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| Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Review #9259 on March 3, 2012: |
khtom
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My husband had his interview at the Amsterdam consulate on February 27th, 2012. The interview was scheduled for 1:30, and he arrived early, just before 1 pm. Because he was so early, they told him to scram until closer to 1:30, so he went and had a coffee and came back to he consulate at around 1:15 pm. He was second in line, and once inside had to wait an hour to be seen. Once it was his turn, he was told to sign his DS-230 Part II, and was asked a few basic questions - where and when did you meet your wife, when did you get married, and they asked a question about why one of the police certificates had been unobtainable (we had a reasonble justification which they immediately accepted.). Once that was done, the consulate took his passport and told him he would have his passport with visa within a week. Yesterday the passport was delivered to his local post office, and my husband picked it up today - four working days after the interview. Overall it was an easy, relaxed, non-stressful experience. Now it's just a matter of finding an affordable one way ticket!
Thank you to everyone on VJ who has helped us with this process. We couldn't have done it without you.
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #8664 on November 7, 2011: |
Cheffheid
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· 2 people found this review helpful
Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Interview today. Pretty nervous and the fact that I didn't bring my phone didn't really help either. I missed the train I had directions printed out for, but luckily I remembered how to get to the doctor(same stop, pretty much) so I got there fine, albeit a little later than intended.
When I got there, it was pretty difficult to miss what with the flag and the big gate :D. Not entirely sure what time I got there, but there weren't many people yet. Small "border check" with a metal detector and everything and I was allowed in and directed to go to window 5.
Due to the construction you need to go up a ramp first before going into the building. Window 5 is directly on the right if you get in this way. It's in a separate room from the main room with the first 4 windows.
Got called in by name to the window the lady asked for my papers and patiently waited for me to get everything from my folder(Passport, birth certificate, 7 euro postage, financial papers + evidence, evidence of payment and copies of everything but the stamps and passport, you'll get the originals back). Signed a few things and gave up my fingerprints.
After waiting for a little while I got called to window 6(Got called first, despite arriving last, I guess my situation was easy/quick to handle?). First the guy verified it was really me by asking my full name and date of birth and checking it on my passport. I then had to vow to tell him the truth, which led to a volley of questions about myself and my relationship:
- What kind of work do you do?
- What course did you graduate in?
- Where did you meet?
- When did you start dating?
- When did you get engaged?
- Where did you get engaged?
Finally, he wanted to know if I really wanted to get married and told me that the visa is valid for 6 months and that I have 90 days to get married with it and that I have to get married to the person I told them I'd get married to(Apparently people have actually tried to marry someone else on their visa O.o; ). And with that, he congratulated me with my visa and I was approved and that I would get it in the mail in 7 days.
TL;DR: It's really not a big deal. The people are nice, the public area of the building is pretty small and cozy and it's hard to miss. Just make sure you have everything it says on the checklist they send you.
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #8484 on October 11, 2011: |
rosannevh
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· 1 person found this review helpful
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Hi allemaal. Ik had vandaag dan eindelijk mijn k1 visum interview. Ik had al gelezen op internet dat het handig was op tijd te staan. Dus om 1 uur stond ik vooraan in de rij. Al snel daarna verschenen er wel 30 mensen achter mij dus ik was blij dat ik op tijd was.
Om half 2 roepen ze iedereen die naar immigratie moet naar voren (mits je geen elektronische apparaten bij je hebt) en die krijgen voorrang. Ik mocht dus als eerst naar binnen. Je wordt snel ff gescreend en dan wordt je doorverwezen naar loket 5.
Daar was een nogal onvriendelijk vrouw op mij aan t wachten. "Papieren graag." "Welke precies mevrouw?" "Nou dat hoor jij te weten". Oke dan. Dus ik begin maar met paspoort, geboorte certificaat (neem kopie mee!, postzegel, betalingsbevestiging en financiele papieren klaarleggen. Ondertussen zoekt ze mijn dossier op en weet zij ook wat voor aanvraag ik doe en welke documenten ze nodig heeft. Ze stopt alles in een enorme map. Dan moet ik vinger afdrukken afnemen, wederom snauwt ze me af. Ik deed het maar fout... mopperdemopper.. nouja uiteindelijk lukt het allemaal en ik mag zitten en wachten op de consul.
Na mij in de rij stond nog een flink aantal mensen voor immigratie en stuk voor stuk duurde het een eeuw. Dus nogmaals wees op tijd!
