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2 hours ago, Jane88 said:

 

I had my consular interview last month. I got the police certificate in cd Juarez the same day I had my medical appointment. I arrived to cd Juarez the 21st. Had my medical Appt the 22nd at 9am (takes around an hour), then I went to get my police certificate afterwards(took around an hour too). Then same day I had my CAS appt. at 2pm. its when they take your fingerprints and picture. It took like 30 min there. Then at 3pm I went to get my medical results. They give you a sealed black envelope that you have to take to your consulate appointment. the 23rd I had nothing. I intentionally left the day open  in case of something. And of course something happened. When checking my documents I noticed I forgot my 2018 tax transcripts so I just had my son email them too me. I had my appointment the 24th and thankfully got approved :). 

 

When I sent the letter to NVC requesting permission to give the police certificate at the time of the interview they closed my case within 6 weeks. My case closing date was August 6th. and it took 7 months for them to send me my interview date. It's taking so long! They gave me the interview date 6 weeks before my appointment. Enough time to prepare. 

It's a long, stressing process but its worth the wait. Good luck!!

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3 hours ago, Jane88 said:

 

Hopefully for your country the wait for interview is not as long. If you can get the police certificate here you should do it and it should be in English. For us Mexicans is hard to do it from the US. Good luck!

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6 hours ago, mommyde5 said:

I had my consular interview last month. I got the police certificate in cd Juarez the same day I had my medical appointment. I arrived to cd Juarez the 21st. Had my medical Appt the 22nd at 9am (takes around an hour), then I went to get my police certificate afterwards(took around an hour too). Then same day I had my CAS appt. at 2pm. its when they take your fingerprints and picture. It took like 30 min there. Then at 3pm I went to get my medical results. They give you a sealed black envelope that you have to take to your consulate appointment. the 23rd I had nothing. I intentionally left the day open  in case of something. And of course something happened. When checking my documents I noticed I forgot my 2018 tax transcripts so I just had my son email them too me. I had my appointment the 24th and thankfully got approved :). 

 

When I sent the letter to NVC requesting permission to give the police certificate at the time of the interview they closed my case within 6 weeks. My case closing date was August 6th. and it took 7 months for them to send me my interview date. It's taking so long! They gave me the interview date 6 weeks before my appointment. Enough time to prepare. 

It's a long, stressing process but its worth the wait. Good luck!!

Congratulations on your approval! Finally this long dreadful process is coming to an end for you😊

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6 hours ago, mommyde5 said:

Hopefully for your country the wait for interview is not as long. If you can get the police certificate here you should do it and it should be in English. For us Mexicans is hard to do it from the US. Good luck!

Yes, I will do it from my consulate here in the US. It’s takes about 30 days to get one, because they request the information from abroad 

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8 hours ago, mommyde5 said:

I had my consular interview last month. I got the police certificate in cd Juarez the same day I had my medical appointment. I arrived to cd Juarez the 21st. Had my medical Appt the 22nd at 9am (takes around an hour), then I went to get my police certificate afterwards(took around an hour too). Then same day I had my CAS appt. at 2pm. its when they take your fingerprints and picture. It took like 30 min there. Then at 3pm I went to get my medical results. They give you a sealed black envelope that you have to take to your consulate appointment. the 23rd I had nothing. I intentionally left the day open  in case of something. And of course something happened. When checking my documents I noticed I forgot my 2018 tax transcripts so I just had my son email them too me. I had my appointment the 24th and thankfully got approved :). 

 

When I sent the letter to NVC requesting permission to give the police certificate at the time of the interview they closed my case within 6 weeks. My case closing date was August 6th. and it took 7 months for them to send me my interview date. It's taking so long! They gave me the interview date 6 weeks before my appointment. Enough time to prepare. 

It's a long, stressing process but its worth the wait. Good luck!!

Can you tell us a little more about the medical appointment and the interview? Like what questions they asked! Thank you in advance! And congrats!!!!

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12 hours ago, Tyssa said:

Can you tell us a little more about the medical appointment and the interview? Like what questions they asked! Thank you in advance! And congrats!!!!

In my long explanation I forgot to mention that the council asked me what kind of work I did and what kind of work my husband do. Then she asked for my tax transcripts for 2018. Only that year. But I heard in other windows that sometimes they do ask for 3 years. I guess it depends. Every case is different. 

