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| Argentina |  Review on March 9, 2012: |
Ale & Marc
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
My full review in Spanish is here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/308503-k1-en-argentina/page__view__findpost__p__5211376
I had an appointment for 9 AM, and I arrived 15 minutes earlier. They told me that I didn't have to wait in the same line as the people with tourist visas but go ahead and wait next to the window 1. After a few minutes, they gave me a paper that allowed me to go inside the building
They've changed the security guidelines about the things you can bring with you inside the embassy. They will NOT hold your cellphone for you at the entrance anymore, so you need to LEAVE YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT YOUR CELLPHONE. The other option is to leave it a van that is parked near the embassy, where there's someone who will hold it for you for a fee. This is not an official embassy thing, but I heard the embassy employees say that this person has been working doing this for more than 20 years.
After passing security, there's a fingerprinting station before entering the building. I let them know that I was there for an immigrant visa, and they took my fingerprints with a scanner
Then I entered the main building. I let them know I was there for an immigrant visa, and they gave me a number, and a green folder with the order in which you have to put the documentation. The list asks for copies, but if you've already handed in the copies with the packet 3, you don't have to provide copies again. Just put anything that you haven't turned in before.
The consul's secretary called me in to window 5 (on the left of the room, behind a door) by my number, and I handed in the folder with the documentation. She checked my documentation against a list she had, and gave me a paper to use to pay the fee.
With that paper, I went by to the waiting room and waited to be called to window 12 by number. I paid the fee in pesos, and I went back to sit down near window 5.
After everyone who was there to get an immigrant visa handed in their documentation, there was about an hour or so where they didn't call in anyone to window 5. I guess they used this time to review all the documentation that had been handed in during the day.
Then they started calling in for the interviews. I was second in line, so I finally got called in near 11 AM. A different person than the one who received my documentation interviewed me. The interview lasted about 10-15 minutes. Some of the questions asked were:
How did you meet?
What does your fiancé do for a living?
Was your fiancé ever in Argentina?
How long did your visits to the US last?
Who does your fiancé's son live with?
What kind of job will you do in USA?
Did you ever have any problems with the police?
After a while, he told me that I was approved, and I don't remember much of what he said after that.
He gave me a paper with instructions to arrange delivery with DHL. They've changed the system, from what I've read in previous review. Now you can choose to pick up your passport at a DHL location for no extra charge, or you can have it delivered to your house for an additional fee. You have to do this from a website, because the DHL office that was working inside the embassy is not there anymore.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #9297