This thread is for encouragement to all those who will be applying from indian embassies :

i will start with a few recent ones , hope the rest ones keep posting their experiences in future

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vj member: pinky_doc
k-1 interview : mumbai,india , 4.june.2007
interview: successful
interview experience:


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hi everyone....
below is a description of my k1 visa interview at mumbai,
time-7.30 am interview was scheduled...
first, an indian lady asked the follquestions..
1) who is calling u in the us?
2) write his name..
3) hav u ever been outside india?
4) has ur visa been refused before?
5)either of u guys married previously?
then after waiting for 3 hours, an asian woman chinese....took an interview...
1) how u met...
2) how many times...
3) when...
4) how u communicate...
5) show engagement pics....
that was all...
later shesaid...
u r approved.....
ther were around 10 fiances and spouses on that day..all were approved...
no reason to worry..if its a straightforward case.....acc to indian norms...

2)

vj member: devbltinterview: ir1/cr1
successful,

interview :

***Hope this review helps those going through Mumbai India.***


My wife went for a CR1 interview at the Mumbai consulate on May 24th.

She submited all the documents to VFS in Ahemdhabad on the 14th of May. They took the DS230, AOS, and a few e-mails for proof of on going relationship. She had taken with her wedding pictures, 7 months of e-mails, and telephone records to VFS. They told her to bring the rest of the evidence to the interview.

Interestingly, VFS told her that I needed to submit my 1040 tax returns for 03-05, (I had provided IRS tax transcripts to NVC and they did not have any issues with that). They also insisted that she brings with her to the interview an employment letter, and a bank statement (I had submited 6 months work of pay checks - I would have though that would be sufficiant). So I managed to get all that information over the course of two days and sent it express delivery.

She had her medical on the 22nd at Breach Candy, and no issues there. On the 23rd she was a nervous wreck, as was I!

Then came judgement day the day that will live long in our memmory for the rest of our lives - May 24th.. the interview date!

I had checked the Interview schedule on the Mumbai website, and it stated that only CR/IR visa applicants were scheduled, with a total of 27 people for the day. With that in mind, I told my wife not to rush to get to the consulate, since there was only a small number of people for that day.

She arrived at around 7am, for a 7.30am appointment. She checked in at the first counter, and then sat for about an hour or so. She was then called to intervew with the CO. He was apparently in his 40's, and seemed to me in a **nice** mood. He took her finger prints, and the oath. After that, she was asked 5 fairly simple questions,
1) Who is sponsering you.. what's his name,
2) Does he have any brother's/sisters - what are their names and where do they live.
3) When did you meet for the first time
4) What does your husband to for a living
5) When was the last time you saw him - to this last question she answered on the "webcam" last week, this brought a chuckel out of the CO and he clarified and asked when in person.. my wife responded appropriately.

The CO then asked to see some wedding pictures, she showed the first page of one album, and as she was turning the page, the CO said, that's fine, I don't need to see any more. He did not ask to see any of the info that VFS insisted that I send to my wife prior to her interview.

At this point, the CO said to my wife, "well you'll soon be able to see your husband very soon.. you are approved" and that was it. She collected her passport and visa at 5.30pm the same day from the Mumbai VFS office.

She was out of the consulate in less than two hours. Based on other experiences, I though I wouldn't hear from her for atleast 3-4 hours, so when she called me so quickly, I felt sick. I seriously thought that something horriable had happend at the interview. Thankfully, she uttered the three words we've waited to hear for so long. "WE ARE APPROVED!".

From my wife's perspective, she would give her experience a 5 out of 5. She said it was a breeze, and was worried for no reason.

I honestly think what helped was that we were over prepared with all the documents, which did not leave any doubts in the offices mind when time came for her interview.

Hope this expereience helps others going through Mumbai.


