Cairo Interview Survey

[m&n 0]

my husband had the same guy and was asked the same questions as yours was......except for the last question........they didn't keep his passport and was told they'd contact him in 1-2 months

Ok so give it up all you Cairo peeps..................describe the person that interviewed your SO and tell us how long the ap/ar lasted or has been still going on?

Our interviewer was a black man that had quite an attitude and gave my husband an intense feeling that he was lower than dog sh!t.

your turn..................

[~~~water~~~ 0]

my fiance had a middle aged white man , american , he spoke arabic perfectly , but the interview was in english. He was polite, but very formal and took a lot of time looking over/reading everything. My fiance was told he would hear something in 1-2 months, You won't believe me when I tell u this , that was 3 months ago.

Edited July 31, 2007 by water is wide

[wael253 0]

while me and my wife had to do everything from here , so we had to go to the embassy 3 different times , first to get the free to marry affidavit, second to file the petition and present the petition interview, one time we had to go back to alex and come back to the embassy because we have forgot one paper .. these three times plus my last interview . so i been there 4 different times , i have almost met every one there , 4 egyptians and 4 americans .

everyone was the same ( discourage & mean & aggressive ) plus treating you like they are higher than you , biger then you and better than you !

EXCEPT this one white american consular with the glasses .. he was a truly exception .. we had him for our petition interview .. and then i do believe he is too nice to be there

i had my last interview by the black consular ..

he called my name . i went directly to the window . i said good morning sir . he said good morning

i said how you doing sir .. he looked at me like i did something wrong or said something i was not suppose to say .

and i really don't know what was wrong with that , is it me saying how you doing !

or is it me calling him sir

no need to go thru the interview details now coz when somebody looks at you this kind of look just because you said how you doing sir , i guess we all can expect how the interview went ...

[doodlebug 3]

while me and my wife had to do everything from here , so we had to go to the embassy 3 different times , first to get the free to marry affidavit, second to file the petition and present the petition interview, one time we had to go back to alex and come back to the embassy because we have forgot one paper .. these three times plus my last interview . so i been there 4 different times , i have almost met every one there , 4 egyptians and 4 americans .

everyone was the same ( discourage & mean & aggressive ) plus treating you like they are higher than you , biger then you and better than you !

EXCEPT this one white american consular with the glasses .. he was a truly exception .. we had him for our petition interview .. and then i do believe he is too nice to be there

i had my last interview by the black consular ..

he called my name . i went directly to the window . i said good morning sir . he said good morning

i said how you doing sir .. he looked at me like i did something wrong or said something i was not suppose to say .

and i really don't know what was wrong with that , is it me saying how you doing !

or is it me calling him sir

no need to go thru the interview details now coz when somebody looks at you this kind of look just because you said how you doing sir , i guess we all can expect how the interview went ...

Yup. All yesterday my husband kept telling me, I don't know......he did not give me a good feeling at all and I think I'm denied because he hated me so much and I did not do anything to make him hate me.

What a sadistic man to do such a thing to someone at such a critical point in their life!!!!

[ya falaha! 0]

They guy does sound like a jerk and all but think about it this way...if you had to deal with ppl at a high fraud embassy and deal with ppl who prolly 80% of the time are trying to commit fraud, wouldn't you be kinda jerky too? I know I would. After awhile I'd convince myself that all of them are dishonest.

[JeanneVictoria 55]

Looking back at our interviews I think the problem began when we had to stand in line outside the embassy!!! Yeahhhhh, that was the beginning of the end as we know it. Should have known from the attitude of the lady at the first place we "visited". Was on the American side as I had to have a notarization that I was free to marry in Egypt. Well...what should have been just a notary signature turned into the consular who was definately having a bad hair day . Didn't know anyone could yell that much thru the glass at me. Didn't have a clue at what she was trying to convey to me except she wanted to know if I had any small children at home as "Egyptian men are very abusive".....well.....I said no I didn't and she said "GOOD"!!! I think I was kinda in a little shock as I didn't expect such rude treatment and especially when if she wanted to ask me questions she certainly could have ask me to pick up the phone so we both could hear.

Anyway I left crying my eyes out as just couldn't understand any rhyme or reason for her actions toward me AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. And she was just as rude to Wael which was so uncalled for. He is so calm and sweet . On the train back to Alexandria we tried to sort out all what happened and if there was any answer we gave that she didn't like. It was just a disaster trying to get just this lonely little piece of paper that was so important to us notarized. As quickly as she was yelling at us she changed to be a calm person...notarized the affadavit and would you believe....WISHED US LUCK!!!!! My head was spinning like I was being exorcised So with everything that has happened to us we have weathered the storm...crossed the floods....endured hellfire...and one thing more....we can truly say there are good, bad and indifferent in all people...I'm just thankful we survived with calmness, tears and the knowledge to go forth with assurance of obtaining our visa soon. We have taken the test and PASSED!!!

