Hi everyone. I just want to share my real-time experience at the US embassy, Yaounde.
I had my Fiance visa interview February 28, 2014 at the US embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon. I felt terrible after the interview cuz i ended up not getting my visa approved.
It was a tough interview i must say; the CO had me for over 30mins. I had never felt like that in my life before.
it was a white CO, Man, Eyes shining like a security bulb (can never forget the way he was looking into my eyes the whole interview).
He talked to me (very fast, Fluent in his English, and spoke like he had his nose covered or was talking thru his nose), asking me series of questions, and kept typing into the computer non stop while keeping his eyes on my eyes (...Shake my head).
I can say those CO are well-trained Officers cuz he was so good in what he was doing.
I wasn't expecting any easy Interview anyways cuz i'd read lots of others' experiences so it was just like I was reading my own while having it.
He asked me so many questions some i can't even remember cuz he had me for over 30 minutes and I lost my calm.
After haven gone thru some tight security checks that started generating the fear in me, I waited for over 3hrs sitting while waiting for my turn.
taa daa...here comes my number displaying on screen, on window 6.
I went there, took an oath, verified my identity, then started the questioning.
-whats your name
-what's your fiance's name
-how did y'all met
-how long y'all been talking
-how do y'all communicate (thru skype, facebook, Viber, whatsapp, hangout, phone calls, e-mails, and some other IMs)
-how often do y'all communicate (Everyday. then he was like....)
-everyday??? ohmy.png
-how (thru the medias I just listed)
-so you always connected huh
-what kind of service do you use (yeah...I have a Galaxy with a 3G internet)
-you must be very rich to be connected everyday and talk to your fiance. I dont talk to my family back in the US everyday cuz it's very expensive.
-so tell me, what do you do (I don't do any permanent job since i graduated from school. I fix computers and phones and do electrical Installations)
-so you telling me you always communicating with your fiance and yet you do all these things. hows that
-when did she visited cameroon
-why did she come to cameroon
-what did you tell he that mad her come to cameroon
-why did y'all go to limbe, what is so special about limbe that made her to leav the US and flew over to cameroon
-how old are you
-how old is she
-are you aware she's older than you
-do you have a problem with that (no of course; I love her that's what matters.)
-did y'all get married
-why did y'all not get married at once she came
-why
-does she have kids
-how many
-where does she live
-where does she work
-when do y'all plan on getting married
-where (I said Miami Beach and he was like...)
-Miami ohmy.png ???
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some I cant remember. We spent much time talking bout how we met and bout us getting married.
I went in with many evidences to prove our love is real and still on-going.
He didn't even looked at or ask me anything about non of the 50Pictures i gave them.
He just kept them by his side. I guess He must have looked at them before he called me up. Cuz they looked scattered beside him.
He ended up not approving my Visa, telling me He's not gonna give me my visa, today...based on the fact that the evidences i've submitted are not enough, and that he's not convinced we gonna get married when i get to the U.S.
He gave me a Yellow paper asking me to come back with more evidence, which i've attached herein.
I left there broke down. I found the walk from the CO interview window to the Exit door a very long one cuz the door looked to me like it was in another country.
I went there the a week later with the evidences he requested. after haven traveled 7hrs from where I live to the embassy, just for the security to hold us (Me and other over 200 people holding the same yellow paper as me with the same 2PM time on them all. Crazy!) for over three hours and come back and tell us: come back next week. I felt like beating up that security man.
I went back there the next week (two weeks after my interview). I submitted all the additional documents i brought with me. A lady collected them including the yellow paper the CO gave me. Then she said "the consular officer will review the documents and we'll call you". then i left.
it's 6days now after My last visit to the embassy and my visa status still showing AP.
Things i took with me to my first interview;
>>>phone records I got from my Telephone network company (MTN Cameroon) (they were only able to give me only three months of my phone record.
That wasnt good enough cuz i was expecting to get my from records right from when my fiance and i started communicating on phone that's way-back in July, 2012.
>>>a pile of pages of our facebook conversation.
(I made it in two ways; first, i downloaded our whole facebook conversation from facebook.
but i couldn't print all of it cuz after shrinking the conversation to the minimum i could on a Microsoft word document, it was still over 7,000 (seven thousand) pages of
A4.that was too much for me to print out cuz it costed me much financially.
so i printed the first 100 pages and the last 100 pages and with page numbers on them indicating 1 - 100 and 6900 - 700.
And second, I screenshot about 50pages of our facebook conversation using the "Prt Scrn" button of the computer keyboard showing at least each month of our
conversation.
>>>50 pictures of both my fiance I I together, and others with us and the my family, and others with us and my friends.
>>>affidavit of support as requested in my packet i received
>>>W2 form as requested in my packet i received
>>>copy of receipt of my fiance's engagement ring
>>>Envelope of mail package my fiance sent my Galaxy phone in, showing all details; date time fees, names, service used, etc.
Additional Things i took with me after my interview;
>>>copy of my fiance's wedding gown
>>>copy of wedding ring receipt
>>>phone records from my fiance's phone company (T-Mobile) bout three month of when we started talking.
>>>screenshots of Skype, Facebook, Viber, whatsapp, hangout, phone calls, e-mails, and some other phone IMs
>>>4 copies of our printed wedding invitation.
>>>some letters from friends and family talking bout our relationship and our wedding plan.
>>>additional 70 pictures of both my fiance I together, and others with us and the my family, and others with us and my friends.
I hope someone learn something from me on-going story...
