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| Montreal, Canada |  Review on December 13, 2018: |
ChelseaJanelle
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
The interview was scheduled for 12/05/18 @ 7:30 am (Wednesday) originally but was rescheduled for 12/07/18 @ 8:00 am by the consulate due to the 5th suddenly becoming a federal holiday. Emails advising of the change were received Monday evening (12/03/18). Luckily the hotel (Le Square Phillips) was able to change our reservations and we drove to Montreal from Toronto.
We left the hotel at 7:30 and walked (maybe 5 minutes) to the consulate, which was just down the street a bit. The entrance is on the side of the building (to the right). We waited in line and both got out our passports and the interview confirmation email. We’re were let in a few people at a time. My fiancé handed his passport and confirmation letter to a woman at a podium to the right, then she gave him his number and the laminated document list. She also put an interview sticker on the back of his passport and gave it back. I handed her my passport and she asked if I was the petitioner (yes) and then we waited a minute to go through security.
Security had us take off our coats, asked us to empty our pockets, asked if we had cell phones or anything, and had my fiancé take off his belt. We had left our keys/phones in the hotel and only brought what was needed. We went through the metal detector, our things were scanned, then we took everything and went through another door downstairs and waited. Another security guard came down and opened the elevator, told us all to get on (it was a pretty packed and awkward ride lol), and he sent us up.
Once upstairs, another security guard told us all to sit on the right side (there are two separated groups of chairs). We all sat and went through our documents while waiting to be called. We were #12 so the wait seemed like forever since we were with the group starting from #1.
The seats face toward all the windows and rooms, backs to the windows to view the outside. The security guards were really friendly and answering questions for some people. There are numbered windows to the right where they take your documents, then numbered “rooms†for the interview, which is just another window but more secluded.
The documents listed on the laminated sheet:
Proof of payment
Passport and copy
2 passport photos
Medical
Birth certificate (long form)
Police certificates
Letter of intent
Divorce document
I-134
Most recent tax return
We had an accordion file folder with all the documents. I had put it together for him with labeled tabs in sections. We took out the documents and copies on the list.
When he was called, they asked for my address in the US and his current address in Canada, had his fingerprints done, then began asking for documents one by one.
The documents they kept:
Beneficiary passport and copy
Medical exam
2 passport photos
Birth certificate copy (he did not have the long form)
RCMP check copy
Proof of ds-160 payment
I-134
Petitioner statement from employer
Petitioner 2017 federal tax return
Petitioner 2017 federal tax transcript
Petitioner 2017 w-2
Petitioner pay stubs (last 5 months)
Letter of intent to marry
Petitioner divorce document copy
(They were given the certified and copy of certain documents but gave back all certified ones).
He was then sent back to wait again for the interview.
For the interview, he put his hand on some scanner looking thing and swore an oath that he was telling the truth. Questions asked during interview:
(there may be a few more but I’m just relaying the info from my fiancé)
How long have been together
What your fiancée does for work
Does your fiancée have children
Have you ever had DUI charges
Have you ever had trouble crossing the border
- She looked over his rcmp check and asked a couple small questions, as there are misdemeanor charges for fighting from when he was a teenager (16, 17, 18). She never asked for his court records, which he had gotten certified and made copies of.
She was looking through the photos and proof of relationship in our original I-129f - which had photos of us together, photos with my children, photos with each other’s families, screenshots of Facebook posts and check-ins, letters from our parents and grandparents. She never asked for additional proof of relationship.
Final result: APPROVED!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #25204