Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Moves Quickly!	I called and got my case number and Ema has her interview date, but how exactly track your number on the dhl website? What I'd like to know is how you already have an interview date and know what that date is? @Nicky & Imad: I'm constantly sending positive energy your way for you to get your NOA2 and speed through the NVC process toward your interview, too! Incha'allah, hopefully you'll have an update in the next couple of days!! As for tracking through dhl, I've been playing around on the dhl site, thanks to tru_loves_journey for getting me started with instructions, and I found the correct format for the shipper's reference. I want to explain the format I used so that it makes things easier for others, with mine as an example: The first section you enter is "EXP". This means the courier is traveling express. Next, you enter the day of the month you were told your package was sent, followed by the 3-letter code for the month, and then this year. You have to follow the year with the letter A. Now here's where it gets tricky: there are spaces between "EXP" "day" "month", but not between "month" "year" "A". So since my case was sent on July 19th, my shipper's reference is: EXP 19 JUL2012A.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-21 13:03:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Moves Quickly!	YES! One was sent yesterday too Waybill: 9450866331 Have fun watching it move along to the embassy Thanks bunches!!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-20 18:54:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Moves Quickly!	Great news! Today it was sent?? I found this on dhl ......Waybill: 9450867705 The operater at NVC said it was sent yesterday, but I suppose it could've been put in the outbox and not been picked up until today. Was there a tracking number for yesterday? Thanks for that, by the way; I went to the dhl website and tried to follow your instructions. But I couldn't figure out where to go to enter details without having to enter an account or tracking number.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-20 14:36:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	NVC Moves Quickly!	I just got off the phone with NVC, and I found out that after 2 days on-site, our K-1 case has been sent to the consulate in Casablanca... houbi and I are over the moon!!!!!!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-20 13:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	What is going on at the NVC?	On July 16,2012 I called the NVC for the first time and was told that i had been assigned an mnl number on July 13, 2012. I have since been calling the NVC each week since on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday asking about the status of my case. Each time I was told it was under "additional processing". Today on my Friday call, I was informed that my case was under "administrative processing". Can someone please explain the difference and what additional steps have to be preformed now. I am so trying to remain patient but the process seems to be one delay after another. Please help me to understand. Read this thread that outlines responses to the exact same question: http://www.visajourn...1#entry5538492. I had a similar experience about 2 weeks ago with NVC. Now (not even 3 weeks after the NVC received our petition) our case has already been received at our consulate and we have an interview date. Pay special attention to the 9th message down, posted by Mitexi. In Mitexi's post there's another link with a very detailed outline of how NVC works. Good luck!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-28 18:05:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	APPROVED	Congratulations!!!!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-08-06 23:17:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	Vermont service center so slow	Who do you call about that. You got me nervous a little bit now because. They received mine on March 27th and I received my NO1 on March 29th. My fiance didn't get a letter requesting more information. What is the number you call to get the information you guys are getting. I called the customer service number listed on the USCIS site where you check your petition status (provided in your NOA1 documentation). You have to wade through the auto-attendant to a live person. As of Friday, they were still on January 9th. The 5 month goal applies to any RFE's as well. So you may not have a request for more evidence for quite some time, either, if you get that as opposed to an NOA2. Your 5 month window comes up on August 29th. So you have a while yet... settle in and enjoy the ride.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-07 17:40:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports	waiting for k-1 package (morocco)	Salaam Anetayed:   Actually, TBoneTX is correct. The K-1 visa is an immigrant visa with an intent to transition to a non-immigrant visa. So it gets treated a little differently than other types. That said, If the case was only sent to Casablanca on September 12th, you're okay on time. It generally takes a couple of weeks for the document to arrive and be "received" at the consular office there. When we were going through that part of the process, we received word that the NVC had sent his case to the consulate almost a month before he got the Packet 3. You don't have any cause for concern at this time, based on my experience.   Lindsey	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2013-09-23 21:13:00
Middle East and North Africa	Obtaining a visa to leave Morocco but already in usa	Thanks for your help... We have current green card... Good till November 2012 Passport good till 2014... Visa.... Expired Question is... What will he need to the back home to United States? Initially he had to have a visa to travel here to the United States when he came in the first place. But its expired now. So won't he have to have it again to come back? I'm sorry, but this is the issue I'm confused About. Thanks again for your help!! I'll be interested to know this, too! I was under the impression that you also had to have the "advance parole" status. Does the need for that just go away once they issue a green card?	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-01-07 01:12:00