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14 minutes ago, mommyde5 said:

Sure. At the medical appointment they ask for your consular appointment confirmation and your passport. They take your finger print to log into the system. Every exam they do they ask you to  scan your thumb to be sure it's you. They have two groups: women and children and then men. They take some blood samples. Then take you to a dressing room where they ask you to undress and wear a paper gown. Then take your chest X-Rays. They ask you to get dress again. They weight you and measure you, then do a vision test. Very simple like read those letters kind of test. Then you go to a private room, get the paper gown back on. A female doctor ask you about how many kids you have, do you smoke, use drugs and then check for tattoos on your body. They ask you to get dress and go to another waiting area where they give you vaccines. I didn't have my immunization record so they recommended 3 shots. Then they ask you to go to the front desk to pay and to get your passport back. I payed a total of $425 dis. They accept cash or card, Mexican or American. I paid with my debit card. They ask you to come back after 3pm to get your results. The sealed envelope you get there can't be opened by you. You give it to the council at the time of interview. 

 

For the counsel interview they ask you to be there 30 minute before your appointment. They won't let you in before so there is no pain of getting there too early. My appointment was at 8:45. I got there at 8. There were many people waiting. When it was 8:15 they ask that all the 8:45 appointments to go and make a line. Security check you. They don't allow cell phones or make up or any food. I had a bag with all my documents, they just asked me to open it to see inside. I took so many papers just in case they would ask for something. Many people get in administrative processing because they think you might be a burden to the system if your Petitioner doesn't make enough money to support you. They have a poverty guideline table that shows how much money should show on your income tax papers according to your family size. I work but I wasn't sure if they were going to take my income to join it with my husband so I had an AOS filled up by my son in case they asked me for a cosponsor. I had 3 years of taxes. I even got the income tax transcripts for 3 years because now a day they ask for that instead of copy of your income tax. Anyway, my bag was full of this and that just in case something. 

 

At the first check point they asked me to show my passport, appointment confirmation and DS-260 confirmation. We all got a number there. Then we all went to sit outside under a shed. After about an hour they took us inside to another set of chairs and they called our number to a window. There, I saw some people having trouble because they didn't bring the paperwork they needed. They only asked me for the Mexican police report, the medical results,  my original birth certificate, my original marriage certificate and my original divorce judgement. I had all of my 5 kids original birth certificates but they didn't ask me for anything else. Let me tell you that I did everything by myself without attorney, even my 601a waiver. So I was sure everything I sent to NVC was correct. And I knew every single paper they might ask me by heart. Afterward they asked me to go to the black chairs to wait. The black chairs were just a few rows and the green chairs where about double the number of chairs. There were more people waiting in the green chairs section so I got a little nervous.

 

After about another 30 minutes waiting, they ask me and others to get up and go to the line waiting for the interview. There were two lines, one for the black chairs and other one for the green chairs. We were next to each other. There were windows on the left and on the right. The windows on the left were for the black chairs and the right for the green chairs. The two lines of people waiting were in the middle. I waited standing up about 45 minutes for my turn. You can hear every single interview. There were more windows open for the green chairs. For what I could hear, the green chairs were either Petitioned by residents or they had to be asked more questions because something wasn't clear enough for them. It seemed to me like the black chairs window would ask less questions. Maybe because the cases were easier or everything was clear and evidence complete. But that's just my opinion. Both windows would approve or give blue paper. Blue paper meant something was missing or they didn't qualify . If you got a green paper it meant everything was good and you got approved. 

 

The council I got was a young American lady. She asked for my name and then we did the swearing to tell the truth and ask you to scan your fingerprints. She asked my who was my petitioner. I said my husband. She asked if it was our first marriage. I said no, that I was divorced. She asked me for the date of my divorce. Then she asked me for the date I married my new husband. If we had kids in common(we have 3). She asked me how I met my husband. She asked me when was the first time I entered into the US. I told her the date. Then she asked me when I got out. I told her after two years and gave her the date. Then she asked when I got back. Told her all the dates I entered. Three times in total. She asked if all the times without visa and I said yes. (I have to clarify that all of the times I entered were before 1997. If you get two entrances after 1997 you get 10 years ban, there is no waiver for that.) She then asked me if I had any problems with the police or immigration services and I said no. Then she looked in the computer, got the green paper out and said congratulations you have been approved. She gave me my original papers and kept the passport. The interview lasted about 5 minutes. Sorry for the long explanation but before I got my appt I was also curious of how it went for other people and loved to read details. Good luck to all!

