Consulate Review: Juarez, Mexico
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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December 17, 2014 |
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This is the review for my time and experience in Juarez.
I flew in Monday and my Medical and Biometrics were on Tuesday.
TUESDAY.
Medical Exam.
I went to the Clinica Medica Internacional. I stayed at the IBIS hotel, it was perfectly located-- the clinic is like a three minute walk across the hotel's entrance. I got there at 6am, right at the time they open and there were already a few people in front of me, maybe like 15 people. You need to bring the consular appointment confirmation (I just printed the one in my email), your passport and some info about where you'll stay when you get to America (they want the full address). You take a seat and fill out the little form, and then someone comes along to check your papers. Then you go to a window where a lady asked for my info, passport, took my picture and my fingerprints, put a bracelet with more info on my wrist, and gave me a number on a piece of paper.
Then you go to an eye exam. After that, someone walks you and a bunch of other people across the parking lot to the second building of the clinic. The first thing they do is take your blood. They're really quick and it doesn't hurt (however mine bruised a little the days after.)
After that, you walk to a room where they tell you to undress and put a little paper robe on. This is the general check up. They ask you some health related questions (ever had, TB, STDs, diabetes, when was last period, etc.) I have diabetes, so she had to ask more questions about whether or not I had complications (which I do- nephropathy, high blood pressure [for which she asked me what meds I was taking], and eye surgeries). Then she asked me to take the robe off and turn around so she could check for tattoos and such.
After that comes the Xray part which is in the room right next to the one you're in. The Xray took about 2 minutes. That's the last of it. Then they told me they were done and that I could get dressed and proceed to the cashier to pay and get my passport back. I paid 220usd, and they gave me my passport and the payment receipt. KEEP THE RECEIPT, you'll need it to pick up the results. They told me to come get the results at 2pm later that day. I was out at 8:20ish am.
I went back to the hotel and had breakfast (which was included with my room payment) and then hung out for a while. My biometrics appointment was at 2:30. So I went back to the first part of the clinic (on the right if you're looking from IBIS), and they told me to go to the window to get my results (which weren't there yet.) So I sat down and waited for about ten minutes, went back to the window and then they gave me a black folder with my results, and a CD with your Xrays. Don't bring the CD to the interview cause you won't be let in the consulate with it. You CANNOT open the folder!
Biometrics.
You gotta walk a little farther from IBIS for this-- past the consulate there will be a building that reads Sala de Espera. The ACS is right at the end of that little strip mall. They have big poster boards with numbers on them that they update every so often to tell you the time of the appointments they're taking. Mine was at 2:30, when I got there the "clock" was at 2:10. When it got to 2:30 (my appt time) I was allowed to get in line. They ask for your passport, the appointment confirmation, and the DS 160 page with the bar code. Then you take a seat and wait for one of the windows to open. When your turn rolls around, they take a picture, get your finger prints and confirm the DHL address where you want to receive your visa. This one took about 30 minutes for me cause it was busy when I went.
My interview was the next day. Some people gave themselves more days between the Medical and the Interview just in case something happened and they needed more time.
WEDNESDAY.
Interview.
My appointment was at 7:15am. After my ACS fingerprints appt, they tell you to be at the Sala De Espera no more than 30 minutes before your interview time. You have to go there first, don't go straight to the consulate. I got there 6:45ish and there were lots people ahead of me already. They ask for your invitation letter (the one that came in the mail) and the DS160 bar code page. Then you sit down in line. They took a long time to let the 7:15 people walk over to the consulate, we were definitely late. It was about 8:15 when we walked over. Then you go though security at the consulate. DON'T take any of the prohibited items because they WILL kick you out to get rid of them. I only had my folder with all my papers so I didn't have any issues and went inside after they gave me two pieces of paper with the same number. You sit down again and wait. When they call you up to a window, they take one of the numbers and they asked me for: my passport, my birth certificate, my fiance's birth certificate, I134 (affidavit of support), two passport sized pictures of myself, and my medical exams. If you don't have any of the papers they ask you for, they'll give you a piece of paper and tell you to go outside of the consulate to get what you need and come back when you have everything. The person at the window opens the black envelope and puts your results and all your papers in your file. Then they mark the other piece of paper with your number with a marker, they marked mine with a green highlighter meaning I had to to go sit down at the section with green chairs.
Then I waited in line and a window opened when It was my turn. I walked up and the guy went to get my file, he was super nice. He was like: Hola! And I was like: Hello! And he was like: oh is English okay? And I was like: Yeah, that's fine! Then he asked me: Who was petitioning me, how we met, what he did for a living, where I learned my English, if my fiance spoke Spanish, if I had studied in the US. He didn't ask for any of the evidence I brought with me. We talked for a second, he was super cool, and he was like "Your visa has been approved!" Omg I didn't know if I was laughing or crying or what, he was probably like: ???? but super nice about it. He gave me a green paper with the instructions to track my visa through DHL. |
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Moderate |
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