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margautix

Mar 4 2008, 12:20 PM

Hi VJ friends,

Today has been a wonderful and humbling experience for me. I got approvd of the k1 visa petition and was granted visa pick-up even if i just live nearby the embassy

I got there at 5am with my friends dee (runs4fun) and his pinay wife lilly. But i had to leave my celphone iwth peewee, another VJ friend.
We have a 630 appointment and were asked to get inside at 6am. We submitted the DSforms with the appointment letter then were given a queueing number. Both lilly and i went for fingerscanning at the same time. Then abround 730ish my number flashed for the pre screener interview. He asked for my BC, NBI, CENOMAR, Affidavit of Support, 2007 ITR of my bf and 5 photos and letters but i gave chat logs coz i said we talk on the phone 5x a day so we don't write emails that much.

He asked:
-Who is my petitioner
-how did we meet
-when was the last time he was here and for how long
-are u both single and do we have kids
-whose in the picture with u (pertaining to a picture taken at subic with friends)
-if i have immediate family in the US
-what does he do for a living

He gave back the 2x2 pics given to SLEC then he said to wait for my interview with the consul.
Around 845 i was called to Window 27 for the interview with the consul. Again almost th same time the dee and lilly were also called. We shared the room with 2 consuls, there was just a divider but all the other rooms had just one consul i think.

The consul asked all the same questions plus:
-if i know the reason why my cousin introduced my bf to me
-describe what kind of job my bf does
then he said "well ur papers are good so just wait for ur name to be called again outside."

I wanted to ask if i was approved but i just assumed so just asked casually if i can pick up the visa and even right b4 i was gonna say the reason for my request, he smiled and said "that wouldn't be a problem" then handed me the dark pink slip i should present for visa pick up. I still told him my reason and he just smiled.

Thats it.

Tip: for those who wants to be granted the visa pick up, u may have a letter of request with you (but in my case i wasn't asked for it). But do not show the CO yet. Ask first verbally and casually. I have never read a denial for visa pick up so i guess it wouldn't hurt to ask.

Thank you so much VJ and WOF friends and administrators. Thes sites have been a great help and source of support
Apart from the approved visa, i also have a bonus! Meeting wonderful girlfriends: Peewee, Iou, Docjazzie, Lilly and her husband Dee.

Thank u also jenn (aki) and Dan & Weng!

Btw, my original BC, NBI,CENOMAR and affidavit of support werent returned to me. Anyone who just got approved has the same situation?

Many thanks again!

ZeeNusah

Mar 4 2008, 12:24 PM

Congratulations!!

Mrs. Scott

Mar 4 2008, 01:32 PM

QUOTE(margautix @ Mar 4 2008, 12:20 PM)

Hi VJ friends,

Today has been a wonderful and humbling experience for me. I got approvd of the k1 visa petition and was granted visa pick-up even if i just live nearby the embassy

I got there at 5am with my friends dee (runs4fun) and his pinay wife lilly. But i had to leave my celphone iwth peewee, another VJ friend.
We have a 630 appointment and were asked to get inside at 6am. We submitted the DSforms with the appointment letter then were given a queueing number. Both lilly and i went for fingerscanning at the same time. Then abround 730ish my number flashed for the pre screener interview. He asked for my BC, NBI, CENOMAR, Affidavit of Support, 2007 ITR of my bf and 5 photos and letters but i gave chat logs coz i said we talk on the phone 5x a day so we don't write emails that much.

He asked:
-Who is my petitioner
-how did we meet
-when was the last time he was here and for how long
-are u both single and do we have kids
-whose in the picture with u (pertaining to a picture taken at subic with friends)
-if i have immediate family in the US
-what does he do for a living

He gave back the 2x2 pics given to SLEC then he said to wait for my interview with the consul.
Around 845 i was called to Window 27 for the interview with the consul. Again almost th same time the dee and lilly were also called. We shared the room with 2 consuls, there was just a divider but all the other rooms had just one consul i think.

The consul asked all the same questions plus:
-if i know the reason why my cousin introduced my bf to me
-describe what kind of job my bf does
then he said "well ur papers are good so just wait for ur name to be called again outside."

I wanted to ask if i was approved but i just assumed so just asked casually if i can pick up the visa and even right b4 i was gonna say the reason for my request, he smiled and said "that wouldn't be a problem" then handed me the dark pink slip i should present for visa pick up. I still told him my reason and he just smiled.

Thats it.

