Need help with CR1

[JY&MD 0]

Hi Guys,

 After reading bunch of stories and comments about Casablanca consult I got worried actually I'm freaking out.

My wife and I story go back to 2014 when we first met “online”, at that time I was 20 she was 19, we would text all day and at night talk on the phone till the very next morning we still do that till this day, the first couple weeks we talked as friends and then we became close friends she would tell me everything and I’d tell her everything big or small, then after three months of being close friends we realized that we have so much in common and that we are pretty much alike, so we started dating. Most of my colleagues here will agree that being in a long distance relationship is very hard but we managed to stay together till this very day which I’m blessed.

Reason why she never visited me is because her parents wouldn’t let her travel by herself to Morocco and she fears traveling by herself and it’s very expensive to travel from Dallas to Morocco for two ppl plus she had school which she had to pay for and she only worked part time because of school, and most importantly we both decided to save up for the wedding since we both knew for sure we would end up together.

Moving forward to 2016, I proposed late of 2016 (day of her birthday) she said YES, was the best day of my life. Long before my proposal she and I would talk about marriage, honeymoon, kids, Our different religions, what kind of house we’d want to live in, kind of cars, almost everything. Long story short we both agreed to get married in Mexico almost a year before my proposal and that’s what we did.

Beginning of 2017 is when we got married (again best day of my life) J, I was supposed to fly from Morocco to Berlin then to New Mexico then another ticket to Cancun, I was very happy and we had already made plans I’d arrive hours before my wife arrives meet at the airport and everything, So the bummer is the Moroccan staff at the airport in Morocco wouldn’t let me take that flight because I didn’t have a transit visa which is ridicules since I talked to the German embassy days before my flight and the agency where I bought my ticket called the main office of the airline and said it’s okey as long he catches his next flight, anyway, I had to take a different much expensive route (Morocco-Brazil) 1 ticket stayed 18 hours at the airport then another ticket from (Brazil to Cancun through Colombia) bought only one way since all my money went on tickets (my wife paid for my return to Brazil), I arrived to Cancun one day after my wife arrived she introduced me to her stepdad nice guy  her family as well two days after that we got married for honeymoon went to a water parks, caves almost everything it was unbelievable in one week.

Some of you may ask me why we didn’t get married in Morocco well is because it would have taken us at least one month or 3 weeks to get married and we don’t really have that much time since we both have jobs and her stepdad as well. And again plane tickets for two ppl very expensive.

Anyway moving a little bit forward late of 2017 we decided to hire a lawyer to do all the paper work and take care of our case since we didn’t know the process or anything. Reason why we waited all this time to go through immigration is because we we’re saving up for the lawyer. What scares me the most is the lawyer didn’t submit any weeding photos nor screenshots only marriage certificate, and after reading threats her I’m freaking out also the fact she never visited Morocco.

My interview is coming up next month and I am terrified.

 

Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

 

Excuse any mistakes as i'm doing this from my job  couldn't wait.

[EandH0904 1,184]

So are you saying in 4 years you only met 1 time and that was when you got married? 

 

In Casablanca having spent a lot of face time together is very important.  

 

We got married in 5 days in Morocco - I dont think that's a reasonable excuse and you can look out for flight deals or go off season and its $600-$700. I'm sure your flight to Cancun was much more expensive.  

 

Be prepared for questions such as: 

If she cant afford to visit you how can she afford to support you? 

How could you afford a lawyer if she couldnt visit you in Morocco?

How do you know you love her and want to spend the rest of your life with her if you only met her 1 time? 

 

Lawyers have been known to mess up a lot of things. In a country like Morocco front loading is very important. There are 196 countries in the world you cant expect a lawyer to know all customs and traditions for every country.

 

Unfortunately not having spent much time together and getting married first time may be difficult to overcome - I wish you the best of luck though. 

 

There are FB groups in Darija to talk with others who've gone through Casa too that can help you

 

[Jeanne Adil 1,651]

strong points for your case

you have communicated a long time

you are so close in age

you have taken time to know all these little and big things and can answer them at interview

you have discussed plans for life in the US and they will ask (work or study)

 

weak points

you did not send photos

you married on first "in face " meeting

she has not met Moroccan family especially moraccan mother 

you did not marry in Morocco

you need more face time 

if interview is in 2019 you may need to meet  again for the 2 year rule

 

no one can say what the CO will do but the closeness of ages and length of time you have known each other (hope the lawyer put that in cover letter) will be great advantage

for interview

dress for success

answer the quesitons quickly with no hesitation

do not elaborate on any question unless asked to

be confident

be very serious as this is serious to the embassy

incha allah you will be ok

Edited September 26, 2018 by adil-rafa

[debbiedoo 2,339]

you only met once and married on that meeting?

