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| Nicaragua |  Review on January 10, 2009: |
emmajr
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I had been in communication via e-mail with the consulate even before we got our NAO2 (ManaguaConsularIV@state.gov). I had a lot of questions and most of my e-mails were answered by Blanca Perez. She e-mailed me packet 4 (there was no packet 3) the day that the consulate in Managua received our case from NVC on Oct 7th. This obviously was much faster than waiting for them to mail it as mail in Nicaragua can be quite slow. Packet 4 is basically a list of everything (in spanish) that you need to gather for your interview. The last page is a consolidated check list that you are supposed to fax when all is ready. As a side note my fiance never faxed the page as I scheduled the interview for him via e-mail. I gathered what I needed to send my fiance and sent it to him via regular mail. There was a delay in gathering all documents due to external circumstances. I scheduled the interview for Jan 9, before he had all his documents as he was supposed to pick up the last one on Jan 6. Long story short, he ended up not having the document on the interview day, but we found out too late to reschedule. I was told previously that he could be interviewed without the document and the visa would be pending until the document was delivered to the consulate.
This is my fiance's account of what happened. Arrived at the embassy at 7:30am. Went through security. Was told to sit and wait until his name was called. Waited about an hour until his name was called. The first officer took his documents, our evidence, kept some of it (e-mails, my detailed cell phone bills) and the certificates attached to the DS-156K (birth cert, police cert, I-134. She asked him how old he was, how old I was and then told him to have a seat again. Waited another 15 mins or so. Name called again, this time the questions were asked by another woman. How, where and when did you meet? When did you become boy friend/girl friend? How do you communicate? How often? What are you going to do with the visa? What are you going to do in the states? That was all for questions. They did not tell him he was approved because he needs to bring them the singless certificate (the missing document) next week. However, the second woman stamped "aprovado" on two different pieces of paper, gave him another piece of paper with what was missing, and that was it. He called me at 10:30 (9:30 nica time) to tell he was approved pending the document he needs to bring next week. I was in a business meeting and excused myself. My heart was pounding, body shaking and wanted to cry. Had to pull it together to go back into the meeting. I'll add more when we he actually has the visa!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #3785