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Average Rating: 3.9
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| Ankara, Turkey |  Review #4702 on July 8, 2009: |
Bobby+Umit
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Made to wait 90 mins past the scheduled interview time by 90 mins.
No issues during the interview, just wanted to see email chat/pictures and asked several questions about the petitioner.
Was asked when she would be travelling to the US.
Interview was in english, Umit attempted turkish, but the woman wanted to speak english (mostly).
All in all, very smooth.
| | | Ankara, Turkey | Review #4576 on June 12, 2009: |
BayanAltun
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The interview went great! After a brief scare with my tax return, he was called up. The lady Ramazan interviewed with was very nice; he said they laughed most of the time. She asked the typical 'How did you meet, how do you communicate, etc.' questions, looked at our emails and msn conversations, then looked at our pictures. He then asked her in english "Will I go to USA?"...and she smiled and said "You will go to USA". :D Whewwwww
| | | Ankara, Turkey | Review #4298 on April 27, 2009: |
Arash
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We arrived at Embassy and after showing our appt letter we were let in. After the security checks a young Iranian gentleman looked at our letter and asked my wife if she wanted her interview to be conducted in Farsi or in English.Our choice was Farsi and after a couple of hours our name was called.The interviewer was an Asian Lady that spoke beatiful Farsi.I stood back and sat down and waited to go to the window if I am needed.At the Embassy everybody is sitting in a big hall and people go to the windows to have their interview.Most of the time you can hear other people's interviews being conducted.
My wife was asked :
How did you meet your husband? We had met online so she told her and then she asked for the website's name and our screen names on that website.
How long have you known your husband ?
Where do you live in Iran? With your parents?
She asked more questions that I must add later as I recall them.Then she asked for my tax returns and my wife's original Iranian ID / Birth Certificate ( Shenasnameh ) .She then reviewed all and then told us we'll have to wait for my wife's security clearence.I was under the impression that we would get the visa right away on the spot but NO ! We had to wait almost 4 months and my wife had to come back to Turkey to get her visa and then she was able to travel to the US.Our interview was in March and it was in July that our case number showed up in their system indicating that she was cleared.The process after that was pretty easy,she flew out there and just gave them her passport and the visa in the passport was delivered to her at the Hotel 2 or 3 days later.The overall process was not too hard but very lenghty and a lot of paperwork had to be filled out in the US as you all know :-)
| | | Ankara, Turkey | Review #3754 on December 29, 2008: |
Ahmet/ Nicole
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We arrived at the Ankara embassey about two hours before our appointment time and had to wait outside. When it was time they called us in where we had to take a number and wait till our turn was called. When that time came Ahmet went up to the lady and she proceeded with the interview. He was able to have an interperter which was good. Later they let me come up and just ask a few basic questions about how we met, nothing like what I was expecting. The interviewer was very pleasent and had a good time looking at our photos we brought along. She then granted him his visa, told us it would arrive in a few days via UPS. That was it. A very good experience, we were so relieved and he is finally home
| | | Ankara, Turkey | Review #3467 on October 17, 2008: |
camistanbul
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My husband and I arrived a few days prior to his interview so that we could take care of his medical exam. We were concerned that it might take more than 1 day to get the results back, but we had everything in hand after a few hours (and thus had a lot of time to kill in Ankara -- ugh!).
The day of our interview, we arrived at the Embassy and waited outside ofor ~10 minutes before the guard let us in. He checked my bag and asked us a few questions, then we walked over to the door. A woman immediately came up to us and asked us for more photographs (!) which was NOT part of their I-130 checklist. We panicked, but fortunately my husband had some extra photos with him. Definitely bring extras just in case. She took our information and then we went inside to wait. Apparently, at this point they should call your name and you go up to pay the fee. This didn't happen for us. The next time we were called was for the interview.
The woman who interviewed us told me (USC) to go sit down. My husband did his interview in English and it went very well. She asked a lot of the typical questions, "Where did you meet?" "How long have you been together?" etc. We were married just a few months prior to the interview, so she asked about that but we had been living together for ~2 years, so she didn't question it too much. We had gathered LOTS of evidence of our relationship -- put together a book of photos, brought bills, papers, etc -- she didn't look at ANY of it. After a few minutes, she said it was approved! We were flying!
We left the Embassy and as we were walking away, we realized they had never asked for the $400 fee! We went back, but the guard outside said "If they didn't ask for it, you didn't need to pay it." Huh??? He wouldn't let us in, so we left and wondered what happened. We left Ankara and then emailed the Embassy, telling them what happened and that we just wanted to make sure all of our things were taken care of. My husband was paranoid that the $400 would come back at some point and haunt us. The Embassy emailed me back 2 days later and apologized for the mix-up and that yes, we had to pay the $400 by going to Fortisbank or going back to the Embassy. Well, there's no way we wanted to go back to Ankara again, so we went to Fortisbank and told them we needed to pay $400 to the Embassy, so could they issue a "blok cek" to us for that amount. They couldn't. Apparently, they were only authorized to issue $355 blok ceks for the I-130 application. Ahh! SO I called the Embassy and explained the issue. We wanted to pay the $400 but the bank would only issue $355. Typical Turkish bureaucracy! The woman I spoke with at the Embassy was sympathetic and apologized, then told me that they would take care of it and call me back. I didn't hear from them for 2 days, then they called and said that they had spoken with Fortisbank and now everything should be OK. She also said if we had any other problems, not to hesitate to call them again. They were extraordinarily nice and I appreciated that they helped us. We went back to Fortisbank and apparently, because of our case the Embassy and Fortisbank worked out a new deal so that they can issue "block ceks" for ANY amount -- not just that $355 I-130 fee. Whew!!!!
Anyway, paid it, sent the check to the Embassy and a few days later they sent us a receipt via UPS. Despite the mix-up at our initial interview, I really felt like our dealings with the Embassy were positive and they were VERY helpful. 
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