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| Frankfurt, Germany |  Review on February 18, 2010: |
NewYorkie
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
US Consulate interview was generally painless and fast. Recommend getting there at least 30 min ahead of time. I waited 20 min to get in after getting a number, 10 minutes for my 1st window (document check and instructions where to go for my medical). Then another 20 min wait to get to the window # 2 and another 20 min before the actual interview. In comparison, the interview was rather short-10 min.
The 3 documents they were interested in: police record in German, affidavit of support and, in our case, the K-1 beneficiary\'s divorce decree in German. They didn\'t take translated versions although their website says all foreign documents should be translated so it was an unnecessary expense...grrr! They didn\'t care about the evidence of an ongoing relationship, I was told we had a strong case.
Questions asked: When did we meet and what did we do during the 5 months we lived together in Germany? He also asked if I\'m planning to work in my profession in the US. The consul was impressed I travelled 12 times to NY to visit my future fiancee spending minimum 6 weeks with her each time.
Had a scare though, right before the interview when they couldn\'t locate my bio . As it turned out they were processing 2 identically named K-1 beneficiaries but from different cities and I started to fear they mixed up our papers. The woman at the document drop off window requested my bio, which I mailed weeks ago, and was surprised I wanted to buy return stamps because she said that "I was there before". I denied so she showed me an envelope belonging to some other guy with the same last name. I got a bit angry and asked her what they were doing with my carefully assembled documents. She went looking for my envelope and finally got the correct bio to go with the rest of my papers.
In the end I was told I will get my passport with a sealed envelope in 2 weeks, which I did.
(updated on February 18, 2010)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #5705