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| Sydney, Australia |  Review on August 9, 2011: |
KLS2010
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
My interview at Sydney was fairly straight forward.
I arrived at 9.30am for my 10am interview, but the consulate must have been pretty busy because I was asked to come back at 10am.
After going back at 10am and clearing security I was allowed up to the Consulate where I took a number and waited to be called up to the window. I only had to wait around 5mins to be called up.
I was asked to hand them my passport, my 3kg Platinum Envelope and my medical results. I waited while the lady checked over my file containing all documents and forms that we had submitted previously. She then scanned my fingerprints. She told me all my documents looked to be in order and asked me when I was planning on travelling. I was then asked to sit back down and wait to be called again for the interview.
I only waited about another 5mins before being called up to a different window for the interview. I was asked the following questions:
Is this my first marriage?
Is it my husband's first marriage?
Names of mine and my husband's prior spouses
Do we have children together?
Do I have children from my previous marriage?
Does my husband have children from his prior marriage?
How many? Ages? Boys or girls?
Custody of/child support arrangements for my husband's youngest child
My husband's employment/what type of work he does
How did we meet? When did we meet?
When was my first trip to the US? How long for? How many trips in total?
Has my husband ever been to Australia?
When did we get married? Who attended?
What type of work I do here in Australia
What are my plans once I'm in the US? What type of work?
When was I planning to travel to the US?
There were probably a few other questions but these are all I can remember right now. Basically just simple questions that are easy enough to answer.
The CO scared me a little at the end...he said there was something missing from my file and he needed to find it. He came back with small piece of paper and told me 'This is what I was looking for. This is the one you want...it's the one that says your approved!' He handed me the approval notice and told me that it would take about a week for me to get my visa.
All in all a pretty easy experience. The staff were all friendly. The questions were straight forward and I wasn't asked to show any of the further evidence I had brought with me.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #8086