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| Panama |  Review on October 31, 2012: |
Laura&Eric
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
After 6 months we were finally approved.
We applied in may 2012 and by August we had an answer from the US embassy in panama asking us to go pick up package #3. (When we first applied we had all the documents in order and very organized; We did not hire a lawyer, we did it all by ourselves but making sure we were sending EVERYTHING they ask for) we did not have to send anymore documents after that first time.
Eric, my fiance came down to panama to be with me through this process (July) so he was able to come with me every time I had to go to the embassy to drop off and pick up documents.
I did paperwork for about 2 months (only because I was born in Argentina and needed my birth certificate from there so it was a pain having to get my brother which is in Argentina to do this paperwork for me. it took about 1 month to have the original copy in my hands)
after I drop of this doc and some others (police certificate, 6 pictures) at the embassy, they gave me the date for the intervew, told me to go pay at banco general and told me to go to either Hospital Nacional or Paitilla to get my medical exam and. (I had to pay $184 at hospital nacional. the paper thay gave me said I had to pay 69 or something like that but at the hospital they charged me $184. I think it is because I didnt have record of vaccines so they had to give me 3 different shots, did an X ray and also took a blood sample) the medical exam has to be done at least 6 days before the interview.
DAY OF THE INTERVIEW: I was so nervous because I didnt know what to expect and always heard the interview was super intimidating (I have a tourist visa and had to go to interviews in the past so I had some experience).
I brought some documents in, gave banco general receipt(which I only had to pay $160. I was confussed because in the paper they gave me, said k1 visas pay 240. so i researched, and in their webpage it says to pay 160 at banco general and then the rest at the embassy, so thats what I did.
when i gave them the receipt I asked if I had to go pay the rest there and they told me NO I only had to pay 160$ because when my fiance applied he payed $340 which covers that cost too).
After I gave them those documents the guy told me to go sit down and told me the interviewer would call me to have the final interview.
I brought with me proof of our relationship (pictures, emails, plane tickes of he coming here and me visiting, fb posts, gtalk conversations, skype, bank statements when he was here) and of course my fiance was with me.
I had to wait for about an hour until the consul called my name. I went up there with my fiance. We had the interview in English and probably lasted about 15 mins or less. He asked us about our relationship, how we met, how he proposed, asked us both about each others families asked if we brought pictures (we did so we showed him some. we only brought like 20 pics, and it was fine).
Then he said everything looked fine and in order and that we had to wait about 10 days to get back my passport. So I said: IS THAT A YES THEN? and he laughed and said YES it is a YES.... (I just needed to hear it)
So thanks God after 6 month I was finally approved and only have to go pick up my passport when they call and some package they give me to show at the port of entrance in the US..
God is good, I got my visa and I am a happy person 
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #10772