March 2022 - K1 NVC thread for Mexico

[charlottewitch 43]

@cookies&cream Wow, what an extensive and detailed writeup! Very helpful to know all of this, thank you so much 😀 I'll be passing it all along to my Mexican fiance!

 

Congratulations on finally reaching the end of your visa journey, and so too the beginning of your life journey together. I hope you have lots of fun, great memories and much luck in all of your endeavors.

[M+K 34]

12 hours ago, cookies&cream said:

Medical Exam in Mexico City

First they register you, take a photo of your face and give you a bracelet. For this you have to give them the instructions letter, ds160 confirmation, the address where you will live, passport, vaccination record. 

 

Every time they do something they mark it on your bracelet and you're sent to the waiting room between the different "phases of the exam". 

 

Idk if the order changes but in my case first they took my blood sample, very quickly and the nurses are nice. 

 

Then it was the "visual exam", super simple, you just read a line of letters covering one eye first and then the other. In this same phase they took my blood pressure, oxygenation, temperature and heart rate. At the same time they asked me questions like who is your petitioner, where will you live, are you allergic to anything, do you have tattoos. 

 

Next was the x-ray. For this part you have to take off your shirt and bra and put on a robe that they give you. After they take the xray you change back into your clothes.

 

After, you are called into a room and they tell you to take everything except your underwear off and wear the same robe from the xrays phase. The nurse weighs and measures you and asks more questions about medicine you're taking, tattoos again, allergies etc. Then the doctor examines you and it's a very simple examination: he uses the stethoscope to check your breathing, he makes you lie down and touches your stomach, he looks at your hands. 

 

Depending on certain factors you might be called to see the psychologist. I had to because I take antidepressant medicine but other people were called because they said they had tasted marihuana. 

 

Some people are also asked to provide a urine sample (I think to check for drugs), luckily it wasn't my case. However, considering this it's a good idea not to pee during the exam in case they ask you for it. 

 

Last part is getting the vaccines. In my case, the doctor said he was going to contraindicate them so I didn't get any. 

 

Usually you pick up the result the same day at 1pm and that's when you pay. 

 

Biometrics 

This is the easiest part, you only need to bring your passport and ds160 confirmation. I was there only like 10 minutes, it's really fast.

 

Dropping off documents

This part was really quick for me because that day the embassy was empty, they were only receiving k1 visa applicants, but I've read that normally this step takes like 3 hours. 

 

Anyway, when you arrive tell them you're going for k1 visa interview, they take you in directly instead of doing the giant line that tourist visa applicants do. 

 

Before going in, they help you organize the documents and they ask you for everything you will need. Passport, ds160 (the one you took to the biometrics appointment), original and copy of birth certificates (petitioner and beneficiary), the petitioner's passport (only the copy if you don't have the original), police clearance, passport style photos, i134, taxes, evidence of the relationship. Oh and the divorce decrees if that is your case. 

 

After they put everything in order they send you in. Remember you can't bring ANY electronics, don't bring the CD they give you at the medical exam, no liquids. 

 

When the consul calls you they ask for the documents one by one and they ask you some questions. In my case it was:

 

What's your name?

Who is your fiancé?

Where will you live?

Have you been married before?

Has he been married?

Do any of you have children?

Do you have tattoos?

Did you have a visa before?

Have you ever had any problems with the law in Mexico?

And in the US?

 

Then they give you a paper with a number (which will be the number they call when it's your turn for the interview the following day) and showing which documents you missed (in my case it was just the medical).

 

Interview

This time it was a normal day so it was much slower. Now I had to wait like 2 hours to have my turn and the interview was like 3 minutes.

 

These were the questions

 

How did you and your fiancé meet?

Did you only see him once or have you spent more time together?

Where will you live in the US?

How much time were you a couple before you got engaged?

Why such a short time? (5months)

Did you have a visa before? (She had my old visa in her hands though)

Have you had any immigration problems?

Have you had problems with the law in Mexico? And in the US?

Do you have any tattoos?

 

And then she said "everything seems okay and I will approve your visa" 

She gave me the paper that said it'd be ready in 5-7 business days and then was like "have a good day" 

 

And that's it, I hope it helps and good luck to everyone 😃😃

 

 

 

 

Thank you soooo much for this! This info is invaluable! Glad you got approved! 😬 

 

did they ever ask about what language you wanted everything done in? 

[cookies&cream 50]

On 9/20/2022 at 12:28 PM, M+K said:

Thank you soooo much for this! This info is invaluable! Glad you got approved! 😬 

 

did they ever ask about what language you wanted everything done in? 

