JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2019 ARGENTINA K1 INTERVIEWS

[C-ma'am 684]

4 hours ago, Greenbaum said:

Why are you quoting me? You should direct your post to the OP who asked the question.

 

Your reply is common knowledge for me.

Because I can quote you to highlight an answer without it being a response to you. 

[andreaam 514]

Hey guys! I’m in Buenos Aires! Tomorrow is the Medical Exam and on Thursday is the Interview. I’ll keep you up dated!

[lily90 32]

3 hours ago, andreaam said:

Hey guys! I’m in Buenos Aires! Tomorrow is the Medical Exam and on Thursday is the Interview. I’ll keep you up dated!

suerte!!!

[andreaam 514]

Medical Exam ✅ checked!

I did it with Dr Grillo. I went to the Trinidad de Palermo hospital (Sinclair street), we were about 5 people doing the same exam for the embassy. 

You go to the secretary desk at the time you agreed with the doctor and then they make you go to another desk near by to pay for the blood test and x-ray $550 pesos

Then you go to a waiting room where you wait until the doctor calls you. 

Once you are in the room with her, she will ask you for the passport photos, case number and your passport. She will give you the prescription for every test you have to take and you will pay her fee there $2000 pesos

You do all tests in the same hospital but the one that is around the corner (Cerviño street). Level -1 you do the line in laboratory and the secretary will tell you to go to another desk to pay the fee for the Tuberculosis test that is USD 175.

Once you are back with the receipt, the secretary will give you a container to collect your urine. There’s a bathroom in front of the desk, you collect it and then you give it back to the secretary. 

Next, you go to a waiting room and without so much waiting a nurse will call you to take out the blood. 

After that you go to the x-ray desk (is all in the same floor and is easy to know where everything is because there are signs everywhere) and you will wait until they call your name. For the test they make you take out every jewelry you have and in my case also my bra. 

So blood test is done, urine is done, x-ray is done, you have to come back to the another building (Sinclair street) level 1, and if you have some vaccine missing you have to go to ‘vacunatorio’ that is on the right. You will pay whatever cost is for the vaccine you are missing and you will wait they call your name.

At this point it was 10am and I was there at 8. I waited outside Dr Grillo office and after 20 minutes she called me. She completed some information in the computer and then she took my blood pressure, listen my heart, measured my height and weight and tested my visual. After that she told to come back at 4pm for the results. 

I went again at 4. The medical was approved. She gave me the closed envelope I have to take with me to the embassy. 

Total time spent: 2hours in the morning and then picking the results 15minutes 

Total cost: $10250 + vaccine cost (it depends every case, I paid 400 for influenza but the guy that followed to me had to pay 4000, I don’t know why)

Dra Grillo and the stuff are really nice.

P/S: Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to tell what to expect. And sorry if there are some typo mistakes, I’m writing through my phone. 

[Fer Schvarztman 217]

Hi everyone!, you all getting ready for the last k1 steps?, sooner than later, you'll.be with your loved one 😊

 

Wanted to let you all know my experience at the port of entery in NY: 

The officer was nice, asked me for my passport, and did biometrics of my four fingers on the right hand. Explaind I was there under a K1 visa, gave him the closed envelope, xray and medical paperwork dra grillo created with the vaccinations. 

Asked me how we met, when we were going to get married and congratulated me. 

Then he accompained me to another room, with other officers who created the I94 Form, and directed me how to download it from the cbp.gov website. Said you are wellcome! And that was it. 

 

After that I could get my luggage and met my fiance. I believe It took 30min max. 

They stamped my passport, added the date when my 90 days will expire, and treated my visa as "visitor". Don't remember who asked if the k1 visa needed greencard processing. 

 

Hope this info helps  😊

Edited April 24, 2019 by Fernanda R Sanz

[cyndirocham 2]

14 hours ago, andreaam said:

Medical Exam ✅ checked!

I did it with Dr Grillo. I went to the Trinidad de Palermo hospital (Sinclair street), we were about 5 people doing the same exam for the embassy. 

