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| Juarez, Mexico |  Review #1280 on February 12, 2007: |
New Yorker
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Well Im back from Juarez. It really sucks!!!! It feels like we hit rock bottom in civilization!! We stayed in a hotel right next to the consulate, between a ton of mom and pop restaurants, Taxis, and immigration coyotes!!. They practically pull you into their cardboard offices with the promise of Free advice in any immigration issue and then the truth comes out: “ orale guerita! Son 200 dolares if i fill out any form For you. Jaja!
Now this was my journey:
Medical on wednesday: we went to the clinic at 6 am. They took my appointment letter and passport, then i waited for two hours to be called. They took blood samples and they left marks on my arm like i was a victim of domestic violence!! then waited for another 30 minutes
And I was called for x-rays, and physical examination. I felt like a porn star! Jaja. I was in a room with the nurse, she took my blood pressure and asked to strip down to my birthday suit!! Then a very nice female dr came in.. She asked me to lay down face up. She checked my eyes, mouth, nose and breasts, genitals too..
Ive been diabetic since childhood, so i decided to let her know ahead of time that ive been taking a loooooooot of medicines. Even Amphetamines to lose weight, and she asked to physically see the medicines in her hand, so i pleased her by showing her the bottle. I also offered my prescriptions and a letter signed by my doctor. She said it wasn’t necessary.
During the medical examination she took time to ask me questions about my case like:
have you
ever had problems with immigration? What was your problem?
do you have any kids?
how long have you been on medication?
do you feel fine?
have you ever used drugs?
when was your last cycle?
I left the clinic at 9 am and was asked to return at 2 pm for my results. I actually went back at 3 pm but the security gate was locked!! We had to push open the parking lot Gate to get into the clinic that was still open.. uff!! They gave me a big black envelope.
Interview day on thursday (now im writing English without my boy watching!!
I got in line at 7:20 am.. we were like 120 people.. I passed security (not even makeup, umbrellas and mirrors allowed) and I went to Building C. at the entry I had to give my app letter to a woman. (and everyone else too) I waited until 11:am and I was called, an examiner who already had all my 129F, received my papers as follows:
1. Passport
2. 2 pictures
3. Forms ds156 and ds156k
4. original birth certificate and copy
5. Letter of intent to be signed in front of her
6. payment –banamex
7. medical
8. Affidavit of support (she did not want to receive my own funds, got my fiancé’s and co-sponsor instead)
9. And I offered a special statement I wrote in detail about my overstay (I think this really helped me to be free of a waiver). She received it.
She did not even see NOA2 or any other paper.
QUESTIONS AT THIS WINDOW:
Have you
ever been in problems with immigration?
Where is your tourist visa?
Where is your fiancé right now?
Have you or your fiancé been married?
Whats the name of his ex-wife?
Did they have kids of that marriage
?
After that, I went back to my seat and waited 30 minutes for fingerprints just for the index. They are free.
Then I went to Building B and waited until 1.30pm. While I was waiting I talked to a lot of people.. most of them were there for the green card, waivers, not for fiancée visas.. That place was crowded and I found a seat just in front of a window where a consul denied alllll petitions.. he was so mean, rude.. (oh there are 15 consuls interviewing).. but I was checking on other consuls and people got their green cards.. I saw a lot, I mean a lot of approvals.
(the funny thing is from 1 to 2pm all consuls closed their windows and went for lunch..during that time only 2 people out of maybe 700 were called.. a guy and I!!
I was eating a fruit bar at the moment I heard my name.. I ran looking for the window and finally found it.
I LOVED MY CONSUL
Behind it was a beautiful consul (woman) she had all my 129F and papers I gave before to the examiner, all papers sprawled over her desk, also pictures we sent one year ago with the original petition!! (she told me they had a bunch of pictures of us and returned me a sealed envelope (Vermont letterhead) containing 60 pictures! (we sent 74)!!
My interview was smooth just because she was so nice to me.. my time in front of her window was 11 minutes but I notice that most of the interviews last 5 minutes. After all questions she told me, you’ve got your visa, go back to your seat and wait to be called again. She NEVER saw my original evidence.. so I carried 20 pounds of evidence just for fun
QUESTIONS IN MY INTERVIEW:
Where is your fiancé now?
What is your full name?
Have u ever used a different name?
What is your fiancé full name?
Have you or him been married?
