Language for Interview

[Meryem467 35]

Hello, my fiance and I speak French with one another. He does not speak English very well (or is not very confident in himself). What are the options for languages when completing the interview? Are Darija and English the only options or can he do the interview in French? Would it make any difference if he chose French and not Darija? 

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

1 minute ago, Meryem467 said:

Hello, my fiance and I speak French with one another. He does not speak English very well (or is not very confident in himself). What are the options for languages when completing the interview? Are Darija and English the only options or can he do the interview in French? Would it make any difference if he chose French and not Darija? 

 

Shouldn't make any difference. You may have to really prove to the CO that you as the petitioner can actually speak French and not just use some app or translator program because that would bring a lot of doubt into their minds about your actual ability to communicate. As for speaking in French at the interview, if the embassy has an interpreter there they should be able to provide it; but I may check to make sure one if there that speaks French.

[Meryem467 35]

Ah, thanks for the info. I'm actually a French teacher, but how would I prove this? Should my fiance bring something that states my occupation in some way? 

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

1 minute ago, Meryem467 said:

Ah, thanks for the info. I'm actually a French teacher, but how would I prove this? Should my fiance bring something that states my occupation in some way? 

 

Perhaps something like that could suffice. Sometimes, not always, they like to see that you can actually communicate fluently when it isn't in English; but again not always. I'd check with other Morocco members or the embassy itself again about if there is a translator there who speaks French a head of time though.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

Just now, Ben&Zian said:

 

Perhaps something like that could suffice. Sometimes, not always, they like to see that you can actually communicate fluently when it isn't in English; but again not always. I'd check with other Morocco members or the embassy itself again about if there is a translator there who speaks French a head of time though.

French is a widely spoken language in Morocco so they should have someone in the embassy that speaks it. 

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Just now, Cyberfx1024 said:

French is a widely spoken language in Morocco so they should have someone in the embassy that speaks it. 

 

Good to know. 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

sorry folks it does make a difference for the casa embassy 

they will tell him he can interview in native language 

but they will deny him/ they want him to say "i will do interview in English"

that embassy expects a person coming to the US  to be able to speak and write in English as they intend to live here

they allow the older parents a visa as that generation is mostly uneducated so native lanuage is ok

 

but no,  he needs to start studying English

Edited September 11, 2018 by adil-rafa

[Meryem467 35]

So, should he try to do the interview in English with a translator in case he needs help? He is actually pretty good in English, but doesn't have a lot of confidence. 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

as said many times on here K1 visa is rarely approved in Morocco / portal and embassy reviews

he can use any language he wants but some of the CR1 refuses were for this very reason

embassy has interpretors

i can see a / i can a deial in your case /get him into  a class to study English

this is not a judgement to your relationship and we have many here taking English classes

but this is something Casa use to deny

 

for instance the July 2018 charts for approvals is out / there were 8 approved K1 in July 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/MonthlyNIVIssuances/JULY 2018 - NIV Issuances by Post and Visa Class.pdf

look under non-immigrant class and issueuances by month and post

there were only 40 CR1 and 16 IR1's approved July 2018

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/MonthlyIVIssuances/JULY 2018 - IV Issuances by Post and Visa Class.pdf

as said very hard embassy / check these charts out compared to other embassies

 

compared to the number of interviews for the this embassy this  is low approval 

recently they denied a IR1 to a pregnant woman (means married over 2 years) and her husband was outside the embassy hoping for her visa (September 5th)

 

Edited September 11, 2018 by adil-rafa

[EmmNM 179]

On 9/11/2018 at 12:30 PM, adil-rafa said:

sorry folks it does make a difference for the casa embassy 

they will tell him he can interview in native language 

but they will deny him/ they want him to say "i will do interview in English"

that embassy expects a person coming to the US  to be able to speak and write in English as they intend to live here

they allow the older parents a visa as that generation is mostly uneducated so native lanuage is ok

 

but no,  he needs to start studying English

 

On 9/11/2018 at 1:23 PM, Meryem467 said:

So, should he try to do the interview in English with a translator in case he needs help? He is actually pretty good in English, but doesn't have a lot of confidence. 

As @adil-rafa states. The embassy is going to expect him to know English when he is moving to a predominately English speaking country. I do not think it would be wise to interview in any other language but English. As she stated K1s are rarely approved in Morocco as it is. 

[bavana Havana 3]

On 9/11/2018 at 9:26 PM, adil-rafa said:

as said many times on here K1 visa is rarely approved in Morocco / portal and embassy reviews

he can use any language he wants but some of the CR1 refuses were for this very reason

embassy has interpretors

i can see a / i can a deial in your case /get him into  a class to study English

this is not a judgement to your relationship and we have many here taking English classes

but this is something Casa use to deny

 

for instance the July 2018 charts for approvals is out / there were 8 approved K1 in July 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Non-Immigrant-Statistics/MonthlyNIVIssuances/JULY 2018 - NIV Issuances by Post and Visa Class.pdf

look under non-immigrant class and issueuances by month and post

there were only 40 CR1 and 16 IR1's approved July 2018

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/Immigrant-Statistics/MonthlyIVIssuances/JULY 2018 - IV Issuances by Post and Visa Class.pdf

as said very hard embassy / check these charts out compared to other embassies

 

compared to the number of interviews for the this embassy this  is low approval 

recently they denied a IR1 to a pregnant woman (means married over 2 years) and her husband was outside the embassy hoping for her visa (September 5th)

 

my husband still not speak english  well  he study only from youtube and his levell in english A2  and he sometimes understant me and sometimes not  ,  i think will be hard for him the interview

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

one of the things on our huge RFE was to prove where he learned English and he ha tdo get an Affidavit from school in Safi where he took English classes