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Glad to hear!! For some reason while writing it, I was afraid that writing out the interview questions like that was a no-no, so good to know I was overthinking it 🥳 I'll be sure to! Hopefully my brains will still be in good enough condition to do another writeup then

Just had my Interview on November 18th - Visa Accepted!!!! Thank you VisaJourney for the help, this website has been invaluable for the both of us. This was my (solo) fiancee visa experience! To add to the post above - We scheduled the interview and biometrics, then contacted the doctor (in São Paulo) who gave me a single date about ~12 days before the interview, there were no options. Medical: November 6th Bio: November 17th Interview: November 18th. Medical I did all my exams in São Paulo - arrived at the doctors, was examined for my eyesight, thyroids, general health questions (have you even been in contact with people with tb, have you ever had an STD, etc), and double checked my vaxx card - apparently Brazil does not demand you retake your MMR vaccine every 10 years like the USA does, so i had to take my booster for that one. He gave me blood work and chest x-ray prescription (?) and I left to go get them done on the same day. Note: if you're getting your medical stuff done in SP, keep in mind its a 20-30 minute drive from the Doctor's Office to the Fleury you need to do your exams at. The blood work and x-ray were taken at one location, and the shot was at another down the street. After getting it all done I sent a picture of my new vaccination card with the MMR vaxx stamp to the Doctor's office via WhatsApp, and was free to go They told me they'd only contact me in case something went wrong, so thankfully I never got any other messages from them 😛 Then on Nov. 16th i took a flight to Rio for the Bio+Interview phase. Again, I want to thank @Kayl&Natch - the entire time I was in the interview room, I was thinking of the "chair scootching" and giggling to myself. For the Biometrics, there's not much to say. Regardless of when you get there, you will NOT be allowed to even queue before its 15 min til your appointment. Go take a walk in the (very small) mall if you're too early. 15 min before appointment they start lining people up, then its a matter of going in, getting your picture taken and doing the whole fingerprinting business. I was in there for less than 5 minutes, I swear lol. For the interview, my general advice is take a (non-smart) wrist watch with you lol I saw a couple people with those, and there are no clocks in the room - so my retelling might be a bit off. I arrived at 7:00 for my 7:40 appointment, there was a line outside that was for non-immigrant visas only, so we get to skip that. As you walk into the room, you're supposed to walk to the desk in the back and tell the guy sitting there your name and appointment time. I was not told that, so I sat down straight away, but thankfully two ladies who were there for their visas managed to catch my eye and point me the right direction haha. He gives you a new folder to put all your documents in the correct order into, and then you wait for him to call you back to make sure its all there. If so, you go to the red chairs where you'll be scootching until its your turn. If not, there's a computer and printer you can use if whatever you're missing is easy access. A worker takes your folder and tells you to wait for your interview on the white chairs. I'd say all of this took maybe 30~40 minutes. We all waited a while until the interviewer arrived, and when he did I'd say there were around 10 people before me. He was very obviously American, but was speaking Portuguese to people. I feel more comfortable speaking in English at this point, so when he asked me the first question in Portuguese, I just answered it in English, and he never questioned it, just continued the interview in English. The questions were pretty simple, I'll list them below - Who is <fiancé's name>? - When did you meet? - When was the last time you've been to the USA? (It was 2021) - That's a long time ago, youve been long distance since then? (No, we went to Italy last year and he came to Brasil early 2025) - What does he do for work? - Could you please explain what that means? ( hilarious ) - What do you do for work? - What will you be doing in the USA? (I was confused for this one and asked "for work? 🫠" then explained i hoped to get something in the same field once im allowed to.) The "bomb" question was - What happened with immigration in 2014? I had to stop and think, but back then I was starting college in the USA and forgot the most important document 😑 I was stopped, but let in since I had a tourist visa on the express condition I managed to get a second copy of said document from my college in a week. Stupid mistake. I explained all of that to the interviewer. - Have you had any other issues with immigration since? Again I had to stop and think to make sure, but I did have another stupid (on my end lol) incident which I explained to him as well. After every question he would barely react, turn to the computer, type for a couple minutes, then hit me with the next question. After the last one, he gave me a flyer on domestic violence before announcing my visa was accepted, asking me if I had any questions, and giving me a little "Your visa was accepted!" flyer!! It was around 10:30 when i left, so ~3 hours total in there (felt sooo much longer haha) I paid for home delivery (R$60) and my passport arrived in 3 days. All in all, the entire process took almosy exactly a year - I leave for the USA in 10 days and I can barely contain myself. I dont think the penny has dropped yet...

I know you cannot work until you get the permits, but if I have a monetized youtube account, for example, do I need to freeze monetization while I'm AoSing? It is technically income, even if I'm not actively working on it, so I'm confused about it. Thanks!

Honestly, I was fully expecting most people to be "weirded out" by my question, I get how it can be a weird thing to consider when you arent part of the community! But it's really nice to see there's so many other people who also have games as their main link together, especially couples who have already been successful in their visa journey ❤️ Thank you and all the warriors of light who replied, it means a lot!

Thank you both I read online that online evidence could work, but obviously coming here was the right answer after all! We'll be sticking with itineraries and pictures together.

I know this is a crazy question, but I don't know where to go for an answer anymore LOL Me and my fiancé play a game called FFXIV in which you make characters to play with, and said characters can get "married" in-game. Obviously it's just a silly cute thing to do, nothing legally binding. We are putting together our proof of relationship document and pictures of said "wedding" came up, and we thought it'd be a good idea to add them since they have a date from pretty early on in the relationship. However, I'm scared they'll be used as proof that we're already married, and that the K1 visa would be refused. Am I totally overthinking this? Should I just not include them? lol Thanks in advance