Middle East and North Africa	New to VJ and need advice	Ah, when you said "video footage", I thought you meant you were going to submit a VHS tape or DVD or something. I still don't think they will look at it but since it is on YouTube, you could make mention your YouTube account id in the cover letter or something. As to Facebook, I am not sure that they routinely look at it, if the case seems clearcut. But they have been known to check Facebook and other social networking sites if they are not sure about a case. Probably depends on the CO/ the embassy too. Other than the lottery visa denial I feel like ours is pretty straight forward (feel free to point out any potential red flags you might see), but he is from Morocco which is a "high fraud post" according to USCIS.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-01-09 09:31:00
Middle East and North Africa	New to VJ and need advice	They will not view the footage. Photos only. If you think it is important, print of a page of stills from the video (6 on one page) with a header explaining what these photos are from. Thanks for the advice! It's interesting that they would go peruse facebook pages and such but would stop short at entering a direct link to a youtube video...	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-01-09 08:41:00
Middle East and North Africa	New to VJ and need advice	Dont include the video Why not? They show how we interact together and how his family and I interact?	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-01-09 00:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	New to VJ and need advice	The two requirements for the DV Lottery Visa (you have to meet either one or the other) are: 1) must have high school diploma or equivilent OR 2) must have minimum 2 years work experience in technical field which requires 2 years of technical training When we applied for this visa, I was under the impression that his having an Associates Degree equivilent in Information Systems Management (IT Management) would meet the requirements. Evidently not so since they don't care if he's got post-high school education, only that he has a high school diploma. The situation there is that he finished the course work for high school equivelency but missed his exams--he was in the hospital discovering that he has diabetes. He was still in the hospital the day the make-up exam was offered. So he didn't receive his high school diploma. However, somehow he still was able to attend and graduate from his associates degree program. The ####### is in the technicality--no high school diploma equivelent (BAC), no go. Regarding the work experience, he's got 4 years experience in management related positions in the IT industry, but the positions he was filling do not in fact meet the required level of position in the industry. In other words, if he'd gotten technical training to be a woodworker and then started working with wood directly by designing and making wood products, he would've qualified because it's a direct relation and a field that's not terribly in high demand here in the States. If your background is management, though, that's a high demand field in the US with tons of qualified candidates already here. So your experience has to meet certain requirements with regard to level of responsibility that he wasn't able to meet. He wasn't denied for anything sketchy... we just should've done more research into the technicalities before applying.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-01-07 17:32:00
Middle East and North Africa	New to VJ and need advice	One more quick note: I've seen that including thousands of emails and such has been a hindrance in some cases so we've only included about one email interaction chain per fiscal quarter since 2008, with a few extra thrown in for important highlights and milestones in our relationship. Same with all other subjective materials (hone records, facebook posts, etc.) just to show the length and depth of the relationship...	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-01-07 16:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	New to VJ and need advice	Hi everyone, I just joined VJ.com last night and have been reading many posts here on the site. I've seen that it's often considered a red flag if the beneficiary has applied for a visa before and that brings up a question for me. I met my fiance in March 2008 on tagged.com when I was living in France. We started communicating pretty much every day either by phone or online, and I went to visit him twice that summer before coming back to the US (because I had to, not because I wanted to). By the end of summer we were pretty serious and talking about how to make things work. So in December 2008 we filed for the DV Lottery visa for a couple of different reasons: 1)It seemed like the easiest/least expensive way to file at the time 2)We'd only been together for a few months and weren't ready to go the fiance visa route yet 3)We wanted to prove to my very southern, very conservative, very skeptical family that we were legit by having him try to get here on his own merits, first. He actually made it through the cuts and got an interview but was denied the lottery visa (officially in September 2010). Now we're about to file a fiance visa in the next couple of weeks (delay between denial of DV Lotto visa and filing I-129F due mostly to the fact that my income, though well above the annual minimum for sponsorship, wasn't stable because I was in a commission based job at the time--not that he expects me to pay for everything... he paid all the DV Lottery Visa fees, and we're splitting the fiance visa fees down the middle). We have some pretty substantial evidence, which I'll outline