Interview

[nonayadro 1]

Hello,

My fiances k-1 visa interview is in less than a week, and he is getting extremely nervous that they are not going to treat him fairly and that they could deny him for any little reason just because they are having a bad day or whatever. He is worried that they are going to treat him differently because they are from the US and he is from South America.

My opinion is completely different because we sent in a ton of proof of our relationship, we havent gotten any RFE's, I will be with him at the interview, and I assume I can sit right in during the interview which would mean they would not be able to just randomly treat him unfairly. But if anyone can give us any advice or words of encouragement or anyone who did feel that they were treated unfairly during thier interview, I would really appreciate it so I can show him and calm his nerves! THANK YOU!

[Aztec&Taino 144]

Hello,

My fiances k-1 visa interview is in less than a week, and he is getting extremely nervous that they are not going to treat him fairly and that they could deny him for any little reason just because they are having a bad day or whatever. He is worried that they are going to treat him differently because they are from the US and he is from South America.

My opinion is completely different because we sent in a ton of proof of our relationship, we havent gotten any RFE's, I will be with him at the interview, and I assume I can sit right in during the interview which would mean they would not be able to just randomly treat him unfairly. But if anyone can give us any advice or words of encouragement or anyone who did feel that they were treated unfairly during thier interview, I would really appreciate it so I can show him and calm his nerves! THANK YOU!

First of all, congratulations on your upcoming interview. It will be good that the two of you will be able to attend. Make sure you bring all potential proof of your relationship with you and don't forget the affidavit of support, too. Dress business casual, and try to rest up the day prior to the interview. Be calm, honest, and professional; treat it as a job interview. In fact, as the most important interview you have had in your life!

Best wishes!

[Ashley y Diego 3]

I assume you're going to Buenos Aires embassy.. it is intimidating at first with all the security and such but it's really not a scary place. Those people are people who chose to work in the embassy, some of the women told me they had done the same K-1 visa with their Argentine fiance but now had come back to spend some time there and are working trying to help others immigrate legally. The people working there live in Argentina and although they may not be Argentine they chose to do it for a reason, they might have friends or family there to visit or love the culture or want to get better at Spanish or whatever. Everyone is nervous, but the embassy employees are on your side, they're people too, they're just doing their best to uphold the rules so that everyone is treated fairly and US security standards and laws are enforced properly while making it a welcoming place to all good-intentioned people.

Read the embassy reviews, it actually helped us a lot before the interview to realize that them running hours late and getting confused and just being real people meant it wasn't such a scary thing. We went in SO nervous, but after hours being there just started to understand it was just something to do, and be honest about, and stand up for yourself in a polite way, and to be prepared for, but not to be scared of- if you don't have anything to hide, there's no reason you need to be sweating the armpits off your sweater! Just try to relax.. if they're running really behind, maybe even take a nap or get to know some of the others waiting.

You should know too that as a US Citizen there you definitely have rights and can advocate on behalf of yourself and your fiance.. but there generally won't be a need to do this- we used this sort of power to beg for them to process faster or give us more information, and most of the time their response was "we'll do our best".

It helped us to know we were going to have a treat after the interview- when you can tell yourself "no matter what happens, we're going to go together to our favorite restaurant and get ice cream and take the rest of the day off, and we'll have each other there for support" through your nerves getting the best of you, it can make you feel a lot better!

No se preocupen, muchisima suerte, van temprano que el estacionamiento es medio dificil, pero preparanse esperar horas, y si no, mejor!

[TBoneTX 44,671]

Ashley has written a beautiful response. If your fiance is still nervous, tell him to thank his lucky stars that he's not interviewing in Ecuador, si man.