Abuse of power in the American Consulate

[Beauty for Ashes 257]

I just wanted to add that she is a regular human being. I searched her on Google. She is Iranian American. She went to Harvard Law and worked at a firm in New York. She has an article published in a law journal about justice in the Sierra Leone. She donated $2100 to the Obama campaign. She was considered annoying by some of her Harvard classmates, and claims she is a direct descendant of Genghis Khan. She was crazy about Buffy the Vampire Slayer and picked it apart on online forums not unlike this one. She hated the movie Titanic. She's a film buff.

I'm saying all this to say, she is not a monster. She's just a person. A kid, really- she's doing her job the way she was told to.

If you really want to get your husbands past her, study posts on here about people's experiences with her. Watch the videos of her on youtube and get a feel for the type of person she is and figure out the best way to approach her. For GOD'S SAKE, BE PREPARED. Coming on here after the fact and complaining that she made your husband "nervous" isn't going to change the fact that she is the Chief of the non immigrant visa section at the consulate in Casablanca and she has the final say.

I am happy she is tough and frankly the pain the women get after they are abused for papers is intense and horrific. She is looking out for the US Citizens best interest and one thing to remember is that she sees men going back AFTER they have married Americans for papers every single day. It has to absolutely enrage some of these officers to see man after man entering the consulate after being married to an American and sponsoring women from back home. You have to look at it from the back side too. There is more to this than your petition as a wife. You have to look at the back story of what these women see each day.

She is a tough cookie and very very smart. I wish they were like this at every consulate. She has probably saved alot of women crushing heartache.

They see the results of greencard fraud 3 5 7 years later. They see the men after they are done with women over here and go back to marry the women that they wanted to marry to begin with.

I personally am happy she is tough, smart and isnt being snowed. Be prepared and have your papers tight with lots of documents

[KittyPollitt 284]

I also think they are doing a great job, considering what they deal with. Not trying to be mean, but pay attention to the timeline:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/211458-help-please/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/259018-please-help-about-k1-visa/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/297506-question-about-visa-k1/

I hope everyone knows how to google.

[milimelo 4,562]

I also think they are doing a great job, considering what they deal with. Not trying to be mean, but pay attention to the timeline:

http://www.visajourn...58-help-please/

http://www.visajourn...-about-k1-visa/

http://www.visajourn...-about-visa-k1/

I hope everyone knows how to google.

Doubt his green card search will be fruitful. Whatever happened to the first and pregnant wife when he's shopping around for another USC sucker to bring him to US?

[Crossed_fingers 128]

I also think they are doing a great job, considering what they deal with. Not trying to be mean, but pay attention to the timeline:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/211458-help-please/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/259018-please-help-about-k1-visa/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/297506-question-about-visa-k1/

I hope everyone knows how to google.

And yet, I suspect some members will have more nasty comments to make about the hard working U.S. Government employees than they will about the scammers like this guy.......

Edited February 26, 2011 by Crossed_fingers

[LaL 418]

I wish they were like this at every consulate. She has probably saved alot of women crushing heartache.

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck - it's a freaking duck.

Ignoring the signs of fraud is the problem with many in this forum. I have seen year after year several navigate over to the effects forum and legitimately ask " why doesn't the consulate DO something"? For real. Well, they are. And always have. It's your (general you) stupid ####### that begs/pleads/throws chat logs around to prove mutual love. Eventually MOST of the time the consulate gives in or accepts the new case (ie: denied K1 reapplied as a CR1). Don't blame the consulates.

[HannahP 119]

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck - it's a freaking duck.

Ignoring the signs of fraud is the problem with many in this forum. I have seen year after year several navigate over to the effects forum and legitimately ask " why doesn't the consulate DO something"? For real. Well, they are. And always have. It's your (general you) stupid ####### that begs/pleads/throws chat logs around to prove mutual love. Eventually MOST of the time the consulate gives in or accepts the new case (ie: denied K1 reapplied as a CR1). Don't blame the consulates.

Oh snap.

[LaL 418]

Oh snap.

what I gave good news! The consulates usually give in (eventually - assuming you don't give up), so everyone celebrate

Edited February 26, 2011 by LaL

[princess apple 4]

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTINGME KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON. I AM NOT HATING HER IN ANY WAY. I DEAL WITH PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN MY PROFESSION AS WELL. BUT I DONT LIKE IT WHEN WE DONT RESPECT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRUSTING US TO BE PROFESSIONAL IN MANNER. WE ARE APPEALING OUR CASE, BECASEU WE PUT ALOT OF PREPARATIONS INTO THIS AND PAYED OUT A LOT OF FUNDS AND MOST IMPORTANLY WE LOVE EACHOTHER. MY FAMILY IS EAGER TO MEET THIS NEW MAN IN MY LIFE AND I DONT WANT HIS MOTHER TO BECOME ILL AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE DENEIL HE GOT, SO WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH OUR CASE. WE WANT TO BE HAPPY AND WE WANT OUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO FEEL THE SAME. THIS WAS SOME EXPERIENCE. BUT NOT THE END. SHE MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE I SPEAK TO EVERYDAY. I AM AWARE OF HOW I TALK TO THEM. NOT THAT I WAS EVER MEAN, BECAUSE I GET COMPLIMENTS AT WORK NOT COMPLAINTS. I WAS PREPARED FOR MY SPRING WEDDING AND WE HAVE A FAMIKY REUNION THEN AS WELL SO MANY WERE WAITING TO MEET MY NEW HUSBAND. I AM SO LOST FOR WORDS BECAUSE OF THIS. I KNOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT OFFICE, BUT I HOPE WE GET SOMEONE ELSE TO WORK WITH. I WILL BE THERE AND OUR LAWYER IS GOING THERE TO TAKE HIS WIFE ON VACATION, BUT HE WILL SEE IF HE IS ALLOWED TO INTER IN ON THE INTERVIEW. HE HAD TO DO THIS FOR HIS WIFE WHO IS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR IMPUT. YOU HAVE BEEN HELPFUL.

