Interview Language - Egypt!

[Sarsoor 8]

Hey guys,

My husband's interview is this Monday. My husband and I both speak Arabic fluently! I lived most of my life in Egypt and it's my first language along with English. We both speak Arabic all the time... My husband knows English, but he says he is more comfortable having his interview in Arabic, and I personally prefer that as well; It's his first language and it makes sense that he will do better in it! Has anyone been in the same situation? How do you ask for an interview to be held in Arabic? Any one from Egypt done that before? I was thinking that he asks the lady that first takes his passport, pics, etc.... Any ideas are great!

thanks!

Edited May 26, 2013 by Sarsoor

[Just_Me00 15]

We were in the same situation, both of us fluent in Arabic and speak Arabic all the time together. My fiance is fluent in English but felt more comfortable doing his interview in Arabic to ensure that he understood the questions and was able to answer them with hesitating to translate the words he wanted to say. My fiance did his interview in Arabic. All he had to do was say "good morning" in Arabic and the interviewer conducted the entire interview in Arabic. He said the interviewer's Arabic was broken but my fiance was far more comfortable than he would have been doing it in English. Before the interview, we had planned that he would inform the interviewer that he was more comfortable doing the interview in Arabic but he never had to say that.

Hope that helps and good luck with the interview!

[together4evr 360]

StrongAlways have you been in AP since January? Or did you just forget to update your timeline?

[Ryan H 3,833]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to US Embassy & Consulate Discussion; topic is about Embassy procedures and not a case status update.

[Sarsoor 8]

We were in the same situation, both of us fluent in Arabic and speak Arabic all the time together. My fiance is fluent in English but felt more comfortable doing his interview in Arabic to ensure that he understood the questions and was able to answer them with hesitating to translate the words he wanted to say. My fiance did his interview in Arabic. All he had to do was say "good morning" in Arabic and the interviewer conducted the entire interview in Arabic. He said the interviewer's Arabic was broken but my fiance was far more comfortable than he would have been doing it in English. Before the interview, we had planned that he would inform the interviewer that he was more comfortable doing the interview in Arabic but he never had to say that.

Hope that helps and good luck with the interview!

Strong_Always... Thank you so much for the great information! I agree with you, it is better for them to feel comfortable than being lost! I will definitely pass down that information to my husband and tell him to say "good morning" or something in Arabic as well as soon as he sees the interviewer Maybe all the interviewer's at the embassy must be fluent in both languages to get the job.. in that case, it works great for us!

Thanks dear

[Just_Me00 15]

No problem Sarsoor! Good luck on the interview today!

Together4never13, we are still in AP since January. No change.

[ShirahBet 42]

Yep, I've looked into consulate jobs abroad and you have to be fluent in English and the native language/s of the country where the consulate is located. So they should speak English and modern standard Arabic.

[duraaraa 203]

Yep, I've looked into consulate jobs abroad and you have to be fluent in English and the native language/s of the country where the consulate is located. So they should speak English and modern standard Arabic.

Although that might be true for Egypt or other Arabic-speaking countries, this is not true in every country. In Mongolia, the interviewing officers use translators to conduct the interviews in Mongolian.

Of course each embassy will have a translator if the officer him/herself doesn't speak the local language, but it's not true for every country that all of the officers can speak the local language.

[ShirahBet 42]

Although that might be true for Egypt or other Arabic-speaking countries, this is not true in every country. In Mongolia, the interviewing officers use translators to conduct the interviews in Mongolian.

Of course each embassy will have a translator if the officer him/herself doesn't speak the local language, but it's not true for every country that all of the officers can speak the local language.

Even the current job postings for the US consulate in Mongolia require proficiency in English and Mongolian. Technically employees of the consulate are US federal employees and therefore, required to have some working knowledge of English.

But that being said, I can't comment on the language in which visa interviews are conducted outside of the regions with which I'm familiar. Good point

[Ahmed&crystal 0]

is anybody had his interview in Arabic for k1 visa , even his fiancé is American ?