Montreal, K1 Interview Review 2015

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Had my interview on Nov 30 (yesterday) for my K-1, which was approved! Thanks again to everyone here that helped me calm down after realizing my mistake!

I barely slept and was very nervous, not a great combination.

Here's my review:

I stayed at the delta montreal hotel, not the cheapest (150$ for the night) but decent if you want a close hotel for a single night and you book in advance. The staff was nice, the room was clean, it's a quick walk to the consulate and right around the corner from medisys, left at 6:55 am to pick up my medical results. Got to the consulate about 15 minutes later and there was already a few people there. I forgot which side to line up on so I followed some other people and ended up on the wrong side. The guard came out around 7:30ish to set up the line (you wouldn't think you'd line up infront of the garage doors but you do I knew it was the yellow poles! ) Once you're inside the 'receptionist' asks you for your DS-160 and passport, *she gives you a number... then you go through security (up the right side of the stairs.) and then downstairs to wait for the elevator. While the elevator does open in the back you no longer need to be first in since you're given a number, unless you're applying for a non immigrant visa.

Once you get upstairs you'll be directed to sit in the middle set of chairs... Unfortunately I was never given a number so I went to the line up for non immigrant visas (it technically is one, honest mistake ) and was told I needed to go back and get a number because I was supposed to have one (oops on my part and the receptionist) anyone on here that was there may know who I was by now. So back down I went, got the number 11 which wasn't too bad considering and came back up.

Got called up to hand in all my documents: Interview letter, medical, receipt for payment, birth certificate original and copy, 2 passport size photos, passport, police certificate, my fiance's letter of intent, both I-134s with evidence and my e-mail address. Was given the Information on legal rights paper, got finger printed and went to sit back down.

(minor details could vary my memory sucks )

Around 10 am I got called up to the second window for the interview. We said hello, he complimented my coat and we talked a little then he swore me in, the first thing he said was "a K1 from 2014? that can't be right... so it is, okay." Then he asked if either of us had been married before, if we had any kids, how we met (online gaming) "world of warcraft?" (ragnarok online) "oh, cool that's a new one, I had a guy in 2 months ago that played a private server of the original everquest, I thought that was pretty cool" he asked when we met in person and what we did (went to a convention) "oh, what kind?" (comic and entertainment) "sounds like you guys have a fun relationship, I wish I could get my wife to go to a comic-con."

He asked if I had lived in any other country or if I stayed in the U.S for more than 6 months (no and no) and then he asked: "you have -insert name- written down here, who's that?" this is where I made my mistake and I said he was my fiance's father because my brain decided to only register the first name... and I didn't realize he was asking about the co-sponsor. Then he asked What I did for a living (unemployed) and if I had worked before (only for my mother) and if I knew what I was going to do in the U.S (told him our plan) and that was it. He said he was approving our visa, gave me the welcome to the USA paper, to have a nice day and that he was going to try to find a nice coat. I got back to the hotel around 10:30.

The interviewer was nice and seemed like a pretty chill guy, he never asked for any additional papers or pictures even though our petition was a year old which was kind of disapointing because I spent hours going over everything, making sure I was prepared and had extra chat logs, pictures and stuff.

All in all it was an easy, painless and good experience. (Thanks to the information and tips that I did remember from on here.)

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Oh, he also asked me if I had commited any crimes (no) and he said "yeah, just haven't been caught right? stole some things?" and we started laughing...

[NikLR 13,227]

Some of the interviwers seem comfortable doing their jobs and others dont. I remember telling mine we even slept with skype on after he asked how we communicate while only seeing each other every 3 months or so. He was like "well that raises another question but I'm not going to ask because thats too personal." Lol.

Thanks for the review!