My Interview Experience Apr 7

[luck-e and Kookie 0]

Hi fellow VJers! Im sorry for the late post of my interview experience. Its a holy week and have to do a lot of stuffs before the working days ends. But here you go.

April 6, 2009 7pm - went home to fix some folders, got done at 1AM .. practiced with my fiance about some questions and brainstorming for the last minute.

Took me awhile to fix my folders because i made a portfolio with table of contents for each of my folders. I also made an AVP presentation of all his visits and pictures on the presentation.

April 7, 2009 = 4am woke up, woke my fiance up, woke up my daughter and had my make up done. Prep my 2 yr old son eventhough he was still sleeping.

530 am = left the house, dropped by caltex buendia to buy some sandwich.

630am = arrived at the embassy (we were dropped off by my dad)

- while i was in line, there was another K1 applicant from Cebu who doesnt know what to do. he documents were not complete, though she got proofs and other stuffs but the forms like the 156, 156K she doesnt have. good thing she paid the BDO application for but not filled up yet. When I came in, i told the guard about her that she doesnt have the forms and all that . she was so scared so I accompanied her. My kids are so kulit good thing my fiance is there to take care of them bec this lady is about to cry. When we came in, we waited til we were called to get a number. when the other K1 applicants saw me helping this lady, they started asking me for help. So I didnt had a time to feel the nervousness because i was assisting these ladies. I didnt even touched my folders and even proof read them no more because my attention were all with these ladies.

The guard told us to get the numbers now and while in line, alot of applicants dont have the right documents with them. then people started asking me again, i had everything taken care of for my docs so i went ahead and fixed their forms again just for them to get a number. When i finally got my number, the first lady that asked help from me kept of following me saying ate, tulungan mo ko ha. so i went back i told the lady whos giving out numbers that she doesnt have forms yet. so when we came back and sat down, I filled up her forms while im interviewing her. Kawawa naman tlga. She hard in talking in english also, Im not sure if she passed tho because she only saw her fiance once and that was july 2008.

Anyway, when our number was called for the pre-screener, i left her already. I told her, she'll be ok and I went ahead and do my own thang this time.

Pre screener was a ###### at first. I know she has a tendency of being a ######.it showed on her face. When she ask me one question, I oanswered with just one answer. I didnt elaborate anymore. these were her questions:

first she told me to give her the NBI, Cenomar, Birth certificate for me and my daughter and affidavit of support.

-When did you guys meet

-How did you know eachother

-How many times he visited you

-HOw long have you known him

-When was his last entry here

now she asked about some pictures and some proofs of our relationship.

- My daughter's playing with the mic and she now had an attitude saying, pllllleeeeaaaaasssseeeeee wag galawin ang mic masakit sa tenga.. shempre, di ko pede labanan, so i apologized. She checked on my daughter's information, application forms and everyting and she said 'oh long hair ka dto ha, (sabe nya sa anak ko), sbe ko, ginagaya kc si angelica panganiban. Now she cracked joke and said, anak, idol mo ba yon? kc ako din eh.' so now, she's ok naman pala.

Next she said, just sit down and wait for your number to be called.

My name was called for finger scanning.

after 3 minutes, I saw my number flashed on the screen. This is it.. My number was 7024.

I went in with my daughter, my US citizen son, and my fiance. The consul said, how are you? I said, Im ok and how about you? naks! kala mo hindi kabado, but honestly i was not, pero starting palang. haha. The consul asked my fiance, are you the petitioner sir,? my fiance said yes. The consul said, you may stay outside and if i need to ask you questions, we'll call your attention, you may bring all the kids with you what ever your comfortable with. My daughter, my fiance and my son started to walk out. My 2 year old son starting to have a watery eye saying 'MAMA, HALIKA NA, IWAN MO NA YAN" he might be thinking na inaaway ako ng consul. hehe. So the consul said, he can stay. so my son just sat down. staring at the consul na parang gusto nya sapakin ung consul. haha.

These were the questions.

- So, when did you meet him?

- for how long?

- was he married before? once, twice, thrice? (maybe he is just fishing if i know) so i said only once.

- how many kids? i said one.

- where is the kid staying? i said with the ex wife's family.

- he's been here since november 2008, how can he sustain all the expenses and how can he support the family? - I answered that he has a media and production business in the US and he's having his stuffs rented out while he is here.

- he asked when you guys come back to the US does he have work, like how will he support you? I told him as ive said he has the business there and once we are there, he can DJ again and use these equipment and make money for us. and he said, I SEE.