 

good luck with that, especially in morocco.

[RJandHamid 1,133]

As others have already said, it will be difficult to get an approval through Casablanca with so little (0) relationship evidence included in the initial petition. 

 

Not much you can do at this point other than attend the interview and answer the CO's questions to the best of your ability. You can bring relationship evidence to the interview (photos, proof of communication, receipts from your travels together), but be aware that the CO may or may not want to look at any additional documents you bring to the interview. 

 

Good luck. 

Edited September 26, 2018 by RJandHamid

[JY&MD 0]

2 hours ago, EandH0904 said:

 

Hi EandH0904,

 

Thanks for ur reply, yes we've been together for 4 years almost 5 and only met one time which was in 2017 for the weeding and spend some quality time together.

 

we didn't know about not meeting in person many times could cause this whole thing.

 

I asked before and they said it'd take at least 1 month idk, yes it was pretty expensive.

 

we have a Co sponsor which is her stepdad (my father in law)

as i said before we waited almost 7 months to afford hire a lawyer.

I spent nearly 5 years talking every single day not even one day off from talking to my wife, i helped her with her homework, job, anything you can think of.

 

that's the case we did not know that Casa consult is this hard till about a week ago and we're freaking out, if we had known we would have front loaded our case.

 

Thank you again.

[EandH0904 1,184]

8 minutes ago, JY&MD said:

That's the case we did not know that Casa consult is this hard till about a week ago and we're freaking out, if we had known we would have front loaded our case.

My only suggestion is, if you are denied, make sure that you change EVERYTHING before you get your NOID. (Notice of intent to deny). It generally takes about 6 months. 

 

If you really want to be together, have her live with you in Morocco for 6 months or so. You are both younger, no kids, if she needs a co sponsor it's not as if she has an established career yet. 

 

I think (and I'm sure others would agree) that the only thing that can help you now is more facetime together. And not just one visit to Morocco but one LONG visit there. 

 

You were prepared to move to another country for her....let her come stay with you for several months to ensure that can be a possibility.  Even if you get stuck in AP it's still a good idea for her to make a lengthy visit to see you to prove to the consulate that your relationship can survive this. 

 

Otherwise it may take years or if you do not have enough evidence to overcome a denial (if you get one) you could be denied and need to start all over again. 

[JY&MD 0]

3 hours ago, adil-rafa said:

strong points for your case

you have communicated a long time

you are so close in age

you have taken time to know all these little and big things and can answer them at interview

you have discussed plans for life in the US and they will ask (work or study)

 

weak points

you did not send photos

you married on first "in face " meeting

she has not met Moroccan family especially moraccan mother 

you did not marry in Morocco

you need more face time 

if interview is in 2019 you may need to meet  again for the 2 year rule

 

no one can say what the CO will do but the closeness of ages and length of time you have known each other (hope the lawyer put that in cover letter) will be great advantage

for interview

dress for success

answer the quesitons quickly with no hesitation

do not elaborate on any question unless asked to

be confident

be very serious as this is serious to the embassy

incha allah you will be ok

Hi Adil-Rafa,

 

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my topic.

we didn't know about submitting photos to immigration even the lawyer didn't ask.

she has met and spoken to my parents, family just not in person, video chat. she speaks to my parents almost every day same thing with me through video chat.

My interview is next month.

 

Thank you for the tips I really appreciate it.

[JY&MD 0]

3 hours ago, debbiedoo said:

you only met once and married on that meeting?

 

good luck with that, especially in morocco.

correct, Thanks

[JY&MD 0]

3 hours ago, RJandHamid said:

As others have already said, it will be difficult to get an approval through Casablanca with so little (0) relationship evidence included in the initial petition. 

 

Not much you can do at this point other than attend the interview and answer the CO's questions to the best of your ability. You can bring relationship evidence to the interview (photos, proof of communication, receipts from your travels together), but be aware that the CO may or may not want to look at any additional documents you bring to the interview. 

 

Good luck. 

if we had known about front loading our case i would have suggested it to the lawyer but ...

 

Thank you for ur reply.

