Interview documents

[mccartna 19]

Hola!

I have my interview in Madrid on next Thursday and I would like to know if I am missing anything! Here's the documents and stuff I am bringing to the interview:

- Current and old passports

- P4 Letter

- Courier and applicant information printout

- DS-260 confirmation printout and document with updated information about my previous travels

- DS-261 confirmation printout

- IV package (police, birth and marriage original certificates)

- AoS package (we were requested to bring an updated AoS due to checklist)

++ Checklist letter

++ Sponsor's updated AoS form

++ Sponsor's tax return transcripts from 2011, 2012 & 2013

++ Sponsor's employment letter, pay stubs and W-2 forms from 2014

++ Joint sponsor's AoS documents (same as for sponsor) in case it is needed

- Bona fide marriage proofs

++ Living together and travelling pictures

++ Wedding pictures

++ Bank statements of joint account

++ Census certificates of living together

++ Rental contract with both of our names

- ID pictures (a bunch of them because I'm not pretty sure how many they need)

- Medical results

You guys think we are good to go? Are we missing anything? Thanks!!

[StrawberryKiss 170]

Looks good to me! Good luck!

[kak 0]

Congratulations!!!! You're almost done.

Does the medical appt have to be in Madrid? Do both you and your husband have to go to the interview?

[samluvs 4]

you missing means of communication..like phone records or email

[S. & A. 159]

Hola! I actually have the exact same question as you. My interview is a week after yours, so your list here is really useful. I have a few questions (see comments below, particularly about the IV package and the bona fide marriage proof). Thanks!

Hola!

I have my interview in Madrid on next Thursday and I would like to know if I am missing anything! Here's the documents and stuff I am bringing to the interview:

- Current and old passports YES

- P4 Letter YES

- Courier and applicant information printout YES

- DS-260 confirmation printout and document with updated information about my previous travels YES

- DS-261 confirmation printout I suppose... I never filled out the DS-261

- IV package (police, birth and marriage original certificates) I'm confused about this one -- didn't you already send these to NVC? Do you have a second set of originals? Are you bringing copies?

- AoS package (we were requested to bring an updated AoS due to checklist) NVC already had my AoS and I suppose it was forwarded to the embassy so I don't have to bring any of this

++ Checklist letter

++ Sponsor's updated AoS form

++ Sponsor's tax return transcripts from 2011, 2012 & 2013

++ Sponsor's employment letter, pay stubs and W-2 forms from 2014

++ Joint sponsor's AoS documents (same as for sponsor) in case it is needed

- Bona fide marriage proofs This is the one that confuses me the most - are you bringing the same things you sent to USCIS/NVC... or more proof... or proof for the time AFTER you sent your I-130? Or copies of what you already sent to USCIS?

++ Living together and travelling pictures

++ Wedding pictures

++ Bank statements of joint account

++ Census certificates of living together

++ Rental contract with both of our names

- ID pictures (a bunch of them because I'm not pretty sure how many they need) YES (I think they need two)

- Medical results YES

You guys think we are good to go? Are we missing anything? Thanks!!

[mccartna 19]

Looks good to me! Good luck!

Thanks!

Congratulations!!!! You're almost done.

Does the medical appt have to be in Madrid? Do both you and your husband have to go to the interview?

Yup. They used to offer a couple of clinics but now you can only do the medical examination at "Unidad Médica Angloamericana" in Madrid. Basically they just ask you some questions, check your lungs and heart, take a blood sample and get you up to date with your immunizations in case you are missing some. Then you have to go another clinic, "Doctores Sales", for making the chest x-ray and they give it to you in a CD and they will also forward it to the main doctor in the first clinic so they can finish your examination. It all costs 215€, unless you have to pay some extra vaccinations, and you can pick up the sealed envelope the next day after 12PM. The clinics are close enough in walking distance and I was able to do everything in less than 3 hours.

About who's attending to the interview, I feel like every case is different but unless they request otherwise only the beneficiary goes to the interview.

you missing means of communication..like phone records or email

Yeah I thought so too so I grabbed some letters!

[mccartna 19]

Hola! I actually have the exact same question as you. My interview is a week after yours, so your list here is really useful. I have a few questions (see comments below, particularly about the IV package and the bona fide marriage proof). Thanks!

Hey!

- IV package (police, birth and marriage original certificates) I'm confused about this one -- didn't you already send these to NVC? Do you have a second set of originals? Are you bringing copies?

++ Yes, I did send originals already to the NVC but I have a second set just in case. In Spain they were not too hard to get so I played a little safe there. Also I'm bringing copies (you should see my "Interview Folder" lol)

- Bona fide marriage proofs This is the one that confuses me the most - are you bringing the same things you sent to USCIS/NVC... or more proof... or proof for the time AFTER you sent your I-130? Or copies of what you already sent to USCIS?

++ I am basically bringing the same stuff I sent to the USCIS in the I-130 package and more pictures and means of communication after that (we sent those 10 months ago already so I updated it a little bit.). I have originals and copies.

