Getting ready for interview at Ciudad Juarez

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My advice would be to take cash for daily expenses(don't carry too much), and pay for medical/other fees with credit card.   Just as @Javice mentioned, don't trust small establishments with your credit card.  You can always withdraw from an ATM in case of an emergency. 

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7 hours ago, Franciscoruizt said:

My wife and I are leaving tomorrow to Ciudad Juarez for her interview.. should I take cash or just use my credit card?

 

7 hours ago, Carolct79 said:

You can do both cash and card , try to not carry to much money with you just in case, but be carefull is to many people around the consulate trying to involve you with lies not listen to them and just do what you need to do.

 

7 hours ago, Franciscoruizt said:

Thank you.. I have been to Tijuana many times but never to Juarez so I don't know how everything is over there but I have heard is dangerous specially for the people that look out of place 

 

7 hours ago, Dan Jr said:

I had a horrible experience with a credit card when I went to Juarez. My bank froze my card while in Juarez because it was too far from my hometown (California) and they assumed it had been stolen or something. I couldn't pay the medical exams on time, but luckily I solved the problem somehow. My advice is: make sure to set up a travel plan with your bank so they know you're gonna be in Ciudad Juarez, or bring cash as back up and leave it at the hotel. Sometimes hotels have safe boxes, ask for those. 

 

7 hours ago, Carolct79 said:

Is not that dangerous but you need to be carefull because like everywhere is people trying to take advance of others, this people pull people over asking them if they have all the documents and copies ready for the interview or they say that they can make biometrics appointment or the medical appointments for some money, NOT TRUSTH in them, you not need appointment for the clinic and you have to make your appointment for biometrics by yourself in your computer. Is a few hotels around the consulate make your reservation and Good luck to your wife!!!

 

5 hours ago, Javice said:

Make sure that you have notified your bank or credit card company that you are going abroad, otherwise your credit card might be declined. The hotels and medical clinics take credit cards, the embassy should not charge you anything since you have already paid your fees. I would use cash for other establishments, restaurants, stores, etc. In general I don't trust small establishments with credit cards. With credit cards, if they are stolen you can quickly freeze them, and depending what kind of credit card you have, they can protect you from unauthorized purchases. Can't do that with cash.  As a plus, if you have cash rewards or points you will be racking them up.

 

4 hours ago, fcl said:

My advice would be to take cash for daily expenses(don't carry too much), and pay for medical/other fees with credit card.   Just as @Javice mentioned, don't trust small establishments with your credit card.  You can always withdraw from an ATM in case of an emergency. 

 

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Just curious. How did it go?

[Franciscoruizt 14]

6 hours ago, QuadJ said:

Just curious. How did it go?

It went really good..we left to mexico on a Tuesday and came back 7 days after 

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• CR 1 , wife petitioning husband
• Priority date August 09, 2016 
• Received appointment notice in September
• Appointment in Juarez consular October 6,2016 @ 9:45

 

When I sent the package with all the documents to NVC I forgot the police certificate paper, they told me I could just take it to the interview. 

 

Since we are Jehovah Witnesses, we stayed with our brothers from the religion, we saved a lot money, on a hotel.

They also drove us every where or we took la ruta (universitaria) or uber is much  cheaper than a taxi. 

Plan accordingly a lot of traffic. 

 

Tuesday- arrived in Juarez 

Wednesday - medican exam at Clinica Medical Internacional (CMI)

Take; if you have appointment take confirmation number (if not just make sure you go from 6am-11), passport, P4 consulate appointment letter, vaccines record 

You can eat before appointment. 

Husband appointment  was @ 8:00 but we arrived at 7 and they took him right in, literally took less than 30 mins. 

In and out real quick. 

My husband said, his experience was really quick and when you pee in the cup it was awkward someone is there watching you not pour someone's else's pee in the cup. Also, they ask if you have tattoos and piercings. If you have vaccines take documentation of it, husband had a total of three shots. Paid total- $415 dollars 

Went back for resulta @ 1:30. DONT OPEN RESULTS iN BLACK ENVELOPE. 

 

Thursday- fingerprints @ 7:50 

Be on time. 

Take passport, P4 consulate appointment letter, DS-260, fingerprint appointment. 

Be in and out real quick, less than 15 minutes.

They give you back your papers and those exact papers take to your interview. They staple a little blue paper to the P4 consulate appointment letter and DS-260, never knew what that was for but those you need for interview. 

 

Friday- appointment consulate @ 9:45

 

Take all your documents, the P4 consulate appointment letter had a checklist make sure you take everything. 

Original documents are birth certificate, marriage certificate, and police certificate

Translations - not needed all my documents where in Spanish, but to be safe everything was translated 

 

My husband experience at the interview, he went to the bathroom and his group went in and made him be last, so make sure you pay attention inside. In the interview took less than 3 minutes, all they asked him was his name, his petitioners name, if he had tattoos, and that's it. You have been approved. 🙂

 

No one allowed inside with the applicant, everyone was waiting outside but it was to hot for that, so I went to the Nueva Central that is located next to CMI clinic and waited there (coffee and yummy bread), waited 2 hours for my husband to come out, if you wait some where else make sure you tell them where.. 

 

We decided not to wait in Juarez for my husband documents, since it was on Friday his interview, Saturday and Sunday don't count, so we would had to wait until Tuesday to pick them up (I think). When I was outside waiting for my husband I heard people say that a couple had been waiting 2 weeks for there documents. But who knows everyone is different I think... 

 

***** hope this review helps. I read a lot of reviews and they sure did help us. So hopefully our experience can help others.