Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	So you've gone and gotten a medical interview appointment?	Glad to hear Jen, I was suffering from the same thing. Amazing how much stuff you have to guess at once you get NOA2! Hope you and the fiance are together soon and everything goes swimmingly with the medical + interview	Ariduvenna	Not Telling	Netherlands	2013-05-26 18:13:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	So you've gone and gotten a medical interview appointment?	Let's start with the basics. You've called the office of Dr. Schultz and made an appointment. They'll have informed you as the embassy has as well that you need the following   - 4 (American sized) passport pictures. You only need to hand them 2 but you want to make them identical to the pictures you deliver at your final interview. - Your inoculation reports. You can call the RIVM for this (if you're a Dutch native). They will have a complete list of your shots and can provide copies per e-mail or post. - Your passport - Cash money   You also want to make sure that you've checked with your mother if you've ever had waterpokken (chickenpox) as you will be asked this.   Now as to the actual process:   Dr. Schultz has a family practice. His wife does the reception an both he and his son are doctors. I arrived at Museumplein at 10:50 and managed to arrive in time for my 11 o'clock appointment. The practice looks like any other house in that street and you have to look for the little brass plaque outside.   The receptionist will take your passport and pictures and inoculation report. She will then hand you two forms to fill out and put you in the waiting room. One of these forms is for the x-ray technician you will be seeing later, one is for the doctor. They ask you if you have ever been arrested for drink or drugs, if you are under the care of a specialist or have been, and a list of any and all hospital stays in your life. Then some normal info about address, occupation and passport number.   After a couple of minutes I got called into the office with young dr. Schultz who took a vial of my blood and sent me back to the waiting room. The blood will be used for testing of VD's (SOA's) but not HIV and other possibly harmful bloodborne illnesses.   After a couple of minutes in the waiting room senior Dr. Schultz called me in. He asked me about my hospital stays, my job and how much I smoked and drank. He advised me to quit smoking quite sternly and then weighted and measured me. I had to do a balance exercise, and had to breathe in and out heavily while being stethoscoped. We then talked about my age and medical history etc which determines which shots you will need to have. I only needed a DTP booster.   My DTP booster came to about 30 euro's and the medical itself was 150 euro's so I paid the total of ?180,00 cash to the receptionist and got a receipt.   After all this I was given one of the forms I filled out earlier to give to the X-ray technician. I then had to walk to the X-ray office, a 10 minute walk at the most. At the counter they seemed a little confused and tried to get me to fill out even more forms but after showing them the form I had gotten at Dr. Schultz I was allowed to walk straight up and take a seat. There is a bell there to ring to get someone to attend you and take your papers. They did and I waited another 10 minutes for someone to come get me. I was led into a changing room which I could lock from the inside and then a second door attaching to the same room led into the Xray room. You have your x-ray taken, pay the technician another ?50,00 cash and take the rest of the day to enjoy Amsterdam. the X-ray will go to the Doctor and the Doctor will make sure your complete medical data will get given to the consulate before your interview date.   Easy as pie!	Ariduvenna	Not Telling	Netherlands	2013-05-23 07:25:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	So you've gone and gotten a consulate appointment?	You've managed to survive your medical (as per my earlier post) and finally the brand spanking shiny day has come. The day of your interview!!   Naturally you have spent the entire day beforehand sorting your items. I found it very comforting to have everything in clear plastic folders with a post it on top telling me what it is. Interviews at the consulate can be time consuming if you dont watch it so for your sake and everyone elses make sure you have everything within easy reach so you don't delay it any further.   Admittance is based on arrival time and level of people around. My appointment was at 13:30. I was outside at about 13:10 at which point a line had already formed. Be sure to either have someone with you to give your items to when you go inside or leave them in a locker. Anyone carrying electronic equipment or big bags will be moved to the back of the line in a second. So have a folder with all your papers (as listed in the package you received from the consulate) and your passport. Leave all other items outside with a loved one or in a locker.   The security guard started letting us in 3 at a time, your fellow applicants will appreciate you not being an ### so be sure to keep in mind who was ahead of you, who was behind and what your position is so you know when "next person" means you. At the start you are immediately put through a scanner. I was wearing boots and had to take them off. I could leave my rings on but I did have to lose a hairpin and my watch. Having gone through the scanner you pick up your stuff again and go through the little wooden knee-high door. You take an immediate right and sit in the waiting area near window 5.   Now window 5, 6 and 7 are "seperated" from the waiting room by nothing but a strip of glass with openings on both sides. Don't bother whispering or feeling embarressed, everyone will be able to hear everything you say. They'll start calling up Immigration applicants. Which means you! At the window there will be an employee asking you to hand over whichever files they consider appropriate for your case, in my case they were   - Passport - 2 Pictures (identical to the ones you gave the doctor) - Criminal records of New Zealand (spent a year there backpacking, did nothing wrong but they want to see evidence of a clean criminal record. They will have petitioned the Dutch goverment for the criminal records of the Netherlands by this time) - I134 + supporting documents (these are the forms stating your fiance will be financially responsible for you) - Birth certificate + copy - ? 7.70 in stamps. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. You cannot buy stamps there or give them cash. You will need to have stamps with you. I personally suggest buying a signed-delivery stamp ( http://www.postkanto...-2-kg-5x-1.html ) most loval postoffices will sell them per 1 (link is for 5). They do accept these. Otherwise you will have to buy 2 sheets of stamps to take with you.   After you have handed the appropriate files to the person behind the window they take your fingerprints and they ask you to take a seat again. After a while a second window will open and you will be called up to the second window. Here you will sign the statement on your I156 stating that all information provided by you is the truth. The employee will ask you to raise your right hand and swear this to be true as well. Feel free to be awesome and instead of just saying "I do so swear" elaborate with "*swearwords*" "by batman's left hairy testicle" or "By the power of greyskull" however I tend to treat consulate employees as I do airport personell. I assume they have no sense of humor and stick to the basics.   The employee then asks you some standard questions. These vary on your specific case and are meant to establish whether or not your intentions are honorable and true. My questions:   - Is Jon your fiance? - Where are you getting married - When are you getting married - You driving up there or flying? - Why did you change your name? - When are you flying to America?   Very very basic stuff as you can tell. Don't overexplain due to nerves, don't wonder why he or she needs to know, don't question it. They have all your info anyway and you're so close now you can taste it! So just answer truthfully, tell him honestly when you haven't thought about a certain question yet and you'll be fine.   After this last round of questions the employee tells you a simple "thank you, your visa will be in  the mail"....  There is no way to pick up a visa so you'll have to wait for it (and your passport) to return to you. I got interviewed on Thursday afternoon. With my "aangetekende brief" stamp I was able to track and trace my passport as it was shipped Friday and arrived Saturday  at 09:00AM. of course delivery may vary depending on a number of issues.   After an interview on the 30th of May I am now flying the 5th of June. Thanks for reading and good luck on the visa's guys!	Ariduvenna	Not Telling	Netherlands	2013-06-03 05:48:00