Hi zsofeeb,
how was your interview?
Hi guys, this is my story.
We had our interview yesterday morning at 8.00. We arrived to Embassy in London around 7.30. There was a long queue already. We were told to leave all our electric devices (car key, mobile, headphone, etc) at pharmacy nearby, it`s £3 for a bag. So we went through security check, and entered to the building. First we handed appointment letter to lady by the entrance, we got a number, then had to sit in hall and the waiting game has started. There was a huge screen showed videos about usa, and also showed the ticket numbers called to windows.
2.5 hour later our number were called, we went to the window. A lady asked our papers one by one, made a file for both of us with the forms sent to Kentucky and medical report, asked an extra photo (I`ve sent 2 pics to Kentucky CC. with my DS-230 form, but still needed one more), if you dont have a photo with you, there is a photo machine, you can take a photo for £5. Then we were asked to go to cashier, paid $330 each application fee (it was about £430 altogether), took receipt back to lady, and took our fingerprints. Once our big folder were completed she asked us to sit down again and wait. This was a bit long procedure, took about 30mins. After about another 30 mins our number were called again, it was the time to see the consul. He was a very calm, young man. He asked quite a lot of questions. He was curious about where and why we applied for diversity visa, what is my highest qualification, could I use this in US, how it is called in the US. Then he asked our finances, how we want to support ourselves - so we showed our statement, then he asked about the money. Asked if we have children, if we have a house or we rent. So he was very interested in how we would support ourselves. Then he told, that he will approve our visa, took our passports, but because we dont have american address yet he cannot put the visa in our passport right now, first I need to provide them a valid us address by email, where they can send our GC to after we enter to the country. Once they get this address by email, we gonna get the visa put in then they will be able to send the passports to our current address. Exciting. The interview took about 10 minutes. Then we had to pay for the courier, the cheapest option was £16.30. Anyway, our visa got approved, we are very happy. Only have to send to embassy our friend`s address in US asap, and that`s it, sit back and relax, waiting for our passports
Overall it took us about 3.5 hours from entering to the embassy till we left. Plus waiting in the queue and travelling. It is a very long and boring process, so you can take maybe a book with you, or food and drink or there is a little bar where you can buy a few staff if you`re hungry.