- what are your plans after getting to the US - i told him that we'll get married first week of June.

- He asked how old is my son. And I said he is 2.

- He said so he is a US citizen already so he's good to go, I said yes.

- He asked me where is our POE, I said Guam. (because the affidavit of support is only good for poverty guidelines in Guam) tho we are really planning to enter Hawaii.

(my son heard me saying Guam, so my son called my attention saying.. MAMA MAMA!! HINDI GUAM!! HAWAII!!... shet ang kulet ng anak ko!!!

- He was just scanning to the documents again.

- Then the consul said, I dont have any other questions maam, your visas are now approved.

- I said thank you sir. I have a question, can I bring my brother and my father with me to be on my wedding day? he asked me, are they being petitioned? I said no. he said, they would have to apply to the non-immigrant section instead. my second question sir is, can i have our visas picked up? he paused for a few moments and said, hmmmm. definitely not today, and since theres a holiday, it will be after holy week. so he approved it. I said, thank you very much sir.

I went out, with a blank face because I was tripping out. I dont want to tell my fiance what happened, wheather its approved or not. I just want to trip out for like 5 minutes. I told him yes, its approved. He started crying and people around were touched and a lady started to cry also. he hugged me and said thank you. awwwww...

My number was called I went to one window and the lady said, the consul approved to have your visa picked up so im giving you this claim stub.

- i went to my fiance and left the building.

Thank God! I was expecting the hardest interview ever. Why? thats because of our complicated situation. My fiance's ex wife recently got approved for an IR1 visa and left only last year. I even helped her to get to the US and I was the one who processed her son's CRBA. They got divorced after 3 months and filed for his petition to me. So i was expecting theres a loop hole there and will start to ask me questions about it. But no. It didnt happen like that.

Thank you guys for the time. and for all those who will have theri interview soon, one advice that i can give, LESS TALK, LESS MISTAKES.

[geowife10 0]

CONGRATS ....

[RVIANE♛ 5]

Hi fellow VJers! Im sorry for the late post of my interview experience. Its a holy week and have to do a lot of stuffs before the working days ends. But here you go.

April 6, 2009 7pm - went home to fix some folders, got done at 1AM .. practiced with my fiance about some questions and brainstorming for the last minute.

Took me awhile to fix my folders because i made a portfolio with table of contents for each of my folders. I also made an AVP presentation of all his visits and pictures on the presentation.

April 7, 2009 = 4am woke up, woke my fiance up, woke up my daughter and had my make up done. Prep my 2 yr old son eventhough he was still sleeping.

530 am = left the house, dropped by caltex buendia to buy some sandwich.

630am = arrived at the embassy (we were dropped off by my dad)

- while i was in line, there was another K1 applicant from Cebu who doesnt know what to do. he documents were not complete, though she got proofs and other stuffs but the forms like the 156, 156K she doesnt have. good thing she paid the BDO application for but not filled up yet. When I came in, i told the guard about her that she doesnt have the forms and all that . she was so scared so I accompanied her. My kids are so kulit good thing my fiance is there to take care of them bec this lady is about to cry. When we came in, we waited til we were called to get a number. when the other K1 applicants saw me helping this lady, they started asking me for help. So I didnt had a time to feel the nervousness because i was assisting these ladies. I didnt even touched my folders and even proof read them no more because my attention were all with these ladies.

The guard told us to get the numbers now and while in line, alot of applicants dont have the right documents with them. then people started asking me again, i had everything taken care of for my docs so i went ahead and fixed their forms again just for them to get a number. When i finally got my number, the first lady that asked help from me kept of following me saying ate, tulungan mo ko ha. so i went back i told the lady whos giving out numbers that she doesnt have forms yet. so when we came back and sat down, I filled up her forms while im interviewing her. Kawawa naman tlga. She hard in talking in english also, Im not sure if she passed tho because she only saw her fiance once and that was july 2008.

Anyway, when our number was called for the pre-screener, i left her already. I told her, she'll be ok and I went ahead and do my own thang this time.

Pre screener was a ###### at first. I know she has a tendency of being a ######.it showed on her face. When she ask me one question, I oanswered with just one answer. I didnt elaborate anymore. these were her questions:

first she told me to give her the NBI, Cenomar, Birth certificate for me and my daughter and affidavit of support.

-When did you guys meet

-How did you know eachother

-How many times he visited you

-HOw long have you known him

-When was his last entry here

now she asked about some pictures and some proofs of our relationship.