You go to the secretary desk at the time you agreed with the doctor and then they make you go to another desk near by to pay for the blood test and x-ray $550 pesos

Then you go to a waiting room where you wait until the doctor calls you. 

Once you are in the room with her, she will ask you for the passport photos, case number and your passport. She will give you the prescription for every test you have to take and you will pay her fee there $2000 pesos

You do all tests in the same hospital but the one that is around the corner (Cerviño street). Level -1 you do the line in laboratory and the secretary will tell you to go to another desk to pay the fee for the Tuberculosis test that is USD 175.

Once you are back with the receipt, the secretary will give you a container to collect your urine. There’s a bathroom in front of the desk, you collect it and then you give it back to the secretary. 

Next, you go to a waiting room and without so much waiting a nurse will call you to take out the blood. 

After that you go to the x-ray desk (is all in the same floor and is easy to know where everything is because there are signs everywhere) and you will wait until they call your name. For the test they make you take out every jewelry you have and in my case also my bra. 

So blood test is done, urine is done, x-ray is done, you have to come back to the another building (Sinclair street) level 1, and if you have some vaccine missing you have to go to ‘vacunatorio’ that is on the right. You will pay whatever cost is for the vaccine you are missing and you will wait they call your name.

At this point it was 10am and I was there at 8. I waited outside Dr Grillo office and after 20 minutes she called me. She completed some information in the computer and then she took my blood pressure, listen my heart, measured my height and weight and tested my visual. After that she told to come back at 4pm for the results. 

I went again at 4. The medical was approved. She gave me the closed envelope I have to take with me to the embassy. 

Total time spent: 2hours in the morning and then picking the results 15minutes 

Total cost: $10250 + vaccine cost (it depends every case, I paid 400 for influenza but the guy that followed to me had to pay 4000, I don’t know why)

Dra Grillo and the stuff are really nice.

P/S: Sorry for the long post. Just wanted to tell what to expect. And sorry if there are some typo mistakes, I’m writing through my phone. 

Good, thanks for the info. About the USD 175, how did you pay it? in dollars or in pesos? and another question.... the influenza vaccine is it necessary to have it everytime of the year or it depends if it's summer or winter season?

[andreaam 514]

41 minutes ago, cyndirocham said:

Good, thanks for the info. About the USD 175, how did you pay it? in dollars or in pesos? and another question.... the influenza vaccine is it necessary to have it everytime of the year or it depends if it's summer or winter season?

You pay everything in pesos, so they make the exchange to whatever the rate is. Yesterday was 7700 pesos. 

Here in Argentina they start giving the influenza vaccine around this time, but for the medical exam it doesn’t matter what season you are in. You have to have in order to have your medical exam approved. 

The hospital accept debit/credit card. Except for the 2000 pesos fee foe the doctor that is in cash. 

Edited April 24, 2019 by andreaam

[lily90 32]

Holaa!!! despues de dos semanas me mandaron las instrucciones, recien y porque les mande desde un correo nuevo jaja, bueno al DS160 lo hice hace 2 semanas supongo no hay problema, esta noche voy a ver que turnos encuentro disponible. 

[Fer&Nancy 15]

38 minutes ago, lily90 said:

Holaa!!! despues de dos semanas me mandaron las instrucciones, recien y porque les mande desde un correo nuevo jaja, bueno al DS160 lo hice hace 2 semanas supongo no hay problema, esta noche voy a ver que turnos encuentro disponible. 

Felicitaciones!

 

En mi caso el caso se mando (NVC --> BA) el 2/4/2019 y todavia no recibi mails para avanzar 🙁.

Tengo el DS160 listo para submit, el P3 casi completo, entrevista con Dra Grillo programada, etc. Solo necsito recibir ese email. 

Escribi ayer a BuenosAires-IV@state.gov a ver que dicen. Llame al 11-5984-1910 pero eso es solo para entrevistas

 

Aguna otra forma de contactarse con la embajada?

Toca esperar?

 

Saludos

 

Fer

[lily90 32]

3 minutes ago, Fer&Nancy said:

Felicitaciones!

