Is it true ? (Do they send someone to investigate during AP?) [edited title]

[Egyptianman 4]

hi guys

to whom have an experience and knowledge in that

is it true that the embassy or whatever sends someone to ask about me and my wife relation during the Administrative processing time ?

i have heard that they send someone to ask about me in my building, street and so on

is it true?

and if its true , is that how they make sure of me and approve me ?

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

They don;t always do this but yes, it does happen. They'd ask neighbours if they'd seen you with your fiance and whether they see you with other women and so on.

[Hatem&Zeinab 30]

Yes, I know for sure they do that, and they find out all kind of surprises. I have a story about this guy from Cairo, they found out he is married to an Egyptian wife, and in the meantime, another USC was petitioning for him as a husband from the US, and other stories.

[Hatem&Zeinab 30]

let me give you a quick example. If I am a CO, and someone shows me a bunch of pics for him and his wife or fiancee. I don't see any family members in any of the pics. This makes me wonder if his family knows about this marriage. Because if someone is really married why would it be a secret? Why wouldn't his family or neighbors know about it? In this case, I would send someone to ask about him in his building.

Remember that COs know about all the culture and traditions of the country where they serve. It is very unusual in Egypt or even anywhere for someone to be married, and nobody knows about it. That justifies the COs suspicions.

This is just an example, but there is lot of other reasons, why would they send to investigate. If everything is going the way it should no one should worry about being investigated. The only bad thing about this AP is that it takes long time and I won't like to go through it, because I really miss my fiancee and want to see her here in the US ASAP. So, the best thing to do is try your best to make your case as clear as possible during the interview, and inchallah everything should be fine

[Hatem&Zeinab 30]

I forgot to tell you another personal experience with this AP. It actually happened with my father. Years ago, my older brother was supposed to get married to this Egyptian girl here in the US. He applied for a visa, and he got it. Later on things changed, and it didn't work out between my brother and his fiancee. So there was no more reason for my dad to come for, and he changed his mind.

When he came to apply for his new visa with my mother, my mother got her visa renewed right away. He had to go through AP. Because the consulate saw something could be wrong with someone obtaining the visa, then not travel. They see it in a different way. May be he did travel, overstayed, and lied to them. May be he committed a crime, went to prison at this time, that is why he didn't travel.

There can be too many reasons why someone wouldn't travel after he got the visa. They don't have to believe your version. They like to make sure themselves, that there was nothing that went wrong.

[Egyptianman 4]

yes thanks alot for the replay

yes the worse thing in the AP that it takes so much time, and i am stilll at the beginning of it, and bored already

[Samoray 165]

They will not only send someone to your neighborhood but also to your home even to talk to your family if they suspected that your relationship with your wife is not real

So if you have a simple case like, your wife never been married, never applied to anyone before you, you have never been married and there is no big age difference between the two of you, and your name is not Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Abd El Hameed lol

you're most likely to get out of AP soon

[And_Sam 44]

From my understanding, it's quite common for the embassy send out someone for a follow up with your family and friends. They did it to my husband. They actually sent someone out to speak with his mother and brother in Luxor. Also they did alot of talking to people in his village.

Lots of field investigation apparently.

[Egyptianman 4]

From my understanding, it's quite common for the embassy send out someone for a follow up with your family and friends. They did it to my husband. They actually sent someone out to speak with his mother and brother in Luxor. Also they did alot of talking to people in his village.

Lots of field investigation apparently.

how long it took from u guys to be done from this AP and get the visa?

[Ebunoluwa 6,136]

Field investigators are often Nationals who speak the language and are familiar with the culture. No one suspects them as embassy staff as they

often do not introduce themselves as such but rather mingle asking questions like a friend would.

[Dakine 26]

It does happen but not that often. Even occassionally when peeps are adjusting status.

[Jenny Elsayed 0]

Wow i have never heard of this. As you know we didn't have to go through AP and we had no problem. I in the past had filed a fiancé visa with my ex in Morocco and my husband now is 25 and i am 31. So i am happy that didn't happen with us. That is scary to know someone might be watching you at all times. Watching your every move.

[lizinparaguay 0]

Do they do this for all countries? My fiancée is in Paraguay where the houses don't actually have addresses. Luckily the street he lives on has a name. It would be very hard for someone to just find his house being that he lives in the country. Would they contact us if they were looking for his house and couldn't find it?

[And_Sam 44]

how long it took from u guys to be done from this AP and get the visa?

My husband didn't have AP. After his packet was sent to the embassy in Cairo and we got the email with the interview date, a man showed up in his village asking questions about our relationship. He actually went to his mother's home and talked to her when he was at work one day. It happened about a week or 2 before the interview. I didn't know about it until after I got to Cairo to attend the interview with my husband.

He had his interview on a Monday and received his visa the following Sunday. 1 day after I left. Figures.

[JiaYou 22]

Wow I didn't think they had the manpower to do something like this and that was the excuse of why this process takes forever and a day. Why don't they just do this from the beginning and save people a year of waiting? They could come to either my parents house or her parents' house and ask all the questions they want and in an hour we could be done with it all and she could have her visa. Instead of spying on people they could simply make the process more efficient.

Edited April 17, 2011 by JiaYou