below, but my concern is that the fact that he's already applied for a visa once may be enough of a red flag to cause a denial. Does anyone have experience with this, especially with regard to the consulate in Casablanca, Morocco? I don't know if it'll help with your advice, but here's a little about us and our evidence and such that might help: *I'm 29, and he's 32 *Although we met online, I found him on the site and added him as a friend first *At the time when we met, I was living in Paris, France, and was planning to make it my permanent residence *I've been to visit him 4 times (total of about 7 weeks) since we met in 2008 *Although we met online in March 2008, we didn't actually start talking regularly until May of that year, and got serious in June during my first visit *I've met many of his closest friends, and all of his family except a sister who lives in Switzerland - she and I have talked on the phone, though *His family adores me (evidenced by general behavior and special actions, for example: on my last visit in December 2011, they threw me a birthday party and a thanksgiving because I had missed thanksgiving here in the US to go be with Youssef *Now that we've been together for over 3.5 years my family is cool with things, too *Our parents have met on Skype and gotten along as well as to be expected considering the language barriers (his parents speak Darija and French, while mine speak English and limited French) *Youssef speaks English fairly well, but I wouldn't call him fluent (I'd call him proficient, though, because he can understand most things and get his point across in English) *I speak pretty decent French and I've picked up a bit of Darija here and there (so we don't have any trouble understanding each other) *Although we're different religions, he doesn't try to convert me to Islam, and I don't try to convert him. We're very open with each other about religion and considerate of the other's views *We have even talked about when the time comes to have children how they'll be raised with regard to religion; we've also talked about money management styles and other important topics to a good relationship *Neither of us has ever been married nor has any children *He's never pursued another visa outside of the DV Lottery one that I convinced him to apply for and now our K-1 *He's never asked me to send him money and in fact often gives me gifts throughout my visits (as does his family) *No communicable diseases, criminal records, or suspect activity on either side *We have the following evidence supporting our relationship and right to marry: **birth certificates, **passport photos, **certificate of celibacy, **W-2s and financial forms for sponsorship documentation **photos of us together ranging from 2008 to December 2011 (some of just me and him; some of me, him, and his family; some of us with his friends; and some of just me and his family), **copies of hand-written letters I've sent him and associated dated envelopes, **records of phone bills showing call histories between us dating back at least a year and showing call frequency and duration, **airline tickets and email itinerary confirmations with dates and locations included (ranging from 2008 to December 2011), **screen shots of our facebook profiles showing "engaged to" statuses for each of us as well as posts between us and posts between each of us and the other's friends/family members--including pictures of us with his friends/family **individual notarized affidavits from 3 of my friends, both sets of my parents, and my grandparents (6 letters total) attesting to the legitimacy of our relationship and confirming approval of our relationship and impending marriage (parents and grandparents) **individual notarized affidavits from his father, brother, sister-in-law, and 2 close friends (5 letters total) stating the legitimacy of our relationship and confirming parental approval of our marriage on his side) **video footage of us together from 2008 and video footage of us together in 2011 to show proof of physical presence as well as how we interact together I know this is a lot so thanks for reading all of this. Any advice is appreciated!!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-01-07 16:38:00
Middle East and North Africa	Who is on the same Boat?	Have you seen your fiance since 2008 in person?	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-01-28 22:29:00
Middle East and North Africa	Visa Process	Sounds good...... But just a little reminder to the OLDER WOMEN who are reading this post. I have seven (7) friends here on VJ and there is a age gap of 14-25 years apart. We all were approved in Casablanca and was never harassed about our age,previous marriages, and children (some had more than 3 kids). Actually, we all had great interviews. One of these ladies was also disabled and they too were still approved. So age, divorced, kids, etc. never played a harsh role in getting visa from CASA. Hope this sheds some light to those of you OLDER and a bit wiser. One important thing., travel to Morocco as much as you can, this is the best advice one can give and proves much to the CO who is interviewing your hubby/fiance. This is absolutely true! I apologize if I gave the impression that these are things that will get you a denial automatically. Of course you can have a legitimate relationship regardless of your age similarity or difference. I was simply trying to get the point across that these are things that might flag your case for further attention. If you present evidence to render these possible red flags immaterial then you shouldn't have a problem. Again, these are also statements coming from my attorney, not me. I'm not trying to offend anyone, just pass along the words of someone who handles cases like all of ours every day. Best of luck!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-02-13 16:02:00
