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| Frankfurt, Germany |  Review on September 24, 2014: |
chendrak
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I have to agree with all the other reviews on Frankfurt:
Everybody was super friendly, including the security guards at the entrance.
My appointment was scheduled for 9:30am. As I was a little nervous, I got to the consulate super early (8:45am) and there were already about 15 people waiting in the "non-immigrant visa" line. Luckily I was here for my K-1 visa so I could skip that whole line and wait in the "all others" line. And in that line only 2 people were in front of me. After being called to window 2, I handed over my passport and the girl inside put a sticker on the back of it. She told me to enter the building next to her to go through security. 5 minutes later I had already cleared security and followed the path towards the big building.
Inside, I went to the little information desk and handed over my DS-160 confirmation page. The guy there gave me a sheet of paper detailing the whole process I was about to go through and directed me to go to window 22 immediately.
When I got there, the guy was already waiting for me with my file. He checked if all the paperwork was complete and then asked me to sit down again and wait for my number to be called to window 19 or 21. I sat down for 2 minutes and was called to window 21.
The guy there took my fingerprints, handed me a brochure on domestic violence and showed me what I will receive in the mail, if my visa was approved. He then asked me to sit down again and wait for my number to be called again.
This time I had to wait about 5 minutes and I could see the vice consul go through our paperwork. I got a little nervous about the questions he was going to ask. He then called my name instead of my number and I went to his window. I expected him to conduct my interview in english, but he asked me in german how I was this morning and also did the rest of the interview in german. The questions he asked were:
Where did you meet?
Have you ever been to New York?
Has she ever been here?
Does her family live there as well?
Did you meet her family?
Then he showed me a picture of us together and asked me where that was.
That was it. He turned to his computer, typed something and then told me that my visa was approved and I should get it in the mail within the next 7 working days.
I left the consulate at around 9:10am, 20 minutes before my scheduled interview time :D
Again, going through Frankfurt was a very, very pleasant experience!
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