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I have received an email from the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa (Honduras) telling me that the daughters of my fiancee (ages 16 and 15) need to attend the interview for the K-1 visa process. This is no big deal... but I am curious - will I be allowed to be in the interview with them? I will go to Honduras for the appointment (or I will already be living there for the winter), but I am not sure if I will be allowed "in the room." And I am certain the girls will ask me for information! What is the process?

Thanks for addressing my curiosity!

Charles - hoping to be done by the end of this year! (well, done with the K-1 at least!)

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I have received an email from the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa (Honduras) telling me that the daughters of my fiancee (ages 16 and 15) need to attend the interview for the K-1 visa process. This is no big deal... but I am curious - will I be allowed to be in the interview with them? I will go to Honduras for the appointment (or I will already be living there for the winter), but I am not sure if I will be allowed "in the room." And I am certain the girls will ask me for information! What is the process?

Thanks for addressing my curiosity!

Charles - hoping to be done by the end of this year! (well, done with the K-1 at least!)

From the experience of my friend from another country, you will not be allowed to get closer to the interviewing area unless you are invited by the CO conducting the interview. During the interview, your fiancée can tell the CO that you are there with them in person and it is up to the officer to invite you to the interview.

Good luck

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Consulate: _Frankfurt, Germany

I-129F Sent: _2011-03-20

I-129F NOA1:_ 2011-03-30

I-129F NOA2:_2011-06-18

NVC Received: _2011-07-19

NVC Left:_2011-07-20

Consulate Received:_2011-07-25

Packet 3 Received: _2011-07-28

Packet 3 Sent: _2011-07-29

Packet 4 Received:_ 2011-08-09

Interview Date: _ 2011-08-24

Interview Result:_ Approved(After 3 weeks AP)

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US Entry:_@ JFK 2011-11-16

Marriage: _2011-12-20

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Bio. Appt.:2012-03-12@ 8:00 AM in Columbus OH

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DL Permit: 2012-03-08

AOS Transfer: 2012-03-14

AOS Touched @ USCIS: 2012-03-21

EAD/AP Approved & Card Producton: 2012-04-03

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From the experience of my friend from another country, you will not be allowed to get closer to the interviewing area unless you are invited by the CO conducting the interview. During the interview, your fiancée can tell the CO that you are there with them in person and it is up to the officer to invite you to the interview.

Good luck

That's one of the things i don't get, you see if you go to embassy reviews for Dom. Rep. the couple is interview as part of the process. I mean they encourage both to be present for the interview, is this a local procedure? because this is not the first time i read someone posting about not letting the petitioner get in. Just a thought.

PD: 30 DEC 2008

CC: 12 DEC 2010

Interview: 04 OCT 2011: Approved

POE: 15 OCT 2011 JFK

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That's one of the things i don't get, you see if you go to embassy reviews for Dom. Rep. the couple is interview as part of the process. I mean they encourage both to be present for the interview, is this a local procedure? because this is not the first time i read someone posting about not letting the petitioner get in. Just a thought.
It depends. In general, it NEVER hurts and MAY help when the petitioner is "on the premises" when the beneficiary is interviewed. It can score a lot of points in the CO's eyes if the beneficiary carries the U.S. partner's passport into the interview to show the CO.

In some countries, it's a spoken or unspoken requirement for the USC to be "on the premises" if the beneficiary is to have a prayer of being granted a visa. Ecuador is certainly one. The Dominican Republic is another. I have read posts about Colombia and Jamaica that indicate that the petitioner's presence is important. Only in very low-fraud countries (the VWP countries and some others) might it not be a huge "selling point" for the petitioner to be around during the interview.

The USC can take a chance and not be present. Guessing wrong can cost many months and many more thousands of dollars.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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It depends. In general, it NEVER hurts and MAY help when the petitioner is "on the premises" when the beneficiary is interviewed. It can score a lot of points in the CO's eyes if the beneficiary carries the U.S. partner's passport into the interview to show the CO.

In some countries, it's a spoken or unspoken requirement for the USC to be "on the premises" if the beneficiary is to have a prayer of being granted a visa. Ecuador is certainly one. The Dominican Republic is another. I have read posts about Colombia and Jamaica that indicate that the petitioner's presence is important. Only in very low-fraud countries (the VWP countries and some others) might it not be a huge "selling point" for the petitioner to be around during the interview.

The USC can take a chance and not be present. Guessing wrong can cost many months and many more thousands of dollars.

That makes sense, thank you for your reply!

PD: 30 DEC 2008

CC: 12 DEC 2010

Interview: 04 OCT 2011: Approved

POE: 15 OCT 2011 JFK

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