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Ebunoluwa - agreedThis likely depends on the situation too. I front loaded so much evidence and gave my fiance a binder with a cover letter to the consulate and 2 years of pictures of us together with a time, date and written description of each one. I think the consul basically just said ok ... this is fine. He did not even ask much. I am sure for borderline cases volunteering more information may not be a bad idea as long as you know what to say and what to hold.

I agree and disagree with some of what is here. Do not volunteer information you are not asked for, do smile and be polite. Treat it like a formal and important job interview.
My Fiance took my passport in since they would not let me in, he said the CO seemed very impressed that I surrendered my passport to him. He was approved in less than 10 minutes with minimal questions and no review of any supporting documents except relationship pictures.
We are in a country with high fraud rates and lots of denials.

Hi fellow VJ friends,
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone! My fiance's K1 was approved today in San Salvador. We are a same-sex couple and the experience was good.
I emailed ahead of time to ask if I could attend with him and they said yes, but, when we arrived they rudely told me no. That is fine, I went ahead and went back home (we live together abroad). There is no waiting area outside except across the street on the sidewalk under the hot sun. You can walk down the road to McDonalds or Starbucks but that gets old.
He arrived at 6.30 for a 7AM appointment. By 7.05 he was instead. He says it went like this:
1. Reviewed his primary documents
2. He went and got a number
3. He was called and interviewed, they asked for:
His documents Proof of relationship - we presented a binder with pictures of our relationship and business over the last 2 years, they carefully read over this and looked at every picture. Very carefully. I gave him my US passport as evidence, he did present that and it seemed to be favorable They asked him if he had prior issues with the law, he did not They asked him about our tattoos, we both have each others named tattooed. In El Salvador tats can disqualify you due to their strong gang association (yes even dumb things like a music note have gotten people denied). In our case it was not an issue since it was our names. They told him congrats you are approved and handed him a slip with how to track the progress, within 2 weeks the passport will be in cargo express They did not review my I-134 nor my tax return nor my W2, which they do ask for. They also did not review several other documents. Seems like the main focus in our case was on our relationship pictures. My fiance mentions the officer was reviewing my original packet we sent when we started and the original proofs such as pictures, etc. He asked about a few of them and was overall very polite and respectful. I am pleased to hear this.
Arrival time: 7AM
Out of Embassy time: 9.10 AM
Actual interview time: 12-15 minutes
Good luck to everyone with pending visas and if you have any questions about El Salvador I am glad to help! Props to the US Embassy here for improving greatly overly the years, it used to be a mess!