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| Singapore |  Review on June 20, 2018: |
ms_bobdog
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
My appointment was scheduled on 20 June 2018, 2.15PM in Singapore. I got there very early, at around 1.30PM. I was directed by the guard to sit at the tent area, where a young man and his mom, and another gentleman, were already waiting. They were called in by the guard about 5 minutes later, and I was called in shortly after. I was asked to put my bags through the scanner, stepped through the metal detector, and asked to surrender my phone, charging cable and charging plug. Given a number tag. Made my way in and was directed to the first room on the left and asked to sit and wait. The young man and his mom were called first to window 7 to submit their documents. They took a long time because they didn't have photos of the right size, and they didn't have the original copy of some document. There is a photo booth in the room. $10 for 2 pieces of 2 by 2 photos. So they got that sorted out. The gentleman was then called to window 7 and he took an even longer time because he had issues with his birth certificate. When it came to my turn, the Singaporean man behind window 7 took my passport and asked if I have arranged my documents in the order listed in the email. I had, so I just passed him 4 items: my original birth certificate, my original marriage certificate, my original interim and final divorce decree, and my police certificate. He double checked them against the scanned copies already in the file and asked if I have any children. He didn't take the photocopies I had brought, and he returned the interim divorce decree to me. Then he took a bit of time to look through the financial documents my husband had sent the NVC, returned me the old IRS transcripts, and then at that point, found out I am a teacher! So he chatted with me about that, told me that he tried teaching for a bit, and asked if I was just dropping everything at work and moving. Then he asked if I have registered with the courier service to receive my passport back. After that he gave me a blank submission of documents form, in case the CO wanted anything, and a handout on domestic violence and asked me to read it carefully and ask the CO any questions. I was soon called to window 8, where the CO, an Asian lady, interviewed me. Since window 8 was just beside window 7, there was no privacy at all and everyone waiting could hear what was going on. She asked me how I met my husband (the story went back to 1999 and that got interesting), what was the first thing I said to him when I met him in person, whether I have children from my first marriage, what my husband works as, when and where we got married, and whether we have met since the marriage. Then she told me all my documents were complete and I can expect my visa in 2 weeks. I was out of the embassy by 2.45PM!
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