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| France |  Review #20036 on July 28, 2016: |
Soflatlndr
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Here is how my day went for the K1 Visa Interview in Paris:
Appointment was set online by me, for July 27th 10:30. I spent a total of 45 mins at the consulate.
The embassy’s address is 2 avenue Gabriel. You have to walk on the opposite sidewalk to get to the Consulate, and wait for an officer to let you cross and go through security.
About 8 of us had appointments set for 10:30 that day, and they started to let us in at 10:25.
The first step is to go through a first security check outside the consulate, where an officer checks your bag and throws away any food or drinks you may have. Make sure to bring as small of a bag as you can as suitcases are not allowed inside. Also, you can bring your phone, which will be kept in a bag and stored away until you leave the consulate. No laptops are allowed and they will not store it away for you.
The second step is to go through a first document check outside the consulate. Officers will make sure you... read complete review
| | | France | Review #19686 on June 8, 2016: |
christennant
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Interview was straightforward -- we checked in 15 minutes before the interview time. There was a basic document check at check-in, then we went into a big room with two lines, one for the pre-interview document check, and the second for the interview itself. The pre-interview document check was straightforward, as was the interview that followed -- just a few questions for Giuditta -- when did you meet your fiancee, what's your job, have you lived anywhere other than France and Italy, what's your fiancé's job, has he lived in France with you. Then the consular officer stamped the application and said, "everything is in order, the visa is approved, you should get your visa in two weeks."
One thing that I hadn't fully grasped is that it's a good thing for the petitioner to come with the applicant. It's not required, and I'm sure Giuditta would have done fine if I hadn't been there. But the consular officer did direct a few questions to me (about my divorces and my ... read complete review
| | | France | Review #19662 on June 2, 2016: |
Mandinea
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Quelques petites infos utiles:
- le Consulat envoie à présent les Packets 3 & 4 en un seul et même mail, au fiancé américain. Contrairement à avant, le même mail vous demande à la fois de remplir le DS-160, puis de prendre rdv vous-même avec eux via le site www.usvisa-info.com. Il n'y a plus à attendre qu'une date de rdv vous soit imposée, c'est à présent à vous de la choisir.
- les rdv disponibles pour le K1 sont tous les mercredis matin. J'ai pu prendre un rdv pour le 1er mercredi que je souhaitais sans souci (quasiment aucun délai), mais ce qui déterminera votre date de rdv sera surtout votre chance à avoir +/- rapidement un rdv médical, avant. Par chance j'ai pu faire: le lundi radio et prise de sang (sans rdv, vérifier simplement leurs heures d'ouverture), le mardi rdv médical, le mercredi rdv au consulat, ce qui m'a pérmis de faire un seul voyage sur Paris, de 3 jours.
- mon fiancé avait préparé pour moi un affi... read complete review
| | | France | Review #19591 on May 25, 2016: |
Hamidparis
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Had my interview today,
Everything went really well, my appointment was 9.30 and got there early, I was allowed in at around quarter past and everything was really well organize as you can imagine.
First had to do an airport security check before showing my passport and interview letter, they ask me to mull out some documents, DS260, police certificate, passport, medical result.
Then I was invited to get in and they took all electronics from me (cell phone, iwatch ...), then you can finally enter the embassy where i waited to get to the first counter, a french lady asked me all the paper work and took all originals document, she did the biometric (finger print), she was serious and efficient.
After that I was invited to wait on a line where the interview takes place, I was a bit stressed because someone was standing behind the lady consular, I quickly realized that it was only a guy who was training to do the job. She asked me few... read complete review
| | | France | Review #19550 on May 20, 2016: |
bleuenns
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People at the embassy were very nice, and my interview went well, but I feel there's a general lack of efficiency in communication, which was particularly nerve-wracking.
First, you can't bring your laptop or two mobile phones to the embassy. I now it says so here, but how hard is it to put it on the letters they send you ? I, and several people, had to spend 30mn searching for a hotel that would let us drop our computers for 5 euros. That was very stressful, right before the interview. Then, they said a document that wasn't on the list was missing. Had I known that a few weeks earlier, I wouldn't have had to Fedex it from the US, lost money and time. They simply had checked the wrong box while processing my case.
Last but not least, ten days after my interview, I started calling and e-mailing the embassy, and no one could tell me where my passport was. They kept telling me I was going to receive an e-mail and a tracking number on the AIS website when they had ma... read complete review
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