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| Argentina |  Review #29188 on February 19, 2021: |
Dan Rj
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I had the interview for my spouse visa yesterday, February 18th.
Ovweall it lasted an hour and a half due to the fact that they are not processing non- inmigrant visas at the time. So less than ten people were there waiting for their interviews. Some of them were waiting for passport and citizenship procceses and only three cases for inmigration.
I went with my husband (petitioner and sponsor) They let him in and even participate of all the instances in which they called my name. They called me three times on different windows (no rooms)
On the first one they ask for all the original papers. I found super helpful to had posted it all of the documents that I brought. While other applicants had trouble finding their documents in a pile it was easy and fast for me to recognize mine, and I could tell that s important for them.
The only thing that I struggled with is when the lady asked if I uploaded the last version of my police certificate to CEAC. I hadn´t, so apparently you need to renew the docs in the website, but it was no big of a deal after all. She went all the way through a list of documents, nothing was missing and she didn´t ask for anything crazy. Not even the IRS an tax return s.
She did ask for marriage cert, birth cert, police cert, evidence (photos, mails and rental agreements were provided) yatri appointment confirmation (she wanted it printed in one page and I had two) photos 5x5 (I gave her two different options) and passport. Nor any copy, all the originals. They ll keep them and called me back again for the CO to interview me 30min after.
The interview with the CO was fast and easy, 20min. My husband was there so he was asked most of the questions. She was nice and even smiled a couple of times.
Questions were the regular:
To me
-When and where you met? have you been married bf? have you lived abroad? have you had any trouble with police ? Did you study at UBA? So you plan to continue with your studies in US?
To my husband/ Sponsor
-What do you do for a living? How much do you earn per year? where do you work? are you currently living here? Do you work remotly? where is the company located? Where did you study? Do you have a domicile in US?
To be honest I was really concern about she asking about my previous attemps for non -inmigrant visas that were denied in the past (I had 3 attemps 2018-2019)
She asked me if I ve ever had a visitor visa and I answered that I had apply before but they were denied. She agreed (semeed like she had that information on her screen) and she didn t ask any further questions about it.
Back to our seats and then she called us again
She asked where we were planning to live and she took a couple of minutes to fill some forms. Then she said my visa was granted! and gave us a paper with alien registration numer. They kept my passport and told me I ll receive an email with further information. Also that I have to pay a fee once the passport is returned.
| | | Argentina | Review #29151 on February 14, 2021: |
CeG
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| | | Argentina | Review #28991 on January 12, 2021: |
Ana A
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First of all, I want to say after the approval they had to mail me the documents because I live in other city. Everything seemed to work as expected, I got the documents after a week after my interview. But they made a very serious mistake and that is they have to send your passport with the visa and a sealed envelope you have to show to immigration once you enter the US. They sent all those documents in an open folder and not inside a sealed envelope. So this is an important advise for anyone: make sure you get that sealed envelope otherwhise you will have problems with immigration. Also make sure there are no mistakes at the passport (mispelled names and etc). I was able to realise about that mistake and complain in time. They made me mail the documents again and Im still waiting. So I'm still not able to travel even if the visa was granted. Its been a very stressing process and its disappointing you have to be worried until the very last moment.
About my interview everything went fine. I got there around 20 minutes before the interview. There is a lady at the window who told me to wait outside until the appointment (so they wont call you before its your time). I got inside, went through security (its just some officer asking you to put the things you bring in a basket for a metal detector), i had my phone so he made me leave it there and look for it after the interview. The embassy was pretty much empty, only a couple more people at the main office.. I waited until some other lady called me. She had a sheet to make sure I was bringing everything and no document was missing. She didnt ask for everything I brought. About the affidavit of support, they mostly care about the form and tax returns (she didnt ask for the employer letter, the letter from the bank or the paychecks). I only had the last year of tax transcripts but some people advise you to bring the last 3 years. She asked for the W2 form which I had no idea about, and that was strange because it's another thing they dont ask for in the instruction packet. I said I didnt have it and she wrote that down and said maybe the consul would ask me to send that later. That made me a bit nervous (but gladly he didn't ask for them after), so bring that w2 just in case. She also only asked for some photos and not all the evidence of relationship.
She then told me to sit and wait for the interview with the consul. its a small room on left, he doesnt want you to close the door so I think anyone can hear. I had my interview, there were 2 men but only the consul would make questions. First they took my fingerprints and made me take an oath that I would tell the truth. I was asked if I wanted to do the interview in spanish or english and I chose spanish. The consul made several questions such as where did we meet, how many times we met, where and when, where is my fiance from, where does he work (about this particular one, he would mention it again later in the interview, maybe to see if Id answer something else), he asked me what I was planning to do in the US once I move there, If i was ever arrested, when did i visit the US, how long I stayed for and if I ever overstayed.He also asked me if I knew english so some questions were also in english ( i think if you know the language thats a plus ). It wasnt a difficult interview, jsut be ready for some talk. if your relationship is legit those are easy questions to answer so you shouldn't worry.I even gave short answers and it was fine. He asked for a copy of my boyfriend's passport and I'm glad I brought one because they dont mention it in the instructions. So bring that too just in case. Finally he told me the visa was approved and talked about the domestic violence pamphlet you get with the instructions.
| | | Argentina | Review #28885 on December 11, 2020: |
Andresr
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Everything went well .the consule was very kind .i did not see that they changed my time from930 to 1230 but my son had a exam.at 12 so they said i could come back at 230 pm .very fast inside .
| | | Argentina | Review #28579 on September 18, 2020: |
peony
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My interview was yesterday, September 17th, 2020.
