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| Hong Kong, China |  Review on July 9, 2009: |
Alias
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I went to the interview with my fiancee in HK on June 23rd. We got there before 8:30am and they let us in and said get in earlier so you can leave earlier. The interview is held on the 2nd floor. When we got up there and the lady told us that once we have the paperwork arranged based on the sheet that they have given us, go up and submit it to a available window. The interview is not held in a private room but one that have booths, just like a bank. So you will be able to hear others and vice versa.
So anyways, we arranged the paperwork per the instruction and walked up to a booth. The lady asked which one of us was the visa applicant. I told her it was my fiancee. Then she asked me how I was able to come up with her. I told her that the guards outside allowed me to accompany her. Then she said that she didn\'t think that I was allow to be there. But nevertheless, she didn\'t tell me to leave. She said go back and sit down and if necessary, she will call me up for the interview. So after we submitted the documents to her, both of us sat back down to wait.
After awhile, my fiancee was called for fingerprint by an American lady. Then after that, she sat back down with me. Then after a long while, she was finally called by an Asian lady. This time it was the interviewer. I didn\'t get to stand next to my fiancee but I was only about 10 or 15 feet behind, sitting on the chair. I could hear most of what the lady asked and most of what my fiancee reply. My fiancee answered most of the questions fairly easy with the exception of a couple. She stumble on a couple but definitely nothing that I thought would prevent her from the visa. After about maybe 20 minutes of quesitons, she was told to sit back down.
After awhile again, she was called up again. This time by the American women and the Asian lady standing next to her. The american lady asked her some questions and the Asian lady translated, as my fiancee doesn\'t speak English. Again, my fiancee answered most of the questions OK. After about 5 minutes of questions, they asked my fiancee to raise her right hand and swear. After she sworn, they broke the news to us!
The lady said, at this time she cannot approve the visa because we were missing some documents. She said once we submitted the documents, then they can issue the visa. She handed my fiancee a blue sheet stating what documents we needed to get. The lady said we are done and we do not need to be interview again. Just get the missing documents and submit it and we will receive the visa by mail in 5-10 days. Initially, we were a bit dissappointed, but I thought that it was way better than being denied.
A few days later, after we obtained the necessary documents, we submitted at the outside window, paid the postage inside the first floor. Then we waited a few days and on July 1st, we got a letter from the post office telling us that we have a package to be picked up. We picked it up and it was good news!!! Once I saw the big envelope, I knew everything was OK. We opened it and inside was the brown, \"Do Not Open\" envelope and her passport with the visa!
The people in the Hong Kong Consulate are definitely all business. Beside the American lady that we\'ve saw, most of the people there were not at all friendly. They were not rude/impolite, but just not very friendly. Their questions were very harsh, as their attitude. Not to scare you, but I have witnessed a girl there cry. The best that I can describe it is almost like a police interviewing a suspect. For example, \"Just answer the question!\", \"I am asking you, answer just yes or no!\".
Overall, the people there are very efficient and effective. Just not friendly with smiles and such.
(updated on June 28, 2010)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #4705