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| Switzerland |  Review on January 23, 2014: |
MiniKoala
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
When I arrived at the Embassy, several people were waiting outside the Embassy being confused about when/how/if/where they could enter and it made me a little nervous because I didn't know what to do either. The first person I asked led me to the wrong entrance. When I found the correct one, I was greeted by a security guard who gave me instructions. Unfortunately I had difficulties understanding his English, and I was still confused about what to do. Once I made it past the security checkpoint everything got much more pleasant.
I was brought to a smaller interview room right away (even though I was there way too early). A woman who talked in German to me went through all my documents with me to see if they were complete and then took my finger prints.
After that I was sent to the general waiting area. There were dozens of people already waiting there, but surprisingly it didn't take that long for me to be called (about 15 minutes). I didn't expect the "interview" to just be a few questions being asked at the counter in front of all the waiting people! At least I knew they wouldn't ask me any too-personal questions  He asked very generic questions à la, What does your Fiancé do?, How did you meet?, When did you decide to get married?, Were you married before?, Have you set a wedding date yet?, etc. The consular officer also took a closer look at all the pictures that we sent with our I-129f and the new ones I brought to the interview. He had no interest in seeing the Letter of Intent to Marry or all the printed chatlogs and emails I had brought.
He then said I could pick up the visa the following day, or the day after that. I asked, Does that mean it's approved? He answered that it was not 100% yet but that it looked good and I would get the definite decision in the afternoon. I had been hoping I would get the answer right away.
I was not sure I was really done with everything at this point, it seemed too easy! So I, again, asked just about every person I saw on the way out but they all confirmed that that was it!
Overall I found that people could have been more helpful and more well-organized, but everyone was friendly and everything was very quick and I was very glad!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #13693