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| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Review on October 16, 2023: |
juliagus
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Our interview time was at 7:40am however like most things in Brazil, no one cares about your appointment time and it's first come first serve. We arrived about an hour early, 6:50am and there was already a massive line for tourist visa people and on the other side of the street, about a 8-person line for immigration. We sort of stood around there for a few minutes because our slot was only at 7:40, however based on our experience at the ACS fingerprinting place where it was a zoo, we figured it wouldn't hurt to pop in line with the rest of the immigration people. Fast forward to 7:10am and now they're letting people in and no one looked twice at my husband and he was the 10th person inside the embassy.
The Staff: The attendants are rude, it's simply who they are. They're rude at the fingerprinting place, they're rude at the embassy. You just have to be nice to them regardless.
The People: The people who are in there with you are also rude? It's like they're all chickens with their heads cut off and running around. They skip you in line because they think they're more important, they throw their papers at the staff and ask them if they have everything. Even though they give you a piece of paper with all the documents you will need and the specific order to sort the papers in order to advance to the interview. People have no sense of personal space and some lady even kicked my husband while waiting.
The Interview: The actual interview took less than 2 minutes, they asked my husband 5 questions and he was on his way.
The Questions:
É o primeiro casamento seu e de sua esposa? (Is this your first marriage)
Você já esteve nos Estados Unidos ou já viveu em outro país? (Have you ever been to the U.S. or lived in another country)
O que sua esposa faz? (What does your wife do for a living)
Quem é "Bob"? (Who is "Bob")
*"Bob" is my dad who is our co-sponsor
Sua esposa já te visitou após vocês casarem? (Has your wife ever visited you here after you married)
*The interviewer didn't realize that we have lived together in Brazil since we got married. My husband clarified that to him
That was it, he handed my husband a paper with some info saying "You're approved" and a link to track the passport.
Overall it was a decent experience, we arrived at 6:50am and he got out at around 9:00am. It would have taken him less time but he had many people cut in front of him during the separating the papers stage. Your appointment time doesn't matter and if you just get in line no one will care. So now we're waiting to pick up his passport at the consulate near us!
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