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| Mumbai, India |  Review on December 4, 2019: |
GSKhanuja
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I had my k1 visa interview on Nov 29th 2019 and reached the embassy at 6.30 AM for 7.15 AM appointment. We were asked to wait until they call for immigrant visa people to form a line near the waiting area of the consulate and then they called the immigrant visa applicants to form a line at 6.55 AM( Small Tip: Try to get as early as possible in the line as you they send you inside the consulate general as per your order in the line). I was the 3rd in line and asked to take out my passport and embassy interview letter for initial screening and then they asked to go inside and sit as per the order of the line formed. (Another very common tip : Do not take any medical CDs and electronics as they are not allowed inside the consulate.) Now we were asked to enter the security check area which is just as similar to an airport security check counters and then you sit walk inside a very big waiting area and then finally enter the main waiting area where the interview takes place. The Indian guys working there will ask you to take out the following documents like Original passport, PCC(Original+Copy), Birth certificate(Original+copy), Embassy letter, Medical report(sealed), and 2 photographs and then they help them put all those documents in order and give you a token number. One strange thing about the consulate general(Mumbai) is that they organised applicants as per the Punjabi's, South Indian's and rest were general category so as I am a punjabi applicant they asked me to stand in a different line and gave me a token number which started with P (P603). Then they asked us to sit for a while until the one more Indian guys calls to check the documents on the window. I waited for 20 mins as the other Indian guy called me to window number 2 and took all the documents which were organised by the Indian people earlier and asked for 2 photographs and started asking basic questions like who is calling you and have you been to US before and on what Visa, have you been to some other country and then asked for i134 but returned the pay stubs, bank letter and employment letter and then he handed over the pamphlet about the rights in the US and asked me to read it while I wait for the main interview with the CO.
I waited for like 20 mins more being all anxious and my mind filled with lot of thoughts about the interview but tried to stay calm and relaxed which helped me during the interview and then finally listened an American accent voice calling my token number P603 to counter 11. There was an American guy probably in his 30s and greeted me and asked me to put my finger on the scanner placed on the right side and then asked me to take an oath. Finally he started with the following questions:
1. How did you guys meet?
2. Who approached first?
3.How many times have you guys met in person?
4. How do you guys talk and how often do you guys talk to each other?
5. What are your plans to do in the US?
6. What does she do for work?
7. Where are you gonna live with her once you move there?
That's it and then he started typing for like less than 2 minutes and smiled when he looked something on his computer and said I'll keep your passport and said you are Approved...!!! He didn't ask for a single piece of document and nothing at all. Once they see you are confident about yours answers they do not grill you and try to be very casual with you.
My advise to all those who are going to appear for their k1 visa interview is to :
Stay calm
Always keep smile on your face
Do not try to cook stories about your relationship and just be honest
If your relationship is legit then you are on a right path.
Good Luck to all the visa applicants...!!!
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