chintan

Hi;

Countdown to POE @ LAX ON SEPT 16 @ 2:45PM

Cannot wait til arrival for my wife.

less than 2 days to go ( US TIME)

chintan for my 864 the AVR never said they received it, only time AVR said they received something was for the DS-3032 m ds-230

I think it depends what they received first in the mail. as this is my second time around and doing this for my cousin, it was much easier to do then mine as her case has some bumps in the road like I-864 did not get registered in the AVR until yesterday and giving trouble in getting the police certificate

best of luck to you

AVR has now been updated

NVC has received AOS package on 9-11 and choice of agent on 9-12

so the problem is solved,

Yes that right, Only some district issues the PCC from police not all district does. So if you are one of those, then you need to submit the passport pcc only.

Hi

My cousin had mailed I-864 on 9-8-08 Mon by overnight mail to NVC and received by NVC on Tuesday 9-9-08, and today is Thursday and still the AVR is not saying the I-864 has been received by NVC.

When I mailed my I-864 back in June, the AVR was updated the next day it was received.

Should my cousin be worried or give it a day or two to show up in AVR.

I have told my cousin to call NVC tomorrow and talk to them about it.

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Interview began at 7:30AM and ended at 10Am local Indian time

1. 7:00AM Arrival at VFS office in Mumbai

2. Security check @ Embassy

3. Fingerprints

4. First Interview : Basic question about my wifes family ( What the name of Mother/Father, Sister, Brother, are they married, occupation and what does she do now)

Also returned the original documents

5. Second Interview : Asked about 10 Questions

How did you meet

How many people attended the marriage from bride and grooms side

When Did your husband leave for US

Where did you for your honeymoon ( asked for the photographs )

What did do on yur B-Day, anything special ( as the BDAY for my wife and mine, happens to be on the same date Sept 6)

Did your husband visit you after marriage

How did you stay in contact with him ( asked for phone records)

Asked how did you want to collect the visa by courier or at VFS the same day

Got the visa and passport at 5PM from VFS

FYI : First interview was not in English it was in Gujurati and second interview they provided the Translator. Over all they asked a lot of question..

And accoring to VFS on this day there was only approval of visa( which was my wife ) from 30 interviews.. ( Amazing)

CONGRTULATIONS on getting the visa.....

Couple of questions

1. How far is the VFS office from Mumbai consulate?

2. When your wife picked up her passport at VFS office in evening with the Visa stamp, did she also pick up sealed brown envelope that she is supposed give to officer at Point of Entry in US/????

CS

1. VFS Is just across the street from embassy

2. Yes.

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congrats. chintan.. n thank you for all the help, i wanted to ask you how did your wife provide call details (how u guys stay in touch)...did u save the phone cards or requested call details from reliance/airtel call home service? (if u use those services)

When you log in to your acct at reliance/airtel call home service there is section for call history, just print this and you will be fine, I mainly use trueroots.us as they have a niece feature which lets me export the call history into excel format and what I did was maintain the entire call history in excel document with the logo for reliance/airtel call home service. Hope this helps

it is upto you when you want to pay the $400, and you cannot mail the DS 230 until the $400 fee has been paid and you would not even receive the interview date.

So earlier you pay is better, and earlier you get the interview date

yes you have to finish the medical exam before interview and it is required.

good luck for interview

congrats on approval

Thanks for answering chintan!

Couple of other questions.

1) What did you need to pick up the passport at VFS (their receipt, any id etc.)?

2) Did you just book the air tickets in advance? Is there a way to book the ticket in India where the dates could be changed? Any travel agent you would recommend?

Thanks and Enjoy your married Life!

1. you need the VFS receipt that is given when you submit the required documents at VFS, 10 days prior to interview. ( for more info see at http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/interview_appt_schedule.html )

2. I booked the in US and it was booked for 24-36hrs reservation and had to renewed every 2 day and I only confirmed and paid for the ticket today, and the ticket was an e-ticket so it was delivered by email to me and then forwarded to my wife in India.

hopes this helps.

Chintan, Congratulations on your approval!!

Thanks for your detailed post, it was quite helpful.

Few questions

1) How did your wife get a translator? Who did she ask to get it?

2) Do you have to specify in any form that the passport can be picked at VFS office or mailed?

3) Before the interview what documents did you submit to VFS?

4) Did your wife submit the medical exam to VFS or just took it to the interview?

Thanks and Good Luck!

1. Yes, they provided one on request.

2. They asked her how she needs the passport delivered, and she said my uncle would pick it up at VFS and he got the passport same day with no problem.

3. Only the medical report and passport photo was submitted.

4. Answered in #3

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Congrats

Congrats

Interview began at 7:30AM and ended at 10Am local Indian time

1. 7:00AM Arrival at VFS office in Mumbai

2. Security check @ Embassy

3. Fingerprints

4. First Interview : Basic question about my wifes family ( What the name of Mother/Father, Sister, Brother, are they married, occupation and what does she do now)

Also returned the original documents

5. Second Interview : Asked about 10 Questions

How did you meet

How many people attended the marriage from bride and grooms side

When Did your husband leave for US

Where did you for your honeymoon ( asked for the photographs )

What did do on your B-Day, anything special ( as the BDAY for my wife and mine, happens to be on the same date Sept 6)

Did your husband visit you after marriage

How did you stay in contact with him ( asked for phone records)

Asked how did you want to collect the visa by courier or at VFS the same day

Got the visa and passport at 5PM from VFS

FYI : First interview was not in English it was in Gujurati and second interview they provided the Translator. Over all they asked a lot of question..

And accoring to VFS on this day there was only approval of visa( which was my wife ) from 30 interviews.. ( Amazing)

Detail interview update, will come once I talked to my wife later this morning.

The POE date is Tue Sept 16 2008 @ LAX

Congrats on approval

Congratulations Chintan :dance:

Do let us know the details.

Best of luck for the life ahead with your lovely wife

Its not yet 11:15 am though its 11:08 am right now in India

i was going to say 10:15 not 11:15. as i was too excited and also wrote this post from my cell phone.

Just got the call, Visa granted @ 11:15am indian local time.

thats it, you are all set to mail the documents

Agent is right if you check the consulate site if does state that in some areas in Gujarat it is impossible to get an PCC, so you are OK and do not worry about. you only need one from passport office.

hope this helps

Hey Chintan,

Good luck for your wife's interview. I live in Surat and my wife got her PCC from the Passport Office and no one has called her to the District office which is in Palsana. What do I do? I talked to my agent and he said that there is no PCC from the local office which is in palsana. He says in Gujarat you are unable to obtain a PCC from Local office. Please help me out. Thank You.

He is right, if you check the consulate site if does state that in some areas in Gujarat it is impossible to get an PCC, so you are OK and do not worry about. you only need one from passport office.

hope this helps