Cornelio
Member
interview experience Caracas (Venezuela)
Hello! I don’t want to start this post describing our interview experience without thanking God in the first place, who blessed our lives enormously. Secondly, I have to thank God for letting me know @Cornelio, who guided us and was very supportive thru the entire experience, and last but not least to @Britsimon for all his knowledge and answers with absolutely good heart and will.
Our appointed interview was scheduled for Dec 2, 2:00pm at the American Consulate in Caracas. We got there by 1:00pm and went to the first security checkpoint. Form there we went thru other screenings and checking before getting to the Immigrant Section. We took a ticket are we called at booth 14. The CO gently greeted us and proceeded to take our fingerprints and told us to sit while he asked my wife (the main applicant) all our documents. I sat with mi kid in front of the booth and I could hear everything she was asked. First our passports, then my wife’s civil documents, then mines and our son’s. He only requested photocopies of each documents and the original translations. After that, the CO asked for me to come to the booth and asked if i was married previously, how many times I had traveled to the US and what was the longest stay there. He told me to take a seat again and kept asking my wife for more documents. After 10 minutes he told her to go pay the visa fees for the interview: 330USD @6,30VEF/USD and that we were going to be called by another CO afterwards. She made the payments and handed them to the first CO. It was just 1 minute of wait and we were being called to booth 16. The officer told us to raise our right hand to make an oath of telling the truth and nothing but the truth; he took again our fingerprints and no questions asked he told us straight forward “Your visas have been approved! Congratulations!”
I must say that both COs were very kind, gentle and respectful. It took us just 30 minutes from entering to leaving with our visas approved.
I strongly advice to all selectees avoid paying for any agent services. This was very simple even though it seems to be complex. The blog britsimonsays.com helped a lot from my experience. But above it all, have faith in God almighty.
I wish all God’s blessings for those who have their interviews scheduled for next month or are waiting for their 2NL.
God bless you all.
Hi man! I'm so happy for you and your family! So far, this adventure has been successful for all Venezuelans applying. You have all gone green. I hope to join that club next March!
Wish you all the best in the next steps!
