embassy languages

[me! 0]

Hi everyone, I posted a topic a few weeks ago about my polish fiance who is living and working in scotland and what embassy we should apply for his visa through, poland or scotland. After listening to what everyone said, I decided to file through scotland and was about to put all the paperwork in the mail when I had a thought. My fiance doesn't speak english. If he goes for an interview to the american embassy in scotland, how will they conduct the interview? Is he allowed to bring a translator with him or something?

Thanks for your help!

[Shub 78]

I can't answer your question, but your post does bring up another problem: if your fiance does not speak English, do you speak a language he speaks? One of the things the embassy looks at when approving or refusing a K-1 visa is whether the couple can communicate.

[Otto 83]

Hi everyone, I posted a topic a few weeks ago about my polish fiance who is living and working in scotland and what embassy we should apply for his visa through, poland or scotland. After listening to what everyone said, I decided to file through scotland and was about to put all the paperwork in the mail when I had a thought. My fiance doesn't speak english. If he goes for an interview to the american embassy in scotland, how will they conduct the interview? Is he allowed to bring a translator with him or something?

Thanks for your help!

Me!,

I'd suggest contacting the Scottish Embassy/Consulate where the interview will eventually take place and inquire about this. If it were in Poland, I would believe the language would not be an issue - but I would venture to guess the Scottish Embassy/Consulate would not have a Polish-speaking translator on hand.

Out of curiosity - how is he getting along in Scotland w/out speaking the language?

[Skouri 2]

Hello ... after reading your case i will just tell you something, that something very intreresting for us embassy they look if you can keep in touch with him ... do you speak his language if he doesn't speak english? if he juts know the basic of the language is okay he can do it ... he just need to listen to the lawyer carefully and don't hesitate to ask him to repeat question with polite way ... if he doesn't know english here in morocco they bring somone from embassy to translate ... i advice you to fill out the paper and send them to poland which it he will be able to find someone speak the same language like him in embassy ... once again passing interview doesn't need a HIGH english level but knowing english give you a lot of pionts in front if interviewer !!!

GOOD LUCK !!!!

[me! 0]

I met him while teaching english and living in poland. Since we were in poland, he wound up teaching me polish instead of vice versa. We lived together there for about nine months, then I came back to the states to go to grad school and we are applying for a fiance visa for him. Since then, he's moved to scotland to work and learn english while we wait for the visa to process. I went to visit him recently, and he's picking the language up slowly, but I'm worried his english won't be good enough by the time the interview comes. All the people he lives and works with are poles. He's really good with vocabulary, but I can rarely get him to put them together into sentences because he's very shy about it. When he comes to the states though, there are english classes immigrants can take for free, and he'll be surrounded by americans instead of poles, so I'm sure he'll learn. Lately when I talk to him and I can't remember the polish word for something he'll remember the english one first. I'm really proud of the progress he's made, considering.

Also, the problem with working through the polish consulate is that he no longer has an address in poland. We could put his parents' address in poland down as his. But I am nervous about that. He is working and staying legally in scotland though, so I hope that will look good for the visa stuff too.

When I submit the paperwork, where will they automatically send it? His country of citizenship, or his country of residence?

I know that the language barrier will be brought up, but we lived together in poland, and now we talk on the phone every day. Of course, sometimes it is difficult, since my polish isn't perfect, but I'm always improving. I have plans to go see him over christmas in poland, and then to scotland more as we wait for the visa.

Who should I call to ask questions about this? I looked online for the number to the american embassy in england, but the only number they had for visa questions was a number they said could only be dialed to from great britain!

Thanks for your help everyone!

Caitlin