ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
Middle East and North AfricaShould we apply for K1 now or wait a year?
For most grown-ups, the unemployed in the US for over a year part and not wanting to involve parents as co-sponsors trumps that. Like, hugely.
It's few and far between that there are petitioners who have the economic ability to just move to another country and worry about jobs and money later.

It is not extreme to live with your love in another country outside of the U.S.
If it something that I suggested it was to honor his B1 visa, marry then go back... spend good quality time TOGETHER in Morocco while waiting out the visa. ...where OP said I just don't know if I could do another nine months of separation, especially when I want us to be able to start our lives together

Really agree they has a strong case with a K1 or CR1 and might not foresee problems getting approved if they do it right.


sandinista!FemaleMorocco2012-12-30 16:55:00
Middle East and North Africasnow in the desert

Yeah... you have to give up an email address. Just make one up - I don't give them my normal email - I have one that I use only for news sites.

I've never registered with FP, though I would if needed to view their articles and slideshows. It loads for me just fine on my iPad, which i just got, and this was the first time I'd even gone to that site on this device. Weird! I looked at all kinds of stuff on there the other day without registering for anything, at least that I know of!
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-13 03:35:00
Middle East and North Africasnow in the desert
beautiful!
weather related accidents are sad though :(
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-11 12:51:00
Middle East and North Africasnow in the desert
I couldn't figure out how to show the pictures in the thread via iPad, so here's the link. It's really a beautiful slideshow!
http://www.foreignpo...in_redirect=0#0
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-10 17:56:00
Middle East and North Africaneed help

i had interview on 16 juan 2013 for 130 petition at uscis office, my interview went good then the officer she got document said that my husband he commit fraud for his previous interview for fiance visa he had on 2010 with another women,so the officer say i can not approve your petition
please i need help and advice on what to do because i did know that my husband he had been denied for his fiance visa he had before. but the only paper they give him at morocco at his interview was221 g for more information
please i realy do need your help?

Was his interview before or after yours? Did the officer at your interview give you any paperwork? Have you read the pinned topic above re. denials? Or anything in the waiver forums?
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-20 16:34:00
Middle East and North Africaneed help

And the USC doesn't know that her husband had applied and was denied a visa?
If that's the case, then USCIS did her a good favor by denying him.

She says in her post "I did know that my husband he had been denied for his fiancé visa he had before".
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-20 16:28:00
Middle East and North Africaneed help

This is a good question isn't it? The post doesn't sound like it was written by a native English speaker. Even for txt spk, or short hand writing, the sentence structure is a bit different.

Petitioners are not always native English speakers.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-20 16:16:00
Middle East and North AfricaMorocco question?
Unfortunately, that's a very typical, general answer that people get from a lawyer's office that confuses the issue of denied visas out of Casa more than it helps. How much reading have you done here in the Middle East North Africa section of VJ LivA? If not much, I would strongly suggest doing an advanced search of "Casablanca" from the last several years and reading about others' experiences with this consulate. So many things have been discussed here about that consulate, regarding interviews, red flags, evidence of relationships and all that, and there's a lot of very specific information about Casablanca to be found here. It helped me tremendously, years ago, and hopefully it can help you and others too!
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-16 18:38:00
Middle East and North AfricaCitizenship done
hurray! that sounds like a wonderful day together. congratulations.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-30 14:52:00
Middle East and North Africawise to relocate after visa denial?
Exactly-the consulate did not mail me a confidential survey about my favorite movies and what was the first concert i went to. (NKOTB in 6th grade, '91 fyi)
They're looking for body language, and other subtle clues about truthfulness, comfort level when talking about the petitioner, that kind of thing. It's not always the end of the world if someone's husband in Morocco does not know how many miles away their wife's work is when the guy answers truthfully, and his body language and eye contact convey that. Sometimes, offering other information related to the question asked has been helpful, like saying, "I don't know exactly how many miles away her work is, but I know she does have to wake up really early in the mornings to get to work on time", etc.

