My CR1-IR1 Interview Experience

[Raeka 0]

not so sure about the food... but as i mentioned earlier, you'll have a place to buy food inside...

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

[maritoni 3]

Congratulations and have a safe journey!

[Raeka 0]

Thank you Ate!!!

Congratulations and have a safe journey!

[~happyndinlove~ 540]

Congratulations! And, thanks for sharing your experience...Bon Voyage!

[CouplesfromPinas 0]

Hi sis!! salamat dito..

ne-nerboys n ko..lol

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congrats!!!

[koltrone 0]

not so sure about the food... but as i mentioned earlier, you'll have a place to buy food inside...

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

I had a chocolate in my bag

[koltrone 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 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.

Lei, feeling ko lakas ng mga anak natin sa USEM lol ako hindi na hinanapan ng income tax return. practice na practice pa naman ako kase baka ma question since he is out of work since aug 2008 kaya i have my FIL as co-sponsor. ung tanong na di ko ini-expect was ano daw course ng husband ko sa college, haynaku buti naalala ko, un pa sana ikadi-deny ko LOL

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

uy sa 27 na alis mo? san ka nakakuha ng ticket? mura ba nakuha mo? kelan ka nag CFO? happy trip!

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CONGRATULATIONS!! HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY TRIP!Ü

[Raeka 0]

Hey!!!! I"m so happy to see na nagmo-move na ang case nyo. I'll wait for the 2 last updates... visa approved and flight sched.. hehe.. kaya mo yan sis!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!! HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY TRIP!Ü

[CG2mom 0]

wow congrtas raeka...i am happy for you.. happy trip na lng sainyong dalawang mag ina.. magkakasama na kau palage ng hubby mo sa states... corngratulation ulit,,, takecare always and god bless.. me e2 waiting other needs for my son crba paperwork to be complete and getting his phil passport too...

[edp333 9]

Congratulations!! And thanks for sharing your interview experience for others to read.

[Kryztine ★ 0]

RAEKA good luck and God bless u and ur daughter on your trip! I'm so happy we've met pa khit konti lang naging chikahan natin sa CFO. Keep in touch ha!

[Raeka 0]

Edp333, thank you also. late nga ang post ko e. dami kasing inaasikaso. but thank you for the reply

Maridel, Thank you rin sis! Sana ma start nyo na ang application nyo sis! tagal na rin eh. ano pang kulang na documents for your son's CRBA?

Kryztine, thanks sis. matagal pa kami naghintay sa CFO after nyo umalis asin SUUUUUUUUUUUPER gutom na kami nung katabi ko. dinaan ko nalang sa daldal ang gutom ko..

wow congrtas raeka...i am happy for you.. happy trip na lng sainyong dalawang mag ina.. magkakasama na kau palage ng hubby mo sa states... corngratulation ulit,,, takecare always and god bless.. me e2 waiting other needs for my son crba paperwork to be complete and getting his phil passport too...

Congratulations!! And thanks for sharing your interview experience for others to read.

RAEKA good luck and God bless u and ur daughter on your trip! I'm so happy we've met pa khit konti lang naging chikahan natin sa CFO. Keep in touch ha!