Gary Morrison

Also relatedly, what sorts of topics do they interview us about? I've
heard only a few examples.

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Noorah101

Hi Gary,

The USC is *not* required to be present at the K-1 fiance visa interview. I went to my fiance's because 1) I was allowed to attend; 2) I wanted to share the special moment together; 3) I wanted to have first-hand knowledge of what was said there; and 4) I wanted the ConOff to see that my fiance and I can communicate in his native language.

The time you *will* be required to attend an interview together is for the AOS interview, once she is here in the USA and you've filed for AOS. That interview, you both must attend.

As for what topics they cover at the fiance interview, pretty much anything the ConOff wants to, in order to determine that this is a bonafide relationship and that the immigrant qualifies for the visa. The list of topics is as long as your imagination.

Try going to www.kamya.com and see if there are any K-1 interview reports there from your wife's country.

Best Wishes,
Rene

Mh

In article <[email protected]>,
Gary Morrison <[email protected]> wrote:
    >On a somewhat related note, my fiancee has gotten the possibly mistaken
    >impression that only she (the non-US citizen) has to interview, and that
    >I (the US citizen) do not. My impression was that, at least usually,
    >both in the couple have interviews. I gather from your replies that you
    >folks impression is that usually both have interviews, correct?

Depends for what. K-1? Only the non-USC is interviewed in the foreign
consulate. AOS interview afterwards is usually for both.

MH

Gary Morrison

    > The American Fiance is NOT required to show up at the CONSULAR
    > interview. In many consulates, the US Citizen won't even be allowed
    > into the Embassy/Consulate, much less the interview [practice varies].

Well, perhaps I should clarify that my impression was not that I would
attend her interview, but that they would interview each of us
separately, and look for inconsistencies between what we say. In fact
one or more of you recently mentioned such inconsistencies (e.g., the
first night in Vegas).

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Noorah101

Hi Gary,

Being interviewed separately is something that might occur at the AOS interview for the green card, here in the USA. It is not something that occurs for the K-1 fiance visa interview.

Best Wishes,
Rene

RICH

I just remembered. At our AOS recently, the officer said, to the effect " I expect you have heard the stories about how we take you into seperate rooms and grill you?- well, if you just promise to tell the truth, I wont need to do that on this occasion" We promised to tell the truth. Who knows if she was joking?!!!

Rich.

Folinskyinla

Hi:

She was entirely correct. The statement is both serious and joke at the same time. BTW, in my experience, the separate interviews don't happen unless something is VERY wrong on the face of things.

Gary Morrison

Folinskyinla wrote:

    > She was entirely correct. The statement is both serious and joke at the
    > same time. BTW, in my experience, the separate interviews don't happen
    > unless something is VERY wrong on the face of things.

OK, very good then. Thanks for the information!

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Noorah101

Hi UK!

I don't mind posting it in public, it might help others. I would say it wasn't as much of "questioning" as "verifying". Very conversational. As she was shuffling papers and typing on her computer, she looked at me and said something like "I see your first husband was Iranian, how did you meet him?" and I told her. A little further into the interview, she glanced at me again and said "I guess your second marriage wasn't that great, how did you meet him?" and I told her he was the brother of a friend of a co-worker. She was right, that marriage was very short lived. She kind of laughed and said "so I guess you're not friends with his sister anymore! I smiled and said "no".

That was it! Since both my former husbands were Iranian, she probably wanted to make sure I wasn't in the habit of bringing them to USA or something.

Rene

traceyparker1

I was asked what my husbands work number was. I had no idea as I had NEVER called him on his work phone, only his cell phone. At the time,I thought I had blown the whole thing but looking back on it, it was a pretty dumb question to ask as lots of people aren't permitted to get personal calls at work. Anyways, we got through it and that was the only "tough" question.

Tracey

Noorah101

hehehe, we had a similar telephone dilemma. The officer asked Sadegh, what's your phone number? He told her his cell phone number. She asked, what's your wife's phone number? He told her my cell phone number. We rarely use our home phone, so when the officer asked "so what number is this one? xxx-xxxx" I was surprised when Sadegh said, oh, that's our home phone number. *whew* LOL

Rene