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Make sure to call for their hours...They don't operate many hours and have certain days....Don't make a wasted trip. Call...If she has ever been married, she will need to show her divorce papers...they may or may not ask for them....also take her passport and birth certificate too since she should already have this for the process. It is actually two papers from the Embassy...a letter of Eligibility to marry (meaning she is single and divorce is final) and a letter stating her nationality. You pay for BOTH but they put it on one sheet! I don't remember what the fees were in 2008.

If you already have a NVC case #...Call NVC and ask them. They have always been helpful to me.

I mailed the Original from Morocco and a copy I printed here from copier, and I sent the English translation of the marriage certificate from Morocco and I also made a copy and sent it as well...all translated in Morocco with the official Moroocan stamps/seals........Im not sure of NVC requirements, so if you are trying to save international mail time, call first to be 100% sure before you get it translated here in the USA. NVC will guide you and all originals will be sent back to the Embassy or to you if you ask or include letter detailing you need them back.

Monica, I too am so sorry. I was hoping for some good news and a turn around with this consulate. They would get tired of hearing from me. I would keep calling and e-mailing. What puzzles me is the fact they tell you guys to go get married and file CR-1 but then, not all CR-1's get approved and its not a given. A CR-1 will take you almost a year. Stay strong and positive.

Monica....HOPEFULLY this will be the news you both have been waiting to hear! It almost sounds like they still have a couple unanswered questions (because to continue interview in the back and in a room) but at same time BRING your passport implies they are leaning toward APPROVAL. I can imagine you both have been sitting on pins and needles with the waiting. I wish you both the best of luck..Try to focus on each other and enjoy your travel and weekend....Have a SAFE flight!......Fingers are crossed for you guys....Lisa

We had to furnish an English translator as well! It had to be someone "OTHER" than him or me of course...In Eljadida they made sure I was aware of what I was signing and also if I understood I could have provisions list in the marriage deed, etc and if the DOWRY was agreed upon. We had to find our own Arabic/English translator and we also had to find two Abdous on our own...they did not furnish them. You may want to check with his city on this as well so you can be prepared. That alone cost us a day of running around and waiting on the Abdous' schedules and going back and forth to offices.

You are so right!! This was exactly what we had to do too except go to Casa, back to his city and to Rabat TWICE and same ordeal at all these unorganized offices. Not to forget the traffic accident where my husband banged the King's family car their driver were driving so I had to take a taxi while he waited at the accident scene for hours...also the speeding ticket we got on the way and our tires were CHAINED when we had parked and we had to pay, but other drivers were parked in same area and no chains.....(They must have seen us get out of the car,lol)...what us women will go through for love.

We too had to wait for everything to be mailed and to get this APPROVAL letter! You are one step closer....Our journeys will soon be over. Im glad you enjoyed your party.

Okay let me make this clear., I am from the U.S., My EX is from the U.S. and Mohammed is from Casablanca, Morocco. I am totally lost with your question regarding:

your quote:

To the OP, I don't think it's the income that have you posting, it seems as if there is something else that may be of concern to you. My question was asked because if the 3 of you are from the same country and if there is some type of family connection then will be come up for discussion in the interview.

What else do you find that is concerning to me???? I just wanted to know if my income was suitable and now I am being questioned about a family connection. Are you even reading any other postings that are being placed on my page? Other people seem to get what I am trying to ask but for some reason you keep going back to what is the connection with my ex? There is NO connection., we are not family LMBO

Darlene...You posted here for help, and the more you tried to explain, the more Private and financial details you had to give about your financial wealth and circumstances on a public board. I would not go into how much your ex has given you, etc. You never know who is reading this board for starters. Also it opens up for all kinds of thoughts and I too like Life-journey had wandered too what the connection is and we are not CO's. With our thoughts going in opposite direction, it can help you see what thoughts might too go through the CO's mind and Morocco consulate is TOUGH! They try everything to DENY these men from coming. They might not understand how a woman can live with an EX for 10 years and then meeta foreigner and fall in love. You know Morocco is very high in Fraud and Scams. Alot of these men are known to prey on the weak and emotional and lonely and wealthy. Because you may be wealthier than most, have not moved on in 10 years, and marrying a foreigner...They will most likely have lots of questions like anyone would. Please don't beat us up here on VJ. We are trying to understand and give opinions how we see things to HELP, not to HURT you. Some of us at VJ may not have a way of wording it sensitively. Just know and have your Fiance prepared to answer all these questions and how he will need to reply. Yes, some remain as much friends with the Ex's as possible with children involved but we usually don't continue living with the Ex's for 10 years for sake of the kids. I'm not saying you are wrong. It is your choice and you are giving up a lot financially to marry the love of your life. That too is a PLUS, but I am afraid if they know you have all this money...and they are looking for reasons to DENY, they may use your wealth against this man especially if he is poor or middle-class. They may even think and try to say you and the EX is only trying to help him come to USA because of Economical reasons since you still live with the Ex. ???? What are your thoughts?? You can privately e-mail me if you rather not discuss it here publically.