 

Oh I forgot. My interview was on a Friday and then Monday was Memorial Day. On Wednesday morning I got an email that my package was ready to be picked up. It took 10 minutes for me to get it at the same place where we do biometric's appointment. The same day I entered through Cd Juarez Zaragoza bridge. Walking. It took 30min waiting for the officer to stamp my passport. They give you a visa good for one year but they tell you to pay online $220 for USCIS to process your residence card. 

Thank you so much! It helps a lot to read other people’s experience! Congrats again. I can’t wait to share the good news with you all here soon! 🙏🏻

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10 hours ago, mommyde5 said:

Sure. At the medical appointment they ask for your consular appointment confirmation and your passport. They take your finger print to log into the system. Every exam they do they ask you to  scan your thumb to be sure it's you. They have two groups: women and children and then men. They take some blood samples. Then take you to a dressing room where they ask you to undress and wear a paper gown. Then take your chest X-Rays. They ask you to get dress again. They weight you and measure you, then do a vision test. Very simple like read those letters kind of test. Then you go to a private room, get the paper gown back on. A female doctor ask you about how many kids you have, do you smoke, use drugs and then check for tattoos on your body. They ask you to get dress and go to another waiting area where they give you vaccines. I didn't have my immunization record so they recommended 3 shots. Then they ask you to go to the front desk to pay and to get your passport back. I payed a total of $425 dis. They accept cash or card, Mexican or American. I paid with my debit card. They ask you to come back after 3pm to get your results. The sealed envelope you get there can't be opened by you. You give it to the council at the time of interview. 

 

For the counsel interview they ask you to be there 30 minute before your appointment. They won't let you in before so there is no pain of getting there too early. My appointment was at 8:45. I got there at 8. There were many people waiting. When it was 8:15 they ask that all the 8:45 appointments to go and make a line. Security check you. They don't allow cell phones or make up or any food. I had a bag with all my documents, they just asked me to open it to see inside. I took so many papers just in case they would ask for something. Many people get in administrative processing because they think you might be a burden to the system if your Petitioner doesn't make enough money to support you. They have a poverty guideline table that shows how much money should show on your income tax papers according to your family size. I work but I wasn't sure if they were going to take my income to join it with my husband so I had an AOS filled up by my son in case they asked me for a cosponsor. I had 3 years of taxes. I even got the income tax transcripts for 3 years because now a day they ask for that instead of copy of your income tax. Anyway, my bag was full of this and that just in case something. 

 

At the first check point they asked me to show my passport, appointment confirmation and DS-260 confirmation. We all got a number there. Then we all went to sit outside under a shed. After about an hour they took us inside to another set of chairs and they called our number to a window. There, I saw some people having trouble because they didn't bring the paperwork they needed. They only asked me for the Mexican police report, the medical results,  my original birth certificate, my original marriage certificate and my original divorce judgement. I had all of my 5 kids original birth certificates but they didn't ask me for anything else. Let me tell you that I did everything by myself without attorney, even my 601a waiver. So I was sure everything I sent to NVC was correct. And I knew every single paper they might ask me by heart. Afterward they asked me to go to the black chairs to wait. The black chairs were just a few rows and the green chairs where about double the number of chairs. There were more people waiting in the green chairs section so I got a little nervous.

 

After about another 30 minutes waiting, they ask me and others to get up and go to the line waiting for the interview. There were two lines, one for the black chairs and other one for the green chairs. We were next to each other. There were windows on the left and on the right. The windows on the left were for the black chairs and the right for the green chairs. The two lines of people waiting were in the middle. I waited standing up about 45 minutes for my turn. You can hear every single interview. There were more windows open for the green chairs. For what I could hear, the green chairs were either Petitioned by residents or they had to be asked more questions because something wasn't clear enough for them. It seemed to me like the black chairs window would ask less questions. Maybe because the cases were easier or everything was clear and evidence complete. But that's just my opinion. Both windows would approve or give blue paper. Blue paper meant something was missing or they didn't qualify . If you got a green paper it meant everything was good and you got approved. 

