Frankfurt: Visa Interview 22OCT2013 @ 10:00am - Questions!

[mcarther101 3]

My fiance visa has her visa interview at 10:00 am next Tuesday in Frankfurt, Germany. She did not receive her interview invitation letter in the mail from the US Embassy though, but I found out through email this information from them. Will this letter be required at the time of the interview for something? Entry past security showing proof of having business there or something? She's leaving Monday by bus to Frankfurt in the morning, so I doubt she will be able to receive this mail in time. What sort of questions will they be asking her during the interview? Has anyone gone through the visa interview in Frankfurt that can answer some of these questions?

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Here is a list of questions she had for me, and my answers I sent her, can you please proof read my answers for accuracy of information? I don't want to tell her something wrong, and the it be my fault.

http://travel.state.gov/pdf/supplements/FRN-SUP-MULT-0001-0903.pdf
http://germany.usembassy.gov/visa/iv/step7/

Address where to go?
Gießener Straße 30
60435 Frankfurt am Main

What to take with you / documents? Copies of any original documents you wish to retain.
Per their website: http://germany.usembassy.gov/visa/iv/step7/

What you must bring to the visa interview for each applicant

· Passport(s)

· Immigrant Visa Fee (Fee Information)

We accept Cash (dollar & euro) and Credit Cards (Visa, MasterCard, or American Express)

We regret that due to the size of our waiting room, we are unable to accommodate friends or family members accompanying you who are not applying for visas, with the exception of U.S. citizen petitioners and parents of minor children.

Plan to spend roughy 2-3 hours at the U.S. Consulate General. If the visa interview was successfully completed, your visa will be mailed to you via registered mail (DHL) through the German postal system and should arrive within ten working days. Should any issues or delays arise, we will contact you.

How much money to bring? $400 USD plus however much money you think you need for copies if any need to be made during the interview process (fee: €0.50 per copy).

What can you have with you, nose spray, wallet? I don't know about the nose spray, I doubt they'll think it is a security threat, but in this day and age it is a possibility they might think it is some chemical weapon. Most likely you just need to bring it to the attention of the gaurd, and apparently have it in a plastic ziplock bag maybe? It's up to you, just know there is a chance that anything you bring, they tell you can not enter with you will have to leave outside somewhere, and there is no storage. Wallet, is fine. Read:
http://photos.state.gov/libraries/frankfurt/9318/consular_pdf/Security%20Notice%20for%20Consular%20Customers.pdf

Old paperwork, denial of previous visa? Previous documents from America? These documents aren't listed as being required anywhere, but just bring them anyways I suppose to ease your mind. Better to have documents and not need them, then to not have them, and need them. Just don't give them any documents unless they ask you for them specifically.

Should you bring another copy of original documents? You are also reminded that an additional photocopy must be submitted for each original document that you wish to retain. Please make photocopies of these documents and bring the originals and copies on the appointment day. (There is also a photocopy machine available in the atrium, fee: €0.50 per copy). You don't have the original documents any more, but since we sent them both the original and copy, they should return the original to you I believe without having to make extra copies. Be prepared to make copies in the embassy though and have a few extra euros.

Pictures with you to interview? Yes, bring two, I thought you had extras? Plan for the worst, photo machine might be broken there, so bring them with you. Make sure they meet these requirements: While waiting, if you do not already have the required

PHOTOGRAPHS, you should obtain them from one of the automatic photo-machines in the atrium. The dimensions of the facial image must measure about one inch (2.5 – 3.5 cm) from chin to top of hair. A full-face photo including the hair, showing both ears clearly is required. The applicant should face the camera directly and not look down or to either side. No glasses, no earrings, no head coverings (see information sheet provided).

Interview invitation letter, if it is not received, is this a problem? I don't think so, but honestly don't know and will ask people on visajourney, and am waiting for the reply from the US Embassy about this question still also.

What questions do they ask in the interview? I'll ask on visajourney and get back to you...

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Lastly, this website http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3744.html#appointment has brought up questions I didn't have because it is so general and unspecific. I think it is talking about non-fiance visa's perhaps for some things, but am not sure.

It says every immigration visa needs to fill out a DS-260. We never did this, our original packet 3 instructions said this:

"FIRST: Please download and complete the original form DS-230 Part I & II, DS-156, Non-Immigrant Visa

Application (all applicants), DS-157, Supplemental Non-Immigrant Visa Application (required for all male

applicants between the ages of 16-45), and DS-156K, Non-Immigrant Fiancé(e) Visa Application (principal

applicant only)."

I now just looked on the US German Embassy website, and it has changed to...
"FIRST: Please send a copy of your passport and your preferred departure date to this office. In addition you need to

complete the online application form, DS-260. Detailed information about the process is available under:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_5164.html. The Consular Electronic Application Center can be

accessed directly through: https://ceac.state.gov/iv/. We cannot initiate processing of your application until the

electronic form has been uploaded. Please be aware that we are unable to schedule your appointment for the

interview until you have completed all three steps. "

So should we fill this DS-260 out at the last minute although we already have been given an interview date? If so, where is this "Invoice ID Number" found for https://ceac.state.gov/IV/Login.aspx ... I Have a case number, and INS receipt number, first I've heard of this though.

[Dylan'sWife 2]

When I was in the process, my letter for the interview was not sent to me, (It was either lost or sent to a lawyer my MIL hired at one point when there was an unexplainable delay- and the lawyer never forwarded it). Fortunately, we had a friend of the family who work at the U.S. consulate in Toronto who was able to contract people in Montreal, which is how I learned I had finally been granted an interview. They also sent another letter.

I happened to be visiting my husband in the U.S. at the time and had to change my flight home. to get to back to Canada to be make my interview. Fortunately, we received a replacement copy of the letter in time, or I fear I would have had trouble making it past security in Montreal as they require it.

I hope you don't have the same issues but my advice would be to forward the copy of the email to your fiancée and have her print it out. I expect without the invitation letter, she might come under some extra scrutiny that might cause some time delays, so I would suggest she show up as early as possible.

I didn't see this answer in your reply to her but I might have missed it, but it's never a bad idea to bring a copy of all the paper work you both submitted, including the I129-f,

I wouldn't recommend that she attempts to bring nose spray. I know other than generally baby formula, most Consulates and/or Embassies do not allow you to bring in food or drink. She also will not be able to bring in her cell phone. She will be allowed to have a small personal bag such a purse but not a large bag such backpack.

As to your DS-260 question, I found this..

http://immigrationview.foxrothschild.com/general-immigration-news-and-updates/use-of-electronic-immigrant-visa-form-ds-260-effective-as-of-september-1-2013/

I hope it helps.

[Mark88 183]

If she's on file, the security guards should be able to check her name with the inteview list for the day. Questions that will be asekd will depend heavily on your case. My wifes was a 5 minutes of questions and then the approval. The couple next to us already had a couple hours of questioning behind them.

[TBoneTX 45,329]

This thread is a year old (easy to mistake for a recent one, given the date of Oct. 22), and the OP hasn't logged on to the site in 11 months. Closing the thread.