asking to open email accounts

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Has anyone ever been asked, during the interview, to open their email account so the consular officer can look through the account for whatever reason?

Seems incredible to me, and an invasion of privacy. But my fiance says she has heard of this occuring at interviews in the Manila embassy. Has it happened to anyone any other consulates or embassies?

Seems like if they thought a fiance was a security risk, they would likely invade the email account with some sort of covert CIA type under cover investigation...

These and other thoughts going through our minds awaiting our interview and trying to anticipate what will occur in the dank halls of the Abu Dhabi Embassy...

We have some older emails, and have read about it being proper to black out personal parts when you print them up for inclusion in your interview documentation, if you think you don't want to share certain things. This is why we are asking.

[sunandmoon 450]

I never heard of opening your email account. they may ask if have any emails to submit. sounds like a story that became exaggerated when told from one person to another.

[joeyjoey 1]

Has anyone ever been asked, during the interview, to open their email account so the consular officer can look through the account for whatever reason?

Seems incredible to me, and an invasion of privacy. But my fiance says she has heard of this occuring at interviews in the Manila embassy. Has it happened to anyone any other consulates or embassies?

Seems like if they thought a fiance was a security risk, they would likely invade the email account with some sort of covert CIA type under cover investigation...

These and other thoughts going through our minds awaiting our interview and trying to anticipate what will occur in the dank halls of the Abu Dhabi Embassy...

We have some older emails, and have read about it being proper to black out personal parts when you print them up for inclusion in your interview documentation, if you think you don't want to share certain things. This is why we are asking.

Never heard of this at an Interview. However, if true, sounds like the Consular Officer was not convinced of ongoing relationship at the Interview. Consular officer may have given the beneficiary 1 last chance to show evidence of ongoing relationship by showing the actual emails. Apparently they were not brought to the Interview. Just a guess.

Edited January 21, 2007 by joeyjoey

[Ken_Maria 0]

As many VJ member here and friends of mine have already been through this process and never having heard such a rumor, I think it is no more than a rumor or new urban ledgend. Unless the CO took the interviewee inside the secure area, there are no computers in the interview rooms that I know of. Ken

Has anyone ever been asked, during the interview, to open their email account so the consular officer can look through the account for whatever reason?

Seems incredible to me, and an invasion of privacy. But my fiance says she has heard of this occuring at interviews in the Manila embassy. Has it happened to anyone any other consulates or embassies?

Seems like if they thought a fiance was a security risk, they would likely invade the email account with some sort of covert CIA type under cover investigation...

These and other thoughts going through our minds awaiting our interview and trying to anticipate what will occur in the dank halls of the Abu Dhabi Embassy...

We have some older emails, and have read about it being proper to black out personal parts when you print them up for inclusion in your interview documentation, if you think you don't want to share certain things. This is why we are asking.