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| Ukraine |  Review on October 18, 2018: |
Alekezam
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
My fiancee's appointment was scheduled for 8:00 am.
She showed up about 20 minutes early and saw that there were quite a few individuals waiting around. Turns out she said, that lots of people were arriving way before their allotted time as some had appointments as late as 11 but were already waiting. I suppose nerves get to people causing them to be overly conservative with everything.
She said the K-1 specific visa interviewers were directed to the front of the embassy to a first window (like a ticket booth) where they each submitted their paperwork pertinent to the I-134 and DS-160 along with the other items required (Proof of ongoing relationship, medical, etc.). Everyone was given a number and told to wait till they were called (I assume in this time they review the submitted documents).
The waiting took around 15 minutes to which she was then called up.
The entirety of the interview was done informally in front of another window where the interviewer was. In our minds we thought it would take place in a closed room away from everyone else at a desk. My fiancee noticed that the other ahead of her had their interviews in Russian as she could hear tidbits of their conversation from where she was sitting. When it was her turn the interviewer asked if she could speak English to which my fiancee replied "yes". Two questions were asked.....1) What does your fiance do for a living? and 2) How did he come about getting into the US? I'm of Asian descent so that more than likely prompted the 2nd question.
My fiancee answered each question with no hesitation and next thing she knew she was approved. Took 5 minutes.
In total from the time she handed the required documents in to the end of the interview was just under 20 min.
She was given a sheet of paper that explained the next steps and voila, all done.
The sheet of paper basically explained that her next package with her passport and visa would be ready for pickup at the location she initially chose when filling out the DS-160 within 5 days. If a change of delivery location is desired then she would need to inform them of this by the end of the interview date. It also stated that if the documents are not picked up within 15 days of it's arrival at location they will be sent back to the embassy.
A pretty seamless and straight forward process. Employees were all friendly enough she said and nothing out of the ordinary happened.
Pretty impressed with their process and quick turnaround.
We'll have to see how quickly the package gets delivered but for now I'd definitely give the US Embassy/Consulate in Kyiv a huge thumbs up!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #24858