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| London, United Kingdom |  Review on September 17, 2010: |
Bill&Jade
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I got to the embassy at 07:50 for my 08:30 appointment, went through security etc and was seated by about 08:10. There really wasn't much of a queue outside. I was issued an I number, which seemed to be the only set of numbers that were taking forever to deal with as they weren't being called as frequently as the N numbers. I got called up to the first window at around 10, the woman was really nice, she was moaning to me about how much the pharmacy's charge for the visa photos, which helped settle the nerves. She didn't ask for the employment verification stuff and only took one year of tax returns and I think 1 month of wage slips. So I went round the corner and paid and totally forgot to take the receipt back to her! Thankfully I'd only sat down again for about ten minutes before I realised and rushed back to hand it in. So eventually got called up again at about 11:15, greeted by a really nice guy who was very impressed with our application. He said he had read through it and thought it was beautifully put together with a great amount of emails and phone bills, he said that he'd not seen one like it in a long time. Then came the questions, he asked me where I met my fiance, when I'd met him in person, if he'd been to the UK and when are we getting married. It was really quite relaxed and chatty, and only lasted 5 minutes or so. Then he told me he had approved my visa and we chatted about the Visa Journey website as I had said I'd heard all about the brown envelope from here. And then he said the words that I couldn't wait to hear (after saying I'd been approved of course) "Welcome to America". I wanted to jump up and down with joy, I think he could tell I was happy though. So then I went over and paid the courier fee and as I got to the desk the guy asked me where I was moving to and I didn't think and just said "America" Then I was like, " Oh well yeah of course it's America, I mean Idaho" hahaha. I told him it was the hardest question I'd had all day. haha. He laughed.
It didn't feel like I'd been sat there for three hours, as the time passes quite quickly what with all the hustle and bustle of everyone else there.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #6616