- My daughter's playing with the mic and she now had an attitude saying, pllllleeeeaaaaasssseeeeee wag galawin ang mic masakit sa tenga.. shempre, di ko pede labanan, so i apologized. She checked on my daughter's information, application forms and everyting and she said 'oh long hair ka dto ha, (sabe nya sa anak ko), sbe ko, ginagaya kc si angelica panganiban. Now she cracked joke and said, anak, idol mo ba yon? kc ako din eh.' so now, she's ok naman pala.

Next she said, just sit down and wait for your number to be called.

My name was called for finger scanning.

after 3 minutes, I saw my number flashed on the screen. This is it.. My number was 7024.

I went in with my daughter, my US citizen son, and my fiance. The consul said, how are you? I said, Im ok and how about you? naks! kala mo hindi kabado, but honestly i was not, pero starting palang. haha. The consul asked my fiance, are you the petitioner sir,? my fiance said yes. The consul said, you may stay outside and if i need to ask you questions, we'll call your attention, you may bring all the kids with you what ever your comfortable with. My daughter, my fiance and my son started to walk out. My 2 year old son starting to have a watery eye saying 'MAMA, HALIKA NA, IWAN MO NA YAN" he might be thinking na inaaway ako ng consul. hehe. So the consul said, he can stay. so my son just sat down. staring at the consul na parang gusto nya sapakin ung consul. haha.

These were the questions.

- So, when did you meet him?

- for how long?

- was he married before? once, twice, thrice? (maybe he is just fishing if i know) so i said only once.

- how many kids? i said one.

- where is the kid staying? i said with the ex wife's family.

- he's been here since november 2008, how can he sustain all the expenses and how can he support the family? - I answered that he has a media and production business in the US and he's having his stuffs rented out while he is here.

- he asked when you guys come back to the US does he have work, like how will he support you? I told him as ive said he has the business there and once we are there, he can DJ again and use these equipment and make money for us. and he said, I SEE.

- what are your plans after getting to the US - i told him that we'll get married first week of June.

- He asked how old is my son. And I said he is 2.

- He said so he is a US citizen already so he's good to go, I said yes.

- He asked me where is our POE, I said Guam. (because the affidavit of support is only good for poverty guidelines in Guam) tho we are really planning to enter Hawaii.

(my son heard me saying Guam, so my son called my attention saying.. MAMA MAMA!! HINDI GUAM!! HAWAII!!... shet ang kulet ng anak ko!!!

- He was just scanning to the documents again.

- Then the consul said, I dont have any other questions maam, your visas are now approved.

- I said thank you sir. I have a question, can I bring my brother and my father with me to be on my wedding day? he asked me, are they being petitioned? I said no. he said, they would have to apply to the non-immigrant section instead. my second question sir is, can i have our visas picked up? he paused for a few moments and said, hmmmm. definitely not today, and since theres a holiday, it will be after holy week. so he approved it. I said, thank you very much sir.

I went out, with a blank face because I was tripping out. I dont want to tell my fiance what happened, wheather its approved or not. I just want to trip out for like 5 minutes. I told him yes, its approved. He started crying and people around were touched and a lady started to cry also. he hugged me and said thank you. awwwww...

My number was called I went to one window and the lady said, the consul approved to have your visa picked up so im giving you this claim stub.

- i went to my fiance and left the building.

Thank God! I was expecting the hardest interview ever. Why? thats because of our complicated situation. My fiance's ex wife recently got approved for an IR1 visa and left only last year. I even helped her to get to the US and I was the one who processed her son's CRBA. They got divorced after 3 months and filed for his petition to me. So i was expecting theres a loop hole there and will start to ask me questions about it. But no. It didnt happen like that.

Thank you guys for the time. and for all those who will have theri interview soon, one advice that i can give, LESS TALK, LESS MISTAKES.

wow congrats sis sana ako din smooth lang interview ko khit na 1 time lang nag visit ang hubby ko dito

Edited April 10, 2009 by armywife

[mishy 1]

Hi fellow VJers! Im sorry for the late post of my interview experience. Its a holy week and have to do a lot of stuffs before the working days ends. But here you go.

April 6, 2009 7pm - went home to fix some folders, got done at 1AM .. practiced with my fiance about some questions and brainstorming for the last minute.

Took me awhile to fix my folders because i made a portfolio with table of contents for each of my folders. I also made an AVP presentation of all his visits and pictures on the presentation.

