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| Costa Rica |  Review on January 12, 2016: |
shanemesser
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
1. Waited in the office for a few hours. Being that it's costa rica, no surprises.
2. After being in Costa Rica for 10 years, I was actually surprised at how organized things seemed to be. It actually didn't feel like "big government" when in the office or needing to call them, probably because we could actually get responses to emails or phone calls within 24 hours. Not perfect, but considering the normal timelines, no serious complaints.
3. Overall, the interview was through teller-window type situation, and no issues at all. Passport was mailed to the post office about 4 or 5 days later.
4. ** MAJOR ** -- so we arrived in Texas, and did not expect this, but she was pulled away for an interview. The wait was 90 minutes and the interview was 15 minutes (without me -- they would not let me attend and asked me to leave the immigration area -- which meant if there was an issue, I really had no idea how I could get back inside. Anyway, we are a very "vanilla" type case with no red flags or concerns, so again, things went well other than almost missing our connection flight.
I would HIGHLY advise anyone coming across the border via a connecting flight, get a connection that keeps you on the ground a minimum of 4 hours. Even if you get done in 2 hours, the stress of almost missing a flight just isn't worth it.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #18725