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| Bogota, Colombia |  Review on July 3, 2019: |
Erik_and_Angela
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
I'll start off with the medical exam. My fiancee visited Dr. Jairo H. Roa about a week and a half to two weeks before our interview. Took her two days to complete the medical exam, sounded like it was pretty straight forward. She needed to get back to work and couldn't stay the third day so we were told we could pick up the results the day before our interview.
Here's where it got tricky. Our interview was scheduled Tuesday, June 25th, so we were going to pickup the medical results Monday, June 24th. What we didn't realize was it was a national holiday in Colombia (my fiancees work doesn't get off Colombian holidays so she didn't realize it until one of the employees at the hotel mentioned it to us) and that meant the medical office was closed. Our interview appointment was scheduled for 8:00 AM and they wouldn't open until 10:00 AM. Panicking that we wouldn't have the medical exam in time for the interview, we came up with an idea that we would call the receptionist at the medical exam building to see if anyone would be there earlier then 10:00 AM and have me stop by and pick it up while my fiancee would go to the interview and I could hopefully meet up with her in time before she went in. Things didn't go quite as expected and while I was able to get the medical exam results I didn't get there until about 8:40. Luckily, we had went to the embassy around 7:00 in the morning to explain our situation to the embassy employees outside and because of that they let us go in as soon as I got there. My fiancee was waiting at the line still when I got there.
Once I got in we started putting our documents together. From what I remember, we needed my fiancee's passport, 2 passport style photos, her birth certificate and a copy, my actual birth certificate (was given back at one of the check in windows), her police certificate, I-134 along with all evidence needed, updated letters of intent to marry, DS-160, and her medical exam. Things we thought we needed that they didn't ask for were proof of relationship (we brought photos, phone call records, and my boarding passes from my visit in February and this trip), a translated version of her birth certificate, a copy of my birth certificate, a copy of her passport, a copy of my passport, receipts of medical exam and interview, and her previous 214(B) denial for a F1 visa back in October of 2018. Once we got in we went to a woman in line who went through our documents and told us to have a seat until my fiancee's name was called. About 30 minutes later we got called and went up to the first check in window. The woman there again went through our documents, talked to my fiancee a little and then told us to go back to the first woman we spoke with, who gave us a card with a number on it. We went over to the immigration interview section and waited there. After about an hour our number was called and our interview had begun.
Overall, the interview went a bit longer then expected (about 30 minutes total), and more questions were asked then it seemed like people on here were saying. The interviewer spoke to my fiancee in both English and Spanish. From what I remember here are the questions he asked her: What is your name? What is your birth date? Fiance's name and birthdate? Where your fiance lives? Fiance's parents names? Where your fiance works? Have you been to the US before, and if so when (exact dates or as close as you can get)? When we met? How we met? How many times has your fiance visited you in Colombia? What languages we speak? How did your fiance communicate with your parents in Colombia (they don't speak English)? There were a few more questions I'm forgetting, but again it seemed like a lot more then what I have read online. The interviewer also spoke to me a little bit about half way through the interview. He asked me what my fiancee's parents names are, where I live, and what languages do me and my fiancee speak?
The interview ended with our interviewer saying he could not approve our visa that day, as there were some things that they needed to take care of on their end before it could be approved. But he said he would try to approve it the next day. He explained that to my fiancee then pointed to me to pick up the phone and said the same thing. I asked if he could tell us what else needed to be done or if we would get a text or email once it was approved but he said no and no. Not exactly what you want to hear after a big interview, but they kept her passport so we saw that as a good sign.
I was checking the CEAC website since that afternoon everyday several times a day, and on June 28th I had saw our visa was Issued! As of July 3rd my fiancee received an email from the embassy with our DHL Tracking Number so we are hoping it will be delivered to her soon!
Overall, I think the embassy and interview was pretty good. The employees seemed pretty helpful overall and the interviewer was straight forward. A little different then what I have read for the other reviews on this site, but I am happy with the results.
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