April 7, 2009 = 4am woke up, woke my fiance up, woke up my daughter and had my make up done. Prep my 2 yr old son eventhough he was still sleeping.

530 am = left the house, dropped by caltex buendia to buy some sandwich.

630am = arrived at the embassy (we were dropped off by my dad)

- while i was in line, there was another K1 applicant from Cebu who doesnt know what to do. he documents were not complete, though she got proofs and other stuffs but the forms like the 156, 156K she doesnt have. good thing she paid the BDO application for but not filled up yet. When I came in, i told the guard about her that she doesnt have the forms and all that . she was so scared so I accompanied her. My kids are so kulit good thing my fiance is there to take care of them bec this lady is about to cry. When we came in, we waited til we were called to get a number. when the other K1 applicants saw me helping this lady, they started asking me for help. So I didnt had a time to feel the nervousness because i was assisting these ladies. I didnt even touched my folders and even proof read them no more because my attention were all with these ladies.

The guard told us to get the numbers now and while in line, alot of applicants dont have the right documents with them. then people started asking me again, i had everything taken care of for my docs so i went ahead and fixed their forms again just for them to get a number. When i finally got my number, the first lady that asked help from me kept of following me saying ate, tulungan mo ko ha. so i went back i told the lady whos giving out numbers that she doesnt have forms yet. so when we came back and sat down, I filled up her forms while im interviewing her. Kawawa naman tlga. She hard in talking in english also, Im not sure if she passed tho because she only saw her fiance once and that was july 2008.

Anyway, when our number was called for the pre-screener, i left her already. I told her, she'll be ok and I went ahead and do my own thang this time.

Pre screener was a ###### at first. I know she has a tendency of being a ######.it showed on her face. When she ask me one question, I oanswered with just one answer. I didnt elaborate anymore. these were her questions:

first she told me to give her the NBI, Cenomar, Birth certificate for me and my daughter and affidavit of support.

-When did you guys meet

-How did you know eachother

-How many times he visited you

-HOw long have you known him

-When was his last entry here

now she asked about some pictures and some proofs of our relationship.

- My daughter's playing with the mic and she now had an attitude saying, pllllleeeeaaaaasssseeeeee wag galawin ang mic masakit sa tenga.. shempre, di ko pede labanan, so i apologized. She checked on my daughter's information, application forms and everyting and she said 'oh long hair ka dto ha, (sabe nya sa anak ko), sbe ko, ginagaya kc si angelica panganiban. Now she cracked joke and said, anak, idol mo ba yon? kc ako din eh.' so now, she's ok naman pala.

Next she said, just sit down and wait for your number to be called.

My name was called for finger scanning.

after 3 minutes, I saw my number flashed on the screen. This is it.. My number was 7024.

I went in with my daughter, my US citizen son, and my fiance. The consul said, how are you? I said, Im ok and how about you? naks! kala mo hindi kabado, but honestly i was not, pero starting palang. haha. The consul asked my fiance, are you the petitioner sir,? my fiance said yes. The consul said, you may stay outside and if i need to ask you questions, we'll call your attention, you may bring all the kids with you what ever your comfortable with. My daughter, my fiance and my son started to walk out. My 2 year old son starting to have a watery eye saying 'MAMA, HALIKA NA, IWAN MO NA YAN" he might be thinking na inaaway ako ng consul. hehe. So the consul said, he can stay. so my son just sat down. staring at the consul na parang gusto nya sapakin ung consul. haha.

These were the questions.

- So, when did you meet him?

- for how long?

- was he married before? once, twice, thrice? (maybe he is just fishing if i know) so i said only once.

- how many kids? i said one.

- where is the kid staying? i said with the ex wife's family.

- he's been here since november 2008, how can he sustain all the expenses and how can he support the family? - I answered that he has a media and production business in the US and he's having his stuffs rented out while he is here.

- he asked when you guys come back to the US does he have work, like how will he support you? I told him as ive said he has the business there and once we are there, he can DJ again and use these equipment and make money for us. and he said, I SEE.

- what are your plans after getting to the US - i told him that we'll get married first week of June.

- He asked how old is my son. And I said he is 2.

- He said so he is a US citizen already so he's good to go, I said yes.

- He asked me where is our POE, I said Guam. (because the affidavit of support is only good for poverty guidelines in Guam) tho we are really planning to enter Hawaii.

(my son heard me saying Guam, so my son called my attention saying.. MAMA MAMA!! HINDI GUAM!! HAWAII!!... shet ang kulet ng anak ko!!!