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08/06/06 - Married in India
------------------------------------USCIS - CSS-----------------------------------------
09/09/06 - Submited I-130
09/19/06 - NOA1
11/27/06 - NOA2 - Approval
----------------------------------------NVC------------------------------------------------
12/07/06 - NVC Received and Case # Assigned
12/18/06 - AOS Fee Bill and DS-3032generated
12/19/06 - E-mail DS-3032 Choice of Agent to NVC
12/20/06 - AOS Fee Bill sent next day delivery to St. Louis by USPS
12/22/06 - DS-3032 Choice of Agent Accepted (received e-mail conformation from NVC)
12/25/06 - IV Fee Bill Generated by NVC
01/03/07 - ASO Application generated by NVC
01/06/07 - IV Fee Bill Received (snail mail)
01/08/07 - IV Fee Bill sent next day delivery to St. Louis by USPS
01/12/07 - ASO Application received (snail mail)
01/13/07 - ASO I864-EZ application sent to NVC priority mail (3 day delivery)
01/15/07 - DS230 Generated
01/18/07 - DS230 sent to NVC - overnight delivery by USPS
01/26/07 - DS230 finally received 11 days after it was generated.. can anyone say snail mail..
02/20/07 - CASE COMPLETE AT NVC
02/28/07 - Case left NVC
03/03/07 - Case received at Mumbai Embassy
05/22/07 - Medical Interview Breach Candy Mumbai
05/24/07 - Interview date at Mumbai consulate - APPROVED!
06/02/07 - Mumbai - Paris - Atlanta - Charlotte. Departs June 1st 4.45am EST Arrives June 2nd 4.12pm EST

Congrats DOC!!

Great to hear lot of happy stories, Dev just got reunited with his love one just a couple of days ago, wishing you well on the rest of your exams and a safe flight home to your hubby.

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member:elw

k-1, mumbai, india
successful

interview:



Our interview on lucky Friday the 13th was successful!! YEA!

First of all, we had requested (TWICE) a Telugu translator because my guy speaks only broken English. They replied twice saying “Okay, you are most welcome”. But there was no translator there at the interview available to him. All the questions were asked in English and my guy had to make do with short answers in English sprinkled with a bit of Telugu. He said the questions were easy so anyone knowing even a small amount of English will do fine. Note on Chennai consulate: they reply to emails IMMEDIATELY but they are not always helpful.

My guy showed up at 6:30 AM for 9 AM interview, he was like 4th in line and they let in lines at about 7:45 AM. It ended up he was the VERY LAST one they interviewed. He said he was alone in the room by the time they called his name. He came out of the Consulate finally at 1:30 PM. A 7-hour mostly waiting ordeal. Note to others: come at 7:45 AM not earlier; when you come has nothing to do with when you are interviewed.

Inside the Consulate they took his index fingerprint and had him do the I-promise-all-statements-will-be-true swearing in.

They asked only seven questions:

1. Who is your petitioner?
2. How did you meet?
3. How long have you known each other?
4. What city and state is she living in?
5. What is she doing there?
6. If you don’t know English well, how will you stay in USA?
7. Do your parents agree to the marriage?

At the end they told him, “OK, your visa is approved. You can pick up your passport at VFS office tonight.” Later he went to the VFS office but they said it was not ready yet, he could pick it up on Monday. Because he had train reservation to leave Chennai and go to his home in Hyderabad on Saturday (it was Friday the 13th, remember), they said they would send it by mail on Monday and it would take 3 days to arrive to him.

When he was at the VFS office, they complained that the Demand Draft for visa fees was drawn at State Bank of India. They said it should have been drawn on HSBC bank. Actually on the Chennai Consulate website it says it can be drawn on “ANY national or international bank,” and they accepted it fine at the Consulate. But the VFS office just complained when they saw his receipt. However they did NOT ask him to redo it. Note to others: get your Demand Draft visa fees drawn on HSBC bank.

