Yellow Paper for my Jakarta Interview

[Utha 10]

Got the Embassy about 6.15 am. Already many people there. Long line. The first guard checks the passport wether the pic on it same with our real face or not. Second guard checks our appointment email.

Enter the embassy finally. They checked our bag. Electronic stuffs were taken by the guards and they gave us a number paper for taking back them when we gonna leave the embassy.

Fiance visa goes to the room which has short stair, or in front of locket 3 where another people submit their papers (i saw tourist visa applicant queue in cashier outside). If you see the locket 5 opens, just stand in front of it, otherwise the lady thinks there is not applicant. They didnt call you, but u have to stand in front of the locket by ourselves. They checked my papers. I forgot to attach the copy of my birth certificate (i attach the original one), so she asked me to copy it at Locket 6. The fee of the copy for one single paper is Rp 9.000 or around US$1 (Expensive). I gave the copy to the lady in Locket 5. She asked wether is it okay that she took the original copy of my fiance's divorce paper?. I said, just take it.

She asked me to pay the fee at locket 6 then back to her and gave her the receipt. The fee is Rp 3.150.000

She said i have problem with my passport name. It was not exactly same as in petition. I show her an email from embassy that they told me it was okay, then why now it become problem?. She seemed didn't wanna take my reason. She asked me to just have interview but i need to make a correction for my passport name. She put a yellow paper on my passport page 4 with a correction name requirement. I wonder, did the email responder educated enough about what they doing?.

She asked me to wait then. One word for the lady; sour. She was nice to another applicants who went there with their US Citizen (Should we always count on US Citizen to make them respect us?).

I waited for about 20 minutes before having the finger prints. The CR1 applicant who came one hour later than me was called before me. I was dissapointed but i think that passport name made them to delay my interview. Ten minutes after the CR1 applicant finished her interview, they called me for interview.

The interviewer is a Chinese woman. She asked me to make an oath by raising my right hand. She is nicer than the lady at Locket 5. Then she asked some questions:

1. When i met my fiance?

2. Where did i meet my fiance?

3. Did he married before?

4. Does he has any kid?

5. When he divorce?

6. Where is he come originally?

7. Where does he stay now? Oh, that city? It's beautiful city, she said.

8. What does he do for a living?

9. How many times he visit you?

10. How long he stay here for every visit?

11. Where is the place of his divorce take place?

She questioning me while she was typing on her keyboard and checking my papers. She didnt even take a look at the huge file of proof of ongoing relationship. Even our pics.

"Everything is okay with the petition, but we need you to correct your name on passport. Have it same like on the petition. Drop your passport with correction name at Friday or Monday then we gonna issue your visa" she said. She gave me a paper called Requesting for Further Information and the mark on it is "Passport Correction Name".

I left Embassy at 10.00 am.

I am still not relieve until i get the visa but that was pretty good.

Tomorrow i will go to Embassy again to drop my passport with the Correction Name. The immigration put a note on Endorsement Page about Additional Name as the Embassy requested.

[Canadian in GA 34]

Congrats! sounds like it went well!

[Utha 10]

Congrats! sounds like it went well!

Thank you. Yes, it was smooth enough. Hope they not make it complicated tomorrow.

[Canadian in GA 34]

I'm sure it would be ok, I went to my interview and my husband was missing his divorce decree (sp) and she let us come back the same day to drop it off- we just brought the wrong paper to the interview. and that went smoothy.

im sure you will be ok!

[nenooye 8]

thank you utha..really helpful for my upcoming interview sometimes later. good luck with your passport and i hope the bureaucracy goes well for you. semangat!

[TheMilner 3]

Good post! Really helpful. Thank you and congratulations. I am sure things will going smoothly for you tomorrow.

By the way, did you make Indonesia police clearance for the interview or not? That one part is rather confusing though on the embassy website information..

Edited April 1, 2011 by Nur&Brandon

[Utha 10]

Just drop off my passport and they gave me white slip with the date to picked up my visa. Thanks God.

