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| Sydney, Australia |  Review #19595 on May 26, 2016: |
smarty18
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Greetings,
We had a great experience. As many have mentioned previously, very high level of security. We went up to the 10th floor, had paperwork sorted and then went through security screening.I forgot to print out DS-160 and the lady said it was okay and if I needed they would direct me where to go an print it. We were escorted to the elevator which took us up to level 68? Again, officer checked our passports and buzzed through the doors. Walked up to machine and selected visa option (2 options only). We got a receipt with a number and then we waited until our number was called. So our appointment was 8:15 but it seemed like whoever got a ticket first, got called first.
Anyway, the interview was for my spouse but I tagged along as his English is limited. We finally got called after an hour, lady sorted our paperwork again and checked all originals, grabbed our file, and asked questions like "have you been to the US?", "are you in the army?", "previous marriage... read complete review
| | | Sydney, Australia | Review #19493 on May 11, 2016: |
aislinn76
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
The interview itself was really painless, just asked a few general questions about my fiance; where she worked, where she lived etc. Took less than five minutes and they told me I was approved. The actual building and procedure leading to the interview is all very high security and some what intimidating. You begin by going through a metal detector and surrendering your belongings, then you are taken to an elevator that takes you up 40 floors, from that point you go into another office where all of your conversations will be through bulletproof glass. You show your id and get buzzed through to the interview room. The interview room is setup like a bank with a bunch of different windows, again, more bulletproof glass and talking through microphones. The staff were all really nice and polite, it is just the building that makes you feel like you are in a George Orwell novel.
| | | Sydney, Australia | Review #19375 on April 26, 2016: |
jmayers89
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My appointment was at 8:45am. Like it is suggested in previous reviews, i arrived at 8:30 and the girls checked my paperwork. They had some trouble finding my name on the appointment list.
I was given a packet containing just the essential documents and sent to a security guard who checked for my name on some list, also missing. He rang his boss and within 5 minutes that was resolved, pheew.
I went upstairs and took a number and waited about 10 minutes before being called to a window. This woman collected my pack of forms and confirmed a few things with me about documents and my medical. I then sat back down and waiting about 30 minutes before being called back to another window.
I was asked about my fiance, how we met, have I met her family, have I visited them in the USA, what did she do for work and how the relationship progressed. About 5 minutes of questions then told my visa would arrive in about a week.
| | | Sydney, Australia | Review #19336 on April 19, 2016: |
Rickey&Char
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I had my interview yesterday, April 19th and the process was really good, very easy.
Security process is exactly as mentioned in orevious posts whereby you head to level 10 and have a couple of girls separate out the mandatory documents you need. They will ask you if you want to submit anything else, which of course is your choice, but you are allowed to take all your paperwork with you so it's not necessary. Once that's done, you will walk through security, check your bag, phone etc into a pigeon hole then wait to be escorted in the lift to level 59 for the interview.
Once you arrive up there you'll take a number and have a seat until you're called up. As everyone else has mentioned -- THERE IS NO PRIVACY. The interviewers sit behind a pane of glass (much like at a bank) and speak into a microphone / speaker. My number was called about 5 minutes after I took a seat to head to a different window where another lady went through the mandatory documents the p... read complete review
| | | Sydney, Australia | Review #19258 on April 6, 2016: |
oscarandangela
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Our personal experience was really great, actually. Everyone was very nice, and I was with my husband, the immigrant at the time so I attended the interview with him. My husband lives in Perth, the west coast of Aus, so we flew into Sydney the morning before the interview. Our interview was on the 5th of April. We got there the 4th, and basically just enjoyed ourselves, relaxed, and prepared ourselves for the interview. The interview was scheduled for 10:45 am, we made sure to get there at around 10:15 to go through security. The actual consulate is located in the MLC building, and you have to go up to the 10th floor to go through security. The girls at the I guess what you'd call check-in were very friendly and nice, they went through all of the files and took out what they'd think we'd need, and put them into a white folder. They also allowed us to take up all of our other documents and photos with no issue. Then, we went through security, had to remove our shoes, so please keep in ... read complete review
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