US Immigration from India

Hi All,

Did any one apply for Renunciation in Chicago Indian Embassy recently. How much time does it take for the package sent day to the Renunciation certificate receive day ?
Pls advice, I need to plan accordingly.
Also can I simultaneously apply for Indian Entry visa while I had Renunciation application in process ?

Thanks

I had applied for both travel Parole(I-131) and EAD(I-765) (pending I-485 Employment base) together I received my I-131 approval letter not card a month but not yet revived my EAD yet. My wife applied as my dependent she got both her I131 and I765, is this something normal ? Has anyone been in this situation ? Any input will be great help

Hey Everyone, I am over the moon since last four days. I was approved at my interview last Friday and the status changed to "Issued" today. I want to share my experience in hopes that it will help someone like me out there, who is currently having sleepless nights and extreme anxiety. Our case was not straightforward due to the following major and minor red flags.

1. Age difference of 27 years which is uncommon in India. Two of his children are older than me and just two years of difference between me and the youngest one.

2. Overlapping relationship. We fell in love when he was still legally married, although estranged from his ex-wife.

3. Fianc not meeting my family after we got into relationship. He met them back in 2018 for a brief cup of tea(official visit to India), but we were not a couple then and also, I had no photos to prove that they met. (This is actually a huge cultural shock). Only had Duo and whatsapp video call screenshots from this year, that I carried for the interview.

4. I have not met any of his children or siblings, only friends.

5. He is a catholic and I am in Hindu and we both practice our faith (may be minor flag).

6. Did not front load our i-129F petition( just 25 pictures from 4 visits), because we did not know what a red flag is at that time. I joined VJ and other FB groups months after filing the petition.

So what we had going for the both of us is, he was my manager on the client end for nearly 4 years. We got into the same team in October 2016 and worked remotely together until April 2020. Since the time our NOA2 got approved, I started to lose my sleep thinking about all the above problems during the interview. I slept at 4:30 or 5 in the morning and gained a significant amount of weight due to the stress (I stress eat). Last Friday was my interview, I was basically shaking after I got done with the document verification part. I was the first person to interview that day in the Mumbai embassy and below were the questions asked by the CO-

1. So, "Mr XXXX" is your fiance and he was your Senior IT manager for 4 years??

2. When did you start talking to each other?

3. When did you meet face to face?

4. So he currently lives in "YYYY", Does his ex-wife also live in the same area?

5. When did he divorce?

6. So basically you are reason he got divorced, right? (Heart skipped a beat, here).

7. How many times did Mr XXXX visit you in India?

8. Did you apply for B2 visa in 2018 only to meet Mr XXXX or was it for something else?

9. What are your marriage plans?

10. How many children does Mr XXXX have, what is the age of the youngest one?

11. Have you met any of the children?

12. What is your educational qualification?

13. Are you quitting your job or do you have other plans?

There were some more follow up questions based on the answers I provided, but these are the main ones. At this point, the CO opened my old passport and punched something on the B1/B2 visa and told me he is cancelling my tourist visa, BUT he is going to issue the K1 visa. I could not believe my ears! The interview lasted about 2-3 minutes and the whole process lasted about an hour. I had taken about 450 pages of chat logs, call logs, emails, post cards, photos and other items and intentionally laid them all out in the counter in hopes that the CO will ask for it, but he never did. He looked at me taking those out but didn't care about it at all. The case status was "Application received" on Friday. "Administrative processing" on Saturday and Sunday. "Issued" this afternoon. I know this is just the first step in the immigration process but it was a huge deal and I cannot thank this forum enough for getting me ready for the interview. I have read the guides and posts as old as 2008/2009, made tons of notes. My fianc at the end told me that I was over prepared but I honestly don't regret a thing! People, it is always better to prepare for the worst and just hope for the best. And also all the senior members here are always to the point and awesome! Thank you -

Hello Group,

My stepchild lives with us and I have not adopted legally, What would be the best document to attach in this section ?

Hello all,

So we sent our ROC package and it got delivered today. We realized that we did a mistake on our Money order. The fee amount is correct but in "Pay To" we wrote down the "USCIS address" ( Phoenix AZ) instead of writing "US department of Homeland security"

Anyone have any idea whats gona happen now?

We are worried to our stomach and feeling so bad about this situation. We took a lot of time to organize all this package and even then we made a mistake