At the Embassy you'll find you won't have to wait in the long line of Poles waiting outside to be turned down for tourist visas. Instead you'll go to the guard, show him the K-1 interview invitation, and he'll let you into one of the “short” lines. You'll be shown to a separate room for K visas and adoptions (and some other immigration visas). You can immediately take your paperwork to the women at the counter on the far left to “get in line” for the interviews. She’ll take your paperwork, and maybe have you fill out a form or two. After a short time she'll call your and then she will instruct you go pay the application fee and wait for the interview. The first interviews are given to the adoptions since they have small impatient children. Once called up for your interview, It is usually very short. The interviewer will ask if your fiancee/wife speaks English, although they speak Russian also. They'll usually ask 4 or 5 questions including: What work does he do (fiance/husband), Where she's going to live in the US, and how did you meet. They are generally quite friendly. Most interviews take about 3-5 minutes. Overall she can expect to spend about 3 ? hours at the Embassy.
One note: If your fiancee/wife is Belarussian, you are better off having her (and any children), get a travel voucher for there visit to Poland. Belarussians don’t currently require visas to enter Poland, but they are supposed to have a “travel voucher” which they can get from a travel agency, that shows their trip to Poland is paid for. The immigration officer at the airport may give you a hard time about this and cause unneccessary delay. The medical examinations and vaccinations can easily be taken care of in a day, although we reccomend allocating two in case of problems.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO IMMIGRANT VISA APPLICANTS CONCERNING VACCINATION REQUIREMENTS
Recent changes to United States immigration law now require immigrant visa applicants to obtain certain vaccinations (listed below) prior to the issuance of an immigrant visa. Panel physicians who conduct medical examinations of immigrant visa applicants are now required to verify that immigrant visa applicants have met the new vaccination requirement, or that it is medically inappropriate for the visa applicant to receive one or more of the listed vaccinations:
- -- mumps
- -- measles
- -- rubella
- -- polio
- -- tetanus and diphtheria toxoids
- -- pertussis
- -- influenzae type b (Hib)
- -- hepatitis B
- -- varicella
- -- pneumococcal
- -- influenza.
In order to assist the panel physican, and to avoid delays in the processing of an immigrant visa, all immigrant visa applicants should have their vaccination records available for the panel physician''s review at the time of the immigrant medical examination. Visa applicants should consult with their regular health care provider to obtain a copy of their immunization record, if one is available. If you do not have a vaccination record, the panel physician will work with you to determine which vaccinations you may need to meet the requirement. Certain waivers of the vaccination requirement are available upon the recommendation of the panel physican.
Only a physician can determine which of the listed vaccinations are medically appropriate for you, given your age, medical history and current medical condition.
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