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| Montreal, Canada |  Review on June 18, 2010: |
kizza
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
We showed up around 6h30 (parked the car on Bleury, below René-Lévesque, 12$ for the day - and a very short walk to the consulate.) We were the only ones there for a while. We were standing on the left side of the doors, and everybody else lined up on the right side, which made me start to doubt myself, but when the security guy came out, he had everybody line up behind us.
We ended up with letter B because our guy doing the security check was slower than the other. No big deal. Went downstairs and waited for someone to come back and escort us up the elevator.
We got called to window 8 after letters A and C. The lady was super nice. She had her checklist and asked for my papers, one at a time.
-Original birth certificate + copy + translation (certified, not notarised)
-Passport + copy of bio page
-Police certificates (originals they keep)
-Medical report - sealed - they dont want the xrays
-2 photos with my name printed on the back
-Letter of intent from Matt (I had one from me but she didnt want it)
-Form 134 + supporting docs (I had copies of the IRS transcripts, letter from employer, his 401K statement, and letter from the bank stating when the accounts were opened, amount in them and last year's total deposits, which they all kept)
-Big arse enveloppe, with my name and address. She asked if I had written down the tracking number. She folded it a bit better than I had.
She sent Matt to pay the 350$ while we were taking care of the paperwork. Once he came back with the receipt, she took my fingerprints.
We waited a few more minutes, and after letter A was out, we got called to booth 8. You just walk right in.
The man in there was super nice and friendly right away. I was nervous but had a huge grin stamped on my face (had been waiting 9 months for this day!). He made me sign a form and I noticed my hand was shaking.
He asked a few questions:
- How did you meet? When?
- Who proposed to who?
- What was your technique, sir?
- What do you do (to Matt)?
- What do you do (to me)?
- Ever had issues with the police?
- Ever married? Have kids?
- Ever had problems entering the U.S.? (yes, was denied entry) When? Why?
- Have you been in the U.S. since? No. Matt said we didnt want to take chances and started ranting that it had been way too long and very inconvenient. The man agreed apologetically.
He took a fingerprint of my middle finger and said, "Based on what you have told me today, I can tell you that your visa is approved". He must get a kick out of seeing peoples reactions when he says that because he was staring at me expectantly with a big smile as he said it. Indeed, the permagrin that was already plastered on my face got even bigger.
Matt asked if I could go to the U.S. without activating my K1 for a day or 2 and he said ABSOLUTELY NOT. We'd have to start all over again.
He gave me a piece of paper... not sure where that is. And gave me back my original birth certificate. All the rest they kept. He never asked us for any additional evidence of relationship.
Out by 9am.
I wish I would have believed people when they said not to stress about it!
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