Ireland US Consulate Reviews
Average Rating: 4.3
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143 Review(s)
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| Dublin, Ireland |  Review #30454 on December 1, 2021: |
IrishLaura
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I had my interview on the 30th of November and was approved!! It’s definitely not as scary as it seems and goes smoothly once you had the correct paperwork.
My appointment was at 1pm and I arrived at 12:50. I was brought into the security room and put my belongings in a tray. It was very much like airport security. The guards put my mobile phone in a locker and gave me the key to be worn around my neck and directed me to the right of the building where I met another police officer who directed me to the visa processing. At this point I was the only person in the room but it’s soon started to fill up with 4 other visa applications behind me and about 8 people waiting for passports on the other side of the room.
I was called to the desk after about 10 mins to hand in my documents. He asked for:
• passport
• 2 pictures
• DS-160 page
• birth cert
• police cert
• affidavit of support ( I-134)
• supporting documents for I-134 (2019 & 2020 W2 and 2019 & 2020 1040s)
• sealed medical results
He then told me to take a seat and I would be called for my interview. I waited for approximately 35-40 minutes before I was called. It was a very brief 5 minute conversation and seemed very casual.
He asked me:
• how did I meet my fiancé and what year
• has he ever been to Ireland
• what were you doing when you lived in the USA
• what’s your fiancés name and what age is he
• what age am I
• what does your fiancé work as
• why did you decide to get engaged and do this visa. Why not get married and go to the USA that way
After answering all the questions he told me everything looks good to go and you should have your visa in 5-10 days. I kind of froze when he said it because I was so shocked that it was that quick and easy but he told me I could go now 😂
Overall it was a pleasant experience minus the wait time in between handing my documents and waiting for the actual interview.
For people who have interviews coming up the main thing is to be calm because it’s pretty relaxed in there and just have all your correct documents!
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| Dublin, Ireland | Review #30166 on September 22, 2021: |
Aoife&Cam
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Finally I get to give a review, and it's a good one (Yay to approval). Shout-out to all the other couples leaving reviews and information, you helped calm my nerves.
Overall, the whole process was smooth and incredibly fast. My appointment was at half one and I was out of the embassy by 1.50.
I first arrived 20 minutes before my appointment time and was told to come back 10 minutes beforehand. Once inside, I went through security, similar to airport security. I had to take off my shoes (doc martens made the scanner go off). I was then pointed in the right direction to the document intake.
The lady behind the counter was really friendly and helped calm the nerves. She tooked all of the required documentation - birth cert (original and photocopy), police cert, sealed medical results (she handed me back CD of chest x-ray), affidavit of support and supporting documents, passport, and recent passport photos. She asked me general questions eg fiance name, dob, my country of residence.
Once she took all the documents, I waited to be called by the CO. The CO interview was short and to the point. He asked me 5 main questions:
- Where and when did we meet each other?
- When did our relationship become official?
- Why choose to move to US instead of Ireland?
- Have I previously been to US?
- Why have I spent so much time in US and what did I do?
As I have had many trips to US and previously overstay on ESTA so I was worried about denial. He asked me a few more questions relating to my overstay, but no more on my fiance or our relationship.
He then said everything looks good here and my passport will be sent to me within 7-10 days
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| Ireland | Review #30087 on September 6, 2021: |
kmulvany97
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I had my visa interview on August 27th, 2021 and my experience was very pleasant. My advice for anyone going in is to be very calm and collective as it is not as scary as everyone makes it out to be. As long as your relationship is genuine you will have nothing to worry about.
I arrived for my appointment approx. 10-15 mins before my scheduled time. I had to click the button at the front window to check in (which I didn’t know at first until someone else waiting in line showed me). Once checked in the security guards brought me in and I went through airport-like security. My phone and keys were left in a lock box and they gave me a visitors lanyard with the key attached. I was directed to the right had side of the embassy for my interview.
