Horrible Casa News

[mybackpages 0]

Another thing that makes me sad is that Morocco is not taking the news well, especially because the U.S. is being so vague on why they are doing this and totally silent what steps the Moroccan government can do to get things up and running. With so few friends left in the Muslim world, we need to be working together with these countries to foster security, friendship, and trust. This appears to be achieving the opposite (at least based on the views represented in the article my husband read).

What I am afraid of is that is about so much more than the security of the consualte. I suspect the closing is being used as leverage by the US officials to force Morocco to comply with something- something which maybe much larger than the consulate itself. I would like to see the US move more in the direction Liz is pointing out. It just seems to make so much more sense in the long run.

ETA: Not that this is said to discourage anyone. I think it will open in due time as this is resolved one way or the other. I just worry for the long term consequences of behind the scenes political manuverings.

Edited May 8, 2007 by mybackpages

[patiently_waiting 0]

I think that if they are going to allow nearby consulates to handle some of the visas, then why not the one's that had appointments scheduled? Why not move them to the embassy, which is not closed. It appears to all of us that there are so many other options. Truth: there is more than meets the eye. Security measures have been in place and they have been working. Reality is if the consulate was the target, they could have gotten a lot closer. They still could since the road outside the consulate is open to traffic. We all want safety to remain a priority. We have to accept this and move on. To contniue complaining and crying about will get us no where. Don't get me wrong, we have the right to cry and complain about because it is having a negative effect on us and the one's we love so dearly. But now is the time we need to remain strong and maintain our faith. This is another test that we must endure and will make the final approval and arrival of our SO's that much greater. Keep your chin up and don't loose faith.

[patiently_waiting 0]

Just got off the phone again with DOS. No new interview date yet. No date for them to be back at full operating status.

[sereia 0]

[rclouse 0]

Has anyone tried to reschedule using the online system?

The U.S. Consulate General in Casablanca is temporarily closed to the public. Applicants with nonimmigrant visa appointments today will need to reschedule via the online appointment system.

My in-laws finally have their passports and I was going to get them set to apply for their tourist visas. I'm hoping they can apply and get an appointment, and if others have rescheduled then they should be OK. Otherwise my wife will be very upset that her mom won't be here for the birth of their grandson.

[Jenn! 918]

Has anyone tried to reschedule using the online system?

The U.S. Consulate General in Casablanca is temporarily closed to the public. Applicants with nonimmigrant visa appointments today will need to reschedule via the online appointment system.

My in-laws finally have their passports and I was going to get them set to apply for their tourist visas. I'm hoping they can apply and get an appointment, and if others have rescheduled then they should be OK. Otherwise my wife will be very upset that her mom won't be here for the birth of their grandson.

My BIL had an appt for 4/11, the first day they closed. He was rescheduled for 4/16, the day they closed again. I also read that notice about rescheduling via the online system. I haven't tried yet, but I'm a bit confused as to why you would do that not knowing if and when the consulate is going to reopen.

[patiently_waiting 0]

I was told that the consulate would reschedule their interviews once they were open again. Wonder if we should try the online thing and then once they do re-open we can see if that was the right thing to do. But even DOS didn't say to use the online system. Don't you think they would have told us to do that?

[sereia 0]

where IS the online appointment thing anyway?

[mybackpages 0]

I thought the online interview system at Casa for only for certain types of visas and you needed authorization from the consualte to schedule the appointment. Couldl be wrong though.

[balmytigeress 0]

I could have sworn I read that notice several days ago and it seemed to specify that they were not including our kinds of cases. Maybe that was a different notice?

Ugg. If they did have to go to another country, that would mean our SO's need another visa, right? And cases would take much much longer to approve because they are added to the other county's stack of cases. And it effects the people in the other country because they also have to wait longer. Insult to injury all around.

I agree, I think it's not just security checks they are doing. That's an excuse. Insh'Allah we are wrong about that because I can imagine this getting much worse for us.

Would they ever say, "We aren't allowing these visas from this country anymore." It's a nightmare I have.

BT

[mybackpages 0]

Ugg. If they did have to go to another country, that would mean our SO's need another visa, right?

Worse case scenario- Moroccans can travel to Mauritania or Tunisia without getting a visa for travel.

[nad05zb 0]

where IS the online appointment thing anyway?

hello again ladies i'm natalie's fiance again i want to explaine something about the online appointment and what LIZ's husband read in the newspaper , well the online appointment was made for studients and visitor and business visas that's mean for non-immigrant not for us, and now they cant get an online appointment bc casablanca consulate's website removed that option since they closed (16th April 2007) that's why they made the update on 25th April 2007 for the non-immigrant visas to have their interviews in the other countries near Morocco and i gave you the links for the consulates in my last poste. about what liz's husband read in the newspaper last day i read it today on the same newspaper(elmassa) they said the same thing i said before; who have to go to other countries to have the interview are the non-immigrant visas (studients and visitor and business visas) and just who have to have the visa imargency and have to travel next week not all of them. i hope i was helpful for you to understand all this. and we still have to do something about this bc to let you know my GOV(moroccan GOV) dont give a S H I T about all what happens to us and they dont do anything about it. so ladies work together and keep annoyen, i know we feel the same way my sweetheart going crazy and eaither i she is alone in her appartment and i'm so worry about her i cant stop worring. i know the feelings of all of you bc i feel the same way. so please keep working. god is with all of us. god beless you all and my prayer out of all of us always.hope we will have good news soon.

thanks

Zakaria

[mybackpages 0]

https://evisaforms.state.gov/default.asp?po...B&appcode=3

I guess the online system does not work only for specific visas, but rather you need to apply for the visa electronically and since a K-1 or K-3 you have already filed and applied for the visa through USCIS. That's what i had forgotten.

[nad05zb 0]

hello ladies this is natalie's fiance again it's 8h41am here in Morocco and we got some update on casablanca consulat's website it's nothing special but they wrote something else than what it was :

May 03, 2007 update

The U.S. Consulate General in Casablanca is temporarily closed to the public while security measures are under review. We are engaged with Moroccan authorities to put in place the security measures necessary to reopen the Consulate. The date when the Consulate General will reopen has not yet been determined

http://casablanca.usconsulate.gov/

and here you can see what they said about non-immigrant visas also about immigrant visas (us) :

http://casablanca.usconsulate.gov/press_release.html

Zakaria

[aminah 6]

Does anyone have any idea how the consulate will inform us of our new interview date? My guess is snail mail.