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| Costa Rica |  Review on December 3, 2014: |
dani586
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
I woke at 3am because I couldnt sleep. We took the 5am bus from Tilaran to San Jose. We got into san jose around 915 and we had to go to the Poder Judicial (Note only the one in San Jose gives international hojas de delicuencia). Anyways the Poder judicial is on the East side of San jose so we had to walk about 2.5 km to get there from the bus station. We got there around 10am and we were told that we need to buy timbres and then take the police report to the OIJ for a signature (across the street) Unfortunately here is where we started to run into problems. There is only 1 person (yes in the whole country) that signs these reports and She was in the Supreme court until 3pm. AHHHHH I started getting so stressed and I was crying because we have our interview at 12pm. Finally the lady tells me maybe maybe* she can try to get our police report signed when there is a break in the court, but she cant make any promises. Im stressed because I dont want to be late for the interview but also I dont want our visa to be delayed or denied because we are missing something. We decide that we cant wait around for a "maybe" and we walk the 2km to the bus stop for Pavas (where the embassy is) While we are on the bus, basically right before we get to the embassy, the OIJ calls us and tells us they were able to get the report signed. But now its 11:20 and our interview is at 12. I dont think we have time to go back and get it. So we decide to try our luck with just the police report (no timbres and no OIJ signature). We arrive at the Embassy at 11:30 and we wait outside until 11:45. You cannot bring phones into the embassy nor food so we have to stow it in their security area. We are the second people to arrive and at 12:03 they let us into the interviewing area. The first girl is called (she is daughter of a citizen) and then they open a second window at 12:15, so we are called. The interviewing man (costa rican) is very friendly and nice and asks us for all our paperwork (aos, marriage certificate, police report, proofs) He checks over everything. They did not say anything about the police report not having the OIJ signature or timbres javascript:emoticon(' '). He asks us how we met, where we live, if any of our info has changed, what my husband plans to do in the US, and some other questions. All in all it takes about 20 minutes. Then he tells us to wait to be called for the actual consular interview. After 10 minutes, they call us back to the window and an American (Herman Yee) gives us the interview. He is very serious, not mean or anything, just professional and serious. He asks us a few questions that the costa rican interviewer had already asked and within 5 minutes he tells us: Congratulations your visa has been approved!!!!!!! We are so happy, he tells us to come back on monday dec 8 to pick up the passport. It was a stressful day but the interview was actually the easiest part of the whole immigration process! We left the embassy before 1pm.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #15711