Ryan and Pamela

Ryan and Pamela,

Muchas felicidades por superar la entrevista y por haber finalizado este proceso.

Agradezco que pongas tu experiencia, ya que nos ayuda a tener una idea de lo que podemos llegar a esperar de la experiencia. También va bien para apoyarnos y darnos ánimos!!

Enhorabuena y mucha suerte con el resto de vuestra trayectoria!!!

Gracias! Ya estaís llegando al fin....cuesta mucho (como todo en esta vida) pero vale la pena!

Hola Andressa,

Me alegro oír que tienes una entrevista en unos días...cuanto más corto el proceso, mejor!

Sobre los documentos que tienes que llevar, todos los casos son diferentes, y nosotros llevamos todo lo que habíamos mandado al USCIS y el NVC + los originales de documentos que solo mandamos una fotocopia. Más que nada era para tenerlo todo a mano, nadie sabe lo que te van a pedir o no en la entrevista. Siento que no te puedo ayudar más, pero como te digo, cada caso lo toman como un mundo aparte.

Lo mejor que puedes hacer es ir a la página web oficial: http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3731.html. Esta página te dice lo que tienes que llevar.

Espero que os vaya bien en Madrid, suerte y ánimo chicos!

Ryan

Hola,

Todos los originales que has mandado al NVC, obviamente no los puedes llevar el original contigo. Si quieres los originales de los documentos que has mandado al NVC, lleva una copia de cada original para ellos....se quedarán con la copia y te devolverán el documento original.

No te preocupes, que estar nervioso es normal....pero si tienes todo en orden con el papeleo, no tiene porque haber problema ninguno...

Nosotros vamos a Wisconsin, soy de allí....a pasar un poco de frío!

Que tengaís suerte con todo!

Ryan

Hola Andressa,

Me alegro que todo te va bien con el proceso!

Sobre alojamiento, personalmente yo no me quedaría cerca de la embajada porque es una zona de oficinas y no hay mucho que hacer ni ver...con eso dicho, nosotros quedamos en unos apartamentos. Tiene más espacio que un hotel y tienes una cocina, nevera, salón y wifi. Se llama apartamentos palacio real, están en la zona La Latina. Es una zona con mucho ocio, bares de tapas, y hay una parada de metro muy cerca. Es la misma linea que coges para ir a la embajada (tardas unos 10 minutos en llegar). Una buena página web para mirar hoteles y reservar es booking.com, puedes elegir muchas opciones depende de lo que buscas.

Espero que esto te ayuda un poco, y si tienes más preguntas no dudes en escribirnos!!

Saludos,

Ryan y Pamela

Hola!

Cuando llamas al centro médico, tienes que decirles la fecha de tu entrevista...si no la tienes todavía, esperate hasta que tengas la carta del NVC con la fecha.

El examen médico tarda una hora más o menos. Primero hablas con el médico y rellena un cuestionario que tienes que firmar con él; seguidamente te hace una oscultación muy por encima y te pasan con la enfermera. Ahí te sacan un poco de sangre y ella revisa las vacunas. Lo más importante es que tengas las tres que te ponen de pequeña, la triple vírica (sarampión, rubeola y paperas) y el tétanos. Si alguna no la tienes, no hay problema, te la ponen ellos, pero cuesta 30€ cada vacuna.

Luego te mandan al hospital el mismo día con un papel que entregas allí y te hacen la radiografía. Como mucho esperas 10 minutos en la sala de espera.

Creo que en total nos costó un par de horas, entre estar en el médico, andar hasta el hospital y la radiografía. Antes de comer acabas.

Cuando llames al centro médico te ponen una grabación que te explica qué tienes que llevar, pero asegurate de llevar el dinero en metálico, no aceptan tarjetas.

Eso es todo. Si tienes alguna pregunta más no dudes en escribirnos. Esperamos que todo os vaya muy bien y os lo concedan pronto. Mucha suerte!!

Hello to everyone,

First of all I would like to thank everyone on this site - their information, forums, and comments really help you through the whole process. There is just so much information out there (some good, some bad) and sometimes it feels overwhelming. This site has helped us with the process and that´s why I think it´s also important to share information and personal experiences with others here - to give back and to ultimately help others who are or will soon be in the same situation as the rest of us. With that said....

Our journey was with the Madrid Embassy in Spain. I will be relating some of this post to the information already posted on the Madrid embassy on this site, and the rest of this post will be on our personal experiences and opinions....any feedback is more than welcome of course!

The interview for my wife (the Spanish citizen) was scheduled by the NVC for March 8 at 15.00, which was a Thursday afternoon. Obviously this does not coincide with the information on this site - and from what I have previously read until now - that the inteviews were always on Wednesdays in the morning.

