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| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Review on December 20, 2014: |
Gerhard
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Basically ok; not much to complain about.
Strange is that all immigration interviews in Brazil are in Rio de Janeiro. Rio is a historical place with little actual economic importance. Sao Paulo is /the/ hub in Brazil (that is, in all of South America); the consulate there would be a much more logical place to hold the interviews.
Also strange are the shipping procedures for the passport. After the interview you have to go to a postal office to pay for shipping there, then bring the voucher back. This feels like a really outdated procedure. Collect the money in the consulate, and just ship it. This probably would be easier on all involved; it definitely would be easier on this end.
And really strange is how they treat marriage. We got married formally shortly before the visa procedures, but have lived in a common law marriage for quite a while. They told us that they are not interested in any evidence that we are actually married for a long time; they only go by the marriage certificate and the date on that. They very clearly prefer a fake marriage of a year over a real marriage of a lifetime (that has been registered only recently) any day of the week.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #15830