adar24

On 11/20/2018 at 8:23 AM, adar24 said:

Hello folks (whoever's parents (IR5) cleared interview at Mumbai consulate)

While collecting the documents and reading the Mumbai Consulate pre-interview checkist, came across this:

 

Original or certified copies of birth certificates for all children of the principal applicant (even if he or she is not accompanying)

 

My parents have 2 children. Me and my sister. I am the petitioner, in the USA. They will carry the original of my birth certificate with them to the interview. Do they need to carry my sister's birth certificate as well? Or does the "principal applicant" give a clue that this is not required for IR5 as each applicant is individual, not really a principal applicant (where derivative relations can immigrate on the same application).

 

Please advise. Thanks

Has anyone encountered this instruction for their parents? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Anyone with Mumbai consulate interviews?

On 11/20/2018 at 8:24 AM, adar24 said:

Posting in this forum as I didn't get a response in the Sept forum:

 

Hello folks 

 

While collecting the documents and reading the Mumbai Consulate pre-interview checkist, came across this:

 

Original or certified copies of birth certificates for all children of the principal applicant (even if he or she is not accompanying)

 

My parents have 2 children. Me and my sister. I am the petitioner, in the USA. They will carry the original of my birth certificate with them to the interview. Do they need to carry my sister's birth certificate as well? Or does the "principal applicant" give a clue that this is not required for IR5 as each applicant is individual, not really a principal applicant (where derivative relations can immigrate on the same application).

 

Please advise. Thanks

Has anyone encountered this instruction for their parents? Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Posting in this forum as I didn't get a response in the Sept forum:

Hello folks 

While collecting the documents and reading the Mumbai Consulate pre-interview checkist, came across this:

Original or certified copies of birth certificates for all children of the principal applicant (even if he or she is not accompanying)

My parents have 2 children. Me and my sister. I am the petitioner, in the USA. They will carry the original of my birth certificate with them to the interview. Do they need to carry my sister's birth certificate as well? Or does the "principal applicant" give a clue that this is not required for IR5 as each applicant is individual, not really a principal applicant (where derivative relations can immigrate on the same application).

Please advise. Thanks

Hello folks (whoever's parents (IR5) cleared interview at Mumbai consulate)

While collecting the documents and reading the Mumbai Consulate pre-interview checkist, came across this:

Original or certified copies of birth certificates for all children of the principal applicant (even if he or she is not accompanying)

My parents have 2 children. Me and my sister. I am the petitioner, in the USA. They will carry the original of my birth certificate with them to the interview. Do they need to carry my sister's birth certificate as well? Or does the "principal applicant" give a clue that this is not required for IR5 as each applicant is individual, not really a principal applicant (where derivative relations can immigrate on the same application).

Please advise. Thanks

On 11/15/2018 at 12:17 PM, MrsKhan said:

Hello everyone 

Me and my husband came to  the us in July after one year of our pd when our son applied for us. I have a question.  Can we take obamacare for our health insurance?  I heard it can cause problems at the time of applying for citizenship.  Any feedback will be appreciated. Tia

Hello - not sure what kind of problems would arise out of using insurance under ACA (Obamacare). As a permanent resident, you are entitled to purchase insurance on the marketplace. There is currently some discussion around a proposed rule that is related to the evaluation of Public Charge (see here: https://www.ilrc.org/public-charge), but again, this rule will not apply to naturalization. You might want to consult an agent/broker - you should be able to find that on healthcare.gov.

On 10/30/2018 at 12:04 PM, adar24 said:

Hi everyone -

 

We have now submitted the DS-260 and we are collecting all the docs to be sent to NVC. I have read through everything available. Some questions from those who have successfully gotten to Case Complete or Interview stage:

 

1.) Did you send your docs via US Mail (Post) or via Fedex (Courier)? If US Mail, is there any special thing you did for tracking? 

2.) For financial docs, I am sending I-864, IRS transcript for last year's tax return, W2 for last year, and employment letter that shows salary. Anything else I need to show? My income is over the minimum required (125% of PL for household).

 

Appreciate your help.

Hi Guys (whoever cleared interview at Mumbai or Manila consulates)

While collecting the documents and reading the Mumbai Consulate pre-interview checkist, came across this:

Original or certified copies of birth certificates for all children of the principal applicant (even if he or she is not accompanying)

My parents have 2 children. Me and my sister. I am the petitioner, in the USA. They will carry the original of my birth certificate with them to the interview. Do they need to carry my sister's birth certificate as well? Or does the "principal applicant" give a clue that this is not required for IR5 as each applicant is individual, not really a principal applicant (where derivative relations can immigrate on the same application).

