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| Korea |  Review on February 14, 2017: |
MandS2016
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
K1 Interview
Arrived at 710am for 8am appointment. First in line. Line started getting long at 715am. They opened up the door at 730am. We proceeded upstairs to check in. After that we had to go up one more floor to wait for the real processing of our papers. There we learned that being first in the building doesn't determine your place in the queue for processing as other people were called first. On the information display it says though: "Your interview will be conducted within 2hours of your appointment time".
First our paperwork was reviewed by a korean clerk. When everything checked out she told us to have a seat and wait for the consul to call us.
After my fiancee was sworn in by the consul he asked her a few simple questions: when/where did you meet your fiancee? How did he propose? When will you get married? (We answered that that depends on his decision with a smile on our face). He then concluded with: "your visa is approved. congratulations!". A very happy moment for us...
The consular officer was very friendly and the process was very smooth. We are out of the building by 930am.
Note: preparation of paperwork is key...we saw plenty of people get sent back to gather more papers. We didn't prepare much more than what was requested in the K1 pkt3 instructions. I did include tax returns of past 3 years (they only ask for "latest") and did include proof of income through a recent W-2. I decided to do that based on info from this forum. I didn't include any letter from the bank since my income was sufficient.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #21397