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| Malaysia |  Review #27937 on February 5, 2020: |
chch0212
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
This experience was for me IR-1/CR-1 VISA for immediate relative of US citizen in the Kuala Lumpur KL US Embassy in January 2020.
I received the notice from NVC side that my case has been approved and submitted to the KL Embassy. It took roughly 3 weeks for them to send the interview date out, and it is scheduled for a month out. As soon as I received the date for my interview, I scheduled my medical and prepared my documents for the interview.
My interview was the first appointment time for the day at 8AM. I arrived at 730AM, and there was just a couple ahead of me in line. The embassy isn't open yet, so I wait outside in the heat when they finally open the counter a little past 8AM. No electronics was allowed in, so I kept my phone, powerbank and keys in their locker. When inside, they have a checklist ready for the documents you need (had to get rid of the one I created), and you need to arrange the documents in order before they give you a counter ticket. After I got the ticket, I first went to a counter where a lady looked through my documents and took my birth certificate, passport and police certificate. She told me to take a seat after looking through all the documents.
I waited for about 30 more minutes before my number was called out again. This time it was a gentlemen who asked for my document packet while asking me some questions (all these were done in an open counter, where people behind you can hear everything.) It was pretty simple questions, asking me how long I have been in the US (I went to school there), and what I majored in, where I had worked and lived. Then, he asked more personal questions like how I met my husband, what he does for work and where he is right now. He did not ask any intrusive questions as I was expecting? They were all very general. I painstakingly prepared affidavits of support from my friends, a bunch of screenshots of chats and photographs together but he didn't ask for any of them. The interview was less than 10 minutes long? (Maybe 5?) It happened very quickly. For the last bit, he said that my passport would then be mailed back to me in a week - pretty vague and not really telling me if I was approved. But yes, I was approved, and the passport actually came back to me in 3 working days which was great.
The US Embassy in KL is pretty efficient, and they even have a whatsapp number to address questions. A positive experience despite the waiting time. Hopefully that is consistent with everyone.
| | | Malaysia | Review #26486 on June 20, 2019: |
DarkSilver
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It went very quickly and easily. We printed out a lot of photos and chats, but they didn't ask for any of them. Even the Affidavit of Support was overdone (included a co-sponser which they didn't even want to look at)
| | | Malaysia | Review #26172 on May 14, 2019: |
IzzyKL
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My appointment was for 1pm, the security guard said he could let me in after 12:30pm. After checking in my electronics at the security room and going into the consulate area, I was given a checklist by the staff and asked to take out the required documents from my folder and organize it according to the sequence given. Some of the items on the checklist were not on the online checklist; so I'll list down the items here if it can be of any help to anyone. After arranging my documents I was given a number and asked to wait. A few minutes later I was called to the counter and gave all my documents. The lady at the counter was courteous, and returned all the photostat copies of documents and only took the originals, as she said all the documents were already in the CEAC and they just had to verify them with the originals.
She also returned one of the photos and only took one. After that she told me to wait for my number to be called.
About 20 minutes later my number was called; and a different gentleman was at the counter. He returned all the original documents to me, took my biometric prints and asked me a few questions (not in this exact order):
1. Where did you meet your husband?
2. When did you meet face to face for the first time? (as we met online)
3. How many times have you met each other since then?
4. How many trips have you made to the US? How many times has he been here?
5. When did you get married? Did any of his family come?
6. What does he do for work? What do you do for work?
He then asked if I had any pictures. I had printed some pictures on A4 paper, one page for each time we had visited each other and another two pages with our wedding pictures, and some loose 4R pictures from our wedding album.
After looking at the pictures, and asking me some conversational questions, he returned them and said that everything seems to be in order, and I should get my passport back within 4 business days and wished me all the best.
The interview was very fluid and conversational, he even made some jokes so it was not tense at all, and probably took around 5 minutes.
It was, however, done just standing at the counter so it wasn't very private as others could hear everything I say too.
I was out of the place by 1:40pm. Overall pleasant experience.
| | | Malaysia | Review #26025 on April 19, 2019: |
grumpymochi
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My interview was at 1pm and I got there around 12.30pm. I had to travel 3 hours from my hometown to the embassy by train. The night before the interview, I realised that I do not have a translated copy of my birth certificate. I did hours of research and found out that I can get it extracted from any JPN in Malaysia. Once I got to Kuala Lumpur, I took a grabcar to UTC Pudu and it took around 15 minutes to get the new version of birth certificate which is bilingual.
When I got to the embassy, many people were already queuing outside the gates (large families). It was finally my turn and I had to show them my appointment letter and IC. I was given a tag then I was instructed to go into a room and get my things checked. I handed in my electronics and cables. I was allowed to bring in my handbag and my bag of folders/documents.
After security checking, I went into the building and a young lady gave me a checklist. She asked me to arrange all my documents in order and NOT to place them in a folder. Next, I was called into the other room and received my number. I waited in line to get my documents handed in. After that, I sat down and waited for my turn for the actual interview.
I was called after 20 minutes of waiting. The interviewer was very friendly. He asked me a few questions which were
1. How did you and your fiance meet?
2. At what point it was romantic?
3. When did you meet face to face?
4. Do you have any photo evidence?
I brought a huge photo album (caught him off guard lol) and showed him all the pictures (around 6 pictures each year from 2015-2019). He said "So he has visited you 5 times?" I said yes and he was like "Oh that's great!". He told me that he cannot approve me yet because of my pending medical examination (a long story for another time) which I had to wait for 8 weeks. He assured me that everything looks really good and I just need to wait.
My experience this time was very pleasant and huge thumbs up to all the staff that works in the embassy! Very polite and professional! Keep up the good work !
| | | Malaysia | Review #25440 on January 24, 2019: |
nanodice
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The interview was rather standard if you've been following all the other Malaysian timelines.
I was scheduled for 9 a.m. Despite being stuck in the Kuala Lumpur traffic jam, I arrived with 15 minutes to spare and began waiting outside the embassy.
I was let in around 8.55 a.m. where I was led into a room and given an interview documents checklist. I was told to assemble my documents in order if possible before being given a queue number.
This process finished around 9.15 a.m. I then waited to be called to submit my documents.
I was called around 9.40 a.m. to the other section of the embassy where I was given a queue number, then started queueing to see the embassy staff.
The embassy staff collected my documents, including my passport, DS-260, DS-160, medical exam results (excluding my x-ray), marriage cert, birth cert. All the other documents I prepared, including my NVC fee summaries, my birth cert copies, the I-864 (AOS) forms, the W-2 forms, x-ray, were all given back to me. It was a little sad, I guess because most of these documents I realized I've forgotten to prepare the night before. So I had to run out to a 24-hour printing shop to get it done. But oh well..
After meeting the embassy staff, I was told to return to the previous room where I will wait for my turn.
Around 10.40 a.m., I was called to my booth.
The embassy staff was really nice and chill. After greeting me, he asked the following questions:
1) Where did you meet your wife?
2) When was your first face-to-face (since we met online)?
3) At what point in your relationship were you romantic?
4) How long were you engaged?
And that was it! It all took less than 5 minutes and I was told that my application looks good and I should receive the visa between 2-3 business days.
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