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Al salam alaykum

I am muslim egyptain husband that married usa citizen woman ,and she
applied petition for immigrant visa for me in usa embassy in cairo ,we
did the interview 04jan2004 but really the interviewer asked for my
fingerprint and then after 20 days he transfered my case for
ADJUDICATION in INS Office in ATHENS Greece.my paper work in the file
is complete.

any one can help me please and tell me why this happen ???????????
by the way my wife is 8 years older than me .but i married her for
love .and i met her two years before our marriage .

PLease helpppppppp

salam alaykum .

Hebapotamus42

I believe that a case is forwarded to Athens if they feel they cannot approve it. It can stay there up to six months according the old info on the consulate website. (It's not there any more.) There is one person on this newsgroup who also had her fiancee's case transferred to Athens. BTW, what type of person cpnducted your interview?

Khadija

Alaikum Assalaam,

We need more info to help you. When did you marry? When and where was the paperwork filed? From the States? At the Consulate? What kind of visa are you applying for - the I-130 or a K3? Do you have any "red flags" such as meeting online and only meeting face-to-face once, or children from a previous marriage or did you overstay a student or visitors visa here ever? Who conducted your interview? What did he/she say during the interview?

If we're to help you with any insight into your situation, you have to give us a few more details on which to go.

Patty Khadijah

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Khadija <member10682@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Alaikum Assalaam,
    >
    > We need more info to help you. When did you marry?
    > When and where was the paperwork filed? From the States? At the
    > Consulate? What kind of visa are you applying for - the I-130 or a K3?
    > Do you have any "red flags" such as meeting online and only meeting face-to-
    > face once, or children from a previous marriage or did you overstay a
    > student or visitors visa here ever? Who conducted your interview? What
    > did he/she say during the interview?
    >
    > If we're to help you with any
    > insight into your situation, you have to give us a few more details on
    > which to go.
    >
    > Patty Khadijah

Thank u for ur reply ,ok i will give u all the details ..
i met my wife on the internet about two years ago then she traveled to
me 2003 april we lived togther in egypt about three months and we got
married during this time in egypt ,then she applied for me for
immigrant visa petition in usa embassy in cairo ,it was about in
october 2003 then i received letter of finla visa interview for me and
my wife to be attended in this interview in usa embassy 04th jan 2004
, in the interview this white american man asked me and her simple
questions annd then he asked my wife for any letters that i sent to
her,but really he ignored all the emails ,photos,telephone
bills,flight tickets,then he asked for my fingerprint then i did ,i
asked this man how long it will take to know the result ??? he said
that may be ti will take one or more than three months ,But really i
waited more time till i sent the consulate email to know what is the
update of my case? then they answered me that they transfered my case
to ATHENS .by the way my wife has one kid from her previous marriage.i
did not travel to usa before ,and also this man did not even look at
me .he only kept looking at his computer.

Please helppppppppppppppppppppppppp

al salamu alaykum

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Khadija <member10682@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Alaikum Assalaam,
    >
    > We need more info to help you. When did you marry?
    > When and where was the paperwork filed? From the States? At the
    > Consulate? What kind of visa are you applying for - the I-130 or a K3?
    > Do you have any "red flags" such as meeting online and only meeting face-to-
    > face once, or children from a previous marriage or did you overstay a
    > student or visitors visa here ever? Who conducted your interview? What
    > did he/she say during the interview?
    >
    > If we're to help you with any
    > insight into your situation, you have to give us a few more details on
    > which to go.
    >
    > Patty Khadijah



Salamu alaykum

ok i will tell u more information ,we got married in egypt 12/06/2004
and we filed the petition in usa embassy in cairo ,immigrant visa for
spouse,i never traveled to usa before.my workpapers are in order and
correct ,we had the interview 04jan 2004 and it was not good as this
white american man kept looking at his computer screen most of the
interview time .at the end of the interview he asked for my
fingerprint and i did it .then he did not ask for any of me and my
wife pictures or emails or bills .....,he only took one letter .also
the embassy notified me that my case transferred to INS ATHENS for
adjudication on 20jan2004
,,,whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy??????????????????????
Also i like to let u know that my wife lived with me in egypt three
months and also one more month after the interview so like this she
traveled two times and i guess that this man checked my wife passport
as he asked for it .i like to tell u something about my wife ,,,she is
older than me ,and she hs one kid.and her family and my family and her
kid accepted our marriage ,she was married before long time ago and
she got divorced by the law i mean legelly and we gave the immigrtion
copy of the court decree.

i hope these are helpful details

please helpppppppppppppppppppppppp

Khadija

While there are others a little more knowledgeable than I on the possible reasons for the transfer of your case to Athens, I would speculate that it is due to the fact they are short-staffed in Cairo. On the surface, your case doesn't sound that different than the other Egyptian husbands & wives currently on this NG who are having their cases adjudicated in Cairo. Since you and your wife did DCF (Direct Consular Filing), fingerprints are the normal course of events as well. I'd do a search on "Cairo" on the NG and read a bit of our experiences. While the wait seems eternal, in the grand scheme of things you are well within the limits of what's "normal" in this viisa world. As I said, my guess is your case was transferred for pragmatic reasons and not for any suspicious reasons.

