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Hello everyone

My fiancee had her interview on March 22 and everything went well. They did ask many more questions that I thought and they also wanted to see quite a bit of proof, photos, emails, phone records etc. but they didn't keep any of it. They did ask for my I-134 and they kept it along with all the tax records and copies of my paychecks. The interview itself lasted less than 10 minutes and all totaled she was there about 2 hours. I am going to post my fiancee's recap of all the events so we can help others who are getting ready for their interviews. I will also post this in the Embassy review section as well. Here is her recap:

It is necessary to prepare the passport for travel abroad and the invitation. After 8:00am, security checks these documents. Before going inside the building, security checks your bags and your presence of dangerous objects. When you enter into a building, the first that needs to be made is a list of objects which cannot be carried by you any further. If you have something from this list, it is necessary to hand over. Further, having passed the next door, you will meet another security checkpoint, they again check you and your things on presence of dangerous objects, only now by means of more powerful technic's. Then it is necessary to receive number of your turn on the printer of number coupons. It is necessary to press the green button and to receive number. Then, having passed in a hall, it is necessary to hand over the invitation and coupons with number of turn in a window to №5 or №6 which are the assistant to the consul and to wait for your turn. They have given me in this window a questionnaire with questions. It was necessary to fill the questionnaire before your invite. But I was invited so quickly that I have not had time even to start to fill the questionnaire. I have told them that the questionnaire is not filled yet. They answered: "Anything terrible"? I said " Can I fill it right now? " They have answered: " If you know, yes ". I have filled out form very quickly as I knew all. (basically it concerned my fiance). All this occurred as the assistant to the consul watched. Then they started to ask for documents, and I submitted them. Then I was told, that I have to pay the consular for visa and wait as they will invite me back for interview. After a short while they invited me back to the window. I noticed that I have been invited earlier than the people standing in the line ahead of me outside the embassy. I was interviewed by a woman and I was able to do the interview in Russian. I was required before the interview to swear that I shall speak only the truth (with the lifted right hand). Then have taken prints of index fingers of both hands. Then there were questions. I am not assured, that have remembered everything, in fact it is necessary to consider my excitement.

Here questions which I have remembered:

1. How you have got acquainted with fiance?

2. How many times fiance was married?

3. How many times I was married?

4. Whether the fiance has children?

5. Have asked the documents confirming the income of my fiance.

6. Have you met personally?

7. Where you have met first time?

8. When you met?

9. How many time fiance has came to you?

10. Whether you have been in the USA?

11. Do you have any joint photos? (though I have given one photo to the assistant to the consul before interview).

12. Is he familiar with your relatives?

13. Are you familiar with his relatives?

14. How have you communicated?

15. How often?

16. They asked for our correspondence.

17. They asked for our telephone records.

18. How well you know English language? (I told them I was just beginning, that what I shall do in the USA is to study language.)

19. When did fiance propose to me?

20. When I plan a trip to the USA?

Certainly, these were not all the questions, but only what I have remembered. I also put the signature some times in some documents. Also I remember, that in the questionnaire there was an item a full name of your fiance (I filled it for memory, at presence of the assistant to the consul). Upon termination of interview, I was told, that I shall receive the visa within 1-2 weeks. Output from embassy through other door. Having left embassy on a counter it is possible to receive the things which have been handed over in embassy, through a window in a building near to a post of protection. I was done by 10am.

Hope this helps some of you getting ready. It seems it was a painless process but she was as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. She also said that she had a man for the first part and a woman who did the interview.

Frank

Mailed I-129 9/21/06

Received TSC 9/25/06

NOA1- 10/02/06

Touch- 11/02/06

NOA2 Via Email 12/28/06

NOA2 paper copy by mail 1/3/07

Letter from NVC 1/16/07

Petition sent to Moscow 1/18/07

Packet 3 + 4 2/1/07

Interview date 3/22/07

Approved 3/22/07

Visa in hand 3/28/07

Arrival in USA 4/4/07

Married 6/15/07

AOS + AP filed 6/21/07

NOA on both AOS + AP 7/2/07

AP approved 7/23/07, received 7/30/07 only 3 weeks YEAH!!!!

Biometrics 8/1/07

10yr Green Card 4/30/10

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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Congrats, Frank!

Seems it's business as usual in Moscow. These questions really do help. I made sure to send a few lists of previous interviewee's questions prior to my fiancee's interview, and she said it was no sweat.

Pay attention, guys.... VJ helps!

Русский форум член.

Ensure your beneficiary makes and brings with them to the States a copy of the DS-3025 (vaccination form)

If the government is going to force me to exercise my "right" to health care, then they better start requiring people to exercise their Right to Bear Arms. - "Where's my public option rifle?"

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Russia
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Congratualtions and thanks for the nice report and particularly for the questions. Actually as far as covering the whole process that was one of the better ones I have seen. Thanks.

