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| Hong Kong, China |  Review on September 16, 2012: |
ToddRona
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Emails sent via US Hong Kong embassy website by petitioner (me) for my fiancee were usually responded to within 5 business days....some language in the answers to my questions was vague or ontradictory, so sometimes I had to ask the same question a few times or a few different ways to get an answer I felt was authoritative or satisfactory..ie., what documents should I submit with 139-F Affidavit of Support. Answer 1) "You will need to prove ability to support" Answer 2) "This may require the 139-F.' Answer 3) "You may need to provide supporting documentation."
Given those three answers, we presumed it was safest to provide the 139-F with as much supporting documentation as I could reasonably provide, but not break my neck over it.
The sample interview questions here on Visa Journey seemed to cover the types of questions my fiancee was asked, mostly biographical information about me, a little abotu "our story," and the interviewer reviewed the documentation we provided to show evidence of a continuing relationship. I tend to provide more documentation than less (3 letters rather than 1, for example, as evidence of mail communication), so I think that made it easier for my fiancee.
We practiced these questions for several months during our Skype chat time, so that she would feel very comfortable with the questions, and in different sequences. I pretnded to be a mean interviewer, a strict interviewer, a distracted interviewer, a bored interviewer, etc. By the time it was time for her interview, she was still nervous, of course, but confident that she knew the answers that were likely to be asked, becuase we had drilled on them for so long. To hear her finally say, "I feel confident' was a wonderful moment for me.
I also recruited about 20 people to pray for her on the day of her interview. I think that helped her a lot, knowing that many people were praying for her, and I came home early so that I could pray the whole time that she was at the embassy until she called me. I would want someone to do that for me, and as it turned out it went very well. The interviewer was kind and interested, even sensitive to the fact that my fiancee got emotional during the interview.
The consular official who did a kind of second review, was more strict, and he asked some tough questions that I actually appreciated, such as, "if he (me-the petitioner) becomes mean, what will you do? " and, "you've only met this guy in person for two days - " our face to face meeting - 'and you're sure you want to marry him?" Because we had gone over our story so many times, and in various sequences, with intentional interruptions and variations, she knew the material well, and used it to answer those questions, which we had not practiced or prepared for.
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