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MarryaFilipina   1

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Spousal visa interview is coming up. How much earlier should we arrive before our interview time? Appointment is set for 6:15 a.m. Thanks!

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I suggest getting there by 5 AM to get a good place in line.

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I suggest getting there by 5 AM to get a good place in line.

5am for all appointments or about 1-1 1/2 hours before appointment time? Our appointment time is 7am, do you recommend we arrive at 5am or is 545/6am ok?

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I would go at 5 AM for a 7 AM appt as well. The lines can get long pretty fast. When my wife and I did ours, we had a 7AM time too. The time will go fast so it's best to be a little early than late.

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VicandMarilyn   9

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I would go at 5 AM for a 7 AM appt as well. The lines can get long pretty fast. When my wife and I did ours, we had a 7AM time too. The time will go fast so it's best to be a little early than late.

Thanks, that's what I figured. Is there any advantage to going even earlier?

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Our interview was at 7:30, and we arrived to the queue around 5:45. Once the line started moving, it went pretty quick.


Not to get off track but, how long does the interview take? Approx. what time will she get done?

Thanks

We were back at the hotel around 11:30. Count on about 6 hours, but who knows? You could be done earlier.

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5am for all appointments or about 1-1 1/2 hours before appointment time? Our appointment time is 7am, do you recommend we arrive at 5am or is 545/6am ok?

About an hour early is good, that is what we did and all went very quickly.

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I'm not sure how much better you'll be getting there before 5 AM. The line length will depend on how may appointments they have that day. It sure can't hurt getting there earlier. The guards will ask you what your visa type and appt. time are. The whole process should take around 5-6 hours on average.

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02/03/2011: RFE
02/11/2011: RFE hardcopy rec'd: passport photos missing
02/14/2011: RFE response sent
02/16/2011: RFE response rec'd by TSC
03/01/2011: Touched
03/09/2011: NOA2
03/17/2011: Shipped to NVC
03/21/2011: Touched
03/23/2011: NVC case number assigned
03/24/2011: Emailed choice of agent
03/28/2011: AOS fee paid and packet sent
03/29/2011: Paid DS-230 fee
03/31/2011: DS-230 packet sent to NVC
04/08/2011: RFE for AOS packet
04/16/2011: Resent corrected I-864
04/28/2011: Sign in failed
04/29/2011: NVC Case Complete
05/20/2011: Case forwarded to US Embassy Manila
06/01/2011: Medical exam completed at St. Luke's
06/10/2011: Interview - approved pending CENOMAR reverification from NSO
06/17/2011: Embassy received CENOMAR
06/29/2011: Visa in hand!!
07/01/2011: POE San Fransisco

05/14/2013: Sent I-751 to Vermont Service Center

05/20/2013: NOA1

05/23/2013: Check cleared

06/18/2013: Biometrics appt.

08/27/2013: Email from USCIS saying new card approved/ordered

09/03/2013: Green card received

07/01/2014: N-400 sent to Dallas lockbox

07/29/2014: Biometrics

09/25/2014: Interview (passed civics test but need to provide more documents)

11/14/2014: Oath Ceremony in Lexington, KY

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Yup. And if you have a later appointment they will move you back behind those with an earlier appointment, so arrive "way" early has little benefit.

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VicandMarilyn   9

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Our interview was at 7:30, and we arrived to the queue around 5:45. Once the line started moving, it went pretty quick.

We were back at the hotel around 11:30. Count on about 6 hours, but who knows? You could be done earlier.

About an hour early is good, that is what we did and all went very quickly.

Thanks :)

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MarryaFilipina   1

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Thanks everyone. I was kind of figuring an hour early was the "sweet spot" (kind of like the medical exam). I think if you arrive too much earlier than that you just end up waiting longer outside.

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