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| South Africa |  Review #33228 on June 7, 2024: |
Kethia hurkoo
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I was impressed by the security and the people they were very nice and very helpful. Once you enter the gate and passes security we were given a file and 2 amazing lady helping us to gather our documents needed in the file ,mostly make sure everything needed was in. Then they let you inside we( my son and i) were 3rd in the line , once it we were called at the window , an amazing lady take all required documents from us , when she asked for my fiancé divorce degree ,I gave her the original one which is a lot a pages and she asked for a copy which I thought she asked for all the pages I told her I don't have copy of it ,she smile and said she will be back shortly with a copy and came back with a copy of the front page ,I couldn't stopped myself from laughing as I did had that copy on me that make her laugh too she has been very helpful. Then we sit and wait 15 minutes for our interview ,that was very stressful because we could hear the person doing his interview infront of us which was a k1 like us , he was struggling so much ,my son was impressed how the officer did his best to help the guy , we don't know what happened to him next as we were called to a different window , the officer who did our interview was nice too , he asked for proof of relationship and asked who were people on photos with my fiancé and I, he asked a few questions and talked a few minutes to my son about his studies. Then he said the interview went well we did submitted all required documents and the interview went well but he can't pronounce now because they haven't received our medical yet which we did 2 weeks before interview, he said it's up to Mr to choose if he keep my passport or go back to Mauritius and dhl it , I first choose to leave it but he mentioned that it can take a week 2 or even 4 weeks which mean I won't be able to flight back to my country so I Decided to take my passport and was given a 221g on a pink paper to submit both passport, so far so good
but once I left the interview I pay a visit at the clinic and they told me they already sent our medical to the embassy since I couldn't have access to the embassy again I decided to change my flight back home and dhl my passport asap , it's 10 days since they received our passport, our status still refused online , not even an email to let us know they received the documents , complete silent radio ,can't call even email are automatic reply, it's so stressful not having an idea on how long it will take .
(updated on June 7, 2024)
| | | South Africa | Review #23470 on March 21, 2018: |
amaraimee
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We arrived to the Consulate around 12:15, our appointment was at 1:30. The consulate is directly across the street from Sandton City (a big shopping center), he told us we could either go across and hangout and come back right at 1:30 or we could sit on the benches and wait. There were 2 families in front of us. We waited and the time came for us to line up for the specific type of visa. We got into the line for K visas and waited as they came by to check our my fiance's name off of a list. The woman who came by asked me if I was going to go in with him and I said "can I?!?" and she kind of laughed and said "yes, you can!". We waited in line right up until 1:30 or so but once it came time for us to go through the door to security, we were told no laptops were allowed inside, so the security guy let me run across the street to Sandton City where Dopio Zero keeps laptops specifically for people who can't bring them into the consulate. I thought that was pretty cool. By the time I got back to the consulate, my fiance and I were last in line and we went in.
At security, they ask you to turn your phone off. They take your phone and every kind of electronic and keep it in a bin and give you a number. They took our flash drive, headphones, everything. They asked us to sip our water to make sure that's what it was, too. Once we got inside, there was a man checking the beneficiaries passport, he gave them a small paper with instructions to pickup their passport if the visa was approved, along with a number to be called by, ours was 11.
Once we got past that man, we had to go back outside on the benches to wait, it was a courtyard type of thing. There were many people there for the K-1 that day and there weren't enough seats for everyone. There were 2 other couples outside with us. The same man came out and told us all to come in, there was now room for us. We sat down a hallway away from the interview counters since that's where the extra chairs were. They called us by number, we waited until about 3:00 to be called up. When they called number 11, I went up to the window with my fiance. They asked for our documents and a copy of each, I can't remember exactly since I was shocked I literally got to attend the entire interview with him (I had read you had to wait outside), but I believe it was birth certificate, passport, police certificates, proof of relationship, affadavit of support and supporting evidence, that's all I remember. She looked over our documents, took his fingerprints and had us sit back down. It was about 30-40 minutes later that they called us up for the interview.
The woman doing the interview was pretty nice, and laid back. She asked if I was in South Africa as a volunteer for the Peace Corps and when I said "no" she said "That's good, because everyone before you was and I didn't approve any of them", and I thought oh great, this should be fun... haha. She looked through the photos we had, and handed all of our proofs and original documents back to us. As she did she smiled and said, "how romantic" I couldn't tell if she was being sarcastic but she was smiling so I believe she meant it! She then asked ME if I work in America, I said "yes" she asked what I do, and I told her. She said "that's good work". I take care of disabled adults. She then asked my fiance a few questions. She asked when we first met, how we met, what he was doing living in Ireland for almost 2 years, When the wedding will be, and where he will be living once he comes to the USA. Everything seemed to be fine! She then asked me how old I was, I replied with 20, she asked my fiance and told her 23. She said "you want to get married this young?" She was smiling as she asked this, we both smiled and shook our heads up and down, she smiled more and said "ok". she then told us everything seems good and that the visa is approved! Then she went on to tell us it'll be a max of 2 weeks to get it back, we asked if he could get it quick because we're both stuck here until he gets his passport (he's coming home with me), and she said it's usually before 2 weeks and not usually longer, so we're hoping they'll take it into consideration and hurry it up for us. We asked her "is that it?" and she said "that's it!"
| | | South Africa | Review #23351 on March 2, 2018: |
Ariane15
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My son had his interview today. They checked all the original docs. Then he was asked to raise his right hand and confirm that everything in these docs were true. He was approved but was asked to send his passport by DHL to the embassy after his return to his Mauritius. They gave him back his original documents too.
| | | South Africa | Review #21328 on February 3, 2017: |
Disha19
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| | | Review #7115 on February 1, 2011: |
Ariane15
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Long waiting at the Nairobi Consulate almost 3 hr. They just asked me how often do I communicate with my daughter? They wanted some pics of me and my daughter which unfortunately I did not bring to the interview.I got an A.P as they wanted to check on my previous stay in US but my visa was issued after one week.
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