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|  Review on September 4, 2010: |
natasha/willem
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
The consular officer said YES!!!So here is how it went. I went there around 8 cause thats when my appointment was scheduled then and so was apparently for 30 more people. So we stood there in line and waited to be called again. There were couple of girls from Kosovo ( macedonian embassy is handling there cases) with their husbands and bfs and I felt kinda said. They called me among the last ones and I entered the fortress. First there was an airport controll:D They took my phone and they took all the electronics I had, and put them in a box, gave me a number to reclaim it later, and send me off to the other building, and there once there was a metal detector but nothing too complicated. A big waiting room and first there was this guy that handles all your paper work and tell you that you have everything in order, like photos, forms, helps you fill out forms if you need to and if you miss any he gives you a copy to fill it out there. So cuz I had like a stack of them all lined up neathly he took them all apart took them out of their plastic bags and put them in the right order, and send me off to the waiting room. SO I am sitting there and I notice that some of the girls that were there with their spouses and bf are being called to the consular officer. And cause the interviews took place in the same room just you are talking with the consular officer and stuff behind a glass window, (he is behind the glass) you can see how the people are acting and stuff. The first girl pissed off the consular and I got a bit scared. Than the other one went there after that case, and I didn’t saw what happens with her. The other k visa case before me was called on the other window, and after her I was called, and they asked me to pay the 350 $ fee on the other window, and to come back. I gave in the documents and passport there, the ones that the other guy helped me figure out and put them in the right order. I did that and the guy asked me questions like :
Have you ever been to the us?
What is your fiancé’s job?
And are you a student or employed?
And he checked off a check list, and I got all the things checked. He opened my medical results and they were ok, and he took my passport and told me to wait to be called by the consular officer. After waiting a while, the girl before me finished at the consular officer and by default I was waiting to be called. And from where I was sitting I could see that the consular officeris flipping through a pile of documents which I later notice was my pile. It took him like 15 to 20 minutes and he called me in. So I got there, he asked me :
Hi Natasha how are you? I assume you don’t need a translator ( cause you can have one if you want) and he laughed.
First of all I want to tell you that I have never seen a case like this, and just by all the paper that you have submitted I can tell that your relationship is the real thing so I am gonna ask you routine questions, ok? ( and he smiled)
I thanked him and told him that we put a lot of effort in it, and it is nice to hear that someone appreciate the hard work:D “It pays off “ he said.
“ So once again where did you met” I answered in details and told him about the Shobox at the Market, and the Children of Bodom concert and our first contact. (He was so funny, he wrote it all down, Children of boredom? No, I said, B-O-D-O-M, they are a heavy metal band. And he wrote it down.” I told him the whole story like I am telling it to a girlfriend of mine and he said ok.
“ What is your fiancé working” I answered in details, and even the company and all, he wrote it all down,
“Are you gonna work when in the states’ I told him how I applied for a job at best by and since my fiance’s company is owned by them he is gonna put out some good word for me there and hopefully I will work there. I was honest about the whole deal.
“ When are you planning to have your wedding” I told him how we are gonna get married in the seattle’s court cause we wanna save some money to have a nice wedding with both of our families present, cuz we met eachother’s families and we want that to be special, and he asked.
“ I assumed It was really difficult for him to communicate with your parents, and you couldn’t even go for a second in the bathroom to leave him with them cause it was awkward not being able to understand what they were talking about. Well yes, I said and we both laughed. He said “ I had the similar experience, I know how that feels, and laughed again”. He said, “ Ok Natasha, you are aprooved, come in in Thursday and get your visa. Good luck to you and your fiancé, say hi, and all best, it was really nice meeting you” I thanked him and I couldn’t get the stupid smile of my face all the timw during the interview:D Thanked him so much, (3 times ) and I wished him a good day. And left. SO that is my experience.::D
And Just so you know I was freaked out earlier when I saw him flipping out about one of the girls, and sending her off home, but he was so nice to me and he was just thrilled to see how good our application is. So I was HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY!!!! And still am.
By the time I was finished it took like 3 and a half hours but it paid off.
Just remember. Laugh it away,even if you get tangled, like I did a couple of time, just smile, because they can see you are nervous and anxious. :D
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