Finally -- THE INTERVIEW

[phila 0]

Wow! That is a wild story!!!

Congrats on the Visa- did Yeli even have to go for an interview?

If that happened to me- I would have a .33 out of 10 for my Turkish. Omer would have gotten a 6/10 I think.

OMG- best of luck!

[elgator 0]

Wow! That is a wild story!!!

Congrats on the Visa- did Yeli even have to go for an interview?

Yes, Yeli was interviewed, right after my phone call. That evening she told me (as best I could understand with my limited understanding of Spanish) that her interview lasted 20 minutes and that she was asked some difficult questions. I am curious as to what some of those questions were and will try to find out soon. Apparantly, she handled them well enough!

Several people have commented that they had never heard of this happening before. Was this referring to the phone call interview? Or to the negative line of questioning?

Thanks, Ed

[lucho562 0]

Congrats!!!!!!

I got to admit. While I was reading the first part of your post, i thought you were turned down....great post, great end result!!!

[elgator 0]

Well, in my nightly telephone conversation with Yeli this evening, I learned a little more about the interview.

She had awoken at 3:00 a.m. at her Caracas, Venezuela hotel and made her way to the embassy shortly after daybreak. There, she waited in line for 5 hours. This was evidenced by the fact that the aforementioned phone call to me was placed shortly before 1:00.

After waiting for the interviewer to speak to me on the phone, it was her turn. Among the questions, she was asked if she had ever met my first wife. Note -- I have not previously been married. She swatted that one away. They also asked her why she wanted to be with someone so much older than her. Before she had a chance to tell me how she responded to that one, I laughed and answered it for her -- because Eduardo is beautiful. Case closed.

So I guess this interviewer was just doing his job, trying to bring out a temperamental answer from me, and trying to trip up Yeli. He did not succeed on either count, and we are the proud owners of one official U.S. certified Visa! Sweet.

Yeli plans to travel to the USA on July 16, or thereabouts, after her daughter's elementary school graduation.

Our best wishes to everyone,

Eduardo and Yelitza

[hmm1 0]

Well, in my nightly telephone conversation with Yeli this evening, I learned a little more about the interview.

She had awoken at 3:00 a.m. at her Caracas, Venezuela hotel and made her way to the embassy shortly after daybreak. There, she waited in line for 5 hours. This was evidenced by the fact that the aforementioned phone call to me was placed shortly before 1:00.

After waiting for the interviewer to speak to me on the phone, it was her turn. Among the questions, she was asked if she had ever met my first wife. Note -- I have not previously been married. She swatted that one away. They also asked her why she wanted to be with someone so much older than her. Before she had a chance to tell me how she responded to that one, I laughed and answered it for her -- because Eduardo is beautiful. Case closed.

So I guess this interviewer was just doing his job, trying to bring out a temperamental answer from me, and trying to trip up Yeli. He did not succeed on either count, and we are the proud owners of one official U.S. certified Visa! Sweet.

Yeli plans to travel to the USA on July 16, or thereabouts, after her daughter's elementary school graduation.

Our best wishes to everyone,

Eduardo and Yelitza

Congrats and good luck to you and your SO...