Whoo-hoo-visa in hand

[scott-n-vlada 0]

Whoo-hoo!!! Visa in hand!!

BUT, not without a lot of run-around that was completely unexpected.

My sweetie lives in Chisinau Moldova, but since Moldova does not process K1 visas our interview was in Bucharest Romania. No problem, hire an interpreter who can translate Russian to Romanian or English was the easy part.

Then it turns strange, I went with my sweetie to the interview, but instead of interviewing her at the window as all the other people, she was called to a separate closed room, then to my surprise I was called for an interview also. We had ample evidence of ongoing relationship, I have traveled to Moldova 5 times, every 2 months this year, and we lived together for 60 days this year. Receipts, boarding passes, Skype records showing that we chat 1 to 3 hours every day, email letters, photos, we had a ton of proof of an ongoing relationship.

They denied the visa, they wanted more proof of relationship, specifically, they wanted originals of all our first letters which were done through an on-line dating service, and they wanted to see all the letters with the agency translations English and Russian. I asked, “Hey, we proved we had contact within 2 years with the original approved K1 visa application, all we need to prove is that we have an ongoing relationship....right? “NO, WE WANT TO SEE ALL YOUR ORIGINAL LETTERS”.

Well in classic girl style my sweetie had saved them all, back in Moldova. So we made another interview appointment, quickly drove the 8 hour trip back to Moldova, then another 8 hour drive back to Bucharest to make the appointment time.

Once again we were called to a separate room, rather than the standard interview window, then they interviewed us separately in a closed door room. They tried every way to deny her the visa, they told me she did not write the letters, I called bull sh*t on that, so then they say we failed to provide “hand written” letters, which never existed in the first place since in the beginning she communicated to me through an agency, who typed the messages into a computer, then translated them into English. Ugggg!!!

My sweetie had be denied a visa to USA 3 prior times, her brother is a USA citizen and he tried over the course of 15 years to get her a visa to visit, all were denied. So they try to convince me that she is pulling a con on me just to get to USA!!! Once again I call bull sh*t on that, so in the end they give her the visa. If she had gone to this interview by herself, there is no way she would have been given a visa.

As we sat waiting for the interview, both times we met other girls who were alone trying to get K! Visa approvals, most were denied!!!!

Maybe this is just Romania / Moldova, but lesson learned, it was not as easy as it would seem, even when all your documents are perfect, and tons of relationship evidence is provided.

Good luck all...

Cheers,

Scott

[NatPatBen 3]

Wow. That must've been an emotionally exhausting experience. Congratulations on getting through it and getting approved!

[sara..... 371]

big congratulations :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

[panterchen 1]

Congratulations!!!!

It really blows my mind though how they treat K1 applicants, as if we were all criminals.

[Kwagga 0]

Wow, you sure went through a lot. But now in the long run it's been worth it all.

CONGRATULATIONS

[inGODShands 0]

GOD BLESS YOU, BOTH! I'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THAT EVEN THOUGH YOUR JOURNEY WAS ROUGH, YOU FINALLY GOT YOUR VISA IN THE END! MAY GOD GRANT YOU BOTH A MARRIAGE FULL OF HAPPINESS & LOVE!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

[Zee Bee 61]

Congratulations!!!

[RadzNSteve 0]

Congradulations on getting your visa, sorry to hear of all those problems, but the good news is you won.

[ellmvl 1]

We're all proud of you guys...CONGRATULATIONS!!! You made it!!! :dancing:

[andana_dj 0]

wow that was a tough one!!! i have my interview in Romania too in couple of months and now i am really scared already about it!!! sorry that you had to pass through all this! but at least you got what you were fighting for, your visa.

Congrats and

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL

[scott-n-vlada 0]

wow that was a tough one!!! i have my interview in Romania too in couple of months and now i am really scared already about it!!! sorry that you had to pass through all this! but at least you got what you were fighting for, your visa.

Congrats and

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL

Hi Andana,

Don't be scared!!! They are USA and play by a rule and procedure book, in the end you will get the visa if you just follow the rules and be truthful.

To ease your worries, in the two days we sat waiting for the interviews, we were the only ones called to "door #7" for a closed door interview, everybody else did their interview at the windows. That is interesting because everybody sitting waiting can overhear the whole interview, it is a quiet room.

The security is overkill, you will wait on the street near the consulate, (just behind the Intercontental hotel) and they will call your name and check your passport before leading you to a waiting area outside the consulate, then one by one they ask you inside, metal detectors, purse search, and you are allowed to carry in only your documents, almost like airport security, then everybody ends up sitting in a room waiting for their name to be called, first for fingerprinting at the fingerprint window, then again for documents, and finally again for the interview. In all we waited about 4 hours the first time, and about 3 hours the second time, even though the interview itself only takes a few minutes.

If you do not speak Romanian, or English, they require you to bring a approved translator with you to the interview, they will provide two names, we used Stefan, cost 100 Euro, and he did a great job.

I'm still in Chisinau, at Puskin street across from the park, getting ready to celebrate new-years. If you are Russian, and want to talk to my sweetie about our journey, I'm sure she would love to tell you all about it from her view, she only speaks Russian.

Send me a private message and I will give you our contact information here in Chisinau.

Cheers,

Scott

[Mina76 0]

Congratulations on receiving your Visa and best wishes to you both!!!

[ThaiStyleUSA 1]

Congrats!

[M.O 6]

maybe the reason was that your fiancee doesnt speak english?! if she needed a translator to go to the interview?

and who knows...i ve seen people being denied there that dont have a very good english ...

my interview was easy... they asked some questions,lasted about 10 minutes... in 1 hour i had my visa... i went alone there and they treated me really nice...and im from Moldova too...

ok congrats and good luck with the other process...

[M.O 6]

if she speaks just russian how are you talking?