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| Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Review on September 14, 2016: |
Daan
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
First of all, good luck to those who are still waiting for their interview. Make sure you register before you interview online here--> https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-nl/iv <-- it will delay your visa process if you don't! Do not bring a phone to the embassy.
In short: A very pleasant experience, just come prepared and it all will be very very easy. If you make it easy on them they'll make it easy on you!
I arrived about half an hour before my interview time(13.30) which was more than enough. They would ask the whole queue for their interview times, through an intercom, and call those with an earlier time to the front. So if it is a busy day for them do not bother being there much earlier than 30 min before I'd say. They let the people who where immigrating in about 6 at a time. At the entrance you'll have to show your passport and go through a metal detector much like the ones at the airport. Do not bring your phone! I would recommend leaving your wallet and keys either in a locker at the trainstation or with the person that came with you too, just to make things easy on you and the guards. Many wallets where forgotten in the hour I was inside.
After having your appointment confirmed by the guards at the door and gone through security they'll send you straight to window 5. From the front desk you go through another door and turn right. The first room will be full of people who are there for a temporary visa. The second room, where the toilet and some water is, is the room for people who are immigrating. 13.30 seems to be right after their lunchbreak so expect window 5 to be closed. If so you can wait on one of the two benches in front of the windows until they call your name.
Now for the official process, first at window 5 you handover all of the original documents + copies. This step is just to check whether or not you have all the required documents. This person will also explain the rest of the process.
The documents:
- Appointment letter
- two passport pictures
- Birth Certificate
- VOG (Certificate of Conduct)
- Form I-134, Affidavit of Support (with evidence like tax-returns)
and if applicable:
- Police records
- Military records
- Divorce/Marriage/Death certificate
In my case I did not have the tax returns but a contract. My fiancee is in the army and I could show them her contract which in my case was sufficient. I cannot guarantee this is true for other jobs as well.
After this you'll told to go sit and wait again. A good note someone else made is that there is no privacy during the interview. The room has a glass wall meant to give you some but the acoustics in the room make it so that everyone will be able to hear your interview. But then again remember that most of the people are in the same boat as you.
At some point your name will be called to another window in the same room again. This is where the interview truly begins. The next person will start going through your file and ask you questions. Do not be intimidated by this, it is very easy! All questions will be aimed at your relationship, which you probably will enjoy talking about anyway, and testing whether or not the information you have already filled in a million times is correct. Even though I had brought some pictures/letters/emails/plane tickets none of that was asked for.
My questions:
- Who is this *insert name*?
- Where did you two meet?
- What where you two doing there?
- When did you propose?
- How many times have you met in the past two years?
- Has your family met her?
- Have you ever lived in another country?
- Have you ever had any trouble with the police or getting a US visa?
- What does your fiancee do for work?
- Where will you be living?
My advise is to be honest and enjoy the interview. For us there was no actual "go on one knee and present ring" moment. Totally fine. Also we will be moving rather soon after I get there. No problem. They're just testing your honesty.
Good luck to all!
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