What Sarah and Adnan said is correct re. older women/younger men red flags at Casablanca, and like they said there's so much more going on in Casablanca than just age differences. The original poster in this thread who got a denial does not have a large age difference at all if I remember correctly. Plenty of other issues can come up during the interview, and being prepared for all kinds of different things the consulate can throw at petitioners during the interview is necessary.

Best of luck livetolove!
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-30 14:51:00
Middle East and North Africawise to relocate after visa denial?

she asked for advice, we gave our opinions and experience. We are all very aware that not every case is the same. Not quite sure why you feel the need to be so condescending, I really don't care if you don;t like what I have to say. If I can help the OP sharing my experience, it's s good thing. I don;t think any person on this site will tell you that having met only once and marrying on that one visit is going to get an approval, no matter the country. The OP is planning to go back to Morocco and it will not hurt her case, it will help it, that is the bottom line.

no, condescending is harping on and on about visits you think should have happened prior to interviewing when the OP has gone into detail in the past about her life circumstances that prohibited her from having more time to spend with her husband in morocco. actually, it's more than condescending, it's really pretty shitty. there's nothing she can do to change that now. there's not even any way to assert that that is what is even responsible for their denial in the first place. and it's irresponsible as all get out, throwing out stuff like "You really should have had at least 2 extended visits before even attempting to file, especially through Casa." oh, really? you don't know that, i don't know that, no one knows that. member experiences in casablanca, and successful beneficiaries receiving visas in casablanca run the whole gamut. i would certainly hope no one would tell people that meeting once and getting married that same time is going to be a sure approval, but no one is in any position here to tell anyone that those circumstances of course mean a denial is inevitable either. stop pigeon-holing. there are all kinds of issues that can come up in interviews that need resolution before visas can be issued that have nothing to do with time actually spent together. the OP's case may, or may not be one of them. maybe a visit soon will help. maybe it won't. the consulate might be overly hung up on the OP's husband's friend's visa issues and how it relates to the OP and her husband. heading to morocco may or may not resolve that.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2012-12-19 19:51:00
Middle East and North Africawise to relocate after visa denial?

Yep, you did everything possible to overcome the red flags just as I had too. But for some reason, I am getting a ton of grief about telling others to make multiple visits espically in morocco so as their case can go a bit smoother come interview time.

lots of people with lots of visits have been denied too. lots of people with 1 visit have been approved. it doesn't seem to be a one size fits all answer or solution. the OP had none of the same big red flags as you. also a huge difference in financial and employment situations. looking back on her past posts, she was fired a few months ago due to missed work for a serious illness. if drs notes weren't enough to keep her job, trips to morocco probably wouldn't have been green-lit by her employer either. getting a visa is less awesome if the process leaves you destitute and living in a homeless shelter.
people try and do the best they can given their circumstances. it sounds like the op and her husband did their best given the cards they were dealt. there's some armchair quarterbacking going on in this thread though, that should be dialed back a lot.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2012-12-18 16:03:00
Middle East and North AfricaPENDING

Ah... but copycat is the best form of flattery, right? :whistle:

tis!
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-06 17:53:00
Middle East and North AfricaPENDING

Let me clarify; we will get married in the US but we just want to have the celebration in Algeria.



We just want to have the wedding celebration in Algeria, we are aware we have to marry here within 3 months of his stay.

that doesn't jive with "He just stated that he was going to come here and spend time with me before the wedding and we would go back together for the wedding and figure out what we're going to do from there. I find nothing wrong with what he said because we both agreed that we would figure out where we would live after getting married according to what both makes us comfortable and what we find easier."

if he said the above in the interview, but what you said above is your real intent, then he messed up. that's not the consulate's fault. hopefully you can clarify and fix this with them, but who knows.

You said:

"we both agreed that we would figure out where we would live after getting married according to what both makes us comfortable and what we find easier"

"I live in the US but I was born in Algeria. It would only make sense to have the wedding in Algeria since since both of our extended families are in Algeria. We would come back to the US after the wedding."