There are 2 different places to have the medical exam done in Madrid. We decided to go with the Unidad Medica Angloamericana. We were satisfied with the way we were treated and everything went smoothly. You do need to take 2 american sized (5cm x 5cm) passport photos with you. When my wife was in the embassy waiting to be interviewed, she spoke with another couple that had their medical exam at the Centro de Radioagnostico and they said that they had problems. I would suggest going to the Unidad Medica Angloamericana, the hospital where you have to get an x-ray done is about a 20 minute walk away, but if it´s a nice day in Madrid it´s not a problem.

Regarding the interview, I have read information stating that women cannot bring in their purses, etc. My wife did not go with her purse and once in she asked if she could have brought it and they said it would be no problem. Take what you will from this...I´m not suggesting to go in with a backpack or a laptop, but I´m pretty sure you can bring a purse. They only made my wife leave here cell phone with the security guard at the gate. When I went with her to the interview, I asked if I could go into the Embassy with her. They said that I could not enter because I was not on the list. I did not press the issue and stayed outside. When my wife´s number got called for the interview, the consulate officer asked ¨Where is your husband?¨. She told him that the security guards would not let me in....to which he replied ¨he could have come in if he wanted¨. Maybe I should have pressed the issue more or showed him my American passport. My wife also saw other couples in the interview office waiting.....what I´m trying to say is that I´m pretty sure you have the right to go in with your husband/wife, you might have to press the issue a little bit, but hey, if you get in that´s the important thing.

Her interview was no problem. They reviewed her petition that they had recieved from the NVC (she took in copies of everything just in case) and did not ask for more passport photos, although I do suggest taking a few extra just in case. She was asked the following 3 questions: Where did you meet your husband? Where do you plan to live in the U.S.? What will you do when you are there? She responded to all of them, he said that all of the paperwork looked good to him and said ¨Congratulations, your visa is approved.¨ It will be sent to our house in about 7-10 days.

So that was our trip to Madrid! Had some sleepless nights the whole week of the trip, but if you have your paperpwork approved from the NVC and have nothing to hide (being a bone fide marriage) you should not worry! We´ve been married 7 years now and are moving to the states because the job situation is horrible here, hope everything works out!

I hope you can extract some useful information from this post and good luck with your journey!

If anyone has any questions/comments, I will be checking this post and will try to respond as best I can.

Sorry everyone, looks like I put this in the wrong Forum. Going to have to watch that! Also, have to thank the USCIS for the unbelievably fast approval...only about 2 weeks from NOA1 to NOA2. Crazy!

Hi everyone,

We have recieved the NOA2 at this point and will shortly have to file the Affidavit of Support documents. I am the sponsor for my wife but do not meet the minimum income requirement. Thankfully my dad will be a joint sponsor for my wife who is the intending immigrant. My wife and I currently live in Spain and will live with my parents when we move to the States. With that said, these are the questions I have:

Does my dad have to file an I-864a? From what I understand he needs to have the same principle residence as the sponsor (me), but I currently live in Spain so this is not the case. However, we will be living with him when we move to the States.

I have read different things about sending transcripts for tax returns or photocopies. It would be easier for him to send me photocopies, would this be acceptable?

Also, it looks like I will be filing the I-864 documents around January 2012. Does this mean that he would need to provide me a copy of a 2011 tax return? Or would 2010 and before be acceptable?

I hope I have explained everything for someone to give me advice/opinions. And thanks for all the help in advance!

Thanks for the help!

I am an American who is married to a Spanish citizen (have been married since 2005). We are currently living in Spain and are going to start the IR1 visa process by sending in a I-130. I have the following questions:

1. My ¨supporting evidence¨ includes our marriage certificate, evidence of a joint bank account here in Spain, and an official document from the local town hall showing a common residence. All documents are in Spanish with an official English translation. Would this be considered enough evidence?

2. I have to use an attachment sheet for our G325A´s for our work experience for the past 5 years (employer´s full name, address, etc.). I copied the boxes use on the form in an excel spreadsheet and will use that as an attachment. Would this be acceptable?

Thanks everyone for all your help in advance!

Certified mail is good. I suggest that you use a speed post (courier) with tracking, if you are able to.

Thanks for the reply. I´ll probably use UPS or FedEX.

I am an American who will be shortly mailing a I-130 request for my wife, who is Spanish, to start our journey to the States. We currently reside in Spain and I will have to mail the petition to the Chicago Lockbox. My question is, should I mail it by certified mail from Spain or just regular air mail? Thanks for any replies / advice.