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| London, United Kingdom |  Review on January 14, 2014: |
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Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Arrived for 9:00am interview at 08:30, there was already a large queue of approx 70-80 people. There were 2 very friendly information workers who explained that there were 2 lines, the second was for those people who had their basic documents to allow entry checked. The wait to get in was about 1 hour. Then i was issued with a number, and entered the waiting room. Had about a 90 minute wait until my number was called. I was called to desk number 1, and was 'greeted' by a very rude and abrupt lady of East Asian origin, who did not once make eye contact with me throughout the next steps, which actually made me quite anxious.
I mention her ethnicity in appearance, because I have since read other people's experience at the embassy, and it seems that this woman makes a regular appearance in people's complaints about the process. So I would like to prepare anyone, if they get counter/desk 1, and she is there, they should expect less than a warm reception!
I was quite nervous with anticipation, as I'm sure many people are, and I do feel that she could have made a huge difference by explaining that she was NOT conducting the interview, she was just checking my forms to make sure they were all in order, before putting me in a queue to have my actual interview.
Nonetheless, all was in order, and she told me to sit down and wait for my number to be called again. I was a little confused as to whether it would literally be called over the tannoy, which seemed to be happening frequently for numbers which weren't on the screen.
But eventually, approx 1 hour later, my number was called again, and I was greeted by a very friendly male consular officer, who had a trainee shadowing him. He explained what was about to happen very clearly, and asked me to make an oath promising to tell the truth. Then he asked me some fairly basic questions about my fiancee and our relationship, how we met, why we decided to marry, why me moving to the US. Then he smiled, said I was approved, and confirmed that I would receive email notification when my visa was ready to collect from the courier office i had specified. All in all, quite easy, but time consuming.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #13637