Eric S.

My fiance had her K-1 interview at the embassy in Madrid last week. The
visa was approved. (yay!). Here are the details.

In the Packet 3, there was a letter with a checklist of all the documents
she would need for her interview. It said that as soon as she had all the
required documents, she should sign and return the letter, and they would
schedule her interview. Well, she had called the embassy to ask a question
about something and they told her she didn't need to send in the letter, she
could schedule the interview on the phone. So when she was ready, she
called. It was a little bit of a pain, because you can only call during
certain hours, and you have to wait on hold for a while. But she eventually
got through and was able to schedule it. She had called on a Wednesday and
they told her they could schedule her for the following Monday!

It was a good thing she did it on the phone. Because I was planning to go
over so I could go to the interview with her and I couldn't go that quickly.
So she was able to schedule it for two weeks later.

On the embassy's web site, it said that due to the small amount of space
they had in the waiting area inside, accompanying friends and family were
not allowed inside. I figured that we would try and see if I could go with
her anyway. On the appointed day, we went to the embassy together. The
guards at the gate asked for her name and checked it against a list they
had. One of them asked who I was and I told him I was her fiance. The
other one asked if I was American and my fiance told him yes. That seemed
to be good enough for them and they let me in.

Once inside, we were told to go to the waiting room. After about 10
minutes, they called my fiance up to one of the windows. There, a Spanish
woman took all of the papers and forms we had brought and looked them over.
She asked a couple of questions about them and then told my fiance to have a
seat. About 15 minutes later, she was called up to another window to talk
to the consular officer. He interviewed her in Spanish. (She said his
Spanish wasn't that good). She said he was very nice and asked her several
questions about how we met and about her previous trips to the U.S. He
explained to her a little bit about how the visa worked. It was no more
than 10 or 15 minutes. Then, he asked me to come up to the window. He
asked my fiance if she minded if he switched to English, and then asked me a
couple of questions about my job and where I lived. And then told us that
everything seemed to be in order and that he was going to issue the visa.
He said it would be mailed to my fiance's house in about a week. Then we
left. We were in and out of there in about an hour.

The visa and the brown envelope arrived 2 days later.

I hope everyone has as easy a time as we did.

- Eric S.

Sibsie

Thanks so much for posting that Eric. There seems to be so little
about Madrid.



But Spanish post. Arrrrrrrrgh. It's the bane of my life!

Dutchman2001nl

Originally posted by Eric S.

    > My fiance had her K-1 interview at the embassy in Madrid last
    > week. The

    > visa was approved. (yay!). Here are the details.

    >



Congrats !!!

Ironporer

Congratulations on your sucess in Madrid Eric. Where in Spain is your
fiancee from? My wife is from Zaragoza.



Sibs- when Cathy went thru Madrid, the sent the Visa/Passport via
courier... not "Correos". It also took two days from MAD-ZZA.



Besides- what's wrong with Spanish post anyway? I hear they sold all the
burros and upgraded to horses now lol.

Sibsie

Originally posted by ironporer

Besides- what's wrong with Spanish post anyway? I hear they sold all the
burros and upgraded to horses now lol. Don't get me started!
My post man is an alcholic. Some days he refuses point blank to deliver
the post. Others he thinks the hill is too steep. In summer he refused
to deliver any at all so it was a free for all down the post office to
sort out your mail. I didn't get any for two months. I did see him
yesteday on his yellow scooter though. He had the mail bags wide open
and things were falling out down the side of the mountain!

Eric S.

My fiance is from Oviedo. I had lunch in Zaragoza once. On my way from
Barcelona to San Sebastian. It seemed nice. The Basilica is quite
impressive.

Actually, I have no complaints with the Spanish post. Usually, things we
send by mail Spain->USA or USA->Spain only take about a week to get there.
And nothing has ever been lost.

- Eric S.

"ironporer" <member10524@british_expats.com> wrote in message
news:...
    > Congratulations on your sucess in Madrid Eric. Where in Spain is your
    > fiancee from? My wife is from Zaragoza.
    > Sibs- when Cathy went thru Madrid, the sent the Visa/Passport via
    > courier... not "Correos". It also took two days from MAD-ZZA.
    > Besides- what's wrong with Spanish post anyway? I hear they sold all the
    > burros and upgraded to horses now lol.
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Ironporer

Originally posted by Eric S.

    > My fiance is from Oviedo. I had lunch in Zaragoza once. On my
    > way from

    > Barcelona to San Sebastian. It seemed nice. The Basilica is quite

    > impressive.


