Cairo Interview Experience

[Jill/Mosaad 0]

First of all, let me thank everyone for all the help I received here on VJ. and thank you for all ur kind regards :x

I sent Mosaad's packet back on April 17, 09, the embassy here in Cairo received it April 18, 09.. April 23, 09 Mosaad got a call on his cell from the embassy, asking him if he could come in on April 26, 09 for his interview. of couse he said yes. they said ok, great, we will send u out the appointment letter..we received the appointment letter April 24,09.

We arrived at the embassy late the morning of April 26 , due to a problem we had on the micro bus ( long story)

We got there at 8:30am... they looked at his interview letter outside the embassy, and said go ahead in. We went in, got our number to be called. and about 10 minutes after arriving . Mosaad was called to the window. it was an Egyptian woman, she asked for his original birth certificate, and his original military certificate. she was there with his file , collecting all his papers. Then he was asked to go and pay DHL, and pay the fee for the Visa application. and he was told , sit down and his number would be called again.. so we proceeded to pay the DHL and Visa app fee. and sat down, about 10/15 minutes later, he was called again. This time it was an American woman, and she took his fingerprints.. the fingerprints were electronically taken on a machine. he was told to sit back down, and his number would be called again.

Well, this time, we waited about an hour or so.. before they called his number... there were many guys ahead of him, and unfortunately most of them were completing the interviews and leaving with papers that stated , either there was not sufficient evidence, or their case was going under review to USCIS.

so to say the least, we got a bit discougaged, thinking maybe something was gonna go wrong with our case.

They called his number, and we proceeded to the window.. .it was an American woman, late 20's, long dark hair, (wavy) green eyes, and very kind looking.

Let me give you a list of questions ( not in order) that she asked Myself and Mosaad

Jill:

1. How long have you lived in Egypt

2. When did obtain your divorce

3. Is your ex husband currently a permanant resident/US citizen

4. Who is __________ ( joint sponsor)

5. Are you still sponsoring your ex husband?

6. Have you met all of Mosaad's family?

7. Are you close to his family?

8. Why have you been living here this long?

9. Do you work here , or did you work in USA?

10.Did you sign a rental agreement in USA? ( yes, btw)

11.Are you seeking US employment currently?

Mosaad:

1. Tell me about your arrest ( Mosaad was arrested once, so we had to write an explanation explaining)

2. What is Jill's Birth date

3. What city was she born in

4. What is Jill's mothers name

5. What is Jill's mothers birthdate ( why in the world she asked that, we don't know, LOL, but he didnt know the answer and the IO said, np)

6.Does Jill's mother approve of your marriage ?

7.How does your family feel about Jill?

8.What do you plan on doing in USA?

9. Did you have a wedding party?

10. How many and who attended?

just a brief run down on the pics.... This IO looked at every single picture we had, and I mean looked, and asked who every person in the picture was. she spent atleast a good 5 mintues commenting/looking at our pictures.

11.What do you love about your wife?

12. Have you been married before ?

13. Do you plan to marry again ? ( which struck me as odd, but that's what she asked LOL ) Mosaad said.. this is my first and last ... and he chuckled .. and the IO looked at me, and said wow.. what a catch LOL

I might of missed a question or 2, but it seemed like a string of questions we were asked.. the IO was very polite and calm, and laughed alot with us.

At the end of the interview, she said, well it seems like everything looks good, and in order, Im going to keep your passport Mosaad, and you will receive your visa in 2 weeks.

she said, congratulations and do you have any questions.. we said no, thank you so much. and that was it.

We were at the embassy from 8:30 am until 12:00pm

For anyone going thru DCF here in Egypt... as long as you have all the required paperwork and everything is in order, and you follow all instructions... and your of course legit your interview should be fine. it is for sure a nerve-racking day, but just tell the truth, and be calm. and things should run smoothly.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I feel I need to stress pictures... pictures with the family and also wedding pics... my IO seemed pretty interested with those. so if you don't have any, I would certainly invest some time in taking some with your husband's family.

and all questions asked on the DS 230, please know the answers .. they will ask you questions off of your visa application.

Good luck to all that are waiting, if I can be of any help to anyone here in Egypt, please feel free to let me know.

[nurse1967 287]

Congratulations Jill and Mosaad!! Glad everything went so well!!

[Nagishkaw 510]

Sounds good! CONGRATULATIONS!

[MsMariah 0]

Thanks for sharing all that! Congratulations! And what will be your first american meal, stateside?

Also, I second the importance of pictures, hubby's CO was all about the pictures and asking where they were taking, which family members are which at the wedding and so forth.

