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hi all , hope someone can help me !!

im looking for some moroccans who already passed the CR1 interview , i need some advices

here is my case : im 24 , my husband is moroccan but US CITIZEN , we have a kid he'll be 2 years next month , now we are in the last step with NVC , my husband just sent the last documents (police reports , birth certificate , marriage certificate , photocopy of passports ....)

1 : is it the last step so my case will be complete?

2 : how many weeks or months does it take to get the interview letter from us consulate ?

im just so stressed about my interview !! because we dont have a lot of prove i have just : marriage pictures , birth certificate of our son including our names , familiy book (hala madaniya) , one letter , some old email , marriage certificate !!!

ramadan moubarak !!!

NVC is the last step before they can send your file to the us consulate in casablanca. once NVC review all the documents they will schedule in interview for you guys. so just relax !!! you guys will be both contacter by mail

and sent you an appointement letter. in meantime try to collect as much evidence of your marriage relationship

in case they asked for it. marriage pictures and emails are good evidences , other evidences may also be accepted

GOOD LUCK FOR YOU GUYS !!!!

RAMADAN MOUBARIK

Hi Everyone,

Im an American citizen living in Morocco with my husband and I have a few questions. First of all, I am considering whether to do Direct Consular Filing or Service Center Filing, so I would like to get some opinions on which method might be more efficient. I am also here with a child so I really dont want to be obligated to travel back and forth for visits or the interview. In other words Id rather stay here until the interview is complete and then if everything goes well, we leave together. I still have 4 months to go in order to meet the 6 month residency requirement. Would it be quicker just to mail everything to the US to file at a Service Center? Service Center processing times seem to vary now with some reporting their applications being adjudicated in as little as 2 months, while others are saying 6 months or more. Also, I know the Affidavit of Support is necessary for the CR1 because it is an immigrant green card, but is it also necessary for the K3 since it is a visa? Thanks in Advance.

Last Goodbye (A Jeff Buckley Fan)

you have the possibility to file at the us consulate in casablanca if you have been resident in morocco for at least 6 months. here is the link where you can find useful information

http://casablanca.usconsulate.gov/visa_us.html

GOOD LUCK TO YOU !!!

i tried this number using 1 at the beginning , but it didnt work. i even tried to call using another phone but still didnt go

through . strange

hi,

I would like to check on the status of my wife visa. Does anybody khow department of state visa service number

to call ?

Thanks

202 663 1225

http://travel.state.gov/visa/about/how/how_1463.html

i tried this number but i got a message that says " you reach an unassigned number "

hi,

I would like to check on the status of my wife visa. Does anybody khow department of state visa service number

to call ?

Thanks

my timeline

sent i-130 : nov 16 2008

noa1 recieved : nov 24 2008

transf :jan 13 2009

noa2 recieved : feb 19 2009

case recieved by nvc :mar 10 2009

case completed : may 24 2009

interview date :jun 11 2009 at casablanca

interview questions are very simple

your husband`s name ?

when did you meet each other ?

how did you meet ?

when was his late visit to you?

when did you get married ?

he didn`t even ask her for e mail or photo ....

and that`s yet

do worry every thing is going to be ok inchalah and good luch to both of you

comgatulation

to any one from morocco please my wife had her ir1 visa interview last thursday 11 and everything went fine except she need original marriage certificate . she brought it next day and she gave it to them with her passport and they ask her for cellphone number so they will call her when the visa is ready and it`s been a week now and no call from them is that normal ? ths

call them and find out about your wife visa. i found these information for you to contact them :

Please email IVCasablanca@state.gov

Phone inquiries will ONLY be accepted Monday thru Friday 3 pm until 4 pm at 0661-99-83-64.

dont forget to mention you case number

usually an immigrant visa is issued next day after interview

let us khow how things worked for you

good luck

In seems you are in AP where they check out any number of things. Yes it can take forever. You can keep asking , there are others around that are in the same situation.

does AP apply to all kind of visa petitions? ours is CR1 petition

HI everyone,

i've been told that cases are processed on first come first serve. i dont khow

My husband called USCIS a week ago, after I was crying for an hour that other I-130's have been approved for such a short period and people who filed after us already got their NOA2's. After my husband asked them if they were approving the cases in the order they were received, the USCIS rep told my husband that this is not correct - every case is different and what could take for some people 10 days could take for others 10 months!!!

any more inputs ?? : :

The consular officer didnt explain the reason why she wont give my wife her visa

all she said was " sorry i cant give you visa now, your petition is not denied, but we will sent it back to uscis for review"

my marriage relationship is legitimate and i have all the evidences with me. i travelled back home in last 4 months

to spend some time with my wife, this is another proof of ongoing relationship if they might think other way

i'm ready to rebut their findings but i need to khow somebody who has been through this hardship

