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| Nigeria |  Review on February 15, 2020: |
Major
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
First of, I’ll like to seize this moment to thank everyone who have directly or indirectly guided me through this process, you guys are deeply appreciated.
So, on the said interview day, Feb 11th, 2020 to be precise, my interview was slated for 8:30am but I arrived very early, around 5:45am. By 6:30am, the security started checking people in. I naively gave my citizen wrist watch to my wife (who came around for the fifth and possibly last time to give me solidarity support during this interview process) to take home because I’ve read here where people say they don’t allow wrist watches or anything with metal (iron). For correction and for knowledge sake, they do allow normal watches but not ‘smart watches’.
So, after the security check-ins, a lady from window 21 ask for my passport, interview appointment letter, marriage and birth certificates. She took my finger prints but didn’t take pictures (passport photo) which I was expecting them to and ask us to take our seats.
Few hours later, let say about 2 hours later, I was called to the stand by a young white consular officer who I’d been wishing to be the one to interview me because he’s been approving everyone that pass through him without stress.
So, I carried my ‘big bag’ filled with documents, chat history and wedding & hangout pictures albums. He just looked at me and asked the following questions without asking me to submit any more documents (probably because I front-loaded them with a lot of documents at NVC stage)—
1. Who petitioned for you?
2. How did you two meet?
3. When did you two met?
4. When did you get married?
5. You guys married very quickly? Explain!
6. Do you have children?
7. Does your wife have children? How many are they and how old are they?
Immediately I answered the first two questions, he started typing on my case, i thought maybe he was going to deny me. In my mind, I was like if you are going to deny me, why ask me more questions? But to my surprise, he handed me three papers and said my passport with the visa will be ready for pick-up in 2weeks but my visa was issued the next day and I picked it up in two days time.
P.S. When you talk to the consular officer be confident of yourself and look them politely in the face as you speak courteously and make sure you know your spouse very well before the interview.
Thank you all once again for your guidance.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #28014