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| Ghana |  Review on February 6, 2010: |
Tish
Rating:  | Review Topic: K3 Visa
I am the USC, and I did not personally attend the interviews. My husband's first interview was Oct 08; he brought in all of his documents and they were received by a Ghanaian lady who kept pictures, phone records, and some other pieces of evidence, then gave the binder back to my husband. She then called him to a desk where a consular officer was sitting already looking through his documents. He was greeted by a stern, Asian male, who was cold and asked questions related to when we met, how long we knew one another before married, how many times i visited him, then told him that he didn't believe that I had visited that many times. He sent my husband away for Administrative processing, marked a document requesting he provide my passport stamps to verify the number of times I visited him before and after our marriage. He also asked for additional phone records (even though we had several months from both countries for periods before and after our marriage), and other evidence of our relationship. We were given another interview 3 months later to bring in those docs.
The next meeting was Jan 10, and my husband waited in queue for several hours after submitting his interview/ time sheet. He met with a consular officer who looked through the additional data thoroughly page by page. He asked my husband what state I live in and then wanted to know why we used my "actual"
passport rather than copies. My husband explained that he did not want to be accused of being dishonest again, so he decided to err on the side of caution. The agent smiled and told him to come back for his visa in 2 weeks. He was cautioned not to make any travel arrangements until he had the visa in hand in the case of delays, etc. He received his visa today, 2 weeks later!!
My advice for interviewers is to send everything...too much information. We did not do the best job of documenting all of our visits with pictures. We didn't do much emailing or writing letters, but we were on the phone and texting daily. So, in short, depending on the way that you and your honey keep in touch...you need to send as much proof of that communciation as possible. If there are close friends, relatives, other respectable individuals who can vouch for your relationship, then obtain written statements from them.
Prepare everything in an organized manner and relax. This particular office is under pressure to reduce fraudulent applications, so unfortunately good people with honorable intentions often suffer to that end. All in all, if the relationship is "bonafide" (always wanted to use that word), you have nothing to worry about. The fact is, we all know going into these kinds of relationships that we will be asked to show proof of said relationship, so we must plan everything with that fact in mind.
If you are a person of any amount of faith...you're one up in my book; I could not have gotten through this process without it. I truly believe that God's time is best!
I wish you all luck...our stateside journey is next! 
Regards,
Tish
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #5660