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| Guayaquil, Ecuador |  Review on November 28, 2012: |
amyjohans
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
We arrived at the consulate at 6:30 am for our 7:15 am interview. Besides myself there weren't any other gringos there with family members. When you arrive make sure you have the print out of the email attachment with the interview information because they will keep the front page when you are going in. Also for CR1/IR1 you need 2 passport size photos. Just in case you don't need to bring your x-rays to the interview.
They let us inside the gate a little after 7 am and then we waited in a few different lines before going inside. They made us wait for about half an hour before taking our relationship evidence and remaining documents and asking a few questions. They rejected the first affidavit of support I had submitted but accepted the one I had brought to the interview just in case.
It is pretty chilly inside so don't forget to bring a sweater or wear a long sleeve shirt.
After 2+ hours more of waiting we were called up for an interview with the consul. He reviewed our papers, asked a few questions about where we planned to work and he wanted to make sure that we were planning to live in the states since we had been living in Ecuador for the past 2 years. He also asked a couple of strange questions trying to throw my husband off (I guess they must use questions like that to try and catch people who are lying), like if he knew he had stayed illegal in the states when he was there on a J-1 visa (which wasn't true) or if he was there in 2009 (when really he was there in 2007. Anyways after about 10 questions he said the visa had been approved.
Basically if you go well prepared you'll do fine and mostly be bored since they make you wait a lot and you can't bring in books or magazines or anything to pass the time.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #10979