When did he get married, what year?
How and when you met your fiancé?
Does he has kids from the ended marriage?
Do you have kids with your fiancé?
Are you diabetic?
Do u use insulin?
Where does your fiancé work? Doing what?
(I responded he works in a company in SoHo, NY)
where is soho?
What soho means? What is it there?!!
I know you have been in the US before, how did you enter?
Where is your tourist visa?
Why they cancelled your visa?
Ho do you know exactly how many days you overstayed?
-I offered evidence- but she said was not necessary.
So, how many months you overstayed?
Your I-94 was good for 6 months?
Where exactly do they took your visa off?
Whats the name of that bridge?
Did you get deportation? I said NO, voluntary departure and I left the US on time..
After you departed voluntarily, have you tried to enter the US?
Date when u plan to marry?
Where do you plan to marry?
after the interview I wait until 3.30 pm to receive the VISA (stamped in passport) and the famous brown envelope.. 3 fiancees received visa at the same time, same window, with same instructions.
-only if a fiance is planning to enter the US from Texas, needs to got o Cordova bridge and receive an I-94. if is entering by plane to any other state, it is not necessary.
- visas expire in 6 months. good for one entry.
and the brown envelope is cut open on a corner by the consulate. I can see whats in there. . almost all 129f-original petition and evidence.. pictures! medical with picture, a bunch of papers from consulate with fiancee name, case numbers, etc, paystubs and "original" evidence from the affidavit.
And that was all!
| | | Juarez, Mexico | Review #1267 on February 7, 2007: |
ucla_cutie26
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Here is my report on my fiance’s experience in Ciudad Juarez . . .
Juan arrived in Ciudad Juarez on Sunday and he said that it was freezing. So for those of you headed there, make sure you prepare for the extremely cold temperature. He arrived in the Juarez airport and said that it’s a very small airport. He took a taxi to his hotel (right in front of the consulate). The taxi ride cost 220 pesos.
As for the hotel he stayed at, it was the Hotel La Playa, directly in front of the consulate however, he told me to tell you guys: HE DID NOT RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL. He said the hotel was not too safe, that anyone could really get into it. Also, he said that the room he got was like the last one on the second floor and he felt all isolated on the edge. Also, he said that the food in the restaurant of the hotel was not the best. Oh yeah not to mention that one of the locks in his door was broken, which made him paranoid all the time. Also, the lights went out for a few hours on the last night he was there. So, definitely for those of you headed to Juarez soon, do not stay in Hotel La Playa. BTW, the price of the hotel was about 510 pesos a night, so I guess we should have known better.
His medical was on Monday. He went to the clinic in front of the consulate. He arrived at 6:20 and was allowed in right away. He waited for about 2 hours to be called to take his picture. Then waited a while, then was called to take blood. Then he was sent upstairs to wait some more. This is when he started to hear all the talk about vaccines and everyone asking each other which vaccines they needed, etc. So then he panicked thinking he needed vaccines and sent me a text message asking me about which vaccines he needed. But then I told him that he wouldn’t be taking his vaccines in Juarez and that he would get them here in the U.S. Then he was called for a chest x-ray and then the physical. He said it was pretty quick and very professional. He paid 1600 pesos and returned at 2 pm for the results.
Then he went to Banamex to pay the interview fee. It was 1,160 pesos. Oh yeah, and he forgot his passport in the hotel so he had to go back for it. So, please don’t forget your passport guys.
On Tuesday was the interview day. He arrived at about 6:30 AM and was let in at around 7. He said that he waited for 4 hours, yup 4 hours, to be let in to building C. The entire time he was waiting to be allowed into the actual building because it was too full inside. He said he honestly felt like he was going to freeze to death. He was called to window #12 at about 1 to turn in all the forms they needed. They kept almost all the financial forms that I sent him with. Here is what they kept:
*His birth certificate
*CDJ Form-402 (fiance’s intent to marry form)
*2 DS-156 forms
*1 DS-156K
For the financial stuff:
*I-134 for co-sponsor
*I-134 for me
*Letter from employer for co-sponsor
*Letter from employer for myself
*Tax transcript for 2005 for co-sponsor
*Tax transcript for 2005 for myself
*Bank statements for an entire year for myself
They only looked at paystubs for both my co-sponsor and myself, but returned those to him.
