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| London, United Kingdom |  Review on January 31, 2007: |
Adriain
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I found the process reassuringly straightforward and was probably helped by having my fiancée with me on the day.
Our interview was scheduled for 09:10 but, anxious not to be late, we turned up at just after 08:00. Because the Embassy advised not to turn up in excess of 30 minutes before your interview time we thought we would have to wait around, but the woman with a clipboard outside the Embassy kindly allowed us to proceed through security. We were in the large, bright waiting area by around 08:15 and were number three in the queue for Immigrant Visa interviews. After about 30 minutes I was called up to a window where a man asked for my passport, certificates and all of my documents, with the copies, which he took away. He then asked me to pay the processing fee at another window (I had brought the $100 in USD, but they also accept payment in GBP).
I returned to the waiting area for about 30 minutes and was called up again for my interview. I had been expecting a ‘sit down’ interview but it all takes place standing at a bank-like window. I was interviewed by a pleasant young man who asked me firstly to swear that I would answer the questions honestly; I was then asked to confirm my name and some basic details about my fiancée. He looked through our file and asked some further questions about what job I hoped to do, where we would live etc. Straightforward really, not designed to trick. Then he said I was ‘approved’. Fantastic. The official then returned to me the originals of my certificates and documents, and my x-ray. He kept my passport which was returned to me two days later, along with an envelope ‘not to be opened until my arrival in the US’.
I’m not sure how long it took but the whole process was over by just after 10:00.
My advice: it may feel like it takes ages to get the fiancé visa, but once you have received your NO2 things really speed up, so be ready for that.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #1249