My CR1-IR1 Interview Experience

[Raeka 0]

This might be so so late but i haven't had the time to post so much after i received my visa. I realized there's so much more to do before the flight.

My interview date was May 7th of this year. I live in Rizal so i had to wake up 4:30AM and prepare myself and left the house at 5:30AM. I arrived at the USEM around 6:45AM and there was a lot of people outside the USEM. Some were standing in line and were assisted by the guards to get in the building those who had 7am schedule. I had an 8:30 schedule so i went to the waiting shed outside. While waiting, there were people selling umbrellas and i had to buy one because it started raining hard. I also heard that the USEM employees had a meeting last May 5 and became more strict that they wont allow people who brought any liquid forms, cellphone, sharp objects to enter the building. Any liquid, that includes WATER! There was this woman who was crying because she brought her celphone with her and when she got it and the USEM scan machine traced her celphone. The guard didnt ask her any questions, they just reschedule her interview date at once and asked her to go home. So guys! DO NOT BRING colognes, cellphones, sharp objects like nipper or nail cutter, and usb drives if you dont want your interview date to be rescheduled.

The guard finally called the applicants with 8:00am schedule.. and i asked the guard if I could go since mine was 8:30. Then the guard said 'Ma'am! kanina pa po yung for immigrant applicants! kanina pa dapat kayo pumasok! Yung mga pinapahintay lang po dito ay yung K type visa lang.' Bummer! So i hurriedly went in and found Koltrone in the building. She already got her number while i was just sitting there waiting for my turn to get my number. After i got my number i waited HOURS! before my number flashed on the queing board. I saw Koltrone's number flashed for the pre-screening interview, then for the final interview, but my number wasnt flashed yet.

An hour after Kotrone left, my number finally flashed. The pre-screener was nice. I was just standing there in front of the booth waiting for her to ask me questions. She just looked at me and smiled, then she started writing something, then looked at me again then asked for PICTURES, EMAILS, CARDS, REMITTANCES, MY HUSBAND'S INCOME TAX RETURN FOR 2008, CO-SPONSORS INCOME TAX RETURN. Then she asked me these questions:

- How long have you been married? When?

- Have you been married before you met your husband now?

- How many kids does your husband have?

- What are their names?

- Who is your sponsor?

- How come you dont have the co-sponsor's 2008 income tax return?

(then she saw my daughter's CRBA that my husband sent them)

- "Oh! So your daughter's now a US citizen!... Hmmm.. ok, you're good to go. Goodluck with your final interview"

Then i waited another hour for my number to flash again. Here are the consul's questions:

- Who's your petitioner?

- When's the last time you saw him?

- How did you meet?

- How many times he visited you?

- Does your husband have kids from his previous wife?

- Are you ready to be a stepmom?

( Then silence... she was typing something on the computer )

- Have you been married before? ( i answered 'no')

- (and again with a more threatening tone) Have YOU! been married before? (Answered her with a more confident tone 'NO!')

Then she said, 'Congratulations, your visa is approved'. (She didnt smile or anything when she said that. parang napipilitan lang yung pagkaka approve ko.. hahahahaha!) Then she instructed me to wait at the waiting area and my name will be called again. after like 5 minutes, my name was called to go to window 37. The lady handed me back the documents that the pre-screener took and she asked me to pay the courier then she stapled the small pink paper on the 2nd and 3rd pages of my appointment letter and the lady said i can go home after i paid the courier.

THAT'S IT!

The questions were easy. All you gotta do is answer the questions WITH CONFIDENCE. Smile even though they're not smiling. It's ok to be nervous, im pretty sure that the pre-screener and the consul knows that every person that they're interviewing everyday are nervous. But DONT stammer. Because if you stammer, they'll get suspicious.

GOOD LUCK SA INYONG LAHAT!!!! SANA PASADO LAHAT PARA MASAYA!!

Edited May 16, 2009 by Raeka

[happywifeymom 4]

This might be so so late but i haven't had the time to post so much after i received my visa. I realized there's so much more to do before the flight.

