US Immigration from Netherlands

Hi my dear VJ friends!

Hope you're all well.

I am 10000% already worrying way too early. But because my consulate is outside of my country (Germany when I'm Dutch) I'm nervous something will go wrong with the mail. My case was marked ready 10 days ago, which is not a long time, so I'm not really worried yet. But I was wondering, is there a point where I should contact the consulate to check if something went wrong? I don't mind waiting, but I just want to know at what point I should worry.

Hi all,

so I got a verbal approval for the visa, and now am waiting for my passport ( and more hopefully) to return home.

when I read more in to it I still have more to do but I got no further information from the consulate.

im supposed to pay my uscis fee, but I don t have an A number and an DOS number.

what documents do I bring to the border agency? Birth certificates or is the passport with visa stamp enough?

the consulate didn t give me anything, I ve got no sealed envelope with my medical either.

does anyone have any experience after the interview phase?

many thanks

Hi everyone.

I am asking this question for a friend who got approved last friday in Brussel for her CR1 Visa.

She just told me she picked up her passport today, with the visa which is completely correct, but she did not get an envelope she has to take to port of entry when she enters the US.

I myself got approved for a K1 and recently got my passport, visa and PoE envelope, Which i told her of course.

So, now my friend wonders and asks if she was supposed to get one as well. Can anyone tell me?

Since CR1 is different from K1, i do not have a clear answer for her.

i did read the CR1 guide to see if theres anything in there, but i am still unsure

Thanks in advance!

Hey all,

got my appointment at the consulate tomorrow and the usual panic starts hitting.

ive walked a circle around the consulate for fun with the wife tonight and saw red taped ribbons and guide paths for visas.

assuming there s going to be a line tomorrow.

how long ahead of schedule should you arrive at the consulate?

My appointment is at 9:30.

would arrive at 9 be safe?
I d hate to show up at 9:30 pass all security measures and be late for my appointment.

thnx barry

Hi my dear VJ members!

I should be receiving my packet 3 soon, so I'm preparing everything for my interview. I am Dutch, but the embassy in the Netherlands is no longer doing the interviews, so I have to go to Germany, Frankfurt to be exact.
Normally, you don't have to translate any documents that are either in English or the language that your embassy location speaks. However, I speak Dutch, they speak German.

I have my birth certificate, but it's in multiple languages. It'll say
Staat (Dutch), tat (French, Staat (German), Country (English) etc etc.
Everything is listed in multiple languages that way. Would I still need to translate it? A member from VJ told me I'd have to, but I'd like to make sure as it's gonna cost 25 bucks per page, and if I can save those costs, I'd rather save them haha.