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| Ukraine |  Review on November 28, 2012: |
pinoyukrenyc
Rating:  | Review Topic: General Review
Interview was quicker than i have read here! it only took us 40 minutes. Time was 8:30am. Was at the gate around 7:30am. Came in at 8:30am. After the Security Scan and Getting a Ticket Number, a minute or two gone by and our number was called right away! (809 when we came ours was 811)... Lady behind window asked my fiancee for DS-156/230 papers, my fiancee said "do you need attachments, supporting documents?" strange but the lady said "there is no attachment for this form" my fiancee then replied "my supporting papers, birth certificate, police clearance, I-134 etc." ..lady said "do you have it?" "Yes, I do" "Ok give me" ??? (this is weird  ) Anyway, then she asked "did you meet online?" fiancee:"nope, we used to work together" I forgot what other questions she was asking fiancee in ukrainian language. We then was asked to wait to be called for interview (LOL my fiancee and I thought it was the interview already) 9:00am we sat down and around 9:40am we were called by another woman... After swearing, she began asking questions. to my fiance:"How did you meet?" (we work in the same company etc.) "did you meet his family already" (yes, only online) "do you plan on meeting them in person?" (yes as a matter of fact, if my visa gets approved, we are planning on going home to philippines next year so I can meet them) and then to me:"did you meet her parents?" (yes, online) "where are you planning to stay?" (in New York, in my apartment) "you have an apartment?" (yes, i do in manhattan) "great" "when did you propose?" (January of this year) looking at my fiancee "so what are your wedding plans?" (ah, just a simple wedding in the city hall perhaps) (Me:she doesn't like big wedding - with a big smile)
"I like those heart shaped paper clips" (fiancee: oh it's him who did that) "did you?" (yes, learned it in home economics subject LOL) "never seen one, how did you do it?" - so I showed her how to do it, and she was so amazed LOL! then "well, congratulations your visa is approved, you can pick it up at the courier you chose when you applied"
TIP 1: ORGANIZED YOUR PAPERS ACCORDINGLY! USE LARGE COLORED PAPER CLIPS! and AS MANY AS POSSIBLE TO SEPARATE EACH PAPER NEEDED! BE OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE IF YOU CAN!
TIP 2: I STRONGLY BELIEVE BEING PRESENT DURING THE INTERVIEW WORKS VERY WELL, EASEN UP THE PRESSURE YOUR FIANCEE WILL HAVE, PLUS IT SHOWS HOW MUCH YOU VALUE HER BEING THERE FOR HER IN ONE OF HER MOST IMPORTANT DAY.
TIP 3: IF INTERVIEW IS DURING WINTER - WEAR WARMMMM CLOTHING!!! GLOVES AND ALL!!! I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY ARE MAKING PEOPLE WAIT OUTSIDE IN THE COLD WITHOUT "SHED" ...WHEN I CAME INSIDE THERE WAS A WAITING AREA BUT THEY ARE NOT USING IT!
TIP 4: DRESS PROPERLY!!! COMMON YOU ARE NOT GOING TO A BAR OR CLUB TO DRINK BEER!!! LIKE THEY SAY "DRESS TO IMPRESS" "FIRST IMPRESSION LAST"
TIP 5: SMILE AND THINK IT'S JUST FORMALITY SAKE. I don't know but I guess when I submitted my I-129F I included a letter "brief in support of" that detailed our entire relationship and all evidences attached.
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