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| Moldova |  Review on May 30, 2012: |
crispy2
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
The staff at the Embassy have been amazingly friendly and helpful. My fiancee, Svetlana, arrived on time with her son and was let into the waiting room. First she was called to the window to present her medical folder and the documentation that was requested in the email sent by the embassy.
After about a 10 min wait she was called to window #3. Svetlana told me that the interviewing consular was very polite and friendly which helped immensely to relieve her fears and stress. After greeting Svetlana and happily stating "so you are going to get married" with a big smile....these are the questions that were asked: How did you meet?, Does your fiance (me) speak Russian or Romanian?, What are our plans for marriage?, Do you have another son?, How old is he?, Is he coming to the U.S. with you? What does he do? Is he coming to the wedding?
At this point he brought out a piece of paper the he said had something written in Romanian and in Russian. He asked Svetlana if she was ready for this and for her to carefully read what it says. Basically it said that she promised to marry within 90 days of entry to the U.S.
While she was reading, the consular spoke with her son, Daniel, asking him a few questions. Have you ever been to the U.S.? Has your brother been to the U.S.? What will you do in the U.S. (talking about school)? Do you have any relatives in the U.S.? Have you ever met Chris (me)? What did you do with him?
All of the questioning was done in a very friendly conversational manner and the whole process took no more than 15 min.
The consular asked Svetlana to raise her right hand and swear to follow what was stated on that piece of paper she read. Somewhere in this whole process they were both fingerprinted.
Couple of other things....We met on a Christian dating site and when Svetlana told the consular this, he asked for the web address and proceeded to look it up online and ask her a few questions about it.
As several other have stated, she brought backup copies of everything and even some extra supporting evidence and none of it was requested.
Keep this in mind...This is not only a knowledge test of what was submitted in the packet and how well you know each other, but it is also a psychological exam, testing the legitimacy of the relationship.
I know I jumped around a bit but I wanted to get it all down while it was still fresh in my mind.
I hope this helps you all.....it could not have been a better experience for us....Thank you Alina and the rest of the helpful staff of the Chisinau Embassy.
Chris & Svetlana
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #9749