Scheduling Interviews in Abu Dhabi Embassy

[MAJER 10]

hi everyone 

 

wish you the best on the interview to all!!

i have question dos the interview gonna be in English or Arabic?? since my wife doesn't speak very well English. 

 

thanks  to all 

[Ma. Sc 21]

On 6/2/2021 at 8:26 PM, KQM said:

 

Hi, I'm from Iran and my case was in Ankara.I got DQ Aug2019. I changed my case to Abu Dhabi, now my case number is changed to June 2021. It means waiting for mounts. frustrating

[Ma. Sc 21]

On 6/10/2021 at 10:36 PM, MAJER said:

hi everyone 

 

wish you the best on the interview to all!!

i have question dos the interview gonna be in English or Arabic?? since my wife doesn't speak very well English. 

 

thanks  to all 

not problem.it can be in Arabic or English both. 

[MAJER 10]

5 hours ago, Ma. Sc said:

not problem.it can be in Arabic or English both. 

thank you so much for verifier!!! i hope everything go well for you interview appointment and soon give us great news!!   

[Ma. Sc 21]

9 hours ago, MAJER said:

thank you so much for verifier!!! i hope everything go well for you interview appointment and soon give us great news!!   

you're welcome. waiting for great news👍

[MagicGoose 3]

Hello,

 

Has anyone received an  interview notice for July? We got DQ on 21 May. Category EB1-A. Visa class is current  as shown on the visa bulletin. It seems different categories of immigrant visa have different wait times so we are trying to estimate the processing time. Thank you all for your feedback

[Ma. Sc 21]

I have a question. interview date is based on case number or prority date? 

[Chancy 6,241]

32 minutes ago, Ma. Sc said:

interview date is based on case number or prority date? 

 

For immigrant visa cases, it's normally based on DQ date.

 

[Misiu 33]

I have finally received my passport today with visa. Let me give some information for the ones that will have their interview soon;

 

My appointment was in June 8th at 8:30. I would recommend to arrive earlier. Parking is easy, there are a lot of parking spots outside of the embassy. You cannot enter to the Embassy parking by car. I have been at Embassy garden around 7:15am. They are putting people in line of seats at the garden. Gates do not open until 8:20 or so. So if you come early you need to wait outside. Since nowadays it is hot, note that outside they have two fan for cooling but they are not so effective. Waiting outside can be a little disturbing.  When I arrived there were 3 people ahead of me. And once they opened the doors there were around 10-15 people behind me in the line.

 

Once they open the doors, they take people in as first comes first serves order. First you go to the window outside of the building, there they check your passport and interview letter. Then they let you in to the first room for screening. After that, they send you to the main building where the interview will take place.

 

When you enter the main building, they check your documents again and give you a line number. Then you sit and wait to be called. First window took from me these below documents;

 

* Original of the Birth Certificate (If other than english, with original translation)

* Original of Wedding certificate (If other than english, with original translation)

* Original of Police Certificate for any country you have lived more than 6 months or one year (I am not sure which one, but I believe 1 year)

* 1 US standards photo

* Original of your passport.

 

After you give these documents then they put them to a sealed bag and you wait again. There were 3 officers the day I had interview for this process. One lady was a persian speaker, one gentleman was Indian and one lady was Arabic speaker I believe. 

 

After you gave your documents, and you wait for short while, they call you for fingerprints from another window. There is another lady in the salon that walks around constantly and helps people with their fingerprints etc. Once you give your fingerprints, you again just wait.

 

Then, your number is called from another window and you have your actual interview. . There was a very kind gentleman that did my interview. He asked the classical questions. 

 

* Where did you meet your wife

* When did you meet your wife

* What you do in UAE

* Did you ever had USA visa before

* When do you plan to move to USA

 

He wanted to see some pictures of us. I had brought over 100 pictures but he wanted only a 10 or so selection. Be informed that the gap that you give your documents to officer in the window is not that wide, so giving a photo album might be tricky. You can give the pictures out of the album.

