Tough K-1 Fiance Visa interview with the Consular Officer at the US embassy Yaounde, Cameroon

[OuVisaJourney2012 4]

Hi everyone. I just want to share my real-time experience at the US embassy, Yaounde.
I had my Fiance visa interview February 28, 2014 at the US embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon. I felt terrible after the interview cuz i ended up not getting my visa approved.

It was a tough interview i must say; the CO had me for over 30mins. I had never felt like that in my life before.
it was a white CO, Man, Eyes shining like a security bulb (can never forget the way he was looking into my eyes the whole interview).
He talked to me (very fast, Fluent in his English, and spoke like he had his nose covered or was talking thru his nose), asking me series of questions, and kept typing into the computer non stop while keeping his eyes on my eyes (...Shake my head).

I can say those CO are well-trained Officers cuz he was so good in what he was doing.
I wasn't expecting any easy Interview anyways cuz i'd read lots of others' experiences so it was just like I was reading my own while having it.

He asked me so many questions some i can't even remember cuz he had me for over 30 minutes and I lost my calm.

After haven gone thru some tight security checks that started generating the fear in me, I waited for over 3hrs sitting while waiting for my turn.
taa daa...here comes my number displaying on screen, on window 6.
I went there, took an oath, verified my identity, then started the questioning.

-whats your name
-what's your fiance's name
-how did y'all met
-how long y'all been talking
-how do y'all communicate (thru skype, facebook, Viber, whatsapp, hangout, phone calls, e-mails, and some other IMs)
-how often do y'all communicate (Everyday. then he was like....)
-everyday???
-how (thru the medias I just listed)
-so you always connected huh
-what kind of service do you use (yeah...I have a Galaxy with a 3G internet)
-you must be very rich to be connected everyday and talk to your fiance. I dont talk to my family back in the US everyday cuz it's very expensive.
-so tell me, what do you do (I don't do any permanent job since i graduated from school. I fix computers and phones and do electrical Installations)
-so you telling me you always communicating with your fiance and yet you do all these things. hows that
-when did she visited cameroon
-why did she come to cameroon
-what did you tell he that mad her come to cameroon
-why did y'all go to limbe, what is so special about limbe that made her to leav the US and flew over to cameroon
-how old are you
-how old is she
-are you aware she's older than you
-do you have a problem with that (no of course; I love her that's what matters.)
-did y'all get married
-why did y'all not get married at once she came
-why
-does she have kids
-how many
-where does she live
-where does she work
-when do y'all plan on getting married
-where (I said Miami Beach and he was like...)
-Miami ???
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some I cant remember. We spent much time talking bout how we met and bout us getting married.

I went in with many evidences to prove our love is real and still on-going.
He didn't even looked at or ask me anything about non of the 50Pictures i gave them.
He just kept them by his side. I guess He must have looked at them before he called me up. Cuz they looked scattered beside him.
He ended up not approving my Visa, telling me He's not gonna give me my visa, today...based on the fact that the evidences i've submitted are not enough, and that he's not convinced we gonna get married when i get to the U.S.
He gave me a Yellow paper asking me to come back with more evidence, which i've attached herein.
I left there broke down. I found the walk from the CO interview window to the Exit door a very long one cuz the door looked to me like it was in another country.

I went there the a week later with the evidences he requested. after haven traveled 7hrs from where I live to the embassy, just for the security to hold us (Me and other over 200 people holding the same yellow paper as me with the same 2PM time on them all. Crazy!) for over three hours and come back and tell us: come back next week. I felt like beating up that security man.

I went back there the next week (two weeks after my interview). I submitted all the additional documents i brought with me. A lady collected them including the yellow paper the CO gave me. Then she said "the consular officer will review the documents and we'll call you". then i left.

it's 6days now after My last visit to the embassy and my visa status still showing AP.