Another point on the Police Clearance Certificate (PCC): his permanent residence is in Kotananduru village in East Godavari District, but closest passport office is in Visakhapatnam city in Visakhapatnam district, so he got his passport there. He got a PCC from Visakhapatnam and from his village. He has lived in Hyderabad for nearly two years now, but couldn’t get a PCC from there as he had no proof of residence (all official documents, ration card, bank account etc., are in the address of his permanent home). IT WAS NO PROBLEM AND NO ONE ASKED FOR HYDERABAD PCC. No one even questioned why the passport was from a city & district where he did not reside.

All in all it was a LONG Visa journey but praise God it’s over now. We will wait for the passport to arrive then get the plane ticket. Whooohooo! (Yah I'm already studying for AOS haha! )

Good luck to everyone else on this journey!

Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu! (May all the world be happy!)



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***Nagaraju & Eleen***
K-1
Oct 13, 2006 : Sent I-129F
Oct 18, 2006: NOA1
Nov 8, 2006: Touch (change of address)
Jan 16, 2007: Touch & email about RFE
Jan 26, 2007: Received RFE (request for further evidence of meeting)
Jan 27, 2007: Sent in RFE info packet
Feb 8, 2007: NOA2!! Woohoo!!
Feb 14, 2007: NOA2 arrives in snail mail. YES! Happy V Day!!
Feb 15, 2007: Chennai Embassy replies they don’t open Provincial files.
Feb 20, 2007: NVC received our case
Feb 22, 2007: Case leaves NVC
Feb 26, 2007: Case arrives in Embassy
Feb 28, 2007:Interview immediately scheduled & Chennai sends Packet 4
Mch 15, 2007: Packet 4 finally arrives
Mch 22, 2007: Medical
April 13, 2007: INTERVIEW! Successful, Visa Granted! Whoooot!
April 17, 2007: Visa in Hand! (Passport arrives by courier, visa dated April 16, 2007.)
May 25, 2007: USA Arrival!
June 4, 2007: He starts ESL classes & accounting volunteer work at local non-profit org!

nikita2 charles

that was not me it was others interview experiences to encourage all going thru indian embassies

however i m expecting an interview date soon

i hope rest of the members do keep posting

Good thread Pinky, thanks for adding us too! Others please copy & paste your experience here too, after posting your own separate interview experience thread (if you like) and adding to Embassy Reviews section.

we have an upcoming interview after 4 days for mr.ayilliath

we wish mrs. and mr .ayilliath very best

pls do keep us posted about the interview

best wishes ,

mala

a very nice thread doc_cute, it helps ppl who r ready getting ready for a intrv..and brings them courage, last min documentation, tips n clues, etc

i think we should have this thread pinned up by the admin/MOD

thx citizen
may be we all being indians can personal message the administrator to pin this so that it can really be helpful to lots of those going thru indian consulates

as so many immigrants from india and despite that so less postings here

as so many immigrants from india and despite that so less postings here

think some seniors guiding other new comers in the original K3 section, and some ppl filling out the paper work, like me , i took a complete 4 days to fill out all my forms

some may be waiting out for pkt4

some may be eating off their nails or drinking away bottles of beer(which i am gonna do) when thier intr is scheduled

There used to be an old mumbai thread, and various people post from various consulate from India, but most of the old timers are now united with their loves one, hardly see them only, from the old school, cherryx and gup, arijit, stina and sujeet, and a couple of others are the few i can see around on a regular basis

yes i can see tht lots of old guys who r united never came back
also thr r few more who recently united hardly post

gud thread.....less indians post on this forum..many inteviewees dnt even know abt this forum..far more people came for interview..than on this forum..;)atleast 40 to 50 k1 and k3 and cr1 visas in mumbai each month......most from gujarat....
thats a huge no....

4) mrs. and mr.

4) mrs. and mr. ayilliath

embassy : delhi
visa - k-3
interview : successsful



congratulations to her again

mala..u dnt worryy...ur interview vl go well..to be on the safe side, just submit ur ration card, voter card, and information of ur immediate family to the embassy vfs along wit ur other paper work..so, they wont bother u after the interview...and can do their checks before u r interviewed...
al the best....
tc.pinky...

hi pinky

were u needed the ration card and voter card etc ,
did u submit all those ?????

