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| Juarez, Mexico |  Review on February 25, 2015: |
jcruzazucar
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
We had our consulate interview today and my husband was approved!
HOTEL:
We stayed at La Quinta Inn & Suites in a two-bedroom king suite. Just fyi this is not a two-bedroom suite, it's a one bedroom suite haha...all was well. This hotel is great! Little noise, very very clean and the staff is extremely helpful, polite and professional. I highly recommend this hotel. It's not far from the consulate & clinics but its not walking distance either. They have a shuttle that can take you anywhere nearby from 6am to 9:30pm which is helpful as well as a business center where you can print your flight stuff, a gym, laundryroom, free breakfast everyday from 6am to 10am.
CLINIC:
We went to the Clinica Medica Internacional. Everything was organized and easy to do there. We arrived at 5:45am and spent about 2 hours there. We then went back at 2pm to pick up my husband's results (same-day). He received 2 shots and in total and it was $306 in total. You are able to accompany the applicant and can wait inside the clinic (it's quite large). Make sure you give the applicant the money to pay for the exam beforehand. Great experience!
ASC:
We had my husband's ASC appt. in Tijuana not Juarez. Very easy as well....took about 30 minutes in total.
CONSULAR INTERVIEW:
We arrived 30 minutes before the interview to the Sala de Espera right next to the consulate. They quickly called anyone with an 8:15am appt. to come to the front of the line. He was placed with a group who had the same appt. time as him and then was asked to sit for about 1 hour in the waiting area before entering the consulate. My mother and I accompanied him and were waiting in the same waiting area but a different section for visitors. Once he was in he was sent to a window where he was asked a few questions about me like birthdate, place of birth, and was asked for proof of my citizenship. and for the documents you must take to interview (P4 letter, DS-260 confirmation, medical results and passport).
He was then sent to sit on blue chairs (there are red, green, blue and black). He was then called to another window where he had his interview and was asked a few questions like where do I live, where do we plan to live once in the USA, what did i do for a living, where did i work, what he did for a living and what he planned to do once he entered the USA, did he have any criminal activity in USA or Mexico. He's in medical school and the CO was asking him about that since her brother is also in medical school.
She then said the magical words "your visa has been approved. Good luck and i hope you are able to practice medicine in the USA."
Very good experience overall! They did not ask for any documents other than the ones mentioned above. 
Best of luck to everyone!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #16310