 

After all, he told me that everything went fine. He told me that they will cancel my valid US B1/B2 visa and will give me a new visa. He wished me luck in USA and everything is finished.

 

I have brought lots of documents, lots of proof etc with me but they have not required from me. I would suggest you all to bring everything anyhow. Better to be prepared. 

 

They have not asked me 2020 tax returns, I had brought with me along W-2.

 

Also, you can bring your documents in binders or folders. Lots of people was carrying these transparent big file envelopes, and others were using binders. I came with a binder and transparent plastic for my pictures. 

 

You can bring your phone with you to the garden of the Embassy, so you wont get bored. They take your phone, car key and other electronics if you have and put a locker and give you a ticket for it to get it back after the interview. I had left my phone in car in any case, that why I got super bored while waiting outside for 1 hour. You do not need to:)

 

All along it was a very good experience. Consular officer was a nice gentleman, and if you have everything right and no red flag, they are helpful to you. My interview was at 8:30. I arrived to embassy at 7:15 and exit around 9:20. All took around 2-2.5 hours. Interview took itself no more than 5-10 mins (really hard to assess the real time due to stress:))

 

Finally, the evening of the interview my status in ceac tracker is turned to "administrative processing". I have stressed a little bit, as AP is a scary topic. I kinda knew that this is normal procedure between interview and visa issued but you cant help to the stress once you see it on the screen. So if you have verbal confirmation of the approval but your case is seen AP, you do not need to worry directly. Thursday finally it changed to issued and very shortly I got a mail from Empost that my passport is delivered to the Main hub in Muroor street. Since Empost is not working Friday and Sunday, today at 8 am I went to pick up my passport and it was so quick, in 2 mins they gave my package. In the package there is only your passport and two paper is attached to it. One says that they sent our immigration package electronically so we do not need to cary any packages with us to give border control. And second paper is explaining how you make payment for your greencard.

 

As a summary timeline for me was like this;

 

June 8th, Tuesday - Interview

June 8th, Tuesday - CEAC Tracker switched from "Ready" to "Administrative processing"

June 10th, Thursday afternoon - CEAC Tracker switched from "Administrative processing" to "Issued"

June 10th, Thursday - Empost sent mail for the tracking number and link

June 13th, Sunday - Passport collected with Visa.

[Rashedhaikal 2]

20 minutes ago, Misiu said:

I have finally received my passport today with visa. Let me give some information for the ones that will have their interview soon;

 

My appointment was in June 8th at 8:30. I would recommend to arrive earlier. Parking is easy, there are a lot of parking spots outside of the embassy. You cannot enter to the Embassy parking by car. I have been at Embassy garden around 7:15am. They are putting people in line of seats at the garden. Gates do not open until 8:20 or so. So if you come early you need to wait outside. Since nowadays it is hot, note that outside they have two fan for cooling but they are not so effective. Waiting outside can be a little disturbing.  When I arrived there were 3 people ahead of me. And once they opened the doors there were around 10-15 people behind me in the line.

 

Once they open the doors, they take people in as first comes first serves order. First you go to the window outside of the building, there they check your passport and interview letter. Then they let you in to the first room for screening. After that, they send you to the main building where the interview will take place.

 

When you enter the main building, they check your documents again and give you a line number. Then you sit and wait to be called. First window took from me these below documents;

 

* Original of the Birth Certificate (If other than english, with original translation)

* Original of Wedding certificate (If other than english, with original translation)

* Original of Police Certificate for any country you have lived more than 6 months or one year (I am not sure which one, but I believe 1 year)

* 1 US standards photo

* Original of your passport.

 

After you give these documents then they put them to a sealed bag and you wait again. There were 3 officers the day I had interview for this process. One lady was a persian speaker, one gentleman was Indian and one lady was Arabic speaker I believe. 

 

After you gave your documents, and you wait for short while, they call you for fingerprints from another window. There is another lady in the salon that walks around constantly and helps people with their fingerprints etc. Once you give your fingerprints, you again just wait.

 

Then, your number is called from another window and you have your actual interview. . There was a very kind gentleman that did my interview. He asked the classical questions. 

