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| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Review #1355 on March 7, 2007: |
skb
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Our interview was scheduled for January 16, 2007, but when he got there he was told that another copy of a certain document (signed by me) was needed, so they gave him a date 2 weeks later to come back with everything. When the new date finally arrived, all went smoothly. After a 4 hour wait in the waiting room, my fiance was called in to interview. He was asked to write my complete name down, and to explain how we met. After that they told him congradulations and to come back in two days to pick up his passport. Easy!
| | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Review #1305 on February 17, 2007: |
Dan & Anita
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| | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Review #1301 on February 16, 2007: |
andrea&roberto
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We were in and out in less than 2 hours. We were 4th to be called to hand in our documents in order, and 2nd or 3rd (I can't remember) to called for the interview. We didn't wait long for either. The guy who interviewed us would be called "antipatico." He wasn't like so friendly, but he wasn't mean. He only asked where and when we met, and why we got married so quickly. He very quickly glazed over the papers, and then handed us a "green card," a green index card with a date on it to pick up the visa. They didn't even look to see if we had all the proper documents. We were missing a state police certificate from within the last 5 years time period....I don't know if they even cared. But we for sure didn't bring it up.
We arrived at 2:30pm on the following business day, Monday Feb 12. Once 3pm came, we only waited like 10 min before they called us in to pick up the visa!!! It was the happiest, most emotional time of my life. 
| | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Review #1231 on January 28, 2007: |
Alex+R
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I went to the interview with Rey, my fiance. We arrived by the time the doors opened at 7:20. We had to leave a backpack we brought with security, so fyi it's better to bring maybe two large purses if you need to bring things. We took a number and waited til they handed out the order of docs right at 8. Then they checked our paperwork and needed Rey to make 2 copies of his police reports at the copy shop around the corner. He came back and we handed them in, no problem, to the nice Brazilian woman in room #1. The actual interview began around quarter to 10 and we were the fifth people interviewed. Before us went two couples, both approved, and two K3 girls who were alone, who both got the red slip (denied or just 221(g) I don't know).
Our interview was about ten minutes long. First Rey signed the documents and did his fingerprints. Then the guy, who looked resentful of being dragged out of bed to be there, started asking questions. I did a lot of the talking because Rey was nervous. He asked us first how we met and so we just both talked and kind of rambled, waiting for him to stop us. He asked us when we got engaged, and we said we kind of got serious about marrying somewhere down the line in Dec 2005.
He asked me what my profession was and what the cosponsor's was and that was it for the I-34 talk. He asked Rey about his health twice, probably because he wasn't paying attention to what he was doing. He did not smile once, let me add. Then he asked some other questions (have you planned the wedding, where will you live, etc.) and then hit us with his question about the J1 visa Rey got denied in May 06. He said that if we said we got engaged in December, Rey should have said he had a fiance on his application. I said that they asked him about relatives, but not friends. I started to panic, and then the guy said that the form had "fiance" on it as one of the possible family members. So Rey said we were not officially engaged until after that denial (TG!). I think it also helped that when I talked about how we met and filing for the J1 visa I said we knew that he would have to return to Brazil for two years afterward so we planned to get married in Brazil in a few years until the J1 was denied...
The CO did not look convinced and he paused for a long time. Then he went on with some other dumb questions and then started stamping the green sheet and saying when the visa would be available.
After that we were very relieved. The CO appeared to loathe us the whole time, and neither one of us thought we'd get the visa, but in the end I suppose it all worked out just fine. 3 days later it arrived at Rey's house in SP.
I give it a 3 because the process didn't take too long but knock off two points for the rudeness of the CO who treated us like criminals.
| | | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Review #1228 on January 26, 2007: |
rl2009
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The interview was in Portuguese so I could not understand all that was being said. But I could tell by the tone of their voices and the look on Rosana’s face something was wrong. (I never had seen Rosana look like this before.) That is when I asked the consul about what they speaking about? The consul told me she had lied on her application for the tourist visa that she was still in relationship with Lais’s father at the time she applied for the tourist visa.
The consul tried to trick me as well with this statement. I spoke to Rosana about what the consul said to me and she explained to me what he was speaking about. I then questioned the consul and it was clear he only made this statement to me because she never mentioned she was coming to USA to visit me at the time she applied for her tourist visa. And that is when I became upset with him and told him she was not lying; she only did not give full details about everything due to the problem woman have getting tourist visa.
The consul told me the woman does not have problems getting tourist visa if they are honest, I told the consul she was honest and I disagree with him. I went on to explain that a decision about marriage was not fully made at the time Rosana applied for the tourist visa, and until Rosana could see how I live and what USA is like it would have been crazy for her to make such a decision because she had a good life and a good job at the time. The consul agreed with me. I went on to tell the consul she was not in relationship with Lais’s father at the time, and I had come to Brazil on my second trip just to meet Lais’s father so he could know me. And as far as I was concerned all this had nothing to do with what we were there for now!!!
Rosana told me later she became more scared when my tone of voice became bad to the consul. I was upset with the way the consul tried to twist everything and remember telling him at one point the only thing I knew was I love Rosana, and Lais and wanted them to be able to come to USA, marry and have a family, etc, etc. Then I was waiting for his rebuttal, and for him to speak to me like he spoke to Rosana.
Instead, he spoke in Portuguese again and asked Rosana about her health. She told him she had high blood pressure and he asked her if she was taking medication for this and she replied yes. I looked at him and asked him what he said to her? But he only asked me where I worked and what I did for a living. I answered where I worked and what I did at my job, and told him if he needed to know anything more the company I work for he could look it up on the internet!!! The consul spoke to Rosana but he did not reply to me he only looked at me grabbed the green card and stamped it. Rosana jumped up out of the seat and hugged me very much. Rosana told me later she believes he asked her about her health to see if she would lie to him because he already had seen her medical.
All during the interview I felt the consul watched Rosana, Lais and me and paid attention to the way we all interacted and our body language. (it was Rosana’s facial expressions and hand movement that told me to intervene.) Even though the consul never questioned Lais he watched her very much during the time he was speaking to Rosana and when I became upset with him. At the time my tone of voice changed with the consul, Lais grabbed my arm and the consul watched her for a moment, but Lais never spoke, and never did the consul ask her any question..
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