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| Frankfurt, Germany |  Review on February 5, 2020: |
Klugscheißer
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
First of all, as most others have said before: They are super friendly there and the interview is way easier than expected!
I had my interview appointment scheduled for 8:30 on February 4th, 2020.
I arrived at the consulate at around 7:50 and maybe waited like 15 min outside to get to the first window. The lady there just wanted my passport and DS-160 confirmation page. She then checked my name on a list, put a sticker on my passport, gave me a number and send me to another entry where I had to go through the security check. Which maybe took like 5 min.
Once I was through the security check, I followed the path outside to the next building, where a man at an information desk checks your passport and then tells you to which window you have to go to check in. For me it was window 22. I maybe waited like two minutes before it was my turn there. The man at this window checked my name on a list, opened my file with all the documents submitted in the past and then he took my passport and kept it. He told me to sit down and wait until my number was called, so I can go to the next window, where they will confirm my information and collect the missing documents.
I waited like ten minutes and then my number was called. I went to window 21 where a woman asked for my missing original divorce decree, which I gave to her. I told her that I also had my medical results in a sealed envelope with me because the doctor's office didn't send it directly since we had a misunderstanding about it. But it was no issue at all and I just gave her the results as well. She told me, my documents all look well and are complete. She confirmed my personal information from the DS-160 and explained to me that I am going to receive my visa within the next 10 days and how the package will look like. She then told me to sit down again and wait until my number was called for the actual interview.
I waited longer this time. I can't tell how long, maybe 30-45 min. Then my number was called and I went to the next window.
I was extremely nervous because our case was a little bit difficult. My fiancé and I made a major correction on our petition. We also have a bigger age gap than usual (17 years), which was noted on our petition... and we were scared they would hold these things against us.
The lady there intruduced herself and asked me if talking in English will be okay for me and I agreed. She was super friendly and smiled and laughed a lot during the interview, which actually calmed me. The questions were:
How did you meet?
Where did you meet for the first time?
How long where you talking (online) before you actually met in person?
Have you met since?
Did you have a proposal or did you just started to discuss to marry?
Well, she then started asking questions about my prior marriage (which was a foreign marriage as well):
Where did you meet? When did you divorce? What did your parents say about it at that time? How long were you married? Why did you divorce?
She then continued with questions about my current relationship with my fiancé:
Tell me about his family. Does he have any siblings? What about his parents?
Does the age gap bother you? Does the age gap bother him? What do your parents think about his age?
Do you have wedding plans?
When do you intend to marry after your arrival?
When do you intend to move to the U.S.?
Are you pregnant?
She then told me, she will approve my visa and that I will receive it within the next ten days. The interview maybe took like 10 minutes in total.
Sometimes I didn't understand her because the microphone was too quiet when she wasn't close enough to it and then I hesitated a little bit longer before I answered to think if I understand her correctly. And everytime I did that, she immediately said "I don't judge you, I am just aksing". Which I found very funny and which also made me feel more comfortable. I explained that it was because of the microphone and she apologized and then got closer to it and spoke louder for me. But we had the situation like 2-3 times and we laughed everytime about it.
I was back at the hotel (Hotel Arena Villa am Wasserpark) at 9:50.
So all in all, the interview was like talking to a friend and it was really less worse than I expected.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #27930