Danni and Hamza

In Algeria, they asked my fiance if we had a sexual relationship. They did a follow up interview with me over the telephone, and asked me the same thing. This was for a K1 fiance visa. They never asked about photos of this though. I think that asking for pictures of this definitely crosses the line. We did have pictures of us kissing, or being affectionate.

Good luck to you in your Journey!

Congratulations!!! This is great! Have a safe trip to your new home!

hey guys i am sorry to hear that ,but i think we still have a big chance and now when we really need to be more strong and fast..., so i think that the co had a doubt that u guys are already married and they think you was wrong cause you applied in the k1 Instead of k3? Hanni what did they asked you and what happened in the interview like what was the questions from the beginning till the end ,just to make sure like this we can really understand what did happened buddy !!?

hamza

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

I'm so happy the long wait has ended for you guys!!

So --- when's he coming?

Malarie

Thank you Well, he went today to hand in his current police record, and passport! We are hoping he can be here before Christmas! I'm not sure how long it will take them to get the visa done...but he will go get it as soon as they call him

congratulationnnn im so happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy for youuu guyssss i swear, now its maaa tiiiiiime for the call from the embassy loll

Thank you!! I hope its your time soon too! Good luck!

Congrats on the good news

YAY, thank you.We have been waiting for "tommorrow", and I guess "tommorow" finally came !

Hey everyone. I just had to share our happy news! We got an email today for Hamza to bring his passport, and a new police record....because we are approved! YAY! So excited!

The embassy wants his passport!

Thats Great!!! Congratulations. Before you know it, he will be home !

Can I ask if you know why you got the AP?

I am more and more convinced ours is a background check.

They wanted to check the validity of our relationship. So they did an interview with me, and also interviewed my fiance's father. I have called DOS and they have told me on two different occasions that it looks like the interviews went well, and that maybe now we are just waiting on background checks... or just for them to give an answer.

If your not sure why your in AP, look at all the questions they asked him in the interview. What kind of questions were they, were they really digging for some information about your relationship ? Was is a fairly simple interview ? Some embassy's simply wont tell you why your in AP. Hopefully it will move fast for you. There are some who have been in AP for...forever. I try not to think about that, cause it makes me sick.... and just feel lucky that so far this is not the case for us, and pray it wont go that way. Good luck.

Danni

Hi Everyone Hamza and I have been in AP/AR for 102 days (that's counting the 31st days in Aug, and Oct)I hope everyone has a speedy AP! Good luck to everyone. The best way I have found to pass the time, is to try to forget about it, and keep close with your SO!

Danni

Nevermind to my question above. I'm glad they said the interviews went well. I hope you get that approval soon.

Thanks for asking about us! We are hoping to get it soon too. Everyday we say, "maybe tomorrow?"....SOOOo... maybe tomorrow... Right ? )

Thanks

Danni

how they get his dad phone number ? , and why they did this , and in case his dad dont like the relationship or dont know about it did they will not issue a visa ?

We sent in letters to the Embassy, from friends and family. The letters, all acknowledged our relationship and said they are o kay about it. Each family, and friend put their phone numbers on the letter... so the embassy could call if they had any questions. There might have been an official form we filled out with their numbers on too...(can't remember) I guess family support of the relationship is something they sometimes look for. Maybe they look for this more in the Fraud countries, and countries where family acceptance is very big culturally. Also because we have different religions, they think this is something the family might not agree upon. I think really they are just searching for a reason to deny. If his family didn't like the fact that our religions are different then maybe the embassy would see this as strange, for a muslim man to go against the wishes of his family, and then see it as fraud... and that he is just trying to get to the USA ? I honestly don't know why the embassy does half of what they do....its all a guess. BUT just be honest, and you have nothing to worry about! I hope everything will go smooth for you , in your journey. Good luck !

omg how many quiz all that quiz why they do people like this its realy annoying , just cuse they can it didnt mean they can do people like this it realy make me upset , hope every thing work good with you

Thank you, everything is going o kay. We are still waiting on an answer from the Embassy. DOS has told me that our interviews appeared to go really well, and that it looks like they are just doing background checks now. So hopefully this is true, and we will hear something soon.

It is annoying to be quizzed on personal things, but I think it wasn't too bad. I have heard of interviews, that were much more thorough and lil more scary. They ppl at the embassy that Hamza and I dealt with were actually very nice, for the most part. Hopefully, you will have a more smooth process, with less quizzing. Just try to be calm, and not worry.

DOS, actually gave me some sort of useful information today. At least it helps me to feel a lil more calm. They said they wanted to read my notes, and to hold. They were gone for a couple mins and then came back and said that it looks like all the interviews went well, and that now they are just doing some administrative processing. I said, so you mean all they are doing now, are the background checks. She said yes, looks like they are just doing this type of work on your case now.

So I feel relieved that the notes say that our interviews went well. Im feeling like I dont have to worry about us being denied, or that they do not belive in the validity of our relationship. I think now we just have to worry about how long we will be in background checks.

Danni

I suggest that you scan and email them any new evidence you can add. This may be a coincidence but.... I scanned in copies of phone records from the interview date to the current date and also sent them a copy of my Algerian Visa and my flight information for where I'm going to see him later this month. The next day they called him with the approval. We are now waiting on them to call him to pick up this passport. It's been over a week and a half just waiting for that! They certainly don't get in any hurry for ANYTHING!

