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| Auckland, New Zealand |  Review on August 23, 2008: |
gshennen
Rating:  | Review Topic: Direct Consular Filing
We went through security quickly (they seem very nice if you show up with a baby!!) and went straight to the window. The lady came and we progressed our paperwork bit by bit. One thing they asked for that I didn't have was a copy of my CV/Resume. I did however have a copy of my university degree, and my Project Management qualification, so that seemed to suffice. This was all very smooth and easy enough (except for the poor lady and I trying to complete some maths sums without a calculator). The lady was very pleasent and talkative and made me feel at ease. After the paperwork she ran through the process of the POE.
We then sat down and waited to see the Comsulate officer. After a bit of a long wait (but seemed a lot longer as I was worried my csr would be towed!!)we were ushed into a separate meeting room (also a bit of a worry).
The Consulate officer was very nice, and all he wanted to know was how (logistically) we planned to get over there (as we have two young kids). We explained our plans, which he thought was a good way of doing things. He then ran though the paperwork and signed off everything as he went (a good sign I am thinking at the time), chatted away about bits and pieces, took another fingerprint and sent us on our way saying that the passport with the "foil" attached, as well as the envelope inside would be back to us within a few days.
All in all it was pretty painless, and the whole process was over in an hour and a half (with an hour of this at least just waiting between the paperwork section and the Consulate officer).
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #3271