K1 interview approved in Argentina!!

[Mike and Gaby 0]

A little background- We both live in Argentina and are moving to the States upon approval of our K1 visa

Our appointment was at 9:00 am so we arrived at the embassy at 8:45am. You go directly to window 1, without going in the line for tourist visas. We don’t know exactly the waiting times but, after giving us folder in which to organize our papers, taking our prints and going through security, we were sitting waiting by 9am. We left the embassy exactly at 11:00am. Only 2 hours for the whole process! =)

We waited about 25-30 minutes to get called in (by last name) to give the first woman our papers. When we received the email with the interview date, they told us we were missing some papers from Packet 3: An original DS-156 form (we thought we had to send a copy and bring the 2 originals for interview, but I guess not), The confirmation from DHL saying we had picked a location, and the birth entry (which we had not legalized for packet 3). So she asked us for these 3 things, plus the medical envelope, made me sign a form, and asked for some passport type pictures. Then we had to go to a window and pay the fee and then we waited again for about an hour to get called. I guess they go through your forms and medical right there so we were thinking how crazy it was that someone was deciding our future just a room away!

So finally we get called for the interview. The lady was very nice and because it was Monday she was having some trouble with her Spanish so we suggested to switch to English. She asked 1) How did you 2 meet? 2) Can you tell me about the engagement? 3) How does your family feel about you moving? 4) What made you decide to get married now? (This is probably because we have been dating for like 7 years!)

We told her our meeting/engagement stories, told her my parents are probably coming to the wedding and gave our reasons for getting married and moving to the states and she said “well everything looks good, your visa is approved..” and then she said a few more things but we were too excited to understand anything else. Interview lasted about 10 minutes. No reason to be nervous at all.

Now! Most people probably already know this but we did not. We have until February 6^th to move to the States (we were planning to move in March/April, thinking we had time until mid-April). The 6 months you have to go to the States start counting from the day of your medical. So woops! New information! We have to pack our entire lives and move in like 2 months so this will be an adventure.

Thank you everyone for all the helpful information posted on this site. It’s incredible how easier the process is when you have a site like this!

[Loving_girl 38]

Felicidades! Gracias por las referencias acerca de la entrevista! Os deseo mucha suerte con todo!

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Moved from K-1 Process to K-1 Progress Forum~

[PotatoFrittata 15]

Congrats!

[jkelly07 120]

congratulations to both of you.