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| Hong Kong, China |  Review #32712 on November 20, 2023: |
pizzapancake
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Very smooth and efficient process, showed up 30 mins early to my 9am appointment and was told to wait until 8:55am to return, so I went to a coffee shop nearby and waited. The staff then asked to see my appointment letter, HKID + DS260 form before entering security.
I then went through security and switched off + handed over my phone, and carried my other items in a basket (I had my folder of documents, a sweater, and a paper bag which I used to carry my items in) and I was directed to go upstairs for the interview.
I was then called to a counter where a consular officer asked me general questions such as 1. Marriage date 2. spouse's name 3. whether I had lived in another country after the age of 18 for over a year etc. They also asked for my passport, birth certificate, marriage certificate and police certificate (from countries outside of Hong Kong). They did not ask for my medical records as this had been sent directly to the consulate.
After collecting my documents they asked me to sit down and wait until my name was called, I then spoke to another consular officer at another booth who asked me to take an oath and also scanned my fingerprints. They then asked a few additional follow up questions such as 1. What I do for work 2. Whether I have been to the USA before 3. Is this my 1st marriage and my husbands 1st marriage 4. Do we have children etc. I was then told that my visa was approved and would be ready in around a week, and would be contacted by email/SMS when it was ready to be picked up.
All in all the process took less than an hour (there were three other people that were interviewed before me) and in general the staff at the Consulate were all very friendly and helpful!
| | | Hong Kong, China | Review #32663 on October 31, 2023: |
Bao & Bei
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A good and straight forward experience overall. Arrived at 8.45 for a 9am appointment. Security was straight forward, just remember the limitations on the bag size and other non-allowed items. Switched off phone, went through screening, then up to the second floor into the Immigrant Visa Unit.
Wait my turn to be called up to counter 3 for initial document collection. The following original documents were collected:
Passport, Marriage Certificate, Divorce certificate, Birth Certificate, Criminal Records from Italy, 2x2 picture.
Questions asked at this stage were:
-Who is petitioning me?
-Is this my first marriage, is it my wife's first marriage?
-How long have I been living in Hong Kong?
-Was I born in Italy?
-Why does Italy have two different criminal records?
-What's my HK contact number.
I was handed a leaflet about Domestic Violence and asked to take a seat.
About 20 mins later I got called up to the next window: friendly consular officer. First thing was the oath sworn, then fingerprints. Questions asked were:
-Who is petitioning me?
-When did we get married?
-Is it my first marriage? Is it my wife's first marriage?
-Do we have any kids?
-Anywhere I lived for longer than 12 months other than Italy and Hong Kong?
-How long did I previously live in the U.S. for?
-What do I do for a living?
Officer typed the answers as I was giving them, then said your visa is approved and cancelled my crew and tourist visas. Asked if I can get the passport back earlier than 7 business days as I need it for work, was told it should be ok.
Exit the consulate at 9.45. Actual time at counters: 10 mins total. Very good experience and very straight forward process. Our I-864 income was below the threshold but we had given proof of assets at NVC stage; was NOT asked about it nor requested updated bank statements.
That being said, 3 out of 4 applicants ahead of me where given either blue or white slips, either because of missing documents or lack of medical reports. Therefore, make sure you have all the needed docs and do everything ahead of time. As of now, medical reports take 2 weeks to be processed.
| | | Hong Kong, China | Review #32242 on July 8, 2023: |
ghostkate
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| | | Hong Kong, China | Review #32197 on June 22, 2023: |
Ra pos
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Fast and simple questions were asked
| | | Hong Kong, China | Review #31891 on March 17, 2023: |
GordonSand
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1. Queue for bags checked, turn off phone, put everything in brown basket
2. Scanning of arms and back
3. More bags check before entering
4. Take off shoes and jacket, pass everything to the guard, go through machine scanning
5. You’ll get back the brown basket with your docs and they’ll keep your phone with a number card left for you to collect when you exit
6. After that you’ll walk upstairs to second floor immigration visa room
7. An officer will check and collect docs from you for consular, he’ll ask you simple questions like where your husband? you grow up in hk? Have you visited US? Where else you’ve stayed more than 12 mths?
8. Original docs he asked for passport, hkid, 1 photo, birth certificate, marriage certificate, police reports. He’ll give you back the hkid. He didn’t ask for medical report as all have been submitted online.
9. He also collected proof of my husband returning plan
10. I was then asked to wait for consular call for interview
11. After 15mins I was called to another counter to talk to the consular
12. Have my right hand up to vow that I’m giving all true info. Then I’m asked to scan my finger prints
13. Because we have been married more than 2 years not many questions on our marriage, only asked how we met, when did we get married, where’s my husband
14. Her focus on approval was what plan we’ve made to leave in 6 mths. I haven’t started looking for job yet and my place at Chicago was bought too long time ago doesn’t count. Quotation on shipment is good to have but not convincing enough. My husband job offer letter stating he’ll start 1 Oct is good too but again more than 6 mths so not good enough. Until I randomly mentioned he’s asked to retire by his current job by 31 Aug <- within 6 mths that’s what she’s looking for, she didn’t even ask for proof.
15. Visa approved and good to go.
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