Please advise. I know several of your parents have successfully completed the interviews.

Hi everyone -

We have now submitted the DS-260 and we are collecting all the docs to be sent to NVC. I have read through everything available. Some questions from those who have successfully gotten to Case Complete or Interview stage:

1.) Did you send your docs via US Mail (Post) or via Fedex (Courier)? If US Mail, is there any special thing you did for tracking? 

2.) For financial docs, I am sending I-864, IRS transcript for last year's tax return, W2 for last year, and employment letter that shows salary. Anything else I need to show? My income is over the minimum required (125% of PL for household).

Appreciate your help.

On 10/26/2018 at 12:26 PM, Lane O said:

No, not really. POE is Los Angeles CA (LAX). It was fast and pretty smooth. 

Excellent. Good to know.  Enjoy your together time. Thanks for all the updates. It really helped us who are following.

On 10/15/2018 at 1:13 PM, Lane O said:

Hi Guys, my mom arrived last Friday! Finally! 

 

Gudluck to all! 

Congratulations, Lane. Any issues at immigration counter?

2 hours ago, willcrack said:

If you are looking to have your petitioners interview at Mumbai - It is most probably going to be upload of documents and not mailing it out (they started online upload process a month ago) - do you see that in CEAC?

 

Your list of the steps is correct.

 

If you are explicitly told to mail the documents, then it HAS to be all together and you can mail smaller 4 envelopes in one large one.

 

Ever attempted to go here and read up for medical and biometric appointments and locations?: https://in.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/ 

 

Interview dates for Mumbai are scheduled generally from ~27th of the month to the ~3rd of the month and in rare cases in the middle of the month if there were any canceled spots that open up. It is observed that the scheduling is prioritized based on the case complete date.

 

Case complete (CC) to interview timeline depends on your case complete date. If your is CC at the very end of the month then there is a good chance you will have to wait for the end of the next month for an interview to be scheduled, if not the middle of next month. 

Thanks very much, @willcrack. You answered most of my questions. The India Embassy link is useful. I will carefully read it. Thanks for the notes on the dates. That is helpful. Re. CEAC processing, our case number starts with BMB and we received the letters in July from NVC, so likely our case may not qualify for online processing. But we haven't submitted the DS-260 yet, so it is possible the upload thingy opens up after DS-260...who knows. In any case, thanks for the tip about 4 envelopes in 1 large envelope. 

Again, thanks very much. 

Hi folks -

I have been quiet for a little while as we had decided to defer our DS-260 application for a few months. We are now ready to begin the next steps of the process starting with DS-260. We have already paid the necessary fees, so DS-260 is open for data entry. I have a couple of questions I need advice on.

Are these next steps correct?

- Fill in and submit DS-260

- Send supporting documents

- Case will be marked as complete, interview letter will be sent

- Parents have to visit facility for fingerprint? 

- Parents have to book appointment for medical

- Parents will complete medical examination

- Parents to attend interview

Questions:

1.) For supporting documents, should I send both my parents' documents in one envelope?

2.) I think there are 2 packages to be sent for each parent - AOS package and IV package --- should these be in two separate envelopes? I mean, then will I have 4 envelopes to put in one large envelope? Advice will really be appreciated from folks who applied for both parents.

3.) Is fingerprinting appointment given separately or is walk-in allowed? Where do parents have to go for fingerprinting --- they will be attending interview at Mumbai Consulate in India.

And finally, 4.) How long is it taking from case complete to getting interview dates for Mumbai, India?

21 hours ago, Hopeful_nc said:

They had to get a letter from a previous consultant about some previous treatment  they had had. Also my a dad had high blood pressure at the medical so they wanted it monitored for a week. They just sent the information in when they got it. 

Ah I see. Got it. Thanks for the update. Good luck on next steps. 

On 8/21/2018 at 5:14 AM, Hopeful_nc said:

Hi  everybody - just an update on my parents application. They had their medical two weeks ago and their interview at the London embassy today. They ended up needing some extra information for the medical, which didn’t get to the embassy in time for today, But they are approved for the visa awaiting the medical packet!