Na ong 15 minuten riep de consul mij als eerst voor een interview. In het engels. Hij vroeg mijn volle naam en geboortedatum. En daarna opende zich het vragenvuur. Ik had online bij recensie gelezen dat de meeste maar 1 of 2 vragen kregen. Maar ik kreeg er wel 25. En in rap tempo! Ik had steeds maar 2 seconden om te antwoorden. Gewoon om te testen of ik de waarheid sprak en overal een antwoord op had. De vragen waren:
-hoelang date je al met je verloofde?
-hoelang zijn jullie verloofd?
-is hij in nl geweest? heeft hij je familie hier ontmoet?
-ben jij onlangs nog in de vs geweest? heb je zijn familie ontmoet?
-hoelang ben je in de vs geweest en hoe vaak?
-wat is je verloofde's werk?
-heeft je verloofde zussen/broers?
-kerkelijk huwelijk of burgerlijk huwelijk?
en het ging zo maar door. gelukkig wist ik alles snel te beantwoorden.
de rest vd papieren werden nauwelijks doorgekeken.
de consul die dit blijkbaar nog niet veel vaker had gedaan moest ff aan zijn collega vragen wat nu haha. ze zei is alles in orde? met name ging het om de porto kosten en betaling (geld geld geld). alles was goed dus hij mocht goedgekeurd worden en ik krijg het visum binnen 5 werkdagen in de post.
nog wel even 5 keer herhaald of ik wist dat ik dan binnen 90 dagen moet trouwen met desbetreffend persoon en niet iemand anders. en met een "yes sir i will" werd ik dan APPROVED!
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #8379 on September 23, 2011: |
attentisme
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Alright, here goes;
I had my interview in Amsterdam yesterday. I will admit, I was very nervous. I had gone to the consulate before to get a student visa years back, and did not remember it as a fun time. At 13.30 the people were asked to come to the gate. The ones with an immigration appointment can go first (IF you do not bring any electronics!!) I had left all electronics at home, and was the first to go in.
The building is currently under construction, which takes away about half of the intimidation factor of this place. Construction workers were walking through the waiting area continuously. Kind of funny, and a good reminder that all this is still real life with real people.
First I had to submit some things at window 5. Passport. Birth-certificate plus copy. Affidavit of support (one from Trevor, and one from our Co-Sponsor.) The lady went through all the supporting evidence and took some papers from that pile. 2 passport photos. Fingerprints. and the 7 Euro Stamp. She gave me back a CD with my X-ray and a copy of my vaccination record and told me to take this with me to the U.S. (This all took about 10 minutes)
Then the lady (who was very friendly) told me to take a seat and wait for my name to be called for the interview.
So I waited. Construction workers were walking in and out. I talked a bit to a girl next to me also there for her K1 visa, and finally my name was called for the interview.
By now my hands were shaking a little from nervousness. And then I met my friendly looking immigration officer. The moment we have all been waiting for for such an incredibly long time. He took finger prints to make sure I was indeed me. He looked through my file, asked some questions to his colleague, and told me he had not been doing these interviews for a while. He took my oath, asked me to sign a paper and then asked me a total of ONE question; "Are you sure you want to go through with this?" - "Yes I am".
That was it. He did not need anything else he said, and told me my passport would be send to me in about 7 days, but probably sooner.
Very relieved I left the building.
Good luck to everyone with "interviews" coming up! If you have followed the VisaJourney guidelines, you will most likely be FINE!
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #8022 on July 29, 2011: |
Sirdaniel42
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· 1 person found this review helpful
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On July 21st I had my Medical (€ 145,-), the appointed Doctor did a quick check, gave me one vaccination (DTKP € 35,-) and took some blood. Next stop that day was the X-ray (€ 50,-) and that only took 10 minutes.
On July 28th I had my Interview on the American Consulate in Amsterdam, got to the Consulate at 13:15 pm and there was already a line. At exactly 13:30 pm security opened the gate and asked the people with an appointment to step forward and come in, and then he asked who did not have electronic equipment with them and because I left my cell phone home I could immediately step to the front of the line and was directed to window 5. The very nice young lady asked for all the forms, their copies and proof of payment (€ 263,-) took my finger prints and signed of the documents, it took no longer than 10 minutes.
After about a 20 minute wait I was called to window 6 where the CO took my oath and asked where I and my fiance met, I answered that we met in Australia on a holiday. He let me sign the form and then told me that we were approved and that my passport and papers would be send to my home adress next week, after no more than 40 minutes I left the Consulate.
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