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| Naples, Italy |  Review on November 20, 2011: |
er@mar
Rating:  | Review Topic: General Review
Dear VJ friends,
I hope this review helps you. Well I was very blessed because I stayed with friends from Naples, so they knew where everything was and I didn't really need to worry about it. But anyway I think that if you ask people they are very nica and willing to help.
DAY 1.
I woke up early that day, I know it's so much stress so it was hard to sleep but anyway I was in front of the Istituto Varelli at 7. It was pretty cold so I was so happy ti find out that they let you in anyway. I gave my passport to one of the ladies at the reception and sat down at the yellow chairs.
After a while people kept coming and then at about 8.15 they started calling names for the blood withdrawal. It was very strange because I stil haven't figured out the order that they called us, but it sure wasn't in arriving order. In fact they were not that organised. Anyway afterwards I went back to the yellow chairs and waited for a nice quite old man to call my name. He called me and we went to a small office, he asked me ONE picture, checked for the list of my previous vaccinations and told me that I needed the Trivalente shot. He also asked to see my DS-2053(remember that you complete only the first part as the instructions say).
Afterwards he gave me a paper and told me to wait for the doctor. I went back to the famous yellow chairs. Meanwhile the other applicants and I chatted a lot, my advice is to not stress out and to not be influenced by other people's visa experiences.
The doctor called me and I went in, there is also a very nice blonde lady in the same room. She asked me to take off my shoes and she checked my height, weight and my eyes.
Then the doctor asked me if I had had any health problems in my past, he checked my papers and then asked to lay down on the bed and checked my heart beat, my blood pressure. Then he gave the Trivalente shot and asked me to go downstairs to get the X-rays done.
After the X-rays I was done. At 2 o'clock I needed to be at the Consulate for the fingerprints. If you have time relax at lunch time and get a good coffe, actually I highly recommend it, coffe in Naples was so good.
At 2 we were all there in front of the Consulate. You go in, two people at a time, you leave all you electronic devices to the officer including cameras, phones, etcc...They were very nice and funny, they'll give you two numbers, one is small size and it will be used when you get out, to pick up all your stuff and the other one is the number that you will be called for the fingerprints. Then you go in, second floor, they'll ask you for your passport and ONE picture. Make sure that the picture is the right size.
Then all afternoon I was free to enjoy the town everhtough I was very stressed still.
DAY 2
I went to the Consulate at 7. I had to wait 30 minutes and the police officer started getting our passports. After 5 minutes they strated calling ou last names to get in. Same procedure as the day before to get in. Then there was an officer who checked our documents just to make sure that we had everything. There were some people who did not have their CARICHI PENDENTI certificate and the BNL RECEIPT, so make sure you have them.
Afterward a very nice lady, Miss Woods started calling our numbers. I was number 5, she checked all my papers that I had tried to organize so well, as she touched the papers my heart was beating so fast, I was really nervous, she said well everything seems to be ok but you are missing a police certificate from the country where you were born. Here is my advice, if you have lived in a different country (not Italy) for a long time then e-mail the consulate to know specifically the names of the police certificates that they need. In my case they needed three and I had only two. I was speechless and so confused. I asked her: What does this mean in my situation? She said: "It means that we can not issue a visa today but you can still have the interview with the consul. She told me to go and wait until the consul called my name.
I was soooo stressed at this point, but I had to be ready for the interview. After 15 minutes the consul called my name and I took my huge backpack where I had tons of proofs of our ongoing relationship. He made me sware that I was saying the truth and I said yes as I was raising my right hand.
He glanced at everything while he asked me where we met...Then he started asking me random questions like: where did you learn to speak english? He was very laid back and nice as he was drinking his coke zero...
Then he told me that I needed to submit the other police certificate. I asked him if I could come back the day after with a fax on that certificate instead of going back home and rescheduling another interview day. He said he needed to ask his collegues, and he sent me to another window. There was a lady whom told me that they usually prefer originals but in this case Yes I could come back the day after.
I went oput and rushed to call my parents. They got my policer certificate, translated it and notarised it in a record time. I had my fax by 5 p.m.
Same thing the third day, I went there pretty early, in fact I was number 1. The lady took my certificate and told me to go pick up my passport at 5 p.m at Mailboxes etc.
I went there at 5, I advice to go there earlier, we were a lot of people waiting. They gave us a number and told us to wait until they called our numbers. As people were getting out of that door we were yelling from the joy that we had for each of them. I advice not to plan on traveling too close to the interview date because it is too stressful. There was a girl who had the interview on Thursday and her flight on Saturday, wedding on Monday. I would advice to take your time and plan things in such a way that will make things easier not harder.
Anyway there was me......waiting to get my passport and the famous yellow envelope. Unfortunately It wasn't ready yet. They told me that I could pay 25 euro and they would mail it to me ASAP.
I am still waiting for my passport to get here but I called Mailboxes and they dais they mailed it.
Good luck everyone. I know it may seem so hard and stressfull but in the end it will make you appreciate your time with your soulmate so much.
God bless you!
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