Moroccan Interview Experiences?

[jennifernhoussine 0]

With our interview date coming up in January, I wanted to ask about your visa interview experiences at the Moroccan consulate. I am not so much concerned with the specific question asked, because everyone has been so good about giving that information previously. I read the VJ reviews, but I still have several specific questions to ask, so that I can compare and get a realistic idea about how things play out with the interviews.

- Were you married or engaged before the interview?

- Did you go to Morocco for the interview?

- If you were there, did it really make a difference? Why do you think it did or did not help?

- If you were not there, do you think it would have helped if you were there? Did the interviewer say anything like “too bad she’s not here to explain” or “if she really loved you she would be here”, etc?

- Which interviewer did you have?

- What was the interviewer’s attitude? Did they try to insult your relationship, were they cynical and negative, did they just stick to business and ask their questions, were they somewhat friendly and positive?

- Was the interview in English? Did they offer it in any other language? What is your guy’s level in English? Did that have a significant impact on the interview outcome?

- Did the interviewer ask “What will you do if you are denied”? What was your guy’s answer to that?

- If you have kids, did the interviewer ask questions about your husband’s expected relationship with your children? Like “how will you deal with having children” or “what role do you expect to have in the children’s lives”?

- Did you have a co-sponsor? Did your guy take the co-sponsor papers to the interview? Did the interviewer look at the co-sponsor stuff?

- They ask for so much proof (pictures, email, phone records, etc) in the packet your guy received, but did the interviewer actually take or look at all the stuff your guy brought to the interview? (some people said the consulate never even took the proof/evidence)

- Did they keep his passport after the interview?

- Was he approved on the spot, or did they have to review it some more? If he was approved immediately, how long did it take to get his visa? If he had to wait, how long was the wait until he was approved and then got his visa?

Houssain is not at all worried about the interview. He is more worried about having the time to get everything done before the interview, and having enough money saved for everything (including plane tickets, if approved). I tried to explain to him, no matter how solid our relationship is, it’s still intimidating that a single person working in the consulate has the power to decide the direction our lives will take. If that man or woman is having a long, hard day, they just may not be in an “approving mood”.

[New Beginnings 32]

- Were you married or engaged before the interview? Married

- Did you go to Morocco for the interview? No, I wasn't able to go

- If you were there, did it really make a difference? Why do you think it did or did not help? N/A

- If you were not there, do you think it would have helped if you were there? Did the interviewer say anything like “too bad she’s not here to explain” or “if she really loved you she would be here”, etc? Nope, that was never said during the interview

- Which interviewer did you have? K3 interview with the blonde haired woman, CR-1 Interview with a long black haired lady

- What was the interviewer’s attitude? Did they try to insult your relationship, were they cynical and negative, did they just stick to business and ask their questions, were they somewhat friendly and positive? The blonde woman was rude and even before my husband spoke accused him of lying to her. But

he passed that interview. The dark haired woman was very nice to my husband.

- Was the interview in English? Did they offer it in any other language? What is your guy’s level in English? Did that have a significant impact on the interview outcome? The interview was in english, my husband speaks very good english. I don't know if that had an impact.. I'm assuming it did

- Did the interviewer ask “What will you do if you are denied”? What was your guy’s answer to that? he was never asked that

- If you have kids, did the interviewer ask questions about your husband’s expected relationship with your children? Like “how will you deal with having children” or “what role do you expect to have in the children’s lives”? No kids

- Did you have a co-sponsor? Did your guy take the co-sponsor papers to the interview? Did the interviewer look at the co-sponsor stuff? No co-sponser.

- They ask for so much proof (pictures, email, phone records, etc) in the packet your guy received, but did the interviewer actually take or look at all the stuff your guy brought to the interview? (some people said the consulate never even took the proof/evidence) The interviewer took all our chats and e-mails and I'm assuming they read it. They also looked at the pictures.

- Did they keep his passport after the interview? Yes, they kept his passport

- Was he approved on the spot, or did they have to review it some more? If he was approved immediately, how long did it take to get his visa? If he had to wait, how long was the wait until he was approved and then got his visa? We went into AP after the K3 interview, a few weeks later we had the Cr-1 interview which cancelled the K3, after 2 weeks we had the visa!

[jomegared 0]

All I am going to say, is if you are MARRIED before your K1 INTERVIEW, they will deny you.

You cannot be married and apply for a fiancee visa.

[New Beginnings 32]

All I am going to say, is if you are MARRIED before your K1 INTERVIEW, they will deny you.

You cannot be married and apply for a fiancee visa.

I don't think the person was asking only for K1 experiences, just interview experience which is why they start with were you married before the interview.. that way people know that it's about a K1 or a Cr/Ir-1 or K3