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|  Review on March 17, 2026: |
Ethan G
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Nairobi embassy doesn't appear to be in the "Consulate" list but let me write a review anyway:
Arrived an hour before our appointment. Turns out it is first come first serve, not time based even though you have to schedule an appointment for a certain time. That was annoying because then we had to wait a long time. That was my only issue.
We had a lot of documentation (K1 + three K2s) so my fiance got a little confused by how I organized the documents into folders verse how they wanted things organized (which they tell you in the welcome email). So she asked for me to come into the embassy as a sort of translator (I had been waiting outside since my name was not on their appointment list), and a guard came and got me and brought me in. That was very nice for us.
The document review was first. A Kenyan looked over our documents and made sure we had everything. She did not ask for evidence of relationship. She did not ask for employer confirmation or paystubs, but I gave it to her anyways because I had it. She did ask for the I-134 forms for my fiance and our k2 applicants, as well as my tax information. She didn't want my proof of assets (account verification letters) until I told her the I-134 had instructed me to provide them for any assets I had listed on the forms. The main documents needed is what they tell you in the welcome email: passport, passport-style photo, DS-160 confirmation page, birth certificates + copy, police certificate, etc. I think we brought proof that we had attended the IOM medical appointment but I don't remember whether they wanted that or not; the actual results had already been sent to them by the IOM clinic. In our embassy's welcome email, they asked for a notarized letter of intent to marry from me if the I-129F was past expiration, so we included that too and I think they wanted it.
Then we went back and waited for the actual interview. When we finally got to the interview, I stayed in the background to provide clarification if needed, but the interviewer really just wanted to talk to her. The interviewer never asked the kids any questions. Just asked my fiance:
- What is your fiance's name?
- How did you meet him?
- Is this your first marriage?
- Is this his first marriage?
- Who is Ojok? (bio-father's name; interviewer saw on their birth certs and his death cert; we brought the death cert to prove the children were okay to leave under her sole parental consent.)
- Do you have any other children? Are these the only children you have? Does he have any children? Do you have any children together?
- How many times has he come to visit?
- About how much money in USD does he send you every month? (This is the only question I had to briefly step in to help my fiance with because she didn't know the amount.)
These are the questions I remember. It was very fast. It was at a sort of kiosk window, not an office room sit down like I was expecting in my imagination. The interviewer approved us with no issues. She wasn't super inviting for questions we had, but that's understandable; she's busy. Despite a lot of preparation of pictures and WhatsApp chat history, wedding ring receipts, wedding venue receipts, etc. she never asked for any of it :D hahaha. I guess proof from my I-129F was enough, and maybe me being there in the background helped, I don't know. We were more than prepared.
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