Oh yes, they also kept these other things:
*My original birth certificate
*My letter of intent
*My affidavit stating the reasons I did not attend my fiance’s interview
Also, it is important to mention that they needed new passport pictures from my fiancé. Although he took 8 different pictures, none were good enough for them. So they gave him a pass, to go across from the consulate and pay 150 pesos for 2 pictures.
So then, he gave his fingerprints and then was sent to Building B and again had to wait outside in the cold until there was space inside. Not to mention that it was raining also. This was when he bought a sandwich and juice and waited to be let into the building.
Then was allowed in and waited to be called. He was called to window #27 for his interview. He said the CO was an older gentleman, but was not too mean. He asked him about 5 questions.
*Who petitions for him
*When we met
*Where do I work
*Where do I live
*Where I was born
Then the CO told him, “okay, you are approved, welcome to the US, please sit to wait to be called for your visa.” Then my fiancé was very happy and sat down to be called to pick up visa. He said that by this time, it was getting close to 4 o’clock and they started to give slips to people to return for the next day. So he started to think that he may have to return the next day for his visa and passport. But luckily we had planned an extra day in Juarez, just in case. However, this wasn’t necessary because they called him. But then when they called him, something strange happened. They called him, and made him swear again, to tell the truth, blah blah blah and then they INTERVIEWED HIM AGAIN. My fiancé said that he was about to tell the CO that they had already interviewed him and told him he would receive the visa. But then the CO told him, “Don’t worry I know you were already interviewed, but this time it is to take care of some little details.” Then my fiancé, thought to himself, “oh no, they don’t want to give it to me.” But then he thought that there was nothing else he could do, but continue with the interview. This CO asked him many questions, some of which my fiancé had already been asked. This was in window #29. He asked him:
*When we met
*My date of birth
*If he has came to the U.S.
*When was the last time he entered the U.S.
*How long he stayed in the U.S. when he came
*If he had any problems with the police when he came to the U.S. (this question was asked about 3 times by the officer. The last time he asked Juan this question, Juan told him that he was only 12 years old the last time he came to the U.S. and he told the CO that all he wanted was to go to Disneyland.)
*He questioned about our wedding plans. When? Where?
*When he planned on entering the U.S.
*Where I worked
*Where I was born
*Last time I visited him in Mexico
*Until when we became a couple
*Until when we were engaged
*If he knew my family
*Where he met my family
*If I knew his family
*If this was his first marriage, If it was my first marriage, if any of us had kids
*If I was there with him in Juarez (Here is where my affidavit really helped because my fiancé said that as the CO asked him this question, he had my signed and dated affidavit in front of him explaining why I wasn’t in Juarez with him. He said that it really helped to send that with my fiancé)
Then the CO, told my fiancé, go and sit down, now you will get your visa.
By the time Juan left the consulate, it was about 5:30 and he said that there were only 8 people left in there.
Oh yeah, Juan said that they didn’t look at any evidence, nothing. They told him that they had enough. They even returned about 5 pictures, I guess we went a little overboard with the pictures we submitted with our initial petition and then the RFE paperwork.
So that’s our review of my fiance’s interview. I hope it helps those still headed to Juarez.
If you have questions, feel free to PM me.
Good luck to all headed there soon!
| | | Juarez, Mexico | Review #1200 on January 15, 2007: |
chimi
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The interview process would have been relatively hassle-free for us,except for the fact that they closed the consulate on the Thursday before Veterans' Day. We arrived on Tuesday, Nov.7 (flew in from Toluca), did the medical on the 8th, got turned away on the 9th--a Thursday-- (without prior notice they refused even people with appointments!!), and of course the next day was Veterans' Day so the consulate was closed until MONDAY so we basically just stayed in our hotel room for four days straight (Rafa was skeched out about Juarez! No offense to those who are from there or who like it but it does NOT have a nice vibe about it....)
So when he finally had his interview the officer was super-friendly and nice, he said our case was so romantic (awww), and that he had no problem whatsoever with anything and CONGRATULATIONS! Of course Rafa had never been to the US before so that made everything easier for our case.