- He was just scanning to the documents again.

- Then the consul said, I dont have any other questions maam, your visas are now approved.

- I said thank you sir. I have a question, can I bring my brother and my father with me to be on my wedding day? he asked me, are they being petitioned? I said no. he said, they would have to apply to the non-immigrant section instead. my second question sir is, can i have our visas picked up? he paused for a few moments and said, hmmmm. definitely not today, and since theres a holiday, it will be after holy week. so he approved it. I said, thank you very much sir.

I went out, with a blank face because I was tripping out. I dont want to tell my fiance what happened, wheather its approved or not. I just want to trip out for like 5 minutes. I told him yes, its approved. He started crying and people around were touched and a lady started to cry also. he hugged me and said thank you. awwwww...

My number was called I went to one window and the lady said, the consul approved to have your visa picked up so im giving you this claim stub.

- i went to my fiance and left the building.

Thank God! I was expecting the hardest interview ever. Why? thats because of our complicated situation. My fiance's ex wife recently got approved for an IR1 visa and left only last year. I even helped her to get to the US and I was the one who processed her son's CRBA. They got divorced after 3 months and filed for his petition to me. So i was expecting theres a loop hole there and will start to ask me questions about it. But no. It didnt happen like that.

Thank you guys for the time. and for all those who will have theri interview soon, one advice that i can give, LESS TALK, LESS MISTAKES.

wow congrats sis sana ako din smooth lang interview ko khit na 1 time lang nag visit ang hubby ko dito

Nice sis Congrtaz :dance:

ako rin sana ok din interview pero mtgal pa akin wla pa nga me NOA2 hehehehe..... armywife when ba interview mo? Ako rin 1 time plgn ngvisit fiance me pero hopefully before interview makapagvisit sya ulit... Goodluck sis

[RVIANE♛ 5]

Hi fellow VJers! Im sorry for the late post of my interview experience. Its a holy week and have to do a lot of stuffs before the working days ends. But here you go.

April 6, 2009 7pm - went home to fix some folders, got done at 1AM .. practiced with my fiance about some questions and brainstorming for the last minute.

Took me awhile to fix my folders because i made a portfolio with table of contents for each of my folders. I also made an AVP presentation of all his visits and pictures on the presentation.

April 7, 2009 = 4am woke up, woke my fiance up, woke up my daughter and had my make up done. Prep my 2 yr old son eventhough he was still sleeping.

530 am = left the house, dropped by caltex buendia to buy some sandwich.

630am = arrived at the embassy (we were dropped off by my dad)

- while i was in line, there was another K1 applicant from Cebu who doesnt know what to do. he documents were not complete, though she got proofs and other stuffs but the forms like the 156, 156K she doesnt have. good thing she paid the BDO application for but not filled up yet. When I came in, i told the guard about her that she doesnt have the forms and all that . she was so scared so I accompanied her. My kids are so kulit good thing my fiance is there to take care of them bec this lady is about to cry. When we came in, we waited til we were called to get a number. when the other K1 applicants saw me helping this lady, they started asking me for help. So I didnt had a time to feel the nervousness because i was assisting these ladies. I didnt even touched my folders and even proof read them no more because my attention were all with these ladies.

The guard told us to get the numbers now and while in line, alot of applicants dont have the right documents with them. then people started asking me again, i had everything taken care of for my docs so i went ahead and fixed their forms again just for them to get a number. When i finally got my number, the first lady that asked help from me kept of following me saying ate, tulungan mo ko ha. so i went back i told the lady whos giving out numbers that she doesnt have forms yet. so when we came back and sat down, I filled up her forms while im interviewing her. Kawawa naman tlga. She hard in talking in english also, Im not sure if she passed tho because she only saw her fiance once and that was july 2008.

Anyway, when our number was called for the pre-screener, i left her already. I told her, she'll be ok and I went ahead and do my own thang this time.

Pre screener was a ###### at first. I know she has a tendency of being a ######.it showed on her face. When she ask me one question, I oanswered with just one answer. I didnt elaborate anymore. these were her questions:

first she told me to give her the NBI, Cenomar, Birth certificate for me and my daughter and affidavit of support.

-When did you guys meet

-How did you know eachother

-How many times he visited you

-HOw long have you known him

-When was his last entry here

now she asked about some pictures and some proofs of our relationship.

