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| Kuwait |  Review on October 20, 2014: |
MoBar65
Rating:  | Review Topic: EB-1 Visa
Our interview was on September 24th, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. Most people at that time (about a dozen or so, other than us) were either US citizens. Started at the first window with a pleasant Arab lady who prepared the documents, verified some facts and returned the X-rays to us. Second window was another lady who took fingerprints from me and my wife, but not the kids (all under 14 years).
Third window was the formal interview. First half hour was formal paperwork, oaths and returning originals to us. Second half hour was grilling me over visa qualifications, including very detailed questions about my research results and potential applications, and their significance. At the end of this part, the CO said the petition cannot be approved for lack of a tenure track academic position. I spent the next half hour, first explaining to the CO that he was looking at the wrong EB-1 subcategory in his manual, and that my specific case is EB-1A which did not require a job offer at all. I then went through a step-by-step explanation of the requirements of this particular category and how I qualified for it. You can imagine how stressful this part was on me and on my wife.
At the end, the CO relented and declared he was satisfied with my qualifications. He still requested an un update letter from the university I'll be joining initially as an adjunct professor, as a proof of my commitment to continue work within my field of expertise. I hand-submitted that letter the following day to the embassy. Two weeks later, I sent an email copy of the letter and inquired about the case. A few days later I was asked to bring in my passports, and the visas were issued the following day. Visas and packets were picked up 3 business days later. Each of us had their own visa packet.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #15424