Middle East and North Africa	Visa Process	Hi everyone, I've been seeing a significant amount of comments about the K-1 process that I thought were strange and posed interesting questions. For example, I've seen several people mention that they had the feeling their case was already decided even before the interview occurred and that they felt like the CO's were unnecessarily hard on them during the interview. Because these are potential situations that we all face (and more selfishly, because I wanted peace of mind for myself in Youssef's and my own case), I asked my immigration attorney. Here are some things that he shared with me that I wanted to share with the group. I hope some of this information is useful to you! Here are some nuggets of information that the attorney imparted to me: * Often, couples will petition for the K-1 visa and literally submit the mandatory documents and proofs, and send one or two small pieces of evidence in support of the authenticity of the relationship. It's incredibly important to submit as many different kinds of evidence as possible (i.e. phone records, emails, screen captures of facebook conversations between couple and relationship status, facebook interactions between each partner and significant other's friends/family, IM and Skype logs, photos of you together that show a date within the past two years, evidence of travel to visit the beneficiary fiance(e), videos--uploaded to a website and easily accessible by internet, and notarized affidavits from friends and family). The lawyer said you don't have to submit every single piece you have, because the CO actually has to read every single thing you submit and you don't want to frustrate them by overwhelming them since this can slow your process significantly. It's important, however, to include significant events and show time span across your evidence. Interactions with friends and family/affidavits/public relationship status postings are important because if your relationship were not legitimate you probably wouldn't be sharing about your relationship publicly. When USCIS gives you an RFE during the NOA processes, it's really important that you supply them with enough evidence to prove beyond any question that your relationship is legitimate, and not just send one individual piece of evidence to answer the concern. Also, he said that while you're in NOA phase they're basically looking at the legitimacy of your relationship from the petitioner's standpoint. They want to see that you're not being paid to bring someone over, in other words. That's why if you can provide several first hand testimonials on your behalf from American friends and family, it'll be very helpful. * When the officers are going through your paperwork during NOA, they're basically marking a checklist of questions that need to be answered before they're satisfied of the relationship's authenticity on the petitioner's side. Don't misunderstand, they're still looking at whether the relationship seems legit from the beneficiary side, too. But the most important part of that will come during the interview. So if there are several questions or red flags that still need to be addressed or things about your relationship that seem suspect to the CO reviewing your file during NOA, these will be marked in red on the outline that accompanies your file to the consulate in the beneficiary's country (in our case, Morocco) for further probing during the interview--this is why some people have long, grueling, brutal interviews... because the CO has a list of things that look suspicious in your case sitting in front of them, and their protocol is to assume the relationship is fraudulent until proven beyond any doubt that it's legit. If the USCIS officer reviewing during NOA doesn't see anything that makes him suspicious about the relationship then that's when you generally will have very short interviews that seem more like a formality than anything else. * Things that make the officers suspicious might include: significant age difference (particularly if it's the female who's older and outside of child-baring years), significant differences in attractiveness--I know this seems harsh, but the reality is that particularly in "high fraud posts" it's easy to understand that if the non USC party is very attractive and the USC partner is pretty homely that it might be a possible fraud attempt. This alone won't be a factor, but if it's paired with a large age difference, disabilities, previous marriages/children, etc., then it's a suspicion point. Disabilities are another one because a disabled petitioner might seem like an easier target if the beneficiary partner were in fact trying to trick the USC petitioner into thinking the relationship was legit. They also look at previous marriages and children. All the above factors are things that could be construed to make an easy target by just showing a little attention to someone who may not get much attention elsewhere. Again, I know it's harsh, but it's a reality that this is possible. The marriage/children thing is big in Arabic countries because divorce is frowned upon and, I'm sure, for other reasons as well. Other red flags might be multiple K-1 attempts or applications in previous relationships by either party or multiple failed attempts by beneficiary party to enter the US on other long-term visas. Think of it as relationship profiling. Once the officer is confident that the USC doesn't have an ulterior motive, the next thing to rule out is the possibility that the USC is being misguided or tricked by the beneficiary party. So if you have red flags in your case, it's best to minimize the possibility of the officer being suspicious from the very beginning by making sure you include enough of the various types of relationship proof. * The next big hurdle is proving that you're in a relationship that has a chance of lasting. So especially if you're from different cultural or religious backgrounds, you need to be able to show not only that you've talked about these differences, but how you handle misaligned beliefs and behaviors as they arise. For example, you need to be able to show that you can communicate effectively--this one's particularly