France US Consulate Reviews
Average Rating: 4.2
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270 Review(s)
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|  Review #1770 on July 7, 2007: |
jmigs
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Our experience was very nice. we arrived right before one PM, and were let in. we waited for about 2 hours then they called us to the window, they asked us where we were married and for how long. asked my husband where he met me, and that was it. got my visa one week later in the mail. entered the US with no problems and received my actuall green card only 1 months later (i thought it would take much longer as we had been married less then a year at that point). After a long 6 months of being apart, the last few steps went very fast, and we are very happy now. the only sad part is that the green card isnt green, it's white ! Good luck to you all and be calm for your interview and you will be fine!
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| France | Review #1658 on June 2, 2007: |
RhondaM
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Nicolas had his first interview for February 2007. He arrived and was herded in with the others. The wait wasn't long and everything seemed find except that his chronopost envelope was too small which made him have to leave the embassy and find the nearest post office (about 20 minutes on foot). He still thought all was well upon his return and he was told to expect his visa by mail in about 2 weeks. Two days later a call came from the embassy that there was a problem and he was to go back. When he did, he received a very curt and nasty interview in which he was told that he was trying to cheat with his entries to US by doing a trip to Canada. He was told on the spot to pay $565 for a 601 and 212 waiver. What a nightmare. We contacted the two Iowa senators who looked into things for us and said they found nothing wrong. They wrote to Paris and to Rome on our behalf but still no change. We complied with the requirements and mailed this 80 page waiver off to Rome in April. About 3-4 weeks later we received a message that it was all a mistake--he didn't need the waiver. Rome determined it was all a mistake and his visa was to be approved. He was told to come for another interview in May--all went well. He left his passport and received everything by mail in 2 days! His flight is June 4th...he is coming after so many months!
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| France | Review #1635 on May 25, 2007: |
MadisonBrown
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We went to our first interview November 13th 2006. Everything seemed to go fine. The interviewer asked questions, some too personal, and checked papers. She was sociable and pleasant to deal with. She said that the visa was approved, we would receive the passport in two weeks, but that there was just one item to check on and she would get back to us if it was any problem. one month passed. no passport. we wrote the embassy which said that there had been a change of personnel and that the new person wanted to see us and review the case. This person was also sociable. He said no that we could not be approved because the fiancée was disabled and we would need a co sponsor so that he would hold the form for one year and that we could be married in the us and then have the husband apply for a V1 or V2 visa so he could come and work/live in the US until we got a sponsor. April 29, 2007 Fiancé comes thru Dallas Ftw airport and is almost turned around, but a nice immigration officer (after 3 hours of interrogations) permit him to enter the US. He told us that the petition was approved in November 2006 and that the 'window'was now closed. We were married and summarily separated. He is now in France and I am in the US. Something we had waited two and one half years to avoid. All of our paperwork was in order, the petition was approved and we were misinformed by the consulate. We contacted them by letter, the response (by telephone) shows that the letter was never even seriously read. The person said that the K1 was closed and that there was nothing they could now do and then gave instructions to marry in France and to now restart the whole process as if we had never done a thing. We are already married. And the consulate could take responsibility for its actions and revalidate the Visa. Paris embassy duped us, took our money , our time, our nerves. They tricked us and trapped us apart from one another.
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| France | Review #1487 on April 12, 2007: |
marcycat
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Xavier's interview went smoothly, similar to the other experiences posted here. He did have to wait about 3 hours. But the interview itself was fairly short and sweet. Very basic questions (e.g. what do I do.) The only potentially scary one is that they asked if had met my father, who is our joint sponsor. He hadn't; so he said no, and that was it. No big deal.
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| Review #1461 on April 4, 2007: |
sarahandroland
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I went to the medical in the morning (at 9:30) at Dr. Meyers: I couldn't take more than a day off work. When I called to get an appointment, I had her secretary who told me it was ok to have the blood test and X-ray done before the appointment and also said there were only looking for HIV. Well, when I got to Dr Meyer's office, she told me I was supposed to have everything done in Paris and that I needed to have other blood tests taken to check for Syphillis... I got a little panicked but things got better: I went to the blood analysis laboratory and they had the results before 12:30...  One thing though that I didn't like that much is that I had to pay 160€ even though I made half of the medical in Saint-Etienne... Don't forget to get a double of the vaccination form and to keep the x-rays: you'll need them for your AOS.
I got to the embassy at 12:45 and waited in line about ten minutes. I went through security: it is a bit like at the airport: they kept my phone and my car keys. I was then led to a room where I had to wait with other people (immigrants and non-immigrants). After maybe 10 minutes, they called for immigrant visas and took the names of the people who were there. 5 minutes later, they called my name at a desk and a lady took all of my paperwork: she was really nice and explained me a bit more about what I'll have to do once I'm in the US. She didn't look at the proof of engagement that my fiancee had gathered, she took the I-134 but the I-864 is sufficient. She asked me a few questions: how I met my fiancee, if I had a job lined up... Then I sat back down for a few minutes and was called by a consular officer who was also really nice and asked me different questions like how we met, what my fiancee's name was, what her job is, when am I planning to move in the US...
At the end, he told me: "you'll receive your visa within 10 days" and that was it! I HAVE MY VISA!!! I actually received it 3 days later!!
So, there really is no need to worry about the interview, people are really nice and helpful. I was expecting it to be really chaotic but it really isn't: you just need to be patient enough until they call your name up.
I hope this has been useful to you guys, good luck to everybody!!
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