My interview date was May 7th of this year. I live in Rizal so i had to wake up 4:30AM and prepare myself and left the house at 5:30AM. I arrived at the USEM around 6:45AM and there was a lot of people outside the USEM. Some were standing in line and were assisted by the guards to get in the building those who had 7am schedule. I had an 8:30 schedule so i went to the waiting shed outside. While waiting outiside, there were people selling umbrellas and i had to buy one because it started raining hard. I also heard from them that the USEM had a meeting last May 5 that they wont allow people who brought any liquid forms, cellphone, sharp objects to enter the building. There was this woman who was crying because she brought her celphone with her and when she got it and the USEM scan machine traced her celphone. The guard didnt ask her any questions, they just reschedule her interview date at once and asked her to go home. So guys! DO NOT BRING colognes, cellphones, sharp objects like nipper or nail cutter, and usb drives if you dont want your interview date to be rescheduled.

The guard finally called applicants with 8:00am schedule.. and i asked the guard if I could go since mine was 8:30. Then the guard said 'Ma'am! kanina pa po yung for immigrant applicants! kanina pa dapat kayo pumasok! Yung mga pinapahintay lang po dito ay yung K type visa lang.' Bummer! So i hurriedly went in and found Koltrone in the building. She already got her number while i was just sitting there waiting for my turn to get my number. After i got my number i waited HOURS! before my number flashed on the queing board. I saw Koltrone's number flashed for the pre-screening interview, then for the final interview, but my number wasnt flashed yet.

An hour after Kotrone left, my number finally flashed. The pre-screener was nice. I was just standing there in front of the booth waiting for her to ask me questions. She just looked at me and smiled, then she started writing something, then looked at me again then asked for PICTURES, EMAILS, CARDS, REMITTANCES, MY HUSBAND'S INCOME TAX RETURN FOR 2008, CO-SPONSORS INCOME TAX RETURN. Then she asked me these questions:

- How long have you been married? When?

- Have you been married before you met your husband now?

- How many kids does your husband have?

- What are their names?

- Who is your sponsor?

- How come you dont have the co-sponsor's 2008 income tax return?

(then she saw my daughter's CRBA that my husband sent them)

- "Oh! So your daughter's now a US citizen!... Hmmm.. ok, you're good to go. Goodluck with your final interview"

Then i waited another hour for my number to flash again. Here are the consul's questions:

- Who's your petitioner?

- When's the last time you saw him?

- How did you meet?

- How many times he visited you?

- Does your husband have kids from his previous wife?

- Are you ready to be a stepmom?

( Then silence... she was typing something on the computer )

- Have you been married before? ( i answered 'no')

- (and again with a more threatening tone) Have YOU! been married before? (Answered her with a more confident tone 'NO!')

Then she said, 'Congratulations, your visa is approved'. (She didnt smile or anything when she said that. parang napipilitan lang yung pagkaka approve ko.. hahahahaha!) Then she instructed me to wait at the waiting area and my name will be called again. after like 5 minutes, my name was called to go to window 37. The lady handed me back the documents that the pre-screener took and she asked me to pay the courier then she stapled the small pink paper on the 2nd and 3rd pages of my appointment letter and the lady said i can go home after i paid the courier.

THAT'S IT!

The questions were easy. All you gotta do is answer the questions WITH CONFIDENCE. Smile even though they're not smiling. It's ok to be nervous, im pretty sure that the pre-screener and the consul knows that every person that they're interviewing everyday are nervous. But DONT stammer. Because if you stammer, they'll get suspicious.

GOOD LUCK SA INYONG LAHAT!!!! SANA PASADO LAHAT PARA MASAYA!!

You can bring all you mentioned above only u have to leave it at the guard with ur id and the'yll give ur cp or electronic device back to you.Better leave it outside with your companion if you have any though.

Edited May 16, 2009 by happywifeymom

[Raeka 0]

happywifeymom, they dont do that anymore. They became more strict na sabi nung mga guards.. Di na pwede mag iwan ng celphone sa guard and leave your ID.. but yes you can leave your stuff with your companion.. But if you dont have a companion, they will just reschedule your interview.

You can bring all you mentioned above only u have to leave it at the guard with ur id and the'yll give ur cp or electronic device back to you.Better leave it outside with your companion if you have any though.

[sasha414 0]

[mae232 0]

You're right..When I had my interview I saw someone who brought their cp with them..they were not allowed to go in and I heard the guard say that they would have to reschedule their interview..I think they are more strict lately...

Congrats Raeka! Happy trip...

[Raeka 0]

Thanks guys!!!..

You're right..When I had my interview I saw someone who brought their cp with them..they were not allowed to go in and I heard the guard say that they would have to reschedule their interview..I think they are more strict lately...

Congrats Raeka! Happy trip...

[sweet_wifey22 0]

Congrats Sis.....Finally!!!!

