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| Montreal, Canada |  Review on November 28, 2016: |
lostbutterfly
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I had my interview on Wednesday, November 23 at 8:00am.
I arrived at the consulate for 7:40am and there was a small line outside of the consulate of about 8 people. Everyone had their folders in their hands and nobody really had a purse or bag. I seen 3 people get turned down for bringing large size bags and luggage and were told to leave it somewhere and come back.
Once I got inside I was asked to submit my DS-160 form and a lady with an iPad registered my name and gave me a number. I was number 5. After that I went through security, similar to that of an airport and was told to empty my pockets and put everything on a tray. I left my cell phone with security and they gave me a ticket to reclaim it when I was finished.
I was instructed to go downstairs to the basement where a group of 20 people sat quietly. The paper I was given with the number 5 on it had a list of all the documents I would need when I got upstairs. I took the time to sort through and get everything ready while I waited. After 10 minutes a guard appeared and had us line up in front of the elevator, we then went up to floor 19. There was a friendly gentleman who separated the non-immigrant applicants and the immigrant applicants into two different sections.
Once we were seated, they began calling each number about 15 minutes after another. I got called to window number 2 and was asked to provide all the documents listed on my laminated number sheet.
It was honestly fairly simple and I was overly prepared (which is not a bad thing).
Once she went through all my documents I was told I'd be called up again for my interview. After about 30 minutes I was called to window number 7, as expected there was a young friendly gentleman on the other side. I did my oath and answered a couple questions like how I met my fiancé, when do I plan to get married, and what field he works in.
He then opened up a binder and to my surprise all of my photos with my fiancé including our Disneyland tickets and our flight itineraries were there! I smiled and said "those look very familiar!".. He laughed and said, "this is a pretty simple case, you're approved! welcome to the United States".. And then he gave me a white slip of paper which had information and when to expect my visa.
That was it. In total I was there for about 1 hour and 20 minutes. I was expecting to be there much longer.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #20950