Bolivia US Consulate Reviews
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19 Review(s)
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| Bolivia |  Review #5962 on April 25, 2010: |
JaimeRachel
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
We had no major problems through out the process. The biggest problem we had was that the entire process went EXTREMELY fast and it was difficult to get all the required documents together in time. The only complaint I have concerning the consulate is they would not answer any questions. I ended having to contact my congressman to get any answers from the consulate. The interview was no problem, my fiance said they asked him how he met me and showed him pictures that I had submitted as evidence and asked him to identify the people and the location. The only problem we encountered during the interview was the doctor that did his medical exam forgot to submit the results to his blood work. But he received a letter of approval pending that his blood work was ok, and he received his visa through DHL a little over a week later.
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| Bolivia | Review #3073 on June 30, 2008: |
M and K
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Paper work became a little more confusing once the US Consulate received the papers. We never received Packet 3, but were able to contact the consulate. They indicated that Packet 3 was not necessary, since they had all required information. They emailed us the Packet 4 information and requirements.
My wife was able to obtain here medical appointment and I sent her some required documents.
I flew down to Bolivia to accompany my wife to the interview. We believe this helped with the processes. They did not allow me to enter in the morning, but I was able to accompany her in the afternoon, for second step of interview.
In the morning, the officer asked her several questions. He asked how we met and my wife said the internet. He then said, “Really !!” and tried to find problems with paperwork. He was not very nice, but could not find any problems.
In the afternoon, we waited for 3 hours for our turn. The next officer was very nice and asked only a few questions, which we responded quickly and truthfully to. I told my wife that the questions he asked seem like friendly conversations, but he was testing us. He then asked when we planned to travel and we said that next weekend. He said they need a week to send us the Visa, but he put it through quickly and we received it two days later. He was very helpful and nice.
Other than waiting for 3 hours for a 5 minute interview, the overall was successful.
We arrived in the US, but after waiting for Immigration and customs, we missed our flight. We were rebooked on a later flight for the second leg of our trip. We are now home, happy and she is adjusting well at the moment. She misses her family a lot, but she says she will do better with time
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| Bolivia | Review #3069 on June 30, 2008: |
phillicm
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We got the visa... yea!!! Below are some notes that will help those that follow hopefully be less nervous than we were:
So Paola showed up at the embassy an hour early but was instructed by the guard that she wasn't to enter until 10 minutes before her interview. She went in and handed in her paperwork including everything requested in the letter from the embassy. We made cover letter's for everything which I think helped keep things organized. She was then interviewed by 4 people in spanish, all american citizens, that she said were very calm and didn't make her feel nervious even though I know she was very uneasy going in. They asked her how we met, how we got engaged, when was the planned wedding date and for the most part each of them spent 5 minutes or so chatting with her making sure she knew me but not being intimidating. The amount of evidence we had was truly overwhelming and I'll list it below but in the end all they asked for was a couple photos of us together. They then wanted to know where the photos were taken and the dates. That was it. They gave her a receipt saying your visa has been approved and said her passport would arrive in a week with the visa in it which it has. No big deal and she said it was much easier than she'd imagined.
We had the following evidence, none of which we were asked to show but all of which she was glad to have just in case:
photos (40)
letters of support from friends and family
new letters from Paola and I stating intent to marry
boarding passes/copied passport stamps from my trips to Bolivia
my bank statements showing withdrawals from Bolivia
phone bills
receipts of money I sent her via moneygram
aim convos/emails
receipt of packages sent thru the mail
tentative reservation for a wedding reception
outline of wedding plans & preliminary guest list
notes I'd written her while in Bolivia
documentation that we are godparents of her baby cousin
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| Bolivia | Review #2160 on November 7, 2007: |
alejandra2
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Well everything went ok, I took with me a lot of pictures and evidence of our relationship,they wanted to see more communication of the last months but I just have some phone records and some papers from the postoffice that shows that I sent him some stuff the last days so they were ok. 
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