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    CHANGE CR1 TO IR1

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    I HAVE AN INTERVIEW FOR CR1 VISA IN JUNE 4 AND I WANT TO ASK IF I CAN CHANFGE CR1 TO IR 1 CUZ IN THAT DAY IT WILL BE MORE THAN TWO YEARS OF MARIAGE

    THANK U IN ADVANCE FOR HELPING

    They will now but just in case you can remind them. If you will get the CR1 visa in the passport it will be changed to the point of entry in USA if you let the officer now about that. So do not worry, because you will get the IR1 for shore :thumbs:

    May 2011 Interviews

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    Congrats on the recent approvals!!!

    I did not post for a long time now because i was in India with my wife for her interview and now my wife is with me in US :star:. Finally we are done with this crazy process :bonk: thanks to TSC blackhole :bonk: . Apart from TSC blackhole our visajourney was very smooth.

    Updates from the Medical till POE.

    1) Medical at MaxMed Center: May 3rd 9AM. It was very smooth experience. Everything was done in order and very professionally and it only took about 2 hours for all the checkups and immunization and x-rays. We collected the reports on May 11th.

    2) VFS visit to pay the courier fee: On May 4th we went to VFS office to pay the courier fees and confirmed with them that the visa (if granted) can be picked up from them the day after the interview.

    3) Interview at Delhi embassy: We prepared about 10 pounds of paperwork in one briefcase type paper organizer including lods of stuff. We reached there at 7:00 AM for 7:45 AM interview. Around 7:30 they started taking people with 7:45 and 8:00 slots in. I was allowed into the interview area with my wife because i had a US passport. We got a number and then we waited for our number to be displayed on the screen. At first window they took the fingerprints. We waited for some time before we were called again at a different window and at this time they collected the medical report and checked all the paperwork. All of our paperwork was in order and my wife did not have any problem there (A lot of people had to fill some missing stuff and take new photographs at that stage). Finally after some more time our number displayed on screen for one last time and it was for the actual interview. My wife was very nervous and told me not to come to the interview window with her (i also think it should be avoided because then the CO may start interviewing the petitioner as well or petitioner may start answering on behalf of beneficiary which would raise some suspicion). However, she was asked about me and she said that he is here with me but I was not called to the window. She was asked some routine questions like: how did you meet, what does your husband do, where does he work and what do you do etc. Nothing tricky. She did not even have to pull out a single piece of paper from the big pile she was carrying (not even the 2010 tax transcript). At last, my wife heard the words she wanted to hear "you are approved and you should get you visa in two week with your passport". She came to me and told me the happy news (I actually heard it from CO's mouth but i pretended to not know). We asked at the embassy we we can pickup the visa next day from VFS but they said that next day pick up is not available for immigration visa. But we confirmed with VFS earlier and we knew that we can pick it up next day. We were both very happy and left the embassy around 10 AM.

    4)VFS office visit to pick up the visa: May 18th: I called VFS at 2:30 PM to see if they have received my wife's passport + Visa packet. They said not yet but they would inform us as soon as they do. After about 15 min. we got a SMS that passport + visa packet is ready to be picked up so we went to VFS around 4 and she had to wait for almost 45 min. to pick up her passport + Visa packet.

    5)POE (JFK on May 31): Again very smooth process, i asked the guy responsible for sending people to the immigration counters about which like should we go as i am citizen and she is here for the first time. He told us to go to visitors line. We has to wait for about 15 min. in line and then we were called at the counter. The officer was very nice and commented that your wife has been in India for long now. of which i replied "yaaap ever since she is born" :rofl::bonk: then he clarified that i meant to say "your wife has been in India for long after the marriage". I said yes i told him about the TSC blackhole thing. Then he opened the brown envelope and went through all the document (it had everything we submitted till date) and commented on our wedding pictures and said it looks like a very colorful wedding, a lot of people must have attended it to which i replied yes. He asked me about where i live and about the work and finally asked if my wife could speak English to which i replied that she can but it will take some time to pick the accent. So basically he didn't even ask my wife anything directly. he then just stamp her passport and wrote down the A number and made comment that this A number is so nice there is no way you can forget this. Then he told us to go to area 4 for the green card fingerprinting which only took about 5 min and we were out at the baggage area and i told my wife that now you are officially in US :star:. The only bad part on that day happened when we could not find one of my wife's luggage (someone prob. took it accidentally as we saw couple of similar looking unclaimed luggage). we filed a claim and walked out of the airport. Our luggage has been located and will arrive on Monday.

    So that's about it and we are very happy to be together after all this mess and we are also happy that she at least made it before our anniversary. She is adjusting well here and liking it. Now we are just waiting for her green card and SS number to come :dance:

    :thumbs:

    May 2011 Interviews

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted · Edited by Never_lose_hope

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    California to Texas & Texas to California - Part 2

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Thank for the prompt reply. Yes, I was one of the 36,000.

    My wife's file has been completed at NVC and interview has been scheduled on 06/28/2011 at Bombay office. My wife's file was completed on 04/07/2011 but the interview date is after more than two months.

    Does anyone know how to expedite at the local consulate?

    Thanks,

    We have contacted our embassy and explained them about our situation, the mess from TSC and NVC and the fact that we will like to celebrate my birthday together. We asked them if is possible to reschedule our interview date and they told us the possible dates and we picked one :) You should try the same. Best of luck. :thumbs:

    May 2011 Interviews

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    I called the NVC today and my case is complete but the Embassy is already booked for May interviews.

    I really need the appointment to be in the first or second week of June.

    Has anyone ever had any succes in requesting a certain interview date?

    any comments?

    We have asked to have the date changed and we did it. I do not now how it is in your case(Embassy) but we have contacted by email the Bucharest Embassy after the NVC give us the date and asked them to have earlier interview. You should try. Good luck. :thumbs:

    May 2011 Interviews

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

    Posted

    Yay, grats! So happy you were able to re-schedule! kicking.gif

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    ezzeswife (Tunisia - July 15)

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    minted7 (Canada - April 29)

    sarah et luc (France - July 28)

    Saylin (Canada - August 21)

    tena13 (Jamaica - March 18)

    Womblina1 (United Kingdom - September 3)

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    aviatorbill (Indonesia - July 26)

    chrswbwn (Canada - September 23)*

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    skynaut (Lithuania - July 30)

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    DanTes (Philipines - July 12)

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    Disha (India - August 24)

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    babaa (India - August 2)

    Foreverandever (Pakistan - July 16)

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    Thank you Saylin. :) We are almost there with our loved ones. :dance: :dance:

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