12/14/2006 Applied for K-1 with request for Waver for Multiple filings within 2 years.
Waiting - Waiting - Waiting
3/6 Called NVC file sent to Washington for "Administrative Review" Told to call back every few weeks. 7/6 Called NVC, A/R is finished, case on way to Moscow. YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7/13 On Friday the 13th we see updated Moscow website with our interview on 9/11 (Hope we are not supersticious) 9/11 Visa Approved. Yahoo.
10/12 Tickets for her to America. I am flying to JFK to meet her there. 12/15/07 We are married. One year and a day after filling original K-1
12/27 Filed for AOS, EAD & AP 1/3 Received all three NOA-1's 1/22 Biometrics 2/27 EAD & AP received 4/12 Interview
5/19/08 RFE for physical that she should not have needed. 5/28 New physical ($ 250.00 wasted) 6/23 Green Card received
4/22/10 Filed for Removal of Contitions. 6/25 10 Year Green Card received Nov, 2014 Citizenship ceremony. Our journey is complete.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Russia
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Hello everyone

My fiancee had her interview on March 22 and everything went well. They did ask many more questions that I thought and they also wanted to see quite a bit of proof, photos, emails, phone records etc. but they didn't keep any of it. They did ask for my I-134 and they kept it along with all the tax records and copies of my paychecks. The interview itself lasted less than 10 minutes and all totaled she was there about 2 hours. I am going to post my fiancee's recap of all the events so we can help others who are getting ready for their interviews. I will also post this in the Embassy review section as well. Here is her recap:

It is necessary to prepare the passport for travel abroad and the invitation. After 8:00am, security checks these documents. Before going inside the building, security checks your bags and your presence of dangerous objects. When you enter into a building, the first that needs to be made is a list of objects which cannot be carried by you any further. If you have something from this list, it is necessary to hand over. Further, having passed the next door, you will meet another security checkpoint, they again check you and your things on presence of dangerous objects, only now by means of more powerful technic's. Then it is necessary to receive number of your turn on the printer of number coupons. It is necessary to press the green button and to receive number. Then, having passed in a hall, it is necessary to hand over the invitation and coupons with number of turn in a window to №5 or №6 which are the assistant to the consul and to wait for your turn. They have given me in this window a questionnaire with questions. It was necessary to fill the questionnaire before your invite. But I was invited so quickly that I have not had time even to start to fill the questionnaire. I have told them that the questionnaire is not filled yet. They answered: "Anything terrible"? I said " Can I fill it right now? " They have answered: " If you know, yes ". I have filled out form very quickly as I knew all. (basically it concerned my fiance). All this occurred as the assistant to the consul watched. Then they started to ask for documents, and I submitted them. Then I was told, that I have to pay the consular for visa and wait as they will invite me back for interview. After a short while they invited me back to the window. I noticed that I have been invited earlier than the people standing in the line ahead of me outside the embassy. I was interviewed by a woman and I was able to do the interview in Russian. I was required before the interview to swear that I shall speak only the truth (with the lifted right hand). Then have taken prints of index fingers of both hands. Then there were questions. I am not assured, that have remembered everything, in fact it is necessary to consider my excitement.

Here questions which I have remembered:

1. How you have got acquainted with fiance?

2. How many times fiance was married?

3. How many times I was married?

4. Whether the fiance has children?

5. Have asked the documents confirming the income of my fiance.

6. Have you met personally?

7. Where you have met first time?

8. When you met?

9. How many time fiance has came to you?

10. Whether you have been in the USA?

11. Do you have any joint photos? (though I have given one photo to the assistant to the consul before interview).

12. Is he familiar with your relatives?

13. Are you familiar with his relatives?

14. How have you communicated?

15. How often?

16. They asked for our correspondence.

17. They asked for our telephone records.

18. How well you know English language? (I told them I was just beginning, that what I shall do in the USA is to study language.)

19. When did fiance propose to me?

20. When I plan a trip to the USA?

Certainly, these were not all the questions, but only what I have remembered. I also put the signature some times in some documents. Also I remember, that in the questionnaire there was an item a full name of your fiance (I filled it for memory, at presence of the assistant to the consul). Upon termination of interview, I was told, that I shall receive the visa within 1-2 weeks. Output from embassy through other door. Having left embassy on a counter it is possible to receive the things which have been handed over in embassy, through a window in a building near to a post of protection. I was done by 10am.

Hope this helps some of you getting ready. It seems it was a painless process but she was as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs. She also said that she had a man for the first part and a woman who did the interview.

Frank

Did you have a bank letter for interview????

Met Dec. 4 2006

1st visit to Russia - Jan. 23-30.

Engaged Jan. 24

CSC recieved and pending - NOA1 March 1

Touched- March 9 - recieved NOA1 hard copy in mail.

2nd visit - March 12 -27

Touched - May 23 (pleeeeeeeeeeeease)

APPROVED MAY 22 (On 5/25 I did the RFE trick and the CSC said it was approved 5/22. The dufus at USCIS was completely positive they were only working on Nov. 2006 petitions)

May 30th- Petition leaves CSC for NVC.

3rd visit - May 31 - August 31 ( If all goes well she will come home with me!!!)

Left NVC June 11th (I called everyday since 5/30 and they never recieved it??? Then on 6/13 I called and it was not only recieved but already sent to the embassy 6/11?? 

INTERVIEW 8/22

July 3rd-Recieved Packet

8/22 Interview was a sucess!!!

8/31 We arrive at JFK. Problem free entry.

10/26 Married!

1/15/08 Sent I-485

2/26 NOA

3/21 Biometrics Appointment

3/29 Received EAD Card

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