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| Montreal, Canada |  Review on October 20, 2016: |
oceansrose
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I wasn’t able to accompany my fiancé to Montreal, so he gave me a quick overview of how it was. He flew out on 10/12 as his medical was at Medisys on 10/13 in the afternoon. He stayed with relatives outside the city for a week, and the visa interview was on 10/19 at 9:30am.
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The medical exam was easy - just a lot of paperwork and waiting around. They did a chest x-ray and general exam, gave a missing vaccine (tetanus only) and apparently starting on 10/1 they added an $80 urine test required by the U.S. That was an unpleasant surprise that was added to the total. I was told I could pick up the results on 10/18. I did and stayed in a hotel overnight on the edge of the city so I didn’t have as long of a drive.
I had intended to get there about 30 to 45 minutes early, but traffic was terrible, my GPS failed, and I managed to get lost. I ended up arriving at about 9:15am, and then forgot to leave my phone in the car and had to run back to do it. The security guard wasn’t rude but wasn’t particularly nice either, and did seem annoyed that in my nervousness I was fumbling with my papers. I was sent up to the 19th floor and told to go straight to window one. They were pretty straightforward at the window, just going down the checklist of items. After being cleared with all the paperwork, I was given domestic violence pamphlets (again…they mailed them with packet three as well) and had my fingerprints taken. I was told to sit and wait to be called, and I was only sitting for about ten minutes before being called to another window for the interview. I had a female interviewer who was very pleasant and friendly, which was nice as I mentioned right away I was a bit nervous and rattled from the stressful drive in. The first question was about a failed entry I had almost a decade ago that was related to my current employer at the time messing up some paperwork. I had all the papers and evidence from that on me as well, which she was happy to see, and looked at them briefly before moving on. After that it was just questions about my fiancée and our relationship - when did we meet, when was it official, trips, the proposal, and what she did for a living. It was very quick and she then handed over my “welcome to the U.S.†letter along with more papers detailing what happens with the visa and shipping and all that. The entire visit took about 45 minutes before I was back out the door and on my way.
In short: the interview was the least stressful part of the entire process. The drive TO the interview was more stressful than the interview itself.
(updated on October 20, 2016)
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #20689