband

yes so many stories and cases. why ???? because the consular officer chose to say "NO"

yes the consular officer is more powerful than uscis and nvc

now let's talk about the way the handle interviews:

consular officer can ask any question she want without respecting us laws and beneficiary feelings

for example my wife was asked these 2 questions

" how many man did you talk to before you met your husband "

" can you speak english with me little bit "

my wife chose to have her interview in french

" i want more details what's you husband job"

is doctor or pizza maker will change the status khowing that i have already profided affidavit of support to NVC center and i was approved

i can tell that those question are just to intimidate the beneficiary and fail her interview

some other questions that i did extra from other follow citizen experience are:

" do you khow that you are 10 older than you husband " this is TOTAL DISCRIMINATION BY AGE

" do you that you are jew and he's muslim " another DISCRIMINATION BY RELIGION

yes by asking those question this is clear evidence that the consular officer control people life,

and that the merit of visa is based not on legal evidence but on consular officer desire.

here is some opinions that i did extract from other follow postings

" i BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE EMBASSY'S AND CONSULATES SHOULD BE TAPED AND RECORDED "

" , we pay a lot of money for these fees that keep increasing, causing us to go broke in the name of love. We do it for that reason alone, LOVE. Who are these people to deny us love and family. The majority of our loved ones have nothing but good intentions when trying to come to the USA "

" how would you like to not see the person you love with your whole heart and soul for that long, and have no end in sight? Think about it, it's hard and lonely and sad. Nobody should be put through what we are all experiencing. It's just not fair "

" we now go to the bottom of the pile and start all over again. It has been there for 9 months and nothing has been done on our case. We are still waiting for them to even look at our case. I was born and raised in the US and am a US citizen and I fell in love with a man from another country and I cant even be with "

" I have been there 3 times to see him and have to plan another trip due to the fact that they are not processing our case. Alot of people have children and jobs that we can not walk away from, but have to do what we can to try to see our loved ones.

They need to hire more people. Under no cercumstances should our returned cases go back into the filling pile. We have already waited for all the processing"

" I think they should record and tape all interviews "

" Yes, I have been through the immigration process myself and with my husband.

I suggest taped interviews of the intending immigrant, a chance for them to have all their evidence looked at and considered, also a faster appeal process on denied petitions. Denials should not be based on age/race or other biased opinions of the consular officer, but on fact and evidence alone.

Yes, I have been through the immigration process myself and with my husband.

I suggest taped interviews of the intending immigrant, a chance for them to have all their evidence looked at and considered, also a faster appeal process on denied petitions. Denials should not be based on age/race or other biased opinions of the consular officer, but on fact and evidence alone.

" Yes, I have been through the immigration process myself and with my husband.

I suggest taped interviews of the intending immigrant, a chance for them to have all their evidence looked at and considered, also a faster appeal process on denied petitions. Denials should not be based on age/race or other biased opinions of the consular officer, but on fact and evidence alone"

" Yes we were denied on *** in Casa with no reason given with intent to send back only to start all over. Most of the evidence was not even looked at or considered. I believe our case was denied soley on my age being older than his "

" Yes, My Fiance and I had our petition returned on *** from the Consulate in Morocco with no given reason."

" Record all interviews 2.Partial interview questions on a computer,printed and signed by the applicant verifying their reponses.3.If a 221G is issued , a second consular officer(preferably a supervisor) should question the applicant to verify the reponses that were documented.4 The return letter should indicate a new case number, a processing fee with a priority date separate from other petitions or actions.5 All interviews be performed in a more private, designated area "

" yes,they sent our petition back,it took them over a year to reaffirm it,which should of gone alot faster "

" Yes, my fiance was denied in Morocco on *** without any given reason. The Consulate Officer kept digging at my age(15 yrs older) and being born Jewish "

" I have been told by *** that the Consulate does not get paid to answer phone calls, they are short staffed and that I should call Congress and complain "

" For the government to look into Consulates and their officers. Start recording and video taping interviews "

" No assumptioms should be made prior to actually talking with the interviewee. Along with the original petition the USC sends in, the interviewee comes with more supporting documentations. They should be reviewed at the time of the intervew and they should be allowed to explain any questions at that time the officer may have. If the evidence is not satisfactory to the officer, they should explain why it is not and they should be given the reasons as to why they are denied. It makes it hard for the USC to prepare for a rebuttal without the specifics. Interviews should be conducted in a more private environment. I am sure they are naturally nervous in regards to the interview and to have to do it in front of a waiting room full of people "

end

those are just opinions from beneficiary who had a chance to deal with the us consulate of casablanca

in morocco i'm one of them who has to struggle to bring my wife here accordingly of us immigration

laws.

Thanks for reading me, and i wait for you opinions, comments and suggestions

THANK YOU ALL

dont be surprised if u never hear from calif, we never did and our k1 expired i would for sure get your state rep on this. One k3 i know of in vermont is at 2 years returned and still nothing working. Casa sent back for a review, they should be asking for more from you or something...dont let it go any longer, casa is bad to not look at anything.

how come califournia center didnt give you a chance to appeal your denied k1 at least that's what the law say.

i'm waiting for anything from CSC like a notice of deny so i can reaffirm again but i dont khow how long it takes to receive an answer from them

yes i'm the petitionner for my wife as usc, this is i-130 petition for spouse, my wife had her interview

at the consulate ,she was asked to provide more evidences of our relationship which she did

but it seemed that the officer refused to see all those evidence which means the are debating our

relationship. our consulate is notorious for these kind of pre-jugement. anyway our petition is in

califournia center for further review. i'm waiting for csc response at least i can be cleared out

yes i did contact my local congressman, plus i have all the evidences that our marriage is genuine

the only thing that i wasnt expecting is the delay, 7 months should be enough time to review a case

hopefully god has blessed me with so sweet and patiente wife that i love so much

thank you all for your reply and waiting for more feedbacks

my wife has been denied her immigrant visa last july 2007. it's being 7 months now since

our case has being sent back by us consulate of casablanca, morocco back to uscis califournia for

review, no explanation why the visa has been denied. i'm waiting it's taking too long to

review this case eventhough we has provided proof of our marriage (marriage certificate, weeding

pics, emails,etc)

if you have seen a case like mine please help

Thanks !!