Interview in Paris

[CecileM 0]

Dec. 7th, American Embassy in Paris,

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!VISA APPROVED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll get it next week in person at the Embassy.

They told me that there are some electronic device problems with editing

visas this week. I suggested to them that I could come in person to fetch it

instead of receiving it by mail.

The two people I talked to were very nice and helpful. The officer asked me

those 6 questions: "When did you meet your Fiancé?", "Was your Fiancé once

married?", "Does he have children?", "What job does he do?", "What do you

do?", "What job do you expect to do in the US?". While responding, he was

going through the paperwork and that was it. The interview only took 10

minutes and it took me 2 hours in all (mostly waiting to be called).

The interview was scheduled at 1pm. I arrived there at 12:15am to be early

enough. The guards told me that it was too early and it would be best to

come back at 1pm. I went into a café near the Embassy and went back at

12:45. Then 10 people arrived. At 1pm, the guards checked our ID's and the

letter of convocation.

I got into the main room where the windows from 4 to 7 and 8 to 12 are. I

sat down and waited. First, a lady asked everyone to tell her our names. It

was kind of chaotic but a line of 15 people was made. Afterwards, the lady

asked us to sit down again until they called our name. In the meanwhile,

some more people came in the room, which is small. It filled up pretty

quickly and became kind of loud.

The first interview was done by a lady who was in charge getting the

documents ready for the officer. She asked me when my departure date is and

told me that there were some electronic device problems for issuing the

visa. Once all the papers were ready, she asked me to sit down.

Then, an officer called me. He asked me the questions that are listed above

and within 10 minutes it was done. He didn't ask me for any evidences of our

relationship such as pictures, photocopies of e-mails... When going through

the files I could see the pictures that Barry, my fiancé, sent last March to

the Californian Service Center and forwarded by the NVC to the Embassy in

Paris.

Some tips:

Pay attention when they call names. The room is loud and sometimes they have

problems pronouncing french names. It might be difficult to hear yours.

In Packet 4, they didn't include the DS158 file. I still filled it out and

printed it. It was asked for by the first woman. You can find the pieces

here. This link was very helpful:

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...e&cty=Paris

Don't tell more than what they ask for (another tip that I found on VJ, very

helpful).

Bring an ID and the letter of convocation that is included in Packet 4.

Bring a lot of evidences of your relationship such as pictures, prints of

e-mails, photocopies of flight tickets, bills from hotel rooms, letter of

intent, letters from family stipulating that you are willing to get wed.

Better to be safe than sorry as my fiancé Barry said to me.

Thank you everyone for your encouragements these past months. This site

helped us greatly and will continue to for the next months I believe.

Cécile.

http://barryetcecile.blogspot.com/

[shayrene 0]

Felicitations Cecile. Isn't it a great feeling. Bon Chance with everything.

[*julez* 124]

Congratulations!!!!

[barryT 0]

This is a glorious day for us. I proposed to Cécile in the first week of February. We've been waiting for this day for so long.

I want to thank the VisaJourney site and all it's members for all the help and support. We never would have kept our sanity without you all.

[SoL. 0]

Congratulations!

[rebelheart 0]

CONGRATS! with your approval.

[Carola 0]

CONGRATULATIONS