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| Manila, Philippines |  Review on August 18, 2011: |
dindo and patty
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Visa approval was a breeze. This review is geared more towards petitioners who are present at their fiance\\\'s interview at the US Embassy Manila. Got there
at 5:15 am and was out by 11:15. The hardest part was the wait. Other than that, just follow instructions and if you\\\'re required documents are complete, it will be a breeze. It did help that I (petitioner) was there as it was more conversational than an interview.
First call for preliminary interview with a younger Filipino gentleman:
- right away he recognized I was the petitioner and stated towards Patty that this will be an easy interview since I was there.
- he only took the I-134, tax return/ITR for 2010, W-2, verification of employment letter, looked at some pictures
The questions asked of Patty were :
1. When and how did you first start communicating
2. When was the first time you met in person
3. What did Dindo do for a living
Second call was biometrics
Third call was with the Consular Officer who was an American gentleman probably in his late 40\\\'s or early 50\\\'s:
- we stood there for a couple of minutes while he reviewed the file and the notes from the preliminary interview
- then, he swore us in
The questions asked by the Consul were:
1. Did you you travel to another country before (which Patty did travel to China in 2004)
2. Were you ever married before and do you have any children
3. Did your fiancee send any money remittance
Questions asked of me (petitioner):
1. Where do you work
2. Were you married before
3. Do you have children, how old are they, and are they out of the house
The rest was more like a conversation:
- he noticed I was with USAA (my banking institution) and I told him yes because I was in the military
- he asked my what branch and I told him I did 20 years in the USAF
- he asked me what rank I retired as and I told him I retired as an E-7
- he asked what our plans were for a wedding
It took less than 10 minutes with the CO and then the magic words: Congratulations your visa is approved!
If you scheduled your interview online and already indicated where to deliver or pick up the visa, then, they didn\\\'t even make us fill up another form for the 2Go carrier.
Thank you Lord and thank you for this website and all the members who have paved the way and continue to pave the way!
Interview August 16 & visa in hand August 19. We picked it up from 2go branch at the Mall of Asia! Tracking it online is useless. Call 2go and find out that way.
Dindo
(updated on October 24, 2011)
(updated on November 22, 2011)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #8134