Approved! Interview experience CDJ

[claireg 0]

Interview itself was very quick, lasted about 1mn. These are questions the CO asked me:

- Your name?

- Who is your petitioner?

- How long have you been married?

- Do you have a child from this union?

- Why do you live here? (I am not a national)

- Show me your residence permit?

- From where did your husband retire?

That was it.

The long part was the waiting before entering about 30mn and after completing revision of papers, payment and fingerprints, at least one more hour and a half. Total of 3hours.

Take a book with you !!!

And good luck to all others.

[pixie77 2]

Congratulations!!!

[dj's baby 0]

Congats

[Lia792 5]

Congrats! I'm so happy for you guys that it went so smoothly! Interesting that they asked for your Mexican visa. Hopefully, you will receive the visa quickly!

[LaGringa 0]

Congratulations!!

[tokyo.lovers 6]

congrats!

[redglasses 1]

Congratulations!

[Marisol73 0]

COngratulations !!!

That was really quick process !!.. only 3 months since the I-130 was approved !..awesome !!

[Mithmeoi 29]

I always thought the interviews lasted much longer. Well that gives me hope. LOL

Congrats!!

[jaremedios 1]

Congratulations! Are you in the US already? Glad everything went smoothly! How was medical and delivery of visa? How long did you stay in CDJ in total?

[czmjacq 1]

Congratulations!! I have the same questions as jaremedios -- My husband's interview appt is on Wednesday Aug 6 so he is going to fly in on Sunday to be there 2 days prior for medical. I'm just not sure when to book his return -- is one day after appt. enough? Where did you stay? Did your husband go with you? Sorry for so many questions.

[claireg 0]

The medical is very straighforward, a joke except for the bill...You get the result the same day in the afternoon, at 4pm. Do not open the envelop.

For the consulate, if the appointment is in the morning, then you should have the visa in the afternoon. I had the appointment in the afternoon at 1pm. My visa was ready the next morning at 11am. However, the DHL number was not in the system, and I waited the next day before calling the consulate. They told me to go immediately at the information window where the lady told me the exact time the visa was sent. In this case, she advised to go to DHL and ask them to perform a search by name, instead of a search by number. Of course my visa was there, ready since the day before. This problem of DHL is supposedly "frequent", according to the lady of the consulate. So do not hesitate to go to the information window if the visa is not ready the next day.

We stayed at La Quinta. It's ok, staff is nice, breakfast good. However there is NOTHING to do in CDJ. So take plenty of books and the laptop with you ! I am so happy my family came with me, because it was soooo boring ! Hit the deserted mall, the Starbucks, the good restaurant, but except than that it was a long waiting.

Good luck for your visa !!!

Congratulations!! I have the same questions as jaremedios -- My husband's interview appt is on Wednesday Aug 6 so he is going to fly in on Sunday to be there 2 days prior for medical. I'm just not sure when to book his return -- is one day after appt. enough? Where did you stay? Did your husband go with you? Sorry for so many questions.

[yuenashleysl 1]

Congratulations!

[czmjacq 1]

The medical is very straighforward, a joke except for the bill...You get the result the same day in the afternoon, at 4pm. Do not open the envelop.

For the consulate, if the appointment is in the morning, then you should have the visa in the afternoon. I had the appointment in the afternoon at 1pm. My visa was ready the next morning at 11am. However, the DHL number was not in the system, and I waited the next day before calling the consulate. They told me to go immediately at the information window where the lady told me the exact time the visa was sent. In this case, she advised to go to DHL and ask them to perform a search by name, instead of a search by number. Of course my visa was there, ready since the day before. This problem of DHL is supposedly "frequent", according to the lady of the consulate. So do not hesitate to go to the information window if the visa is not ready the next day.

We stayed at La Quinta. It's ok, staff is nice, breakfast good. However there is NOTHING to do in CDJ. So take plenty of books and the laptop with you ! I am so happy my family came with me, because it was soooo boring ! Hit the deserted mall, the Starbucks, the good restaurant, but except than that it was a long waiting.

Good luck for your visa !!!

Thanks!!

That's a lot of great info! Did you have your vaccination records to take with you? If not, which, if any did they want you to get? My husband is 46 and doesn't have any records, but we do have Seguro Social here and he could go get some vaccinations here before hand if I knew which ones they were most concerned about. I will probably try and call the doctor's offices in CDJ to find out.

Glad your family was able to go with you, I'm sure it made a big difference. I'm hesitant to go since I'm American because of all the recent violence, even my husband isn't looking forward to the trip because of the unrest there. Of course all we know is what we see and hear on the news -- what was your impression, for the little that you were outside the hotel?

My husband's appt is in the afternoon too- 12:15pm -- I'll be sure and tell him if he doesn't have the VISA by the next morning to start following up on it right away.

Thanks again for all of your input, it really helps! And Congratulations again and good luck in the US -- especially with people asking why in the world you would move to the US after living in Cancun.