    > Actually, I have no complaints with the Spanish post. Usually,
    > things we

    > send by mail Spain->USA or USA->Spain only take about a week to
    > get there.

    > And nothing has ever been lost.


    > - Eric S.



Yeah- I guess we can't complain too much about it either, although Sib's
stories do so sound like the spanish functionary of old. I was releived
to see things are much better in that regard in most places on my recent
trips to Spain.



We are planning on going to Asturias/Galicia next year for our vacation-
neither of us has been there. Oviedo sounds like a nice place from all I
have read. We did Gibraltar to San Sebastian this year... so for next
year we'll have to cross the country the other way... maybe Valencia-
Santiago...stopping along the way every

where we can.



Well, good luck, good to hear from other's from Spain!!!



John and Cathy

Sibsie

Originally posted by ironporer

Yeah- I guess we can't complain too much about it either, although Sib's
stories do so sound like the spanish functionary of old. I was releived
to see things are much better in that regard in most places on my recent
trips to Spain. I very much live in tiny town Spain. It's very
sweet and pretty but can be a real pain when you want to get things
done. I just don't think the infrastructure here is geared up for the
number of people moving in. We have one police car in Pedreguer and
about 1k banditos! We have constant power cuts and water stoppages and
I often have to stop my car so that the goats can cross the road.

Lpdiver

Where do I apply for his job?





Originally posted by sibsie

Don't get me started! My post man is an alcholic. Some days he refuses
point blank to deliver the post. Others he thinks the hill is too
steep. In summer he refused to deliver any at all so it was a free for
all down the post office to sort out your mail. I didn't get any for
two months. I did see him yesteday on his yellow scooter though. He
had the mail bags wide open and things were falling out down the side of
the mountain!

Hypertweeky

Originally posted by Eric S.

    > My fiance had her K-1 interview at the embassy in Madrid last
    > week. The

    > visa was approved. (yay!). Here are the details.


    > In the Packet 3, there was a letter with a checklist of all the
    > documents

    > she would need for her interview. It said that as soon as she
    > had all the

    > required documents, she should sign and return the letter, and
    > they would

    > schedule her interview. Well, she had called the embassy to ask a
    > question

    > about something and they told her she didn't need to send in the
    > letter, she

    > could schedule the interview on the phone. So when she was ready, she

    > called. It was a little bit of a pain, because you can only
    > call during

    > certain hours, and you have to wait on hold for a while. But she
    > eventually

    > got through and was able to schedule it. She had called on a
    > Wednesday and

    > they told her they could schedule her for the following Monday!


    > It was a good thing she did it on the phone. Because I was
    > planning to go

    > over so I could go to the interview with her and I couldn't go that
    > quickly.

    > So she was able to schedule it for two weeks later.


    > On the embassy's web site, it said that due to the small amount
    > of space

    > they had in the waiting area inside, accompanying friends and
    > family were

    > not allowed inside. I figured that we would try and see if I
    > could go with

    > her anyway. On the appointed day, we went to the embassy
    > together. The

    > guards at the gate asked for her name and checked it against a
    > list they

    > had. One of them asked who I was and I told him I was her
    > fiance. The

    > other one asked if I was American and my fiance told him yes.
    > That seemed

    > to be good enough for them and they let me in.


    > Once inside, we were told to go to the waiting room. After about 10

    > minutes, they called my fiance up to one of the windows. There,
    > a Spanish

    > woman took all of the papers and forms we had brought and looked
    > them over.

    > She asked a couple of questions about them and then told my fiance
    > to have a

    > seat. About 15 minutes later, she was called up to another
    > window to talk

    > to the consular officer. He interviewed her in Spanish. (She
    > said his

    > Spanish wasn't that good). She said he was very nice and asked
    > her several

    > questions about how we met and about her previous trips to the
    > U.S. He

    > explained to her a little bit about how the visa worked. It
    > was no more

    > than 10 or 15 minutes. Then, he asked me to come up to the
    > window. He

    > asked my fiance if she minded if he switched to English, and then
    > asked me a

    > couple of questions about my job and where I lived. And then
    > told us that

    > everything seemed to be in order and that he was going to issue
    > the visa.

    > He said it would be mailed to my fiance's house in about a
    > week. Then we

    > left. We were in and out of there in about an hour.


    > The visa and the brown envelope arrived 2 days later.


    > I hope everyone has as easy a time as we did.


    > - Eric S.





Aww dont tell me te man who was nice to your fiancee was a black male.
When I went for my student visa interview, the man who attended me was
very mean to me, his spanish sucked, I dont want to deal with him, he
will denie me the moment he sees me