[JY&MD 0]

26 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

My only suggestion is, if you are denied, make sure that you change EVERYTHING before you get your NOID. (Notice of intent to deny). It generally takes about 6 months. 

 

If you really want to be together, have her live with you in Morocco for 6 months or so. You are both younger, no kids, if she needs a co sponsor it's not as if she has an established career yet. 

 

I think (and I'm sure others would agree) that the only thing that can help you now is more facetime together. And not just one visit to Morocco but one LONG visit there. 

 

You were prepared to move to another country for her....let her come stay with you for several months to ensure that can be a possibility.  Even if you get stuck in AP it's still a good idea for her to make a lengthy visit to see you to prove to the consulate that your relationship can survive this. 

 

Otherwise it may take years or if you do not have enough evidence to overcome a denial (if you get one) you could be denied and need to start all over again. 

Thank you again for ur valuable info, quick Q what is AP? 

 

meaning when u get denied ur not technically denied? they give u 6 months to provide more evidence or how does this work?

[EandH0904 1,184]

3 minutes ago, JY&MD said:

Thank you again for ur valuable info, quick Q what is AP? 

 

meaning when u get denied ur not technically denied? they give u 6 months to provide more evidence or how does this work?

When you have your interview you can be approved, denied, or put into administrative processing where they dont make a decision right away. AP can last weeks, months or years before they make a decision. I know a few couples who have been in this processing category for about a year. 

 

If your case is denied at the interview, the US citizen will be sent either a notice of intent to deny or a notice of intent to revoke which outlines all the specific reasons for a denial. It usually takes about 6 months to receive this. Sometimes more, sometimes less. 

 

After that NOID or NOIR is received they are given a time (usually 30 days) to offer evidence that the denial is untrue or offer additional relationship evidence.  The USCIS will look at what is offered and either affirm the case, giving you a 2nd interview, or if they do not feel the new evidence is enough, they will deny the case completely and you would have to start all over again. 

 

The time frame from your interview until a reaffirmed 2nd interview or an ultimate denial is about a year. 

 

So if you are denied or put in AP I would think a really long visit of 6 months or more may be the only way to overcome it. 

 

What exactly did you pay the lawyer for again? They should have explained everything in detail to you...

[JY&MD 0]

35 minutes ago, EandH0904 said:

When you have your interview you can be approved, denied, or put into administrative processing where they dont make a decision right away. AP can last weeks, months or years before they make a decision. I know a few couples who have been in this processing category for about a year. 

 

If your case is denied at the interview, the US citizen will be sent either a notice of intent to deny or a notice of intent to revoke which outlines all the specific reasons for a denial. It usually takes about 6 months to receive this. Sometimes more, sometimes less. 

 

After that NOID or NOIR is received they are given a time (usually 30 days) to offer evidence that the denial is untrue or offer additional relationship evidence.  The USCIS will look at what is offered and either affirm the case, giving you a 2nd interview, or if they do not feel the new evidence is enough, they will deny the case completely and you would have to start all over again. 

 

The time frame from your interview until a reaffirmed 2nd interview or an ultimate denial is about a year. 

 

So if you are denied or put in AP I would think a really long visit of 6 months or more may be the only way to overcome it. 

 

What exactly did you pay the lawyer for again? They should have explained everything in detail to you...

Thank you for explaining everything to me.

[valentinasc 330]

I apologise in advance if i sound like a big .

In my opinion, you have not thought this well. 

You fell in love, whatever, got married but met only 1 time? and you both can't afford many expenses, so what do you think will happen?

What i learned from my journey is that this hasn't been easy and immigration is strict (as it should be).

 

Lawyers make many mistakes, and they do not guarantee visa approval.

 

Casablanca i's not an easy embassy, i wish you well, but i encourage you to be ready of a possible denial. There's no way you could be married to someone and in the course of 4 years only see each other in 1 occasion.

 

 

Edited September 27, 2018 by Ryan H
Reason for edit: to remove alternate spelling of profanity.

[Litlwondr 4]

4 hours ago, JY&MD said:

correct, Thanks

Dont feel bad about only meeting once.  This is unheard of for a US citizen for the most part; but Muslims really do not date as to not fornicate.  We married on our first meeting and have been married for one year now; but we have visited four times and I plan on going again next month.  The consulate is very rude and mocking.  They do not help with anything as far as answering questions, etc. They do not get in a rush for anything.   Good luck is all I can say and one never knows as to what they decide.