At the U.S. Embassy in Praia, Cabo Verde, immigrant-visa applicants attend interviews at an assigned date and time. The U.S. Department of State's official instructions ask visitors to bring only the items required for the interview so that they do not delay their own entry or that of the people “in line behind” them. The embassy itself therefore records a physical admission line beyond the online appointment system.
Applicants must assemble an interview letter, passport, photographs, confirmation of the online application, birth certificate and other case-specific records. They must also complete a medical examination before the interview. The official guidance does not state the line's length or waiting time. What it does show is an ordered passage through document preparation, security screening and interview—a compact threshold between life in an island country and a possible future abroad.