- My daughter's playing with the mic and she now had an attitude saying, pllllleeeeaaaaasssseeeeee wag galawin ang mic masakit sa tenga.. shempre, di ko pede labanan, so i apologized. She checked on my daughter's information, application forms and everyting and she said 'oh long hair ka dto ha, (sabe nya sa anak ko), sbe ko, ginagaya kc si angelica panganiban. Now she cracked joke and said, anak, idol mo ba yon? kc ako din eh.' so now, she's ok naman pala.

Next she said, just sit down and wait for your number to be called.

My name was called for finger scanning.

after 3 minutes, I saw my number flashed on the screen. This is it.. My number was 7024.

I went in with my daughter, my US citizen son, and my fiance. The consul said, how are you? I said, Im ok and how about you? naks! kala mo hindi kabado, but honestly i was not, pero starting palang. haha. The consul asked my fiance, are you the petitioner sir,? my fiance said yes. The consul said, you may stay outside and if i need to ask you questions, we'll call your attention, you may bring all the kids with you what ever your comfortable with. My daughter, my fiance and my son started to walk out. My 2 year old son starting to have a watery eye saying 'MAMA, HALIKA NA, IWAN MO NA YAN" he might be thinking na inaaway ako ng consul. hehe. So the consul said, he can stay. so my son just sat down. staring at the consul na parang gusto nya sapakin ung consul. haha.

These were the questions.

- So, when did you meet him?

- for how long?

- was he married before? once, twice, thrice? (maybe he is just fishing if i know) so i said only once.

- how many kids? i said one.

- where is the kid staying? i said with the ex wife's family.

- he's been here since november 2008, how can he sustain all the expenses and how can he support the family? - I answered that he has a media and production business in the US and he's having his stuffs rented out while he is here.

- he asked when you guys come back to the US does he have work, like how will he support you? I told him as ive said he has the business there and once we are there, he can DJ again and use these equipment and make money for us. and he said, I SEE.

- what are your plans after getting to the US - i told him that we'll get married first week of June.

- He asked how old is my son. And I said he is 2.

- He said so he is a US citizen already so he's good to go, I said yes.

- He asked me where is our POE, I said Guam. (because the affidavit of support is only good for poverty guidelines in Guam) tho we are really planning to enter Hawaii.

(my son heard me saying Guam, so my son called my attention saying.. MAMA MAMA!! HINDI GUAM!! HAWAII!!... shet ang kulet ng anak ko!!!

- He was just scanning to the documents again.

- Then the consul said, I dont have any other questions maam, your visas are now approved.

- I said thank you sir. I have a question, can I bring my brother and my father with me to be on my wedding day? he asked me, are they being petitioned? I said no. he said, they would have to apply to the non-immigrant section instead. my second question sir is, can i have our visas picked up? he paused for a few moments and said, hmmmm. definitely not today, and since theres a holiday, it will be after holy week. so he approved it. I said, thank you very much sir.

I went out, with a blank face because I was tripping out. I dont want to tell my fiance what happened, wheather its approved or not. I just want to trip out for like 5 minutes. I told him yes, its approved. He started crying and people around were touched and a lady started to cry also. he hugged me and said thank you. awwwww...

My number was called I went to one window and the lady said, the consul approved to have your visa picked up so im giving you this claim stub.

- i went to my fiance and left the building.

Thank God! I was expecting the hardest interview ever. Why? thats because of our complicated situation. My fiance's ex wife recently got approved for an IR1 visa and left only last year. I even helped her to get to the US and I was the one who processed her son's CRBA. They got divorced after 3 months and filed for his petition to me. So i was expecting theres a loop hole there and will start to ask me questions about it. But no. It didnt happen like that.

Thank you guys for the time. and for all those who will have theri interview soon, one advice that i can give, LESS TALK, LESS MISTAKES.

wow congrats sis sana ako din smooth lang interview ko khit na 1 time lang nag visit ang hubby ko dito

Nice sis Congrtaz

ako rin sana ok din interview pero mtgal pa akin wla pa nga me NOA2 hehehehe..... armywife when ba interview mo? Ako rin 1 time plgn ngvisit fiance me pero hopefully before interview makapagvisit sya ulit... Goodluck sis

nung nag visit sya sabay kasal na next wednesday na interview ko e

[Kryztine ★ 0]

I've been waiting for you to share your interview experience, i'm glad to know the details and i'm so happy for you to pass the interview without so much interrogation. So now, no more stress and u're family's just gonna enjoy the rest of your time here in Phils. Take care and Bon Voyage!

