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| Madrid, Spain |  Review on December 28, 2016: |
Catalina Cuqui
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I had my appointment at 12:30. I arrived at 12:15 and they let me go in. Security is run by a Spanish company. They kept only my phone and I could bring everything else inside.
A lady asked me why I was there and she gave me a number. I went into the room, which is wide but not huge, and has windows all around. I waited for about 20 minutes, and I was called to the first window. A nice Spanish lady asked for my proof of payment, the results of my medical exam and my x-ray CD. She sealed and put stamps on the CD and told me to bring it with me to the POE, along with my visa packet and my passport. She then told me I should expect my visa and passport in about two weeks. I asked her to send my packet through a private courier, so she told me they'd send it via MRW and I'd have it within a week.
Then I was told to wait until I was called again by the same number. There were only a few people in front of me, but two of them had a very long interview (around 40 minutes each), so I had to wait for over one hour until I was called again. In the room there's a TV screen showing Visit USA ads, and also some books to read. There's also a toilet. US citizens were called to different windows than us.
When it finally was my turn, I was interviewed by a polite consular officer. He first took my oath, then my fingerprints. Then he proceed with the questions, which were: have you ever been married before? and your fiance? what countries have you lived in?, what did you do there?, tell me about your boyfriend, what does your boyfriend do? and when is the wedding? (I told him it would depend on my visa, but I intended to fly there as soon as possible). After that, he said "Congratulations, your visa has been approved", and he reminded me I have 90 days to get married and apply for AOS. The whole interview lasted for maybe 5 minutes.
My passport, visa and packet arrived via MRW 6 days later, even with the Christmas holidays in between. I do live in Madrid though. I paid 9.15€ for postage (it's free if they send it via Correos, but I wanted to get it asap, so I was happy to pay).
It's been a good experience. The people at the embassy are friendly and polite. I was there for a total of 90 minutes, of which 80 were spent waiting and 10 on the windows.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #21113