Consulate Review: London, United Kingdom
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| Review Date : |
June 16, 2015 |
| Embassy Review : |
For K-1 Fiance Visa Interview:
I'm writing this on behalf of my fiance
Arrived at the embassy at 11:00, was told by an official to come back at 12:30 because he had an Immigrant Visa. There was a long line that had formed when he first got there- but those were all Non-Immigrant Visas.
Came back at 12:20, waited in line about 20 minutes, and was then asked to show his interview letter and passport. They then called the first 4 people in line to go inside the embassy. Once he got inside, he sat in the large room for a little over an hour.
His number appeared on the big screen and he was called to his booth. This part may have differed slightly from other's experiences because the gentleman that questioned my fiance was very intense. These are the questions he was asked:
1. How do you spell your name
2. How did we meet
3. How long ago did we meet
4. What were you doing in America when you met your fiance
5. When do you want to be in the United States by
6. Do you have a sponsor
7. Have you ever been married before
8. Has your fiance ever been married before
9. How old are you
10. What are you planning on doing when you get to the United States
11. When is the wedding planned for
12. Where did we meet
13. Does your fiance have any children
I think the reason this part of the process seemed a bit intimidating was because the individual questioning him was very blunt, very abrasive, and very intense. There was no pleasant conversation...just simply asked him the questions and asked for his documents. This unnerved my fiance a bit because I really hadn't told him to expect to be grilled at that stage. We were more concerned with the interview part- but this actually turned out to be the most nerve wracking part of the entire day for him.
After the man was done questioning he told my fiance to go and wait for his confirmation number to be called for the interview. IMPORTANT! Make sure you have your confirmation number written down somewhere because the guy took my fiances interview letter from the embassy and then told him to go and wait to be called. Luckily he had written down his confirmation number beforehand, and I'm sure he could have asked for it from the letter- but save yourself this step by keeping it somewhere.
My fiance waited about 15 minutes to be called to the booth for his interview. Right before he was interviewed, a girl had just been denied her visa and was throwing a fit so this also unnerved him a bit because he was next to interview after the girl in front of him flipped out. Luckily the woman he interviewed with was lovely and made a small joke about "having a good day up until that happened" to put my fiance at ease. These are the questions she asked:
1. How did you meet
2. Where did you meet
3. What were you doing in America when you met your fiance
4. Has your fiance ever been married before
5. How did we sustain the relationship through our time apart (this was an interesting question I thought)
6. What does your fiance do for a living
7. What do you do for a living
That was the end of the interview- she told him she was more than happy to approve it, and then she actually saw our engagement pictures in his folder that he had brought with him and asked to look at them. They had a nice chat about where we had the pictures taken, etc. At this point my fiance asked her about the current visa situation and wanted to know what the status was. She gave him the same remark we've heard all weekend "we're doing everything we can to rectify the problem- we sincerely apologize for an inconvenience this is causing"....so really nothing new there.
All in all, he would describe the experience as intense in the beginning- but they were very professional, and very thorough and wanted to know that we were marrying with the right intentions. So it may have started out a bit rocky, but it ended up being what we expected. He made a point to say though that you really need to be honest because they are making sure that everything you've said about your relationship, your life, etc. matches to what you've put in all your paperwork. He said he believes the people who were having issues with their interviews had not been truthful and were basically being found out. |
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Good |
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