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| Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Review on March 14, 2017: |
mmmp
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I was at the consulate for around 1 hour in total. Don't bother showing up earlier than your appointment time because they only start letting people in 10 minutes in advance.
Do not bring laptops or phones or any electronic devices. Even though they say this clearly on the embassy website and on your appointment paper, people still bring them and they are sent back by security.
There are 4 booths/desks and it's all very out in the open -- there isn't much privacy for your interview.
First, they call your name at one of the desks and they ask for all the documents you were required to bring – passport, birth certificate, police records, i-134 and supporting evidence (tax forms, payslips etc) and any needed translations for documents not in English or Dutch. They take your fingerprints. Then they ask you to sit down.
After waiting for a little longer (maybe 15 minutes or so), they call your name again at a different desk. This is the actual interview and my interviewer was an American woman. She was very serious and didn't make much eye contact. She was typing notes based on my answers in her computer. At the beginning of the interview, she asked me to raise my right hand and to swear to tell the truth. She asked a few questions as she perused through the documents in my file. The interview lasted for less than 10 minutes and at the end my interviewer confirmed she is approving my visa and that I should expect my passport in the mail in a little over a week. The appointment papers state passports will be delivered within 5 business days, but it seems it's taking a bit longer now to process all the paperwork.
Here are some of the questions I was asked:
- How did you meet your fiance? When did you meet?
- What does your fiance do?
- Where does your fiance live?
- When was the last time you visited?
- When was the last time your fiance visited?
- How many times did you visit your fiance in the US?
- How many holidays did you take together?
My advise would be keep your answers clear and simple. The interviewers want to see you are confident in your relationship. They want to see proof it's a genuine relationship. Right before me, one applicant was sent back with further request for proof of relationship because they couldn't clearly describe the course of the relationship and the interviewer wasn't convinced the applicant was honest. If English is your second language and you don't feel confident in your speaking abilities, I highly recommend you practice in advance a clear and concise description of your relationship, containing accurate dates.
Good luck!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #21515