I am happy for you

Kelan ang alis mo?

[cathdumbri 0]

This might be so so late but i haven't had the time to post so much after i received my visa. I realized there's so much more to do before the flight.

My interview date was May 7th of this year. I live in Rizal so i had to wake up 4:30AM and prepare myself and left the house at 5:30AM. I arrived at the USEM around 6:45AM and there was a lot of people outside the USEM. Some were standing in line and were assisted by the guards to get in the building those who had 7am schedule. I had an 8:30 schedule so i went to the waiting shed outside. While waiting, there were people selling umbrellas and i had to buy one because it started raining hard. I also heard that the USEM employees had a meeting last May 5 and became more strict that they wont allow people who brought any liquid forms, cellphone, sharp objects to enter the building. Any liquid, that includes WATER! There was this woman who was crying because she brought her celphone with her and when she got it and the USEM scan machine traced her celphone. The guard didnt ask her any questions, they just reschedule her interview date at once and asked her to go home. So guys! DO NOT BRING colognes, cellphones, sharp objects like nipper or nail cutter, and usb drives if you dont want your interview date to be rescheduled.

The guard finally called the applicants with 8:00am schedule.. and i asked the guard if I could go since mine was 8:30. Then the guard said 'Ma'am! kanina pa po yung for immigrant applicants! kanina pa dapat kayo pumasok! Yung mga pinapahintay lang po dito ay yung K type visa lang.' Bummer! So i hurriedly went in and found Koltrone in the building. She already got her number while i was just sitting there waiting for my turn to get my number. After i got my number i waited HOURS! before my number flashed on the queing board. I saw Koltrone's number flashed for the pre-screening interview, then for the final interview, but my number wasnt flashed yet.

An hour after Kotrone left, my number finally flashed. The pre-screener was nice. I was just standing there in front of the booth waiting for her to ask me questions. She just looked at me and smiled, then she started writing something, then looked at me again then asked for PICTURES, EMAILS, CARDS, REMITTANCES, MY HUSBAND'S INCOME TAX RETURN FOR 2008, CO-SPONSORS INCOME TAX RETURN. Then she asked me these questions:

- How long have you been married? When?

- Have you been married before you met your husband now?

- How many kids does your husband have?

- What are their names?

- Who is your sponsor?

- How come you dont have the co-sponsor's 2008 income tax return?

(then she saw my daughter's CRBA that my husband sent them)

- "Oh! So your daughter's now a US citizen!... Hmmm.. ok, you're good to go. Goodluck with your final interview"

Then i waited another hour for my number to flash again. Here are the consul's questions:

- Who's your petitioner?

- When's the last time you saw him?

- How did you meet?

- How many times he visited you?

- Does your husband have kids from his previous wife?

- Are you ready to be a stepmom?

( Then silence... she was typing something on the computer )

- Have you been married before? ( i answered 'no')

- (and again with a more threatening tone) Have YOU! been married before? (Answered her with a more confident tone 'NO!')

Then she said, 'Congratulations, your visa is approved'. (She didnt smile or anything when she said that. parang napipilitan lang yung pagkaka approve ko.. hahahahaha!) Then she instructed me to wait at the waiting area and my name will be called again. after like 5 minutes, my name was called to go to window 37. The lady handed me back the documents that the pre-screener took and she asked me to pay the courier then she stapled the small pink paper on the 2nd and 3rd pages of my appointment letter and the lady said i can go home after i paid the courier.

THAT'S IT!

The questions were easy. All you gotta do is answer the questions WITH CONFIDENCE. Smile even though they're not smiling. It's ok to be nervous, im pretty sure that the pre-screener and the consul knows that every person that they're interviewing everyday are nervous. But DONT stammer. Because if you stammer, they'll get suspicious.

GOOD LUCK SA INYONG LAHAT!!!! SANA PASADO LAHAT PARA MASAYA!!

hi raeka.thanks for sharing your experience...June 10 is our schedule also with my son.I just want to ask since you mentioned there that liquid is not allowed inside the embassy, also milk for my son is not allowed is not allowed there?

[o0pink0o 3]

Congrats!

[PrinceandPrincess 0]

Congratulations!