5)
vj member : illidan
local embassy : mumbai

interview experience - k3 : successful

illidan " My wife had her interview yesterday at 7:30AM at Mumbai Embassy and she was approved within 5 minutes. It was a very short interview. Only question asked about me or our relationship were what was my name and my occupation and when was the last time we were together. There were more questions asked about my side of the family then about us. The person conducting the interview went through the interview so fast my wife didn't even have time to reply anything beside few words for each questions. The Interviewer didn't even look at any documents or pictures my wife took with her for evidence of relationship.


Also my wife spoke to few other people who came for the interview and they all had petitions filed at end of last year. She was the only one who had her petition filed in 2007. "

Hi everyone,

This is a nice thread for ppl who will have/had their interview in India.
Well I have a problem and I need suggestions. My fiancee visited me only once in March, 07 for two weeks. Then we had a small engagement ceremony at my place. But the main problem is that at that time her divorce was not finalized. It will be finalized on 20th June 07.
I have pics of engagement ceremony. My question is should we send those pics with the I-129F petition. Or should we send the pics of us together only.
We have to file the I-129F petition within next two weeks.

And If we send those pics with petition then should I show the engagement pics at the visa interview. My interview will happen at New Delhi Embassy.
I guess they will freak out when they come to know that her divorce was not finalized.Even we were aware of that we exchanged engagements rings. I guess they will reject me. =(

Should I hide the engagement info or not. Please help me out. I'm scared right now.
I need help......

no need to hide the engagement info
just dont let them know that u guys were engaged when even her divorce wasnt finalised
u will need the pics of engagement ceremony
what u can do is u can show a different date after she was divorced
also need not send the pics with the i-129 f
i guess someone with k-1 can guide u more .

Since you have other pictures of you together, why not just send those (dated). You could include pics from the engagement ceremony if you just give the date and they just show the two of you with friends/family - not exchanging rings or anything. We just included 4 pics of us together, with no one else, and we got approved fine! So tons of photos aren't really necessary.

I would say it is better to keep completely quiet about the engagement ceremony. Since the divorce wasn't final, I guess instead it was a commitment ceremony not engagement!

In fact we never had any engagement ceremony at all, we just knew we would eventually get married. Commitment and intent to marry is what they are looking for. (The point being, you don't have to feel you need another "official" engagement ceremony to apply for the visa!)

Good luck!

Thanx Eileen for the suggestion. I was thinking about that too. We won't send the engagement pics. If we hide that info then it will be good for us. That way I can avoid unnecessary question at the interview.

Thanx for the information.

For our K1 we submitted pictures of us together, pictures from various visit to India, and also pictures of our engagement, The only caution with the engagement pictures you have to be careful what pictures you send out, in a cultural functions part of the ceremony may be perceived as a wedding, as such those fond memories and pictures should be kept to yourselves as not to cause any undue and unnecessary rampage of questions and explanations.

Thanx Nikita for the suggestion. We are not sending the engagement pics.

this post is to wish vj members from india


[color="#FF0000"]Rizthompson and eileen congratulations for their marriage [/color]

Thank you dear, you are always so nice.

Indians needs to get united and support other members lets do it guys what we waiting for share your best stories thank to all who supporting so far great thread and forum

6)

VJ MEMBER : GGT , n my good frnd too
CR-1 VISA
DELHI CONSULATE, DCF
INTERVIEW = SUCCESSFUL VISA STAMPED



LOTSSSSSSSSSSSA WISHES
-Mala

:dance:CONGRATS TO GGT
BUT WHERE HAVE DISAPPEARED AFTER UR INTERVIEW DEAR

ggt has his flight to his wife today ,

so expecting him to be busy with all of sudden his visas , flights n new life too when he will be in us

If you can please tell your friend to post his experience and timeline after he arrive here it will be nice. thanks lot in advance

