Top 10 TRICKY QUESTIONS???

[Mithra 1,185]

Do you have anyone other than your fiancee that you can practice with? Any other American friends or Moroccan friends that speak English?

[Tough_Era 71]

Do you have anyone other than your fiancee that you can practice with? Any other American friends or Moroccan friends that speak English?

None will have time for me to help.. would you?

[Ihavequestions 419]

None will have time for me to help.. would you?

Skype has voice and video. Practice with the person you're planning to marry, not already married women.

You're so silly. I swear.

[Tough_Era 71]

Skype has voice and video. Practice with the person you're planning to marry, not already married women.

You're so silly. I swear.

Yeah, I can be silly sometimes, is that bad thing???

I told you none can offer me a help already.. as i told that my fiancee will play the role of the interviewer and ask me question we already knew and have that's the only choice i got to practice English so far before passing that interview.

[MIBEN 83]

I am not so surprised about you not speaking English well or the shy part my husband was the same way but I forced him out of his comfort zone through live chat and he downloaded a free software that teaches you how to pronounce English words. He speaks very fast in Arabic and was doing the same in English needless to say he slowly learned to slow down and exaggerate pronunciation to say the words correctly. The "th" sound was his biggest obstacle and Ofcourse ch and Sh lol. You better practice even though they do speak Arabic you want to prove that you have no problem communicating with your fiancé. My husband has a good friend that married and he spoke no English but combined with a baby in common they granted him the visa. It has been five years now and yes he is now proficient.

Good luck,

[Tough_Era 71]

I am not so surprised about you not speaking English well or the shy part my husband was the same way but I forced him out of his comfort zone through live chat and he downloaded a free software that teaches you how to pronounce English words. He speaks very fast in Arabic and was doing the same in English needless to say he slowly learned to slow down and exaggerate pronunciation to say the words correctly. The "th" sound was his biggest obstacle and Ofcourse ch and Sh lol. You better practice even though they do speak Arabic you want to prove that you have no problem communicating with your fiancé. My husband has a good friend that married and he spoke no English but combined with a baby in common they granted him the visa. It has been five years now and yes he is now proficient.

Good luck,

I see, well, One of the word i don't like to say is OBVIOUSLY hahaha.. i don't like it bescause there's 2 consonants next to each other. hahah

Edited September 6, 2012 by zagray

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

It sounds funny, but me and my husband didn't speak too often on the phone...maybe once a month for like 5 minutes...it was too damned difficult to understand lol and he did a lot of typing too, so his typing English was better than his spoken English for sure. His English and our communication were questioned at the consulate (Turkey of course and not Morocco)the most. They even asked him (because he didn't speak to well) if someo0ne else typed for him hahahaha since his typing was so much better than his language skills. They did see us talk to each other and we had our own weird language only we understood (mixture of both languages)that helped us and my being there to be questioned by the CO helped.

[Tough_Era 71]

It sounds funny, but me and my husband didn't speak too often on the phone...maybe once a month for like 5 minutes...it was too damned difficult to understand lol and he did a lot of typing too, so his typing English was better than his spoken English for sure. His English and our communication were questioned at the consulate (Turkey of course and not Morocco)the most. They even asked him (because he didn't speak to well) if someo0ne else typed for him hahahaha since his typing was so much better than his language skills. They did see us talk to each other and we had our own weird language only we understood (mixture of both languages)that helped us and my being there to be questioned by the CO helped.

when i speak english i can tell i don't feel more confident about myself.. fiancee and I have no issues to understand each other.. she understands me well, and i do understand her as well.. But when it comes to convince the interviewer that would be something else, i'd be so nervous with tic tac of my hearts beats of course, hahaha.

I hope to not stutter in front the interviewer, I don't wanna be a victim of stuttering hahaha.

Edited September 6, 2012 by zagray

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

Well, I wouldnt be nervous...just be confident and use all the English you can, remind the CO that you are more used to speaking to her in person or typing. Even at our AOS interview, my hubby couldnt understand her, but he could totally understand me even though i repeated what she said lol. It made us look "real"...what we did for the visa interview, i would ask him a thousand questions...I acted just like a CO to him and asked him hard questions. Also, tell them your life/future plans (i.e kids, going to school, traveling etc).....the CO lt my hubby switch to Turkish when he couldnt understand her, but they mostly spoke English whenever possible. I think she wanted to see his "skils" ha ha here's the questions she asked him/us;how did you meet, what do you love about your fiance, how do you communicate, what do you plan to do in the US, how does her family like you, how much income does she earn a year, where does she work, what does she do, what did you do when she visited, a lot of stupid questions. So weird when I went to the window for questions, she asked me "so you never been married" which is funny because I know that they know that I was divorced once before and also asked that I didnt have any children (I did and they knew) it was like they were seeing if I would lie if I thought they didnt know these things about me because maybe they think that I think that my husbands visa wont be approved if I was married before and had kids, it was weird. So NEVER ever lie! They have a lot if things up their sleeve, just be truthful and confident. After all, if you know you are real, then there's nothing to be afraid of (thats eventually what I told myself). Anyway, good luck and be prepared to answer questions about any future children (if any) and if you two decided to have or not have them as I know tat a big one for Muslim men.

