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| Montreal, Canada |  Review on January 13, 2022: |
Andreams
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
The experience at the US Consulate in Montreal was great. Everything is well organized, and even though there were a few people waiting, it did not take long at all to get called for the first time to provide the documents. Everyone was friendly and patient.
Here are all the steps I went through as well as a list of questions and documents that I needed. I brought way more than this, but that's all they wanted from me:
When you arrive at the consulate:
- Don’t bring a backpack, only a binder with your documents
- The receptionist checks the passport and confirms the appointment, then gives two tickets with the same number
- Jackets, binder, phone, watch (everything) gets scanned like they would at the airport
- You walk through a scanner as well
- Phone, keys, and the watch stay behind in a little locker
- You take the elevator to the first floor and wait for them to call your number or for it to appear on the TV screen
- At the first window, you give all your documents (see below)
- After that, you sit down again, wait for your number to be called again, and you will go to another window for the interview (see below)
First window was for document collection and a few questions:
Your documents:
- Passport (valid for at least 6 more months) + copy
- Two passport photos
- Birth certificate (English) + copy
- Canadian visa + copy
- Police records from all countries you lived at
- Payment receipt for courier (that was part of the package 4 content, it is an email your received after the payment)
Your fiancé’s documents:
- Copy of passport and/or birth certificate
- Affidavit of Support (Form I-134)
- Intent to Marry letter (no older than 30 days prior to interview)
- Signed statement of Bank with dollar amount in all accounts
- Signed statement of Employer with Salary information
- Evidence of domicile in the US (power bill, Internet, etc.)
- Last US tax documents
Questions asked when supplying the documents:
- Your name, address, phone number, date of birth
- Your fiancé’s name, address, phone number, email address, date of birth
- Verbal confirmation that you went to the medical exam
- Verbal confirmation that you didn’t live in any other countries other than those that you provided police certificates for
- In my case, confirmation that the common law partner on my Canadian visa is my fiancé
The second window was for the interview itself:
Interview questions:
- When and how did you meet?
- Did you have a long-distance relationship (ours started way back in 2006, so the officer was wondering if we were together the entire time)
- Confirmation of my and my fiancé’s name
- Description of my fiancé’s and my work
- When did your fiancé move to the states (we lived in Canada together for many years)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #30591