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| Morocco |  Review on November 14, 2009: |
Elghazi2008
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
11/14/09 UPDATE:
The Consulate had asked us to fax a copy of the affidavit of support signed by my parents but their fax machine was apparently not working, so my father and I both e-mailed it to them...No response for a few days so I had my fiance call the Consulate. After redirecting him to six different offices / phone numbers, they finally told him that the I-134 affidavit was not the right form, they wanted the I-864. Of course, my fiance had noooo clue what the difference between the two was, so he just assumed they were right and was extremely upset with me over having the wrong form. This made me angry because they were just pulling him around on a wild goose chase, so I called them up myself...All I have to say is that I'm very glad that I was in Morocco and did not have to spend $1.25 / minute to haggle with them. I ended up speaking with the same man that spoke to my fiance, as he said "I think your husband just called and I told him that you need a different form". I had absolutely no time for niceties so I lit into him... "First of all, he is NOT my husband YET. But more importantly, YOU are incorrect about the forms. The I-864 is for already married couples. WE are required to file the I-134 affidavit as we are not yet married." He had just enough nerve to say "um, no ma'am, this is correct, you need the I-864". So naturally, I told him that I needed to speak with either an interviewer or his supervisor and I didn't care which. He came back with, "Well maybe your case is a special case, let me check, um hold on ma'am"...then I hear him telling some woman in the background about the issue and explaining how THIS WOMAN was insisting that she had the right form and how he was trying to explain that I was wrong...then I hear "NO! She's absolutely right....mumble mumble mumble" A minute goes by, he comes back to the phone and all I hear is "Ma'am? Um Ma'am? Do not worry about the affidavit, ma'am. Just tell your fiancee to bring his passport at 3:00 (or 1:00, I can't remember which) on the 12th." I asked to make sure he would be receiving his visa, was told yes, and hung up....
My fiance entered the US 9 months ago and we have been married for 6 of them. 
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ORIGINAL POST January 2009:
My fiance's interview was originally scheduled for February 1 (Sunday), but about two weeks before the interview, the Consulate called to reschedule for February 2 (Monday) since I assume that the Consulate isn't open on Sundays for interviews. His brother and I waited down the street in the '1919' cafe. My fiance spent a total of 3.5 hours in the Consulate.
Once inside the Consulate, my fiance waited about 15-30 minutes before a Moroccan man called his name to take his packet 3+4 paperwork and visa application fee. The man asked my fiance a few questions about our relationship and was very impressed that my fiance spoke English so well. He commented that my fiance's English was better than his and he couldn't believe that my fiance only studied English for 3 years in HS.
When the time came, he was interviewed by the oriental woman. He said that she was very nice to him and she seemed impressed by his English as well. She asked various questions including:
-What does your fiance love most about Morocco?
-Where has she worked in the past?
-What did her jobs entail?
-Where does she live?
-She was afraid to come to Morocco at first, what changed her mind about coming?
-What do you and your fiancee have in common?
-What was the last movie you watched together?
The documents for proof were few and far between. They included:
-my US passport
-copies of my flight itineraries, boarding passes (from both trips)
-copies of my return tickets with the updated flight change stickers on them
-a letter of explanation written, signed, and dated by me two days before the interview
-3 small albums of pictures from our engagement celebration with his family
-16 pictures from various dates before and after the engagement (including a screen shot of my family and us on video chat Christmas Day)
-the letters of intent and circumstance that were sent with our I-129F, newly signed and dated
-1 page of MSN conversation
-11 e-mails (8 from me, 3 from him)
-3 screen shots of oovoo video calls
-2 'snail mail' letters I sent to him after my first trip
-2 FedEx receipts from when he sent his half of the paperwork required for I-129F filing
-Copy of the medical exam results from the doctor
-originals of all my flight itineraries, tickets, boarding passes, etc. (just in case)
When all was said and done, the interviewer told my fiance that she had absolutely no doubts about the validity of our relationship but that she wanted a letter from my parents stating that they would provide support to us if/when we needed it since we are so young and we plan to stay with my parents for the first few months after my fiance arrives in the states. As far as I know, the interviewer is not requiring an I-134, but simply a letter written and signed by my parents supporting our relationship. She told my fiance to bring that to the Consulate any day after 1:30pm and the processing of his visa would begin immediately.
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