Super nova
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Hi Everyone
My husband [principal appliant ]and I also had a succesful caribbean interview at the U.S. Embassy in Barbados.
We travelled to Barbados on the Monday evening as our interview was scheduled for Thurday the 1st of November at 9:00 am. My husband came from NY and and I came from Dominica.
We went to the Medical Clinic on the Tuesday morning and did all our medicals. That took about two and a half hours to complete everything [waiting time included]. We were required to pick up the results the next day which we did.
The following day which was the date of the interview we got to the U.S. Embassy about half an hour early and we were ushered in right through to the waiting area inside. We were instructed to hand over our appointment letter at the window and my husband did so.
They took quite a while to actually call my husbands name after that and the Barbadian lady who called us asked us for all our documents. She took my husbands documents first and then took mine. That included birth and marriage certificates, police certificates and his proof of education qualifications and proof of his work experience. The only documents they took from me is my birth certificate and police records from all the places I have lived. Surprisingly they did not ask us for the Affidavits of support and that was the major part of our file. We had gotten affidavits from 3 joint-sponsors with all supporting documents so we were well prepared but at the same time a bit anxious as to whether what we had would satisfy the interviewer that we would not become public charges. My husband asked the lady if they didn't need the I-134's and she said "no" as his application was based on his education or work experience both of which he had.
She told us also that the reason she had taken so long to call our names was because the forms we had submitted to KCC [ie the DS 230 Part I and Part II] did not have the "2008" [you guys remember the forms right ?]printed across it. So we told her that we had printed our forms from the internet and she said ok. [I found that a bit peculiar as they were essentially the same forms].
Anyways she told us that KCC had written a query on our file saying that my surname on the lottery apllication and my forms seemed to be different. So I explained to her that when I applied for the lottery I had used my maiden name since I had not changed my name officially yet being recently married and then subsequent to that I changed my name and thus since I now use my married surname I used that surname on my forms.
She said ok and we were asked to wait again.
Shortly thereafter we were called to another window by an American young man who took our fingerprints and made us take the oath and sign the forms.
He asked my husband what was his last job and how long he had lived in the U.S ?
He asked me what was the longest period I had ever been to the U.S for and I told him. He then asked me again about my name. His exact words were "you seem to be using more than one name ????????? " I explained to him what the situation was and gave him all my old passports to verify that the only other name I had used was my maiden name. He said ok and then told us that he was going to issue us the visas. He gave us a pink slip saying that our visas had been approved and that we should travel back to our country with our passports and then send the passports back for processing . There was a DHL booth right there so we paid the fee and they gave us all the documents for sending back the passports and thus we left.
That was our only hiccup [if you want to call it that] because my husband had planned to return to the US the day after, as he has midterms all this week. But we had to do it this way so that's alright. The important thing is that thanks to GOD everything worked out for us.
We were told that it takes 7 business days to process the visa so were are just waiting to get our passports back cause as soon as we landed home we went straight to the DHL office to send the passports back to the U.S. Emabssy in Barbados.
We were not asked anything about who would support us in the US or whether we had any funds of our own. It was all quite straight forward.
To everyone waiting for their interviews keep being positive and pray hard. We did alot of that. Make sure you have all your documents and do not lie about anything. Wherever you may be going to do your interview make sure you have your affidavits of support from your sponsors in case you need them cause it seems that some embassies require it whilst others don't.
Good Luck ALL.
My husband [principal appliant ]and I also had a succesful caribbean interview at the U.S. Embassy in Barbados.
We travelled to Barbados on the Monday evening as our interview was scheduled for Thurday the 1st of November at 9:00 am. My husband came from NY and and I came from Dominica.
We went to the Medical Clinic on the Tuesday morning and did all our medicals. That took about two and a half hours to complete everything [waiting time included]. We were required to pick up the results the next day which we did.
The following day which was the date of the interview we got to the U.S. Embassy about half an hour early and we were ushered in right through to the waiting area inside. We were instructed to hand over our appointment letter at the window and my husband did so.
They took quite a while to actually call my husbands name after that and the Barbadian lady who called us asked us for all our documents. She took my husbands documents first and then took mine. That included birth and marriage certificates, police certificates and his proof of education qualifications and proof of his work experience. The only documents they took from me is my birth certificate and police records from all the places I have lived. Surprisingly they did not ask us for the Affidavits of support and that was the major part of our file. We had gotten affidavits from 3 joint-sponsors with all supporting documents so we were well prepared but at the same time a bit anxious as to whether what we had would satisfy the interviewer that we would not become public charges. My husband asked the lady if they didn't need the I-134's and she said "no" as his application was based on his education or work experience both of which he had.
She told us also that the reason she had taken so long to call our names was because the forms we had submitted to KCC [ie the DS 230 Part I and Part II] did not have the "2008" [you guys remember the forms right ?]printed across it. So we told her that we had printed our forms from the internet and she said ok. [I found that a bit peculiar as they were essentially the same forms].
Anyways she told us that KCC had written a query on our file saying that my surname on the lottery apllication and my forms seemed to be different. So I explained to her that when I applied for the lottery I had used my maiden name since I had not changed my name officially yet being recently married and then subsequent to that I changed my name and thus since I now use my married surname I used that surname on my forms.
She said ok and we were asked to wait again.
Shortly thereafter we were called to another window by an American young man who took our fingerprints and made us take the oath and sign the forms.
He asked my husband what was his last job and how long he had lived in the U.S ?
He asked me what was the longest period I had ever been to the U.S for and I told him. He then asked me again about my name. His exact words were "you seem to be using more than one name ????????? " I explained to him what the situation was and gave him all my old passports to verify that the only other name I had used was my maiden name. He said ok and then told us that he was going to issue us the visas. He gave us a pink slip saying that our visas had been approved and that we should travel back to our country with our passports and then send the passports back for processing . There was a DHL booth right there so we paid the fee and they gave us all the documents for sending back the passports and thus we left.
That was our only hiccup [if you want to call it that] because my husband had planned to return to the US the day after, as he has midterms all this week. But we had to do it this way so that's alright. The important thing is that thanks to GOD everything worked out for us.
We were told that it takes 7 business days to process the visa so were are just waiting to get our passports back cause as soon as we landed home we went straight to the DHL office to send the passports back to the U.S. Emabssy in Barbados.
We were not asked anything about who would support us in the US or whether we had any funds of our own. It was all quite straight forward.
To everyone waiting for their interviews keep being positive and pray hard. We did alot of that. Make sure you have all your documents and do not lie about anything. Wherever you may be going to do your interview make sure you have your affidavits of support from your sponsors in case you need them cause it seems that some embassies require it whilst others don't.
Good Luck ALL.