 

* Where did you meet your wife

* When did you meet your wife

* What you do in UAE

* Did you ever had USA visa before

* When do you plan to move to USA

 

He wanted to see some pictures of us. I had brought over 100 pictures but he wanted only a 10 or so selection. Be informed that the gap that you give your documents to officer in the window is not that wide, so giving a photo album might be tricky. You can give the pictures out of the album.

 

After all, he told me that everything went fine. He told me that they will cancel my valid US B1/B2 visa and will give me a new visa. He wished me luck in USA and everything is finished.

 

I have brought lots of documents, lots of proof etc with me but they have not required from me. I would suggest you all to bring everything anyhow. Better to be prepared. 

 

They have not asked me 2020 tax returns, I had brought with me along W-2.

 

Also, you can bring your documents in binders or folders. Lots of people was carrying these transparent big file envelopes, and others were using binders. I came with a binder and transparent plastic for my pictures. 

 

You can bring your phone with you to the garden of the Embassy, so you wont get bored. They take your phone, car key and other electronics if you have and put a locker and give you a ticket for it to get it back after the interview. I had left my phone in car in any case, that why I got super bored while waiting outside for 1 hour. You do not need to:)

 

All along it was a very good experience. Consular officer was a nice gentleman, and if you have everything right and no red flag, they are helpful to you. My interview was at 8:30. I arrived to embassy at 7:15 and exit around 9:20. All took around 2-2.5 hours. Interview took itself no more than 5-10 mins (really hard to assess the real time due to stress:))

 

Finally, the evening of the interview my status in ceac tracker is turned to "administrative processing". I have stressed a little bit, as AP is a scary topic. I kinda knew that this is normal procedure between interview and visa issued but you cant help to the stress once you see it on the screen. So if you have verbal confirmation of the approval but your case is seen AP, you do not need to worry directly. Thursday finally it changed to issued and very shortly I got a mail from Empost that my passport is delivered to the Main hub in Muroor street. Since Empost is not working Friday and Sunday, today at 8 am I went to pick up my passport and it was so quick, in 2 mins they gave my package. In the package there is only your passport and two paper is attached to it. One says that they sent our immigration package electronically so we do not need to cary any packages with us to give border control. And second paper is explaining how you make payment for your greencard.

 

As a summary timeline for me was like this;

 

June 8th, Tuesday - Interview

June 8th, Tuesday - CEAC Tracker switched from "Ready" to "Administrative processing"

June 10th, Thursday afternoon - CEAC Tracker switched from "Administrative processing" to "Issued"

June 10th, Thursday - Empost sent mail for the tracking number and link

June 13th, Sunday - Passport collected with Visa.

Awesome feedback thank you!

Spouse not required to attend the interview? (The sponsor)

[Rashedhaikal 2]

24 minutes ago, Misiu said:

I have finally received my passport today with visa. Let me give some information for the ones that will have their interview soon;

 

My appointment was in June 8th at 8:30. I would recommend to arrive earlier. Parking is easy, there are a lot of parking spots outside of the embassy. You cannot enter to the Embassy parking by car. I have been at Embassy garden around 7:15am. They are putting people in line of seats at the garden. Gates do not open until 8:20 or so. So if you come early you need to wait outside. Since nowadays it is hot, note that outside they have two fan for cooling but they are not so effective. Waiting outside can be a little disturbing.  When I arrived there were 3 people ahead of me. And once they opened the doors there were around 10-15 people behind me in the line.

 

Once they open the doors, they take people in as first comes first serves order. First you go to the window outside of the building, there they check your passport and interview letter. Then they let you in to the first room for screening. After that, they send you to the main building where the interview will take place.

 

When you enter the main building, they check your documents again and give you a line number. Then you sit and wait to be called. First window took from me these below documents;

 

* Original of the Birth Certificate (If other than english, with original translation)

* Original of Wedding certificate (If other than english, with original translation)

* Original of Police Certificate for any country you have lived more than 6 months or one year (I am not sure which one, but I believe 1 year)

* 1 US standards photo

* Original of your passport.