[Raeka 0]

Good that u asked cathdumbri!.. When i was standing in line to wait for my turn to get in that room where bags gets scanned, i heard a man asking the guard to let them bring their water for their baby's milk. The guard says NO. The guard said if he'll allow him, he'll lose his job. But when i got in, there's a place where you could buy bottled water. So just bring milk powder and buy the water inside the building. You can also buy snacks in there. sandwiches, bread, junk foods...

hi raeka.thanks for sharing your experience...June 10 is our schedule also with my son.I just want to ask since you mentioned there that liquid is not allowed inside the embassy, also milk for my son is not allowed is not allowed there?

Thank you girls!!! i'm so so happy!!! Happy pregnancy pink and wifey22!!

Congrats!

Congratulations!

Sa May 27 ang alis ko sis. Excited na ang lola mo. hehehehehe

Congrats Sis.....Finally!!!!

I am happy for you

Kelan ang alis mo?

[GheTToJaTTi 0]

congrats!

[cathdumbri 0]

thanks raeka.. im so worried coz i have a baby.is food allowed like chocolate?

[sweetlj 0]

This might be so so late but i haven't had the time to post so much after i received my visa. I realized there's so much more to do before the flight.

My interview date was May 7th of this year. I live in Rizal so i had to wake up 4:30AM and prepare myself and left the house at 5:30AM. I arrived at the USEM around 6:45AM and there was a lot of people outside the USEM. Some were standing in line and were assisted by the guards to get in the building those who had 7am schedule. I had an 8:30 schedule so i went to the waiting shed outside. While waiting, there were people selling umbrellas and i had to buy one because it started raining hard. I also heard that the USEM employees had a meeting last May 5 and became more strict that they wont allow people who brought any liquid forms, cellphone, sharp objects to enter the building. Any liquid, that includes WATER! There was this woman who was crying because she brought her celphone with her and when she got it and the USEM scan machine traced her celphone. The guard didnt ask her any questions, they just reschedule her interview date at once and asked her to go home. So guys! DO NOT BRING colognes, cellphones, sharp objects like nipper or nail cutter, and usb drives if you dont want your interview date to be rescheduled.

The guard finally called the applicants with 8:00am schedule.. and i asked the guard if I could go since mine was 8:30. Then the guard said 'Ma'am! kanina pa po yung for immigrant applicants! kanina pa dapat kayo pumasok! Yung mga pinapahintay lang po dito ay yung K type visa lang.' Bummer! So i hurriedly went in and found Koltrone in the building. She already got her number while i was just sitting there waiting for my turn to get my number. After i got my number i waited HOURS! before my number flashed on the queing board. I saw Koltrone's number flashed for the pre-screening interview, then for the final interview, but my number wasnt flashed yet.

An hour after Kotrone left, my number finally flashed. The pre-screener was nice. I was just standing there in front of the booth waiting for her to ask me questions. She just looked at me and smiled, then she started writing something, then looked at me again then asked for PICTURES, EMAILS, CARDS, REMITTANCES, MY HUSBAND'S INCOME TAX RETURN FOR 2008, CO-SPONSORS INCOME TAX RETURN. Then she asked me these questions:

- How long have you been married? When?

- Have you been married before you met your husband now?

- How many kids does your husband have?

- What are their names?

- Who is your sponsor?

- How come you dont have the co-sponsor's 2008 income tax return?

(then she saw my daughter's CRBA that my husband sent them)

- "Oh! So your daughter's now a US citizen!... Hmmm.. ok, you're good to go. Goodluck with your final interview"

Then i waited another hour for my number to flash again. Here are the consul's questions:

- Who's your petitioner?

- When's the last time you saw him?

- How did you meet?

- How many times he visited you?

- Does your husband have kids from his previous wife?

- Are you ready to be a stepmom?

( Then silence... she was typing something on the computer )

- Have you been married before? ( i answered 'no')

- (and again with a more threatening tone) Have YOU! been married before? (Answered her with a more confident tone 'NO!')

Then she said, 'Congratulations, your visa is approved'. (She didnt smile or anything when she said that. parang napipilitan lang yung pagkaka approve ko.. hahahahaha!) Then she instructed me to wait at the waiting area and my name will be called again. after like 5 minutes, my name was called to go to window 37. The lady handed me back the documents that the pre-screener took and she asked me to pay the courier then she stapled the small pink paper on the 2nd and 3rd pages of my appointment letter and the lady said i can go home after i paid the courier.

THAT'S IT!

The questions were easy. All you gotta do is answer the questions WITH CONFIDENCE. Smile even though they're not smiling. It's ok to be nervous, im pretty sure that the pre-screener and the consul knows that every person that they're interviewing everyday are nervous. But DONT stammer. Because if you stammer, they'll get suspicious.