They didn't ask me about the language, they just do it in spanish, but I've heard cases where they switch in the moment if the applicant knows english. 

[M+K 34]

13 hours ago, cookies&cream said:

They didn't ask me about the language, they just do it in spanish, but I've heard cases where they switch in the moment if the applicant knows english. 

We had the interview today and happy to report that we were approved ☺️ A big thank you to all of you on here for helping and answering questions. Y’all are truly the best

 

Are any of y’all already apart of another thread that can help guide us through the AOS process? 

[charlottewitch 43]

@M+K Congratulations!! 🥳

[cookies&cream 50]

On 9/22/2022 at 11:19 AM, M+K said:

We had the interview today and happy to report that we were approved ☺️ A big thank you to all of you on here for helping and answering questions. Y’all are truly the best

 

Are any of y’all already apart of another thread that can help guide us through the AOS process? 

Congratulations on your approval! 🥰🥰 I'm not following any AOS threads on here yet. Maybe I should start looking, hehe. 

[Andres bruno 0]

Can you guys help me! My fiancés interview is next Thursday and I have a couple questions. One is do you need to bring any documents to the actual interview or do we submit everything the day before the interview and have no documents during the interview. Also can we choose where the visa will be sent to? Because as of now mines is supposed to be sent to the CAS in Mexico City I was wondering if it can be sent to somewhere else closer since my fiancé is in Michoacán. Also what are the question asked at the interview.

[M+K 34]

10 hours ago, Andres bruno said:

Can you guys help me! My fiancés interview is next Thursday and I have a couple questions. One is do you need to bring any documents to the actual interview or do we submit everything the day before the interview and have no documents during the interview. Also can we choose where the visa will be sent to? Because as of now mines is supposed to be sent to the CAS in Mexico City I was wondering if it can be sent to somewhere else closer since my fiancé is in Michoacán. Also what are the question asked at the interview.

If you have all of your documents in order the day before the interview you will drop them off then. If not, then you will have a chance to get whatever is missing and bring the day of the interview. That happened to us. We didn’t have the medical results when we dropped off the documents so we brought it the day of the interview.

 

i believe you can change the location of the document pick up on the visa website where you paid for the biometrics appointment but they give you the location options. You have up until a certain date to change it I believe. 
 

cookies has a in depth write up of the whole process on this thread that you should read up on. I will put together the questions we got in a post later today. 

[M+K 34]

Hey guys just wanted to let y’all know we received the email letting us know that the visa is ready for pick up. Not sure what’s happening since it hasn’t even been 5 full business days yet.

[cookies&cream 50]

Hello everyone, just to let you know that I received the email saying my visa is ready for pickup yesterday.

 

This is for CDMX: I went to pick it up at like 12:30pm and they told me that pick up is only after 2pm so I had to go back at 2pm, it was a little slow, I was there like 40min. 

 

@M+K 

So cool that you already received it! Sometimes they move faster hehe. 🎉 Congratulations! 

 

[charlottewitch 43]

Congratulations again everyone!

 

My fiance had the interview today and got approved 🥳 So surreal!

 

Does the letter that informs that the visa is ready for pickup come to the sponsor's email, or the beneficiary's?

Edited September 29, 2022 by charlottewitch

[M+K 34]

16 hours ago, charlottewitch said:

Congratulations again everyone!

 

My fiance had the interview today and got approved 🥳 So surreal!

 

Does the letter that informs that the visa is ready for pickup come to the sponsor's email, or the beneficiary's?

It goes to whoever’s email you guys used to create an account on the http://ais.usvisa-info.com website

[charlottewitch 43]

32 minutes ago, M+K said:

It goes to whoever’s email you guys used to create an account on the http://ais.usvisa-info.com website

Thank you, time to refresh my inbox repeatedly for a couple days lol

[Andres bruno 0]

Hey you guys how does the port of entry work in Tijuana for k1? Can I drive straight through with my fiancé or does she have to walk through a separate lane? 

[M+K 34]

On 9/29/2022 at 6:53 AM, cookies&cream said:

Hello everyone, just to let you know that I received the email saying my visa is ready for pickup yesterday.

 

This is for CDMX: I went to pick it up at like 12:30pm and they told me that pick up is only after 2pm so I had to go back at 2pm, it was a little slow, I was there like 40min. 

 

@M+K 

So cool that you already received it! Sometimes they move faster hehe. 🎉 Congratulations! 

 

Congrats!! Have you entered the us yet? If so, what was the process like? Any other documents required other than the I-94?