GREEN SLIP!!!!What does this mean?

[amazngrace 3]

My husband had his interview this morning, as most of you have said we raised so many red flags. She even drilled him on the fact he was denied a tourist visa! People are denied those every second of the day! She had no comments or questions on the albumn of photos he included. He answerd all her questions correctly and honestly. However she didn't like any of his answers! None at all!He brought so much evidence along with him (you can find a list of it on previous posts). So at the conclusion of the interview she basically told him she thinks our marriage is a fake and wants to further investigate it. She said he would be hearing from her and that she would contact him. Did not tell him how or when just that she would contact him. She asked him if he would be needing his passport. Then finally she gave him a green paper titled "pending worksheet 4" he said it is like a pre-typed slip with many possible reasons for further investigation but nothing in particular pertaining to us and she had checked nothing off on it as a reason for the investigation. My question now is what does this all mean? Has anyone had a similar case to this and what was the final interview decission? Since she asked him if he would be needing his passport isn't that a good thing? Should we call the embassy to check the status and if so when can we start calling? how long could it be before we hear something? If it is denied can we fight it somehow? If he is scheduled for a second interview and I have visited again could he bring that evidence along with him? Please help us! I cant get past the though of just setting here and playing the waiting game yet again being this far in the process!

Thank you in advance for all your opinions, answers and help! God Bless

[mounir412 101]

that means ..your case requires additional processing

[carolynhotstuff 252]

You can call the embassy or the Department of State any time you want to check the status of your case. Did they keep his passport? Them keeping the passport is a good sign.

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

I agree with the previous poster, it is AP- Could last a week or a month or more, but the fact they asked about the passport is a good sign. There is a chance that they will investigate his background (ie visits to his work/ neighbourhood, contacting his parents). This is very unusual for Germany, but not uncommon for Cameroon, where your husband is from. I could imagine the US embassy in Frankfurt contacting the one in Cameroon for background checks.

I would wait 2 weeks, and then you (the USC) call and ask for a status update, but you can call on Monday if you want. If there is a second interview, he should definitely bring more proof along.

[amazngrace 3]

that means ..your case requires additional processing

OK thank you. I thought so but was not sure.

[amazngrace 3]

You can call the embassy or the Department of State any time you want to check the status of your case. Did they keep his passport? Them keeping the passport is a good sign.

Yes, thank you for the help I will surely call them to check the status! She asked him if he would need his passport and he told her yes since he is suppose to show it along with his resident permit any time he is asked he must have proof of it. He would have allow her keep it if he knew he was approved and was expecting visa, or if she hadnt been so rough and negative throughout the entire interview. Is it a bad thing he has done by not letting her keep it? I am very curious I had read many places where if visa is kept it is extremely good sign of approval.

[amazngrace 3]

I agree with the previous poster, it is AP- Could last a week or a month or more, but the fact they asked about the passport is a good sign. There is a chance that they will investigate his background (ie visits to his work/ neighbourhood, contacting his parents). This is very unusual for Germany, but not uncommon for Cameroon, where your husband is from. I could imagine the US embassy in Frankfurt contacting the one in Cameroon for background checks.

I would wait 2 weeks, and then you (the USC) call and ask for a status update, but you can call on Monday if you want. If there is a second interview, he should definitely bring more proof along.

Thank you for all your help. Yes i was very happy to hear she had asked if he will be needing his passport! I have read many times here that it is always good when they keep it. However, when he was asked he told her he will need it to present it along with resident permit if he is aked proof of it. He had fear of waiting for decision on visa taking long and being without it not knowing how long he will wait or what he should expect to be recieving. Is it bad he chose to keep it? Or it's still good sign that she asked if he need it? You know although she told him she feels our marriage is fake and wants to investigate our case more i feel it is more about him being from cameroon even though he has been a student in germany for almost 4 years now. he said so many people, mostly germans and or whites comming in there with pants down to their ankles hair all a mess and such that were in and out with approval. then you have him an african, clean cut and shaven in a suit who just so happened to mary an american in a not so convient or typical way and we are red flagged before he ever got to the window. I could have been present at the interview and from the reasons she was giving him for our marriage looking fake i wouldnt have had any more proof for her eithier.

Edited January 14, 2012 by amazngrace

[Darnell 8,479]

ya, sorry, he's pegged the fraud meter there in Germany. I'm sorry, it's gonna be more scrutiny, a dive into Additional Processing.

But - it'll either be a short one or a LONG one, a Cameroon National in Germany is a magnet for closer scrutiny. Is weird, though, that the 'other background checks' on him weren't started at NVC.. Something may be amiss there..

Good Luck to you..

[amazngrace 3]

ya, sorry, he's pegged the fraud meter there in Germany. I'm sorry, it's gonna be more scrutiny, a dive into Additional Processing.

But - it'll either be a short one or a LONG one, a Cameroon National in Germany is a magnet for closer scrutiny. Is weird, though, that the 'other background checks' on him weren't started at NVC.. Something may be amiss there..

Good Luck to you..

Yes is true.... I just feel even though our case is somehow not so strong with a short engagement and so on, she can tell we really love eachother and is the reason she asked him for passport. however, becasue he is african in germany and wanting come to u.s. she was afraid she might let a african slip through the cracks. I hate racism but in cases such as these it is only the fraud ones who make it hard for others so one is stuck with anger towards their own culture.

[Darnell 8,479]

it's not racism, per se.

It's a historical trend, instead. Is also issue in Italy and the UK and France.

Edited January 14, 2012 by Darnell