Petitioner attending interview at Embassy?

[chelseafc 0]

My wife got an interview in tokyo scheduled for next month. She is Japanese and in Japan. Would it be helpful if I attended the interview? Does it matter at all?

Thanks for you help everyone, you've been great.

[Akals78 13]

Some embassy's - Barbados, Dominican Republic, and some countries in Latin America - do allow the petitioner to be present. Find out if Japan allows or take your chances. It might as well boost her morale. I think there is a member whose wife went in with his US passport just to make a statement that the man himself is in a D area.

Edited April 5, 2014 by Akals78

[JA_Martinez 81]

Japan does not....my husband's appt is in Tokya in May as well. See your appointment letter, page 2 under " *** IMPORTANT *** Interview Reminders, 4th paragraph. If you are at all allowed in the Embassy with her, you will not be able to be with her for the interview.

When is your wife's appt? ours is May 12th! there aren't very many people on VJ coming through the TKY embassy! Hoping that's a good sign the lines will not be too long!

[Ana & Cesar 5]

Does anyone here know if embassy in Manila allows the petitioner to come with the spouse on his interview? I am planning to travel to Manila on his interview, for support. It'll be nice if I can be beside him on his interview...

[Myguita 3]

Does anyone here know if embassy in Manila allows the petitioner to come with the spouse on his interview? I am planning to travel to Manila on his interview, for support. It'll be nice if I can be beside him on his interview...

Yes you can be there every step of the way through the Manila interview process..I flew across the Pacific just to experience it with my wife. So worth it!

Edited April 5, 2014 by Myguita

[MochiKamo 93]

I've made a few posts about this topic in the past. I attended the interview along with my wife at the Embassy in Tokyo.

The interview was very short and the interviewer called me and asked me some questions as well, so I definitely participated in the interview process.

Considering one of the two requirements for the K-1 visa was having met in the last two years, it made things much easier. We were given the approval right away and got the visa two days later.

Here is my Tokyo Embassy Review:

April 20, 2011 Embassy Review : We arrived at 7:30 for our 8:30 interview.
We were let inside at 8:00.
We emptied the contents of our pockets into baskets and went through metal detectors. We didn't have any electronics with us so we didn't have to leave anything with the staff. The staff was extremely polite and the experience was very easy.
We were greeted by someone at the front desk. She gave us a folder with instructions specifying what order to put our documents.
We went in and got a number (#001). When called we gave the packet.
I definitely overdid my I-134 docs since it felt more like I was trying to support 10 people!! (50+ paystubs, tax transcripts for 4 years,etc)
About 10 minutes later, we were called again and my fiancee had to give fingerprints. Then they gave a bulk of my I-134 docs back.
About 30 minutes later, we were called again and we had the interview. I knew I wasn't allowed to do the interview with her but I went up anyway. The CO told me to go back and he would call me if he had any questions.
He asked her the following:
What's your fiance's name?
How and when did you two meet?
Does he have any siblings?
What is his job and where does he work.
Then he called me up and asked me about my work. He asked when will we get married and I answered.

He had commented that since I visited Japan 10 times I probably spoke better Japanese than he does!

Then he said "Congratulations, your visa is approved." It took me a couple seconds to understand what that really meant but after that I had a giant smile!!

We left the Embassy about 9:30am. Overall a very straightforward and easy experience! We got the visa two days after our interview!