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London, United Kingdom | Review #1774 on July 8, 2007: | robburnsefc

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My K1 US Embassy Interview Experience.
I stayed with a friend in South London and took the bus to Park Lane.
The embassy is parallel with Park Lane but a few streets to the east. The map
that they give you is a little basic but you get the general idea.
The embassy itself is a bit of a 1960s monstrosity where you can see it but the
significance of the place still makes you gulp. On the roof at the front is a giant
eagle. There is a little garden at the front but there is a lot of construction
around the building and of course the huge concrete blocks to stop terrorists
in jeeps getting too close.
The boundary is patrolled by armed police and a private security firm do the rest.
Not the US troops I expected. Even at 8am there was a crowd. They vet you first of
all by examining your letter and passport, before you join the line proper. They
also instilled panic into many o... read complete review
| | London, United Kingdom | Review #1771 on July 7, 2007: | TimsDaisy

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My fiance's review of his interview experience:
Timescale of Interview (9am appointment):
08:00 Arrive & join queue
09:30 Into Embassy
10:30 Hand over documents
10:50 Sit back down for a drink & snack
11:10 Interview
11:25 Pay for Courier
11:35 Out of Embassy/collect phone
11:44 Phone my missus
I drove into London on the previous night, stayed at a friend's in Battersea and was up and out of the door by 7:20 next morning. (I'd mulled over the travel options and had decided to drive to Grosvenor square and park up nearby). The five-mile journey through Chelsea took me around twenty minutes and I was lucky enough to strike a deal with the doorman at the Millennium Hotel (just off Grosvenor square) who let me park there for £15 for the day. This was ideal as I had no idea how long I'd need to be parked and the street-meters charged £1 per 15 minutes.
From here it was a mi... read complete review
| | | Review #1768 on July 7, 2007: | sarahandbrian

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This is a long rambling revew and not a particularly favourable one, if you are expecting a review stating how easy the whole interview process was, how pleasant and courteous the embassy staff were and how all the nervous waiting was for nothing, I'm afraid I can't do that.
I am not someone who just likes a good old moan for the sake of it nor am I particularly oversensitive, for the record, the staff at the medical at Bentinck mansions were very nice indeed and made that whole process fairly painless, but as to the interview itself, not so good 
I arrived at approximately 9.55 for a 10.30 am appointment, after a fairly restless nights sleep, an hours train ride at an early hour into London and a nervous taxi ride to the embassy, never a good time to be in London, following a terrorist plot.
My interview was the resut of a whole 12 months of playing the visa game , not being with my husband and not really wanting to risk visiting him and being d... read complete review
| | London, United Kingdom | Review #1765 on July 7, 2007: | Teddy406

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Got there 9am, queued untill about 10pm where i passed through security.
The waiting room is like an airport terminal crossed with an Argos. You get given a number and watch your number approach the "its time to do something column" where you get called to a Post Office style window.
I got called at 11.30 to submit my police and birth certificate, submit finger prints and answer a couple of questions about travel dates and such.
Afterwards, I went back to the waiting room to wait for part two.
Part 2 came about 2.30pm! I was so tired and anxious at this point, I felt ill, my interview didnt go so well, but i think the wealth of evidence we had meant the officer sensed i was more nervous than mentally impaired/intoxicated/drugged/not in a real relationship as i got a couple of "simple" questions wrong!
Overall, I think i just got a really busy day and it was a bit of a nightmare, I left about 6 hours after ini... read complete review
| | London, United Kingdom | Review #1757 on July 5, 2007: | msu17

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I'm reviewing for my fiance who interviewd July 3. He said the line into the building went fairly quickly, though there were several checkpoints along the way to ensure those in line needed to be there. The last lady to check his interview letter even said he smelled nice... Hmmm Anywho, they took his forms, he missed filling in one section, so he had to complete that. At the actual interview bit, the guy didn;t ask any questions, just said "tell me about your fiance". Paul said it was no problem and everyone was very friendly and kept joking around with him.
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