Netherlands US Consulate Reviews
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186 Review(s)
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #7452 on April 14, 2011: |
Lve
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I had a 1.30pm appointment. Security was fairly easy to get through since I had left all of my electronics in a locker at the Amsterdam train station.
There were 4 or 5 people in front of me in line for the first booth, which meant I had to wait a while, about 45mins.
My turn came up and the lady was very nice and asked me for all the paperwork and proof of payment, etc. After that I had to wait for the consular officer to call me to his booth. This also took a while, and I was becoming slightly nervous. The nervousness turned out to be unnecessary, because I was only asked two easy questions* about the relationship with my fiance. After answering these questions the consular officer let me know I will receive my passport with the visa in the mail next week. All in all a very smooth experience for me at the Amsterdam consulate!
(*Questions asked: 1. When did you get engaged. 2. Where did you two meet)
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #7188 on February 21, 2011: |
Jen and Geert
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
We got there around 2 hours early and went to a bistro a block over to rest a bit since it was cold and raining outside, we got some soup for lunch and talked a bit about the paperwork and feeling a little nervous, but we were both pretty confident and reassuring each other that we'd do fine.
We left the restaurant about 20 min before the 1:30 interview time and waited at the gate, there were already several people there also waiting for security to let us in, they came exactly at 1:30 to open the gate. The security let those without electronic devices go first in line (me and Geert already knew about this and left everything electronic behind except our passports and paperwork.) We had an umbrella which they put aside for us to pick up later.
When we walked inside we also had to walk through a metal detector before getting into the office, but got through it quickly enough. When we finally got inside they told us to go to window number 6, we waited in line a few ... read complete review
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #7175 on February 17, 2011: |
VeraVimes
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Please beware, this is a very detailed account!
I was lucky enough to have my fiance join me at my interview on February 10th 2011. We arrived a little early and were told to wait outside the gate until the appointment time of 2.30pm. About 5 other people also had an appointment at that time, but no K1s.
First they checked our bags and were told to turn off and take the battery out of any electronic devices (I'd already heard about this and we didn't bring any - a little warning, if you have an iPhone or the like, try to leave it at home, because the woman behind us couldn't work out how to take the battery out and they made quite a fuss about it, although she was let in, no problem.) Then we were let into the embassy one by one, where another man checked our bags and had us walk through a metal detector. He then told us to queue for window number 5.
After waiting about half an hour it was our turn. A very friendly young woman asked me for... read complete review
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #7137 on February 7, 2011: |
Katja
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We had our K-1 appointment on the 22nd of March 2010. My USC fiance arrived that day from the States and we basically went straight from the airport to my dorm room to the consulate to my parents, to stay there for a week. So each one of us had a bag because we were traveling with public transport.
We got there 30 minutes before the consulate opened and we were first in line. When they opened, the guard told us that we could not enter with our bags. (Note that our bags were the size of a small carry-on.) They send us to the back of the line. We tried to explain the situation, but they would not let us in. We waited for half an hour and by then everybody in front of us was already in the building. We were still waiting. The guards were incredibly and condescending. My husband asked to talk to somebody in charge to explain the situation once again. They again told us to wait. Another 30 minutes went by and I was getting worried over missing our appointment. So I went in a... read complete review
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Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #6979 on December 16, 2010: |
Clint5047
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Left my house in The Hague quite early for Amsterdam, because of all the terrible blizzard predictions. There were absolutely no problems though. Stood outside the Consulate waiting for about 45 minutes before I could go in and most of that time I was the only one there. The fact that it was a torrential down poor might have had something to do with that though.
A little bit before my 13:30 appointment the security guard let me in. The other people there were for non-immigrant visas and had to wait a little longer. I went through the initial security check rather quickly, only to be stuck at the metal detector, which kept going off for no apparent reason. Finally got into the Consulate and was directed towards the immigrant visa waiting area. Behind the glass window a nice young woman collected all my papers (first passport & birth certificate, then the other stuff like the financial papers and proof and finally my postage). She didn't ask for any pro... read complete review
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