big if your native languages are not the same. It also helps to show that you're actively working on improving your communication (maybe by taking language courses in the other partner's language). It's also important to show the officer reviewing your case that you are willing to be open-minded about your cultural and religious differences and that you're able to deal effectively with the differences or that you have discussed how to handle them (i.e. raising children, dealing with finances, family matters, religion, etc.). Basically, they're trying to protect the USC from getting into a situation that's supposed to (ideally) be a lifetime commitment before the person really understands the added difficulty of an intercultural marriage (since marriage is difficult enough even when you come from the same backgrounds). Again, I know some of this is a bit harsh to read, but this came straight from the attorney. And I wanted to put the info to everyone here with hopes that it might help some of you better prepare throughout the process. Best of luck to you all!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-02-12 16:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	Casablanca Embassy	Just for sharing's sake, I have heard of a single case in which the petitioner was granted access to the interview area. If I recall correctly, it was a very special circumstance, and the couple had already been denied once. During the second attempt's interview, the CO asked why the petitioner wasn't there with the applicant, and he responded that she was, in fact, right across the street waiting for him at the cafe. The petitioner was then summoned to enter the interview. From the description, it sounded as though the CO was skeptical that the applicant was telling the truth and made an exception expecting to catch him in a lie. But in the end, the petitioner was able to answer several questions and (from her story) turn the case around. Their visa was granted. I tell this story because if you feel like spending the time to find it in the consulate reviews section, you can verify for yourself, and also to say that even if the rule is not to let petitioners in it's always a good idea to be there as a show of support and as evidence of a legit relationship. I've even heard of the consulate sending representatives to the hotel where the petitioner was supposed to be staying to verify her presence in the country (in other cases). Although it's not the norm, you never can tell in a high fraud country like Morocco... I'd go for the interview if I were in your shoes. Good luck!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-06-07 00:02:00
Middle East and North Africa	Z.y.z.z	It's not about being right. It's just different. What's right for you may or may not be right for my fiance who's also Moroccan. Just as what's right for me may not be what's right for someone else who's American. And certainly there's a difference in what's right for someone from the Moroccan culture versus the American culture because it's all about your own perspective, your culture, and so many other factors. I'm not saying it's a bad thing for there to be a difference in how the use of a single word works. It's not good or bad. It's just different.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-06-04 17:56:00
Middle East and North Africa	Z.y.z.z	First, I have to say, Beauty for Ashes, I almost fell out of my seat laughing at your video link on how to get white girls... thanks for making my day! Zagray, the comments about the use of the word "envious" may or may not be solely based upon your usage. I have to say that I agree--there seems to be a different view of envy in the Moroccan culture than there is in the US culture. I've even heard my own fiance talk about other people being envious or even the potential for them to be envious give certain circumstances... circumstances which would not necessarily be grounds for envy here in the US. It's not my intention to generalize, but I've noticed that things that I as an American have no problem sharing (ideas, happy outcomes, fortunate occurrences, etc.), my fiance would never share because he'd be concerned that it might create envy and/or ill-will toward his good fortune. It's not an all-the-time thing, necessarily... but it's certainly a different perspective that really does exist. Just sayin' Edited by Linds&Youssef, 04 June 2012 - 05:48 PM.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-06-04 17:46:00
Middle East and North Africa	Interview scheduled!	Could you please fill out your timeline?? Those of us who are still waiting on NOA2 would love to see your updates to get a little boost in hope that our own cases are actually moving along. Thanks and congratulations!!!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-06-08 09:13:00
Middle East and North Africa	Where's the action?	Thanks!!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-06-15 12:54:00
Middle East and North Africa	Where's the action?	Gah... I feel like it's been forever since anyone had any movement on a case here in the Morocco portal. Don't mind me, just a rant because the VSC is processing applications in my time frame ballpark, and I'm just ready for the NOA2 already !!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-06-14 12:56:00
Middle East and North Africa	NOA2 soon and need advice	I answered the same question about traveling to Morocco for the interview several weeks ago. Here's the link: http://www.visajourn...dpost&p=5425798	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-06-20 16:13:00
Middle East and North Africa	WOW NOA2!!!	CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Maybe that means mine's coming in a couple of days...	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-06-22 10:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	Professional Football Player	He'll need to be able to prove that he intends to return to Morocco before his visa expires. That shouldn't be too difficult if he can produce a contract to continue playing for the Morocco team in the next season!!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-06-25 12:44:00
