Congratulations Val! What a lovely surprise! It is so good to see that things are finally moving again.
Penny

hi everyone,
i have wonderful news to share.  my husband had his interview this morning and at the end they told him at the end that he would have his visa in a few weeks!!

for NoonaAmeen: as i said in my other post, the embassy only called less than 24 hours before the interview, but that is because someone else had cancelled so they had a slot available at the last minute.  so of course we said yes because we've been prepared for months for this moment.

we were told his interview would be at 8:30 and although his name was the first called to go into the waiting area, he was not interviewed until 12pm!!!  he had arrived early and barely slept the night before so he was totally exhausted.  there were only two other spouses being interviewed and the rest of the people there were for other types of services.  the two others were women and in both cases they were sent away to get more documents and told that their files would be reviewed again when they were complete, in fact, he felt like one was going to be refused from the way she talked about it, so as you can imagine, he was feeling pretty stressed by the time his chance came hours later.

he was interviewed by two women- one moroccan, one canadian and he found them both very friendly, warm and easy to talk to. the questions that i have posted below will sound like an interrogation, but it was very comfortable and relaxed in tone for the most part and he found it to be a very positive experience.
he wanted me to say this to everyone:

"NOTE: If you are for real, then it's sure and certain you will succeed.  There is truly no need to worry and stress over the questions as we did, and to analyze each possibility.  So please everyone, relax, don't worry, it is only the questions you have heard about over and over on this forum.
Be yourself, speak from the heart, don't try to strategize too much because you don't need to."

questions he was asked:

do you know why you are here?
when was the first contact with your wife?
how did you meet her?
who made the first contact?
what is your wife's name?
what do you call her? (I think this was because in all our emails he calls me val but my full name is valerie)
how old is your wife?
(they asked him my age, then tried to correct him, but he stood his ground and they said "yes but she will be that age in a few months", which is not really true, my birthday's not until the fall.  i found that interesting)
when is her birthdate?
where does your wife work?
what does she do there?
she's lived in different countries, what has she done there?
do you know your wife's family members?
what contact have you had with them?
have you travelled together?
where did you travel together?
did you have a honeymoon?
your wife is divorced, right?
it hasn't been very long since you met each other, but you decided she would come and visit you very soon after you first met online (4 months). why so fast? how did that happen?
what happened when she visited the first time?
why were you so rushed to be married?  how do you explain that?
your wife is older than you, can you explain that?
(this led into a bit more of a discussion about our age difference and whether we had discussed how it could affect us etc., it was the most nerve-racking part of the interview because it took on a more serious tone but my husband was strong and spoke from the heart with conviction and they accepted his response- this was clearly the biggest concern)
what do your family members do for work (brother, sister, parents)?
what do you do for work?
noticing our receipts for sending money back & forth:
does your wife send you money because you need it?
did you send her money for the same reason?
do you have family in canada?
are you still in contact with them?

They also looked at some of the photos and asked a few questions about who was in them and where they were taken.

There was some confusion over some of the information we had provided so he had to go over that in some detail and clarify it (some dates were confusing in his forms apparently).  Also, they needed him to get our original Arabic marriage certificate certified again in the government office so they would have an updated version for the file. 

Bottom line, and all that really matters to us is that they said he had succeeded and was accepted and they would be in touch to let us know when he can pick up the visa within a few weeks.   He has the feeling it will be the end of the month.

Again, he said to tell all of you it is much more calm and easy going than you are expecting so don't worry so much!!!!!!!! 
We wanted to take the time to post all of these questions so we could help other people the same way we've been helped, so thanks to you all and best of luck to you all as well.  I'll let you know the next steps.
For now, I need to go get some sleep because I've been up since 5am and only slept 4 hours last night!!! : )

Val

Congratulations,

I am so happy hearing that everything went well for your Husband. I look forward to the day you post that he received his Visa. I know the wait is long and painful, but yours is almost over. You will finally be able to start your much deserved lives together.

Also thank you so much for all of the information. It is so very helpful to all of us who are still waiting.
Today is our 5 month wedding anniversary, and I miss him.

God bless you, and I wish you the happiest of futures.