How long it takes for CSC to review returned spouse petition ? ours is pending since dec 12 2007

Does CSC give any reasons after their review why DOS sent it back ?

any help will be appreciated

HI everyone,

I want to khow if anybody has any returned i-130 petition reviewed by CSC. I would like to keep track of my case

my wife petition was returned by DOS for review since december 12 2007 . it's long time

i've been told that cases are processed on first come first serve. i dont khow

anybody khows about any case reviewed so far, please let me khow

i appreciate your help

my wife received a white slip after her interview. the consular think our marriage is a fraud. What can i do now??? Can i apply i-130 again or do i need to appeal. I heard if i appeal it can take up to two years. I went to a lawyer and she said i can't apply i-130 again. is that true??? some people said i can re-apply but they lawyer said i can't. I dont know which is right. Can some one please help????

thanks

hi,

you should not apply again . this is not a good solution to your case. you need to khow why the consular officer denied your visa and you should be able to rebut their findings

hi,

can somebody teach me what does "touched" mean?

i'm trying to check on my pending petition to see if it has been "touched" yet

can you please tell me how i can do it?

Thanks !!

I support it 100%. I only hope that someone listens, and that this is not no lawyer trying to drain the life blood out of people that are already struggling in this cripple economy.

my wife petition cr1 sent back on december,12 2007 to uscis for review. it's being 1 year and 3 months

i'm still in daily contact with my wife, imagine this hardship, how strong we should be ??

this is ridiculus , almost 14 months now since our i-130 petition was returned to uscis for review

i learned from these postings that writting to office of ambudsman would not help, so i'm not going to do it

since they can not disclose the reason for denial

waiting is killing me, i've read through many denials, but still people got their NOR/NOD within 6-9 months maximum

what's going on with my case?

ya allah help !!!

I am going through something similar...

... for me noone is telling me anything... ok so here is my case i got married in Jan 2007 and filed for my I 130 in April 2007 ( i should not have waited 3 mo to file but i thought it would be better ) and I filed I 130 spousal visa CR-1

.... ok so finally my petition is approved from USCIS and NVC by May 2008 and they sent over the case to Bombay (wrong consulate) they reschedule our interview at the right consulate, Delhi. My husband went for his interview in July 2008, after the interview they gave him a 221g AP for more proof such as a family tree, addresses and phone numbers of all relatives, guest list, emails, phone records, voters card ok so we sent them everything to the VFS office with his passport. They sent back his passport with no visa. They said its in Administrative Processing....

its been 7 months and still no word. I went to my Congressmans office and they gave me the same response. I call DOS and they give me the same response "221g administrative processing, etc"

I went to a lawyer and the lawyer said theres nothing he can do for me.... I cant file for the fiance visa because they will reference this case and it will be the same problem....

I have went to India 3 times and Im going this 4th time for 6 months... the first time i went was for 3 months second time was for 5 months and the third time was for a month and now im going to 6 months.

what else should i do ? im soo sad....

Does anyone know what i should do now besides wait?

I just pray to god he will get me through this... Inshallah

It doesn't sound like you are in the same boat. It sounds to me like you are in AP, which is pretty normal, and unfortunately there is no set time in completing this. Abed's was denied. very different.

Abed, I know this is hard, and I sympathize with you. Ours took almost 4 months to get to from the consulate to the USCIS after his interview. Then almost 8 months before they even picked up the file. They sent us the NOIR at the end of July and I had the rebuttal sent back within the week. The reaffirmed the case within a couple of weeks after receiving the rebuttal. The interview was scheduled 2 months later and he got the visa after another month. So a total of 15 months. And this was considered fast.

What service center did they send it to? Do you have a representative that is helping you? Have you prepared a rebuttal?

our petition lasted 5 months between DOS and NVC before they forwarded it to uscis califournia on december 12 2007. my senator made 2 inquieries on my behalf, but the result is just standard answer

they can't tell any reasons nor predict any time lime. i havent prepared anything yet but i guess i have enough

evidences in my side, recently i made a visit to my wife in morocco and still exchanging emails and phone calls

i dont khow if they can consider that visit as proof of ongoing relationship. who khowns. god only khow

this is ridiculus , almost 14 months now since our i-130 petition was returned to uscis for review

i learned from these postings that writting to office of ambudsman would not help, so i'm not going to do it

since they can not disclose the reason for denial

waiting is killing me, i've read through many denials, but still people got their NOR/NOD within 6-9 months maximum

what's going on with my case?

ya allah help !!!

