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| Sydney, Australia |  Review #12157 on June 18, 2013: |
AJ MJ
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Other reviews have covered most things you need, so I'll not add much:
The Consulate is on the upper floors of the MLC Centre (fanstastic views), but entry is on the 10th. There are no publicly accessible toilets in the consulate proper, the closest are on the 9th floor. There is a sign to this effect AFTER you have gone through security, so useful to know beforehand (the majority of the visa applicants on my visit had small children).
The security check on the 10th requires all metal off your person - down to hair clips. It is more sensitive than your typical airport one. There are two lines - USA citizens in one, foreigners in another.
I very much do NOT recommend traveling to Sydney on the day. My original 06:00am flight from Melbourne was cancelled due to fog at Sydney airport, and the replacement flight I was offered would not have got me there until practically lunch time.
The consulate rescheduled me via email for ... read complete review
| | | Review #12052 on June 3, 2013: |
Adrian-Danielle
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| | | Sydney, Australia | Review #11930 on May 8, 2013: |
Wolf143
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Overall was a good outcome...was quick and smooth.
| | | Sydney, Australia | Review #11922 on May 7, 2013: |
Toff
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Today I had my interview at the US Consulate. We live about 90 minutes north of Sydney, so it was an easy matter for us to get there about half an hour early, as we planned. For what it's worth, I wore decent jeans, a short-sleeved plain casual shirt and shoes (not runners), and had shaved that morning so I looked fairly presentable (well, for me, anyway).
The Consulate office is on the 59th floor, but don't be fooled - get off at the 10th floor, which is where reception actually is. There was nothing on any of my correspondence to tell us that - somebody on another floor in the building had to fill us in.
Anyway, we got off at the 10th floor, and it was like an airport security check. Everything out of your pockets, all your bags, etc., through a scanner, then you walk through a scanner too. They kept our mobile phones, our bags - anything except what we actually needed for the interview (passport, documents, etc.). In our case that included a pram (as we... read complete review
| | | Sydney, Australia | Review #11916 on May 6, 2013: |
Cosmic
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We went up through security to the waiting room. We were called to a counter where they took most of our documents and then approximately 20 mins later we were called for our over the counter interview. I had a jacket which I dumped on my husband (I was trying to get our remaining documents out) and said, "here hold this." My husband then rolled his eyes in way that long term couples do. The guy behind the counter laughed, asked us some very basic questions and within about five mins we were approved and out the door!
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