 

En mi caso el caso se mando (NVC --> BA) el 2/4/2019 y todavia no recibi mails para avanzar 🙁.

Tengo el DS160 listo para submit, el P3 casi completo, entrevista con Dra Grillo programada, etc. Solo necsito recibir ese email. 

Escribi ayer a BuenosAires-IV@state.gov a ver que dicen. Llame al 11-5984-1910 pero eso es solo para entrevistas

 

Aguna otra forma de contactarse con la embajada?

Toca esperar?

 

Saludos

 

Fer

te fijaste en el status de tu caso?fijate aca https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=WwjqOlbeRYzCYubaSQI+RA==

si te sale ready, es que ya llego, que for la fecha seguro. El mio se envio la misma fecha y llego el 9, pero me enviaron las instrucciones hoy, insistimos con los email, yo hoy les escribi de mi GMAIL hoy y a la media hora me contestaron, pero antes les mande como 4 email y nada, por eso desde el 9 que estabamos esperando las instrucciones.

[andreaam 514]

6 minutes ago, Fer&Nancy said:

Felicitaciones!

 

En mi caso el caso se mando (NVC --> BA) el 2/4/2019 y todavia no recibi mails para avanzar 🙁.

Tengo el DS160 listo para submit, el P3 casi completo, entrevista con Dra Grillo programada, etc. Solo necsito recibir ese email. 

Escribi ayer a BuenosAires-IV@state.gov a ver que dicen. Llame al 11-5984-1910 pero eso es solo para entrevistas

 

Aguna otra forma de contactarse con la embajada?

Toca esperar?

 

Saludos

 

Fer

Lamentablemente toca esperar. Como es el caso de Lily, hay que esperar a que envíen el mail o la carta por correo. 

@Javier Mera me parece que estuvo en la situación de espera también y desde la

embajada le dijeron que espere hasta que ellos le avisen. 

[andreaam 514]

3 minutes ago, lily90 said:

te fijaste en el status de tu caso?fijate aca https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?eQs=WwjqOlbeRYzCYubaSQI+RA==

si te sale ready, es que ya llego, que for la fecha seguro. El mio se envio la misma fecha y llego el 9, pero me enviaron las instrucciones hoy, insistimos con los email, yo hoy les escribi de mi GMAIL hoy y a la media hora me contestaron, pero antes les mande como 4 email y nada, por eso desde el 9 que estabamos esperando las instrucciones.

Fundamental lo del tracker! Para saber dónde está. Pero no avances hasta que no te contacte la embajada porque te pueden penalizar según lo que he leído en otros foros acá en VJ. 

[lily90 32]

Just now, andreaam said:

Fundamental lo del tracker! Para saber dónde está. Pero no avances hasta que no te contacte la embajada porque te pueden penalizar según lo que he leído en otros foros acá en VJ. 

penalizar? porque podrian?

[andreaam 514]

2 minutes ago, lily90 said:

penalizar? porque podrian?

Porque no esperas a que te digan que ya procesaron tu petición. No se como será acá en Arg. Y la penalización según leí en otros foros puede ser que no te den fecha de entrevista. 

Por ejemplo una situación, justo estuve ayer en el examen médico con un chico de Tucuman que mandó el P3 antes de que la embajada le mandara las instrucciones y desde la embajada le enviaron que para futuras acciones espere lnstrucciones por vía mail o correo pero no le mencionaron nada de penalización. 

[lily90 32]

Just now, andreaam said:

Porque no esperas a que te digan que ya procesaron tu petición. No se como será acá en Arg. Y la penalización según leí en otros foros puede ser que no te den fecha de entrevista. 

Por ejemplo una situación, justo estuve ayer en el examen médico con un chico de Tucuman que mandó el P3 antes de que la embajada le mandara las instrucciones y desde la embajada le enviaron que para futuras acciones espere lnstrucciones por vía mail o correo pero no le mencionaron nada de penalización. 

ah claro, yo porque me quede pensando que hice el DS160 sin las instrucciones y al final uno firma diciendo que sabe sus derechos los cuales estan en las instrucciones, y como que no se si hacerlo de nuevo.