Australia US Consulate Reviews
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| Sydney, Australia |  Review #25878 on March 27, 2019: |
AUS18B
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When I scheduled my interview with Sydney, I requested for my fiance to attend the interview with me, and they let security know. I'm from Brisbane so I flew into Sydney on Monday morning with my fiance and stayed at the Travel Lodge at Martin Place. We paid an extra $40 for a late, 1pm checkout the next day.
My appointment was scheduled for 8AM on the Tuesday so I arrived at the MLC centre at 7:30AM. I went up to level 10 and took a seat on the chairs outside of the security area and waited for them to open. The elevator wasn't working to take us up to the interview area so the consulate opened a little late, but to be honest this didn't bother us because they let everyone know that no one was going to miss their appointment.
After an hour or so I went through to a desk where someone checked my documents as per the checklist. Subsequently I went through security (just like airport security) and gave them our phones to hold onto. I sat in a new seating a... read complete review
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| Sydney, Australia | Review #25569 on February 12, 2019: |
David and Nicole
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I was approved on February 12.
The following is my account of what happened from start to finish.
After my packet was sent from the NVC to Sydney, I monitored the ceac site daily for the status to change to 'received' and then finally to 'ready'.
As soon as it was 'ready' I called and made a medical appointment for ASAP (4 days later) I then went into my draft emails and sent a pre-composed email of the following:
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Hi,
With my case number showing as 'Received' on CEAC.state.gov I am pro-actively writing with the information required to proceed with packet 4 and/or to schedule an interview date.
Name: {your name}
Case No.: SYD00000000000
Email: {your email}
DS-160 Confirmation: {your DS160}
MRV transaction confirmation and payment receipt are attached.
I have all the required documents (and copies... read complete review
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| Sydney, Australia | Review #25468 on January 29, 2019: |
beloved_dingo
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· 1 person found this review helpful
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My fiance's interview was scheduled for 11AM. He had no issues getting to the consulate, and arrived about an hour early. As others have posted, he went through security and they kept his phone. They also went through his documents quickly and put them back into a folder to take with him.
After getting off the lift, he took a number and sat down (10:15AM). About 10 minutes later, his number was called and they took his birth certificate (copy and original), police check, I-134, and supporting documents. He sat down again and waited approximately 1 hour before his number was called again (I assume mainly because he arrived quite early). His actual interview lasted less than 10 minutes.
Questions that were asked:
1. How did you meet?
2. When have you visited each other?
3. Have you been married?
4. Do you have kids?
They did not look at any of the "proof of ongoing relationship" documents we brought. He was immedia... read complete review
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| Sydney, Australia | Review #25438 on January 24, 2019: |
Roo&Bear
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Like every review I've read on here the Sydney Consulate experience was a breeze.
Well organised, very little wait time.
Staff were pleasant.
Questions were basic and easily answered.
I was missing some paperwork that I hadn't been able to obtain in time for the interview but the Consulate advised to attend anyway. After the interview I was handed a yellow sheet of paper with instructions to return that along with the missing paperwork and my passport by mail.
I did that about a month later, and 10 days after my visa was approved and passport returned by courier.
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| Sydney, Australia | Review #25249 on December 21, 2018: |
Gj & Cathy
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I had my IV interview rescheduled from Dec 18 to December 14 at 8am. Got to MLC Building, and found another interviewee, Natalie. We both went up at 7.40am. The lift to the 10th floor won't open til 7.30am.
It was funny because as soon they asked us to line up inside to get our paperwork sorted, the two ladies sorting out our papers had the wrong list of interviewees for the day so we all had to go out again and reline up after 5 minutes.
Had to take my shoes off, then they took my small purse, and I was able to take everything else upstairs. My ears popped 3 times going up to the 59th floor. Then you take a number...I was applicant 203.
A few minutes later, a lady took all my documents. She returned the photocopies as I have submitted mine all electronically. Had to wait half an hour before doing another set of biometrics and oath in front of a female Officer. She was actually quite nice...not as stern. Asked me a few casual questions, similar to the ones... read complete review
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