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| Mumbai, India |  Review on April 6, 2019: |
Akipog
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
We arrived the day before the interview and stayed at a hotel called Hotel Garden Patk Hospitality. We went the next morning around 6:30 by auto and arrived in about 10 minutes. After waiting across the street they called for any 7:15 appointments. We left our phones in hotel and just came with papers and spending money. We went through security and then went to another line where they arranged our papers and then got a token. After waiting for about 15 minutes we were called to a window and we were asked for the papers (birth certificate plus copy, notarized translation plus copy, medical packet, passport, PCC original and copy, my i134 and some tax documents). He scanned through my i134 packets for both me and my joint dpondor and only took thr latest tax return and my form. They gave back all originals except passport and PCC. We then sat down and waited to be called for appointment. We waited for about an hour. We went together to the window and were interviewed by a US lady with Hindi translator. She asked if I was the petitioner and I said yes. She did not ask me to sit down and let me stand there for the interview. She asked my fiance to raise his hand and swear to speak the truth. Below are some of her questions that I remember:
So how did y'all meet?
What does she do for a living?
When did you get married?
What are your plans for getting married?
Where will the reception be?
(To me) So tell me about this organization where you met, was it some sort of ashram?
(To me) Oh, hes a cook, what does he cook best?
(To him) Where did you learn to cook South Indian?
(To me) So ma'am, you do not meet the financial requirements but I see another tax return here. Who is (jointsponsor?) Do you have her i134 with you?
What does she do for a living?
she then told my fiance that if he ever feels unsafe by anyone to please talk to police and they will help him. then she gave us a white slip and said we were approved. The whole exchange took about 5 minutes.
Overall all very organized. They didn't ask to see any of the evidences I had brought.
The chairs were closely spaced in waiting area and you had to shift down the line occasionally whole waiting, but other than that all super smooth and organized.
(updated on September 29, 2021)
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