Edited September 6, 2012 by ErikaAndHamit

[RFQ 110]

Well I have no advice but I got to say I am so so so embarrassed to try Arabic with my husband or in front of anyone for that matter. I don't know why, but I am extremely shy about murdering Arabic language. I am not a very good speaker.

[SweetHome_Alabama 5]

I just want to tell you....i think they are being hard on you....first My husband and i was approved and he is now in USA of almost two years and we are now filing the ROC to adjust his status to a 10 year Resident card.....I did not use SKYPE when chatting with my husband, infact we never used sound while chatting but about two times cause his version of computer was not new enough to install program....with that said, we just got to where we talked BRIEFLY everyday...we didn't sit at computer hours a day and worrying what the other was doing...we both had lives and jobs.....just be yourself at the interview. this is what helped my husband. He like you spoke some English but didn't feel too comfortable...but he did let the interviwer know up front he was little bad with english but can speak french so they spoke little of each, but he requested his interview in English. It looks better on you to do so and will be a PLUS! Don't act nervous or over confidient....some questions asked of him in 2010 was

1. Tell me something tragic that happened in your wife's life or past

2. what is the names of her children (if she has any) and what ages and where do they live and what is their father's name? Where does the father live

3. What high school or university did your wife attend and what elementary school? When did she graduate?

4. What is her mother and father's name and how old and where do they live and if deceased (died) know the cause of death, etc info about health

5.) What does her mother and father do for a living or work (occupation/job)

6) where do they live? What city state or country?

7.) where does her kids go to school

8) How much is her home payment, car payment, pays babysitting, know some financial stuff

9) Know where wife works/company and how much she makes a year working for company

10) why do you love your wife? What do you like the most about her.....what do you like the least about her?

11) what do you share in common?

12) what where the exact dates your wife visited you in Morocco and where did she stay?

13) what religion is your wife and know where she attends church or services

14) Does she have any pets/animals and what are the names

15) what did you and your wife do while she was in Morocco?

16) Tell me about your wife from the time she was born til now!!!! This is hardest....it has happened

17) know about previous marriages of wife

18) don't tell any lies no matter how small...they can ask you about some other relationship or e-mails on-line with another and has been known to call that person and deny you for being dishonest.

19...how many brothers/sisters or siblings does she have/

20. where does her brother live and what kind of work/job? Does she see him often? Have you talked to him or met him on-line? Same question if she has a sister...know details...city and state

21...what is her favorite movie....favorite book...favorite actor, singer?

22...what is your wifes hobbies...what does she like to do for fun?

These are some off the top of my head that was asked of him or others back when we were filing.......learn as much as you can and if you don't know something you are unsure of, let them know you are unsure and not sure if you two discussed it....but know almost EVERYTHING....and good luck.

BTW...I had only traveled to morocco TWICE...Once in 2008 and again in 2009 and started filing papers after marrying on my second trip.....just be honest and yourself and happy when you talk about her and make sure....HAVE eye contact contsantly...don't look down or off to your sides...it makes them feel like you are hiding the truth

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU and I hope i have helped some..

I talked to her through microphone on Skype hundred of times but i feel i'm not speaking it good enough as it should be.. or maybe i'm underestimating myself like you mentioned above.. i really don't.. One thing i forgot is most of time i'm being shy to speak it infront family or friends hahaha., i'm weird huh?

[Peter_Pan 661]

Oh yeah, my family did meet her of course, dad, two brothers, sister and grandma. I'm the eldest and mom was not with us cause God took her in 2009, well, family liked her a lot, and fiancee liked my family as well, she liked my grandma a lot, grandma is so funny.

I suppose, with both of them being grandmothers, they had a lot of things in common.

[Shoot Em Straight 385]

The problem is here in morocco i have none to talk with.. i know i only have to practice it by talk talk talk.. and if i get there in usa.. i'll get improved so fast by speaking it everyday, i'm quick learner , i can understand it very good, sometimes i let fiancee talk on microphone and i type.

There are plenty of people that speak English here in Morocco...if this is important to you...which i assume it is, you would seek out some friends or associates that will practice with you daily. I find the younger generation are very schooled in English and like to speak it whenever a chance comes up.