@Nur&Brandon: No police clearance needed.

To every Indonesian who went to Saudi for working or pilgrimage, ussually the Saudi government requires 3 names on passport, so that was what happened to my name. My own name is too short for them, so they put my dad and my grandfather's name. Now it becomes problem to my visa application since on K1 petition, we used my own name only coz we just do it as i think that is my own real name.

So, make sure u have correction name on Endorsement page about the name, so it is same with the K1 petition. Wether it is too long or too short. Good luck everybody and thank you.

[UnhappyVictimAmer 2]

Got the Embassy about 6.15 am. Already many people there. Long line. The first guard checks the passport wether the pic on it same with our real face or not. Second guard checks our appointment email.

Enter the embassy finally. They checked our bag. Electronic stuffs were taken by the guards and they gave us a number paper for taking back them when we gonna leave the embassy.

Fiance visa goes to the room which has short stair, or in front of locket 3 where another people submit their papers (i saw tourist visa applicant queue in cashier outside). If you see the locket 5 opens, just stand in front of it, otherwise the lady thinks there is not applicant. They didnt call you, but u have to stand in front of the locket by ourselves. They checked my papers. I forgot to attach the copy of my birth certificate (i attach the original one), so she asked me to copy it at Locket 6. The fee of the copy for one single paper is Rp 9.000 or around US$1 (Expensive). I gave the copy to the lady in Locket 5. She asked wether is it okay that she took the original copy of my fiance's divorce paper?. I said, just take it.

She asked me to pay the fee at locket 6 then back to her and gave her the receipt. The fee is Rp 3.150.000

She said i have problem with my passport name. It was not exactly same as in petition. I show her an email from embassy that they told me it was okay, then why now it become problem?. She seemed didn't wanna take my reason. She asked me to just have interview but i need to make a correction for my passport name. She put a yellow paper on my passport page 4 with a correction name requirement. I wonder, did the email responder educated enough about what they doing?.

She asked me to wait then. One word for the lady; sour. She was nice to another applicants who went there with their US Citizen (Should we always count on US Citizen to make them respect us?).

I waited for about 20 minutes before having the finger prints. The CR1 applicant who came one hour later than me was called before me. I was dissapointed but i think that passport name made them to delay my interview. Ten minutes after the CR1 applicant finished her interview, they called me for interview.

The interviewer is a Chinese woman. She asked me to make an oath by raising my right hand. She is nicer than the lady at Locket 5. Then she asked some questions:

1. When i met my fiance?

2. Where did i meet my fiance?

3. Did he married before?

4. Does he has any kid?

5. When he divorce?

6. Where is he come originally?

7. Where does he stay now? Oh, that city? It's beautiful city, she said.

8. What does he do for a living?

9. How many times he visit you?

10. How long he stay here for every visit?

11. Where is the place of his divorce take place?

She questioning me while she was typing on her keyboard and checking my papers. She didnt even take a look at the huge file of proof of ongoing relationship. Even our pics.

"Everything is okay with the petition, but we need you to correct your name on passport. Have it same like on the petition. Drop your passport with correction name at Friday or Monday then we gonna issue your visa" she said. She gave me a paper called Requesting for Further Information and the mark on it is "Passport Correction Name".

I left Embassy at 10.00 am.

I am still not relieve until i get the visa but that was pretty good.

Tomorrow i will go to Embassy again to drop my passport with the Correction Name. The immigration put a note on Endorsement Page about Additional Name as the Embassy requested.

You must have been standing outside for a long time waiting to get in since they open at 8 am. Speaking of waiting, you still have to take the plane trip and then wait for immigration to approve you when you get to the U.S. at your POE. Good luck and congrats!

[Utha 10]

You must have been standing outside for a long time waiting to get in since they open at 8 am. Speaking of waiting, you still have to take the plane trip and then wait for immigration to approve you when you get to the U.S. at your POE. Good luck and congrats!