[Rainschild 0]

Congratulations :dance:

[Y's_habibitk 2]

congrats!!!

also, thank you so much for taking the time to give all of the details to help others

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Thanks for that. I'm fairly sure I encountered that exact lady at the window 2.5 years ago.

[doodlebugg 10]

congrats! you're lucky you got the nice lady!!

[aj1 1]

Oh that's fantastic news!! CONGRATULATIONS!!! to you both i wish you all the best in your new life together!!!

AJ1

[hollykay 0]

First of all, let me thank everyone for all the help I received here on VJ. and thank you for all ur kind regards :x

I sent Mosaad's packet back on April 17, 09, the embassy here in Cairo received it April 18, 09.. April 23, 09 Mosaad got a call on his cell from the embassy, asking him if he could come in on April 26, 09 for his interview. of couse he said yes. they said ok, great, we will send u out the appointment letter..we received the appointment letter April 24,09.

We arrived at the embassy late the morning of April 26 , due to a problem we had on the micro bus ( long story)

We got there at 8:30am... they looked at his interview letter outside the embassy, and said go ahead in. We went in, got our number to be called. and about 10 minutes after arriving . Mosaad was called to the window. it was an Egyptian woman, she asked for his original birth certificate, and his original military certificate. she was there with his file , collecting all his papers. Then he was asked to go and pay DHL, and pay the fee for the Visa application. and he was told , sit down and his number would be called again.. so we proceeded to pay the DHL and Visa app fee. and sat down, about 10/15 minutes later, he was called again. This time it was an American woman, and she took his fingerprints.. the fingerprints were electronically taken on a machine. he was told to sit back down, and his number would be called again.

Well, this time, we waited about an hour or so.. before they called his number... there were many guys ahead of him, and unfortunately most of them were completing the interviews and leaving with papers that stated , either there was not sufficient evidence, or their case was going under review to USCIS.

so to say the least, we got a bit discougaged, thinking maybe something was gonna go wrong with our case.

They called his number, and we proceeded to the window.. .it was an American woman, late 20's, long dark hair, (wavy) green eyes, and very kind looking.

Let me give you a list of questions ( not in order) that she asked Myself and Mosaad

Jill:

1. How long have you lived in Egypt

2. When did obtain your divorce

3. Is your ex husband currently a permanant resident/US citizen

4. Who is __________ ( joint sponsor)

5. Are you still sponsoring your ex husband?

6. Have you met all of Mosaad's family?

7. Are you close to his family?

8. Why have you been living here this long?

9. Do you work here , or did you work in USA?

10.Did you sign a rental agreement in USA? ( yes, btw)

11.Are you seeking US employment currently?

Mosaad:

1. Tell me about your arrest ( Mosaad was arrested once, so we had to write an explanation explaining)

2. What is Jill's Birth date

3. What city was she born in

4. What is Jill's mothers name

5. What is Jill's mothers birthdate ( why in the world she asked that, we don't know, LOL, but he didnt know the answer and the IO said, np)

6.Does Jill's mother approve of your marriage ?

7.How does your family feel about Jill?

8.What do you plan on doing in USA?

9. Did you have a wedding party?

10. How many and who attended?

just a brief run down on the pics.... This IO looked at every single picture we had, and I mean looked, and asked who every person in the picture was. she spent atleast a good 5 mintues commenting/looking at our pictures.

11.What do you love about your wife?

12. Have you been married before ?

13. Do you plan to marry again ? ( which struck me as odd, but that's what she asked LOL ) Mosaad said.. this is my first and last ... and he chuckled .. and the IO looked at me, and said wow.. what a catch LOL

I might of missed a question or 2, but it seemed like a string of questions we were asked.. the IO was very polite and calm, and laughed alot with us.

At the end of the interview, she said, well it seems like everything looks good, and in order, Im going to keep your passport Mosaad, and you will receive your visa in 2 weeks.

she said, congratulations and do you have any questions.. we said no, thank you so much. and that was it.

We were at the embassy from 8:30 am until 12:00pm

For anyone going thru DCF here in Egypt... as long as you have all the required paperwork and everything is in order, and you follow all instructions... and your of course legit your interview should be fine. it is for sure a nerve-racking day, but just tell the truth, and be calm. and things should run smoothly.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I feel I need to stress pictures... pictures with the family and also wedding pics... my IO seemed pretty interested with those. so if you don't have any, I would certainly invest some time in taking some with your husband's family.

and all questions asked on the DS 230, please know the answers .. they will ask you questions off of your visa application.

Good luck to all that are waiting, if I can be of any help to anyone here in Egypt, please feel free to let me know.

Congrats! Do you it went smoother with both of you at the interview. Inchaalah, Ahmed will have his interview later this year and I thinking about going over again for the interview.