But having to spend an extra 3-4 days there was a major hassle, and was completely unexpected, we had to change our plane tickets and ended up spending quite a bit on the hotel. 
| | | Juarez, Mexico | Review #1179 on January 9, 2007: |
E&K
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Over all was a good experience. The medical exam at the clinic right next to the consulate was faster than expected, per their own staff recommendation and my own experience you actually wait less if you get there later than 8am. I was there at 8am and was done by 10am, but I think I would have been out around the same time if I had gotten there at 9am. Same thing about picking up the results, if you go after 2pm you get them faster, they're open until 4pm so you can get them any time between 2 and 4 pm. The cost of the exam was $148.50 USD or $1633 mexican pesos.
The next day I got to the consulate at 8:15am and got in immediately, there was no line outside. They don't let any metal things, electronics, cell phone, mirrors, food, and other items inside the consulate so make sure you check your bags/purses for those items before you go. There was a line inside for the initial document review at building "C", I waited about 3hrs before they called my name. They didn't follow a first in first out approach, so some people that got there later than me got out faster and I was called before some people that were there before me too. I gave them the documents they listed in the fiance packet (passport, 2 DS-156 and 2 DS-156K, original birth certificate and copy, 2 passport size photos, letters of intent -My fiance's and mine)plus the financial documentation from my fiance's employer and bank (CDJ doesn't require the I-134 so I just turned in the letters from the bank and my fiance's employer plus 3 paychecks)and my "laser" visa with the unexpired I-94 that I had. A lot of people seem to get the wrong photos, so make sure you get the US Passport size ones with your ears showing. If they don't like the photos you have they will give you a pass to go to one of the places outside to get the correct ones.I signed one of the DS-156K's and the letter of intent, and after that she told me to go back to my seat to wait for them to call me to get my fingerprints.About 15 minutes after that they called me again to take my index fingers fingerprints and was sent to building "B" for the interview.
The building "B" was really crowded since there were people waiting for their interviews and also people who already had their interviews and were just waiting for their visas. So you really have no way of knowing how many people are in front of you to get an idea of how long you're going to be there for  but the good news is that not all of them are pending for interview before you  Again, they don't call people in the same order their documents were reviewed, I waited about 3 hours before they called my name. The interview was pretty fast (only 3-5 minutes), and the CO asked me: how long had we been dating? -what evidence of the relationship did I have? I told her I had my ring-showed it to her, pictures and the ring's receipt but she didn't want to see anything, - when is the wedding? - what job does he have? what job do I have? - where was I going to live in the US? and also: - had I ever have any problems with immigration or the police? - had I just been in the US for visits in the past? - had I ever been there illegaly?
She gave me back my original birth certificate and cut my "laser" visa into pieces and told me to wait to hear my name called to get my passport and visa
I had to wait another 2 hours to get my passport with the visa, so I didn't get out of there until 5:30pm.
| | | Juarez, Mexico | Review #1084 on December 6, 2006: |
bobogirl
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Despite the huge crowds and long lines, the consulate seemed very efficient. However, expect long days of waiting (for both of you). The medical exam must be done at one of the clinics located near the consulate; the one we went to was right next door, on the same side of the road. Look for the line coming out the door. My fiance went in before 7:30 am and didn't come out until 2 pm. You do NOT need vaccinations for a K1 visa. My fiance spent a long time waiting in a line inside the clinic just to find out he didn't need the vaccinations. You pick up the results around the back of the clinic after 2 pm. The following day, my fiance entered the consulate before 8 am. We got in the line around 7 am, which was already really long, but I wouldn't worry about getting there super early - they let everyone in even if you're at the end of the line. The USC will NOT be allowed into the consulate under ANY circumstances unless you have a note of permission from inside. You can wait across the street, there are some chairs, but I went back to the hotel. My fiance wasn't finished until nearly 4 pm. They asked him the following questions: how long have we known each other, when is my (USC) birthday, where did we meet, had he ever been in the US? The interviews were very short. First one person checked to make sure he had all the documents. They wanted my letter of intent to marry, tax returns for the past year, bank letters, but not tax returns for previous years. Plus all the reqd forms. Then after more waiting he had a brief interview with another CO, who then told him to wait for the visa. At the end of the day, they told him there was a problem with the computer and he would have to come back in 2 days to pick up the visa. They gave him an appt slip to come at a specific time. This went on for 2 more days because they still hadn't fixed the computer. We had to extend our stay an extra day (and we had already planned one more day than necessary). So I advise you to be prepared to stay longer than expected because there could always be some technical problem that delays things. My fiance said everyone was extremely nice, everything was done in Spanish, and it was quite easy. Good luck!
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