[mishy 1]

Hi fellow VJers! Im sorry for the late post of my interview experience. Its a holy week and have to do a lot of stuffs before the working days ends. But here you go.

April 6, 2009 7pm - went home to fix some folders, got done at 1AM .. practiced with my fiance about some questions and brainstorming for the last minute.

Took me awhile to fix my folders because i made a portfolio with table of contents for each of my folders. I also made an AVP presentation of all his visits and pictures on the presentation.

April 7, 2009 = 4am woke up, woke my fiance up, woke up my daughter and had my make up done. Prep my 2 yr old son eventhough he was still sleeping.

530 am = left the house, dropped by caltex buendia to buy some sandwich.

630am = arrived at the embassy (we were dropped off by my dad)

- while i was in line, there was another K1 applicant from Cebu who doesnt know what to do. he documents were not complete, though she got proofs and other stuffs but the forms like the 156, 156K she doesnt have. good thing she paid the BDO application for but not filled up yet. When I came in, i told the guard about her that she doesnt have the forms and all that . she was so scared so I accompanied her. My kids are so kulit good thing my fiance is there to take care of them bec this lady is about to cry. When we came in, we waited til we were called to get a number. when the other K1 applicants saw me helping this lady, they started asking me for help. So I didnt had a time to feel the nervousness because i was assisting these ladies. I didnt even touched my folders and even proof read them no more because my attention were all with these ladies.

The guard told us to get the numbers now and while in line, alot of applicants dont have the right documents with them. then people started asking me again, i had everything taken care of for my docs so i went ahead and fixed their forms again just for them to get a number. When i finally got my number, the first lady that asked help from me kept of following me saying ate, tulungan mo ko ha. so i went back i told the lady whos giving out numbers that she doesnt have forms yet. so when we came back and sat down, I filled up her forms while im interviewing her. Kawawa naman tlga. She hard in talking in english also, Im not sure if she passed tho because she only saw her fiance once and that was july 2008.

Anyway, when our number was called for the pre-screener, i left her already. I told her, she'll be ok and I went ahead and do my own thang this time.

Pre screener was a ###### at first. I know she has a tendency of being a ######.it showed on her face. When she ask me one question, I oanswered with just one answer. I didnt elaborate anymore. these were her questions:

first she told me to give her the NBI, Cenomar, Birth certificate for me and my daughter and affidavit of support.

-When did you guys meet

-How did you know eachother

-How many times he visited you

-HOw long have you known him

-When was his last entry here

now she asked about some pictures and some proofs of our relationship.

- My daughter's playing with the mic and she now had an attitude saying, pllllleeeeaaaaasssseeeeee wag galawin ang mic masakit sa tenga.. shempre, di ko pede labanan, so i apologized. She checked on my daughter's information, application forms and everyting and she said 'oh long hair ka dto ha, (sabe nya sa anak ko), sbe ko, ginagaya kc si angelica panganiban. Now she cracked joke and said, anak, idol mo ba yon? kc ako din eh.' so now, she's ok naman pala.

Next she said, just sit down and wait for your number to be called.

My name was called for finger scanning.

after 3 minutes, I saw my number flashed on the screen. This is it.. My number was 7024.

I went in with my daughter, my US citizen son, and my fiance. The consul said, how are you? I said, Im ok and how about you? naks! kala mo hindi kabado, but honestly i was not, pero starting palang. haha. The consul asked my fiance, are you the petitioner sir,? my fiance said yes. The consul said, you may stay outside and if i need to ask you questions, we'll call your attention, you may bring all the kids with you what ever your comfortable with. My daughter, my fiance and my son started to walk out. My 2 year old son starting to have a watery eye saying 'MAMA, HALIKA NA, IWAN MO NA YAN" he might be thinking na inaaway ako ng consul. hehe. So the consul said, he can stay. so my son just sat down. staring at the consul na parang gusto nya sapakin ung consul. haha.

These were the questions.

- So, when did you meet him?

- for how long?

- was he married before? once, twice, thrice? (maybe he is just fishing if i know) so i said only once.

- how many kids? i said one.

- where is the kid staying? i said with the ex wife's family.

- he's been here since november 2008, how can he sustain all the expenses and how can he support the family? - I answered that he has a media and production business in the US and he's having his stuffs rented out while he is here.

- he asked when you guys come back to the US does he have work, like how will he support you? I told him as ive said he has the business there and once we are there, he can DJ again and use these equipment and make money for us. and he said, I SEE.

- what are your plans after getting to the US - i told him that we'll get married first week of June.

