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| Madrid, Spain |  Review on April 2, 2012: |
SP&JM
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
I have had very good experiences with this Embassy, from requesting the registry of birth abroad of my son to additional pages in my passport to the visa process with my husband. They are quick to respond via email and that is the method I would use to contact them.
Our interview was on a Tuesday and there was another person interviewing the same day as us (not sure what for, but he had the medical in the same place we did), so info that interviews are only on Wednesday is inaccurate.
Our medical was in the centro angloamericano on Monday, you do need to take vaccinaton records and the paper that the embassy sends with their address on it. The exam was expensive but quick, and as someone who has lived in Spain for a while, waiting 15 minutes for x-rays seemed like a miracle.
We picked up the results at 11:30 on Tuesday and walked to the embassy, arriving at 12. They take your electronics but since we have a baby we were allowed to take in his stroller and a bag with his things. We had to wait while someone else´s paperwork was reviewed and then it was our turn. Since we had submitted our paperwork to the NVC 2 years prior (!) the certificate of antecedentes penales was out of date, we requested that in our home city and had it prepared. I didn´t have originals of AOS documents from my parents (as noted elsewhere on the site, if you are not a US resident and you don´t have a job offer it is recommendable to have a joint sponsor). It was no problem, we just have to send the originals in the mail.
The interview was quick, questions about how we met and why we were planning to move to the US at this time were all we were asked. I don´t know what they would have asked if he had gone alone or if we didn´t have children. All people there spoke Spanish and English, so if one weren´t to speak English well it wouldn´t be a problem (both my husband and I speak both languages).
We drove to Madrid Monday morning early, and arrived home Tuesday evening, one passport lighter.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #9425