LH&me

I've been FB-free over 2 years already and absolutely LOVE it that way. My true friends are ones that I actually connect with, be it in person or on skype (distant lands). A whole new world opens to you when you start living for yourself and stop seeking others' approval and acceptance for your little personal reality show.

I think it is totally unfair dat an IO at the US Consulate gets to dictate a person's love life depending on their moods. For example, the Kingston embassy I notice dat they approve a bunch of visas but denies at least three all stating lack of evidence when evidence was clearly provided. Its funny I see women who are way older than their fiances only visited once n they get approved. Then there are people who visited more than once n been in the relationship for a while and get denied. And I think its wrong dat they ask questions like how come your fiance only visited once? Hello.do or do they not require us to have a jon. This whole immigration thing is bullsh@t.

I am surprised by some of these embassies that deny visas solely on suspicion that the marriage isn't bonafide, especially in the face of a wealth of solid relationship evidence. I believe that goes against the spirit of the process, but whatever, our opinions don't matter on this stuff, and yeah, consular non-reviewability is a monster of a reality that really gives them freedom to make lots of baseless decisions and claim that applicants even made statements that they didn't during the interview. Yuck.
Anyway, yeah, petition approval is done by USCIS, and the entire purpose of the petition is to establish that the applicant is in a qualifying category to apply for a visa (i.e. spouse or fiance of US citizen, or prospective employee in a qualified job, etc.). The petition is not meant to establish actual visa eligibility - that is done by the Dept of State's Immigrant Visa unit at the embassy/consulate. Which is why a petition should be approved as long as the relationship is legit, but the visa could be denied on all sorts of grounds, including medical or criminal inadmissibility or prior immigration violations.
Also, about the NVC. They're really just a middleman, they're a center that collects and checks over documents to make the embassy/consulate's job simpler, but they neither approve nor deny anything and they aren't really even the ultimate authority on judging whether documents are satisfactory. For one thing, those of us filing directly with the consulate skip the NVC altogether and only ever engage with the consulate. For another thing, the ultimate decision on whether documents are acceptable lies with the individual consulate issuing the visa. And finally, because of their status as a middleman document-collector with no real deciding power, it actually IS possible in many cases to move your case past the NVC even without having their final OK on everything submitted, if you can kindly convince them that your documents will be up to embassy requirements in time for the interview. I've personally known half a dozen people who did this, especially in countries (i.e. El Salvador) where the interview scheduling takes a very long time and they preferred to get their police certs or other time-sensitive documents together while waiting for an interview rather than in advance.
And yeah, I'm pretty sure leaving a heaping pile of....gift...for the consular officer would warrant a reference back to the psychologist and a medical inadmissibility on mental health grounds. Ha!

Just wondering why visas get denied when the petitioner's petition gets approved. Probably a silly question, but I wish they didn't make people wait until after the interview to declare that the application is rejected after all the effort and emotions put in to it. It's easy to say "your visa is denied" than all the running about and waiting applicants do in order to pass the interview.
Any insights?

Hmm... Interesting thought, but not sure if it's true. I hope it is true in my case, however.

No worries at all.

ya thats fine...i had use pen in my ds 230 for to write my name in my native language....and when i got in interview there are some problem and i dont have another copy of ds230 ...so they just cut the information with pen and make it right with pen..it doesnt matter until its clear and readable..so dont worry...or u can confirm by calling consulate cusomer care

thats o.k has to be legible an neat,

There are 2 PSKs in Ahmedabad. If you go to Vijay Char rasta PSK then they will ask for all the documents that dont even exist. I went to Mithakali PSK and they even issued PCC without interview letter and checklist, they issued it on the basis of NOA2 approval copy.

commissioner PCC( local pcc ) is required to apply psk pcc (passport clearance certi ) < some psk dont ask for local pcc ,but majority ask for local pcc >
and for visa application you need the ppc obtain from psk only .
documents required for psk pcc
* local pcc
* photocopy of passport ( first page-last page)
* residence proof ( if your permanent address is not same as in passport )
* checklist or appointment letter ( nvc )
* application reference number ( simple make account on psk website , and upload filled form of pcc application ) and print out that document
* 500 rs
* carry original passport so that they can stamp
however pcc process varies from state to state....so just go to psk and ask for requirements

i dont know about other places, but in Hyderabad all they need is your passport. As long as there is not change in your address which is mentioned in your passport you dont need anything. Thats what they told me. So i took my passport the filled out application , which i filled online. and the fee. I was in and out of PSK with a PCC in 2 hours. thats it !

Checklist is issued by NVC if you have missing documents. In case of Mumbai they will close the case without PCC, so you where never issued a checklist. They should accept your interview letter and be able to issue you a PCC.