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| Guayaquil, Ecuador |  Review on August 1, 2019: |
mupsyc
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Okay so here's my review of the consulate in Guayaquil Ecuador. My wife's appointment was scheduled for July 31st at 8:30 a.m., I have been communicating with the consulate from time to time concerning our interview, and they were helpful in providing answers and resources. My wife and I just recently had a son, and so it was required that we would need to bring him with us as he still needs to breastfeed. When we arrived at first we weren't sure, but then they let my wife enter with the baby, however I needed to stay outside, which I understood because they want to limit the amount of people coming in. There was an official there that helped my wife with the baby. Overall the process was almost two hours, my wife said she waited about an hour, and then had a first interview with someone at a window, asking more basic information, digital fingerprints came next, and then a second interview which lasted longer around 15 minutes asking more detailed information about our relationship and our financial support. After that, they said congratulations and gave her a blue slip of paper that showed how the Visa would be processed. I had learned via my email conversations that we could request to have the Visa picked up following day, however the official said we would need to wait 10 days to my wife. She said that perhaps he didn't understand her correctly, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to send an email to them. The next day I heard back saying that we could pick the Visa up the following day, meaning 2 days after the interview we would be able to pick up the Visa. We are super grateful for that. We're also quite excited that we were approved for the Visa as we had been waiting a total of around 8 to 9 months for the process to complete. I'm quite relieved and excited then I can return to the United States with my wife and son. Overall the experience was very smooth at the Guayaquil consulate, I meticulously gathered all of the required documents and had originals ready from all of the documents scanned to the NVC. My wife told me that they actually only looked at a small portion of the documents required, maybe because we already have a child together and that we've been living together all this time. The documents they looked at that were most important I think were the police record, migratory movement of my passport in the country, marriage certificate, and our son's birth certificate and the medical exam. the staff was friendly and courteous, and from what my wife told me, the consulate officials were friendly and courteous as well. Thankful to be passed this part in the process.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #26805