[MrsAmera 41]

Please remember being granted a visa is not a right - it's a privalage. You nor your spouse are entitled to a visa just because you "love each other". You are free to marry/love who you choose - you are not free to import anyone you choose. You paid out a lot of funds, so has everyone. Also, sometimes actually a lot of times, the consular knows things even you do not know. They don't deny just because they feel like it. There are reasons that for them to deny, again perhaps things that you do not know about. I suggest to ease your mind you submit a FOIA with the State Dept and request the consular notes for your case. Perhaps they will offer you a glimpse into the reasons for the denial.

[msheesha 548]

For the sake of clarity are princess Anne and the guy with a pregnant American wife and another american fiancé connected? Is princess anne the 2nd American woman in this scenario???

[sandinista! 1,816]

For the sake of clarity are princess Anne and the guy with a pregnant American wife and another american fiancé connected? Is princess anne the 2nd American woman in this scenario???

Dunno. But I sincerely hope both of those women communicate/d with that man in a language other than English, because his and hers both are incomprehensible.

Edited February 27, 2011 by sandinista!

[KittyPollitt 284]

For the sake of clarity are princess Anne and the guy with a pregnant American wife and another american fiancé connected? Is princess anne the 2nd American woman in this scenario???

I don't think so. He's only begun asking about the fiancee filing for him, I assume because his wife couldn't meet the financial requirements.

[KittyPollitt 284]

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LETTINGME KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PERSON. I AM NOT HATING HER IN ANY WAY. I DEAL WITH PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN MY PROFESSION AS WELL. BUT I DONT LIKE IT WHEN WE DONT RESPECT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRUSTING US TO BE PROFESSIONAL IN MANNER. WE ARE APPEALING OUR CASE, BECASEU WE PUT ALOT OF PREPARATIONS INTO THIS AND PAYED OUT A LOT OF FUNDS AND MOST IMPORTANLY WE LOVE EACHOTHER. MY FAMILY IS EAGER TO MEET THIS NEW MAN IN MY LIFE AND I DONT WANT HIS MOTHER TO BECOME ILL AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE DENEIL HE GOT, SO WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH OUR CASE. WE WANT TO BE HAPPY AND WE WANT OUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO FEEL THE SAME. THIS WAS SOME EXPERIENCE. BUT NOT THE END. SHE MADE ME THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE I SPEAK TO EVERYDAY. I AM AWARE OF HOW I TALK TO THEM. NOT THAT I WAS EVER MEAN, BECAUSE I GET COMPLIMENTS AT WORK NOT COMPLAINTS. I WAS PREPARED FOR MY SPRING WEDDING AND WE HAVE A FAMIKY REUNION THEN AS WELL SO MANY WERE WAITING TO MEET MY NEW HUSBAND. I AM SO LOST FOR WORDS BECAUSE OF THIS. I KNOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THAT OFFICE, BUT I HOPE WE GET SOMEONE ELSE TO WORK WITH. I WILL BE THERE AND OUR LAWYER IS GOING THERE TO TAKE HIS WIFE ON VACATION, BUT HE WILL SEE IF HE IS ALLOWED TO INTER IN ON THE INTERVIEW. HE HAD TO DO THIS FOR HIS WIFE WHO IS OF ANOTHER COUNTRY. THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR IMPUT. YOU HAVE BEEN HELPFUL.

She's a tough broad. Just bear in mind that by denying your fiance, she is testing your relationship. She knows the options that are open to you when it comes to appealing and re filing. While some people on this site (myself included) can be very harsh at times, bear in mind it's because we've seen some stuff regarding Morocco and it's consulate- VJ is a great place to prepare yourself for what's ahead in your journey, and I hope we can help if at all possible.

Sarah

[FormerlyKnownAs 17]

I think it's very important to consider, as mentioned before, that the CO will see some men coming back through with their shiny new young woman from Morocco once they've finished sucking the USC dry. They are surely more aware of the relationship failure rate than we are. Each one of us as an American citizen really need to attempt to understand that they are trying very hard to do a difficult (and quite thankless) job. I'm sorry for those of you who've been denied, I know how much it hurts to be separated from your loved one, but do try to see things from the view of the CO. Try to imagine your case in the context of all the cases they've seen over the course of a career... It's certainly not an easy job and we *are* the ones they're trying so hard to protect from fraud.

Edited February 27, 2011 by LongRoadHome

[sandinista! 1,816]

I've always wondered what the stats are re. import brides or fiancées from mena, where the petitioners came over engaged or married to Americans. Are the consulates reacting to this by rejecting these later visas?