When you walk into the room it is very similar to a tax office, with little booths for the embassy staff and public to face each other, there was glass separating the two of you and a microphone was used for communication. The first part of the interview was the documents checklist. I was brought up to a booth with an officer (not the consular officer) and he asked me for various documents. These included:
- DS-160 confirmation page
- Sealed Medical Report
- Affidavit of Support
- My Fiancés previous years tax returns
- 2 coloured passport photos (2â€x2â€) taken within the last 3 months
- My birth certificate (Long form and photocopy)
- My police certificate (original)
- Passport with any valid US visas inside (I did not have any valid visa in my old passport so I did not need to provide this)
- My current passport (Valid for travel)
- My final address in the USA (This was different to the address stated on the I-129F so I provided a copy of the lease of the apartment at which I will be staying - But this was not necessary)
- This officer also asked me where my fiancé was right now - I told him that he was waiting outside for me because he came over to Ireland on vacation
This part went without a hitch - one piece of advice would be to follow the checklist provided by the embassy very carefully as this officer literally had the same checklist in front of him as he was asking me for my documents. He also explained that if my case was approved that I would receive a brown envelope with my passport back in the mail, and showed me what it looked like. He explained that this was not to be opened and to bring it with me to the port of entry, only a CBP Officer is authorised to open this file and if it is tampered with beforehand it will be deemed useless and I would have to do another interview. Once this was done he told me to take a seat and that the CO would call me shortly for my interview.
I sat in the waiting room for roughly 1hr and 15 minutes before being called by the CO. I walked up to the counter and he asked me “Hi how are you today?â€, I responded and asked the same. He then proceeded to the oath, for me to state that everything I am saying is truthful and correct. Then we got into the questions:
- How did you meet your fiancé?
- Were you in the US before - for how long and on what type of visa?
- When you left the US how did you and your fiancé keep in touch and how many times have you seen each other since then?
- How old is your fiancé/ what’s his DOB?
- What does your fiancé do for work?
- Why did the two of you chose to stay in the US as opposed to Ireland?
- What is your plan going forward once you arrive in the USA? (With regards the wedding etc.)
These questions seem very intimidating but I swear to you the CO was so nice and friendly, it genuinely felt like he was just interested in our story and wanted to get a better understanding of our situation. He was not trying to trip me up with my answers or anything of the sort.
After the last question he turned to me and said “Everything seems good here, we will take your passport and the visa will be printed either today or Monday and you will receive you passport and your immigration packet by next Friday. Congratulations and best of luck in the United Statesâ€
I had my interview on Friday the 27th of August and received my passport back from the embassy the following Friday (3rd of September)
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| Ireland | Review #29798 on July 1, 2021: |
Linos
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Had my CR1 interview on 24/06/2021. It was a very straight forward and friendly experience. From reading other VJers experiences I arrived about 5mins early and went through airport style security and went into the main building.
There was only 3 other people there due to covid, so it was a lot more relaxed than it normally would be. The woman at the first window who collected my docs was very very nice and calmed my nerves 💕 after she took my birth, marriage and police certificates, passport and photos I sat back down and waited to be called up for the interview.
I waited about 5mins and was called up for the interview part. She took my fingerprints and asked me a few very standard questions. It was extremely relaxed and nothing to worry about 😇 I was missing police certificates from Italy so was told to send them back along with my passport. I was in and out in around 30mins 🎉
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| Dublin, Ireland | Review #29726 on June 11, 2021: |
UnaJohn
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I had my interview on 9-June-2021 and I have to say the officers I dealt with were lovely.
I arrived 10 minutes ahead of my appointment - there is a little kiosk you have to go through security at. They made me empty/throw away my water bottle. My smart watch, phone, and car keys were put in a locker. I was allowed to keep my wallet and my bag with documents. You go from the kiosk through the courtyard to the main building where another security guard greets you. This room is like a big post office where there are little booths you walk up to - there's no seat during the interview.
A short waiting time before being called to the counter to hand over my documents. The gentleman here was really nice and we cracked a few jokes. He made sure to tell me that if successful, my visa would be printed into my passport, and I would get a big brown envelope that should remain sealed until it is opened by an immigration officer at the airport ("Imagine there is a big deadly spider in here, you do not want to open this!"). He also let me know to leave extra time at the airport as I will be taken into another room and an officer will go through the folder. Dublin should be grand as that is all dealt with there at pre-clearance.
Then I sat down and waited a few minutes to be called to a second window for the interview. This officer was also so lovely. You have to raise your hand and swear an oath that everything you've submitted is true and you'll answer truthfully. He asked me some questions then - "tell me about your fiancé", "how did you meet", "what were you both studying", "where do you work", "when did you know you wanted to spend your life with them", "what do your parents think of him", "have you ever been to [state I'm moving to]". We also cracked a few jokes during the interview. I think this lasted ~10 minutes. He ended the interview by saying "it is my pleasure to let you know you are approved for a visa" and handed me a one page document with further information. He then again reiterated what his colleague had said about not opening the brown envelope as it will invalidate the visa and I would have to go back to the embassy to get a new one issued.
Overall a very easy and uneventful experience! I was out and done within 25 minutes.
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