February & March Visa Interviews (India)

[cjindia 0]

I think their case got sent to Washington for AP, but they have kept her passport (thats good news). Wishing the best for jeta&preeti

oh. Now I know why she is angry. Don't worry Preeti, we are all with you. We all wish that everything works out for you soon.

Its amazing... you figure all the security checks would have been done all the months we are waiting...

[RSA 0]

given the ongoing hot topic someone's K1 visa given 221g and that too for 3 applicants in a row, I think we have ample time to review our documentation against Proof of Relation. The list Cjindia mentioned in the thread is frightening, but I don't think that we should panic. We have seen that whenever an applicant comes up with less documentation the consulate always goes for the kill - asking for plenty of info. So, instead of worrying, let us put here what we have so that if anything is lacking, the seniors or others will come up with the missing things. For those who have already handed over to VFS, you still can get some more which you can submit at the time of interview.

I got ready the following against "Proof of Relation"

1) Emails: one per month for 21 months. Email correspondence with other members of Fiancee's family also enclosed (5 mails)

2) Photos: two with Fiancee, one with their family, one with friends

3) Phone: listed the call details of my calls made to my spouse through my VoIP. This was possible because my spouse's provider gave her a web interface where she usually checks her calls, payments etc. related to that phone number. For 21 months the calls came around 300

4) Travel: my fiancee made one trip to India. Itinerary and all our e-tickets copy. Also I enclosed my itinerary and tickets copy for the trip I am going to undertake to visit my fiancee's parents next week

Important thing here is we aren't officially engaged yet. We planned to do so after we get K1.

Ok peers and seniors, your comments please.

Edited February 16, 2008 by RSA

[DanielParul 50]

I think they will laugh at our phone bills. Daniel and I make about 250 calls to each other in a month (thats our average, no matter how much we keep telling each other to cut down on the calls and the bills)

RSA, include a few more pictures of both of you if you can.. Pictures always tell a story and give you something to talk about at the interview about ur relationship.

I have included about 12 pics in all and have written a bit about each picture at the back (some comments are even funny, coz we were being funny in the pics)

We do not have any pics of the engagement either coz Daniel proposed to me at like 3 in the morning and I said 'Yes' and wore the ring - No proof, except the ring. Don't think that should be a problem though..

Any input guys and gals

Edited February 16, 2008 by DanielParul

[cjindia 0]

I think they will laugh at our phone bills. Daniel and I make about 250 calls to each other in a month (thats our average, no matter how much we keep telling each other to cut down on the calls and the bills)

RSA, include a few more pictures of both of you if you can.. Pictures always tell a story and give you something to talk about at the interview about ur relationship.

I have included about 12 pics in all and have written a bit about each picture at the back (some comments are even funny, coz we were being funny in the pics)

We do not have any pics of the engagement either coz Daniel proposed to me at like 3 in the morning and I said 'Yes' and wore the ring - No proof, except the ring. Don't think that should be a problem though..

Any input guys and gals

We submitted :

100 photos. 20 of them had detailed descriptions. The photos were of me and her(at Delhi, at dinner, at the engagement party, and the rest were with her and my parents, the two of us and friends and family, and at her sisters wedding).

4 trips- all the ticket stubs and passport pages showing stamps

submitted- literally 200 emails..

cards and envelopes- she sent to me for my bday, v-days

photos of gifts I gave her

list of the guests that attended the party

phone bill(16 months worth)

her voting lists, ration card(they asked for this last time they gave her a 221g)

letters of support(my parents, her parents, her uncle, my friends(VP and Directory at a major international bank), and a congressman.)

Letter of intent..

Now my problem is.. if they ask for more evidence..

i dont know what to give them.. we have some more pics..

and I have prepared writeups if they ask why I want to marry her

[RSA 0]

Thanks Parul. I will add some more photos as you suggested.

Wow Cjindia, you got material worth for 2 or 3 K1 applications! !! you already had tons of evidence!

[cjindia 0]

Thanks Parul. I will add some more photos as you suggested.

Wow Cjindia, you got material worth for 2 or 3 K1 applications! !! you already had tons of evidence!

Yes well I had to... I wanted to give as much info as possible. We sent each other alot of ecards. I couldnt print those out, but I printed out the actual email confirms on them.

Delhi can be so weird.. they can approve quick or they can have a bad mood and harass...

[DanielParul 50]

Wow!! cjindia all our proof put together is still no match for yours..

All I can count on is, that I know Daniel and almost everything about him. Anything I might not know, I can make very knowledgeable guesses (99.9% correct too if not 100%) ... Hopefully they can see that when they see the two of us together at the consulate.

Edited February 16, 2008 by DanielParul

[Manish+Manya 0]

This is frightening now.

I dont have that much of documentation. And interview is on the 4th day from now. Am asked by my fiance not to worry anymore but I cant help myself. And after knowing ur preperations am scared now.

- I dont have much of pics. Some 10-12 only.

- Since we exchanged rings in front of my family we do not have any bill accept my engagement ring. Invoice doesnt have my Fiance's name spelled correctly either.

- Boarding passes and tickets were submitted by my fiance along with I-129F. I havnt got copies of them with me.

