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| Vancouver, Canada |  Review #4636 on June 25, 2009: |
TimandJoyce
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Got there in by one, and was one of three people to be interviewed. I was last. Handed in forms, did fingerprints, then was called up to the window. Spoke with the woman, Hong, and she was very nice. Asked basic questions, hardly looked at proof of relationship. We were worried about the finance part, but we have enough assets that it satisfied her. Visa was approved. She also smiled and laughed with me. 
| | | Vancouver, Canada | Review #4626 on June 23, 2009: |
BluesTraveler
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Following along with what others have advised about the Vancouver consulate, it really hasn't changed from what other people have posted before me.
The entrance is on the side of the building, look for the security guard in a white shirt. There is a Starbucks in the bottom of the building. If you arrive early you can kill time there. Since it was summer time, we waited at the park on side of the building. Not really a park, but there are some benches were you can sit. It allowed us to see the entrance door and keep an eye on things.
Arrived at 12.30pm for interview at 1.00pm. The security guard asked if we were there for a K1 interview, told us to come back in 15 minutes. We sat on the benches and then 10 minutes later the security guard waived us offer.
She had to take off her light jacket, the security guard fumbled through the pockets. Put everything and I mean everything in to the plastic bin before stepping through the metal detector. The security guard was kind enough to remind us there is a second screening upstairs and not to put on our belts.
Walked up the small flight of stairs to the elevator. Another consulate individual was waiting in the elevator and pressed the button for the 20th floor. Went upstairs to the small lobby went through the second security screening.
We were able to bring in larger than normal portfolios filled with all the documents. Security guards on the ground level and inside the consulate were very friendly. The security guard for the consulate spoke Russian - even though we were in Canada. He was from Bulgaria.
Went into the waiting room and took a seat. It looks like a doctor's office waiting room. The security guard informed us that they will call her name when they were ready. There were some people waiting to process their interviews from the morning sessions. I am guessing tourist interviews.
At 1.05pm they called her name. We were the first people there for the K1/k3 interview. Walked over to the window, it looks very much like a bank teller window. Small dividers between the windows. You will first go over to the windows that don't have numbers, on the left side of the room, if you are standing at the entrance door. There are 3 windows on the left side. And there are 6 windows on the right side that have numbers.
A very nice, middle aged, Asian man took the packet of information from her and just checked things off as he found them inside the packet. Super polite and no problems with him. He told us to wait about 45 minutes for the finger printing to occur.
1.50pm just like he said, she got called up to be fingerprinted. The small scanner - no ink - scanned her fingers, both hands, into the computer. Super easy. Asked to sit down in the chairs and wait again.
2.30pm Her name was called again and we met with the consulate officer. The consulate officer said that we cleared the database checks - "her favorite type of person". She then slide a paper through the window which my fiancée needed to read and sign. The consulate officer was checking things off and stamping them while my fiancée read the paper. My fiancée then raised her right hand and read the oath aloud.
The consulate officer then asked the following questions.
1. How / where did we meet?
2. When did we meet?
3. Where does she currently live?
4. What is her current job?
5. What is my current job? -- I answered the question
6. What is my annual income? -- I answered the question
7. Will she seek a job in the United States? -- Careful here, make sure you say "after marriage and get EAD"
8. How many times have I visited her? -- I answered the question 5 times.
The consulate officer was impressed with that answer, and said that is a true sign of being committed to the relationship.
9. Do have any proof of ongoing relationship?
Slid copies of the photos through the window, she didn't even really look at them. Returned the photos to us.
My fiancée offered to show phone records, hotel bills, consulate officer said, no thanks.
Consulate officer than stamped a bunch of paper work. Circled approved on the form, told us we were approved. She told us to take a seat and they will call our name.
Sat down for 3 minutes and the original guy who took our paper work called us back up to the same window. He explained we can pick up the visa tomorrow at 1pm. No need to show anything to the security guard.
Next day picked up the visa and the infamous package.
All in all went exactly as others have said in the past.
| | | Montreal, Canada | Review #4622 on June 22, 2009: |
carslo
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Arrived early and was second in line.
No problems at security - just like any airport these days.
Entered elevator - remember to face the back as they open from there.
Sat for a bit and visited with others.
Called to first of two interviews - paperwork clarified, with slight changes, fingerprints taken, and Xpresspost envelope given.
Returned to lobby to await second interview. Sworn in. He asked how we met(playing cards on internet), when did you meet face to face 2001, when were you married - July 2008, oh a long courtship - yes. What does your husband do? Works for IRS - small joke about not wanting to be audited. Well, based on the information provided you are granted a conditional visa ( or something to that effect.) Your visa will come in approximately 2 weeks.
Congratulations!
| | | Montreal, Canada | Review #4607 on June 18, 2009: |
elsoar
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I, the USC, wasn't able to go to the interview myself because of a previously scheduled business trip, but my husband just went today and was approved. Here is his really short recap of what happened:
Got to the building at 7:00, first one there by about 5 minutes. At about 7:30 they unlocked the doors and I went through security (like an airport), handed away my passport and had it returned to me with my new letter "A" and was told to proceed downstairs to wait for the security guard at the elevator.
At 8:00 I was called to the document window. She was friendly but a little disappointed with me when I told her I didn't have copies of my originals along with the actual originals. She made copies for me anyway ("just this one time"). She went through the I-864 and asked for various supporting documents - the 2008 tax return and any US bank statements (I think she had just overlooked the answer to Question 15 [we had written USA - see attached, with a letter and supporting proof of my intent to restablish domicile); I also gave her the letter from [the USC's employer acknowledging the move to the US and confirming she would continue to be employed as a teleworker]). Everything seemed to be in order so I went back to the waiting room.
About 15 minutes later I got called back for fingerprints, and then back to the waiting room for about 30 minutes.
Eventually I got called in for the interview portion. Very simple questions - when did we meet, why did we get married in Iceland, etc. The interviewer paid more attention to the I-864 than the documents woman, and so asked if we had a lease or anything for the US, so I gave him the letter from the parents [stating we are going to live with them and indicating a monthly rent]. He also asked if I had any photos, so it was good that I brought them along [they weren't requested anywhere, but at the last minute we thought it would be a good idea based on something we read on VJ].
After I handed him some other supporting documents he took copies, and then informed me that based on the information I had provided that he would be approving my application, and handed me a letter with the next steps (take the package they'll mail me to a port of entry, etc.).
So that's that. I was out by 9:25.
| | | Montreal, Canada | Review #4599 on June 18, 2009: |
jensky
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After having spent months compiling documents, letters, photos re: bonafides of the marriage etc, and organising them so I could access them easily, and having practised possible interview questions ad nauseum (expecting an interrogation), the experience was a pleasant let down.
I spent about 5 hours there, but most of it waiting. In total I probably spent 30 minutes talking to people. They did not want to see any of my extra documentation. In fact any time in the interview I veered off into background information she stopped me and told me to just answer the question. The actual interview probably took 5-10 minutes.
I am still happy I brought all my stuff, because I do not know if this is the norm. But whoooo. No complaints. Except they could have given me more than 2.5 weeks notice of the interview.
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