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| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Review on October 11, 2015: |
anamaral
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
I'll write two separate reviews for medical exam and interview itself:
Medical:
I had my appointment with Dr Garrido in Rio de Janeiro, exactly one week before the interview. I scheduled my appointment with him 2-3 weeks before, all made by email with his effective secretary, Mrs Tania. I live far from Rio, so I flew the same morning, collected blood samples in the recommended lab close to his office (no appointment needed) and made my X-ray in the recommended clinic (2-3 blocks from the doctor's office, you must scheduled before). I chose to stay in Rio between my medical and the interview. I had all vaccines taken care before. The doctor is very gentle and professional, all went well. Tania told me the exams would be in the office within 24 hours, I chose to pick up the sealed envelope in the doctor/s office and take it with me to the interview (yes, it is possible - don't open it!!!) because I wasn't sure the mail (correios) would deliver it on time.
Interview:
My interview was scheduled for 9h20min. I arrived at the consulate at about 8am. The gentle people working on red collar shirt checked my name on their list and told me to go straight to the 2nd floor where the immigrant visa interviews are handle. Alex checked my documents and gave me 2 sheets to fill with basic information (name, case number, address, phone, email). After that, I was called in a window by another person who checked all my documents and had my case file. They check the documents you sent to NVC, return the ones they don't need, and you give them the ones you were asked to bring to the interview. After all set, they tell you to wait and the Consular Officer will call you by your name. The Consular Officer was a polite and professional lady, and the interview went like:
Oath - raise your right hand….
CO - Bom dia! Tudo bem? Do you speak English?
me - Bom dia! Yes, I do
(from now on the interview was only in english)
-What does your husband do?
- (i told his profession)
- How did you meet your husband?
- (i told a short history)
- And then, what happened?
- (so I told the long history until we get married, and the first 2 years of marriage)
- Congratulations, your visa was approved!
So I went to the post office (correios, right next to the building), payed the fee and went celebrate! javascript:emoticon(' ')
That was it!
Everybody was nice, polite and very professional!
Tip 1: It is quite cold inside the consulate, take a coat!
Tip 2: You can't take any bags or eletronic devices inside the consulate. I stayed in a hotel 2 blocks from it and left there (they kept my thing after check out)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #18031