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New Delhi, India | Review on December 19, 2013: | Vish & Prach

Rating: | Review Topic: K1 Visa
K1 Visa Interview
Consulate: New Delhi, India
Me and my fiancee were at the NWD last month for our K1 interview, which went very smooth! We were really very nervous and anxious at the same time as we had been looking forward to this day since so long. My fiancee had flown in from the US for the interview and we were not even clear if she would be allowed to stay with me during the interview.
Let me describe my experience in detail for you guys:
First we were made to wait outside the embassy and people were called inside according to their interview time i.e 7:30, 8:00 etc
We had reached the Embassy early (by 7:30 AM).
As we were scheduled for 8:30AM batch, we were admitted into the embassy around 8:45am. The guards at the entry took our mobile phones and stored them in a locker and gave us a token for that. After entering we were made to sit down again and wait in the lobby.
Once inside the Embassy, we were given a token number. In there an electronic display guides you when your number is up to go through 3 different counters in order.
1) The first counter is for biometrics : Fingerprints (takes about a minute once you are called).
2) At the second counter you submit your forms, police certificates and essentially everything that you have compiled in your PACKET 4. (takes about 10-15 minutes once you are at the counter).
3) The third and the final counter is where you are interviewed by the consular officer for your K1.
I had expected for the interview to take place in a room or a cubicle but surprisingly the interviews take place at the window of a counter! (amount of time spent here depends on how your interview proceeds)
I did not face any trouble while getting my US Citizen fiancee into the embassy with me or having her by my side throughout the whole process including the interview. No one even looked twice let alone say anything at her presence in the embassy. They just saw her American passport and asked if she was with me for interview. Even the consular officer was freely asking her questions regarding our relationship and did not show any reservations whatsoever to her presence.
Personally I feel it was very helpful for me to have my fiancee by my side during the interview and it had a very positive effect at the outcome of the interview.
Inside the embassy everything went smoothly and we were out in 3 hours time i.e by 12 noon.
The interview:
It only took 5-7 minutes to complete the interview. The officer made us raise our hands to take an oath of truth and proceeded with the questioning:
How and when u guys met?
Why did you go for a fiancee(K1) visa and not for marriage visa?
Why marriage ceremony is being held in US and not in India?
Will my family be able to go to US for marriage?
Two questions I answered and two were answered by my fiancee. We had tons of evidence in form of chat printout and photographs etc, but he did not ask for any of it!
Then he said, we will mail you whenever your visa is ready for pick up :-)
7 days later we got an email saying that my visa was ready for pickup. We picked up my visa the same day and boarded the plane same day too for US. LOL.
And here I am now with the love of my life enjoying snowfall in New york.
Overall it was a great experience for both of us!
Our K1 journey lasted 9.5 months and am happy that it is over :-)
(updated on December 19, 2013)
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