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| Montreal, Canada |  Review #33167 on May 8, 2024: |
Delinaella
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| Review Topic: EB-3 Visa
Hello
I just want to share my experience with you all
Everything what is written here about the embassy location and not arriving too early is true. I just want to share what is different.
My visa category is EB3
DQ in Sep
Visa bulletin become current on January,2024
January 9th, 2024 expedition request submitted
January 10 2024 approved by the embassy
January 17th NVC send all my documents to the embassy for interview schedule
March 19,2024 I got Interview appointment email from Montreal US embassy
April 15,2024 Interview date it was very smooth and took us about an hour and half
However we forgot one original document so the consular asked us to submit it with our passport
April 17th,2024 we send the document and our passport via Canada post
April 22 they received it
April 29 status changed to ready
April 30 morning visa was issued
May 1st we received tracking number
May 2nd afternoon we got our stamped passport along with documents
Even if I recieved 212g form it only took them a week to issue our visa after receiving the missing document
Good luck to you all
| | | Dominican Republic | Review #33166 on May 8, 2024: |
Tati2010
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| Review Topic: K1 Visa
The consulate was very friendly. My fiance and his daughter were present. He asked my fiance if had been marries before, how did we meet and then asked my step daughter if she was ready to travel. Mostly all other questions were asked to me where he mentioned how we met through a friend. Lasted about 10 minutes then said congrats and we will track our passport online etc.
| | | London, United Kingdom | Review #33165 on May 8, 2024: |
nbar
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| Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
All round quick & positive experience, though with a small moment of stress after my first interview. This is perhaps too detailed, but I benefited from the very long reviews of this consulate when I was preparing.
I was lucky to have received at 08.00 appointment, so there were very few people waiting & I was seen fairly quickly. The embassy is a 10-15 minute walk from Vauxhall tube station (Victoria line & National Rail). I followed Google Maps, which had me walk to the 'Official Entrance' and past that to Consular Services. I recommend bringing some water and maybe a book - there is free WiFi. I completed my medical 16 days prior.
- Security
At 07.30 I first went to the US Citizen queue (just after the visa queue) after getting confused from reports on this forum about which line to take. They directed me to the Visa queue, but told me to go directly to the security desk & push in line. It felt uncomfortable to do that, but you need to - there were easily 30 people in line waiting to enter the security queue, which was already 30 people deep too. I told the gentlemen at the desk I was there for an immigrant visa interview, he asked for my DS-260, passport, to confirm my full name and appointment time. He told me that I was too early & to get a coffee from the cafe down the road, and to come back at 07.50 and to skip the queue again.
I had a flat white at Sendero Speciality Coffee, which is within viewing distance of the queue. Excellent coffee, and they have lockers for storing bags if you need it.
At 07.47 I made my way to the security queue desk again, and they took my passport & took me to the front of the queue. Phone & passport in the jacket pocket, through security, if you bring water they ask you to take a sip of it. After that is your check-in for your interview.
- Check-in
I believe this is where the red & blue tents/lines are that are mentioned in other reports. There were two queues - one for US citizens (no one in it), one for non-immigrant visas. The queue was very short so I just waited a few minutes in the non-immigrant visa queue. I was checked in at 07.53, so that's how short it was. If the queue was longer, I would have gone in the blue line (citizens). They checked my DS-260 & passport again, and then assigned me a ticket number with directions where to walk.
- Interview #1
Being first thing in the morning & early, there were only a few people in the waiting room. It's well lit, very clean, and the seats were comfortable. At 08.18 my number was called up for the document checking part of the interview. It was completed shortly after at 08.25. I was asked:
- What's your wife's full name?
- How long have you been married for?
I was then asked to provide originals for:
- Passport (NZ)
- Birth certificate (NZ)
- Marriage certificate (NZ)
- ACRO police report (UK)
- NZ police report
- Courier confirmation email (this caught me by surprise, but I had it)
- Passport photo (I provided some from the photobooths in UK post offices, and he cut out the photo from the set of 4)
- Phone number (UK)
My fingerprints were scanned. I was not asked to provide photocopies, but I had them ready.
The NZ police report is not provided to the individual - it's sent electronically to the US Embassy in Auckland, and the gentleman taking my documents said that it was not in their system. I asked him to double check, given there are reports that the embassy uploads it in the wrong place or with the wrong name sometimes. He went out of sight to look, and then returned a few minutes later saying that they did not receive it from the embassy in Auckland. He was aware that they send it electronically, directly to the embassy. This was bad news to me, and I was drafting up an email to send to the embassy in Auckland and NVC for when I leave. I was then given a document about spousal rights in the US.
- Interview #2
At 08.57 I was called up for my second interview. I was very stressed about this one, now knowing that there was no police report for NZ & I was expecting to be denied & sent to administrative processing. I was about to ask the lady if she could again please double check, but she said she'd talk about that later (in a polite way). I was asked:
- Agree to the oath of truth
- What's your wife's full name?
- Where does she live?
- When did she move to the US?
- Did you both live in NZ & the UK together?
- When did you meet?
- How did you meet?
- Was she on a college abroad program when you met?
- How often do you visit her?
- Have you read the document about your rights?
It was a very casual, very comfortable interview. She was polite but professional. The lady then informed me that the questions were over, and we would now talk about the police report from New Zealand. She managed to find it uploaded in their system - I'm not sure if it was in the wrong place, but after my very stressed 30 minutes of waiting I couldn't have been happier. She told me that we're all done, that I was very prepared with documents, and that she has approved my CR-1. I might have been a little bit too loud celebrating, because everyone in the waiting room looked at me when I was finished. Sorry if you witnessed that - there's not as much privacy in the booths as I had first thought!
I received my original documents back after this interview, but they retained my passport to put the visa in.
I'm now awaiting the confirmation email, and when I can pick up my passport from DX on Chancery Lane. This forum was really helpful to me when I was in my journey, so I wanted to give back! Thank you.
| | | Manila, Philippines | Review #33158 on May 5, 2024: |
Jonah <3 Verlie
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| Review Topic: General Review
I arrived at the US Embassy an hour before my interview date. I was asked to go to a certain area to check my DS-260 and Passport. Went inside for the security to check my stuff. Then after the security check I went outside and was guided to go inside the Embassy. Then they asked what type of Visa you are applying for. Then they guided me on where to wait for my initial document screening. The process was fast. The Consul's questions for me were pretty simple like: Where am I going to live, the Petitioner's name, Petitioner's address, Petitioner's number and When we got married. I was asked to go to the Biometrics area and gave my DS-260. This is were the long wait happened. I was called after the wait. They returned all my documents from the document screening area. Then the Consul continued to ask more questions like: Who's your Petitioner, What's your relationship with the Petitioner, When did you meet, When did you start the relationship and asked for my CENOMAR and spouse's AOM. Which I don't have that time. The Consul gave me a pamphlet about Information on Legal Rights Available to Immigrant Victims of Domestic Violence in the United States and Facts About Immigrating on a Marriage-Based Visa and 221G to submit my CENOMAR and AOM online and via LBC with my Passport. It was a good experience. Staff were very helpful. The Consul was very nice and approachable.
| | | Jamaica | Review #33157 on May 5, 2024: |
JenAll
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| Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
This was the longest time we have ever waited. My husband has been here as of December 2023. Im glad to say it’s relieving and that we can finally live our lives. For those still in the process, make your husband or wife abstains from marijuana or even alcohol for at least 6 months before you do medical or interview because when they ask your spouse that question, it will come from truth than embellishments. I pray all of you get through without dealing with that 1 year ban. It’s more like 18 months.
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