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| Panama |  Review on August 3, 2019: |
L+J
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
We arrived about 30 mins early. When we arrived the men at the entry gate told us to wait there. There was a large group of us waiting outside there in front of the gate until we could enter, about 45 mins. Finally, when they allowed us to enter we walked up a hill to the buildings above. There we passed through security and were not allowed to bring anything besides the binders we had for the interview. Don’t bring the medical cd, you can’t bring it in. Then we entered in another building and were told to take a number. We waited about 20 mins until our number was called. We went to the window and the woman asked for all of our paperwork. We turned in everything that we were told to bring in the email from the embassy. Then we were told to sit down and wait for the beneficiary’s name to be called. We waited about 20 mins and when they called his name we both went to the window, however they told me, the petitioner, that the interview would only be with the beneficiary. He did the interview for about 10 mins while I waited from my chair close by. At the end, I was called up to the window just to answer a couple questions about my financial paperwork. I answered the questions and then the man said congratulations your K1 visa is approved. You will receive it in about 2 weeks. It was 2 weeks exactly when we received the passport with the K1 visa. We were getting so impatient that finally that day, at exactly 2 weeks, we went to the mail pickup place we had chosen and it turns out it had just arrived!! We were so excited because we didn’t expect it. Turns out, we never got an email from the embassy saying it was there. If they called us it would have been the day after or later, but we wouldn’t know because we left the night we got the passport!! Overall, it was stressful because it meant so much to us, but the process was very simple and stress free.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #26811