 

After you give these documents then they put them to a sealed bag and you wait again. There were 3 officers the day I had interview for this process. One lady was a persian speaker, one gentleman was Indian and one lady was Arabic speaker I believe. 

 

After you gave your documents, and you wait for short while, they call you for fingerprints from another window. There is another lady in the salon that walks around constantly and helps people with their fingerprints etc. Once you give your fingerprints, you again just wait.

 

Then, your number is called from another window and you have your actual interview. . There was a very kind gentleman that did my interview. He asked the classical questions. 

 

* Where did you meet your wife

* When did you meet your wife

* What you do in UAE

* Did you ever had USA visa before

* When do you plan to move to USA

 

He wanted to see some pictures of us. I had brought over 100 pictures but he wanted only a 10 or so selection. Be informed that the gap that you give your documents to officer in the window is not that wide, so giving a photo album might be tricky. You can give the pictures out of the album.

 

After all, he told me that everything went fine. He told me that they will cancel my valid US B1/B2 visa and will give me a new visa. He wished me luck in USA and everything is finished.

 

I have brought lots of documents, lots of proof etc with me but they have not required from me. I would suggest you all to bring everything anyhow. Better to be prepared. 

 

They have not asked me 2020 tax returns, I had brought with me along W-2.

 

Also, you can bring your documents in binders or folders. Lots of people was carrying these transparent big file envelopes, and others were using binders. I came with a binder and transparent plastic for my pictures. 

 

You can bring your phone with you to the garden of the Embassy, so you wont get bored. They take your phone, car key and other electronics if you have and put a locker and give you a ticket for it to get it back after the interview. I had left my phone in car in any case, that why I got super bored while waiting outside for 1 hour. You do not need to:)

 

All along it was a very good experience. Consular officer was a nice gentleman, and if you have everything right and no red flag, they are helpful to you. My interview was at 8:30. I arrived to embassy at 7:15 and exit around 9:20. All took around 2-2.5 hours. Interview took itself no more than 5-10 mins (really hard to assess the real time due to stress:))

 

Finally, the evening of the interview my status in ceac tracker is turned to "administrative processing". I have stressed a little bit, as AP is a scary topic. I kinda knew that this is normal procedure between interview and visa issued but you cant help to the stress once you see it on the screen. So if you have verbal confirmation of the approval but your case is seen AP, you do not need to worry directly. Thursday finally it changed to issued and very shortly I got a mail from Empost that my passport is delivered to the Main hub in Muroor street. Since Empost is not working Friday and Sunday, today at 8 am I went to pick up my passport and it was so quick, in 2 mins they gave my package. In the package there is only your passport and two paper is attached to it. One says that they sent our immigration package electronically so we do not need to cary any packages with us to give border control. And second paper is explaining how you make payment for your greencard.

 

As a summary timeline for me was like this;

 

June 8th, Tuesday - Interview

June 8th, Tuesday - CEAC Tracker switched from "Ready" to "Administrative processing"

June 10th, Thursday afternoon - CEAC Tracker switched from "Administrative processing" to "Issued"

June 10th, Thursday - Empost sent mail for the tracking number and link

June 13th, Sunday - Passport collected with Visa.

May i also ask when did you get DQ and IL dates?

[Abdu Barkouk 9]

@Misiu What a brilliantly detailed review. Thank you so much and congratulations on your approval! 

[BISHO 13]

On 6/13/2021 at 11:31 AM, Rashedhaikal said:

Awesome feedback thank you!

Spouse not required to attend the interview? (The sponsor)

Yes , spouse is not required to attend the interview. 

On 6/13/2021 at 11:31 AM, Rashedhaikal said:

Awesome feedback thank you!

Spouse not required to attend the interview? (The sponsor)

Her Dq is 21.03.2021 before before me by one day . 

[Hussamalhussein 3]

I interviewed yesterday, and turned Issued today. Good luck to the rest ! .

[grampsearl 0]

So this are not expedite case?