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| France |  Review on May 7, 2012: |
Fabien&Sofia
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I showed up at the security gate at 12:45pm, entered the Embassy, took a ticket and sat in this large waiting room surrounded by twenty windows. Between 1 and 2pm, the blinds opened one by one, revealing an officer behind most of them. However, only two ladies took care of the Immigrant Visas -- the only women. The others took care of non-immigrant visas, U.S. Citizens requests,...
There were four people with a "A" ticket before me (immigrant visas). Another fiancé visa (girl with ticket A109 and an amazingly calm baby, if you read it, Hi!), a marriage visa, someone getting a visa through his American father, and I'm not sure what the last one was about. Shortly after 1pm, I was called a first time to window 5. A French lady took my appointment letter and my ticket, and I sat again.
I was called again to the same window about two hours and half later. This time, she took all my documents and checked them one by one (with the I-134 form, I gave a letter from my Fiancee's employeer, her paychecks from the past two months and a statement of some savings she has). She wrote down a few things on different forms, explained me the AOS process and told me to go sit down again, that I would be questioned by a consulate officer soon.
I was then called to window 11. An American lady made me rise the right hand and tell I would say only the truth. She asked a few questions "tell me about your fiancé" "how did you two meet?" "what are you going to do there" "has she come to visit you in France?" she looked at the pictures, read a couple of letters we had our friends and famillies write, and finally closed the file and told me I would receive the visa by 10 days. Phew!
Overall, aside from the long wait, it was a pleasant experience. I was kind of expecting to face burly, cold immigration officers like you sometimes see them in American Airports, so it was a good surprise to see two kind and charming women.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #9627