 

The council I got was a young American lady. She asked for my name and then we did the swearing to tell the truth and ask you to scan your fingerprints. She asked my who was my petitioner. I said my husband. She asked if it was our first marriage. I said no, that I was divorced. She asked me for the date of my divorce. Then she asked me for the date I married my new husband. If we had kids in common(we have 3). She asked me how I met my husband. She asked me when was the first time I entered into the US. I told her the date. Then she asked me when I got out. I told her after two years and gave her the date. Then she asked when I got back. Told her all the dates I entered. Three times in total. She asked if all the times without visa and I said yes. (I have to clarify that all of the times I entered were before 1997. If you get two entrances after 1997 you get 10 years ban, there is no waiver for that.) She then asked me if I had any problems with the police or immigration services and I said no. Then she looked in the computer, got the green paper out and said congratulations you have been approved. She gave me my original papers and kept the passport. The interview lasted about 5 minutes. Sorry for the long explanation but before I got my appt I was also curious of how it went for other people and loved to read details. Good luck to all!

 

Oh I forgot. My interview was on a Friday and then Monday was Memorial Day. On Wednesday morning I got an email that my package was ready to be picked up. It took 10 minutes for me to get it at the same place where we do biometric's appointment. The same day I entered through Cd Juarez Zaragoza bridge. Walking. It took 30min waiting for the officer to stamp my passport. They give you a visa good for one year but they tell you to pay online $220 for USCIS to process your residence card. 

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! Was very insightful!

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Hi Guys!

I just received an interview date for the last week of July 2019!

i601a was approved mid september. 

it was a long wait! 9 months waiting to hear from them.

thank you @mommyde5 for sharing your experience, it's informative to hear what my husband and I will be going through.

 

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19 minutes ago, BrendyLee said:

Hi Guys!

I just received an interview date for the last week of July 2019!

i601a was approved mid september. 

it was a long wait! 9 months waiting to hear from them.

thank you @mommyde5 for sharing your experience, it's informative to hear what my husband and I will be going through.

 

Congrats! What is your receipt date and which office approved your waiver? I reached  9 months of the waiting game yesterday! 😣

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Congrats to all who got approved!

October 10 2018 receipt day 

Potomac  service center 

Prints end of November 

I saw approvals from Nebraska w similar dates to mine and even after 

Anybody has any info on Potomac October dates ? Any info would be greatly appreciated 

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15 hours ago, mommyde5 said:

Sure. At the medical appointment they ask for your consular appointment confirmation and your passport. They take your finger print to log into the system. Every exam they do they ask you to  scan your thumb to be sure it's you. They have two groups: women and children and then men. They take some blood samples. Then take you to a dressing room where they ask you to undress and wear a paper gown. Then take your chest X-Rays. They ask you to get dress again. They weight you and measure you, then do a vision test. Very simple like read those letters kind of test. Then you go to a private room, get the paper gown back on. A female doctor ask you about how many kids you have, do you smoke, use drugs and then check for tattoos on your body. They ask you to get dress and go to another waiting area where they give you vaccines. I didn't have my immunization record so they recommended 3 shots. Then they ask you to go to the front desk to pay and to get your passport back. I payed a total of $425 dis. They accept cash or card, Mexican or American. I paid with my debit card. They ask you to come back after 3pm to get your results. The sealed envelope you get there can't be opened by you. You give it to the council at the time of interview. 

 

For the counsel interview they ask you to be there 30 minute before your appointment. They won't let you in before so there is no pain of getting there too early. My appointment was at 8:45. I got there at 8. There were many people waiting. When it was 8:15 they ask that all the 8:45 appointments to go and make a line. Security check you. They don't allow cell phones or make up or any food. I had a bag with all my documents, they just asked me to open it to see inside. I took so many papers just in case they would ask for something. Many people get in administrative processing because they think you might be a burden to the system if your Petitioner doesn't make enough money to support you. They have a poverty guideline table that shows how much money should show on your income tax papers according to your family size. I work but I wasn't sure if they were going to take my income to join it with my husband so I had an AOS filled up by my son in case they asked me for a cosponsor. I had 3 years of taxes. I even got the income tax transcripts for 3 years because now a day they ask for that instead of copy of your income tax. Anyway, my bag was full of this and that just in case something. 

