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bridget y rodolfo
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
We were approved!
Our appointment time was at 7am, which is when the funcionarios stand outside and call out names and your number, and collect Cuban IDs. They don't allow phones/electronics and make you through out any paper envelopes (I have no clue why), so just be sure to avoid bringing those things. We got in around 8 or so, waited to be called to submit our paper work and then do fingerprints. Like everyone else has said, fiance visas are the last, and it seems that when the American fiance is present, you're the last of the last. We watched every other person/group go through and were finally called for the interview just before 2pm, at the same time as the only other couple in which the American fiance attended. We were the very last and when we were done, the second appointment group was already entering. It's extremely nerve-racking to watch everyone else go through, with many unhappy salidas, so as others have said, expect to be nervous.
Our interviewer was a woman. Because they forgot to tell us (or call our name?) to pay the 121CUC beforehand, she sent my fiance to pay and asked me a set of questions. In addition to the standard questions (where/when did you meet, what are our plans, have I met his family, has he communicated with mine, do either of us have kids, does he have family in US, etc.), she asked what we ate that morning, how we arrived to the Interest Section, where I lived and what are the names of my roommates, what are his family members' names, where does he work and where has he worked in the past, etc. Because I was recently divorced at time of petition, she asked about my separation and details on that (which is presumably why she asked extra detailed questions). She had me sit down, and then called my fiance over to ask similar questions. I could hear his responses (as the interview windows are not very private) and he answered everything the same as I had. She then called me over and told us that we are approved pending his medical exam results, which aren't ready yet. Overall, the interviewer was pretty emotionless- not in a bad way- until the end, when she smiled and was very nice.
Other observations: there was a young guy from Pinar del Rio with a Cuban American fiance in Miami who was denied presumably because he answered yes to being in the communist youth party. There was a man already married to a Cuban American who was questioned on and off for about an hour. His wife had been recently divorced before marrying him, so if you're in the situation of a recent divorce, expect extra questioning.
Overall, we're happy with the way that everything worked out. Everyone working there was very nice. Be prepared for a long, possibly stressful day. Bring snacks and a sweater. And good luck!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #5223