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|  Review on August 5, 2016: |
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Rating:  | Review Topic: General Review
Well, the day is really long so I'd recommend eating breakfast and taking snacks/drinks (they'll allow it).
The day starts off at a little park in front of the embassy, the time of your interview depends on when you want to get there. IF you have an AM appointment, you want to be there by 6:30A (our appt was set for 1030A).
Then they separate the groups in 2 lines. One group - tourist visa on one side and other visas (indefinite visas) on the other. Note: just make sure you are on the right side, do not worry in what order you land in the line. There is an embassy worker that will start to call names, she will tell you where to stand to go into the embassy. Note: Do not worry if you are not called right away, we were the last name and the last group to be called into the embassy.
Once they start calling names you form a line on the opposite side of the street (the embassy worker directs you). Then they will ask for the US Citizens passport in order to get a visitors pass to enter the building. Then they will take you to the front gate where you will have to go through security. You can take a purse, no cell phones or anything electronic, oh and no envelopes either.
At the gate the embassy worker will collect all your papers that are not evidence so the affidavit packet, medical exam, police records etc - they will also take the beneficiaries passport as this time. Once you pass through security you will be put in a holding room with the other people in your group. This part kind of sucks, you have a bathroom and water is all. Everyone is crammed in there, I would suggest sitting as close to the door as possible. They start to call names again over the PA system. For our visit there was another worker that kept pulling 5 people at a time to the next room, seemed like every 30 minutes or so (not sure if it is the same every time).
Once you leave the first holding room they will take you to another area in front of what looks like bank teller windows. This is where they take the beneficiaries finger prints, confirms payment and address, receives all evidence and then they give you a number. Then you move again, this time the last area inside the embassy where you will have to wait for the officers to call your number. There is no particular order, we were the next to last couple called. Our appointment was at 1030A and we were interviewed at 130P. So the entire process was about 6 hours.
Once you get to the officer, they start the interview - ours was pretty quick. They only asked about 3-4 questions, where was the reception of the wedding, what was the purpose of my fiance's 1st visit to the US ( he was paroled in under the wet foot dry foot law and had to go back to Cuba due to his mother being Ill), had he visited other countries, why did he leave US and if he was part of any political/communist part and that was it.
If approved they give you a paper stating you were approved, visas are administered on Friday's. So our appointment was this past Monday and he picks up the visa tomorrow at the embassy again. They give him his passport back and a sealed packet he needs to present when he enters the US.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #20090