ujcdv
02-25-2008, 04:52 PM
We had our interview at the consulate on the Feb. 20th.
Our appointment was at 8:30am, we arrived at 7:30am. Waited outside until 8:15 when we were given a number.
They called our interview time at around 9:30am, then we went into the embassy, through security and then waited until our number was called. When it was called, we approached the window and went through all our paper work to make sure everything was in order. They gave us an interview time of 11:30 when we would talk to the vice consul.
Our interview actually happen around 12:30pm, we talked to a nice woman and explained the whole deportation process to her, what had happened, how long we have been separated and what we hoped to accomplish with the interview etc. She asked us how long we had been married, if we had been divorced, where we met, how we met, do we have children, and where are they now. She asked if my wife had a criminal record, or was arrested for any type of criminal activity, she asked my wife exactly what happened that caused her to be deported and not able to adjust status since she obviously qualified both by being married to me and also since she had qualified under 245i. We explained everything in detail on what happened, how she was ordered removed in absentia, what happened and the AOS interview, how long she spent in jail, how I made the deal with ICE to get her out of jail and flown out of the country, everything that had happened up to the point of the interview.
She was supportive, helpful and very sympathetic, more so than I was expecting. She offered us the 601/212 waivers, I paid the cashier and turned them in since I had them prepared in advance. She asked for a hardship letter from me, I gave her my letter, along with all supporting evidence. She was impressed with it and asked who my lawyer was and I answered that I was my own lawyer in this case since attorney's have not helped me much. I mentioned this site and visa journey.com were instrumental in helping me prepare my waiver and supporting documents.
After giving her all the documents, she explained that it will take maximum of 6 months to adjudicated the waiver, but it could be sooner. She explained the DHS will be the office that will adjudicate the waiver but that a small percentage of cases the embassy in Guatemala will adjudicate them and that DHS is swamped with cases as of now.
Again, she was very helpful and her tone after seeing my waiver documents and evidence was that it looked good for us. My wife and I were happy after the interview and feel like the waiver will be approved.
We will know in 6 months or less.
Our appointment was at 8:30am, we arrived at 7:30am. Waited outside until 8:15 when we were given a number.
They called our interview time at around 9:30am, then we went into the embassy, through security and then waited until our number was called. When it was called, we approached the window and went through all our paper work to make sure everything was in order. They gave us an interview time of 11:30 when we would talk to the vice consul.
Our interview actually happen around 12:30pm, we talked to a nice woman and explained the whole deportation process to her, what had happened, how long we have been separated and what we hoped to accomplish with the interview etc. She asked us how long we had been married, if we had been divorced, where we met, how we met, do we have children, and where are they now. She asked if my wife had a criminal record, or was arrested for any type of criminal activity, she asked my wife exactly what happened that caused her to be deported and not able to adjust status since she obviously qualified both by being married to me and also since she had qualified under 245i. We explained everything in detail on what happened, how she was ordered removed in absentia, what happened and the AOS interview, how long she spent in jail, how I made the deal with ICE to get her out of jail and flown out of the country, everything that had happened up to the point of the interview.
She was supportive, helpful and very sympathetic, more so than I was expecting. She offered us the 601/212 waivers, I paid the cashier and turned them in since I had them prepared in advance. She asked for a hardship letter from me, I gave her my letter, along with all supporting evidence. She was impressed with it and asked who my lawyer was and I answered that I was my own lawyer in this case since attorney's have not helped me much. I mentioned this site and visa journey.com were instrumental in helping me prepare my waiver and supporting documents.
After giving her all the documents, she explained that it will take maximum of 6 months to adjudicated the waiver, but it could be sooner. She explained the DHS will be the office that will adjudicate the waiver but that a small percentage of cases the embassy in Guatemala will adjudicate them and that DHS is swamped with cases as of now.
Again, she was very helpful and her tone after seeing my waiver documents and evidence was that it looked good for us. My wife and I were happy after the interview and feel like the waiver will be approved.
We will know in 6 months or less.