JASP

23 minutes ago, Kp2078 said:

Thank you so much for sharing this, finally some hope. Was the letter sent via email ? 
also, please share if the need to redo their medical. 

Most welcome 😊Yes, they received an email regarding the rescheduling, it came from "Mumbai IV".

The medical is valid for 6 months till the Port of entry when you finally come to US. So if you had already taken the medical test, calculate the dates accordingly and get a new one if required. But i would suggest only when you receive the email from the embassy on scheduling do it.

Also everyone ensure your documents are ready and are valid, like the PCC it has a one year validity from issue. 

1 hour ago, HillJor said:

I also requested an expedite and got the same response  I know someone who got an interview for their student visa over a month ago. It's really disheartening. 

Similar thing happened in India, they started with Student visa exactly a month back and now they started IR1/CR1. I guess your embassy might follow soon too🤞

1 minute ago, imsan said:

That's great. Did the embassy ask them to schedule within 2 weeks? Embassy did not provide them with a fixed date like they used to do?

No, they asked them to schedule. This is what major embassies did too when they resumed services. I am guessing once the cancelled ones are done they will schedule dates like they did earlier.

3 minutes ago, imsan said:

Where did you get the info? Embassy is asking applicants to schedule?

We have a group on Telegram app of people waiting on Mumbai Embassy for the spouse visa's. 3 people from the group received the letter from embassy to schedule their interview yesterday. All the 3 had their interviews cancelled on March 17th.

Yes, Embassy have given them time slots in this month to book their own appointment.

Anyone waiting from India, they started processing IR1/CR1 Category visas, people who had their interviews cancelled on March 17th have received notification from the embassy to self schedule their interviews any-day between 17th September to 30th September. They will be slowly progressing to new ones once the cancelled interviews are done. Woohoo🥳 😀

15 hours ago, Kp2078 said:

Not yet. It’s crazy they are accepting non immigrant visas but us citizen families are not even remotely a priority. 

16 hours ago, nishv said:

Hey anyone from India, got the interview date for CR1 IR1 interview as they have started since almost 15 days!!??? 

Guys they started processing IR1/CR1 Category visas, people who had their interviews cancelled on March 17th have received notification from the embassy to self schedule their interviews any-day between 17th September to 30th September. So yes, its official now, they will be slowly progressing to new ones once the cancelled interviews are done 😀

12 hours ago, Shemuz said:

Hi. Does anyone here know which email address I can use to contact the Embassy in Mumbai?

It's this one- 

support-india@ustraveldocs.com

12 hours ago, Kmnm said:

Do you have link to that tweet? 

Yes, you can check the same here- https://twitter.com/USAndIndia/with_replies

I had a screenshot of the same too, check below

33 minutes ago, Colaam said:

Thank you so much! This is very helpful! I had no idea what happened between NVC and interview stage. I just checked the link you shared - it shows that we are still at NVC. I guess this might take a while.  How long it took from DQ to "Ready" status for you guys? 

It shows at NVC for me as well, DQ since May 2020. It will only change just a few days after the interview date is assigned. 

25 minutes ago, Colaam said:

Thank you for the quick response Jasp!! I saw this on twitter. Wondering if anyone here got their interview scheduled. Wondering how big the backlog is and when we can expect to be interviewed. Just got our DQ today.

Also is there any other mail you receive from NVC after DQ and before interview is scheduled? I mean do you get notification that your case is sent to the embassy or something? Thanks again!

 I don't think there has been any scheduling yet, i know a few who got their interviews cancelled in March and they haven't heard anything. The backlog is from December 2019, lot of them awaiting their interview since.

No you won't receive an email from NVC but directly from the embassy now when they schedule your interview.

However you can check this link - https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx

When it shows "Ready" it means your case has been sent to Embassy by the NVC.

BTW congratulations on the DQ. Let's hope they start processing soon so we all get done with this lonnggg immigration process. All the Best!

3 hours ago, Colaam said:

Any updates on this anyone? 

Any updates on this anyone? 

