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| Dominican Republic |  Review on February 1, 2017: |
cuddles23
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I just want to share my overall experience during our visa interview that took place on Friday, January 27th. I'm hoping to help others during this journey since reading others' comments helped me learn about this process. Overall, the US Embassy in Dom Rep is centrally located and easy to get to. There's a parking facility but one must get there early to be able to park since it's not very big. Anyway, our appointment was at 8 am and we arrived at 7 am. There were a lot of people already waiting. We didn't wait too long to get through the first line once we found out which area to be for K1 visa appointment. Once we went through security (no cell phones or wifi or anything sharp please), we got a number assigned (lucky #146) and waited for our turn to be called to submit the paperwork such as police report, birth certificates, and medical exam results. The lady that took the paperwork was not friendly at all but whatever we waited for her to finish typing whatever she was typing in the computer. Once that was done, we waited for our number to be called. It's very organized and there are plenty of folks directing folks to where they need to go so it can keep moving. After we waited for about 45 minutes, our number was called to window #1. We exchanged pleasantly w/ the consul even though he wasn't very friendly either. He kept reviewing our folder and looking up at me (the petitioner) and looking at my fiancee (the beneficiary) several times while typing away. He told my fiancee to put his left 4 fingers in the machine to read his fingerprints and then he kept typing away and looking at the paperwork we submitted. He looked up to look at me and kept typing. After 5 minutes or so, he asked us our telephone numbers and a minute or so later he told my fiancee to raise his right hand and asked if everything submitted was the truth which my fiancee said yes. After that, he gave him a piece of paper and said "felicidades su visa esta aprobada"...no excitement from him since he was very dried but we were also in shocked because he didn't ask ONE QUESTION...I was like...is that it? We walked away in disbelief that it went so smoothly and no questions were asked. We are extremely happy and this process literally took 3 months. If you do everything correctly, it'll come through. We're just waiting for his passport to be ready so he can join me!!!! If anyone else has any questions or need help w/ this process, please don't hesitate to reach out!
Zee & Rigo
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #21315