So here you said having the wedding in Algeria, not just a ceremony and your last post says the US. See the confusion for the CO?
Your fiance already told the CO you weren't sure where you were going to live yet. You will not be given a K-1 for him to come marry just to possibly move to Algeria.

sorry, didn't see you had just posted this! not trying to be a copycat, promise!
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-06 17:49:00
Middle East and North AfricaPENDING
as far as i know, immigration is not for hemming and hawing. it's understandable that people in cross-country relationships hem and haw over where they want to live, where they will finally settle down and all that, and it would be like cool and stuff to zip across continents, visiting here, marrying there, maybe coming back here, maybe not but immigration in the US doesn't work that way. there is no "figure out what we're going to do from there".
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-06 17:43:00
Middle East and North AfricaInterview Tomorow !!!

No She is not ! she's An American Lady :) And She's Good Hope Your fiancé or wife will Be interviewed by here :)

guess what, there are Asian Americans!! they're Americans like any other!
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-06 17:51:00
Middle East and North AfricaCraziest interview questions
None of which has anything to do with legit marriage. I'm sorry Amy, that sounds annoying as hell.
Our AOS interview in Portland was so easy. No one pestered us about religion or social media, we just showed the interviewer some pictures we took at Crater lake and California and that somehow convinced the guy we were for reals. Road trips, who knew...
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-09 13:56:00
Middle East and North AfricaCraziest interview questions

Yes, its true that there is no way to know the answers to these questions. However if you take a nervous foreign spouse and put them into that situation they feel ridiculous and to them it feels like they were set up for failure. Maybe some people start making up answers to satisfy the question and that is what puts up a red flag, it just made my husband feel sick to his stomach.

i agree, and i think it's crappy that consulates do this. false confessions and answers in those situations are a real thing and don't prove a damn thing. but i don't see an end to this practice any time soon, so being prepared for it is very necessary.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-06 17:33:00
Middle East and North AfricaMet someone

Whatever. My breed of Jordanian is so much more superior. He can debka and make cheese. When he takes out the trash, he not only does it with finesse, but also recycles plastics 1-5 with his mind.

This is good to know, as I may be looking for a trade-in after tonight. Less than a week after shampooing carpets, my husband just tracked in grease on his boots. :(
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-23 20:56:00
Middle East and North AfricaMet someone

Cold?

Literally gagging. I can't keep on with this anymore, it's grossing me out too early in the am.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-23 11:35:00
Middle East and North AfricaMet someone

Whatever. My breed of Jordanian is so much more superior. He can debka and make cheese. When he takes out the trash, he not only does it with finesse, but also recycles plastics 1-5 with his mind.

Ain't nothin without the mutton. Tajine, that is.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-23 11:24:00
Middle East and North AfricaMet someone
Clearly I watch too much Bergman and not enough rom-coms.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-23 00:55:00
Middle East and North AfricaMet someone
There's the "healing power of love" and all that claptrap, and then there's subjecting this poor, unwitting, and pretty vulnerable sounding man to someone who is a complete trainwreck without an oz of real introspection into what their role was in the derailment of their life. Not to mention the vulnerability of both parties' children.
But by all means, jump right in there. :rolleyes:

Edited by sandinista!, 22 January 2013 - 11:19 PM.

sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-22 23:19:00
Middle East and North AfricaMet someone
Yeah, it's a thing. It starts as early as grade school, females whose entire selves are defined by the male they happen to be connected to at the time, and they totally flail when there's no male in the picture. Self-worth, value, etc is intrinsically tied to male approval and all that.

Seconding the Moroccans Do It Better. They're superior beings, to which I notice the only people objecting aren't involved with Moroccans and must wish they were. Moroccans for everyone!!
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-01-22 13:04:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT

Sorry, hon, I got you beat. Waffles every weekend...or if not waffles, waffle-iron hashbrowns (more surface area for brown crispy stuff!). Waffles= love.

My husband got me a double waffle iron two Eids ago, but still prefers pancakes!

