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| Costa Rica |  Review on October 22, 2008: |
rue2you
Rating:  | Review Topic: K3 Visa
We had our interview and we were approved. My wife will pick up her daughters and her passports tomorrow with their VISA'S.
We arrived at 11:50am for our 12pm to 1:30pm interview.
They call us up at 12:05pm. They asked for all our papers, one by one. The lady actually forgot to ask for my wife's birth certificate and her police report, she had to call us back up to request those items. The only financial support docs they wanted from me was 2007 tax return and bank statements, and she really didn't have to have those she said but she would take them. She would have wanted W-2's but I am selft employed.
They told us to have a seat after getting all our docs they needed. There was about 10 people there for interview items. Only 4 for actual interviews the remainders were there picking up packet 3's.
We were the first one's called up for the docs but second to last to get interviewed. The first lady who was interviewed was alone her husband was in US. The interviews were held right there in the lobby basically. The beneficiary/petioners were standing at the glass windows. He ask her alot of questions about how they met and asked for several items to provide proof of relationship. She was approved. The second person was a boy/man seeking a visa to live with her father in the US. He was denied, they wanted other documentation, not sure exactly what but you can tell he was disappoinated.
They finally called us up after waiting 1 hour and a half. They ask if I spoke spanish and if she spoke english. I said yes spanish but not completely and my wife speaks even less english. No problem he would talk in both spanish and english. He told me to have a seat so he could speak with my wife. He ask about her current job and was particularly interested in her past job with Johnson n Johnsonl. He ask her how we met, if she met my parents, yes she had, if she had ever been to the US, no she hadn't, if she would be working in the US, no she wouldn't, if she knew I was previously divorced, yes she did twice, what my job was, how old was my son and that was about it. He told her to have and seat and ask me to come up. He ask me where my wife worked, I told him, he asked about previous job, I told him, he ask about other previous job, he was getting to the Johnson n Johnson job, kinda weird but that was where he was going. He ask me how old my son was and what he thought about me getting married.....again, I told him he was good with it, he is 18 and will be going to college. He ask if I wanted more kids, I said yes, he said I was brave. He ask how we met I told him through a mutual friend. He said I know you brought alot of evidence to prove your relationship so I guess I will look at some photos of your wedding. He said I don't need to see the photos because I can tell a couples relationship in about the first 45 seconds, he said I have been doing this along time and I can tell when people have a REAL relationship. He asked my step daughter if she wanted to live in the US and she shook her head furiously and he laughed. He asked my wife if she wanted to live in the US and she said yes. He asked where she would be living and she said with my husband. He asked her where in the US and she said Texas and he said where in Texas and she told him the city......I guess he wanted to check and make sure she knew where I lived. He said congratulations your VISA has been approved. Good luck with your new life in the US. Please have a seat and you will be called up for instructions on how to pick up your visa tomorrow.
The whole interview took about 15-20 minutes. We took a seat and they called us up about 5 minutes later. The lady told my wife to come back tomorrow and pick up your passports with visas at 3pm.
Overall: The people at the embassy in Costa Rica were extremely friendly and thorough. I told them we waited 7 months for VSC to approve our application and after they did it took about 1 week to get to Costa Rica and 2 weeks later we were approved. He said yes he knew and they prided themselves on being quick and precise at processing the visas once they receive the paperwork.
A+ for the US Embassy in Costa Rica. From application in the US to receiving the visa was about 8 months to the day.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #3490