Middle East and North Africa	Consular Officer Names	Thank you all for your help; it was worth a shot!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-04 22:06:00
Middle East and North Africa	Consular Officer Names	I have no intention whatsoever of trying to bribe a federal official. I do have a legitimate reason for asking and would appreciate helpful commentary only. For a site where people are supposed to be supportive of each other, since we're all pretty much in the same boat, there sure are a lot of bitter people with nothing but snide remarks. I'm so tired of seeing people picking on one another here. If you can't be helpful, then don't comment. It's that simple.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-04 15:49:00
Middle East and North Africa	Consular Officer Names	Does anyone know the names (first and last) of the consular officers who do the interviewing at Casa?	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-04 01:35:00
Middle East and North Africa	Morocco sex debate rages after imam's death call	VERY interesting!! I've started reading the Koran over the past few days (as my fiance is Muslim and I am not--just to have a better understanding), and this is something I've always wondered about in the religion as well as in politics and governance in Morocco. I've always thought it kind of bizarre that sex before mahttp://static-forums.visajourney.com/public/style_images/master/rte_icons/font_color.pngrriage is common in Morocco, and yet you can be arrested for even just kissing... will be interesting to see how this plays out.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-08 09:40:00
Middle East and North Africa	to call or not to call	Hello, my dear! I can help with that whole live person thing... Call USCIS' customer service line: 800.375.5283. The series of numbers you push to get to a live person is 1-2-1-1-2-2. In other words: press 1 for English, then 2 for filing your petition not online, then 1 for immigration services, then 1 to check status of your application, then 2 for "I don't know my receipt number". The auto attendant will tell you where to look, then you enter 2 again to say you've lost it. They'll then transfer you to a live person (assuming you call between 8a and 8p EST).	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-13 19:28:00
Middle East and North Africa	to call or not to call	I hope so, too... I know we're both going cah-razy!! I guess this other person must be someone not on VisaJourney?	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-06 09:00:00
Middle East and North Africa	to call or not to call	Hi Nicky, I'm not sure if you saw my last topic post in the Morocco portal, but I spoke to my attorney this week about the whole VSC slowdown. She said their office is about a month behind on processing pretty much all requests at this time. She didn't have any more insight than that, except to say that everything they've sent from her office to VSC (various immigration cases, and not only K-1 or C1/R1) is getting responses three to four weeks after the posted time frame goals. Since immigration is the only type of law this office practices, I'm guessing she's got a pretty good idea of what she's talking about. I know it doesn't make you feel any better about not having any notification (believe me, I'm right there with ya!!), but just so you know...	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-05 23:16:00
Middle East and North Africa	Contacting the Moroccan Consulate in Casablanca	Thanks, I'll give that a shot.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-24 22:58:00
Middle East and North Africa	Contacting the Moroccan Consulate in Casablanca	Does anyone have any tips for getting through to a live person at the consulate in Casa? I've been calling for 2 days and all that happens is it goes straight to a voicemail greeting that says the voicemail box is full (without even ringing). I've tried the main number, and I can't seem to get out of the auto attendant loop. Any words of advice would be appreciated!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-24 21:51:00
Middle East and North Africa	immigration attorney	If you're going to hire an immigration attorney, you need it to be someone who is versed in US immigration law. Therefore, it should be an attorney here in the US. Where, geographically, is your fiance? My attorney's fantastic, but I don't know what the typical stance is on taking cases for couples where neither one is geographically able to meet with the attorney in person. Also, the attorney (if he or she is a good one) will want to help you through the entire process at least through AOS, and not just through obtaining the K-1. This means they should be well versed in how the local visa office where you'll be living works so they can help you navigate that system's beurocracy. If you can give us an idea of where she is geographically someone might have a recommendation for you.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-24 21:47:00
Middle East and North Africa	This Is Happening!	sritco123, congrats! You should fill out your time line so others from our Morocco portal can use your information to give them hope for their own cases!!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-30 17:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	This Is Happening!	Thanks so much, everybody!! I'll be sure and keep you posted on how the interview goes and what they ask us... did you schedule your interview? or did the emabassy schedule it for you? The consulate scheduled it. It came along with the Packet 3.	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-28 00:04:00
Middle East and North Africa	This Is Happening!	I got a call from by fiance today telling me we have our interview in Casablanca on September 6th!!!!!!!!!!!! We're both so excited.... I can't even see straight I'm so happy!!	Linds&Youssef	Female	Morocco	2012-07-27 08:09:00