Interview

[haknas 0]

Here is our interview experience in Ankara, Turkey.

Our interview time was 8:15AM. We arrived there at 8:00AM and there

was already very long two lines, one for visitor visa and one for immigrant visa. I found out that the immigrant visa line was that long because Iranian

applicants also get interviewed in Ankara, Turkey.

We had to wait until 9:20AM to get in because security office told us that

there is already a long line inside and even he let us get in we would wait over there. Security officer then told me that USC spouse is not allowed to get in due to new regulation. So I wished good luck to my wife and she got in around 9:20AM and I was waiting for her outside.

This is what my wife told me about her interview;

After security check there was a counter where she had to wait half hour because there was another long line for immigrant via. Here they asked for the appointment letter, medical test results and 2 pictures first. Then they asked for wedding pictures, email records (we didn't email a lot to each other but we called each other everyday so we had a print out of our call records instead), 2009 tax return and any additional proof such as flight tickets, money

transfer etc. My wife gave 2009 tax return with the 3 months bank account statements because I used my cash assets to sponsor. Then they gave a number and asked her to wait for interview.

It was very crowded and after almost one and half hour her number was called for fingerprint and she completed the fingerprint and kept waiting. In forty minutes her number was called again for the interview. She went to the window and the lady said "hello, how are you?" and then asked to swear that everything is correct in DS230 and everything she will say in the

interview is also correct. After this officer started to ask the following questions;

1) How did you meet?

2) How long did you talk before you met in person? (Because we met online)

3) Where did you meet first? (In which country and city?)

4) What does your husband do? Where does he work?

My wife said he has his own business and she asked what kind of business etc.

5) What do you do? Do you work?

My wife said I recently graduated from university and never worked.

6) What is your degree?

7) When did you get married?

8) Where did you get married?

9) Did you go to honeymoon?

10) Who came to the wedding from your family?

When the officer was done with the questions she told my wife that everything is okay and good and asked her to wait in the window. In a few minutes officer came back with a paper for the UPS Counter and asked her to make the payment to the UPS Counter and gave back some documents (such as original marriage certificate and birth certificate, wedding pictures etc.). My wife

was expecting to get a document with decision also and asked to officer whether she will get a document and the officer told her "everything is okay, we don't give such document but you are approved and you will get your passport with visa back in 5 business days."

The lady was very nice and the interview was very smooth with no problems at all except the long wait outside.

Today we got the passport back with visa and a yellow sealed envelope. So it took 2 days to receive.

This has been a long and stressful journey and our visa journey ends here. We wish good luck to all who are waiting to be together with their loved ones.

We will stick here for a while in case someone has any question that we can help about.

[Alan-and-Ira 1]

Congratulations to you on the successful end of your visa journey!

[canadian_wife 1,822]

congrats! Excellent news

[skynaut 29]

Congratulations!! Good for you! we have just sent our I-130, waiting for NOA1

[sdw 10]

Congrats

[OBX 51]

Thanks for sharing your interview experience and congratulations!

[LotofPatience 65]

Congratulations and happy reunion soon!

Loto

[Darnell 8,478]

Congratulations !!!

*** moving to 'IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports' forum ***

Edited August 7, 2010 by Darnell

[kapad 2]

Hi!

Thanks and congrats for the interview sharing and reunion soon.

Let me understand this correctly, do we have to give our income tax papers to our spouse in the foreign country? If yes I was not aware of that.

What other documents do we need to send to our spouse for their interview?

I will appreciate any body and every bodies input here.

Thanks in advance.

[LotofPatience 65]

Hi!

Thanks and congrats for the interview sharing and reunion soon.

Let me understand this correctly, do we have to give our income tax papers to our spouse in the foreign country? If yes I was not aware of that.

What other documents do we need to send to our spouse for their interview?

I will appreciate any body and every bodies input here.

Thanks in advance.

kapad, you (if you're choice of agent) will submit all the required documents (both beneficiary's and petitioner's) to NVC. Once NVC completes their process, they will send the entire package by DHL to the consulate. After the interview, your beneficiary will get all those originals back.

If you think you need to provide her ANY other additional documents which might be helpful for the interview, then you can mail then to him/her separately.

Loto

[LoveRani 1]

Thank You for sharing the interview experience! Goodluck rest of your journey together

[MRStee 19]

congrats to you and its really kind of you to stay to help others! Thats what this process is all about

[RyannTanya 2]

Congratulations!

[Nwanyioma 11]

Congratulations

[Zeban 1]

Congrats