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| Algiers, Algeria |  Review on January 18, 2010: |
momof1
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
My husband says the woman who interviewed him was pleasant. She is from MN and knew the location of one of his previous employers. They joked about that, and then she got down to business. She asked when is the last time we saw eachother, about our son's heart condition, and about my husband's work authorization in the US.
He had to file 601 and 212 waivers. We had the packets ready, but because I will assume Algeria doesn't have a lot of waiver cases she was pretty confused. It took her a couple hours to figure everything out. In the end, they took the packet and told him it could take up to a year for a response.
After a fairly short round of background checks(3 months) his file was sent to Rome and we were approved 6 months later. The embassy was extremely helpful in this final stage. They notified my husband by phone of his waiver approvals and always responded to my emails in a couple days....sometimes in a matter of hours. Visa was available about 2 weeks after passport dropoff.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #5564