Interview passed - waiting for passport with visa

[anan 0]

Hi all...

I just want to share our experience at the interview (Kiyv, Ukraine). I was there with my wife which played, I think, an important role. When we came to the embassy, as always there are huge lines of people, I when to the receptionist and said that we have an interview scheduled in 30 minutes. He asked me if I was a citizen, I said yes. Then he let my wife and myself in and explained what to do next. So, we did not wait a minute at the front lines. After security check we went in the embassy office and turned in our documents. Then waited for about 30 minutes and paid $100 fee; after that my wife was called to give her finger prints. They said that we may take a seat and wait for an interview. We waited for about 30-45 minutes until we were called for the interview. I went with my wife to the window, and to our surprise an official there said that he did not have any questions to my wife. He just issued her a visa and explained where to pay $8 for delivery of her passport and other documents. So, for us an actual interview took less than a minute, THIS IS GREAT... I guess our documents were in prefect order. Then we paid required fee and left the embassy. For us the interview process took less then one hour and a half. I think that is a great result, and I am very glad that at last our first step is done. Soon my wife and I will be leaving from Ukraine to the USA.

My question now is: While we are waiting for a passport, is there way to track it? (in Ukraine they gave us air waybill number).

Thank you and good luck for all of you out there...

P.S.

If anyone would like to know the list of documents I had prepared, let me know and I will post it here. Thanks.

[natashenika 0]

Congratuations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

id they tel you how long does it usually take to get passport back? and the list of docuents would be very helpfull as well

congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have a safe trip back home

[EWWM NITCH KAH 0]

Congradulations !!! My wife is from Rovno, Rivne and came to the us in July. After her Interview it took 4 days to recieve her passport. again congrads. her interview was not as easy as yours but very close.

[Urge To Race 2]

Congrats

[C and J 1]

Congratulations

[HarryGillung 2]

Congratulations!.... A list of the documents would be very helpful. Edited December 19, 2007 by HarryandAlena

[Zee Bee 61]

Congratulations!!

[edp333 9]

Congratulation!!

[anan 0]

Thank you...

Below is the list of all financial and proof of relationship documents that we had at the interview. Maybe we were over prepared, but better more and less.

Financial:

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1. Last 12 bank statements for my bank accounts

2. Current balances on my bank accounts

3. I-134 Affidavit of Support

(this is for K3 visa, for CR-1, for example, you will need I-864. We forgot to submit our 134 form when we turned all our documents in, so we asked the official if they still need it (after he issued a visa), and he said that they don't need it. I guess, they only need this form as a summary, the most important is real proofs of you financial state.)

4. Letter from work stating your current earnings per year, that you work there full time, and your position. Signed and dated by your supervisor or director. Remember that your earnings should be 125% of the official minimum earnings allowed (see uscis). My were well over that. So, no co-sponsers were needed.

5. All pay checks for last 12 months

6. I also submitted my pay raise information and attached it to the letter from work.

7. I also submitted two titles for my two cars as proof of my assets and documents that I have life insurance.

8. Taxes for last 3 years and W-2s for last 3 years

This is it for my financial proofs.

Proof of our relationship:

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1. Photos (standard photos about 30. wedding, just we, she with my relatives that visited her, she at my brother's wedding there, she and I with her mother and with her relatives, and others).

2. Emails (I printed out about 80 emials that we wrote to each other in the span of a year)

3. Phone bills (my cell phone bills that were quite high and Skype calls history and payments - all this for more than a year time period)

Note: A lot of you use Skype, make sure you save your history each 6 month. I think this is the time period Skype keeps records of you calls. I saved Skype history when I filed petitions and then when I was getting ready my documents for the interview, I was glad that I save that earlier history because Skype no longer had it. However, I think Skype keeps all history for all your payments, and you can print that out at any time. One more thing: I formated the Skype out put by make it fit to a lesser number of pages. Just copied and pasted into Word and minimized text size.

4. Receipts for all my money transaction to my wife (I had about 25 of them for period of year. I used MoneyGram, which is much cheaper to send money. They charge $10 up to $500, while WesternUnion may charge $40. I know a lot of people use WesternUnion, but keep in mind there are much cheaper alternatives.)

5. I bought an Apple laptop for my wife, so I provided a proof of that too.

6. Plane tickets (I had been there for last year 4 times, so I provided all of them).

7. And, I guess, most important proof was I. She and I were together at the interview.

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My wife gathered all required documents that described in an information packet and passed medical exam.

As a result we passed interview without any problems and right now waiting for a passport. Hopefully, there won't be any delays delivering her passport.

I hope that this list will help someone who is getting ready for an interview.

Thank you.

Edited December 20, 2007 by anan