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| Vancouver, Canada |  Review on March 26, 2007: |
misa
Rating:  | Review Topic: K3 Visa
Interview was scheduled for March 19th at 10 a.m.
Got to the consulate at 9:30 a.m. and the entrance is sort of hidden along the side of a building. I was expecting a big U.S. flag but there wasn't any. There was a line up there with visa appointment times so we stood in the 10 a.m. line since there was no security guard outside yet. When she came out she asked if anyone was there for K visas and she fast tracked us.
First security checkpoint they looked at the interview date letter, looked through the accordian folder and then was told to go upstairs. One flight of stairs and there was another security guard who looked at the letter (initialed by the first checkpoint), let us in the elevator and used her security to get us to the 20th floor.
At the 20th floor there was another checkpoint and they went through everything again and then we were led to the "K" section that is to the left of the waiting room. The K section consisted of 4 blue chairs right by a row of windows. We were the first K applicants to get there. Soon 2 others joined us.
The window finally opened at 10 and since I was the first to get there, she dealt with me first. She asked me for my paperwork and asked me a few questions at the same time (e.g., have you or your husband every been married, etc.). When she got to the medical, she opened it and frowned because the doctor forgot to check off some things! She told me she'd need to get them to fax something to her and hopefully it wouldn't delay my processing. She went off to call them and I could hear her leaving them a very terse and long message. Then she told me to go to the cashier and pay my $100 USD and come back.
By the time I got back she had already received the fax from them thankfully and she called up the next person. When the 3rd person was done she told us to go to get our fingerprints done (just 1 index finger on each hand), then we came back and waited.
Then I was instructed to go to the last window for my interview. The CO was extremely nice and pleasant and the questions were phrased more like a conversation even though I know they were asking to find out if we were telling the truth:
- how did you meet
- when did you meet
- what attracted you to each other
- some general questions about the message board we met on
- what do you do for a living (to my husband)
- what do you do in Canada for a living
And then it was over just like that. He said it was a straightforward case and to come back at 2 p.m. to pick up the visa. I asked if I needed any papers and he said no, just come back at 2 p.m. (it was 11 a.m. at that time)
We were relieved but I wasn't going to relax until I got that visa in hand! So we killed a few hours, came back at 2, was given my passport with my visa, an instruction sheet and the sealed white envelope.
And that was it! Yay! 
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #1424