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| Athens, Greece |  Review on February 19, 2013: |
Jane8
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Medical Exam & K-1 Interview
I had my medical exam two weeks before my scheduled interview appointment. I chose to go to Evrokliniki ( Ευρωκλινική . I had a 1:30pm appointment and I was done at 2:05. The doctor checked my vaccination records and sent me to the nearby pharmacy to buy 2 more vaccines ( Flu shot and a Booster for Polio and such). He gave me the shots, completed the vaccination sheet and at the end he gave me a copy of it to keep.
He also took my blood pressure, checked my pulse, weight and hight, and did all the regular things that doctors do with the stethoscope. The only questions he asked was about my last period, if I was taking any medicine, major surgeries etc. He never asked me for alcohol or drug abuse and other things or checked my vision. I was done with it.
I went to another room to have some blood taken and then downstairs to have a chest X-ray. The woman at the reception told me that they'd send the results to the Embassy.
-Interview
I arrived there at 8:25am for an 8:30 appointment. I saw around 30 people waiting before me and I knew it'd be a long wait. After the security check where I had to give them my phone and a USB I had with me, I went to another room and a woman gave me a number and told me to wait until someone called me. I waited for about an hour before I saw my number flashing. I entered a small room with a chair and across me (glass between) there was a woman sitting. She spoke to me in Greek (no American accent), so I figured she was Greek. I gave her my passport, 2 photos, the DS-forms, birth certificate and visa payment receipt. ( I have already submitted the I-134 with my initial petition).
I waited a bit and when she came back, she gave me the X-ray results and told me to keep it and have it at POE with me.
She only asked 3-4 questions and she was writing them down:
-How many times have you been to the US?
-On what Visa?
-How did you meet your fiancé?
-Will this be your first marriage?
I asked her if she wanted to see evidence of ongoing relationship, and she said no.
Then she told me to wait outside until my number is called again so I can go for fingerprints and then talk with the consular officer so he can decide.
I also gave her my phone number so they'd call me and tell me to come and pick up my Visa.
I waited for about another hour, then simply went for fingerprints and about 20min later, my number flashed again and I entered the same room.
This time, a U.S officer was there and the woman that interviewed me before, was standing besides him.
We agreed to speak in English and he proceeded to ask me pretty much the same questions:
-How did you meet?
-Where is he working?
-Where does he live?
-Do you plan to live there (area) when you move?
And that was it. He was very friendly and the whole thing didn't take more than 3minutes. Once again, no recent evidence of ongoing relationship was asked from me. While he was interviewing me, he was looking at the photos we had submitted with our I-129F petition.
I was kinda bummed out that he didn't wanna see my evidence, because I had arranged them in a nice folder, with chronological order, starting with boarding passes, photos with captions, phone call screenshots, messages, cards/letter, facebook evidence and such. Anyways.
He said that we were done and I should expect a call from them later this week, to come pick up my passport and visa. So I asked him: '' Are we going to find out if we're approved by the end of the week?'' and he replied: ''No, you're already approved''.
I smiled and told him to have a great day.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #11497