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| France |  Review on July 22, 2020: |
Alix64
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Dear All,
I am going to repeat what has been posted in previous messages...
All went well.
The advantage of Covid (!) is that the US Embassy in Paris was practically empty and so it all went very fast (45minutes all together).
We had to wait outside the guard gate to be called (they call by interview time). I say "we", because they let my husband (US citizen) enter with me.
Then a first check for security (2 different booths that are outside) and then you enter the Embassy building.
There you wait to be called. We waited around 10minutes and then I got called to submit all the paperwork - basically that first step is to check that you have all the right document. That first person (a very nice and smily lady) brings your file to another booth where the Consular Officer will interview you (it is all in the same room - not very much privacy I must say).
Not copies were asked.
Itw confirmation email (the one that says where you will have your passport delivered afterwards), birth certificate, passport, pictures, DS260, Police certificate, mariage certificate, divorce certificate (the lungs radio was not asked, I will have to travel with it and maybe will have to show it at Port of Entry).
The lady took all that and explained to me difference things (like for example, my name on my passport is my maiden, since it was made before I got married and so I will have to ask to have both names on my greencard OR else I will have to have a marriage certificate with me at all time when travelling).
I got back to my seat next to my husband and waited another 5 minutes. The Officer called me.
Spent time to type on his computer (types super fast and smootly - I was mesmerized) while checking the documents and then ask me several questions (he was cool but doing his work, concentrated):
who is petionning to have me over in the US, how did we meet, when we got married, what do we do for a living, where are we going to live, do we have kids together?
And that was it.
They are not sending the big enveloppe anymore with the passport. He said my passport will be sent today (my intervew was early in the morning) or tomorrow.
 we are thrilled after 18 months of paperwork, stress with the lawyer, translations, misspellings, and waiting waiting waiting...
(updated on July 22, 2020)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #28399