I-130 Interview - Dress smart?
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Not for everybody but the night before my interview I stayed at a posh hotel ...Marriott Grosvenor Square....superb it has to be said ....this enabled me to get up late..... 9am ...shower ....walk out the door ..stroll 500 yards and enter the Embassy ..feeling fully refreshed and not having suffered the usual morning rush hour
.....its busy and fraught inside ...be prepared ..take plenty of refreshments as the small kiosk inside makes Dick Turpin look like an amateur.
After that ..as long as you have followed all the instructions ...have all the pieces of paper you'll be fine ...the staff are friendly and warm ...so respond the same way ...btw ..you will be nervous ...they know that ...I messed up the finger printing twice ...
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Thanks for all the replies, I can't believe I've just got the weekend to get through and then the big interview is here! I'll go with smart, this is the most important thing to me in the world so I'd best dress appropriately!
Circus-of-power, I really appreciate your post as it reassures me somewhat - I'll be hoping all goes smoothly
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Thanks for all the replies, I can't believe I've just got the weekend to get through and then the big interview is here! I'll go with smart, this is the most important thing to me in the world so I'd best dress appropriately!
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Best to be over dressed than underdressed I always say.
Jeans, shirt and shoes = Smart
Jeans, trainers and tee-shrit = Casual
Good Luck at the interview!
Jeans, shirt and shoes = Smart
Jeans, trainers and tee-shrit = Casual
Good Luck at the interview!
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Sweet? Thank you but it's more motivated by the fact I've been apart from the greatest girl who ever lived for over 6 months now - and if my clothing choices or anything else prolong that, I might as well just go ahead and throw myself off a bridge as I can't stand to be away from her!
Thanks for the good wishes, I'll be sure to let you all know how it goes
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Never really thought about it that way ...but there is a lot of truth in it .....must be the reason whilst at the AOS interview ....after only a few moments the official told us that my application would be accepted .....the wife had dropped the folder with all our papers in it on the floor and knocked a stapler off the poor mans desk and we'd been in the office 2 minutes
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Never really thought about it that way ...but there is a lot of truth in it .....must be the reason whilst at the AOS interview ....after only a few moments the official told us that my application would be accepted .....the wife had dropped the folder with all our papers in it on the floor and knocked a stapler off the poor mans desk and we'd been in the office 2 minutes
Many DAO's don't talk while they are finishing up the paperwork. I tell my clients that if I instruct them "You might want to thank the officer at this time" -- it means that the DAO has just approved the case is doing the paperwork.
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