Israel US Consulate Reviews
Average Rating: 3.9
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82 Review(s)
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| Israel |  Review #6222 on June 17, 2010: |
Songer
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My wife had her interview this morning. The woman who interviewed her was very cold and didn't convey much emotion. Questions included:
- How did you meet?
- Why did you get married in the US vs Israel?
- What do his parents think of you?
- What do your parents think of him?
- What does he do?
- Are you serving in the Israel Army?
- What do you have in common?
- Explain the age difference. (She's 19, I'm 31)
- What did you do while you were in the US?
At the end, she said "You're finished" but didn't indicate YES or NO. The CO, however, took her passport.
My wife asked her, "What should I tell my husband?" The CO replied, "I will keep in touch."
My wife then left. Not sure what to take away from this.
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| Israel | Review #6097 on May 19, 2010: |
Yoink
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Quick and painless
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| Israel | Review #5808 on March 17, 2010: |
♥Muslimqueen♥
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Review of my interview
My husband got there at 6:00 with his sister they both had an interview same day.at the border they were not letting some people in cuz of the problems there right now, they turned away lot of people who had interviews. when he got there he showed the people at the boarder his pass and his interview letter they told him "No, come back tommarow" he told them i cant i have my interview. then his sister came and told them. he is with me we both have an interview. Then they let him pass. he got to the Embassy a 8:30 they gave him his number and he waited. When his name was called he went to the window and was told place you hand on the glass and swear your telling the truth, so he did. they asked him
When did you meet
how long have you known her
Did she ever come here
what are you planning to work there
were do you plan to live
when did you start to realy know her.
The he asked my husband why do you want to go to america he told him cuz he cant live without my wife, ill die without her. And the counsler laughed. lol
They he looked at the wedding pictures and are picture and asked were were they taken and said they were beautiful pictures. then he looked and the emails, text messages and such. ans he was reading them and asked the translaer to read the ones written in arabic. and he would laugh and some of them. Then on the messages LULU was written and counsler said whats your wifes name my husband said Muslimqueen and he said why is lulu written there and my husband said thats my pet name for her, to which he laughed again.
Then the put everything in a big box folder and said all we need is a letter hand written by your wife saying that is not required to file for taxes and let her sign it. my husband looked worried so he told him Dont worry its routen it nothing your papers are 100% give us the letter and then 3 days or the most a week we will call you to send us the passport and we will mail you the visa.
I already sent him the letter and on friday he will send it so i hope by wensday next week we will hear some good news.
My sister in law also went she has a 3 month old they told her we can give you a visa but youll have to go without your son. The did not give her interview her or anything. they said her husband has to start the Visa prosses for her son.
All in All it was a Great interview. As long as they hurry and get are visa out its fine.
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| Israel | Review #5597 on January 25, 2010: |
jcg303
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I don't know how the process goes with other consulates, but our experience with the consulate in Jerusalem has not been very good at all. First, we tried to request a specific interview date to coincide with my office's end-of-year shut down, which was denied. Instead, we were given a date in early December after explicitly saying that we could not make it in early December, as Nirit was out of the country. So we had to reschedule for Jan. 19, and I took a week of vacation and made travel plans to attend the interview with her. We got to the interview 45 minutes early and stood in a short line. Upon reaching the front of the line, we were directed to a window where we produced our interview letter. The man behind the window scanned a sheet and found Nirit's name and told her to go inside to the reception area. I, however, was told to wait outside, which is the most rediculous thing I have ever heard. Why would a U.S. consulate deny entrance to a U.S. citizen for any reason, much less the interview for his fiancee's visa??? I showed them my passport, explained the nature of our appointment, everything. In the end, I was forced to wait outside the building for 2 hours. Nirit and I prepared a stack of documents an inch thick - all of the required forms, all of the forms from previous steps, further evidence of our relationship, etc. Nirit took it inside and presented it to the woman at the main window, who was exceptionally rude. She spent most of the time waiting before meeting with a few people. In the end, it wasn't enough. I did not have a copy of my 2008 tax return, which apparently is a requirement. So we rescheduled for ANOTHER date - Jan. 28. Then, we went back and checked the instruction that were sent in packet 3. It does NOT indicate that tax returns are required. They are merely one of the potential pieces of evidence that can be used to verify income. I guess it didn't matter that I had five other pieces of evidence. Speaking of the instruction sheet - what a joke!! In the corner of the form, there is a date stamp showing 08-91. It's hard to read, though, because it looks like the form has been recopied about 20-30 times. The lines are crooked and off center, there are blotchy copy marks everywhere, and the font looks like something from an IBM typewriter circa 1962. Is this what my tax $$$ pays for? My 9 year old cousin can produce a better looking document than that. The only reason for 1 star is that they do respond to emails in a somewhat timely manner. Other than that, the level of quality throughout the visa process has been less than satisfactory.
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| Israel | Review #4962 on September 13, 2009: |
aask1826
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