Warsaw, Poland Embassy Interview Experience IR1 IR2 family visas

[ZRomper 42]

Hello everyone!!

 

25 months have flown by and today my wife and my daughter went in for the IR1/IR2 interviews at Warsaw, Poland. They were approved!!! 🥳🥳🥳

 

I want to share some tips and general helpful information for people going through this embassy in particular or other embassies as some things are similar.

1. Get your tax transcripts vs tax return copies. At the Warsaw embassy in particular, you will be asked to provide transcripts. My wife didn't even have to show the I-864 or any tax forms or bank stubs because I uploaded 2 transcripts to NVC and they saw this. This was enough. While 3 people were turned away because they only had their tax copies but no transcripts!!
2. For Warsaw in particular, you cannot self-certify a translation. Thankfully I saw this bullet point on the Warsaw embassy's website last week and we got all our translations signed and stamped at a translator. Embassy does not need a notarized translation; they just want to see a nice stamp and signature and that this is a valid business.
3. My wife was only asked these questions:
   1. Who filed your I-130?
   2. Where did you and your husband meet?
   3. What do you do for a living and what is your employment history?
   4. Where will you live and where does your husband live? Keep in mind I lived for 10 years outside the US and have my sister's address and my mailing address. This was enough. Even though we've had our kids enrolled at a US online school in Florida, I transferred large sums of money to the US and provided this info, I have an active US bank account and a US job. They didn't ask for any of this.
4. The translators do a great job of helping people. In general, everyone was very friendly and assistive.
5. Don't mumble and don't lie, this is something they watch for. Give straight and honest answers. 

[JeanneAdil 6,581]

Congratulations

[BenNomad 89]

Congratulations to you and your family! Thank you so much for those great tips!!

 

I was planning to give my wife a copy of my tax transcript to take to the interview (I downloaded it from the IRS after getting DQ) but sounds like I could go ahead and upload it to the CEAC site now, even though no one at this point has asked for it. Is there any reason not to upload it now, months before the interview?

[ZRomper 42]

20 hours ago, BenNomad said:

Congratulations to you and your family! Thank you so much for those great tips!!

 

I was planning to give my wife a copy of my tax transcript to take to the interview (I downloaded it from the IRS after getting DQ) but sounds like I could go ahead and upload it to the CEAC site now, even though no one at this point has asked for it. Is there any reason not to upload it now, months before the interview?

You can, definitely. No harm in uploading and submitting now once the interview is scheduled.

 

 

Btw, just got an SMS that our visas are ready to pick up today. Will pick them up tomorrow. That was super fast! 🥳🥳🥳

Edited July 24, 2023 by ZRomper