Interview Report

[MeL37 0]

I will keep this report short and detailed, hopefully it will help someone going thru the process!

Patricia got to the embassy at 5:30AM, and was third in line, it gets really cold so better be prepared.

Have passport and appointment letter ready, at around 6:15 a woman came out and told everyone waiting what line to wait in according to the type of visa they were there for.

For K-1 they give you a green tag and put it in a visible spot.

At 6:30 they let you in and go thru the security check, no cell phones with camera or any electric devices are allowed in. Once inside they will give you a colored folder, brown for K-1 visas with instructions on the inside on how to organize all required documentation, if you have any questions there is someone assigned to help with that, evidence of the relationship had to be set up outside the folder, no clips, staples, etc.

Now the waiting starts, it didn't seem like they were calling in any type of order, the first time she was called to a window she was asked a few questions, in her case they were:

01) How did you meet your fiance?

02) How many times has he traveled to Colombia?

03) How long have you been a couple?

Then, they checked that all documents in the brown folder were organized accordingly and kept it, she kept all the evidence for later, they asked her to sit down and wait to be called again.

Next she was called for fingerprints, they had a tough time with her because her fingerprints didn't show for some reason maybe because of how cold it was outside, they had to try many different things and nothing worked, they gave her a tissue with some type of lotion and that did it, then she was asked to sit down again and wait.

Finally, she was called again for the real interview (was about time) the CO was going thru the documentation in the brown folder and the questions started:

01) What's your fiance's name?

02) When did he come to Colombia?

03) Have you been married?

04) Has he been married?

05) Do you have children?

06) Does he have any children?

07) They asked her my ex-wife's name because I had been married before ( this one she did not really

expect but she had read it in my divorce certificate)

08) Asked her if I spoke english?

09) Where did she learn english? (I guess it was a good idea after all that she spent all of last year in school)

That was it for the questions, then he looked at all the evidence she had, pictures, letters we sent to each other, cards, phone bills. Then wrote her name on a green piece of paper for next day's appointment to pick up the visa and told her that it was approved.

The next day she got there before 4:00PM, gave her a yellow sealed envelope, her passport and X-rays and some instructions for when she travels to the USA.

Some of the questions she was asked were in english, so I guess it's good if you know it.

Well this was it ladies and gents, I hope it helps somehow while you are floating thru this visa journey!

Thanks again EVERYONE!!!

Mel

Ohoh, I guess it wasn't that short after all, oh well!

[Jasman0717 9]

Congratulations Thanks for sharing

[ohiobuck 0]

I will keep this report short and detailed, hopefully it will help someone going thru the process!

Patricia got to the embassy at 5:30AM, and was third in line, it gets really cold so better be prepared.

Have passport and appointment letter ready, at around 6:15 a woman came out and told everyone waiting what line to wait in according to the type of visa they were there for.

Thank you for sharing this information I am sure it will be much appreciated by others that are waiting to go through this process. I wish my husbanc could've read this before his interview because at that time we had trouble finding such detailed information.

Congratulations on getting the Visa and I am so happy you will be together again soon, wish you the best.

For K-1 they give you a green tag and put it in a visible spot.

At 6:30 they let you in and go thru the security check, no cell phones with camera or any electric devices are allowed in. Once inside they will give you a colored folder, brown for K-1 visas with instructions on the inside on how to organize all required documentation, if you have any questions there is someone assigned to help with that, evidence of the relationship had to be set up outside the folder, no clips, staples, etc.

Now the waiting starts, it didn't seem like they were calling in any type of order, the first time she was called to a window she was asked a few questions, in her case they were:

01) How did you meet your fiance?

02) How many times has he traveled to Colombia?

03) How long have you been a couple?

Then, they checked that all documents in the brown folder were organized accordingly and kept it, she kept all the evidence for later, they asked her to sit down and wait to be called again.

Next she was called for fingerprints, they had a tough time with her because her fingerprints didn't show for some reason maybe because of how cold it was outside, they had to try many different things and nothing worked, they gave her a tissue with some type of lotion and that did it, then she was asked to sit down again and wait.

Finally, she was called again for the real interview (was about time) the CO was going thru the documentation in the brown folder and the questions started:

01) What's your fiance's name?

02) When did he come to Colombia?

03) Have you been married?

04) Has he been married?

05) Do you have children?

06) Does he have any children?

07) They asked her my ex-wife's name because I had been married before ( this one she did not really

expect but she had read it in my divorce certificate)

08) Asked her if I spoke english?

09) Where did she learn english? (I guess it was a good idea after all that she spent all of last year in school)

That was it for the questions, then he looked at all the evidence she had, pictures, letters we sent to each other, cards, phone bills. Then wrote her name on a green piece of paper for next day's appointment to pick up the visa and told her that it was approved.

The next day she got there before 4:00PM, gave her a yellow sealed envelope, her passport and X-rays and some instructions for when she travels to the USA.

Some of the questions she was asked were in english, so I guess it's good if you know it.

Well this was it ladies and gents, I hope it helps somehow while you are floating thru this visa journey!

Thanks again EVERYONE!!!

Mel

Ohoh, I guess it wasn't that short after all, oh well!

[Manizales Mamba 0]

excellent report I e-mailed it to my fiance today. What great info.....this will help us alot thanks Mel.

[Peter Miami 0]

Hi Mel,

Thank you very much for posting this detail interview report. As soon as I get all the information from Johanna, I will write one also to help all other VJ members.

Good luck,

Peter Miami