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| Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Review #10751 on October 29, 2012: |
Qianny Poo
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I Was very nervous in the morning, the raining weather didn't help either. I almost felt like I wanted to throw up.
We Lined up in front of the consulate at 13:10, waited 25-30 minutes before we were allowed to check in. Security guys were very nice. Good impression so far.
Then we were called at window 5 immediately, we submitted all documents to a very nice young woman, talking to her was very delightful and joyful. I find it quite impossible/ couldn't believe it really.
One by one we needed to submit my passport, 2 photos and birth certificate, my fiancé financial support documents, she asked if I had married before, and then it's the foreign police certificate, the postage + return envelop 7,50 euro, and finally the proof of visa payment 192 euros.
She was so patient, we prepared way too much evidence that at one point we kinda got lost in our paperwork, she always waited with a smile and said if we didn't make copies it'd be fine, cos she can make copies for us.
After she took my finger prints we sat back down, this time for about 20 minutes. There is a TV in the room so we kinda just watched the hurricane news,a few couples who came after us were called back before us, we felt a little weird but no big deal.
Finally a nice middle aged man interviewed us, first I took an oath, he asked me to say my name, birthday, and the he said, oh! I approved your last tourist visa! I was like oh really? I thought he looks different than I remembered, hehe. Then he said, your travel visa is still valid for another day, you can't have 2 visas at the same time! I was like, no.... Then he asked my fiancé if he lives in Amsterdam, how long we been together, and when is the wedding. Basically that's it. He said give me our old passport( where the tourist visa is on) he cancelled my tourist visa which is only valid for 1 more day, then he said ok you are approved!! Then he said a bunch of things such as filing for AOS, not traveling outside the US before I have authorization or the green card, etc. then he let us go!
On our way back, the security guys greeted us again, how nice!
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #10614 on October 13, 2012: |
Steffen
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The interview time (as it is for years now at Amsterdam Consulate) was at 1:30p.m. last tuesday. Since we wanted to make sure we were on time we left extra early and arrived 45 minutes early. We where lucky that the weather was nice and sat on a stone bench across the entrance.
Slowly people gathered and sat with us. A few minutes before 1:30 p.m. the consular staff came back from their lunch break, followed by the security staff. Exactly at 1:30p.m. the security officers called to us to say we could line up. We where keen on getting in early and where able to get in line first.
Before we could enter one security officer ordered people to make a line along the building before anybody could enter. When they were pleased with the result, we were aloud to enter. After showing our letter and answering the question if we had a cellphone with us, we had to wait for a few seconds. Somebody outside was taking pictures. The security officer asked to the people inside if we knew the person outside. One girl told them it was her father. She was ordered to retreive the camera and show them the picutres. The they ordered her to delete all photos which showed any part on the Consulate on it. After the small delay we went to a metaldetector and our enveloppe went through the x-ray machine.
Everything checked out okay and we had to report to window 5. So we walked through the big room into a smaller side room were we waited for a few minutes. The the curtain was moved a side and a very friendly lady welcomed us and asked who we where and if I had my passport for her. After handing over my passport she stepped to the side to grab my file. That just to her a few seconds and behind the glass we could see every single piece of paper we had sent to them. She noticed our reaction ("wow... everything is there") and gave a friendly reaction.
Then she told us she was going to check (in the computer next to her) if all the necessary paperwork was there. It appeared we did our home work well enough, because we only needed to hand het E7,50 in stamps. We handed over an enveloppe with allready the Track & Trace stamp on it, which she accepted. A few years ago this was mandatory, but apparently they don't do that anymore. She looked a little bit surprised but accepted it without any problems.
Then she asked a final question, if we wanted to add any supporting documents to prove we would move to the adress we filled on our paperwork. We immediately got nervous. We told her we bought our plane tickets allready, but did not carry the receipt with us. She told us we did not had to add anything, just that the option was there. I suppose this is when they are in doubt, you can prove them you truely have the intention to move. My wife did realise she had her new drivers license with our new adress on it (my father in laws adress), so we handed it over. She told us that was fine, and made a copy of it and added that to the rest of our paperwork. The she asked us to sit down in the small waitingroom and wait for the Consular.
So we sat down and after about 10 minutes we where called to window 6. A men greeted us and asked us how we were doing. The man took on a business form of talking to us and started asking us several questions, but you noticed he was a friendly person. It felt like he took on the role of a Consular officer (which he was offcourse), but the interview didn't feel like a cross examination. The man was calm and listened to the responses we gave.
The first question was if I could tell him my full name including all my middle names (I happen to have 3 middle names and a double surname), followed by my date of birth. He verified this by the information on my paperwork, visa and computer information and asked who mr. A.H. G. was. We answered that it is our joint sponsor and happened to be my wife's father. The consular officer did not seem to mind we both answered and added information to the question. The he started the question if we had childr... but was cut off by the intercom. When we asked if he could repeat the question he told us he forgot what he wanted to ask and that it was probably not that important. After looking at the computerscreen for a second or 2 he closed our file and said 'you are approved, have a good day'.
And that was it. My wife was shocked it was allready over, but I knew it could be like that, so we thanked the officer and walked to the exit. At 2:00p.m. exactly we were outside, meeting up with a huge line of people waiting to be allowed to enter the building. To be honest, it was quiet anti climactic.
Since HardRock cafe was around the corner we got a cocktail to celebrate and went back to the car to get our cellphones.
We came prepared with all copies of our paperwork, old passport with expired J-1 visa in it, our Social Security cards, original dutch marriage license, extra photos. But they did not want to see anything.
After all a unique experience which went smoother then we thought it would be.
Two days later we allready received my passport with CR-1 Visa in it, together with 'THE' brown enveloppe.
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #10508 on September 27, 2012: |
Craazy
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We both were extremely nervous, & hoping we had all the correct paperwork. We had a co sponsor only used one yr tax returns. Skype logs were checked as proof of ongoing relationship. He was asked how long we knew each other, when did we meet.
He was asked about my prior relationships. And where did i live. He also asked questions regarding the co sponsor, martial status and if he had children , relationship to me. All was good APPROVED javascript:emoticon(' ')
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #10233 on August 21, 2012: |
Indykittykeilah
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Well, we only had a few minutes on the phone because it was hard to hear, but Gerard said he had about 30 minutes of waiting and then 5 minutes with the officer and he was approved! Woohoo!
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #10145 on August 8, 2012: |
Positivemindset
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Interview was yesterday Visa Approved!!!!!!!!!
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