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| Guyana |  Review on March 15, 2023: |
HelpNeeded101
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
it went the complete opposite of everything I've read here. Number 1 issue is they wouldn't even let me in for the interview at all, which I couldn't believe because I thought in Guyana they let you do that. Next, they asked my wife a series of questions that basically had nothing to do with the actual case like what she was doing in Canada before she met me, why she stopped working in Canada (she hurt her knee), then kept asking about our previous case that was withdrawn, why she was in the U.S for so long before we adjusted status. My wife had come to the US on a B2 on that case and I surprise proposed to her and after getting married 3 months after she had arrived, she went back to Canada to see her family one last time because they were doing permanent residency and wouldn't be able to travel for a couple years. She then re-entered the U.S and that is when we applied to adjust status, the interviewer from my account of my wife seemed to be really interested in why she didn't work while she was in the U.S and my wife answered with the obvious, because she was not allowed to work as she had not gotten a work authorization yet, then they got into about why we came back to Guyana and she explained because of a family emergency ( Her grandma had a stroke and she wanted to see her in case it was life threatening.) which made the previous case get denied/ thrown in limbo and that finally I was able to get it withdrawn and start a new case from Guyana. Then the interviewer seemed to really be on why I came to stay with my wife for so long, its been over 4 years now, and she said that I didn't want to be apart from her for so long ( and at that time we didn't know how long it would take, thankfully I did come because its been way longer than we imagined with all the problems of the first case taking so long to be denied even when she left before the Adjustment of status interview. Then she started asking about our 2 kids and if they have valid passports and are biologically ours and if we plan on moving to the U.S or ever coming back to Guyana, she seemed to think that I actually wanted to stay in Guyana even though every action indicated otherwise. She was questioning domicile at one point and because I wasn't in there to really explain because I had not anticipated that I would not be let in at all and I prepared all the docs and folders that my wife would not know exactly what to show her, my wife kept asking her if I could come in and give her better explanations since I had everything already uploaded in CEAC explaining all of this and had all evidence of domicile, etc...
She asked basically no questions whatsoever about our relationship. She asked her my dads name (joint sponsor), where I was born, how did we meet, when did we first meet in person and that's it. She seemed far more focused on whether my wife worked in the U.S and why she went out and back into the U.S before adjusting status which we answered and she seemed satisfied with it is my wife's thoughts. Particularly at the end when she asked if both of our kids have US passports as well as myself, my wife noticed a change in demeanor ( a good one) as she seemed to be being quite tough on her while she was standing with a newborn trying to answer the questions. It's almost as if they did not want me at the interview whatsoever to see if what I wrote in the documents I uploaded on CEAC correspond with what she says without my influence. Finally she said the visa has been approved, kept the passport, gave no white slip or any slip for that matter and said to check our email for when we can pick up the visa as well as a sheet explaining how to pay the immigrant fee for USCIS for the green card after the visa is issued. So After she finally came out the embassy as I was waiting with my toddler outside for over 2 hours, she said we were approved but then gave me a recount of the whole interview which got me a little worried because the whole thing seemed to not even be about whether the marriage was bona fide and genuine and entirely on why she left and came back to the U.S as well as why she didn't work ( which is self explanatory as its illegal to work without the authorization, im guessing this was a trick question) Well after all this I kind of had an uneasy feeling based on the line of questioning, She also asked what my dad does for a living and what I do and how did we survive here so long and she explained that our parents helped a lot and my dad made a deal that as long as I do school online he will continue to support us monetarily. She asked what school I went to and my wife mentioned im working on my Masters at the moment and for the most part was just taking notes and asking random questions out of different subjects at random, it was a young officer so maybe she is new and not experienced.
The real problem is after getting the verbal approval, we get home and I check the status on CEAC and it says that its in Administrative processing which shocked me at first but after more research saw that everyone goes through that processing and it could be anything from them just waiting on the visa to be printed to background checks, etc... So now we are in another state of limbo and have no idea whats gonna happen, I wish they would have at least let me just be there to explain anything my wife didn't know about like me having all the documents proving domicile ready, it feels like the officer didn't even review the documents on the CEAC website, she didn't ask for any documents and gave no slip for admin processing. So now I just have to hope to god that it was just a formality thing and they will issue it soon but I feel kinda down that the officer didn't seem to question at all whether it was genuine but instead questioned lots of things that really had nothing to do with the case ( why she stopped working in Canada, which was before we even met). Anyway, I'm hoping like what Ive read on other accounts with similar experiences that it will change to issued rather quickly and that there wont be any large delay but I'm not getting my hopes up too high as I've really been ringed out but this system and slowly killing me but I may just be overthinking it and need to relax, its the questions and focus of the interview and the fact that my wife continually let her know I was outside and could answer any questions that she didn't know because I prepared basically everything for her as she has to manage to 2 kids on her own and had no time to look at all the documents etc... Also she refused to even look at our scrapbook and any evidence of the relationship, so Idk what to think of that, was more much interested in other random things.
Anyway, thats what happened with my case, its been a over 8 hours and still no change in the admin processing status, hopefully within a week that changes, keeping the passport, the verbal approval, as well as giving my wife the domestic violence sheets and how to pay after the issuance of the visa as well as the fact that it seems everyone goes through admin processing regardless of approval has me feeling optimistic somewhat but with what ive experienced in this system, im ready for another limbo so I'm a little depressed about the whole situation, I hope your interview goes different as I don't think my wife said anything wrong and that we may have just gotten a bad officer. It is what it is and Il keep this forum updated on whether the status changes and how soon it does. Wish me luck because its been 4 years of hell and I don't what to do anymore but just hope to god it works out. If anyone veterans here have any knowledge and can read the situation better, please let me know so I can be prepared for any longer delays. Thanks.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #31878