Things i took with me to my first interview;

>>>phone records I got from my Telephone network company (MTN Cameroon) (they were only able to give me only three months of my phone record.
That wasnt good enough cuz i was expecting to get my from records right from when my fiance and i started communicating on phone that's way-back in July, 2012.
>>>a pile of pages of our facebook conversation.
(I made it in two ways; first, i downloaded our whole facebook conversation from facebook.
but i couldn't print all of it cuz after shrinking the conversation to the minimum i could on a Microsoft word document, it was still over 7,000 (seven thousand) pages of
A4.that was too much for me to print out cuz it costed me much financially.
so i printed the first 100 pages and the last 100 pages and with page numbers on them indicating 1 - 100 and 6900 - 700.
And second, I screenshot about 50pages of our facebook conversation using the "Prt Scrn" button of the computer keyboard showing at least each month of our
conversation.
>>>50 pictures of both my fiance I I together, and others with us and the my family, and others with us and my friends.
>>>affidavit of support as requested in my packet i received
>>>W2 form as requested in my packet i received
>>>copy of receipt of my fiance's engagement ring
>>>Envelope of mail package my fiance sent my Galaxy phone in, showing all details; date time fees, names, service used, etc.


Additional Things i took with me after my interview;

>>>copy of my fiance's wedding gown
>>>copy of wedding ring receipt
>>>phone records from my fiance's phone company (T-Mobile) bout three month of when we started talking.
>>>screenshots of Skype, Facebook, Viber, whatsapp, hangout, phone calls, e-mails, and some other phone IMs
>>>4 copies of our printed wedding invitation.
>>>some letters from friends and family talking bout our relationship and our wedding plan.
>>>additional 70 pictures of both my fiance I together, and others with us and the my family, and others with us and my friends.

I hope someone learn something from me on-going story...

​Please share your experience.

Thanks to VJ, I can share my story....

[SennaBrigante 92]

Good luck!

[OuVisaJourney2012 4]

Thank you...

SennaBrigante

[EndlessStory 53]

Sorry you have to go through this. The CO seems to be a really tough one. I hope things will go in your favor and you will be approved soon!

p.s that font hurts my eyes and makes reading hard

[OuVisaJourney2012 4]

thank you very much

Janice&Micah

I'll edit the font right away.

any recommended font type, size?

[EndlessStory 53]

thank you very much Janice&Micah

I'll edit the font right away.

any recommended font type, size?

I would just go with the normal font like the one you are using now. With all those helpful information in your post, getting it italic and fancy makes it hard to read. I love your review though. Thanks for review

[Darnell 8,478]

Hi everyone. I just want to share my real-time experience at the US embassy, Yaounde.

I had my Fiance visa interview February 28, 2014 at the US embassy in Yaounde, Cameroon.

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​Please share your experience.

Thanks to VJ, I can share my story....

Uhm, no, you didn't. that's about 2 weeks away.

In the meantime, this 'share your experience' stuff already done, have you used the advanced search tool here?

or even studied Consulate Review Sections?

Apologies if'n I'm sounding harsh...

IMO the CO twigged to the age gap, decided to look more, and thought you fit the pattern of prior visa scammers. It's on you and yer lass to overcome the pile of ####### that occured before your interview.

Although you had a pile of evidence, IMO the CO won't make time to review it all on interview day in an orderly fashion.

Still, you lobbed over a pile - I only hope yer USA Petitioner was able to write a cover letter that handled a timeline that referenced the evidence that you submitted.

Edited February 17, 2014 by Darnell

[Pitaya 2,577]

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[baron555 934]

IMO the CO twigged to the age gap, decided to look more, and thought you fit the pattern of prior visa scammers.

Yep. Is it common in your country for younger men to marry older women? If it is not common, then you have a huge hurdle to overcome.

Although you had a pile of evidence, IMO the CO won't make time to review it all on interview day in an orderly fashion.

Still, you lobbed over a pile -

Just speculation but maybe all this daily communication that you described worked against your case.....my thinking is maybe the CO thought that you kept up daily communication as a means to win over the lady when most people who work for a living, etc etc, may not have time to have daily communication....and good relationships can overcome this reality. Just thinking.