JimVaPhuong, thanks so much for your reply. I see what you mean by having three independents now. As far as the 401K plan yes I can cash it out with only federal and state penalties. I received this under the divorce laws and filed a Quadro which means I don't have to pay further penalties. So even, if I decided to cash it out, I will still end up with a six figure amount. By the time we are married, I would assume to be working with intent to be working soon. It has just been too soon to start looking for a job since I just moved out of my original home and into a new one. I have spent more than 20,000 dollars in the last year and a half traveling to Morocco in hotel, car, plane, apt rentals, food, etc., but one thing for sure, until this journey is over, I will continue to make great effort in keeping this relationship happy by seeing him as often as I can. I wonder if others are in the same boat as I am when it comes to this financial burden that weights on my mind daily.

Darlene, I made only about $44,000-50,000 a year with some overtime and award money figured in from my current employer. I have been to see my husband twice... once about 9 months after we started talking and another trip about 4 months later....and now the month of April 2010, marked a year since I have seen my husband in person (14 months- spent our 1 year anniversary APART!)...yes it is a sacrifice and a financial burden, and we all wish to see our husbands/fiance's often as we can,(every 3-4 months would be NICE) but sometimes we have to both have common sense and LOGIC and LOTS of patience to know that spending all this money traveling back and forth should not just be the financial burden of the wife...sounds like you are paying it all on your own.....You are just starting your process, but lucky for you...you are filing the Fiance visa which may get him here sooner "IF" consulate approves him.... Lucky for you, you have a large sum in 401K settlement from the Ex...My question would be as a CO...why would you consider using child support money and possibly take from her to sponser your fiance? Would this open the CO to ask him more questions? I know your daughter is only 12...I have a 13 and 15 year old daughter and a 24 year old son & I can tell you even with my OWN EARNED money my kids have at times resented me spending the little I have spent to get my husband here. Kids have a different mind when it comes to love. Yes they accept him and is ok with him coming but still there are lots of unanswered and unasked questions on their part and jealousies of what he may be taking that they feel should be theirs. I have fought lots of battles for our love to stay in tact.....if your fiance loves you which I am sure he does...(you appear to be a beautiful woman and I am sure kind-hearted too from reading about your spending)...your fiance should understand and also should encourage you to travel less so you can save what money you do have until you are more settled in with your future and finding a job. I would think find a sponser too would be easier.

My other question would be...why does it seem less is pushed on Fiance visa's with the affidavit of support from reading here like it is a mere option but yet on the Cr-1's we are FORCED to sign or a chance he gets denied?? I don't understand why it seems one is less important than the other when no matter HOW he gets here he can still be a government burden and they should be treated equally. Am I misunderstanding the AOS? I read and felt like it was no option and that is why we had to pay for the AOS fee bill BEFORE we could proceed to the next step and documents at NVC.

Darlene, I hope you get this all figured out. Talk to the fiance and Darlene, sacrificing NOT seeing him in person DOES NOT mean you love him any less. He will understand and if not, he is not worth having (just my opinion). Your daughter and her welfare should be his main concern and not how many times you can make it to Morocco. (why is he letting you pay for everything?) $20,000 is ALOT of money on trips to not share in the expenses. Maybe you can afford it but I know I can not on $44,000-50,000 year with kids to care for. You are lucky,lol. My EX refuses to pay any child support for his children.

Im not sure of the "appropriate" way but I attached a sheet typed out with my husband's Ds-230....one for his work history and one sheet for his education and dates so I could explain gaps in his education and work history for the 10 years asked to report for the work history. I did this only because he had stopped college and then returned another two years to finish to obtain his degree. (2 year lapse in education)

Also with the most recent employer, the company had unemployed him due to car accident (he is driver) and then two months later they called and hired him back. I think our case is about to be finished at NVC...the operator looked in the system and he said everything looks fine and is ok they just want to see the casier Judiciaire I did not mail and we are waiting on arriving hopefully next week.

I would not stress much over it...be sure to put his name and Petition type and case number on all documents on top right hand corner.

I made sure I did the sheets similar to and questions asked on the document.

I just sent our I 130 with a copy of our marriage certificate and translation...was I supposed to send the original??

Did you send a copy of the Arabic marriage certificate?

I sent the Eglish translation of it but did not have the Arabic version here and did not include it.....They told me to send the Original to be safe and they mailed it back to me when we got a case closed at USCIS. Maybe you will be ok if you had a copy of the ARABIC writing marriage certificate with stamps...we had English translation with the stamps saying Deed of Marriage...etc.

