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|  Review on December 11, 2022: |
Parallel Oddling
Rating:  | Review Topic: General Review
The appointment was set for 9:00 AM, I (petitioner) arrived at the embassy with the beneficiary at around 6:30 AM. We waited outside and there was only one other family waiting in the area already. The staff started to show up and set up around 7-7:30 AM and started calling folks that had 7:45 - 8:00 AM appointments. We had heard that it was a first-come-first serve bases however, that was not the case. First they only lined up the NIV applicants then the IV applicants and all had to go by the appointment time specifically no exceptions. Several people were turned away as they (Embassy) had changed the time for them and were told to come back later. So make sure the interview time matches what you have online, I would check the AIS site the night before to double check.
Once the beneficiary went it at 9, it took about 2-2.5 hours for her to get through several of the windows for fingerprinting, biometrics, and finally interview. She claims that everything went very smooth and fast with all the applicants as they were doing interviews on the fly as in go up to the counter and they ask a few questions, hand over paper work and await the approval, refusal, denial, etc.
During the interview she was asked 6-8 generic questions: when/how/where did you two meet, if she had traveled anywhere else or to the US in the past. She asked the beneficiary how long I stayed for when we first saw each other and how long I was planning on staying for this time.
Our case was pretty straightforward, I as the petitioner visited two days prior to the interview as I wanted to make sure I bring in any additional evidence along with physically being here to hopefully streamline the process.
Result of the interview:
Unfortunately, the beneficiary was missing the original Birth Certificate from UAE and only had a copy with her, and for that reason they refused the visa. They gave her the 221g (blue form) which basically stated that we needed to provide the original certificate in order to proceed.
We were able to attain the original the next day and sent it along with the passport via Empost (Embassy wanted us to send it that way) and it was received by the Embassy the next business day (Thursday).
We are now awaiting to see what happens in terms of how long it will take, it is not in Administrative Processing (thank god) but it’s still showing “Refused†on CEAC last updated on the date of the interview.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #31638