Hi b ,
i too really have no idea coz i too havent heard for him since he landed in us
i hope all is well with him ,
if i get any details will let u know :
-m

please do let me know what other extra documents she can take with her so we are not into any kind of problem. I have send her everything from I-864, taxes, employment letter, bank statments, passport copies, birth certificate, emails, phone records, sms records, yahoo chat, marriage videos, marriage pic, and honeymoon videos etc also have send her all forums which i have submitted with USCIS and NVC. She is working on her PCC - passport, police her NOC from employer anything else u can think of please do let me know beside rashan card and voter card. I want to know what we can provide regards to immediate relative information how it should be defined on paper? what it should look like any example will be helpfull thanks lot in advance



Mala please empty ur inbox its full

hi ,
i wasnt online for many days however now i did notice my inbox was full so i tried freeing it to my best .
u really dont need extra documents if u have sufficient income tax returns !new delhi visa interview is good if u submit relevant documents on time !
but tell her to take i-864 n taxex copies , bank statements etc , whatever financial suppports u have ! p.s videos , mobile phones and cds are not allowed in embassey so no use taking them - it will be deposited outside with a token given to you !
u can also tell her to take as a residence proof of her driving licensse etc , besides the voters card n ration card ,
if u really want to prepare for immediate relatives - on a paper make the names of all relatives with thr date of births , addresses n contact phone numbers from both of yours side .

DELHI CONSULATE INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE

hi to everyone,
i thought of sharing my interview experience
for all those going thru delhi n other indian consulates need not worry at all if your documents is original n submitted on time 10-15 working days prior to the interview at the vfs office
all the documents required for that particular case will be send to the particular applicant in his/her interview letter

my interview was scheduled at 8 am ist and in indian consultes we are required to submit all documents necessary as written in the particular interview letter for interview 10-15 days prior to interview,
so in a way it is i think pre decided before the interview to grant visa or not,
much of the interview is complete set of paperwork submitted on time which is THOROUGHLY scrutinised prior to interview
so 7.30 am ist i reached the embessay and was let inside around 8 am
we all were made to seated inside after thourough checks
then we were called name wise to different windows
though translators were given i preferred in english
i personally feel its important to communicate in english
then around 8.30 am my name was called and an indian consular officer took interview and asked only one question i cant belive - he was nice indeed !

a) my date of marriage
after i replied he gave me all my documents originals and other including my mrriage photos , and everything else then with a smile on his face said i will be called soon

after 2 hrs of wait i was called by a nice caucsian ( white male ) he too ws very nice he asked
A) my date of marriage
b)asked to see snaps other than my marriage snaps
c) whether we both were hindus

he kept typing in his computer
and yo !!!!!!!!
he says mam ' you are approved
we welcome you to the united states of america
then he maade me took the oath and index finger prints of both index fingers
then he told
u might wait for your passport to be delivered from vfs office or u might collect it by hand and he gave me a token with my passport number ..
and now i have collected the passport with visa n the brown sealed envelope from the passport office
overall it was a pleasant experience n now a new life journey n a new family

i thank to captain ewoke for his excellent work here , lorelle , mary , rose , khurram , shaheen , riblet , mixchel , tracy , diana ,pinky and everyone else who hve been my frnds sorry if i am not able to mention all names .. though the list is endless ..........

i am with due respect for my mom , family , brother n my sweetttttttttesttttttt darling hubby !
now he is busy setting his home for me
booking new furnitures online and busy shopping for me , though i have already exceeded my shopping limit and the kgs(pounds)


regards,
Mala

congratulations doc_cute
hope mine gets over too soon

Congrats DOC!!

Have a safe flight and reunion with your hubby.

We're SOOOO happy for you both, CONGRATULATIONS!!

Thanks for the interview details too! Another Indian success story!

heres wishing u the same
amen




thanks sweety u and nikita2charles are so helpful and very trustable and lovely members
god bless u guys

Congratulations!

congratulations to u both hope to hear from u soon in us