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| Bulgaria |  Review #15945 on January 10, 2015: |
avrora9002
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I had my interview on January 8th at 2:30 pm. I went there around 2 and the guards let me in right away. When I went to the consular section there was one more fiance visa and a few green card interviews. I was the last one so I had to wait for a while. First I paid the fee - $265, then a guy called me to take my documents and put them in the pink folder with our approved I-129f. The documents I had were: DS-160 confirmation, passport, 1 picture, birth certificate, court certificate, marital status certificate (+copies and translations), medical exam results, and form I-134 (he didn't ask for any supporting documents for this, which i found strange, but anyways~). All the translations I made myself  He didn't ask me any questions, just gave me the DHL form to fill my address. Oh, and he took our photo album too. Next step was taking my fingerprints, which is every time a whole ritual for me with my very dry hands in the very cold weather, but after lots and lots of tries they managed to get something and i was ready for the actual interview. The lady that interviewed me was the vice consul (i found out later) and she was very nice. The only issue about our relationship is that we only met a few months ago and then things happened really quickly, so she asked a few questions about that, but i had a lot of evidence prepared, so all was good. The questions, as far as i can remember were:
How did we meet?
What is he working?
How old am I? How old is he?
Have me met again after I left the US in September?
How many times have I been to US?
How did we communicate the past months? (she took a quick look at our skype chat logs)
Where are we going to get married?
Have I met his parents?
What do my parents think about this?
What do I love about my fiance?
At the end she said: "Everything looks good, go live your life and get married" :D :D I left the embassy around 4 pm. Now I'm just waiting for my passport with the visa in the mail
| | | Bulgaria | Review #14907 on July 27, 2014: |
T and T
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On April 23, my fiance told me that our petition is approved. On May 12, I received a letter from the embassy for visa interview. It informed me what documents I need:
- DS-160 aplication conformation page printed ( on-line fill it)
- 1 passport picture
- valid passport (at least 8 months lasting)
- birth certificate and copy of it ( I was translate it in English and had appostile for USA on it. I worried that Embassy will take it but they kindly return it to me because i will need it in USA for my marriage)
- police sertificate ( the same as above)
- certificate of family status ( the same as above)
- medical examination (only this document I have to pass it after the apointment for interview and it costed about 80 dollars and last 2-3 hours, they took me blood test, x-ray scan and took me only one tetanus vaccination because you have to have your vacsination history from your family doctor in writing. In other way they took you more vaccinations).
Once I have prepared all the documents I called on phone number pointed in the letter to make an appointment for an interview. I was surprised when I was answered in my native language, but I was very pleased with that. Appointed date for my interview was pointed for next week - June 17 at 2:00. I was very worried how is this type of interview passing. I made a whole bag of documents and evidence of our relationship. I went very early and waited across the street to time approached. At 1:15 p.m. I crossed the street and told the guard that I have an appointment for an interview at 2:00. He pointed to the entrance counter and told me to pack my passport. The woman at the counter checked the data from my passport and gave me a card with a number, which guards to check my luggage took the entrance. All spoke my native language, and kindly gave me instructions on what to do. The check was similar to the airport. Check my luggage and go through the scanner. Must remain disabled for security your phone, flash drive and other devices if you have any, and they give you a number to get them to the exit back. Prohibited weapons and liquids. After checking allowed me to take my backpack with the evidence and go inside.
Entering the embassy welcomed me kindly woman who directed me to the appropriate counter. At the first stop I paid a fee of $ 240. Then he turned to the second stop, where polite man began to take my papers in order. Finally, I prepared a bunch of evidence, but he told me that the big photo album is enough and just took it. He gave me the bill to fill passport and then sent me to the next stop to take my fingerprints. When I was finished with all that I had to wait a few other people before me for the interview with the consul. He called me by name and asked me my language if I knew English and whether to speak English (most of the others interviewed spoke Bulgarian). I said I do not speak perfectly, but I'll try. After the first question, I asked him to repeat only in my native language. It was, I swear to tell the truth. Continued in English with simple questions about me and my fiance. I write about them in random order, because I do not remember completely.
- Where we meet
- When did this happen
- How many times have I been in the U.S. and what type of visa (for any reason)
- How long was my stay
- How old is my fiancé
- What day is born
- Has he been in Bulgaria
- For how long is left vocation (I have described here and how it has come, meet with my family and my offer, so I did not get any questions about this)
- Approximate asked me when I want to go
- They asked me whether I continue to learn - I explained that I take my remaining exams at the moment and I hope I'm ready to graduate and departure.
Kind, smiling lady I congratulate, the approved visa and told me when to expect my passport by registered mail. I was last interviewed, so I took the liberty to ask a few questions about what's next, and she kindly smile and explained everything to me.
I wish such a pleasant and successful interview of all.
I was very pleased with the courtesy and respect all instructions carefully embassy. I finally had to take my phone and sign was leaving the building.
A few days later I received my documents by courier, but they also had instructions on what to do. My advice is be calm, sincere and follow the instructions of the people from the embassy and everything will pass successfully.
| | | Bulgaria | Review #13877 on February 14, 2014: |
Blaga-Tina
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The visa interview was scheduled for Feb 12th at 2pm and my fiancee and I arrived 30min earlier. There was a slight issue because they didn't let my fiancee (the petitioner) enter the embassy and have the interview together.
I got thru security check and headed to the main building where it was already very crowded. Luckily they asked if there were any people waiting for immigrant visas and if so to proceed to certain window. I paid the fee of $240 and then was told to go to room #1. I was interviewed by a Bulgarian woman who asked several questions:
How we met;
How many times we've seen each other in person;
When we met in person;
For how long she stayed in Bulgaria;
If any of us have had previous marriages;
When did we find we can file for K-1 visa (since we are a same-sex couple);
Have I ever visited US, when and for how long;
Have I ever been denied a US visa;
Where does my fiancee work;
What is her job;
After she was done asking me questions she then proceeded to asking for the documents stated in the packet 3 and evidence of our relationship. She asked me to fill out a DHL form where I would like to receive the passport with the visa and said to wait for 5 min until she takes all papers to one of the windows. After she came back she said that was it and should go have my fingerprints taken and wait for the interview by US representative.
It took over 30min of waiting to have the main interview which was in English by a very polite and nice American lady who was smiling the whole time. First she swore me in and then asked:
How we met;
How many times we met in person;
If I ever been denied a US visa;
Where do we plan to get married (because not all states perform same-sex marriage);
When would I be ready to travel to US;
Then she said "Congratulations your visa is approved, you will have it delivered in 3-4 business days"
Overall the interview went pretty smooth and the total time I spent at the embassy was an hour and a half.
| | | Bulgaria | Review #13171 on November 4, 2013: |
G & I
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| | | Bulgaria | Review #12995 on October 12, 2013: |
slvrfx576
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The whole process went pretty smoothly except that the local personnel who do the preliminary interview are not well versed in any thing other than the standard questions. The Bulgarian pre-interviewer could not understand how Petitioner could not have filed a 2012 IRS tax return, This had been completely explained in the I-864 cover letter and accepted by the NVC without a checklist. Of course the poor guy had no concept of what constitutes "taxable" income and "non-taxable" income...but he should have admitted that he had no idea of what he was talking about instead of acting like God and demanding explanations. Finally the American CO had no problem with that part, only asked routine stuff like what do you and husband have in common, where will you celebrate your anniversary, etc. Got approved no problem, spent about 3 hours there all totaled, but a little upset that some ignorant BG national should be questioning on a point which he has absolutely no expertise.
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