Good luck to everyone who is waiting

Thanks everyone for the good wishes!  I will definitely post when we hear from the embassy about the visa.  Final stage of waiting.....and soon I won't be "waiting1" anymore : ) 
I certainly wish the same for every one of you on this forum.

Val

Salaam Mou,  si c est pour le visa oui tu devrait le legalisee.  Dsl pour mon poste avant, je pensait de  qq chose different.

Hi every one . hope everything go well with you all .
Hi Mou , as Boras said , you don't need legalize " la fishe anthroprometrique " because it is a document comes from our interior minitster so it  not needs stamp .
good luck all .....................Hibiscus.

Hello I was the one who was refused visa from Rabat, well my husband.
But we had a visa officer who did not speak good english and my hubby talk to her only in english and my information was wrong on the immigration notes. So do not worry long as your hubby make the immigration officer believe that your relationship is genuine you not have to worry.

Pearl

PS: you are aproved as a sponsor long as you are not receiving welfare and you ar not bankroubt (not sure if i spelled that right).

Indira why dont u call CiC tollfreeline
I found out by calling before even receiving my letter
you call you tell them your case and name and they can see if they have it aproove yet or no
I got the info one week before gething my letter in the mail

Sad about Perlp
:-( I dont understand usualy they have an interviewer in arabic also
why just in english?

wishing all the best for avryone
yasmina

Yes he did have an interviewer in arabic as well but the one who spoke french makes the dicision.
I and coring to our CAIPS notes she made her dicision before my husband's interview.

Well i guess not everyone has luck with immigration.

But who ever is going for an interview good luck.

Pearlp

Hi Pearl,
I am so sorry to hear about your Husband being refused.
To go through this long and painful process , and then be refused at the end is unimaginable.

May I ask what that stated as the reason for refusal?

I wish you the best of luck with your appeal.
 

Thank you so much for the information Pearl

As far as the language is concerned, when my parents met each other they could not communicate at all.
My Mother Could not speak French, and my Father could not speak English. They figured it out, and eventually learned the other language. They have been together for 45 years now, very happily.There is no language where love is.

I am really so sorry for the problems and the delay. We deserve to be with the ones we love.
And you are so right , it is expensive to be able to take many trips there to visit.

It has been over 4 months away from my Husband, and that is already much too long.

I pray that you will get a fast appeal, and a positive outcome.
I look forward to the day that you post that your Husband has received his Visa.

Good luck, and God bless everyone who is suffering away from your loved ones.

Thanks for giving me that push to call CIC Yasmina/Isabelle.  I called this morning and was so happy to hear that YES i was approved as a sponsor since the 22JAN08 and that the file was already sent to Rabat, the only reason that i didn't receive the letter was that they wrote my address incorrectly when they completed their forms.  They had my apt number as the street address and street address as the apartment number.  I had to call Jamal right away and tell him..we were both so depressed yesterday and with this today things are moving in the direction we wanted. Alhamdo allah! , just in time for Valentines day.I told my employer today that i needed some time off from work or i was going to resign, i told them i wanted to go for 90 days!! My supervisor just said go and be with your husband your job will still be here when you get back...SO i am jumping for joy..i have alot of things to tie up before going though.  The biggest problem i am going to face now is Meriam's father, my ex giving me permission to travel for that long..we are still in the court system and i am filing for full custody of her. He doesn't want me to leave Canada at all anymore. but i want to take her with me i don't plan on leaving her here with him at all...she is part of my life and i want her with me in Morocco too!!!!!!

P.S. Pearl don't give up because i too have a child and Jamal and I only speak in Spanish, not even french or Arabic and see we were accepted..and i am 4years older than him too.  So get all your pictures going, msn messages and all that with the other stuff that they had incorrect from your application and fight for your man!!! Insha allah you will me with your Redoune by Valentine's day next year or sooner i hope.

I know that my husbands cousin had a long wait to be with her husband from London too..they kept her coming back for one thing or another but finally after a year they are now together and living happily in London, England that is.

salam everybody and happy valentine day ,
oh great news Boras Raven good ,congratulation , alhamdolah one good step done for you ,in cha alah evrythg will go well for you good luck we make doaah for you in sha allah that you have happy nand good intervew ,
in cha alah i hope our turn soon too , good luck everybody
NoonaAmeen