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| Sweden |  Review on February 24, 2015: |
TJandKC
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Being from Norway we have to go through the embassy in Stockholm for all immigrant visas.
I flew in the day before my appointment since it was schedule fro 8:30am and no flights arrive early enough from Norway to make it there in time. Stayed at the Riddergatan Hotel which was actually very nice and pretty affordable. It was in walking distance from both the embassy and the train station (about 15 min from the station and 20 min from the embassy).
Embassy opens at 8:00am, but I was there at 7:50am, and they already started to let people in. It was just me and another person waiting. Went through security with just one slight hitch, I brought tons of letters that my wife had written me over the years (as evidence of bonafide marriage), when they sent them through the xray they saw that one of the letters contained some small electronics. I then had to go through all the cards to figure out which one it was (around 50 letters/cards), but it turns out it was a Twilight card that played music, that she sent me as a joke for my birthday once. The security officer was not amused though, even If I chuckled when I saw what it was.
Anyway, continued in to the embassy where I was directed to window G. Handed in my updated police certificate, an original court record and translations of everything. Also handed in all the evidence I had for proof of bonafide marriage. Then the person in the window gave me my medical exam sent from Norway and told me how long it was valid for, and then proceded asked me when I met my wife, which was just a warm up question I guess, cause he didnt ask anymore questions and told me to take a seat.
I waited for maybe 5 min, before I was called to window D. This was at approximately 8:20am which was 10 min before my scheduled interview time. A very nice consular lady asked me to raise my right hand and read an oath that was printed on the window. She then proceded to ask me the following questions:
Where did you meet?
Why do you want to move to the US and not have her move to Norway?
Did you have the wedding in Norway?
Were both your parents there?
Is the marriage recognized by the US? (I needed her to clarify, but she just wanted to know if Norway marriages where valid world wide)
What do you do for work?
When will you move to the US ?
She then said "I'm gonna go ahead and approve your visa". :joy: Everything was done in about 10 min. It was a very friendly and relaxed experience. We had some good laughs when I told her our story. She then asked if I had any questions, and I just asked her some basic stuff about the package I'd receive and so on. All in all a very good experience, and I got very worked up for nothing.
Sorry for the typos, too much excitement! 
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