I had my interview on Tuesday this week in Sydney and was successfulso I hope everyone who is having interviews in the near future has the same outcome.
Just a tip to people: make sure you have everything they ask for. there were a few people in line before me that didn't have all of the documents required and were taking longer to be processed. One lady hadn't even had her medical done.
I arrived just after my scheduled time of 9:00 am on Level 10 and advised the security lady I was a bit late (flight delay). She said that was okay. After going through the metal detector and having to check my phone at the security desk, me and a few people that were ahead of me were taken to Level 59. Gave passport to the security guard for identification and then buzzed through a very large steel door to the Processing area. Took a ticket and waited. I didn't get served for an hour so it can be a long process. Guess it depends on the people in front of you. Got called and took all my docs to the lady at the window, she advised me to take a seat and she would call me again. Everything was fine except that I hadn't provided the name and phone number of my US address contact. Which I have done since via e-mail. My Australian police check was only done 2 weeks ago and in Queensland that can take up to 4-6 weeks. So that will hold up the issue of my Visa but I am no huge rush to travel to the US yet.
I got called again to the window and once all my docs were checked I was asked to go to the payment window and pay the Visa fee. Then went back to the lady and she told me everything was fine except for the few things mentioned above and to take a seat again and I would be called for my final interview. 10 mins later my number was called again and I proceeded to the last step - the final interview. The lady there just got me to sign a form to say that everything I was about to tell her was true and correct. She then asked questions like:
Am I married?
Have I been married?
Do I have any children?
Where will I be living?
Do I have family or friends there?
What kind of work do I do now?
What kind of work will I be doing in the US?
How will I support myself while looking for work once I arrive?
Why I want to move to the US?
Did I have a place to stay in the US?
Was the outcome of the medical favourable? Did the doctor mention anything specific that was wrong?
When do you intend to travel to the US?
They also advised about what will be sent back in the Express Envelope that as provided. And that you have to carry everything when you first arrive in the US including the chest x-ray films. And also general stuff like having 6 months to land in the US from the Visa issue date.
The questions were just general ones. Once the questions were over she congratulated me for being accepted and wished me luck on my move to the US. So all in all it went okay. Thankfully it was just a one off. Didn't want to have to keep flying to Sydney all the time
All the best to everyone
Congrats...