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| Chennai, India |  Review #5257 on November 18, 2009: |
Benny Jayex P
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Very Good Interview
| | | New Delhi, India | Review #5248 on November 17, 2009: |
Third
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We got approved yesterday and it was a very smooth ride. Thanks to "god" and to my vj family for keeping us in their prayer. I was afraid my fiance will give incorrect answer because he was too confident. I was very nervous about this whole interview thing. I want to share my fiance's experience with you all and hope this will help ease your anxiety a bit.
These are the questions that were asked to my fiance.
How did you meet?
When did you meet?
Who was at the engagement ceremony?
Why were your fiancee's parents not in the engagement ceremony?
Looking at our trips picture, CO asked if this was me.
Where did you fiancee go to school?
Where did she go to college?
How much is your fiancee's annual income?
How much time did you spend together?
Where did you go for trips?
What do your fiancee do for living?
How many times did you and your fiancee meet?
Tips: Don't worry IF CO asks you some question, starts to jot them down and goes away for few minutes. When they go away prolly they are checking out if you are giving the correct answer. Good luck to everyone and hope you have a smooth ride through out this process. If you have more question i am just a pm away  
| | | Chennai, India | Review #5242 on November 16, 2009: |
solarenergy2000
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First the submitted documents were verified by an Indian Male official at the consulate. The questions asked to my fiancee by him are :
Do you have any children?
Do your fiance have children?
What is her age?
Have you traveled out of India any time ?
Asked some additional photos on engagement
Then an American consular officer interviewed her. Her questions are:
Tell some thing about him
What is the reason for your divorce ?
What type of function is this( looking at the engagement photos)
What is he doing in America?
In which part he lives?
Why you get married in America?
When and what type of marriage you are going to have at America?
Dose your fiance visit his daughter often?
| | | Mumbai, India | Review #5217 on November 10, 2009: |
DND2009
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See Packet 3 experience: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=222888
After getting the interview letter and Packet 4 information from the Mumbai Consulate without any problems for our K-1 visa, the journey to completing PCC was a little bit harder.
We did not use an agent because many were on holiday and told us they didn't go to the Passport offices to do much work during Diwali time (which is when we were in the process of the PCC). This caused many, many, many trips for my fiancee to the Commissioners and Passport offices in Surat, but in the end all her hard work paid off and she got it completed in 3 weeks. From what I have read and messaged others about, you can use your NOA2 letter to get the PCC process started if you use an agent, so that is another option if you don't want to wait for the interview date letter and do a lot of the running around yourself. If we had known that, we could have began the PCC process nearly one month earlier and done less trips ourselves. Note, that the type of police certificate required, various per person - this site has more info on that http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/ivpolicecertificates.html).
We were fortunate that the Medical Exams were done in Surat so my fiancee didn't have to travel for that. (Medical Exam locations: http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/media/pdf-visas/panel_phy_mumbai_09.pdf). They required her to bring a copy of the interview date letter, the actual passport, two passport pictures, and fees totaling about Rs 6000 with the vaccinations charges payable in cash. At the hospital there were many others getting the immigration exam so the staff were familiar with what needed to be done. After the exam, she was told it would be ready later that day. She received a sealed envelope later that evening to take to the VFS.
Then as required in India she went 8 days (should go 7-10 days) before the interview to the VFS in Mumbai (Other VFS locations: http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/uploads/x6/Pf/x6Pf6FOVO4Oo-gX_BNnyLw/VFS_Office_Add.pdf). Here is the official VFS website with information on the process for P4: https://www.vfs-usa.co.in/ApplnForms/ImmVisasWestEast.aspx. However, this page is a little confusing because on their list they don't clarify what is need for the type of visa you are applying i.e. K1, K3, etc ) and so say they require I-864 (which is not needed for K-1).
She took the following documents to VFS (I came up with this list based on Mumbai Consulate website - http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/ivforms.html and K-1 P4 instructions - http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/media/pdf-visas/info_k1_packet4.pdf)
1. Original passport and complete copy of each page
2. Two passport size photos (http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/media/pdf-visas/photo_inst_packet4_k1.pdf)
3. Application forms (DS-156 - signed and DS-156K - unsigned, DS230 Part II - unsigned,)
4. Birth Certificate (original and photocopy)
5. Proof of Relationship (Same as what we submitted in I-129F and then adding recent emails, pictures, etc since I-129F submission)
6. Police Report
7. Affidavit of Support (I-134 completed and signed by Petitioner, Petitioner's US Passport copy, Petitioner's personal 2008 US Tax Returns, recently dated intent to marry letter by Petitioner)
8. Medical Report
9. Courier fees Rs 387 (Payable in cash)
10. NOA2 letter
11. Interview date letter
AT Mumbai VFS she arrived at 10:30 in the morning and was given a number and sat in the waiting area until her number was called. She went up to the window and gave all the documents to the representative. They took the following documents: copy of passport, two passport photos, DS-230, DS-156, DS-156K, Birth Cert., Proof of Relationship, Police Report, Affidavit of Support, Medical Report. And they gave her a receipt for the documents that they took and courier fees being paid. My fiancée asked about the K-1 Visa fees, and they said to go to Medical office the night before the interview to find out the exchange rate and created a bank draft payable to 'American Consulate General, Mumbai' to the interview.
She plans to take with her to the interview a complete copy set of I-129F application that I sent here in the US, Packet 3 documents she submitted, and a complete copy of Packet 4 documents. I'll post again on our interview experience...
| | | Mumbai, India | Review #5192 on November 5, 2009: |
gundas
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630 arrived at consulate
700 let her inside
715 fingerprints, took interview letter window 3
Told her to go and sit down
730 called her again and returned originals, asked following questions: (Indian women officer)
- Have you been to America?
- Where does husband live
- What happened in first marriage?
- Where does his ex wife live?
- Reason for divorce
- Does he still have contact with ex wife?
- Does she live in same area
- Questions regarding her previous marriage:
- Reason for divorce
Go and sit
1115 window 16 American interviewer
Following questions were in English and Gujarati (the ones she didn't understand the interpreter helped out)
What did you study?
What do you do now?
Why don't you work?
What does husband do?
Where does he work?
How long has he worked there?
What did he study?
Why did he divorce?
Why did you divorce?
Have you been to America?
How many relatives in America?
How many people attended marriage?
Arrange or love marriage?
Who did the marriage?
Showed wedding pictures?
Who came from outside of India to attend wedding from her side?
Husband side who attended wedding?
Why did he divorce? - asked question again
Who lives in America on your side?
How many other petitions do you have open
- Her sister and mother both filed for her as well (3-4 years ago)
Checked computer - Called over manager type person and he asked my wife about other open petitions and explained it to the American officer
Does your Husband send you letters/greeting cards? NOT EMAILS, actual snail mail letters and cards. They just checked envelope but didn't read letters. I had sent her 8 cards after I found out about a similar case to ours and she got denied because her husband hadn't sent her snail mail letters. (She had emails but they didn't want that and told her to come back after 2 months)
Officer said Good luck
Wife asked when she can get passport back and what to do with x-ray
Passport will be mailed and sent to you in 3 days
X-ray take to US with you
1125 exited embassy
She went to VFS office at 445pm and picked up passport and brown envelope with visa expiring May 2010
Mumbai VFS only lets you pick up passport from 430pm to 500pm.
Overall a very good experience and they were very nice.
The asked her about my divorce 3 times and all three times in different ways to make sure answers were consistent.
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