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|  Review on June 25, 2014: |
Kev&Manda
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Interview was 05/28/14 @7:30am. We got there about 7:20am, there was about 80 people waiting online. There was two lines, one with about 15 people and one line with a lot of people. We asked the security lady where to go, because we have a 7:30 interview, she told us stand on the short line. (Am guessing the short line was for people with visa interview’s and the long line was for people going for tourist visa etc.) A few minutes later a lady came out and called a few people at a time and checked their passport’s and looked at their interview letter. We were then let into the building, the security lady told me to take everything from my wife, her bags etc.. (They have lockers to put cellphones in, but the lest stuff you take the better for you. No liquid’s, lotion’s etc., leave all that stuff home. We took nothing except interview stuff & passports) My wife went thru the metal detectors first, then I had to put everything down in a box for the machine to scan it, I went thru the metal detectors and the security lady said she had to look through the photo albums, to see if we have any electronics in between. Then we went in the court yard, made sure we had everything. Then we went into the building, there was a guy at the front with a small desk, he ask us for the interview letter and told us to go sit at the far right part of the building. Within two minutes, my wife’s name was called to go window 8, (It’s a glass window & some counter space, you stand up facing the person) the lady was nice, she asked my wife her name and ask her to spell it out, and gave her the domestic abuse paper, for her to read. She asked me for my original birth certificate. I handed her it, and she handed me back everything I ever sent USCIS & NVC. All my paperwork that I submitted with the I-130 she gave me, every single paper I sent NVC she gave me back with the envelope’s I sent them in. She said they don’t need it no more. She then ask my wife to put her finger’s on the scanner, after she did her print’s the lady told us to go sit down and wait for our name to be called. We went back and sat down, I was just looking through our paper’s we had, and I told her to just check out the domestic abuse paper, because I knew they was going to ask her if she looked over it. About ten minutes later, my wife’s name was called to go to window 10 (located towards the back of the building) the lady was a nice who interviewed us. She asked my wife to put up her right hand, and swear she’s who she is and will answer truthfully. Then she asked who I was, my wife said her husband. First thing she asked was did my wife looked over the domestic abuse paper. She said yes. I was standing to the side against the wall, my wife stand up in front the window. These are the question’s she asked my wife. When did we meet? Where did we meet? Where do I work? What do I do at work? Then the lady asked me if that’s true, about the where I work. I said yes. She then asked Do I have any kids? How do we talk to each other? Do we talk to each other every day? When did we legally got married? Did we have a wedding? How many guest’s at the wedding? How many time’s after the wedding, did I visit her? Do we have any photo’s? My wife said yes two albums, and then the lady asked me to bring the albums to the end of the hallway, and pass it through the door. I did and she take it back to the window and looked through the first 3 pages. Then she asked me to go back and get the albums from her. When I came back she said to my wife. Congratulations your visa has been approved! Come next Tuesday at 2pm and pick it up. I was smiling, my wife was smiling. We told her thank you very much. She was a nice lady. As we were walking back to exit the building, inside the building was full of people, every seat was taken. We were back outside by 8:15am. We didn’t have a hard time, or didn’t even wait that long, I was surprised because the other review’s I read here on the website, people talk about waiting a while and stuff. (Make sure you take everything you possibly can, it’s better to have it and not need it, then to need it and not have it) We took phone records from 2011, about 200 pages, cell phone history, 2 photo albums, ticket stubs, airline receipt’s, wedding receipt’s etc. The review’s I read here, had me scared that this was going to happen, that was going to happen. Overall the embassy was better than I excepted. I hope this review can help as much people as possible. Thanks Visa Journey!!!
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