quick help: crazy embassy requirements

[maziid.je 3]

Hello VJers,

I am from Somalia and had had my CR1 visa interview in Feb 2013 in Ethiopia due to lack of US diplomatic presence in my country and was placed under AP, a year later the embassy called me and told that the AP is over, however we cannot issue a visa unless you provide a proof of identity indicating that this was your name 2 years prior to your application and the odd thing is I have lived in my country all my life and the officer said they will not accept any document from somalia.

note: I came to ethiopia in 2011 which is when i started the process.

What should I do guys?

I am really confused and disappointed with this.

[Boiler 45,399]

My guess is that you misunderstood what was being asked.

[Jawaree 717]

Get school report, baptism papers, medical record and a certified letter

from your govt that U R U since they known U in childhood, wars and mayhem

in those areas have caused the US govt to be extra cautious in areas where ppl

dies daily and another may assume their identity, Plus those govt have no steady

systematic record as ppl R always fleeing. Find the proof have U no old Passport or ID?

[maziid.je 3]

no i did not misunderstand, thats a new thing that every Somali applicant here at the US Embassy in Addis Ababa had been told since the start of the year and I have seen many people wondering what to do next?

I think its some sort of indirect visa denial.

[maziid.je 3]

Get school report, baptism papers, medical record and a certified letter

from your govt that U R U since they known U in childhood, wars and mayhem

in those areas have caused the US govt to be extra cautious in areas where ppl

dies daily and another may assume their identity, Plus those govt have no steady

systematic record as ppl R always fleeing. Find the proof have U no old Passport or ID?

I understand your point but the thing is that all of those things you suggested will not be accepted by the embassy due to lack of functional government and systematic records in the country that I lived in all my life, the embassy clearly stated it will not be able to verify any document from my home country.

I am truly a worried person!!

[Newsha 10]

Iranians have the same problem, I have a friend with the exact same scenario

There ain't no US embassy in Iran.

What they really emphasized on was his translated Birth Certificate and they did accept and process the case

My friend said he didn't even need a character/police certificate from his home country which is Iran

He was in AP for 8 months and now he is in the US

If they told you they couldn't verify the docs that's probably a new thing or as you put it it's an indirect NO

[Shiobhan 235]

20011 you were processed and now approved right?

So cant your new country gov.verify under what name

and how you legally got process into their country?

I don't think its an indirect denial, I think during AP

nothing was available to them from your birth country

and the adopted country cannot truly say who you

are or from whence you came, this is because humans

have decided to just be cruel to each other with people

running from pillow to post with no abiding place, so

don't blame the US, terrorists can be among you and gain

entrance here. I would go to the agency in Ethiopia that

process you in and ask for help...good luck