Argentina US Consulate Reviews
Average Rating: 4.3
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128 Review(s)
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| Argentina |  Review #32632 on October 24, 2023: |
Asackerm
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
My fiancé got there at 9:20 for a 9:45 am interview. He was let right in.
He was called to the first window for the paperwork. He got scolded for not bringing the paperwork in in advance. I read the instructions multiple times and never saw that requirement. It literally says bring with you to the interview. Apparently they want them no later than 7 days prior, so be aware of that. Fortunately I had given him almost 100 pages of forms, documents, and pictures that they could POSSIBLE have asked for, so he had exactly what they needed.
He was the first one in today of the five visa appointments. The man doing the interview was very kind. Asked typical questions: where we met, when we last saw each other. He asked my fiancé if he knew of my prior divorces (yikes).
At the end he said everything looked good on his end, he’d get an email this afternoon confirming the approval (we didn’t, but the website now shows approved) and the visa would be ready in 1-2 weeks!
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| Argentina | Review #32661 on October 24, 2023: |
snewbery
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We setup the medical appointment with Dr. Grillo three weeks before the Embassy interview. Dr. Grillo was very friendly and allowed me to accompany my fiancee for the simple medical exam and all went well. She had to get three vaccines (Triple bacteriana, triple viral and Varicella) plus an X ray at the Trinidad Hospital a block away. The cost for the vaccines was 97000 pesos (100 dollars at the time). After that we walked to the US Embassy just blocks away and delivered the advance packet containing all the required document copies and passport style photos. The final interview at the US Embassy was the best and easiest part of this long and stressful process. Her appointment had been scheduled for 1:45PM but we got an email from the Embassy a few days before, moving it up to 9:45AM on the same Tuesday. My fiancee and I arrived 20 minutes early, there were long queues for the Tourist visas. We went straight to the guards who directed us to the ladies who work the queues, She announced that we were here for a K-1 visa, they asked her name, checked their tablets and sent her through the main gate, bypassing the lines. As others have mentioned, I was not allowed in the Embassy. She left her phone and other belongings with me and proceeded through the gate and the usual security screening. After that she was directed inside and told to skip another long queue and sit in a waiting area. Her name was called and she was directed to a window where a clerk asked for some of the originals of the required documents. Specifically the Acta de Nacimiento (birth cert.), Divorce decrees for both of us, good conduct police report, plus past and present Argentine passports. They also took her fingerprints at this time. After a short wait she was interviewed by the male consul who was very kind and friendly. His questions were:
how did we meet?
was I, the petitioner a US citizen?
whether she was previously married
had she ever been to the US? (No, which made things simple)
what was my profession?
did we have plans to marry once we arrive in the US? (obviously yes, and very soon!)
where would we live?
did I own my house?
The consul smiled and concluded the interview, taking another set of fingerprints and announced that she would get an email that same afternoon. When my fiancee asked if her Visa had been approved, he repeated that everything was OK and that she would get an email in the afternoon. She emerged from the Embassy with a smile, we had a long hug and headed for one of our favorite Confiterias in Recoleta, for coffee and medialunas. We checked the ceac.state.gov website and her Visa case showed "Approved". She did not receive the official email until the next day and the Visa then showed as "Issued". A celebration with friends at one of Recoleta's great restaurants would follow. We paid extra to have DHL deliver her passport and Visa document packet to her apartment in La Plata so we do not need to return to Buenos Aires.
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| Argentina | Review #32631 on October 24, 2023: |
Nahiara
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I had scheduled my appointment at 13.30 hours for k1 and k2 but few days before it they moved it to 9.45 am. I entered the Embassy at 9:40 AM and was out around 11:10. There were a lot of people at the embassy doing tourist visa but I didn't have to wait in line. There were 5 people before me for immigrant visas (and everyone got approved!!!) .
I was called first on window 6 where a lady asked me for our passports , original birth certificates and original divorce decree. They took our fingerprints and tell us to wait to be called again.
The interview was in window 5 which is actually a private separate window in a very small room with door. The consul was very gently and super nice. He asked me:
- who was the petitioner,
- how did we meet,
- if my fiancé speaks Spanish, if I speak English,
- when it was the last time I saw him,
- previous marriages,
- what do we do,
- where does my boyfriend live and with who if anyone,
- if he ever traveled to Argentina,
then the consul asked my 17 years old kid if she ever traveled to USA.
After that he asked me if I have a tourist visa and told me he needs to cancel it because it is still valid. He said that everything looks fine for him but they still did not get my medicals from the Dra Grillo so as soon as the Dra send it to them they will approve my visa and send it to me (I chose DHL courier). One week ago another girl had the same issue: she was approved at the interview but the Dra didn't send the medical on time so if you do your medical with her please message her before your interview to be sure that she will deliver the medical on time.
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| Review #32624 on October 22, 2023: |
Aless5
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The embassy was empty. There was only one person in line. Make sure you bring proof of payment for the fee. It was a longer interview in my case because I had overstayed in the US in the past, but it still didnt take me 30min from the moment I walked in the embassy until I left.
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| Argentina | Review #32319 on July 31, 2023: |
Angied
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The interview took about 50 minutes. Many questions were asked about the beginning of the relationship. We were asked: How we met? How many trips in total? Which trip was first? Where the petitioner lived? How long had the petitioner been in the US if a naturalized citizen? What does the petitioner do for a living? Who does the petitioner live with? Any relatives of the beneficiary in the US? Where do they live from the petitioner? When was the last time you saw the petitioner?
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