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| Amsterdam, Netherlands |  Review on December 16, 2010: |
Clint5047
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Left my house in The Hague quite early for Amsterdam, because of all the terrible blizzard predictions. There were absolutely no problems though. Stood outside the Consulate waiting for about 45 minutes before I could go in and most of that time I was the only one there. The fact that it was a torrential down poor might have had something to do with that though. 
A little bit before my 13:30 appointment the security guard let me in. The other people there were for non-immigrant visas and had to wait a little longer. I went through the initial security check rather quickly, only to be stuck at the metal detector, which kept going off for no apparent reason. Finally got into the Consulate and was directed towards the immigrant visa waiting area. Behind the glass window a nice young woman collected all my papers (first passport & birth certificate, then the other stuff like the financial papers and proof and finally my postage). She didn't ask for any proof of relationship, but I think that's because they already seemed to have everything they needed from the initial I-129F package we sent to USCIS. After that my fingerprints were taken and I was asked to sit down and wait to be called by the consular officer.
So far the actual process inside the consulate had taken about 7 minutes. I waited for 20-30 minutes, while two other immigrant applicants were turning in their paperwork. Then I got called to the Consular Officer, who was a young guy. First I was asked to swear to tell the truth after which he just asked me how my fiance and I met and after running off to solve some problem with something unrelated, he came back asked for my signature and told me my passport would be mailed back to me within 5 days.
The whole thing took about 45 minutes. Gotta admit I was way more nervous than I should have been!
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