Getting anxious for your big day? Don't be nervous. The best thing to do is to have the right preparation. What preparation? Your documents and yourself. Just relax and try to make the Filipino Interviewer and the Consul happy with how you organize your necessary documents.
Before you go to the U.S Embassy for your Fiance' (K-1) Visa Interview,
1. make sure you have all your documents, and make sure you have your documents neat, well organized, and presentable;
2. you can use side tabs (color coded or not) for easy reference.
Before you face the US Consul, you will be called first in the Filipino Interviewers booth. When you get to the Filipino interviewer window,
3. Smile and greet your interviewer.
Nothing better than a confident, warm smile. The Filipino interviewer is going to check all the needed documents.
4. It will help you if you will have all my needed documents compiled in a flexible plastic folder.
Why does the folder have to be flexible? There is a glass between you and the interviewer and there is only a foot long and thin open slot (at the bottom of the glass) where you will pass your documents. It's thin enough for only papers and flexible plastics to go through.
5. Organize your documents well. Separate them by categories, for easy access. Stack all your identification documents, another group would be the proof of your relationship, and all the financial documents together.
6. Stack your documents well, possibly thin, maybe maximum thickness would be half an inch thick. Don't stack it too thick, remember the slot of the window is thin. If you can't help make them thinner, you can separate them, make 2 folders instead, just remember to stack them by category.
7. Do not use a thick and hard side binders because it will never go through. Use button fasteners, instead of long fasteners or straight folder sliders.
I saw some applicants there had to take it off from their folders so that they can pass it to their Filipino interviewer.
8. Another thing, have your pictures ready. Don't give the entire photo album, remember that it won't pass through the slit of the window glass.
You don't want to annoy your interviewer for waiting on you taking your photos off your albums one by one. Some of them get annoyed or grumpy. I saw a lot of applicants that done that and some of them had a "not so" pleasant experience from their interviewer.
9. Most importantly, make sure that you got all the needed documents. Some applicants are put in AR (Administrative Review) because they lacked important documents.
When all your documents are ready, the Filipino interviewer is going to tell you to wait for your number to be called. That's for your consul interview.
When your number is called, they will tell you which room number to go.
10. Smile and greet the consul.
He's going to make you take an oath, before the interview is going to start. You will see that the consul is holding your documents (those that you submitted to the Filipino interviewer). The consul also has the documents submitted by your sweetheart during his petition. Why I know? Because during my interview, the consul showed it to me. I had a wonderful consul interviewer, told me that he was impressed by the organization of my documents, and by how my sweetheart organized his. (He showed me that documents submitted by my then fiance').
11. When the consul ask you questions, don't be nervous.
There's really nothing to worry about. Just relax and be truthful. The more you get nervous, the more you might mess up.
12. Remember important dates and information that were on your forms.
The Consul will ask questions about you, your fiance' and your relationship. Some Consuls are going to ask more questions, while others will just ask 3 or 4. In my case, the consul only asked me 3 questions. I heard other applicants were asked a lot of questions by their assigned Consul. I think your paperwork helps a lot. Show them that you really mean business. Give them a Complete, Well-Organized documents along with the genuineness of your relationship and intentions.
Most of the time, the U.S Consul will not tell you if you pass or not. On his table, he has two (2) kinds of stickers. One for approve, one for AR. Take a peek as to which sticker he's holding. He's not going to give that sticker to you, he will stick it to your folder, after the interview. If the U.S embassy is still using the same color codes of their sticker, green means passed.
If you miss which sticker the Consul got for you, you will know that you passed the interview later. When you're done with your interview with the consul, he will tell you to go wait for your number to be called and go to another Window. That window is going to give you back some of your documents, like pictures and others. If the personnel of that window is going to give you a pink slip, and will tell you to pay at the cashier, it only means that you passed.
Good luck!
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