Hollykay

[Lover500 0]

First of all, let me thank everyone for all the help I received here on VJ. and thank you for all ur kind regards :x

I sent Mosaad's packet back on April 17, 09, the embassy here in Cairo received it April 18, 09.. April 23, 09 Mosaad got a call on his cell from the embassy, asking him if he could come in on April 26, 09 for his interview. of couse he said yes. they said ok, great, we will send u out the appointment letter..we received the appointment letter April 24,09.

We arrived at the embassy late the morning of April 26 , due to a problem we had on the micro bus ( long story)

We got there at 8:30am... they looked at his interview letter outside the embassy, and said go ahead in. We went in, got our number to be called. and about 10 minutes after arriving . Mosaad was called to the window. it was an Egyptian woman, she asked for his original birth certificate, and his original military certificate. she was there with his file , collecting all his papers. Then he was asked to go and pay DHL, and pay the fee for the Visa application. and he was told , sit down and his number would be called again.. so we proceeded to pay the DHL and Visa app fee. and sat down, about 10/15 minutes later, he was called again. This time it was an American woman, and she took his fingerprints.. the fingerprints were electronically taken on a machine. he was told to sit back down, and his number would be called again.

Well, this time, we waited about an hour or so.. before they called his number... there were many guys ahead of him, and unfortunately most of them were completing the interviews and leaving with papers that stated , either there was not sufficient evidence, or their case was going under review to USCIS.

so to say the least, we got a bit discougaged, thinking maybe something was gonna go wrong with our case.

They called his number, and we proceeded to the window.. .it was an American woman, late 20's, long dark hair, (wavy) green eyes, and very kind looking.

Let me give you a list of questions ( not in order) that she asked Myself and Mosaad

Jill:

1. How long have you lived in Egypt

2. When did obtain your divorce

3. Is your ex husband currently a permanant resident/US citizen

4. Who is __________ ( joint sponsor)

5. Are you still sponsoring your ex husband?

6. Have you met all of Mosaad's family?

7. Are you close to his family?

8. Why have you been living here this long?

9. Do you work here , or did you work in USA?

10.Did you sign a rental agreement in USA? ( yes, btw)

11.Are you seeking US employment currently?

Mosaad:

1. Tell me about your arrest ( Mosaad was arrested once, so we had to write an explanation explaining)

2. What is Jill's Birth date

3. What city was she born in

4. What is Jill's mothers name

5. What is Jill's mothers birthdate ( why in the world she asked that, we don't know, LOL, but he didnt know the answer and the IO said, np)

6.Does Jill's mother approve of your marriage ?

7.How does your family feel about Jill?

8.What do you plan on doing in USA?

9. Did you have a wedding party?

10. How many and who attended?

just a brief run down on the pics.... This IO looked at every single picture we had, and I mean looked, and asked who every person in the picture was. she spent atleast a good 5 mintues commenting/looking at our pictures.

11.What do you love about your wife?

12. Have you been married before ?

13. Do you plan to marry again ? ( which struck me as odd, but that's what she asked LOL ) Mosaad said.. this is my first and last ... and he chuckled .. and the IO looked at me, and said wow.. what a catch LOL

I might of missed a question or 2, but it seemed like a string of questions we were asked.. the IO was very polite and calm, and laughed alot with us.

At the end of the interview, she said, well it seems like everything looks good, and in order, Im going to keep your passport Mosaad, and you will receive your visa in 2 weeks.

she said, congratulations and do you have any questions.. we said no, thank you so much. and that was it.

We were at the embassy from 8:30 am until 12:00pm

For anyone going thru DCF here in Egypt... as long as you have all the required paperwork and everything is in order, and you follow all instructions... and your of course legit your interview should be fine. it is for sure a nerve-racking day, but just tell the truth, and be calm. and things should run smoothly.

I can't speak for anyone else, but I feel I need to stress pictures... pictures with the family and also wedding pics... my IO seemed pretty interested with those. so if you don't have any, I would certainly invest some time in taking some with your husband's family.

and all questions asked on the DS 230, please know the answers .. they will ask you questions off of your visa application.

Good luck to all that are waiting, if I can be of any help to anyone here in Egypt, please feel free to let me know.

Congratulations on your visa. It seemed like it went pretty fast and flawless. I was wondering about how long youve been married; in egypt. I was also wondering how long the process took from the very beginning. Thanks

[It's me 1]

[SaadBell 0]

Thanks for sharing, this information is important and useful.

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[pRetTy_aNgeL 1]

Congratulations

[Ihavequestions 419]

Update:

Jill hasn't been around because she's busy PACKING - Mosaad got his passport back (with an approved visa) the 5th of this month, just about three months after they submitted the I-130 (DCF).

MAAAAABROOK!