For now they are scheduling only Emergency interviews for Citizen Spouse and Children. They did tweet they will normal processing of these categories in coming weeks. Lets hope for some action soon.

https://in.usembassy.gov/visas/

11 hours ago, The1plus said:

Which group are you guys talking about?

There is this group formed on Telegram App which includes people like us who have pending Spouse interviews in Mumbai, India.

If you wish to join, download the Telegram app and click this link you will be added to the group.

https://t.me/joinchat/OoaSF0tgOtNUCahjYRDFJw

26 minutes ago, Patty1993 said:

They are only doing emergency spouse but they mentioned on a Twitter reply that non emergency will open in a couple weeks. They already starting 221g I believe. 

Oh okay👍 

Yes they started 221g read that as well on Twitter. 

40 minutes ago, Patty1993 said:

This is great news and it picked up pretty fast in the Mumbai Consulate spouse group chat. Are you a member of that group?

Hey, unable to find the group. Can you please send me the exact group name as on Facebook? Thanks.

29 minutes ago, Patty1993 said:

This is great news and it picked up pretty fast in the Mumbai Consulate spouse group chat. Are you a member of that group?

No, i wasn't aware about that group, will join now. Thanks.

This information was updated yesterday on the consulate website, a bit confusing though. Have they resumed spouse interviews or still the emergencies only?

Immigrant Visas

The United States Embassy in New Delhi and Consulate in Mumbai remain closed for routine immigrant visa services at this time and are providing only emergency and mission-critical visa services to spouses (IR-1/CR-1) and children (IR-2/CR-2) of U.S. citizens.

https://in.usembassy.gov/visas/

35 minutes ago, Juliet57 said:

Thats good news, but wouod be better if they resume regular visa processing and not criticals 😪😪😪 how is covid situation in India?

Yes, they did start with Student Visa last month, along with criticals, they should be thinking about spouses next considering they are mission critical and they have mentioned in the tweet that they will begin processing  in coming weeks. Hopefully soon now.

Coivd Situation not that positive in India however air travel to and fro US has been happening since almost 2 months and lock down has been pretty much lifted except educational institutions and entertainment.

Some ray of hope for the Citizen Spouses waiting in India. I read this tweet reply on the US Embassy India Page.

Holding on to any news i receive, hopefully we are getting closer🤞

@Anmol Yash @bharath and manu @Patty1993

So the Embassy in India decided to resume visa operations but only for Students as of now. Hopefully they consider Citizen spouse next🤞

https://in.usembassy.gov/visas/

19 minutes ago, nishv said:

Thank you @JASP. I know they are not updating anything. 

Yes nothing apart from that the visa services remain suspended. With flights operating to US now, hopefully the embassy will open too 🤞

23 hours ago, nishv said:

thanks @Alexag i am from india and there is still not any updates from consulates in india. It is really frustration. Do anyone have any idea if we can aply for B1B2 while the k1 visa process is still going on?

 

You can apply, however currently they are doing only Emergency appointments. 

17 hours ago, bharath and manu said:

Yes, that’s what we got.

Great, thanks!

16 hours ago, Anmol Yash said:

Yeah it's crazy right now. We had our appointment on June 23rd, still waiting... 

Oh okay, hopefully it will come soon. Just keep a track of where it is and if it stuck there for long you can follow up with them. Generally they issue it within a month which is also a deadline for the police to submit their report.

Passport office->Police Verification at home->Physical police verification at police station->SP Office->RPO->Finally you will receive the PCC through speed post.

16 hours ago, Anmol Yash said:

That's correct! Did you receive the document already? How long did it take?

Thanks so much!

It took over a month. Had applied on 15th of June. It was crazy in these Covid times, multiple follow ups with Police and then the RPO, i took to twitter and requested them time and again and it came finally! Are you still awaiting it?

16 hours ago, Anmol Yash said:

Yes that's correct!! 

Thank you so much.

Hi

Anyone from India got their PCC recently?  I got mine today and wanted to confirm the purpose for which the PCC is issued. Mine says "Immigration Purposes other than Citizenship"(that is also what i selected when i filled the form). Can you confirm if that is right?

@bharath and manu @Anmol Yash