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| Sydney, Australia |  Review on July 25, 2007: |
SharynY
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
My K1 petition was approved in less then 2 hours which was great...also want to say that the two girls that checked and interviewed me were just lovely and it pays to be really polite to these guys... so you get the most information out of them as possible if something goes wrong.
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Okay... got up at 5am and caught the train into the city at 6.15am - i got to the MLC centre at 7am, i sat downstairs and spoke to my fiance on the phone for about 20 minutes, i noticed everyone heading up to the elevator so i also headed in and got out at level 10.
Security was just opening up and off went my bag - mobile phone switched off - and walk thru the metal detector, i didnt have to take my shoes off at all.... thankfully.... lol.
i was told to sit in the front row in the waiting area - i was the only one with a K1 visa at that time. ...
then first row was filled up and asked to head to the elevator head up to level 59.... more security - the dude there - not so nice - takes his job way to seriously but he's very polite... another security check and walk thru metal detector... then head thru to the main part of the consulate and take your number... all K visas are immigrant visas.. and i was number 001 - first one obviously...........
waited about half hour before my number was called to Window 2 - lovely girl, she said good morning and i replied back and asked how she was... we got on really well... she asked for passport and receipt first off, then the rest of the paperwork. she didnt ask for the original petition but i still handed it in, i did apologise for all the copies i had made, she said it was fine, she would sort through it and take what she needed.
i forgot to reply to three questions on my biographic data - so i filled them in with her.
she then asked me to go sit down again and that she would call me back when she looked over my paperwork again to ensure she hadnt missed anything...
20 minutes later i got called back to her window and she said everything was in order and to sit down as i would be called to window 7 for my interview.
i went and sat in front of window 7, another girl, great i thought, i didnt want to deal with a guy since they're not as emotionally tied as a girl was....
20 minutes later i called to Window 7, she double checked everything, told me everything was in order and proceeded to take my prints, she then asked me some questions..
where did you meet? when did you meet? when did you holiday together? where does he work? with who does he work? do you have any photos?
thankfully i had photos - all printed out the weekend before... she looked through them and handed them back, she then looked at me and said ..
"raise your right hand" she then swore me in that i had told her the whole truth and i hadnt lied about anything....
then she handed me a piece of paper that said congratulations your visa is approved.. i looked at her and asked if that was it. she laughed and said "yes thats all, your approved"
"wow thankyou so much!!" i replied and she told me i would get the visa and my passport and other stuff in the mail.
oh and while i'm at it, if you and your fiance/e do newer letters of intent, it goes a long way for them to extend your visa.
all K visas apparently have a expiry date from peition to the actual interview and stuff and my window expired in September but because i had new letters that my fiance and i wrote out - they extended my visa to january 08....
i was all nerves but they are really lovely people and very helpful...... they are there to help you - not work against you.........
hope this was helpful in some way........
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #1836