I only hope yer USA Petitioner was able to write a cover letter that handled a timeline that referenced the evidence that you submitted.

Yes for sure. it is time for the Petitioner to step up. IMO if the beneficiary is doing all the explaining and trying to convince the CO that there is a real relationship, that again can be seen that the beneficiary is trying to obtain a visa to the US and maybe commit visa fraud.

The onus is on the Petitioner to describe the relationship.

I heartily agree that the Petitioner should draft a letter titled Evolution of Our Relationship which should describe the relationship and how it began and how it came to be one where both want to be together forever and become married. The letter should reference all the evidence that you have provided.

[OuVisaJourney2012 4]

I would just go with the normal font like the one you are using now. With all those helpful information in your post, getting it italic and fancy makes it hard to read. I love your review though. Thanks for review

thank you...Janice&Micah

I want to edit my abut i don't know how to go about it.

can you help me?

thank you...

[OuVisaJourney2012 4]

IMO the CO twigged to the age gap, decided to look more, and thought you fit the pattern of prior visa scammers.

Yep. Is it common in your country for younger men to marry older women? If it is not common, then you have a huge hurdle to overcome.

Although you had a pile of evidence, IMO the CO won't make time to review it all on interview day in an orderly fashion.

Still, you lobbed over a pile -

Just speculation but maybe all this daily communication that you described worked against your case.....my thinking is maybe the CO thought that you kept up daily communication as a means to win over the lady when most people who work for a living, etc etc, may not have time to have daily communication....and good relationships can overcome this reality. Just thinking.

I only hope yer USA Petitioner was able to write a cover letter that handled a timeline that referenced the evidence that you submitted.

Yes for sure. it is time for the Petitioner to step up. IMO if the beneficiary is doing all the explaining and trying to convince the CO that there is a real relationship, that again can be seen that the beneficiary is trying to obtain a visa to the US and maybe commit visa fraud.

The onus is on the Petitioner to describe the relationship.

I heartily agree that the Petitioner should draft a letter titled Evolution of Our Relationship which should describe the relationship and how it began and how it came to be one where both want to be together forever and become married. The letter should reference all the evidence that you have provided.

not really. its not common in my country for younger men to marry older women. I agree with you on me having a huge hudle cuz the CO hung on that point.

your rt he thinks all i do is sit and chat with my fiance cuz he saw maybe much more than he normally sees as conversation between us.

I had my fiance write a letter of our relationship in a timeline.

I think the CO was being to hard with me cuz he started asking questions i think are awful... like "why dos your fiance have her name tattooed on her arm?". isnt that a crazy question?

[baron555 934]

I don't think the CO was any harder than others, from my experience here on VJ.

You have a lot of evidence but it is the content of the evidence that is key....not the amount.

I'd bet that the age difference along with the fact that the man is the younger person is the key. What is the age difference if you care to disclose.

[canadian_wife 1,824]

Can you tell me more about your relationship? How big is the age difference? How old are her kids? Are there any religious differences? How many times did you both meet?

Sorry about your denial, before you move forward you must figure out why exactly the denial occurred.

good luck

Edited February 17, 2014 by canadian_wife

[dwheels76 5,468]

I can tell you this CO's don't look week upon older women younger men K1's. It's like :she is older been around why aren't you sure". It's like a hesitation thing.

Also that talking all day worked against you and I am surprised he didn't ask for money receipts (her to you). A college student sitting around all day chatting it up no job no money doesn't look good at all. All the Red flag markers here.

I pray they will just look at evidence and approve but I fear a denial is coming and you will need to marry.

I will always recommend for older women younger men you get married. It shows commitment you are already under scrutiny of the age difference so you show you are bonafide and committed to each other you marry.

Do keep us posted.

**also really go through your embassies interview reviews. And see what others have said. This should have been your first stop.

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?cnty=Cameroon

[Broken2019 4]

11yr age difference

Edited February 17, 2014 by Ourjourney2012