It's all depend on us to push for change, the new uscis director is appointed by the new administration

if we complain upon our senators and congressman and also office of ambudsman, uscis director should answer

questions about why his administration is not efficient enough because there is no way in the world that cases

can be pending for years. every case should have a timely manner

remember that uscis has worked hard last months to push for more citizenship cases beacuse of election need

but when it come to family petition still the adminitration working slow on them

but like i said, it's all depend on us how we can make family reunion a priority and try to push this way

i think that the new administraion should work on these issues by making uscis more efficient with family petitions

like they did with citizenship case

that's stupid they should give you more details

it could be just a lay, because NVS cannot send a case forward to consulate unless it's completed

consular officers have no respect for petitionners, once operating form outside us, they do whatever they want

better contact you congressman or senator and tell him to check on your case, they will consider him better than you

Good things and bad things can happen , this is life, we can't blame your husband because we dont khow

the circumstances of your divorce

I think that the immigration system in place need to be changed, most consular officers dont respect evidences

their action is mainly based on prejugement and suspicions

I BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARRY WHO HE WANT, PICKING ON AGE DIFFERENCE IS

DISCRIMINATION

it's up to us as us citizen to defend our right to marry and bring our spouse or husband to this country

otherewise this is another way to limit legal immigration

The consul said that the NVC requested it back. It was not initiated by the embassy. They do not know what the reason was. At this point is it advisable to get a lawyer? Or do you guys know of something that we can do?

NVC does not "Request" the case back, the consulate denies the case and sends it back to the NVC for transfer back to USCIS.

Typically with this type of notation:

Dear visa applicant

The consulate has carefully evaluated your application for your application for an immigrant visa .The consulate is returning your petition to the U.S. Citizenship and services (CIS) via the National visa Center for review and possible revocation ,The Consulant visa section has taken this step because of the reason marked below, should you, the petitioner, or your attorey have any questions concerning your case, make a request in writing to the CIS office where your petition was originally filed.

Moving this to consulate/embassy forum.

What is a 221g?

Sorry to hear that.

Did they give your wife 221 (g). And what is the reason they gave.

they should give you a paper stating the reasons why the visa was not issued

that sould be in writting

i hope with the new administration that will take place on 21 first this month do better to resolve these pending cases

however, people with pending case should do better by contacting

* STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND CONGRESSMAN

* OFFICE OF OMBUSDMAN

* CIVIL RIGHT MOVEMENTS AND IMMIGRANT ORGANIZATIONS

* DIRECTOR OF DHS

* MEDIA

* PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

and we should all remember that every citizen has the right to bring his spouse or husband to this country , this is a

right protected by laws. it's up to us to find the right ways to defend our rights, therefore i will urge anyone who has

been through this hardship to stick around, even if your spouse or husbsand made it to this country, we need to listen

to your stories , change is coming, yes we can make a change

you right kiya, 2 years is the longest time a review can take

i had an inquiery made through my congressman on may 2008, i would like to share with you

here is their response

" This consulate return is within the normal processing time. It was received back at the CSC on 12/12/07 from the consulate/NVC for further review. The current processing time for consulate returns is approximately 24 months from the date received back at the CSC; however, the processing time could change depending on the CSC workload. These consulate returns cannot be expedited nor may we release the reasons returned from the consulate until the review is completed"

ohhh my god!!!!! are you serious hadi10? is your case 21 months on hold????

so what are you waiting for??

Did you contact you congressman?

any results???

Thank you all for your help and suggestions

I did receive a notice of action I-797C form from uscis on DECEMBER 12,2007 stating this

"This is to advise you that we have received the above petition application or petition back from the department

of state, along with their request that it be reviewed. we will notify you of any action we take on this case "

since that time i made so many inquieries online, by phone to uscis and through my congressman, all i got as response is this

" The State Department/Consulate returned your case the I-130 petitions to the California Service Center (CSC) for review. USCIS received these petitions on 12/12/2007. All returned petitions are reviewed in the order in which they are received. Due to the volume of petitions returned to our office, we are unable to advise you on the processing time to complete our review nor may we release the reasons for return until the review is completed. You will be notified by mail when a decision has been made or if further evidence is requested "

I would like to bring to your attention that we have all the evidence of our marriage relationship, including

sworn and certified marriage certificate, weeding and visits photos, emails exchange and money transfer receipts but the consular officer ( a lady ) ignored them all and she decided to send our petition back to uscis

i came back from morocco 3 weeks ago i did spent some time with my wife and my family now i'm back waiting for a decision on my case. 13 months passed and no answer yet

please feel free to email me, or if you have any suggestion or advice and i'll be looking to do so

thank you