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| Sweden |  Review on October 6, 2016: |
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Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I went to Stockholm Embassy the 8th of September 2016. Before you enter the embassy make sure you stand in the right queue/line. They have two of them. One is covered by a roof-corridor like a bus stop, the other one got a sign. For K1-visa you should stand next by the sign, next by the one not covered by the roof. It was pointed out later by the guard once he called me to step forward and knew what I was there for. The guards did an airport-like control and had to me check in my cell phone and keys in a lockbox. In return I received a ticket so that I could retrieve back my belongings once I was done with my interview.
I followed a white line on the ground from the guards house to the waiting room inside the embassy. Once there the waiting time was around 30 minutes. People arrived at the embassy for different reasons, some were there for K1-visa, others were importing cars from US, a girl I spoke to lost her VISA and was there to get another one, etc.
When it was my turn I turned in all my documents, copies and my Swedish passport that were asked in the instructions through e-mail to a Swedish speaking lady. But somehow I missed to bring my fiance's certified copy of her divorce decree since I misread the instructions (thought they were asking for my divorce decree, but I was never married before).
Once my interview took place with an American speaking gentleman he informed me that they couldn't issue my visa because I missed out bringing my fiance's divorce decree paper. I called my fiance the same day and asked her to visit the court house to send me a certified copy through DHL. It took her just an hour then she sent it to me. My entire visa process at this stage was delayer by 2 weeks only. The embassy was really fast to issue my visa and it came through a "rekommenderat" letter that I needed to bring out personally from the post office agent. It was a package of two thick envelopes and my passport that included an extra page glued inside which is the visa.
My overall experience with the embassy and homeland security at the point of entry in US was really great. Everyone is very professional and fast at their work. There is nothing but kindness and they are very informative to you.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #20589