- He asked how old is my son. And I said he is 2.

- He said so he is a US citizen already so he's good to go, I said yes.

- He asked me where is our POE, I said Guam. (because the affidavit of support is only good for poverty guidelines in Guam) tho we are really planning to enter Hawaii.

(my son heard me saying Guam, so my son called my attention saying.. MAMA MAMA!! HINDI GUAM!! HAWAII!!... shet ang kulet ng anak ko!!!

- He was just scanning to the documents again.

- Then the consul said, I dont have any other questions maam, your visas are now approved.

- I said thank you sir. I have a question, can I bring my brother and my father with me to be on my wedding day? he asked me, are they being petitioned? I said no. he said, they would have to apply to the non-immigrant section instead. my second question sir is, can i have our visas picked up? he paused for a few moments and said, hmmmm. definitely not today, and since theres a holiday, it will be after holy week. so he approved it. I said, thank you very much sir.

I went out, with a blank face because I was tripping out. I dont want to tell my fiance what happened, wheather its approved or not. I just want to trip out for like 5 minutes. I told him yes, its approved. He started crying and people around were touched and a lady started to cry also. he hugged me and said thank you. awwwww...

My number was called I went to one window and the lady said, the consul approved to have your visa picked up so im giving you this claim stub.

- i went to my fiance and left the building.

Thank God! I was expecting the hardest interview ever. Why? thats because of our complicated situation. My fiance's ex wife recently got approved for an IR1 visa and left only last year. I even helped her to get to the US and I was the one who processed her son's CRBA. They got divorced after 3 months and filed for his petition to me. So i was expecting theres a loop hole there and will start to ask me questions about it. But no. It didnt happen like that.

Thank you guys for the time. and for all those who will have theri interview soon, one advice that i can give, LESS TALK, LESS MISTAKES.

wow congrats sis sana ako din smooth lang interview ko khit na 1 time lang nag visit ang hubby ko dito

Nice sis Congrtaz

ako rin sana ok din interview pero mtgal pa akin wla pa nga me NOA2 hehehehe..... armywife when ba interview mo? Ako rin 1 time plgn ngvisit fiance me pero hopefully before interview makapagvisit sya ulit... Goodluck sis

nung nag visit sya sabay kasal na next wednesday na interview ko e

hehehehe bilis nmn pla pero ok lang yan lakasan lang ng loob...Gudlak sis. I pray for you

[gennyangel 3]

She hard in talking in english also, Im not sure if she passed tho because she only saw her fiance once and that was july 2008.

I was wondering if the visits are the basis of the approval of visa,its like base on your statement theres a poor chances of approval if visit once.....

enlightenment please?

thank you

[Raeka 0]

Congratulations kookie! I knew u'd pass!

P.S. Your pin is still working!.. hahahaha! Thanks so much!!! You really have a big heart.

[luck-e and Kookie 0]

She hard in talking in english also, Im not sure if she passed tho because she only saw her fiance once and that was july 2008.

I was wondering if the visits are the basis of the approval of visa,its like base on your statement theres a poor chances of approval if visit once.....

enlightenment please?

thank you

from what i know you guys must have met at least 2 years ago. in her case it was just less than a year.

Congratulations kookie! I knew u'd pass!

P.S. Your pin is still working!.. hahahaha! Thanks so much!!! You really have a big heart.

no worries. id give that out to people who need 'em ahahaha.. good luck to you, start bugging them again on monday

[mhaze 0]

kookie congrats...

i know what you mean with the pre screener. my friend who was assigned to her said that she was more strict compared to the consul

[scandal 951]

Congratulations!!

Glad it went so smoothly.

[gennyangel 3]

from what i know you guys must have met at least 2 years ago. in her case it was just less than a year

from what i understand,it must be within two years so it doesnt matter if it was less than a year for as long as it falls within the two years prior to applications......

anyways...congratulations and best wishes

[gennyangel 3]

well i was saying that because i saw some timeline that they met in person in less than a year and approved visa,so i dont see anything wrong,being helpful that you are hopefully the other girl passed too

[mishy 1]

well i was saying that because i saw some timeline that they met in person in less than a year and approved visa,so i dont see anything wrong,being helpful that you are hopefully the other girl passed too

my fiance's friend. he jus tmet his wife on the internet then he come here in Philippines after 8 days talking online then after that meeting they file K1 visa. They got approved less than a year now they are happily married in US

Edited April 10, 2009 by Mj24