Yes i was tired from standing outside and when i got inside, the locket 5 had not open yet. When it opened, i thought she would call us, so i was waiting for half hour until i think that i need to stand and go there by myself without waiting she asked me to do so. How was your POE experience anyway?

[dyana 0]

very helpfull, thanks 4 sharing...

[UnhappyVictimAmer 2]

Yes i was tired from standing outside and when i got inside, the locket 5 had not open yet. When it opened, i thought she would call us, so i was waiting for half hour until i think that i need to stand and go there by myself without waiting she asked me to do so. How was your POE experience anyway?

Our POE was Atlanta and it wasn't very nice to go through. It seemed like there were a thousand armed immigration officers and we still had to wait in line to see one. There's no water available anywhere and we didn't have any in our carry ons, also the airline would not sell bottles to us. No liquids allowed in carry ons. After seeing an officer to check our papers we were personally escorted by an armed guard into an office where there were three others waiting for entry approval and processing. This took about 40 minutes and we still had to catch another plane to go to our final destination. She was approved and processed without any problems and we went to get our baggage to check it onto the next flight. Make sure you have an address to give to immigration. The man in front of us didn't have one and it caused problems. There was no help available at the baggage claim area which was huge and totally confusing. No signs anywhere. There was one security guard in the whole place. And because we were delayed by immigration, everyone had already taken their bags so our bags were left there unattended. We also had oversize baggage that was no where to be found. Couldn't find anyone to ask where it was. It was delayed by customs not communicating with the airlines what they were doing. They took apart all our bags and searched them behind closed doors. We just flew all this way through all kinds of security and scanners and NOW they decided to open everything up before our next local flight? The airlines, the security guard, and the airport staff were all giving us confusing and wrong info and had us running back and forth from one side of the building to the other to find our bags. Had to pull our four bags that we found with us everywhere. I thought our other bags were stolen. Then a customs agent comes out and says the bags are getting processed to our next flight. We then had to go through all the scanners and security again one more time and then find our next flights gate. Finally we found a store that had water for sale and we began to celebrate. Atlanta and the whole system sucks but we made it somehow. It won't be that bad for you if you don't have much baggage and you don't have a connecting flight within two hours.

[Utha 10]

Our POE was Atlanta and it wasn't very nice to go through. It seemed like there were a thousand armed immigration officers and we still had to wait in line to see one. There's no water available anywhere and we didn't have any in our carry ons, also the airline would not sell bottles to us. No liquids allowed in carry ons. After seeing an officer to check our papers we were personally escorted by an armed guard into an office where there were three others waiting for entry approval and processing. This took about 40 minutes and we still had to catch another plane to go to our final destination. She was approved and processed without any problems and we went to get our baggage to check it onto the next flight. Make sure you have an address to give to immigration. The man in front of us didn't have one and it caused problems. There was no help available at the baggage claim area which was huge and totally confusing. No signs anywhere. There was one security guard in the whole place. And because we were delayed by immigration, everyone had already taken their bags so our bags were left there unattended. We also had oversize baggage that was no where to be found. Couldn't find anyone to ask where it was. It was delayed by customs not communicating with the airlines what they were doing. They took apart all our bags and searched them behind closed doors. We just flew all this way through all kinds of security and scanners and NOW they decided to open everything up before our next local flight? The airlines, the security guard, and the airport staff were all giving us confusing and wrong info and had us running back and forth from one side of the building to the other to find our bags. Had to pull our four bags that we found with us everywhere. I thought our other bags were stolen. Then a customs agent comes out and says the bags are getting processed to our next flight. We then had to go through all the scanners and security again one more time and then find our next flights gate. Finally we found a store that had water for sale and we began to celebrate. Atlanta and the whole system sucks but we made it somehow. It won't be that bad for you if you don't have much baggage and you don't have a connecting flight within two hours.

Thanks for sharing. I have to prepare my mental.