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| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Review on July 28, 2010: |
Moleza
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Important for those American Citizens awaiting a Security Clearance - Engaged to a Foriegn National
Yesterday, July 27th 2010
We arrived at the Consulate at 610 am. There was a line with about 5 women in front of us. Everyone was very nervous, including myself, Me and my fiancee awaited the assistance of the workers (consulate ambassadors) whom wore vests that said "Immigration Services, May I help you?" on the back. The workers came outside and handed us a small ticket that would accompany our cell-phones which we left at the entry point. When we left we needed to provide them with the first part of the ticket for verification to receive our cell-phones when we left the consulate. At about 715 exactly we entered the building and walked upstairs to the second floor where we entered a room that was to be our waiting place for checking of our documents (2x) and then finally the actual interview which was in a small room that was also inside the same sitting area where we were. The consulate ambassador was about 20-23 years old, she sat at the back of the roon calling out individuals in no particular order to check their documents and be sure that they were all in the order that was listed on the consulate checklist. As soon as she was done we sat back down and waited our turn to enter what I'd like to call the fish tank... in the front of the room. The consulate assistant sat behind a plexiglass window that had a small speaker attached for them to speak to us, and hear them in. My fiancee verfied with the assitant that all of our documents were in order at which time she told us that we could go and sit back outside and when our number was called (senha). We could go in for our interview. At this time it was around 815. We sat down and that is when the nerves started being tried. It was cold in the room. Cold enough for a jacket. We were the fourth people to have our doucments checked, and yet we saw the entire room full of people start to be called, 246, our number was 244. we were certain that we would be picked next. But for some reason the choice of interviews were random. As we sat there watching O GLOBO tv on the 46 in flat screen, my fiancee started biting her nails.. ( CALMA ) I told her. LOL Then we noticed that we were the second to last people left in the room. The first girl to enter the interview room came out in 5 minutes. She had the biggest smile on her face. We were very happy for her. The second came out not looking so pleased. The third came out angry.. she was telling her father that she told her fiance to be sure everything was done properly. And so on and so on. Out of 6 people I only saw 3 that came out of the room with smiles on their faces. Finally at 1200 came our turn. My fiance walked into the room and sat in front of the consulate interviewer, He was a white american man between 38 and 40 years old, resembled Richard Geere. He asked for my fiance to put her fingers into the finger print machine in portuguese. Her index fingers, then her thumbs ( Which did not process until the 4th try.) (LOL) Then he asked her, Where did you meet your fiance? and what year? How many children does he have? (she said 1, then she said 2) He said which one is it? She turned around to look at me and he said " Do not look at him" she said well... two and there anmes are ... He said ok, "What does he do for a living?", What do you plan to do when you get to the US?, Then he said, Ok, and directed the rest of the interview towards me, "He said, Ebon, it looks like you have had a history with the police, Tell me about it", I was in shock because I could see that he had my SF-86 (Background Investigation) sitting right in front of him", I told him the things that I admitted in my investigation" and he told me that he understood. Asked me, what were my future plans for my fiance, and if her children would accompany her at a latter date. I told him that we have discussed our plans for them to come at a latter date, He then asked me how was my portuguese because my fiance spoke no english and I said very good. He then told us that he wished us luck, and that her visa was approved. To go downstairs and pay the tax for shipping of the documents. 56 Reais. (30 Bucks american roughly or less.) Overall this was the most trying experience but Im glad that I was there because I know that she would not have been able to answer the questions that he had for me.
But we are done, and now we have to wait for her to have visa in hand. Next story, Entry into the US.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #6405