Jerusalem: Request For More Information

[rikko 80]

We have just completed our visa interview in Jerusalem, after our medical in Bethlehem. 

 

My Russian fiance was turned away and told to come back with his curriculum vitae, research papers he contributed to in college, and work experience (beyond what we already provided).

 

Me and the co-sponsor for the affidavit of support met the income requirement for a household of 3, but they said my fiance would be considered a 4th dependent (?) and we did not meet the income requirement. However, they saw my fiance's current income and determined with his income, we do meet the income requirements, they just want more proof that he has the academic and vocational qualifications to find work in the US.

 

So lesson learned for you all, bring your college diplomas, curriculum vitae/college course list, research papers you did in college, and extensive work experience... Because apparently they might want this...

 

Still grateful it wasn't a direct denial but DANG Jerusalem is expensive! We will have to come back again!

 

Can anyone direct me to a thread or tell me what the process of acquiring more documents is like? It sounds like we can mail the needed documents, and come in person with the passport later.

[Karjala 3]

Hey,

 

So I've had a similar experience. I am the U.S. citizen and my husband is a citizen of Russia. He had his interview back in April and was asked to provide some of my originals and a document he could not possibly obtained (without putting himself in danger by returning to Russia and us going broke by him flying all over the globe again). I've sent my originals by DHL, which was twice cheaper and twice faster than FedEx.

 

He brought documents along with his passport to the Embassy in person and dropped them off on May 1st. I believe his case is stuck in the administrative processing now, but it just says "Refused". So my hubby is stuck in Israel with the expired tourist visa, unable to extend it, because the U.S. embassy kept his passport. At least the bombing from Gaza has stopped.

 

You should be able to mail your originals to the embassy, the directions are at the same website where you schedule your visa interview appointment.

 

Hopefully it goes well for you!

[pochemuchka 2]

On 6/5/2023 at 3:14 PM, Karjala said:

Hey,

 

So I've had a similar experience. I am the U.S. citizen and my husband is a citizen of Russia. He had his interview back in April and was asked to provide some of my originals and a document he could not possibly obtained (without putting himself in danger by returning to Russia and us going broke by him flying all over the globe again). I've sent my originals by DHL, which was twice cheaper and twice faster than FedEx.

 

He brought documents along with his passport to the Embassy in person and dropped them off on May 1st. I believe his case is stuck in the administrative processing now, but it just says "Refused". So my hubby is stuck in Israel with the expired tourist visa, unable to extend it, because the U.S. embassy kept his passport. At least the bombing from Gaza has stopped.

 

You should be able to mail your originals to the embassy, the directions are at the same website where you schedule your visa interview appointment.

 

Hopefully it goes well for you!

Did he ever get to leave, why did they keep his passport? Just interested. And if you had to do it again would you have chosen a different country to interview in due to the price point of a stay in Jerusalem? 
thanks

[Karjala 3]

On 6/17/2023 at 9:32 PM, pochemuchka said:

Did he ever get to leave, why did they keep his passport? Just interested. And if you had to do it again would you have chosen a different country to interview in due to the price point of a stay in Jerusalem? 
thanks

Supposedly, they keep his passport to put the visa in it once it's approved. Which did not happen yet.

Unfortunately, we did not get to decide what country to interview in, since U.S. embassy in Israel was the only one accepting the transfer of our case.

The only reason why it's taking so long there is because the case is in administrative processing, who knows why.

I would not recommend trying to transfer to Latin American countries, the wait time there is too long.