Visa interview experience, approved

[sherif23 2]

I hope our story gives others the courage to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel

I used to live in the US for over 15 years- had a conditional green card then bankruptcy then divorce

So I filed on my own, first interview nothing

A year later another interview and once again nothing

Just a stamp after stamp - last Officer in NY, said you are better off in immigration court ( issue revolved our separation date)

Then I met my current wife, and we got married in 2008

Another interview July of that year and yet one more stamp

Now I lose job - so a prospect comes up in Egypt and we move here summer 2009

Jan 2010- my in laws get a letter for immigration court removal proceeding , what ?

Apparently I missed yet another interview, what a joke and heart breaking

So My wife travels to attend the immigration court on our behalf- based on a lawyer advice

Then pregnant and scared, the lawyer calls her a week before court claiming that it's best she goes alone

Mind you I am hearing all this all the way in Egypt- but at the end my wife proved that I had departed the US prior to the notice of immigration

Court was issued so the case was terminated without prejudice

Now the lawyer files for us the I30 July 2010 , and we are happy thinking we would travel back to the US by December or so

Months go by and nothing, lawyer claims its under control , only to find out March 2011 that w were denied because he did not respond properly to an RFE

That requested my divorce decree nd passport pics

Heartbreaking again, my wife and daughter were in the US, she owns a tax business and is half Egyptian so we were blessed that

She can travel freely between both countries and spend the bulk of the calendar year in Cairo

So we refiled the I30 on our ownin April and today was our interview

I must say the walk to window 15 was a tough one. The first thing she said; As you well now , this is a complex and interesting case, you had a green card that you lost plus

Immigration court proceedings. No questions about current marriage , prior ones - pictures evidence nothing- it seemed that she does not question that we have a bonfide relationship

But has an issue with the green card that I lost. We showed her the immigration court terminating the case. I told her the former green card was a privilege but I left for financial reasons . I had to do what's best for the family . She smiled. Finally; said I respect the decision and understand why you had to leave the US

Case is approved. You will receive your passport in two weeks, and please ensure traveling prior to May

Sorry for the long notes, but I have been reading here different experiences for the past year, and learnt a lot so I had to share our story

[together4evr 360]

Congrats!!! Welcome back to the USA!

[ndu26 114]

Not long enough!!!!! at the end I was looking for more Congratulations!!!!! Grab that visa and come back in!!!

[carolynhotstuff 252]

Congratulations!

[daryl&lada 8]

Congratulations!!!

[Aschenbecher 16]

congrats !

[Ayman___ 92]

Congrats