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| Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Review #8484 on October 11, 2011: |
rosannevh
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Hi allemaal. Ik had vandaag dan eindelijk mijn k1 visum interview. Ik had al gelezen op internet dat het handig was op tijd te staan. Dus om 1 uur stond ik vooraan in de rij. Al snel daarna verschenen er wel 30 mensen achter mij dus ik was blij dat ik op tijd was.
Om half 2 roepen ze iedereen die naar immigratie moet naar voren (mits je geen elektronische apparaten bij je hebt) en die krijgen voorrang. Ik mocht dus als eerst naar binnen. Je wordt snel ff gescreend en dan wordt je doorverwezen naar loket 5.
Daar was een nogal onvriendelijk vrouw op mij aan t wachten. "Papieren graag." "Welke precies mevrouw?" "Nou dat hoor jij te weten". Oke dan. Dus ik begin maar met paspoort, geboorte certificaat (neem kopie mee!, postzegel, betalingsbevestiging en financiele papieren klaarleggen. Ondertussen zoekt ze mijn dossier op en weet zij ook wat voor aanvraag ik doe en welke documenten ze nodig heeft. Ze stopt alles in een enorme map. Dan moet ik vinger afdrukken afnemen, wederom snauwt ze me af. Ik deed het maar fout... mopperdemopper.. nouja uiteindelijk lukt het allemaal en ik mag zitten en wachten op de consul.
Na mij in de rij stond nog een flink aantal mensen voor immigratie en stuk voor stuk duurde het een eeuw. Dus nogmaals wees op tijd!
Na ong 15 minuten riep de consul mij als eerst voor een interview. In het engels. Hij vroeg mijn volle naam en geboortedatum. En daarna opende zich het vragenvuur. Ik had online bij recensie gelezen dat de meeste maar 1 of 2 vragen kregen. Maar ik kreeg er wel 25. En in rap tempo! Ik had steeds maar 2 seconden om te antwoorden. Gewoon om te testen of ik de waarheid sprak en overal een antwoord op had. De vragen waren:
-hoelang date je al met je verloofde?
-hoelang zijn jullie verloofd?
-is hij in nl geweest? heeft hij je familie hier ontmoet?
-ben jij onlangs nog in de vs geweest? heb je zijn familie ontmoet?
-hoelang ben je in de vs geweest en hoe vaak?
-wat is je verloofde's werk?
-heeft je verloofde zussen/broers?
-kerkelijk huwelijk of burgerlijk huwelijk?
en het ging zo maar door. gelukkig wist ik alles snel te beantwoorden.
de rest vd papieren werden nauwelijks doorgekeken.
de consul die dit blijkbaar nog niet veel vaker had gedaan moest ff aan zijn collega vragen wat nu haha. ze zei is alles in orde? met name ging het om de porto kosten en betaling (geld geld geld). alles was goed dus hij mocht goedgekeurd worden en ik krijg het visum binnen 5 werkdagen in de post.
nog wel even 5 keer herhaald of ik wist dat ik dan binnen 90 dagen moet trouwen met desbetreffend persoon en niet iemand anders. en met een "yes sir i will" werd ik dan APPROVED!
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #8379 on September 23, 2011: |
attentisme
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Alright, here goes;
I had my interview in Amsterdam yesterday. I will admit, I was very nervous. I had gone to the consulate before to get a student visa years back, and did not remember it as a fun time. At 13.30 the people were asked to come to the gate. The ones with an immigration appointment can go first (IF you do not bring any electronics!!) I had left all electronics at home, and was the first to go in.
The building is currently under construction, which takes away about half of the intimidation factor of this place. Construction workers were walking through the waiting area continuously. Kind of funny, and a good reminder that all this is still real life with real people.
First I had to submit some things at window 5. Passport. Birth-certificate plus copy. Affidavit of support (one from Trevor, and one from our Co-Sponsor.) The lady went through all the supporting evidence and took some papers from that pile. 2 passport photos. Fingerprints. and the 7 Euro Stamp. She gave me back a CD with my X-ray and a copy of my vaccination record and told me to take this with me to the U.S. (This all took about 10 minutes)
Then the lady (who was very friendly) told me to take a seat and wait for my name to be called for the interview.
So I waited. Construction workers were walking in and out. I talked a bit to a girl next to me also there for her K1 visa, and finally my name was called for the interview.
By now my hands were shaking a little from nervousness. And then I met my friendly looking immigration officer. The moment we have all been waiting for for such an incredibly long time. He took finger prints to make sure I was indeed me. He looked through my file, asked some questions to his colleague, and told me he had not been doing these interviews for a while. He took my oath, asked me to sign a paper and then asked me a total of ONE question; "Are you sure you want to go through with this?" - "Yes I am".
That was it. He did not need anything else he said, and told me my passport would be send to me in about 7 days, but probably sooner.
Very relieved I left the building.
Good luck to everyone with "interviews" coming up! If you have followed the VisaJourney guidelines, you will most likely be FINE!
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #8022 on July 29, 2011: |
Sirdaniel42
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On July 21st I had my Medical (€ 145,-), the appointed Doctor did a quick check, gave me one vaccination (DTKP € 35,-) and took some blood. Next stop that day was the X-ray (€ 50,-) and that only took 10 minutes.
On July 28th I had my Interview on the American Consulate in Amsterdam, got to the Consulate at 13:15 pm and there was already a line. At exactly 13:30 pm security opened the gate and asked the people with an appointment to step forward and come in, and then he asked who did not have electronic equipment with them and because I left my cell phone home I could immediately step to the front of the line and was directed to window 5. The very nice young lady asked for all the forms, their copies and proof of payment (€ 263,-) took my finger prints and signed of the documents, it took no longer than 10 minutes.
After about a 20 minute wait I was called to window 6 where the CO took my oath and asked where I and my fiance met, I answered that we met in Australia on a holiday. He let me sign the form and then told me that we were approved and that my passport and papers would be send to my home adress next week, after no more than 40 minutes I left the Consulate.
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #7785 on June 17, 2011: |
Ingo
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Ok, so this will be my first ever review! I thought it would be very useful for other people in this forum to read about the experiences I have made with the consulate in Amsterdam, Netherlands. I had a the interview scheduled for June 27, but then they called me on my cell phone to ask me if i can come in earlier as well which was perfect for me. I had an appointment at 13:30 but was there at 13:00 to be the first one in line. They were just a few other people waiting as well so it did not really make any differences. I went straight to window 5 to present my documents. They only wanted to see the all the financial documents of my fiance, my birth certificate, proof of payment, two pictures, and my police report from Germany. I handed those information with my passport and also asked if they need pictures, phone records, airline tickets but the lady said they dont need it. I had to give my fingerprints and then was send to the main room. I waited there for 30 minutes and then got called again. This time they asked me the following questions while looking through the information that my fiance send in back in November. They asked me where and when I met my fiance and what she is doing for work. I chatted with the nice gentlemen a bit and then he said congratulations you are approved. The whole process was very easy and if you have all the supporting documents (+copies) then it should not be a problem at all.
| | | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Review #7758 on June 14, 2011: |
Mr.Kittles
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Very fast, friendly and helpful officers. Absolutely no problems at all - rescheduling my interview to an earlier date was possible. Long waiting time at the consulate though, so bring some time when you're at your interview in Amsterdam  . Time from interview till receiving visa: 7 days (with weekend and one holiday)
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