Interviewed today, Case is in AP

[zoso 0]

I had my IR-1 interview today at in Doha, Qatar. My wife and 6months old daughter was with me at the interview. We reached there at 10:15 am, got a number and waiting. Six people were in front of us. At 11:30 am we were called to a window, an Arabic guy checked papers, fingerprints, passport, and photos and asked if my daughter is an American, yes! She is. We were asked to wait.

At 12.15 pm we were called to a consular at different window and interview starts. We took lots of our pictures, printouts, bills and so on but unfortunately consular did not asked for even a single evidence but good thing was that he was the same consular we reported birth of our daughter five months ago.

Interview question started with my immigration problem back in 2006(did not attend school and got voluntary departure from Judge).He asked for my immigration papers. My lawyer prepared for a formal petition stating why I should not have a bar, so i gave that one. Some of the questions were

- Why u didn’t go to school

- Why u stayed in US for five month if u stopped going to school

- Who financed while staying there

- When i got married (we got married same yr i stopped going to school, so he thought marriage is my purpose for going to US but we were in love 4 yrs before we got married.

- Asked about how we met

- What i was doing back in 2002(time we first met and i was going to School)

- When i came back after graduation (graduation 2004, came back 2005)

- Asked me what i was doing after graduation

- What was my intention going to school second time?

Consular kept saying that he doesn’t understand why i stayed five months if i stopped going to school. I answered him that i was in the process of changing school.

Bottom line, i was hammered with questions asking why i stayed without going to school and what was my intention. No question was asked to my wife. Whole interview took about 20 min.

At the end consulate told me that he is NOT going to hold me for staying after school and also will NOT hold me for unlawful presence . He needs to check if i need any weiver from immigration side.He handed me with a white paper saying

X Section 221 (g)which prohibits..................................

Needs further processing.

Sorry to make the story long. After 3 yrs of waiting another journy begins.....

[Audy_Rob 26]

I had my IR-1 interview today at in Doha, Qatar. My wife and 6months old daughter was with me at the interview. We reached there at 10:15 am, got a number and waiting. Six people were in front of us. At 11:30 am we were called to a window, an Arabic guy checked papers, fingerprints, passport, and photos and asked if my daughter is an American, yes! She is. We were asked to wait.

At 12.15 pm we were called to a consular at different window and interview starts. We took lots of our pictures, printouts, bills and so on but unfortunately consular did not asked for even a single evidence but good thing was that he was the same consular we reported birth of our daughter five months ago.

Interview question started with my immigration problem back in 2006(did not attend school and got voluntary departure from Judge).He asked for my immigration papers. My lawyer prepared for a formal petition stating why I should not have a bar, so i gave that one. Some of the questions were

- Why u didn’t go to school

- Why u stayed in US for five month if u stopped going to school

- Who financed while staying there

- When i got married (we got married same yr i stopped going to school, so he thought marriage is my purpose for going to US but we were in love 4 yrs before we got married.

- Asked about how we met

- What i was doing back in 2002(time we first met and i was going to School)

- When i came back after graduation (graduation 2004, came back 2005)

- Asked me what i was doing after graduation

- What was my intention going to school second time?

Consular kept saying that he doesn’t understand why i stayed five months if i stopped going to school. I answered him that i was in the process of changing school.

Bottom line, i was hammered with questions asking why i stayed without going to school and what was my intention. No question was asked to my wife. Whole interview took about 20 min.

At the end consulate told me that he is NOT going to hold me for staying after school and also will NOT hold me for unlawful presence . He needs to check if i need any weiver from immigration side.He handed me with a white paper saying

X Section 221 (g)which prohibits..................................

Needs further processing.

Sorry to make the story long. After 3 yrs of waiting another journy begins.....

Actually, considering how bad your situation is, this report sounds very good.

1) It is normal that the Visa interview is about you, the Alien beneficiary. It is not unusual that there were no questions for your wife. Questions about the beneficiary should be raised at the Petition stage or could be at the Embassy.

2) It is very good that the Consular officer said he was not going to hold against you those transgressions (violations of law or procedures) from your schooling and leaving school and overstaying your visa. Just be patient. It sounds good.

[Darnell 8,478]

Interviewed today, Case is in AP Really dont know what to do

Now you must wait until case is OUT of AP. Since the ConOff did not ask for other documents,

and since the ConOff did NOT take yer passport -

get prepared for a longish wait, anywhere from 2 months to 18 months.

IF / WHEN the AP is finished, and you are still found worthy to be issued a visa -

You'll receive something in the mail or email, later, asking you to come in with yer passport, to get that Visa Stamp.

Good Luck !

[Audy_Rob 26]

While it is never clear how long you will be in AP, I still think this is a very good report. It sounds like the Consular Officer wants to grant the visa, but as you said, he wants to check first if you need a waiver from immigration.

He is only checking on the need for the waiver so he can grant the Visa. If he was going to deny you the visa, he would not be checking to see if you need a waiver.

Be positive, I am sorry you do not know how long you will be in AP, hopefully the CO cares and will move the matter along very quickly.

Good luck.