 

At the first check point they asked me to show my passport, appointment confirmation and DS-260 confirmation. We all got a number there. Then we all went to sit outside under a shed. After about an hour they took us inside to another set of chairs and they called our number to a window. There, I saw some people having trouble because they didn't bring the paperwork they needed. They only asked me for the Mexican police report, the medical results,  my original birth certificate, my original marriage certificate and my original divorce judgement. I had all of my 5 kids original birth certificates but they didn't ask me for anything else. Let me tell you that I did everything by myself without attorney, even my 601a waiver. So I was sure everything I sent to NVC was correct. And I knew every single paper they might ask me by heart. Afterward they asked me to go to the black chairs to wait. The black chairs were just a few rows and the green chairs where about double the number of chairs. There were more people waiting in the green chairs section so I got a little nervous.

 

After about another 30 minutes waiting, they ask me and others to get up and go to the line waiting for the interview. There were two lines, one for the black chairs and other one for the green chairs. We were next to each other. There were windows on the left and on the right. The windows on the left were for the black chairs and the right for the green chairs. The two lines of people waiting were in the middle. I waited standing up about 45 minutes for my turn. You can hear every single interview. There were more windows open for the green chairs. For what I could hear, the green chairs were either Petitioned by residents or they had to be asked more questions because something wasn't clear enough for them. It seemed to me like the black chairs window would ask less questions. Maybe because the cases were easier or everything was clear and evidence complete. But that's just my opinion. Both windows would approve or give blue paper. Blue paper meant something was missing or they didn't qualify . If you got a green paper it meant everything was good and you got approved. 

 

The council I got was a young American lady. She asked for my name and then we did the swearing to tell the truth and ask you to scan your fingerprints. She asked my who was my petitioner. I said my husband. She asked if it was our first marriage. I said no, that I was divorced. She asked me for the date of my divorce. Then she asked me for the date I married my new husband. If we had kids in common(we have 3). She asked me how I met my husband. She asked me when was the first time I entered into the US. I told her the date. Then she asked me when I got out. I told her after two years and gave her the date. Then she asked when I got back. Told her all the dates I entered. Three times in total. She asked if all the times without visa and I said yes. (I have to clarify that all of the times I entered were before 1997. If you get two entrances after 1997 you get 10 years ban, there is no waiver for that.) She then asked me if I had any problems with the police or immigration services and I said no. Then she looked in the computer, got the green paper out and said congratulations you have been approved. She gave me my original papers and kept the passport. The interview lasted about 5 minutes. Sorry for the long explanation but before I got my appt I was also curious of how it went for other people and loved to read details. Good luck to all!

 

Oh I forgot. My interview was on a Friday and then Monday was Memorial Day. On Wednesday morning I got an email that my package was ready to be picked up. It took 10 minutes for me to get it at the same place where we do biometric's appointment. The same day I entered through Cd Juarez Zaragoza bridge. Walking. It took 30min waiting for the officer to stamp my passport. They give you a visa good for one year but they tell you to pay online $220 for USCIS to process your residence card. 

This was so detailed, I love it. Thank you for sharing your experience. I def. Wanted to know what it was like so I can tell my husband to kinda know what to expect during his interview. 

Best of luck to everyone else.

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On 6/26/2019 at 10:30 PM, mommyde5 said:

In my long explanation I forgot to mention that the council asked me what kind of work I did and what kind of work my husband do. Then she asked for my tax transcripts for 2018. Only that year. But I heard in other windows that sometimes they do ask for 3 years. I guess it depends. Every case is different. 

Thank you so much for all those details!!!

 

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Update. Hubby’s 601a was approved and our lawyer forwarded an electronic copy. Approval date was in April. We still have not received our original copy in the mail. A month ago lawyer submitted request to resend but still nothing. I just submitted a 2nd request. Had to wait 30 days to resend. This is a problem because here in FL you can get a temporary Driver’s License with an approved 601a.

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