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| Montreal, Canada |  Review on March 27, 2015: |
FlyingApple
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
I just had my interview this morning. Visa approved!
After the interview, I saw my husband who was waiting for me outside the consulate and I burst into tears.
Bon courage to all the CR-1 Visa applicants!
I got a lot of help from VJ members so here comes my experience.
I arrived early as suggested, 7:30am. There were about a dozen people there already. People with bags were refused to enter and had to come back after they check their bags. After the security, I was told to go downstairs and wait in the waiting room. The consulate officers start to work at 8:00am.
If you want to be interviewed early, I suggest you to sit next to the elevator. That's where the line starts.
Then at 8:00am sharp, we were directed to take the elevator towards 19th floor. There, a receptionist tells you where to wait. For immigrant visa, they give a number for each person. I was number 4. That means I will be the fourth to be interviewed.
I first submitted my docs to an officer at window 2. She took the docs that were required on the interview notice letter sent by NVC. Then I was called by the number to enter the interview room (window 7).
The officer who interviewed me is a young man with glasses. He seemed very serious and unfriendly.
First of all, I was asked to make the oath.
Afterwards, to my surprise, the first question he made was what's the highest level of my education. I said bachelor's degree.
The second question was which school. I said a university in China. Then he looked mad and asked which school. I then gave the full name of the school. I figure he was pretending to be mad to make interviewees nervous.
Anyway, then he asked some regular questions such where did my husband and I met, when, and when we got married. Has I or my husband got married before? Have I stayed illegally in the States? I first heard legally and said yes. He looked at me and repeated ILLEGALLY. I then said NO. loll
The rest is nothing special. At the end, he finally smiled and handed me the welcome letter.
I brought a large folder with all the proofs but he didn't bother to look at any. I was worried about the fact that my husband was married once and his affidavit of support for he is self-employed but it turns out not to be an issue at all.
As long as the marriage is bona fide, you have nothing to worry about. However, to over prepare is always a good idea for it makes you confident during the interview.
Good luck!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #16485