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| Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Review on September 21, 2015: |
mmorgan14
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Review written by my fiancee (Wesley)
Last week, the 10th of September I had my medical appointment at 10.30. This all went very smooth. When I came in a very friendly woman sat down with me and went through the things I brought. I had to fill in some forms and gave her my vaccination report. She asked for 4 passport style photographs, but my invitation said I only needed 2 and that, that was all I had with me. She said they just changed that requirement. So from now on you will need 4 photos for your medical. This did not lead to any problems though.
Then I had to wait for the doctor. After a minute or 10 he got me and we went over the forms I filled in. After that he took blood, listened to my lungs, heart, checked my spleen and my liver. After that he measured my height, got an eye test and took my temperature. As last he gave me the vaccinations I needed and I went back to the lady at the front desk to pay for the medical in cash.
Then I needed to go to a clinic for the X-ray. This is quite the walk so I was glad I took my car. This was pretty quick. Walked in and almost immediately could walk through to the area where they take the X-ray. Paid in cash again for the X-ray and that was it.
A week later on the 17th of September I had my interview. I was very nervous. My fiancée and I were very confidant about all the preparations we did, but still I was nervous, there is just a lot at stake. My appointment was at 13.30. I arrived at 13.00. It was raining like crazy but people were already lining up outside. I joined them. I noticed that a lot of people had an appointment at 13.30, so this was gonna be a first come, first serve thing. I was like 20th in the line, but then a guard opened the door and asked people with an immigration visa to step forward, and all all a sudden I was 3rd in line. I had to show him my invitation in the pouring rain which made my neatly arranged folders with papers and forms a little wet, then he let me in. There you are at the second guard who asks you for your passport and if you have any metal objects, electronics etc etc with you. I did not. I gave him my wallet and my folders and walked through the metal detector. After the metal detector I got my passport, wallet and my folders back and had to walk through the very heavy, door at the end, took a right to the room with immigrant visa windows. I think these were numbered 5 through 8. Windows 1 to 4 are in the first room you enter right after you go through the heavy door. So we had to make a line at window 5, in order of appearance. I was third. After about 10 minutes someone appeared at the window and asked for the first person to step forward. When it was my turn the friendly man at the window asked me for:
• my passport
• birth certificate + copy
• VOG (Police records)
• I-134 + supporting evidence (being TAX returns of my fiancée)
I brought way more supporting evidence, but in my case they did not ask for that.
After that we had to go and wait in that area on a bench until our names would be called. This waiting took about 10 minutes again and then window 7 opened. She called the first applicant by name. His interview took quite a while, like over 20 minutes, which made me more nervous. My interview on the other hand went pretty fast, about 10/15 minutes.
First question she asked was who is Missy. Which is my fiancée. So I told her that. I thought if questions stay on this level, I’m gonna hit this one out of the park.
She then said that she saw that I was denied a tourist visa about half a year ago, and asked what that was about. I explained this to her and she said she appreciated my honesty. (Reason for tourist visa denial was not enough ties to home country)
When did you meet for the first time.
How did you meet?
Have you met her family?
What did you think of them? What did they think of you?
Has she met your family?
What did they think of her? What did she think of them?
Then she asked if I traveled more often to the US than she does to Holland.
What work does she do?
What kind of work do you do?
And is that the kind of work you would like to do in US as well?
Has she been married before?
How long?
Have you been married before?
Does she have kids?
Do you have kids?
Where are you guys gonna live?
Then she said that she had to make some notes and took my passport out of the folder, this startled me and I was afraid she was handing it back to me, but then she put it in a different folder and told me my application was approved!
All in all a very nice interview. the lady was very friendly and did not ask for any additional evidence of our relationship, which I did bring just in case. During the interview I saw her going through the papers and photo’s my fiancée sent to the immigration office in the US.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #17829