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| Frankfurt, Germany |  Review on April 4, 2017: |
Summer of 01'
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
First of all I gotta admit, it has been a very pleseant experience with no hustle or anything.
I booked a room at the Hotel Am Wasserpark in Frankfurt which is in a 7 min walking distance to the Consulate.
The room was nice and cozy. The only bummer was that it was downstairs right next to the laundry room so there was a very strong smell of detergents and other chemicals but only in the hallway. Anyways it was a nice stay for a night. A Mc Donalds is right next to it so you can get Food all night Long. The Hotel was pretty affordable with only 60 € night.
However I did arrive a night before the interview, checked in and sorted my binder for the 100 th time. My Interview was scheduled at 7:30 so I walked there around 7:10 and got there at 7:15 or so since i was rushing a lil. So as I got there i was welcomed by a consulate employee and a security guy. Theyboth were in a great mood and asked me what Kind of visa i was applying for. I answered and they asked me to get in line. I think it was for window 1 but i 'm not sure no more. Anyways the one for US citizen so i waited for about 10 min to get my ticket number and then a couple more mins to go through security. Tthat took about 5 min total and everybody was real nice and helpful. After the security check I walked over to the main building handed over my case ticket that I got in the very Beginning as I checked in. I was pointed to the area W which was for K visa I guess. So I was the only one there as I arrived and was called to the window in about a Minute or so. i got my Fingerprints taken and the Lady double checked all Information stated on the DS 160. It took about 5 min or so. After that I sat back down and waited for the consular to call me up. so i sat there for about 10 min Maximum until I got called Forward to the window. Again I was welcomed by a Very nice and friendly Consular and she asked me if I wanted to be Interviewed in german or english. I went for english . The actual Interview was super short. She basically aske on when do I plan to move to the US if I get aproved and I said asap (probably like everyone) Anyways furthermore she asked me to tell her a lil about my fiances and my relatioship Background and why we decided to get married. I just told her a short summary of how we met and how Long we ve been dating and that was it. by the time i was done She said congrats you are approved and all the best of luck to you and your fiance. I was so relieved by but then she asked me if i ld be able to go by end of may and i said no cause I have some stuff to finish like quitting my job getting out of my appartment. So she said she will not state the visa in my passport yet and I should re-do my medical because it does expire by end of may and than the visa would also expire too. So anyways i did schedule my medical again and will get my visa stated the day the medical arrives.
So to any of you who might be worried nervous or scared don't be it's been an exceptional experience and I only dealt with extremely polite and friendly people during the entire process.
Oh and just fyi the entire Interview from the time I got there till i left was 50 min total.
So I cross my fingers to all of you out here who still have that Interview to come and wanna say thx to everyone who helped us out on this board. It really helped a lot.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #21626