We married in Morocco and didn't have to do anything there to change the last name. She will go to the Social security administration in USA and change her name to the new marriage name and she will go to the drivers license division to change her last name and she will need to eventually change her last name on her passport. The Moroccan marriage is already recognized in USA so no need to do anything else.....I also took my marriage certificate to my work human resources office to change my new marriage name on my personell records and my payroll and to add him to my blue Coss Blue Shield insurance and he will be added on your 401 k plan too I think and your retirement....I think this is automatically when you are married. Don't forget name change on all bank accounts too and mail.

hey everyone ,

me and my fiancee (from usa) want to marry here in morocco and we need some help

after we marry here my fiancee want to change her last name to my last name so we both will have the same last name , and we need help is tht a good thing or not and to let everyone know we r going to fill CR1 Thank U

Good Morning MENA, hope everything is great back in the States and everyone enjoys their long weekend! We're just lounging around here in Casa, something smells good in the air- wish it was a Memorial Day cookout!

Sarah

Sarah you are lucky to be in Morocco...I would love to be there! So enjoy and don't feel like you are missing too much. I would rather be eating some Moroccan food right now and visiting family there. Can we trade places?? Have a SUPER SUNDAY to you too!! Thanks for thinking of us today here at VJ.

I hope this doesn't come across too bold....I'm sure it will. What do you mean by YOU ARE TIRED OF WAITING if your wife can't get a sponsor and you said you will just give up? Immigration is a VERY SLOW process. You make it sound like if she can't sponsor you for the visa, you are giving up on your marriage and moving on. Was it a marriage for love or visa and are you being fair to this wife? If my husband told me this I am sure he will not have to give up...I would give up on him,lol....anyway, ask yourself why are you with your wife and why you married her? You make this simple post sound like you can just throw her away if she can't get you what you want and you know a lot of fraud and denial comes out of Morocco. For your wife's sake, I hope I am wrong. You must have known too there is that possibility of denial and do you love your wife enough to bring her to Morocco to live with you if she is willing? I would think too after marrying someone from USA and then finding another USA wife or other would red flag you in their system and set you up for denial in the future. I personally think if you made the choice to marry your wife with these obstacles & chances in the way, you should stiill be loyal to her and keep waiting for a better outcome if you truly love her, afterall you DID MARRY!....just my opinion for what it is worth.

Its a Beautiful day in Alabama. Hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend. It's my daughters 15th birthday today and she wants to go to the flea market and pick up some goodies. We haven't been there in years.

Would love to be at the Florida beaches. You are lucky to live there or near the beaches...Have a blessed day.

Welcome Deep2009

you still can make a case completed in May....

praying for no RFE.....

We will be here too...but wanted to add after NVC signed for our DS-230 on the 17th of May...it was not entered into the AVR as received until may 24th! so its not being processed and leaving NVC in the amount of days listed if it is taking a week to enter into the AVR. My Ds-230 was mailed in separate from AOS (waiting on documents abroad)...AOS is approved at this point. Hubby has mailed one of the missing police reports before we get hit with RFE (which is required for Morocco). Anyone know if we will have July or August interviews?

Oh. There are some workarounds for that as well I believe from what i have seen. But I dont want to suggest anything here on a forum. I would say just prepare all the documents and then once you are officially married, submit the I130 with the required documents.

Good luck.

We filed I-130...married abroad...USCIS automatically accepts this as the CR1....they had CR1 on all our coversheets to be mailed in with documents.

Hello everyone,

I have a questions:

1. On DS 230 question #32 List below all employment for the last 10 years. From 2005 to present, I don't have a permanent job anymore. I am a storekeeper supervisor before, but from 2005 to present, the only job that I have is a part time job. Sometimes I am Driver, Electrician and sometimes a plumber. All of these are daily basis salary and if there is an on-call job then that is only a time for me to work. What am I suppose to write on question #32? Is It UNEMPLOYED? Because I don't have a permanent job right now? Or I will write FREELANCE because I'm not working in a company? What am I suppose to write aside from FREELANCE? I don't want to become a "public charge" or might be denied during the interview.

2. In my application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration DS 230 question #12. Present Occupation. Do I need to write "Unemployed" I'm presently unemployed, or "Employed"? Am I might be denied during visa interview if I don't have a job?

3. During the interview at U.S. Embassy, Are they still needed to see my Income Tax Return? I'm not paying my tax because according to our Internal Revenue when I asked them, I am a tax exempted and no need to file, because I don't have a permanent job since 2005 to present.

