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| Honduras |  Review on August 6, 2008: |
oscarjm
Rating:  | Review Topic: General Review
My wife and I had our interview at the US Embassy in Tegucigalpa Honduras. It was pretty much as described by Angela above. We were the first ones in at 7:30AM and the last ones to be seen at 1PM. We were called around 10AM to one of the four windows to review our docs and then told to wait to be called for the actual interview. I was really nervous by then, but the long wait kinda made me feel at home (meaning that after sitting there for hours and seeing everyone go ahead of us, it gave me a familiarity of the process). The interview itself was not even five minutes. Our relationship was not questioned. The embassy interviewer was very nice and made every effort to make us feel ok. He commented on our pictures and gave them back. We had more questions for him than he had for us. Because I had entered the country (US)illegally, I had to submit a 601 waiver, we did this immediately there and submitted necessary forms (we were prepared for this). I had to do an extra step because I had voluntarily exited the United States and had no proof to show this. I was told to visit the Department of Homeland Security next door to obtain a ¨proof of exit¨ Fortunately for us, DHS was open the following day and so spent another four hours at the embassy. The ICE agent there did everything to help me and my ackward case. We had to return the following day to submit the proof of exit requested by the embassy. I´m currently in Honduras waiting for approval of the waiver and visa. The embassy interviewer told us that the wait was between 6 to 8 months. My wife had to travel back and I´m currently here in Honduras. Its been tough trying to acclimate to a country I left when I was a kid. I´m looking for work to kill time here...
Overall, the embassy interview was ok, the wait was long (12 hours total among three days of paper work), I really like the embassy interviewer, he was very nice. Security can be troublesome, you just have to push yourself around and be prepared to argue with them if they don´t want to let you in. I had more than an interview at the embassy and so found myself explaining to them over and over of my paperwork issues (DHS filing etc), apparently Hondurans pay $100 to be seen at the embassy.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #3204