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| London, United Kingdom |  Review on June 30, 2008: |
joanie
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Arrived in London at 6am in the morning - travelling nearly 150 miles that morning for the London interview.  And yes, I was dead tired but excited with a tinge of fear. Hahaha. This is what happened:
1. Decided to head for the US Embassey, although I was a couple hrs early. Thought I might be ahead of he queue - er...WRONG. The queue or should I say, queues were a 'million miles' long. Seems other people had the same idea.
2. After 40 or 60 minutes, the security checks starts: I had to remove fobs, mobile phones, belts and other electronic devises and place them in a plastic bags. Then told to move along to the next stage of security.
3. Next stage of security was a bag check and body check - guards go through your bags and ask you walk through an airport type 'x-ray' contraption. 
4. Passed the security check so directed to the embassy. 
5. Queued up at reception where they asked my name and nature of visa.
6. Given a number and directed to a 'waiting room' laden with peoople and screens.
7. When my number came up on the screen, someone called out my number and the 'desk clerk number' to go to.
8. Clerk doesn't look at me but asks for certain docs, and copies, one at a time: police certificate, birth certificate, pics, passport and the online documents I completed earlier in the process ie 1-134 etc.
9. Documents checked,then I had pay the interview fee at the cashier window and return to the clerk with the receipt.
Had finger prints taken - index and thumbs
10. Told to return to the waiting and wait to be called for my interview
11.After about 40 mins called to another desk number for THE INTERVIEW 
12. Rushed there with 3 FAT files of evidence ready for THE BATTLE that never came.
13. Officer was very pleasant and only asked 3 questions:
-When did we last meet?
-How we met?
-Which subjects I taught?
14. I noticed 'APPROVED' was already marked on my file...Hmmmmm...perhaps a decision had been made before I arrived?? 
15. Consulate said my evidence was fine apart from one doc which should have been notarised (1-134). He said to get it notarised and send my passpart, and it, back to the embassy via their official courier.
16.Told to enjoy my stay in America
SOOOOOooooooo, did not need the PILES of evidence I struggled in with - but glad I brought them..... 
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #3067