Consulate Review: Peru
Review Topic: K1 Visa
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| Review Date : |
April 21, 2008 |
| Embassy Review : |
We had our appointment at 8.45 AM on Friday 18th. The day before we were literally going crazy, organizing all our papers (I swear it looked like a bible, tons of everything), photocopying things, etc. My fiancé arrived on the 16th, late at night, to attend the interview with me. We stood in line, got our things checked and electronic devices kept until we left. After a few minutes, we were called to one of the little windows there are inside, 13th window, I think. We were asked to hand in the forms, my certificates and medical exam results; also, my fiancé had the supporting documentation for the I-134 (it was massive! and I am thankful he was there, he proved to be way more organized and calm than I am. In addition, I was asked a few questions and the person that asked them wrote down my answers on the computer. How I met Jared, how long we had been together, how many times he had been here, if we had been previously married or not. I realized this interviewer had an electronic copy of the K1 petition my fiancé had submitted. I had brought two passport pictures (which I was told to bring), but they said it had to be a picture that was 5 cm by 5 cm, so we went outside, across the street, to get my pictures taken. There were MANY other people going there for the same reason, it is very fast, but the price a rip off. We came back, and after handing in the pictures, waited for about one hour and were called to room 15, the interview room. Outside, there were a lot of people applying for different kinds of visa. Once in the interview room, I asked our interviewer, a middle aged man, English speaking one, but that seemed to know Spanish pretty well, if the interview could be done in English, so my fiancé would understand what we were saying. He said there was no problem. Other than delaying for a couple of minutes because my right hand's fingerprints couldn't be taken, it was quite easy. He asked me a few questions, like when and how I knew and met Jared and since then how many times he had been here, where we have traveled together, where I learned English, if I had lived in an English speaking country or been to the US before (the answer is no!), if I plan on keep studying archaeology in the US, what my parents or family think of Jared, if they approve of him, why I fell in love with him, what he does for a living. Then he asked Jared what a Risk Analyst do (I told him he was a mathematician but currently worked as a Risk Analyst) and where we were going to get married. Also asked us if we had been married before or had children (the answer again is no). Then Jared asked if he wanted to see more things or evidence like phone bills, copies, receipts, pictures, mails, etc, and he said that he had no doubt about our relationship and nothing else was necessary! This took a few minutes, then we just waited for him to type some things on the computer. That was it. He told us he wishes we have a happy life together, and to go to the DHL office a few meters outside the interview and paperwork area of the embassy. There, after paying a fee, I was told to go pick up my passport on Tuesday. *Phew* So glad it is all over!
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Good |
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