- I did not have much time in hand to submit my docs at VFS. Hence I paid only the courier fee to retain my interview date.

- Our case falls under IMBRA bcoz we met online. We dont have its payment receipt either.

Tell me, do you guys think I can be in trouble???

[Manish+Manya 0]

I think I should take a break from all the worries. Thats what my Fiance has asked me to do. He thinks our documentation is just fine.

As for personal interview is concerned I can tell about anything and everything about my Fiance, his past, our future, about my to-be family, for hours and hours. For the matter of fact, my fiance feels that I get to know about whats happening in his family much before he gets to know about it.

My fiance wont be able to join me for the interview but I understand his constraints. We will have a long vacation soon after marriage to fill in. As of now we are gleaming with so much love and joy, that am sure cant get unnoticed by the CO either.

And as my fiance said I must take a break for couple of days, I will be back on VJ soon after my interview.

Good luck to all.

Manya

Edited February 16, 2008 by Manish+Manya

[DanielParul 50]

Manya....

You will be just fine sweets!!! and when you get your visa, I will get some confidence too. Then one day the 4 of us will go down to the beach and have a long weekend

Parul

[cjindia 0]

Manya....

You will be just fine sweets!!! and when you get your visa, I will get some confidence too. Then one day the 4 of us will go down to the beach and have a long weekend

Parul

Please keep in mind my fiance and I are overly prepared because we went thru this already. Typically they are very suspicious of Punjab applicants, i guess there was alot of fraud.. that is why we went overboard...

last time, we only submitted about 5-6 photos, 100 emails.. no letters of support, a few passport stamps..we got a 221g, asking for her voting list... and ration cards.. we submitted it.. and then it was too late.. 4 months passed from the USCIS approval and they sent it back.. but now we have 2 months between our interview and the expiration, so hopefully this time we are prepared...

I am confident that you guys will all do fine.. I have the jitters because we got screwed last time.. we were pretty confident.. and then it came crashing down..

Manya.. let my fiance know how things go in ur interview.. i will be on the plane.. BUT GOOD LUCK...

my sweet fiance is working so hard.. and praying alot..

by the way.. i hear that they rarely go thru all the evidence submitted.. they dont have time.. so the interview is the key... dont let them get you nervous..

[RSA 0]

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by the way.. i hear that they rarely go thru all the evidence submitted.. they dont have time.. so the interview is the key... dont let them get you nervous..

I like this sentence That's comforting...

I just checked Chennai list of interviewees for March 08 and found 2 K1 on 6th March. On the whole the number of K1 for that month is 25!

About my interview progress, I collected additional 10photos but none of them have both of us in it at the same time I am yet to fill in my DSs which I will do so today/tomorrow. Plan is to submit all docs on 19th to VFS. Then I would be away to Ludhiana between 22nd-27th to meet my fiancee's parents.

Edited February 17, 2008 by RSA

[jeta&preeti 0]

I think their case got sent to Washington for AP, but they have kept her passport (thats good news). Wishing the best for jeta&preeti

oh. Now I know why she is angry. Don't worry Preeti, we are all with you. We all wish that everything works out for you soon.

thanx:)

at the time of interview they kept my passport but embassy called me agn for fingerprints and returned my passport ......and dint give any 221(g) form....but ya my case is under AP...........

but i m not upset....bcoz before time nothing can happen

hope i will b with my love sooooon

[jeta&preeti 0]

at the time of interview they kept my passport but embassy called me agn for fingerprints and returned my passport ......and dint give any 221(g) form....but ya my case is under AP...........

but i m not upset....bcoz before time nothing can happen

hope i will b with my love sooooon

[DanielParul 50]

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by the way.. i hear that they rarely go thru all the evidence submitted.. they dont have time.. so the interview is the key... dont let them get you nervous..

I like this sentence That's comforting...

I just checked Chennai list of interviewees for March 08 and found 2 K1 on 6th March. On the whole the number of K1 for that month is 25!

About my interview progress, I collected additional 10photos but none of them have both of us in it at the same time I am yet to fill in my DSs which I will do so today/tomorrow. Plan is to submit all docs on 19th to VFS. Then I would be away to Ludhiana between 22nd-27th to meet my fiancee's parents.

Hey cjindia, we understand .. just get the jitters too sometimes.. everything will be fine. Its not very easy to go through this whole process again.

RSA, Don't worry too much about the photos.. I was looking through my ppwk and just thinking hard .. Realised I have a few fedex and dhl receipts of the gifts etc we sent to each other, a couple of mails to friends talking abt my wedding dress, the ring etc - just seems like random stuff. Found a couple of random pics of me in a jacket he got for me, him wearing a watch I sent to him. Even the fact that he has already gotten a 10 yr visa to India stamped on his passport. Come to think of it - isn't all that proof of a relationship too.

Be creative, you'll be surprised at how much random stuff you can find that talks about your relationship

at the time of interview they kept my passport but embassy called me agn for fingerprints and returned my passport ......and dint give any 221(g) form....but ya my case is under AP...........

but i m not upset....bcoz before time nothing can happen

hope i will b with my love sooooon

Preeti, I really admire your positivity. Have faith and everything will be alright. God bless!!