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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #10612

Juarez, Mexico Review on October 13, 2012:

dstrausser83

Dstrausser83


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Review Topic: K1 Visa

First off, we had to take a bus from Tijuana to Cd. Juarez. Not fun, but it was a quarter of the price for plane tickets ($385 for both of us round trip compared to $1,200 for both of us round trip for airfare).

We stayed at La Quinta. We got a good rate, $47 a night. I really like this service because the hotel was very nice, the room was clean and comfortable, and they provided transportation. When I say provided transportation, I mean they took us anywhere within 10 km of the hotel for free whenever we wanted. Except for the initial taxi cab ride to get to the hotel, we didn't pay a dime on taxis. They took us to the Medical, ASC, and Consulate for the interview, took us to restaurants for lunch & dinner. We saved a lot of money because of that. Breakfast was also included, usually a variation of eggs, beans, quesadillas and waffles. Not the greatest, but it was good enough.

Medical appointment. No problem. She was pregnant, no tattoos or anything. She got pushed right through a blood exam and an x-ray. $211.00. About 2 hours for her. Others may take 2 1/2 to 3 hours I assume. Needed Invitation letter from the Consulate & Passport.

ASC. It took her about 15 mins. Get there about 10 mins before your appointment, when they put your time up, get in line and get it done. Needed the Invitation letter, DS260, & Passport.

Interview: It may be confusing, it was for us, but go to the waiting area (sala de esperar?) first. They'll check your paperwork and stuff and then send you to get in line to go into the consulate. For our case since she was a foreign national (she is Peruvian and we live in Mexico) she needed a Police Certificate from Peru, her FM3 Mexican Visa, her passport, my financials. They were mostly interested in my financials. They didn't ask for any evidence or anything like that for the relationship. They did ask about her brother. They had a file on her brother who is a legal permanent resident. She said he was her brother and that was all they asked about him. They didn't want my passport, or birth certificate, they said they already had it (my second I129F + I have sentri and all that other good stuff). They just wanted the I-134 financial support and my bank statements. The letters from the bank they didn't want. They only question they asked her about us was what was the name of my son. That was it. The rest was just verifying the facts like "you lived in Mexico for 2 years, correct?" and stuff like that. Apparently she was the first non-Mexican he said he has ever seen for the I129F in Juarez. They also wanted the divorce records. They asked her what religion she was, that was an odd ball question we thought, but yeah, they asked.

Bottom line, just have your papers organized, and in order. Bring any and everything that is relevant and if you don't have a checkered past, you should be fine. We were fine.

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