I arrived at the embassy at 10:10 (my appointment was at 10:30), the person on window 1 told me to wait, he'll call me when it's time. He called me by name and let me in.
As usual, you cannot take any electronics or liquids. They do have some hand sanitizer dispensers inside of the building.
Went through security, and then straight to the main building where interviews are made.
They called me to window 6, and asked me the required documents one by one. She put everything in a green folder, that I had no access to. (I guess this is how they do it now, with the pandemic and all).
She asked me for the vaccine record the Dr. gave me at my medical (the two-sheet paper the Dr. gives you.) I was very glad I took it with me even if they didn't require it in the embassy instructions, so I was able to provide it.
Two things came up at this point that made me worry a little:
-> The pictures:
- I had three sets of 5x5cm pictures.
- One set, I had a faint red line on my nose that was made by the face mask I was wearing seconds before it was taken, so she asked me for a different picture, just in case.
- Another set was kinda passable.
- And the third set of pictures was a year old, so she wouldn't take it. They require the pictures to be at most 6 months old.
So she took the first two and let the consul make the final decision.
So I guess I recommend to take more sets of pictures than neccessary, really good pictures, and check they follow the proper guidelines on their website.
-> Tax transcripts / returns
- The lady asked me to either give her my husband's Tax Transcript or any W-2s, since they only had his Tax Return (Form 1040) on file with no W-2s.
- But we have no Tax Transcript available since my husband paper filed his tax return this year (2019 taxes). With the pandemic, they stopped processing paper filed returns for MONTHS, and only recently they began to process them again, but this meant his Tax Transcript is not available yet.
- And also we don't have a W-2 since he wasn't working for an employer last year, and he was living in Argentina with me during 2019.
- She then told me to explain this to the consul.
In the end, I didn't have to explain it to the consul. I believe it's because he had access to the full information of our case.
I went back to my seat, and I waited to be called for the interview at window 5.
The interview was in Spanish, except for two questions that were made in English. He didn't asked me to choose a language, but he did ask the person interviewed before me.
Now that I'm writing the questions down, I feel like I was asked many more questions than other reviewers! But it must vary case by case, who knows.
If there are repeated questions it's because they were asked multiple times. There might have been a couple more questions, but this is all I remember.
First fingerprints, then I took an oath, and then the interview began.
- Who is petitioning you?
- What's his name?
- Is this your first marriage?
- Is this his first marriage?
- Have you ever been to America?
- Every time you entered America, you did so with a visa?
- Did you ever overstay your allowed time in America?
- Did you ever work in America?
- Have you ever lived in another country, besides Argentina?
- Do you have any other citizenship?
- Who is [my husband's mom, household member on the form I-864A]?
- Did you meet her in person?
- How did you meet your husband?
I wanted to tell a concise version of our love story, but during the interview I was so nervous I blurted out "On the internet." and nothing else, haha.
- When did you meet in person?
- When did you get married?
- What do you do for work currently?
- So, you said this is your first marriage?
- And it's your husband's first marriage?
- Suddenly, in English: "Do you speak English?"
It caught me off guard so I blurted out "SÃ!" in Spanish, haha.
- In English: "What does he do for work?"
I replied in English this time. And after that the interview went back to Spanish.
- If your visa is granted, what would you do for work in America?
- Where do you intend to live in America? Which state?
- Is your husband an American citizen by birth or was he naturalized?
- Do you have any proof to show me that he is a citizen by birth, like a copy of his passport?
I gave him my husband's birth certificate, but I did take with me a full copy of my husband's passport just in case, but didn't present it.
- So you said this is your first marriage? And your husband's first marriage as well?
- Did you ever have trouble with the law/police? (can't remember the exact wording)
No.
- Never?
Never.
- Nor here nor in another country?
I kinda chuckled and said again, "no." feeling like a goody two shoes.
- So you've been married for less than two years, correct?
I explained that no, it was two years and three months. And as I was saying this he began to ask "In which month of 2018 did you get married?" so we both ended up talking at the same time and it was awkward, haha. But I replied which month, and he said "okay."
He had to void my tourist visa, and he explained I cannot have a tourist visa and an immigration visa at the same time.
Then he began explaining that in America, going to the police for domestic violence will not be detrimental to my legal status in the US, and gave me two sheets of information about this subject.
And then he said that of course this means I was approved! Then gave me another sheet with information about the last fee we have to pay before traveling to America (the fee required for the issuance of the "Green Card"), and gave me my Alien Registration Number and explained everything in more detail.
A little note: At window 6, I presented a printout of my digitally signed birth certificate (partida de nacimiento) which is what I uploaded to CEAC, and forwarded the Buenos Aires City Goverment official email where they mailed me my BC (the embassy will request this a few days before the interview.) But I also took with me and presented an original physical copy of my birth certificate my mom found. At one point during the interview, the consul saw only the physical birth certificate, and told me since this is not what they had on file, I had to go back home and scan it, upload it to CEAC and let them know. So I was almost got sent home "empty handed", with no approval. But then he realized I also gave them the one they had on file, and sent the proper email two days before, so that's the one that counted, so I didn't have to scan the superfluous one I gave them that day after all.
He told me they'll contact me, probably next week, about picking up my passport in person at the embassy itself, since they're short-staffed because of the pandemic.
All in all, everyone was very nice, I was very nervous, I was a little awkward, but it went well!
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