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| Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |  Review on March 4, 2010: |
surf1584
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
The long awaited day was finally here. My spouse and I arrived at the Consulate at 7:15 for our 7:30 appointment. As others have said there is a separate line for immigrant visas, this was on the opposite side of the entry door. I believe we were the last to arrive but everyone enters at the same time. The interview order is not defined by how early you get there but by the order the consulate has scheduled the meetings. Once everyone is in the holding room outside the 3 rooms, (1 interview room and 2 other rooms for document verification and finger printing)t he organizer goes over the process of putting your documents together and filling out 1 form which states general information i.e. address, rdj #, date, etc.
The coordinator gathers the forms of each interviewee by order of the consulate. Then you proceed to a room 1 and/or 2 in the same order. When you are at the window a consulate official goes through your documents they received in your case from the NVC and identifies if anything is missing. In our case the NVC had gathered all necessary document and we did not need to supply anything further. My spouse's photo was inadequate due to the ears not showing fully, so after the consulate official reviewed the papers we were allowed to leave to go retake at a nearby Kodak store.
Once we turned in our new photos our packet was then complete and my spouse was called back into room 1/2 to do the fingerprinting. The order of completion of you fingerprinting defines the actual interview order.
I was not allowed in my spouse’s interview but others were, it felt like he allowed the first, not the second, allowed the third and so on. My spouse’s account of the interviewer was that he was a little cold but I would assume that much. She had to swear to tell the truth and then the interview started. He asked 3 questions and asked her to elaborate on those questions at times.
1. How did you meet?
. When, where, etc.
2. What do you and your spouse do for a living?
3. When do you plan to enter the US?
The interview took 5 minutes and he passed her the original documents and stated that he will grant her the immigrant visa, to go downstairs and fill out the paperwork for them to send us the passport.
The day of the interview was stressful but it went very smoothly besides the long wait for the interview, we didn't leave there until 12pm. Preparation for the interview was full of anxiety. I received conflicting accounts on what documents were needed based off my interview letter from my lawyer and this site. In the end no document were needed as i had sent all documents to the NVC and they were all accepted. With this being said we had gone ahead and gathered all previous documents and originals of the ones we were able to (Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, and State/Federal Police Certificates). This site helped so much but I would stress that every case is different so plan to be prepared for the interview with everything and more to backup your case.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #5763