Tip: for those who wants to be granted the visa pick up, u may have a letter of request with you (but in my case i wasn't asked for it). But do not show the CO yet. Ask first verbally and casually. I have never read a denial for visa pick up so i guess it wouldn't hurt to ask.

Thank you so much VJ and WOF friends and administrators. Thes sites have been a great help and source of support
Apart from the approved visa, i also have a bonus! Meeting wonderful girlfriends: Peewee, Iou, Docjazzie, Lilly and her husband Dee.

Thank u also jenn (aki) and Dan & Weng!

Btw, my original BC, NBI,CENOMAR and affidavit of support werent returned to me. Anyone who just got approved has the same situation?

Many thanks again!

Congratulations! Welcome to the US.

joemaria

Mar 4 2008, 01:51 PM

congratulations!!

dbears

Mar 4 2008, 03:48 PM

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

chuck_n_rose

Mar 4 2008, 04:11 PM

Wow. Big congrats to you.

EricC

Mar 4 2008, 04:12 PM

Congrats and thanks for sharing.

vbtbmrt

Mar 4 2008, 06:50 PM

wow congratulations did you summit xerox copies with the originals you wanted back ?? i read some where that you have to summit copies along with to get them back at interview ?? good luck

MariEnMichelle

Mar 4 2008, 07:13 PM

Congratulations and thanks for sharing! Wow, so many approvals for March! Can't wait for my big day....

lee_cheryl

Mar 4 2008, 07:16 PM

congrats....

RyaNRiza

Mar 4 2008, 09:01 PM

Congratulations and good luck to the next phase of life with your future husband. God bless!

ives_damian

Mar 4 2008, 09:48 PM

congratulations!!!

aappllee

Mar 4 2008, 09:57 PM

CONGRATS!!!!

edp333

Mar 4 2008, 10:00 PM

Congratulations on the interview!!

DARUMA07

Mar 4 2008, 10:05 PM

Congrats!

forreal

Mar 4 2008, 10:06 PM

QUOTE(margautix @ Mar 4 2008, 01:20 PM)

Hi VJ friends,

Today has been a wonderful and humbling experience for me. I got approvd of the k1 visa petition and was granted visa pick-up even if i just live nearby the embassy

I got there at 5am with my friends dee (runs4fun) and his pinay wife lilly. But i had to leave my celphone iwth peewee, another VJ friend.
We have a 630 appointment and were asked to get inside at 6am. We submitted the DSforms with the appointment letter then were given a queueing number. Both lilly and i went for fingerscanning at the same time. Then abround 730ish my number flashed for the pre screener interview. He asked for my BC, NBI, CENOMAR, Affidavit of Support, 2007 ITR of my bf and 5 photos and letters but i gave chat logs coz i said we talk on the phone 5x a day so we don't write emails that much.

He asked:
-Who is my petitioner
-how did we meet
-when was the last time he was here and for how long
-are u both single and do we have kids
-whose in the picture with u (pertaining to a picture taken at subic with friends)
-if i have immediate family in the US
-what does he do for a living

He gave back the 2x2 pics given to SLEC then he said to wait for my interview with the consul.
Around 845 i was called to Window 27 for the interview with the consul. Again almost th same time the dee and lilly were also called. We shared the room with 2 consuls, there was just a divider but all the other rooms had just one consul i think.

The consul asked all the same questions plus:
-if i know the reason why my cousin introduced my bf to me
-describe what kind of job my bf does
then he said "well ur papers are good so just wait for ur name to be called again outside."

I wanted to ask if i was approved but i just assumed so just asked casually if i can pick up the visa and even right b4 i was gonna say the reason for my request, he smiled and said "that wouldn't be a problem" then handed me the dark pink slip i should present for visa pick up. I still told him my reason and he just smiled.

Thats it.

Tip: for those who wants to be granted the visa pick up, u may have a letter of request with you (but in my case i wasn't asked for it). But do not show the CO yet. Ask first verbally and casually. I have never read a denial for visa pick up so i guess it wouldn't hurt to ask.

Thank you so much VJ and WOF friends and administrators. Thes sites have been a great help and source of support
Apart from the approved visa, i also have a bonus! Meeting wonderful girlfriends: Peewee, Iou, Docjazzie, Lilly and her husband Dee.

Thank u also jenn (aki) and Dan & Weng!

Btw, my original BC, NBI,CENOMAR and affidavit of support werent returned to me. Anyone who just got approved has the same situation?

