Interview from HELL!

[sevendelta 17]

What a story! Our congratulations to you both! May God bless you both

[YouAndMeForever 1,022]

I agree with Hypnos, they were just doing their jobs in a high fraud consulate.

The OP's case had red flags in addition:

1. huge cultural differences

2. huge age difference (30 years)

3. USC sending money to beneficiary on a regular basis

4. having met through a mutual friend

5. beneficiary not wanting to speak English at first

6. beneficiary not knowing the person's full name she is gonna stay with until they get married

I'm glad you guys were approved. Congrats and wishing you all the best!

[LoveinGhana 18]

I sit her almost ready to cry after reading your post. God bless you both. I am so happy everything worked out.

[Kiv 32]

Poor girl!

I hope she be very happy in America.

[Gorkhali 214]

oh god.. this entire story made me so nervous now.

I think i have to deal with this same issue with us as well.

• My parents are dead. I lived alone since 10 or 12 years. And i have left Nepal (my country, that is where i hold nationality of) and been living in India since 10 to 12 years. And my interview will be at Delhi embassy not in kathmandu embassy
• We have 20 yrs approx (precise 23 yrs difference in age)
• Our wedding was not grand. So we have only one fren of her.
• We are not much photo people.. so we just have like 50-70 (max photos) of us together
• I met her during the time i was managing the camp and she was my client (guest)
• good thing is we were never married. We have filed cr1 for spouse visa. Any suggestion or advise

Scared.. After reading the entire thing... Thanks for sharing info.

And congratulation to you and your fiancee

[Hotter Otter 1,211]

Congratulations on your approval and well done for writing such a great review, I don't think I've seen one this informative before!

Best wishes for the future

[YouAndMeForever 1,022]

oh god.. this entire story made me so nervous now.

I think i have to deal with this same issue with us as well.

• My parents are dead. I lived alone since 10 or 12 years. And i have left Nepal (my country, that is where i hold nationality of) and been living in India since 10 to 12 years. And my interview will be at Delhi embassy not in kathmandu embassy
• We have 20 yrs approx (precise 23 yrs difference in age)
• Our wedding was not grand. So we have only one fren of her.
• We are not much photo people.. so we just have like 50-70 (max photos) of us together
• I met her during the time i was managing the camp and she was my client (guest)
• good thing is we were never married. We have filed cr1 for spouse visa. Any suggestion or advise

Scared.. After reading the entire thing... Thanks for sharing info.

And congratulation to you and your fiancee

Make sure you have a lot of proof besides the photos, for example emails, Skype call history, Skype screenshots, Facebook messages, screenshots of Facebook posts, postcards, packages, little things that you sent to each other. Also make sure that you know every little detail about your wife's life, family, work, etc.

Here is another thing to keep in mind: high fraud consulates are less suspicious towards CR-1 visa beneficiaries than towards the K-1 visa beneficiaries because "being married" is already kind of a proof that both people are serious about the relationship and they are committed. You made the best choice when you filed for the CR-1.

Good luck!

Edited November 6, 2014 by YouAndMeForever

[katieflossom 54]

Wow, what a story! But i'm really happy you've been approved, and it's clear that you and your fiance love eachother very much. I wish you all the best, and hope your wedding is amazing!

[Gorkhali 214]

Thank you for ur advise.. We are not facebook person but we have tons of emails, phone calls back and forth, post cards sent, emails to her family and frens, receipt and postal bills for gifts and post card that i sent to her family.. Etc

we will try getting more evidence. Thanks again

[YouAndMeForever 1,022]

Thank you for ur advise.. We are not facebook person but we have tons of emails, phone calls back and forth, post cards sent, emails to her family and frens, receipt and postal bills for gifts and post card that i sent to her family.. Etc

we will try getting more evidence. Thanks again

That's great that you have a lot of other proof! You're welcome, I'm glad I could help.

Edited November 6, 2014 by YouAndMeForever

[Yousnina 2]

Thank you for sharing your experience. Especially because I am coming from a Muslim country. My wife and I read this together and we were shocked by different things that your fiance went through...you gave us lot to think about for our interview.. Thank you again and Congratulations!

Edited November 6, 2014 by Yousnina

[Yousnina 2]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us!

[Pheebs1201 269]

I cried reading this and really felt every moment! What a wonderful description! My heart goes out to you both and I am so pleased for you!

[HK12 273]

Heartfelt congratulations!!!

[msbau764 245]

why should they be fired? They were doing what they are paid to do, weed out fake relationships. I attended my husband;s interview with him and we were both questioned in depth, neither one of us had a problem with it, it;s part of the immigration process and if your relationship is real there is no reason to be nervous. Pakistan is a high fraud country, not only is it a high fraud country, it;s also crawling with terrorists who would do just about anything to get to the US. As a US citizen you should be happy that the consulate is doing it's job. Would you rather have them not question people and hand out visas to people just because they ask? The fact of the matter is this couple has a non traditional relationship that goes against cultural norms in Pakistan, that is why she was questioned so much. The CO's job is to make sure scammers don't worm their way into the country, and I for one, have no problem with that.

considering my fiance was treated like a scammer when applying for a tourist visa and was subsequently denied, I tend not to respect the decision-making ability of the consulate. I have known people that have slipped through the cracks with questionable merits and those that seem to have everything together and are denied. Terrorists will find a way to come here regardless. Fear-mongering, suggesting that one terroist is angling to come here on marriage/fiance visa is not based in reality.