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| Armenia |  Review #21609 on March 28, 2017: |
Renegade
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So let me start by telling that we are a gay couple living in a quite homophobic country, so we are married in Denmark instead of our country, because it's illegal here.
My appointment was at 2pm, I've arrived around 1:30, and immediately entered the building. There was no applicants waiting to enter. Inside, I've showed passport, got a security check, and gave 2 photos.
There was around 10 people waiting. I've waited for around 15-20 minutes , and got called to submit all my paperwork. Lady took almost everything, including my 500 pages worth evidence of relationship. There where no remarks of us being gay. The next wait was for the actual interview, there was only one consul working, and majority of people where DV Lottery winners. So I've waited for approx 1,5-2 hours.
So the consular officer was very polite and smiley person, that immediately put me on ease. First he read the oath, and I've said yes I swear, then he showed me my marriage certificate, and asked me with a smile, why do you got married in Denmark. I've said that we are a gay couple, and its impossible to marry here.
Then he started to look at our paperwork, and it was really a MASSIVE looking folder, I've said Im sorry for that, but we wanted to prepare as much as we can, and he said, that's completely OK!
He asked a few questions about my husband, like how do we meet, where he was working, when he immigrated and so on. He was joking all the time and the questions were simple really!
He looked very briefly at our photos (100+ photos with lots of trips together), looked at our chat logs, and he was typing something all the time.
And that's pretty much it, he handed over a pink paper, and told me to get visa in 5-10 days. I've got very lucky, because this was a very nice and kind officer.
Actual interview lasted around 10 minutes, after that I've asked him are there any more fees to pay from here, he said that only Green Card fee left to be paid, then I've told him that we want to leave the country in mid July, will that be a problem? He said that visa is valid for 6 months, and medical is valid until early September.
Good luck to all!
| | | Armenia | Review #20263 on August 25, 2016: |
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| | | Armenia | Review #18594 on December 18, 2015: |
Ando&sirik
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Her appointment was at 1:30pm and she was there at 12:30pm. They didn't let her in until 1:15pm so don't go too early especially if it's cold like this. Anyways she called me 3 hours later and that's because she was the last person to have the interview. At first she gave in all her paperwork and then waited until they call her for the interview. The questions they asked were basically.....
"What does your fiance do for living?"
"How and when did you guys meet?"
"Have you met his parents?"
"Does he go to school?"
and since we were denied the first time, they asked her do you know why you got denied the first time? to which she responded, "yes because we hadn't met the requirement of meeting in the past 2 years."
After that the C.O. said the magical phrase I am going to go ahead and APPROVE YOUR VISA. They said you will get your visa in hand in 5 days but don't make any travel arrangements because it might take 7 days instead of 5.
So I want to thank all the people in VJ for helping us toward this hard and frustrating journey. You guys made the impossible possible for us.
| | | Armenia | Review #18064 on October 16, 2015: |
nspyraishn
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My fiancee had her interview on September 17, 2015. They asked many questions related to our relationship, including
1. My career/education,
2. Her own education and career,
3. About my family and siblings,
4. How many months we spent together,
5. How long we have known each other,
6. When we met and under what circumstances,
7. What my parents think of her and her marriage,
8. What she loves about me, when we will have the wedding and
9. what are our plans for the wedding
10. What are our shared interests and beliefs
Well, so many questions, but basically the kind of questions Visa Journey guides and resources prepare you for, so I definitely recommend VJ and give props to them for helping us to get through the interview smoothly.
So after the interview was over, the consulate officer said that we had not submitted enough photos as proof of the relationship, and not enough sightseeing photos. I found this to be strange and insulting, considering we had submitted over 1 million Facebook messages, hundreds of Google Hangouts call logs, over $5,000 in moneygram receipts (about 7-8 different transactions total), and 25 photos in several different locations including the famous "singing springs" of Downtown Yerevan, the ancient historical site of the Surb Hovhannes cathedral, and the Shaki waterfalls, the highest in all of Armenia. We included several photos of us kissing, holding hands, embracing each other, and with her family. So not having enough proof of a relationship in the photos seemed ridiculous to both of us, especially considering how many people have gotten visas approved with only 4-5 photographs which are not even intimate.
So they asked us to submit additional photos, and so she asked her family and friends and submitted 72 photos in total, from about 10 different locations. She turned them in to the embassy the next day in a sealed envelope with her passport as they instructed, and even though the K1 is classified as a non-immigrant visa, they told her that she should put in the immigrant visa folder. So she did as instructed. She was told that she would get a call from them when her visa was approved and processed, and we have been waiting for a response since then
Today, after her not hearing anything from them for 4 weeks, I decided to Skype call them @usvisaarmenia. My call was received by a very helpful and friendly Armenian man named Arsen. He was very useful in answering all my questions:
1. Why is it that they said to put in the immigrant box instead of non-immigrant:
answer: Armenia treats as immigrant even though it is technically non-immigrant because it is in-between and the purpose of the visa is to immigrate.
2. how long will it take for the visa approval to be processed?
answer: The average wait time for visa approval processing is 1-2 months. If it takes longer the fiancee can request her visa back if she needs it for something
(Projected approval date: from October 17- November 17, on average)
3. Why did they request more than 25 photos, and is 72 photos enough?
answer: It is just standard procedure to sometimes ask for more photos before approval, nothing to worry about. It is extremely unlikely to be rejected for this reason, if that many photos were given
4. I asked for his name for reference, and he said "Arsen", but it was against policy to give last names.
I am looking forward to the visa being approved, and hope the administrative processing time will not take longer than average. I hope this review helps K1 applications to know what to expect, particularly for the American Embassy of Armenia.
| | | Armenia | Review #16181 on February 11, 2015: |
msislian
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Everything went very good, arrived 30 minutes before scheduled interview. General questions asked like where does your husband live and work and how long has he been employed at his current job. At the end of the interview my wife was informed that she passed.
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