Many thanks again!

my fiance' just got interviewed on the same day as you (his was scheduled 7:30am i believe). anyway after the interview he told me that the CO gave him a white slip and he had to pay something and there was also a pink slip of some sort. i asked my fiance' over the phone what the white paper indicated.. he said nothing was checked on it .. but he read something like .. "unable to process at this time .. blah blah .."

i have no clue what the hell was going on.. pls help..

-claire

docjazzie

Mar 4 2008, 10:36 PM

congratulations, MArgx!!!!

nscarnut

Mar 4 2008, 11:31 PM

congrats, we have same interview at embassy but my schedule is 7:30 sad to say i was AR under 22.1 (g)

aki

Mar 5 2008, 01:17 AM

CONGRATS sis... we made it! about my interview, the things the pre-screener asked from me were:

> NBI clearance
> CENOMAR
> Birth Cert (NSO copy and civil reg. copy since my NSO copy is not readable)
> 2007 W2 and ITR
> Affidavit of Support

she didnt asked any pics, chat logs, phone bills, emails, etc. i offered her our pics but she said they have enough already (referring to the I-129F packet we sent). i told her that i paid the doc. verification fee last december and told me that they have the result already. i was relieved.

the consul didnt asked any docs from me also. he asked me few questions like how do i call my fiance, if im an ilocana, what we did in cebu and vigan, etc... at the end of the interview he said "congratulations! you're approved!" the interview lasted for less than 5 mins.

until now im still in euphoria!

can't imagine i was approved. soon i will be with my Baby. hope to get my visa asap.

to those who passed the interview, congratulations!

thanks for this site and to the wondeful people of VJ.

Aki

PS: to nscarnut, dont worry sis it is just a matter of time. you're approved and you will have your visa soon. *hugs*

timcass_12

Mar 5 2008, 03:04 AM

Congratulations Margaux! I am so happy for you

Give my regards to Richard. God Bless.

QUOTE(margautix @ Mar 5 2008, 01:20 AM)

Hi VJ friends,

Today has been a wonderful and humbling experience for me. I got approvd of the k1 visa petition and was granted visa pick-up even if i just live nearby the embassy

I got there at 5am with my friends dee (runs4fun) and his pinay wife lilly. But i had to leave my celphone iwth peewee, another VJ friend.
We have a 630 appointment and were asked to get inside at 6am. We submitted the DSforms with the appointment letter then were given a queueing number. Both lilly and i went for fingerscanning at the same time. Then abround 730ish my number flashed for the pre screener interview. He asked for my BC, NBI, CENOMAR, Affidavit of Support, 2007 ITR of my bf and 5 photos and letters but i gave chat logs coz i said we talk on the phone 5x a day so we don't write emails that much.

He asked:
-Who is my petitioner
-how did we meet
-when was the last time he was here and for how long
-are u both single and do we have kids
-whose in the picture with u (pertaining to a picture taken at subic with friends)
-if i have immediate family in the US
-what does he do for a living

He gave back the 2x2 pics given to SLEC then he said to wait for my interview with the consul.
Around 845 i was called to Window 27 for the interview with the consul. Again almost th same time the dee and lilly were also called. We shared the room with 2 consuls, there was just a divider but all the other rooms had just one consul i think.

The consul asked all the same questions plus:
-if i know the reason why my cousin introduced my bf to me
-describe what kind of job my bf does
then he said "well ur papers are good so just wait for ur name to be called again outside."

I wanted to ask if i was approved but i just assumed so just asked casually if i can pick up the visa and even right b4 i was gonna say the reason for my request, he smiled and said "that wouldn't be a problem" then handed me the dark pink slip i should present for visa pick up. I still told him my reason and he just smiled.

Thats it.

Tip: for those who wants to be granted the visa pick up, u may have a letter of request with you (but in my case i wasn't asked for it). But do not show the CO yet. Ask first verbally and casually. I have never read a denial for visa pick up so i guess it wouldn't hurt to ask.

Thank you so much VJ and WOF friends and administrators. Thes sites have been a great help and source of support
Apart from the approved visa, i also have a bonus! Meeting wonderful girlfriends: Peewee, Iou, Docjazzie, Lilly and her husband Dee.

Thank u also jenn (aki) and Dan & Weng!

Btw, my original BC, NBI,CENOMAR and affidavit of support werent returned to me. Anyone who just got approved has the same situation?

Many thanks again!

sophie88c

Mar 5 2008, 03:18 AM

Congrats!

natashenika

Mar 5 2008, 05:41 AM

congratulations!!!!

meant4bobby

Mar 5 2008, 05:43 AM

Congrats!!!!!