Please help and thank you

Hello....I know why you feel concerned. I too helped my Moroccan husband fill out his application DS-230 and I didn't want the Embassy to think my husband is lazy or worthless and looking for an easy escape from his country on a visa. He too until this past 6 months had previously had just odd and end jobs that lasted like 2-3 months at a time, but I didn't want to not list any jobs, so what I did was I put the two months last summer he did acting in a Lenanese movie and provided the links for proof, I put where he had opened a store on the beach for about 3 months selling drinks, sweets and ice-cream.......(I put he was self-employed during that time).......I also put where he had worked in summer renting out apartments/homes to tourists.......Of course he had jobs he had trained for like 3 months at a time where there was NO PAY, just promise of getting the job, and I chose not to bother writing these down. If I was an Interviewer in a country like Morocco where so much fraud is coming out of the country scamming women for visas, and they are already so harsh on giving visa's I too would wonder why a healthy man is NOT working..just my opinion for what it is worth. I think not having anything listed may subject you to harsher interview?? Maybe a few others will put their opinions here too and agree or not agree. When he attended college and took like a 3-4 year break and went back to obtain his degree I listed that time frame as well on a separate sheet of paper so they will not wonder if I just failed to list or complete the work history for the 10 years requested. My Ds-230 is just now entered into the AVR so Im not sure how our's will turn out.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

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I remember in the past the payment portal kept going down. Calling them would be the best alternative!! Unless you are expecting a Signed in Failed!!!!!

Ok thanks...I will try again today....I just talked with an operator at NVC and she said she is seeing nothing in the computer and she said our files could still possibly be in the mail room,lol after a week? Our AOS is approved and it was sent on a separate date so I was hoping the DS-230 would be sooner if no RFE's and I have seen cases where both AOS and DS-230 getting approved in a couple of weeks. Of course she said it normally takes about 4-6 weeks to approve. I know this is usually not the case.......Hopefully someone is already working on our DS-230 and have not wasted a week for nothing,lol....again thanks!

Im trying to sign in at the state payment portal for NVC and Im getting an Error message Try again later and I tried closing my browser and reopening and THE SAME THING! Is it my computer or is it down? AVR has not updated my case since April 13th and the operator told me it should be updated by 6 days from May 17 and today is 7.......my AOS is approved already.......Documents for DS-230 was delivered to NVC on May 17th.... Im hoping for an interview soon and no RFE's!! (praying)...Thnaks for any input...Im trying to call and see if they can tell me anything today as far as if they got everything they needed and no RFE's shown so far.........Lisa

I did not include the receipt page because it said do not send receipt page..only the document cover sheet which is really your receipt because you would never be allowed this sheet to print unless NVC changed your staus on-line from processing to PAID! I will go look again.

I have to AGREE! Where someone went to Elementary school and middle school or high school when we were kids do not prove if someone loves us because they may happen to have a great memory and the scoop that these questions will be asked. If we were not members here at VJ and try to help one another through topics such as A&S bad experience, we would NEVER know these questions would be asked and frankly, .my husband and I have never discussed my schooling. He knows I work at a great company and I didn't have to go to college thankfully, I got lucky.

If a man was going to con a woman for a visa, he would study hard and be prepared to pass...it's their game. Anyway, I hope this turns out to be a success story. Thanks for sharing.

Sorry for the skipped letters and spacing on the original posting. I should have proof-read.

I have a question? People get denied for K-1 Fiancee visa and then they go to Morocco to marry and file a CR-1...but its same people interviewing...same files.....no guarantees you will be approved just because you went and married. I would be afraid of getting rejected and having to be forced to marry knowing it was rejected and then if you are not willing and have children, then what? You are forced to move to Morocco? Do you get divorced if denied the second time? Or do you travel and see your spouse once or twice a year?? Im hoping our case does not leave us with these hard questions to have to answer.

Correct me if I am wrong please...being married to a Moroccan DOES NOT guarantee you a visa to USA? I ask these questions, only because I have a 13 and 15 year old I solely provide for and I get no support from their biological father and they have let me know in advance, they would never move to Morocco. I have promised my husband that one day if he wishes when we are older and children are on their own, I would agree to move to Morocco if it is his wish...but only because I think it's selfish for me not to share in locations since he has gave up half his life to leave his family. So I want to be fair but he says we will see the situation if the time ever arouses. I am curious of others input and what will A&S or we do if this happens? What are our options, since obviously A&S and all of us loves our spouses???

I have to AGREE! Where someone went to Elementary school and middle school or high schol when we were kids do not prove if someone loves us because they may happen to have a great memory and the scoop that these questions will be asked. If we were not members here at VJ and try to help one another through topics such as A&S bad experience, we would NEVER know these questions would be asked and frankl, .my husband and I have never discussed my schooling. He knows I work at a great company and I didn't have to go to college thankfully, I got lucky.

Ifa man was going to con a woman for a visa, he would study hard and be prepared to pass...it's their game. Anyway, I hope this turns out to be a success story. Thanks for sharing.