GOOD LUCK SA INYONG LAHAT!!!! SANA PASADO LAHAT PARA MASAYA!!

hi raeka.thanks for sharing your experience...June 10 is our schedule also with my son.I just want to ask since you mentioned there that liquid is not allowed inside the embassy, also milk for my son is not allowed is not allowed there?

They will allow you and your son to enter but you have to drink or sip all the feeding bottles containing liquids in front of them (lady guard/s) just to make sure that it's really purely water or milk. Don't worry too much.

[john&louella 0]

This might be so so late but i haven't had the time to post so much after i received my visa. I realized there's so much more to do before the flight.

My interview date was May 7th of this year. I live in Rizal so i had to wake up 4:30AM and prepare myself and left the house at 5:30AM. I arrived at the USEM around 6:45AM and there was a lot of people outside the USEM. Some were standing in line and were assisted by the guards to get in the building those who had 7am schedule. I had an 8:30 schedule so i went to the waiting shed outside. While waiting, there were people selling umbrellas and i had to buy one because it started raining hard. I also heard that the USEM employees had a meeting last May 5 and became more strict that they wont allow people who brought any liquid forms, cellphone, sharp objects to enter the building. Any liquid, that includes WATER! There was this woman who was crying because she brought her celphone with her and when she got it and the USEM scan machine traced her celphone. The guard didnt ask her any questions, they just reschedule her interview date at once and asked her to go home. So guys! DO NOT BRING colognes, cellphones, sharp objects like nipper or nail cutter, and usb drives if you dont want your interview date to be rescheduled.

The guard finally called the applicants with 8:00am schedule.. and i asked the guard if I could go since mine was 8:30. Then the guard said 'Ma'am! kanina pa po yung for immigrant applicants! kanina pa dapat kayo pumasok! Yung mga pinapahintay lang po dito ay yung K type visa lang.' Bummer! So i hurriedly went in and found Koltrone in the building. She already got her number while i was just sitting there waiting for my turn to get my number. After i got my number i waited HOURS! before my number flashed on the queing board. I saw Koltrone's number flashed for the pre-screening interview, then for the final interview, but my number wasnt flashed yet.

An hour after Kotrone left, my number finally flashed. The pre-screener was nice. I was just standing there in front of the booth waiting for her to ask me questions. She just looked at me and smiled, then she started writing something, then looked at me again then asked for PICTURES, EMAILS, CARDS, REMITTANCES, MY HUSBAND'S INCOME TAX RETURN FOR 2008, CO-SPONSORS INCOME TAX RETURN. Then she asked me these questions:

- How long have you been married? When?

- Have you been married before you met your husband now?

- How many kids does your husband have?

- What are their names?

- Who is your sponsor?

- How come you dont have the co-sponsor's 2008 income tax return?

(then she saw my daughter's CRBA that my husband sent them)

- "Oh! So your daughter's now a US citizen!... Hmmm.. ok, you're good to go. Goodluck with your final interview"

Then i waited another hour for my number to flash again. Here are the consul's questions:

- Who's your petitioner?

- When's the last time you saw him?

- How did you meet?

- How many times he visited you?

- Does your husband have kids from his previous wife?

- Are you ready to be a stepmom?

( Then silence... she was typing something on the computer )

- Have you been married before? ( i answered 'no')

- (and again with a more threatening tone) Have YOU! been married before? (Answered her with a more confident tone 'NO!')

Then she said, 'Congratulations, your visa is approved'. (She didnt smile or anything when she said that. parang napipilitan lang yung pagkaka approve ko.. hahahahaha!) Then she instructed me to wait at the waiting area and my name will be called again. after like 5 minutes, my name was called to go to window 37. The lady handed me back the documents that the pre-screener took and she asked me to pay the courier then she stapled the small pink paper on the 2nd and 3rd pages of my appointment letter and the lady said i can go home after i paid the courier.

THAT'S IT!

The questions were easy. All you gotta do is answer the questions WITH CONFIDENCE. Smile even though they're not smiling. It's ok to be nervous, im pretty sure that the pre-screener and the consul knows that every person that they're interviewing everyday are nervous. But DONT stammer. Because if you stammer, they'll get suspicious.

GOOD LUCK SA INYONG LAHAT!!!! SANA PASADO LAHAT PARA MASAYA!!

salamat for reminding us not to bring those stuffs, i will sure remember that

CONGRATULATIONS!