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| Juarez, Mexico |  Review on April 23, 2013: |
jenyadenise
Rating:  | Review Topic: General Review
I’m the USC and have been living in Mexico with my husband for almost 2 years, so we did Direct Consular Filing for IR-1/CR-1 visa. We filed our I-130 in Mexico City and then my husband had his interview in Juarez on April 17th and was approved. I didn’t go to Juarez with him, but he has told me about the whole process. So, here’s our review…
SUNDAY:
He arrived in Juarez and took taxi to the Ibis hotel. He had no complaints about the Ibis.
MONDAY: (Medical Exam and Biometrics)
6:30am – He went to the Consulate Information Window to get the invitation letter that we never received from the Consulate. The window opened at 7:30am and there were already 20 people in line ahead of him.
8:15am – He received the letter.
8:30am – He went to Servicios Medicos for his medical exam. There was no line and he entered immediately. He showed his invitation letter, DS-260 confirmation and passport. His medical exam went smoothly. They x-rayed his chest, took blood tests, did an eye sight test, measured his height and weight test and did a physical exam. During the physical exam they asked questions about his health history. Then, they gave him the vaccinations he was missing.
12:00 He paid for the exam and was finished.
2:00pm – He went to ASC for the biometrics appointment. Again, he showed his invitation letter, DS-260 confirmation and passport.
2:30pm - Went back to Servicios Medicos to pick up the medical results.
TUESDAY:
He had this extra day just in case he couldn’t get medical exam done on Monday (we had heard there were long lines).
WEDNESDAY: (Interview)
7:20am – He went to the Sala de Espera. They stamped his invitation letter and DS-260 confirmation page. His appointment wasn’t until 9:15 so he really didn’t need to go this early.
8:30am – They called everyone with appointments at 9:15 to line up. He went through security and into the Consulate where he submitted his stamped invitation letter and confirmation page. They gave him a number and he sat down and waited. When his number was called he went to the designated window and submitted his documents: passport, birth certificate and I-864 package. The CO asked him, “What do you do for a living?” Then, he sat down again and waited to be called to his interview. When his number was called again, he went to a different window and sat down for his interview. He first took an oath to tell the truth. Here are the questions he was asked:
• Why were you living in England? (asked in Spanish)
• So you speak English, right?
• When did you meet and where? (continued interview in English)
• When did you start dating?
• When and where did you get married?
• Is this your first marriage? Is this your wife’s first marriage?
• Do you have children?
• Is she with you? (He explained that I was working.)
• What does she do?
• Are you living together?
• Who is “name of my father”?
• Have you ever been to the US?
• Have you been there illegally?
• Do you have a US visa?
• How many times have you been to the US?
At this point she found his B1/B2 visa, and put a big fat stamp “CANCELED” on it. Then, she smiled and said, “Congratulations, you’re approved.”
He said that the CO was friendly but to the point. She just moved quickly from question to question and at the same time was paging through all our documents from the I-864 and the I-130. He was prepared to show more relationship evidence and photos, but she didn’t ask for anything. We had included quite a bit of evidence with our I-130, so that must have been satisfactory.
11:15am - He was finished with everything.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #11864