BTW I completely understand when you say you are shy to speak with others but not with your Fiance....My husband has always been OPEN this way between US and is always very quiet with others...even with his own siblings and parents.

But this interview is YOUR opportunity to answer all the questions with honesty and completion. Make your self more comfortable with English in any way you can until your appointment. There ARE English speakers all around you if u are in a city.

Also My husband had said he felt the mood of the interview changed after he was asked where is your fiance right now? and he answered back in the U.S. ( I was not there in Morocco having my own responsibilities as most adult do) he said it was the downfall of the CO attitude towards the rest of the interview. Which was a very degrading experience...but that is an entire other subject.

If your fiancee could be in the country when you have your interview...it might make a positive difference...especially since you only visited each other once in your relationship.

If I was to put on a CO hat and interview you...

My questions would focus on how u 2 met

if it was online...what site? why do people go on this site?

and why were you on this site?

what were you looking for?

how many other woman did you communicate with before or while u were writing your fiance?

why was SHE on this site?

How long was it before you knew you loved her?

your young, why did you not find and marry someone your own age and in your own country?

Dont you want children of your own?

What do you have in common with your fiance?

Why do you love her?

Where does her ex live?

Why did she divorce?

Is she close to her children?

Have you met her children or grandchild? if not, have you talked with them over the internet? Names? And then I would ask questions leading to how much you know of her children and granchildren. Schools, hobbies and what u might talk with them about?

If you dont talk to them, why not? Aren't they important to her?

Z... I would expect really personal questions ahead ....b ready to answer things you might not feel comfortable answering in normal everyday conversations with a stranger. And dont take it personal. They are doing their job.

[Linds&Youssef 56]

zzyzz, don't worry... the interview's not necessarily going to be terrible. Yes, the officers are trained to find fraud within visa application cases, but they're not unfair. Everything you need to know you should already know about your fiance. Go in with confidence and just don't stop talking. And by all means, make sure you tell them the truth!! Once you've answered their direct question, continue to show them what you know by expanding on your answer with a story. This will give them ideas of other questions that will come from your stories. They're more likely to treat the interview as a conversation if you do it this way. It also helps if you can let them know that you've discussed serious topics as a couple (like religion, children, relationship dynamics, etc,) and not just "oh habibi/habibati, I love you until my dying breath". And try to speak in English so they can see that you'll be able to assimmilate into America with fewer problems than if you didn't speak any English at all. They'll ask things like how you met, who first contacted whom, how many times she's visited you, her hobbies, what you two like to do together, about her family/work/school/pets, where you'll live/what you'll do for work, etc. They only asked houbi about 6 or 8 questions, and it was more like a conversation for about 25 minutes or so. But the K-1 visa interviews are usually last. So when you get there at 7:45 or whatever and go in at 8a, you should be prepared to not have your interview until almost 12p. Good luck!!

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

zzyzz, don't worry... the interview's not necessarily going to be terrible. Yes, the officers are trained to find fraud within visa application cases, but they're not unfair. Everything you need to know you should already know about your fiance. Go in with confidence and just don't stop talking. And by all means, make sure you tell them the truth!! Once you've answered their direct question, continue to show them what you know by expanding on your answer with a story. This will give them ideas of other questions that will come from your stories. They're more likely to treat the interview as a conversation if you do it this way. It also helps if you can let them know that you've discussed serious topics as a couple (like religion, children, relationship dynamics, etc,) and not just "oh habibi/habibati, I love you until my dying breath". And try to speak in English so they can see that you'll be able to assimmilate into America with fewer problems than if you didn't speak any English at all. They'll ask things like how you met, who first contacted whom, how many times she's visited you, her hobbies, what you two like to do together, about her family/work/school/pets, where you'll live/what you'll do for work, etc. They only asked houbi about 6 or 8 questions, and it was more like a conversation for about 25 minutes or so. But the K-1 visa interviews are usually last. So when you get there at 7:45 or whatever and go in at 8a, you should be prepared to not have your interview until almost 12p. Good luck!!

Good advice !

One thing I would like to clarify, though - the part about speaking in English is not to show how well he might be able assimilate into the U.S.; it's about proving that he and his fiance can communicate in a common language (which is a huge part of proving valid relationship.)

The "common language" does not have to be English, but if his fiancee does not speak Arabic or any other second language in common with him, then he would have to show that he speaks English well enough to convince the consulate that he can indeed communicate with his fiancee in a normal spoken manner.

Presenting a lot of written correspondence in English as evidence, but then having difficulty in the interview conducted in spoken English may be considered a red flag. The consulates are well aware that it's not so difficult to fake one's way through written English correspondence( using translate software or even bilingual friends to help) and have been known to refuse to approve cases on those grounds.