 

They said the people in the embassy were really nice and because we had filed everything electronically they didn’t need any of the additional paperwork they had pulled together. All they wanted to see was the original of their birth certicates and marriage certificate. They were in and out within 45 mins. The embassy people said they should get their passports back within 3 to 4 days of the medical information turning up!

 

i can’t believe we are near the end of this process....now the hard stuff starts - packing up, selling houses etc...

 

Thanks for the update. Was the additional info needed was from the Dr who did the medical examination or from your parents?

On 8/8/2018 at 10:04 PM, Mobybxa said:

After you submitted everything online,send a photocopy to NVC of all the documents you sent.

Please bring ALL original documents during interview only.

About the AOS we submitted Photocopy Also.

Thanks @MobybxaJust to confirm. In our case, we are only submitting DS-260 online - we don't have the facility to submit documents online. So, send photocopies via postal mail to NVC - photocopies of AOS as well, correct? And then send original AOS (signed) to parents for taking to interview at the local consulate.

On 8/8/2018 at 4:11 PM, jpky said:

I had the same question so I rang the NVC this morning. I was advised to send photocopies of your documents including the AOS and that the beneficiary has to bring the original copy to his/her interview.

Hope that helps.

@jpky. Thanks, it helps. The instructions on the cover sheet are a bit confusing

Hi All - 

Those of you who have sent documents to NVC for DS-260, can you please tell me if you sent the original (signed) Affidavit of Support alongwith the documents or did you send a copy? It is a bit confusing as to whether the original needs to go to NVC or originals need to go to the beneficiary for carrying to the interview? Or should both be originals - sent to NVC + sent to beneficiary for interview?

4 hours ago, Pardeep singh said:

Hiii adar

I m wondering, u get interview date for ur parents yet or not?????

 

Hi - We are not applying for IV yet. So we haven't done anything else other than choosing the agent (DS-261).

2 hours ago, Rokarmy1023 said:

Its working already since Tuesday 

Thanks, yes I saw that. Good to see it is up now. 

The CEAC website is still down today. Wonder when it will be restored? Maybe some major system change going on? 

2 hours ago, Mobybxa said:

Yup same here been waiting since saturday,I dont know until when is the maintenance.

I saw this too - hopefully it comes back up again this week. 

1 hour ago, Hopeful_nc said:

So excited. The interview dates just came through for my parents!  Hopefully the end of this is insight. 

Congrats! And good luck to you and your parents for the interview.

On 7/18/2018 at 1:48 PM, Oanh Nguyen said:

Thanks adar23. I just called NVC and they corrected it for me. 

Glad to know this is resolved for you. Good luck with the next steps.

On 7/11/2018 at 8:04 PM, Oanh Nguyen said:

In form DS 261, I put “ No” to the question “ do you wish to appoint an agent ....?” And submitted it. How can I correct that? Please help!!!

Hi - not sure if you got an answer to this already, but in case you haven't. I think you can submit a new DS-261 with YES as an answer. But do call NVC to confirm whether you can submit a new DS-261. 

On 7/10/2018 at 5:01 PM, adar24 said:

No, I haven't called yet. We are not in a big rush, so we thought we will wait for the usual time it takes them which on the confirmation says 2 weeks. I'll call next week if I haven't heard anything. 

Just to update: I called NVC last Mon. Got both invoices for the IV fee on Friday. Will pay coming week. Then on to DS-260 - which we plan to file some time later as that is really the last step when you have any control over the schedule. 

5 hours ago, Muzammil said:

My lawyer submitted everything the same day. Did u try calling them to find out ?

No, I haven't called yet. We are not in a big rush, so we thought we will wait for the usual time it takes them which on the confirmation says 2 weeks. I'll call next week if I haven't heard anything. 

Hi folks - how long did it take NVC to review your DS-261 (the agent form) and send an invoice for IV fees? It has been little over 2 weeks since my parents submitted their DS-261 naming me as their agent. Please let me know.

18 hours ago, ronh said:

I got the case number and invoice number yesterday July 3rd through email. 9 weeks exactly since the NVC got it from USCIS. But the problem is, the beneficiary's name is Lourd Benedict, and on the welcome letter, just Benedict. And the beneficiary's street number is also not right. What do I do? 

Is the name on the NOA2 correct? If so, call NVC and ask for a name correction - I think they should be able to do that.