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| Tunisia |  Review on January 15, 2015: |
JulieJulie
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
On 1/5/2014 I sent an email to the embassy because our status was still "InTransit" Nobody responded to our email. We arrived for our interview on 1/8/2014. We were denied entry into the embassy due to the embassy guards being on strike. We were told to come back the next day at 9AM and we would be given our appointment then. I called the embassy that afternoon to confirm that we would be given our appointment on the next day and also to verify that our case had been received and I told the person again that our case was still "in transit" I was told that I was wasting time by calling because if I have an appointment that means that they are ready for the interview and that calling to confirm was unnecessary.
On 1/9/2014 we arrived for my husband's interview and we waited from 8:30 until after noon. When there were only 3 people left in the whole room they finally called us to the window. The officer told us that the NVC hadn't sent our case yet and they would contact us when they had the case for interview. I told him that that was NOT true and that I had already tracked the package with DHL and it was signed for by the Tunisian Embassy. I refused to leave without an answer. The officer at the window then got the Consul General for us to speak to. We explained to the Consul general that they DID receive the package. She gave us her direct number and email and told us that she'd contact us by Monday to let us know what was happening with locating our case. They found the case and notified us with a new appointment for 1/15/2014
For our appointment on 1/15 we arrived at 8:30 for our 9AM appointment. The guard outside told my husband that my name wasn't on the list and wasn't allowed inside for the interview. We told him that this was not true and that I was allowed inside. We argued with him and he finally allowed me in. When we got to the waiting room we waited for about an hour before my husband's name was called. We went up to the window and had his interview with a young girl in her 20's. She asked my husband the following questions:
Why were you in the US before?
Why were you out of status in the USA?
What were you doing in the USA?
Do you have your old passport that shows your reentry into Tunisia after you left the USA?
How did you meet your wife?
What was the name of the online website you met?
Were you looking for an American woman specifically?
When did you first meet her?
Who is "cosponsor name"?
Will you work when you get to the USA?
She aslso asked me, the USC petitioner the following questions:
When were you married to your ex husband?
Why were you remarried so soon after your divorce from your exhusband?
How did you come to meet your husband on this website?
Were you looking for a Tunisian man specifically?
You have not been working recently, How have you been supporting yourself?
Where will you live when you return to the USA with your husband?
After we answered all the questions she told us the visa is approved and we can return on Wednesday to pick up his passport and visa. She didn't ask for any additional proof of relationship photos or documents.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #15970