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|  Review on June 26, 2013: |
MB & Rap
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Well here is ma review of ma medical appointment and interview date .Ma interview date was on 24th june 2013 and i scheduled ma medical appointment on 17th june 2013 , i arrived at the IOM clinic based in gigiri village market o17th at 6.30am coz ma medical appointment was at 7.30am n i was early but that day we were few people there but i would advise someone to come early coz they work on the first come first serve basis .
Before heading to Nairobi for ma medical appointment i had taken some vaccines from Uganda so as to cut costs at the clinic coz they ask for approx 23,000kenyan shillings but i saved good money when i had ma vaccines from home and i would advise someone to have there vaccines from home n thats a month earlier before yo medical appointment coz when u reach at the clinic they also consider the days of the month u had yo vaccines coz there vaccines that are meant to be had a month before u take another vaccine and here are the vaccines that i had from home before going for ma medical appointment and i had them from KCC Clinic next to christ the king church before u have to go get the yellow fever vaccine and the vaccines i had in uganda were as follows .yellow fever ,MMR,INFLUENZA,DULTAVAX,VARICELLA .
At the IOM clinic in nairobi everyone is meant to pay 135$ and then those who have not had there vaccines they also pay for the service but for ma case since MMR vaccines one is meant to have 2 doses and thats for the adult i had only taken one doze so i had to take another doze at the clinic which i paid for at 21$ coz the second doze of MMR is meant to be had after 3 weeks .so i did the chest x-ray and it was all good but be careful about the spelling of your name coz those people are too fast and in the process they end up making mistakes so i was careful with everything and even after yo medicals you have a right to ask for the results of the x-ray coz sometimes they are not clear and then they call u back a day to your interview and u have to take the x-ray again and you have to pay more money for the x-ray so u have to ask .
Then the big day arrived 24-06-2013 , i woke up at 4am and said psalms121 n i passed thru ma for DS-230 and i was good to go and i had already organised ma paper work , i had all evidences of ma relationship in one envelop , had all forms in one envelop , receipts alone , WU receipts alone ,travel documents wit ma boo in a separate envelop , tax returns and transcripts for all years in one envelop and on each envelop i put stick ons so as to remember and i made 2 copies of every document basically i was organised and its good to be organised but that day i was the only one carrying a bag that had lots of papers but i was confident and ready for whatever they are to ask and one rule is be attentive coz they can call yo number n u forget coz u r busy conversing wit other people .lol.
well i arrived at the embassy coz ma interview was at 6.30am so i arrived at 5.33am and we had to wait in the cold coz currently Nairobi is very cold so those havin there interviews in july carry warm clothes ,so we waited outside the embassy till 6am and passed thru security checks but u can also carry your phone tho they tell u to switch it off and they give you a card for leaving your phone at the security gate .After all the checkups i walked wit ma heavy bag full of evidences n i was worried that they were goin to tell me to leave ma bag at the gate but they dint so i carried ma heavy bag till the interview
javascript:emoticon(' ') . so wen i arrrived ,we entered the embassy and we were given numbers and thats the number they use to call u when takin finger prints and the final interview
So i was called by an african lady in her early 20's and she asked me whether i have ever committed a crime , whethter i have been to american , she asked for ma birth certificate and marriage certificate and she later said i wish u all the best n i was like thanks ma dia n i went back out side to be called later but it was too cold out there .
Then the second time i was called by an american babe in her early 20's too n she was pretty cool she greeted me n she told me yo welcome to amercia n she would like to take ma finger prints so i was like cool so she took ma finger prints and she told me to sit outside n i walked politely outside
The final moment came n ma number was C-404 ,They called number C-404 report to teller number 10 , i walked wit ma heavy bag politely to the CO she was an amercian lady like in her mod 30's ,she dint greet me so i said Good morning my lord, she put a smile on her face n she was happy n i smilled a lil bit n she said she wanted me to take the oath which i did take and she asked me the following questions ;
a) how did u meet?
b) where does he work ?
c)show me marriage pix and she dint look thru them coz i had alot of pix n i had organised them in a way that before marriage ,after marriage ,wedding , vacation in diff places n she said i love yo pix n i said thanx ma lord just to make her feel good of which she felt good .
And she finally said your paper work looks clean and your visa has been approved so she said pick your passport in a week which is this monday .
MA ADVISE ;
i would advise everyone goin for the interview to be smart and confident ,look into there eyes ,well i had to create a friendly talk wit the CO n it was all clean .
Keep time when going for the interview and when u arrive inside the embassy be attentive coz many people know how to get there and then get into conversations wit people and they forget that they are at the embassy for Mission Complete AKA visajavascript:emoticon(' ') so u have to be attentive even though u meet a friend at the embassy you can talk but be attentive so as to listen to your number being called .
I slept in at dream palace and it was pretty cool but expensive but its 3 mins from the IOM clinic and 10 mins walk to the embassy and later moved to sandton palace based down town where i paid 3300 kenyan shillings per nice for bed and break fast well it was a cool place but its in a congested area n by 5pm u have to be indoors but its cool n next to tuskeys supermarket n its on Taveta road and the day before ma interview i had to get a place next to the embassy and i spent one nite at Westland's in a place called Loresho , Loresho is a nice place tho expensive but secure n its 15mins to the embassy and Sandton palce is like20 mins to both the clinic and the embassy.
For all those who are to have there interviews soon i wish you the best and am ready to help so ask me and u will be answered and i would like to thank all the visa journey members coz u have been of great help to mejavascript:emoticon('')
CHEERS
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #12211