It can't hurt to call or email the Consulate again and inquire about the reasons for the transfer. Ask them is it for a specific reason or because of a backlog. In the meantime, read some of the other Cairo-related threads here so you can realize a) you're not alone and b) this is not so unusual.

Hang in there,
Patty Khadijah

Noorah101

Could you also possibly contact the consulate in Athens and ask them about your case? Perhaps since it's now in their hands, they would be the contact for your case. Maybe they can now give you a time frame when it will be finished....

Good luck and best wishes!
Rene

Khadija

Or at least confirm why it was transferred. Good thinking, Rene!

meauxna

Rene et al,
for an FYI, if a case has been sent to Athens, it's not there for Consular processing. There is an "INS" office at the Embassy there, and they are the overseas office of USCIS (as opposed to DoS). When doing my DCF (which technically wasn't) in Athens, I was confused about whether or not my petition would have to go to Rome for approval. I was curtly informed that Athens had its own (then) INS office and those workers would pass my petition on to the Consular folk when it was ready.

I keep referring to INS because I know these overseas offices have their own new name now, I just haven't seen *what* that is.

However, for the OP, I think it was rachel212 who had some dealings with her case getting transferred to Athens from another post (for "INS" review). It may be worth looking up her posts to see who/how she contacted there.

Noorah101

Thanks for the info, Mo!

Khadija

Would this mean there is a problem with the original paperwork submitted, e.g., the I-130, marriage license, divorce decree, etc... and Athens "takes the place" in this case of the Service Center?

meauxna

Well, you notice I didn't make any interpretation as to what it all means....

In my own reading, I mainly paid attention to the part of 9FAM that applied to filing directly at the Consulate while not resident. I recall that in that case (DCF, which we technically did not do) if the CO can not clearly approve, the case is turned back to (then) INS either the nearest overseas post or to the Service Ctr in the States.

oops, just reread more of the OP's comments here and changed this para. Me being the control freak USC, I'd be on the horn to INS/whatever Athens to follow up. I think the USC will have a better result than the alien for a couple of reasons. The woman that answers the phone is Greek, not 'friendly' as Americans know the word, but should assist in getting the request thru. It is a small INS operation in Athens (I believe 3 ppl total). My take is that yes, there is some issue that makes either the petition or the application not 'clearly approvable'.

As usual, it's all speculation at this point.

Matthew Udall

You have mentioned a couple of times now that it was a "white" American man who did the interview. Why do you stress that he was "white"? Are you accusing him of being prejudiced against you just because he's white?

Khadija

While it's up to the OP to say what was in his head when he wrote this, I think he mentions it to distinquish the ConOff from the Indian woman many of us have had to deal with at this particular Consulate and, perhaps, to point out he wasn't Egyptian either. Earlier on in this thread we asked him to describe his ConOff.

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Khadija <member10682@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > While there are others a little more knowledgeable than I on the
    > possible reasons for the transfer of your case to Athens, I would
    > speculate that it is due to the fact they are short-staffed in Cairo.
    > On the surface, your case doesn't sound that different than the other
    > Egyptian husbands & wives currently on this NG who are having their
    > cases adjudicated in Cairo. Since you and your wife did DCF (Direct
    > Consular Filing), fingerprints are the normal course of events as well.
    > I'd do a search on "Cairo" on the NG and read a bit of our experiences.
    > While the wait seems eternal, in the grand scheme of things you are well
    > within the limits of what's "normal" in this viisa world. As I said, my
    > guess is your case was transferred for pragmatic reasons and not for any
    > suspicious reasons.
    >
    > It can't hurt to call or email the Consulate again
    > and inquire about the reasons for the transfer. Ask them is it for a
    > specific reason or because of a backlog. In the meantime, read some of
    > the other Cairo-related threads here so you can realize a) you're not
    > alone and b) this is not so unusual.

Thank you for ur reply,but i like to tell you that i did send many
emails but no one like to tell me the reasons.even i called athens
office but till now i cannot find them helpful . Do you think that age
diff?? and having kid is the main problem ??????????? van i send
proffs of my relationship with my wife to the INS now
?????????????????????????????
plsssssssss help

regards
    >
    > Hang in there,
    > Patty Khadijah