Puddles adores bread, cake, and other baked goods. Oh and cereal. I discovered because he whines constantly until I give it to him. He gets one crumb, which is clearly cruelty.

Puddles sounds like me...
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-19 11:20:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT

I had a pet rabbit once that adored pancakes (dry, no syrup.) True story.

Now wondering... how did I discover this ? Trying to remember...

Perhaps the same way I discovered my cat liked Cheez-Its, which I can't recall either.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-19 11:15:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
http://www.foodnetwo...ipe2/index.html

I sub coconut oil for the batter and for cooking them. :)
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-19 00:49:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
I make PANCAKES every SUNDAY. No one is loved by a MENA man more than I am.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-19 00:04:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT

Thanks. Depression is a #$%@* but hopefully this will pass. :) He's being wonderful about it.

It truly is. It sounds like you have a good support system in him, and that can only help.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-18 23:44:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT

As someone who is 1.5 years into marriage and him being in the US, this makes me sad.

(Particularly as I feel my life is falling apart in every way possible EXCEPT my marriage).

Here's to hoping and wishing and praying we (and all the rest here) stay strong.

(L) (F) (F)
I'm sorry things are going that way right now, and I hope they start looking up soon.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-18 23:36:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT

:thumbs:

You have made a believer out of me! You are living the dream! Now this is a success story!

But for reals, declaring one's relationship to be a success story after only 1.5 yrs of the guy living here without a 10 year GC in hand and an intact marriage is kinda premature. It's not a success unless he's got his paperwork together, is still married to you and you actually still like one another. I'll wait for Amber to update once all of that is accomplished.

I would need all my fingers and toes, and probably yours too, to count all the guys who at this point in their MENA visa journeys/marriages were basically just visiting at this stage of the game. There's miles and miles to go here...

Edited by sandinista!, 18 February 2013 - 11:03 PM.

sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-18 23:03:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
Cedilles are 2/3 the fun!
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-18 20:33:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
Comme des Garçons reference :wow:
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-18 20:17:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT

I don't understand buying cars, houses, having the 'lil woman' stay at home when there's no money put away for food and gas. Especially with kids in the home, but hey...maybe the kids like pancakes.

Glad to hear it all worked out for you Amber!

3/4 of that drama seems self-inflicted really.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-18 19:52:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
The old "well I'll just live with you abroad" deal has been played out over and over. If bona fide scammers can do anything well, it's bide time.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-18 19:45:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
Again with those lazy, divorced people and their shortcuts.
You know, just like buying someone dinner and a movie doesn't mean they're obligated to put out on a date, buying a plane ticket and sending babysitting money doesn't obligate anyone to marry a virtual stranger. I hope to God that was told in jest.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-18 18:34:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
Here's another couple of threads with a denial, out of Morocco, featuring a couple who married on the first visit, and the husband has a friend who was denied a K1 visa and is now working on a CR1.


http://www.visajourn..._1#entry5876386
http://www.visajourn...er-visa-denial/
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-17 21:59:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
I didn't mean it all sternly or anything, lol. My shampoo does cost about 5x what his does though.

Adding too, re. a different post, while I may have been my husband's sponsor to immigrate here, he took care of a large part of his expenses. Religiously, culturally, it would have been odd not to. No one has to buy their husband a car or hair gel or Angel cologne. Those are things I expect to have bought for me, not the other way around.
And I don't know about anyone else's co-sponsors, but there was no way in he1l my parents would have signed on as co-sponsors without being sure my husband had made arrangements for temporary insurance until he could start working, and had a handle on other necessities. I already had a child. They co-sponsored a grown man, not a kid. I married an adult.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-17 17:24:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
No, they're not.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-17 14:12:00
Middle East and North AfricaAddressing possible red flags in i-130 -- EGYPT
I was pregnant my entire last year of nursing school, four months after my husband arrived and we married. It was...interesting to say the least. It certainly helped make things crazy that first year. Wouldn't advise it anyways.
sandinista!FemaleMorocco2013-02-17 01:11:00