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| Singapore |  Review on July 20, 2013: |
Apalis
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
After hearing from previous VJ member about the Consulate starting to ask for more documents during the interview, we tried to prepare as much as we can for the interview. Here is a brief list of thing we brought to the interview:
_ Copies of whatever you submitted to the USCIS and NVC (I-130 package, DS-230 package, I-864 package).
_ Updated financial documents for the main sponsor and the joint sponsor (bank statements, payslip, latest tax return).
_ Proof of relationship (a lot of photo, ticket stub, joint lease contract, etc…)
_ Interview documents (interview letter, NVC emails, etc…)
We came to the interview at around 12:15PM and we had to wait outside until around 1:00PM. After that, we were called to form a line in front of the security guard and started to enter the Consulate one by one. After passing through all the security check, you enter the first door in the left, which is the visa section. Take your queue number for immigrant visa and take a sit, they will start calling you to the windows for the interview.
Depending on the time of your interview, the first interviewer will be either a lady or a guy. He will be checking all the things you had sent to the NVC and ask you all sort of documents. He asked my wife for my bank account statement and photo, as well as her original birth certificate and our marriage certificate (we submitted certified copies to the NVC). He is a strict but nice guy, as long as you understand and answer his questions correctly, you shouldn’t have any problem. Please note that if you want to join in the interview, you can but you cannot participate. The officers will ask you to sit down while they interview your wife/fiancée.
Here are the questions they asked my wife:
1. What are you doing here in Singapore (he will ask to see your IC (EP, DP or S-Pass or your Singaporean citizenship card, don’t forget to bring them ?
2. How did you first meet each other ?
3. Petitioner’s job, basic info such as age, position, etc…
4. Information about the joint sponsor (we had one): relationship to the petitioner, current job, location, etc…
5. Photo documenting the relationship (wedding, first meeting, etc…).
They are particularly interested in financial information of the sponsor for the petition so please prepare to bring all the bank statements and latest pay slips. They WILL DEFINITELY ask for it.
After the 1st interview, we waited like an hour for the second interviewer. He’s an American but he looks pretty chilled so you can rest assured. He basically confirmed all the information you provided to the first interviewer as well as confirm things that he’s interested in knowing.
Here are the questions he asked my wife:
1. What were both of you doing when you first met ?
2. Where are you going to live after getting back to the States ?
3. What is your plan after getting back to the States ?
4. How did you first meet each other?
5. What are you and your husband doing in Singapore ?
6. When do you plan to get back to the States ?
After that, he will tell you whether your interview is a success or not and take your fingerprints. Sometimes, he might forget to take your fingerprints after the interview. DON’T FORGET TO REMIND HIM. Otherwise, he will call you up and ask you to return to the Embassy for the fingerprint.
So yeah, if you don’t get any 221(g) or any form aside from the Domestic Violence info sheet and the instruction to register with Aramex for the delivery of your VISA and passport, your interview is a success. Congratulations !! Don’t forget to thank both of them for the interview before you leave, it’s not mandatory but it’s a nice thing to do.
Good luck with your upcoming interview. Hope this guide helps !
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