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| London, United Kingdom |  Review on September 18, 2015: |
Britandconfused
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I just want to start by saying YOU WILL BE FINE! If you've gotten to the Interview stage, you've gotten over the tough stuff. From what I could tell from my interview and from other people's reviews, the interview is really just a formality. They check your paperwork, ask you a couple of really simple questions about your partner and that's it. For real.
My interview was at 8am on Monday 14th September, which was lucky, there was only one K1 visa applicant before me. After queuing outside from around 7.10am (there were about 30 people ahead of me already!), we were let in at around 7.30am and i was seen at around 8.10am. The first guy asked me for my paperwork (Passport, Birth Certificate, UK Police Certificate, U.S. size passport photo, DS-160, Embassy letter, Affidavit with letter from the petitioner's employer and details of savings). I had it all out and ready. The Embassy displays helpful instructions on what paperwork you should have ready and out on a large screen in the waiting room. He scanned my passport photo and placed the original in my file. That all took about 3 minutes.
I sat back down and was seen again around 30 minutes later. The lady interviewing me was really friendly, she asked me three questions while she processed my paperwork: How did you both meet? What does he do for work? When did you last see each other? In the time it took me to answer, she had processed everything and casually told me my visa was granted and I should have it within a couple of weeks!
That's it. I was in the Embassy around 45 minutes. The queue was pretty long when I got out so I imagine people with later interviews have to wait longer. You're allowed to bring phones and Ipads but not laptops. They have a coffee shop in the waiting room, I didn't get anything but it's handy.
I got all my original documents back as well as the copies I'd made of my Birth Certificate and Police Certificate. They even gave me the original Affidavit back.
There's no way anything I say will stop you from stressing about the interview, but I hope my review will take the edge off :D
(updated on September 18, 2015)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #17814