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| Sydney, Australia |  Review on April 12, 2011: |
pengu
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
As I am from Perth I flew into Sydney the night before and checked into my hotel at 11pm. My interview was for 8am and I got to the consulate at 7:20am but couldn't get to level 10 until 7:30am. I waited around for a few minutes before they opened up the reception and allowed me in, I was the first in for the day. After going through the security screening I waited in the front row of chairs until 8am, at which point the first row of chairs was allowed up to the 59th floor.
Once on the 59th floor I was first in and took ticket number 001 and was pretty much immediately called to the first available window. I handed over my documents, took fingerprint scans and was asked to sit down until I was called again. I was called back to the same window and the lady handed back my original documents and asked me to take a seat in the middle area until called by the consular officer.
I sat down for about 5 minutes before I was called up to the window by an American lady. I had my middle right finger scanned and I was then asked a series of questions. I lost track of exactly what was asked but I will try to list what I can remember the best I can:
- Have you ever had any criminal convictions?
- Have you ever had any trouble with the law in the United States?
- Have either of you been married before?
- Do either of you have children?
- When did you first meet and under what circumstances?
- When did you become romantically involved?
- How did you keep in contact?
- Have you been to the US before?
- When did you go to the US?
- Have you ever stayed longer than 90 days in the US?
- Has your fiancée been to Australia?
- What does your fiancée do for a living?
- What does your fiancée study?
- Where does your fiancée study?
- What do you do for a living?
- Have you met your fiancée's family?
- How many brothers and sisters does your fiancée have?
- Where do your fiancée's siblings live?
I then noticed she was flicking through the affidavit of support documents which started to worry me. My fiancée is in school and works part time as a waitress so to help supplement the application I submitted my property value as assets. She mentioned how she wanted to make sure I would not become a public charge and how it was tough attending school and working at the same time. She seemed satisfied enough with the documents I submitted though and said "you can relax now, your visa has been approved". She handed me a letter stating the approval with the express post tracking number attached and explained how they would be sending the visa out in 24 to 48 hours.
I was out of there by about 8:30am. All in all, it was a very good experience. I was happy I got there early and was out of there quickly, it made for a stress free day. I was a little surprised by the number of questions I was asked regarding the relationship, I'm sure there were more questions, I just can't think of them now. It didn't bother me though, I was just happy to be approved.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #7433