I-730 interview

[asylee27]

ok, folks,

finally after long wait time since approval of I-730 for my family, they are invited for the interview in US embassy in Moscow.

Please, share any experience, comments or suggestions.

They received application forms and one asks if my family members are persecuted. I suggest them to say no, because even though the interview will not be in my native country, but my family after getting approval (God willing) will travel back home to get ready to come to US to me. I dont think it will be a problem, since i am the primary applicant and my family is just getting a derivative status. What do you think? Can they deny if my family answers "no"?

My wife and kids speak neither English nor Russian. Will they allow an interpreter with them you think? And what other questions may they ask?

Please, anyone. Any recommendations?

thks

 

[SINNERSROOM]

ok, folks,

finally after long wait time since approval of I-730 for my family, they are invited for the interview in US embassy in Moscow.

Please, share any experience, comments or suggestions.

They received application forms and one asks if my family members are persecuted. I suggest them to say no, because even though the interview will not be in my native country, but my family after getting approval (God willing) will travel back home to get ready to come to US to me. I dont think it will be a problem, since i am the primary applicant and my family is just getting a derivative status. What do you think? Can they deny if my family answers "no"?

My wife and kids speak neither English nor Russian. Will they allow an interpreter with them you think? And what other questions may they ask?

Please, anyone. Any recommendations?

thks

They will be derivative so they are not gonna question them as you .i guess they will make sure it is your family.what about your Parents??
UDACHI

 

[asylee27]

i do hope so too.

But they say they got mean officers down there in Moscow Embassy.

I hope that is not true. So far i everything was going well. This is the last step for me- to reunite with my wife and kids. Everything else is for later..

I dont think i can petition for my parents until citizenship or at least PR.

anybody else with 730 experience?


spasibo, Sinnersroom

 

[faysal]

i do hope so too.

But they say they got mean officers down there in Moscow Embassy.

I hope that is not true. So far i everything was going well. This is the last step for me- to reunite with my wife and kids. Everything else is for later..

I dont think i can petition for my parents until citizenship or at least PR.

anybody else with 730 experience?


spasibo, Sinnersroom

I was the beneficiary of I730 along with my kids. My was the primary. I was interviewed at an embassy outside of the USA. I was not asked anything that has to do with persecution, but I told them that I was persecuted. The officer who interviewed me questions were general. But my wife's parents and brothers who were with me were questioned hard.

Any way I would advice to your even if your family says no to persecution make sure they have a nice and persuative story to have the IO on their side. People will tell you that it is easy, and your family has not have to prove persecution, do not listen to this. Be prepared for the worst. some immigration officers will cross exam your family, other are easy, so since this is life long apportunity, do not take it easy. Prepare your family for every posibility. Good luck...

 

[bringslite]

My wife was a derivative asylee. Basically, she met with the consulate person through the glass window, where she handed her medical which she did locally (at a 3rd country "not home country nor US"), a copy of the I-730, and her passport. She came back a couple of days later and was given a sealed enveloped and was asked not to open it, but to give it to the INS officer at the airport, but was issued an I-94 with asylum granted on it to give to the airlines, and was stamped upon arrival to the US. No questions about prosecution.

This was back in 2000, and things might have changed since then. The officer spoke our language.

My wife went back to our home country a couple of times since then with no problem!

Good luck!

 

[all4GreenCard]

But they say they got mean officers down there in Moscow Embassy.

Unfortunately, that's true - they are pretty mean and nasty down there. Friends of ours just passed that interview in Moscow. The lady-officer was a real b@#h on them. She didn't stop screaming at poor guys for 1.5 hours, she also seemed to have a very low self-esteem: she kept on saying "I'm an American officer, I'm an American officer..."

It all had a happy end though: When she really got my friend, he told her what he thinks about her stupid accent, about the fact of her being an American officer, and her IQ. Amazingly, after all that, she got nice on them: told them that she really wanted to work in Poland, not in Russia, that she's got troubles learning Russian, and... approved them.

Удачи.