[S. & A. 159]

Hey!

- IV package (police, birth and marriage original certificates) I'm confused about this one -- didn't you already send these to NVC? Do you have a second set of originals? Are you bringing copies?

++ Yes, I did send originals already to the NVC but I have a second set just in case. In Spain they were not too hard to get so I played a little safe there. Also I'm bringing copies (you should see my "Interview Folder" lol)

- Bona fide marriage proofs This is the one that confuses me the most - are you bringing the same things you sent to USCIS/NVC... or more proof... or proof for the time AFTER you sent your I-130? Or copies of what you already sent to USCIS?

++ I am basically bringing the same stuff I sent to the USCIS in the I-130 package and more pictures and means of communication after that (we sent those 10 months ago already so I updated it a little bit.). I have originals and copies.

Ahhh, I see, I guess it's always good to have a second set of originals. I'm just bringing copies - I did email the embassy and asked if they needed anything already submitted to NVC and they said no. You can never be too careful though, haha.

For proof of relationship, I'm debating on whether to reprint what I sent to USCIS. I guess I will if I get the chance but it's sooo many pages and I think they should already have it. I am updating it a little bit with lots of wedding pictures and some plane tickets from a visit, emails and whatnot. Also bringing the original envelopes for letters (we sent photocopies to USCIS).

[ivy75 1]

Let us know how the interview goes! From everything I've heard, Madrid interviews seem to be pretty straight forward and short.

Suerte!

[mccartna 19]

Let us know how the interview goes! From everything I've heard, Madrid interviews seem to be pretty straight forward and short.

Suerte!

Will do!

Gracias!

[ivy75 1]

Mccartna, I have a question about the medical. Were you missing any vaccinations? I know there are a few that are required in the US but not Europe. Also, I am sure my husband had chickenpox as a kid and the vaccine against them didn't even exist when he was a child. Did they require anything on your part?

I don't know if it'd be worth getting a blood test for antibodies in advance to prove the missing vaccinations...he has almost all of them, but I can't find anything in his records about hep A+B.

[mccartna 19]

Mccartna, I have a question about the medical. Were you missing any vaccinations? I know there are a few that are required in the US but not Europe. Also, I am sure my husband had chickenpox as a kid and the vaccine against them didn't even exist when he was a child. Did they require anything on your part?

I don't know if it'd be worth getting a blood test for antibodies in advance to prove the missing vaccinations...he has almost all of them, but I can't find anything in his records about hep A+B.

Hi,

I didn't get any vaccination at the medical examination. I'm 28 years old and I found my old immunizations book and the only one I was missing was Td/Tdap so I went to my regular doctor and asked for it a couple of months ago.

Also, I had Varicella (chickenpox) when I was a kid so, again, I asked my regular doctor for a serology. After the test they were able to gave me a certificate stating that my body has the right antibodies to fight this illness.

So I brought my old immunizations book and the certificates of the Td/Tdap vaccination and Varicella antibodies.

On their website (Unidad Médica) you can find the next PDF with all the information:

http://unidadmedica.com/images/visados.pdf

I don't think the hep A+B shots are required if you are older than 18 but I would suggest you to give them a call or email them. They are really friendly.

[ABDyJLSO 9]

Yay Spain people! Good luck tomorrow and let us know how it goes. Thanks for the link for Unidad Médica. We'll be going to get my husband's missing ones soon.

[mccartna 19]

Hola!

I was approved! It really was an easy and smooth experience...

I had my appointment at 12PM and I arrived at the embassy at 11:30. There were 2 ladies outside "helping" and they requested my P4 letter. After I gave it to them, they went to the security guard and tell him our names. They opened the door, took my phone and made me go through the security scan. Then I was told to go to the waiting room. On the way there you can find a couple of photo booth machines so you can get ID pictures.

When you arrive to the first room another security guard will tell you to get a number from the machine and continue to the actual waiting room. It's a big room where there are multiple interview desks. There are some vending machines, restrooms and chairs where you can wait till they call your number on a screen. For IV there were only 2 appointments before me so I only had to wait 20 minutes. They called my name and this very nice lady requested my passport, took my fingerprints and went through my file checking that everything was fine. She verify my courier and contact information. I asked her to update my "previous travel information" in the DS-260 and she said to not worry about it because they were minimum changes. She asked for the sealed envelope with the medical information and she added it to the file. I had some AOS updated information so I gave it to her and she gave me the old documents. Everything else was fine and she didn't ask for any other document not even the ID pictures (I could see they had the one I submitted with the I-130 file). Then she told me to wait for them to call me again for the actual interview.

I had to wait another 20-30 minutes till they called my number again. This time there was a nice man who seemed to be in a rush (friendly though). He checked my fingerprints to verify it was really me and he started asking questions. He didn't even told me to do the sworn thing lol. He asked three questions: "how did we meet", "what does my wife do" and "where are we going to live". He said everything was fine, I was approved and I will get my passport with the visa in a week.

Time to prepare for the big change!

[ABDyJLSO 9]

That's great! Felicidades