Hang in there. You are in my prayers.

We are working on things to send them. The most we could send would be a couple weeks of chat logs. The computer I was using previously to talk to Hamza is no longer functioning, so I don't have any conversations saved from his interview till the point the computer broke. (other then the past couple weeks). I could send a phone log of texts sent back and forth. We don't call each other, because using the computer and web cam is financially more logical for us. I'm not able to go to Algeria at this point, so I wont have any visa, or airline tickets purchased to show them. Maybe we can find other things to send. I have called them a few times to ask if there is anything we can show them, to help prove our relationship is real... and they always so NO, if we need something we will call and ask for it. So i don't know. We are trying to come up with some things to send anyway

Were you in AP, or AR ? Were they just doing background checks, or were they questioning the validity of your relationship ?

you did good by contacting your congressman, very often they are so helpful. you can do nothing more than contacting your consulate from time to time and ask about your case, but for sure they `r going to call Hamza.

Best luck to you both.

Thanks for we are hoping the call him soon Maybe on Sunday

i will pray with you, and with us too lollll, after his interview they gave him back his passport or they keep it ?

Thanks, we will keep you in our thoughts, and prayers too They did not keep his passport, because he was not approved. They put him under administrative review, to further investigate our relationship. Since then they have done a telephonic interview with me, and a telephonic interview with Hamza's father. When I ended my interview, I asked how much longer it might be before we hear thier decision... and they said they are near the end of thier reviewing our case.

Danni

It's really just a waiting game and there's not much that can be done to speed things up. I think inquiring(after reasonable amounts of time) can be a good idea though. We waited 3 months for my husband's file to be transferred to Rome because of background checks. Just before the 90 day mark we had our senator make an inquiry and very shortly thereafter Rome confirmed receipt of his waivers. I'm not sure if it was a coincidence or if the Senator really helped. Generally, people say that they can't do anything to speed up AP/AR.

Hey, thanks for the reply. So I guess there is no one else we can contact besides our congressman or senator? Well, I guess we will just keep our fingers crossed, and hope we hear from them sooner, rather then later. I just didnt wanna take any chance I was not doing something I could be doing, to speed things up.

Danni

Let me know, if you find there is something more you can do! Im sorry they have made you wait so long. I get sick at the idea of waiting for 8 months, let alone years !! Good luck to you. Hopefully soon, there will be some good news for you

Danni

I'M trying to see what else we can do also I contacted my congressmen also. I first contacted her more then a month ago and they still have not gotten a responce so she sent another one today. I told her I understand this takes time but it's been 8 months which is crazy, to which she said "I've seen some cases take serveral Years" I don't think I can take several years of waitting. I don't know who else to contact, we've talked to lawyers, congresen, senetars emailled embasy my husband tried going to the embasyy nothing, mean while my sister inlaw from the same embassy got hers in a month do did my other Sil and my cousins and other users in this fourm also only waited 1-3 months and had the visa but still here almost 8 months latter with no update.

Let me know, if you find there is something more you can do! Im sorry they have made you wait so long. I get sick at the idea of waiting for 8 months, let alone years !! Good luck to you. Hopefully soon, there will be some good news for you

Danni

My husband's interview was just a week after yours in Jordan. I was there and the interview was awful... separated us and interviewed us and all and we are in AP now too.

I can't get any help! My senator's office emailed the embassy and they told him 5 months or less.

I know it's not much help for you, but just know you aren't alone!

Thanks for the reply, I know were not alone. I'm afraid its not a comforting thought though. I don't wish anyone else be in this situation too. I know there are plenty who have waited so much longer then us too:(. Sorry to hear that your senator wasn't much help. I hope you hear some good news soon. I was just hoping maybe there was someone else I could get involved. I just don't want to leave any stone unturned.

Danni

Thanks, we are using his help already... he has given us lots of hope, and patience Good luck to you! I hope you don't need to wait much longer!

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to see if I could get some advice here. Hamza and I have been in AR for 78 days now. I know this is not too long, comparativly. Im just wondering is there anyone other then our congressmen that we can get involved at this point to hurry things along. My congressmen has been really good about emailing them, and asking for a status, but she says there is not much more that she can do. Is there anyone else that can help us?

Thanks for any advice

Danni

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to see if I could get some advice here. My fiance and I have been in AR for 78 days now. I know this is not too long, comparativly. Im just wondering is there anyone other then our congressmen that we can get involved at this point to hurry things along. My congressmen has been really good about emailing them, and asking for a status, but she says there is not much more that she can do. Is there anyone else that can help us?

Thanks for any advice

Danni

YAY!! Congratulations !!

Congratulations Mandy!! So SOOOOON, you will be together again!

How many rooms in the hotel!!??!! Holy cow I don't think I could answer that question... who pays attention to such a thing? I wonder what he was looking for with the final question?

What's DOS?

haha Sorry, Not how many rooms in the hotel. How many rooms did we have ? Sometimes I confuse,even myself! Im not sure what he was looking for in the last answer. Maybe to see if Im so serious about the relationship, that I would be willing to move to another country ?

DOS Department Of State.

They can give you information on the status of your visa. Nothing more then what the Embassy would tell you, but its not an international number...so its cheaper!

Danni