[doodlebug 3]

Looking back at our interviews I think the problem began when we had to stand in line outside the embassy!!! Yeahhhhh, that was the beginning of the end as we know it. Should have known from the attitude of the lady at the first place we "visited". Was on the American side as I had to have a notarization that I was free to marry in Egypt. Well...what should have been just a notary signature turned into the consular who was definately having a bad hair day . Didn't know anyone could yell that much thru the glass at me. Didn't have a clue at what she was trying to convey to me except she wanted to know if I had any small children at home as "Egyptian men are very abusive".....well.....I said no I didn't and she said "GOOD"!!! I think I was kinda in a little shock as I didn't expect such rude treatment and especially when if she wanted to ask me questions she certainly could have ask me to pick up the phone so we both could hear.

Anyway I left crying my eyes out as just couldn't understand any rhyme or reason for her actions toward me AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. And she was just as rude to Wael which was so uncalled for. He is so calm and sweet . On the train back to Alexandria we tried to sort out all what happened and if there was any answer we gave that she didn't like. It was just a disaster trying to get just this lonely little piece of paper that was so important to us notarized. As quickly as she was yelling at us she changed to be a calm person...notarized the affadavit and would you believe....WISHED US LUCK!!!!! My head was spinning like I was being exorcised So with everything that has happened to us we have weathered the storm...crossed the floods....endured hellfire...and one thing more....we can truly say there are good, bad and indifferent in all people...I'm just thankful we survived with calmness, tears and the knowledge to go forth with assurance of obtaining our visa soon. We have taken the test and PASSED!!!

I think I had the same lady when I got my affidavit as well. She gave me the third degree for about five minutes and then finally gave it to me.

They guy does sound like a jerk and all but think about it this way...if you had to deal with ppl at a high fraud embassy and deal with ppl who prolly 80% of the time are trying to commit fraud, wouldn't you be kinda jerky too? I know I would. After awhile I'd convince myself that all of them are dishonest.

You've got a point! I don't think they just interview the immigrants either so dealing with ALL THOSE lottery visas, visitor's visas etc. could put me in a bad mood every day too!!!

[deadbird 2]

They guy does sound like a jerk and all but think about it this way...if you had to deal with ppl at a high fraud embassy and deal with ppl who prolly 80% of the time are trying to commit fraud, wouldn't you be kinda jerky too? I know I would. After awhile I'd convince myself that all of them are dishonest.

Then they should get another job. lol

[ya falaha! 0]

Yeah I suppose if they hate their job they shouldn't be doing it. But then again, if his behavior can scare off at least one guy who's trying to commit fraud then I'm all for him being a jerk. It's not COs job to be nice or pleasant to the interviewees. Their job is to interview these ppl and try to weed out the bad ones. If someone can't take a little jerky behavior from one guy then how are they gonna handle living in this world? Don't we all encounter a-holes in our lives? Just because a CO is an azz doesn't mean your SO isn't gonna eventually get his visa.

They guy does sound like a jerk and all but think about it this way...if you had to deal with ppl at a high fraud embassy and deal with ppl who prolly 80% of the time are trying to commit fraud, wouldn't you be kinda jerky too? I know I would. After awhile I'd convince myself that all of them are dishonest.

Then they should get another job. lol

[Cheryl & Medo 3]

My husband had the white man with glasses skinny. He asked how are you? How did you meet your wife? Dose she have any children. They talked about the weather? Talked about how the dogs water bowl freezes in the winter. Asked what we would do once he is here. Medo also seen a paper with a big stamp in red that said approved. The man said O.K. you should hear something in 30 days and Medo replyed shocked WHAT??? then the man said maybe 3 weeks. Well that was 6 mo. ago.

[Aymerlu 3]

We had a white gal, probably 40ish that was a hag. I know I've told the story many times, but when I fist walked up to the window with Khallid, she looked me up and down and asked him why he would want to marry a woman like me......and "she has two kids!" Then she said I could not stand at the window with him. She needed to be thankful there was glass between us.

[monnik 0]

And she was just as rude to Wael which was so uncalled for.

When I went to the American Services to get the free to marry paper, they wouldn't even let him in the building. He had to wait outside. (In November, thankfully, so he wasn't in the heat.) And, I went back to American Services after that, but they wouldn't let him in without showing the marriage certificate.

Don't think being American has any bearing on how well they treat you. They are equally rude to everyone.

It seems like the thin white guy is one of the kindest ones there. If only he was available at special request.