April Interview Support Group (India)

[CarolynRitesh 0]

Hi Everyone,

I really liked the Feb/March thread that was already started, and thought it might be nice to have one for the April interviewees too. (I have a feeling a lot of those couples will not be on-line as much as they move to the US and start settling into a new life!)

Anyway, we are still waiting on Ritesh's interview date, but were told that we could email Chennai Wednesday to get the April date...

Anyone else?

[cjindia 0]

Hi Everyone,

I really liked the Feb/March thread that was already started, and thought it might be nice to have one for the April interviewees too. (I have a feeling a lot of those couples will not be on-line as much as they move to the US and start settling into a new life!)

Anyway, we are still waiting on Ritesh's interview date, but were told that we could email Chennai Wednesday to get the April date...

Anyone else?

Dont worry, we will be online, alot more steps over the next few years!!!

[bengalilover 0]

Thanks CarolynRitesh for doing this. My fiancee has sent packet-3 to Mumbai consulate. We are waiting for packet-4. I am eagerly hoping for an april interview. I have e-mailed consulate and waiting to hear from consulate.

[CarolynRitesh 0]

Thanks CarolynRitesh for doing this. My fiancee has sent packet-3 to Mumbai consulate. We are waiting for packet-4. I am eagerly hoping for an april interview. I have e-mailed consulate and waiting to hear from consulate.

Hi Bengalilover!

I am not sure if this works with the Mumbai consulate, but Chennai responds pretty well to emails, and they just responded to mine today - our interview is April 3rd - WOOOO HOOOO!!! They also sent out the official packet 4 today - but by the time it arrives at our house, it will be almost the deadline to submit things to VFS, so we need to pull the Packet 4 docs from their web-site.

When did your fiance send packet 3? Ours arrived in Chennai on the 25th of Feb. If only all these consulates worked in the same way, it would be easier to give each other answers!

[Jigi 0]

hi,

Just will say one thing.. God Bless You

Jigi

[PGM 0]

HI Bengalilover,

When did ur fiancee send in the PKT 3 to Mumbai?

We should keep each other posted......My husband submitted our PKT 3 @ counter (Mumbai) & are now waiting for PKT 4 as well. We are hoping for an April Interview as well!!!

---THANX Carolynritesh for starting the topic.....!!

[kshatriya 0]

Guys! I got email response wthis morning about my fiance interview date on April 4 at Chennai US Consulate.

Just waiting for the yellow slip from Chennai Consulate to get medical done, got all the paper work done already.

Edited March 10, 2008 by kshatriya

[CarolynRitesh 0]

Guys! I got email response wthis morning about my fiance interview date on April 4 at Chennai US Consulate.

Just waiting for the yellow slip from Chennai Consulate to get medical done, got all the paper work done already.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

She will be there the day after my husband! They said they sent the letter last Wednesday, but it seems to take about 10 days to get to our house in Bangalore. Is she in Chennai?

[kshatriya 0]

thanks!!!!!!

She is in Banglore.

10 days seems right, cause that what it took my parents to get their Packet 4.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

She will be there the day after my husband! They said they sent the letter last Wednesday, but it seems to take about 10 days to get to our house in Bangalore. Is she in Chennai?

[CarolynRitesh 0]

thanks!!!!!!

She is in Banglore.

10 days seems right, cause that what it took my parents to get their Packet 4.

CONGRATULATIONS!!

She will be there the day after my husband! They said they sent the letter last Wednesday, but it seems to take about 10 days to get to our house in Bangalore. Is she in Chennai?

Has she already gotten her PCC? My husband applied for his on Feb 15th and we are still waiting! It is driving us crazy as we are worried we won't have it in time to submit to VFS. The police rep. came to our home on the 20th of Feb., but since Ritesh lived in a different neighborhood in B-lore before we were married, we are worried it is hung up there now, so he is checking on that tomorrow morning. Not to mention, but he is from Delhi originally, and that is where his passport was issued. How long did your fiancee's PCC take to get?

[kshatriya 0]

She got her Passport and Local PCC way back in Jan. All she have left is Medical Exam.

I learned my lesson from my experience with my parents visa, when their Interview was scheduled by Chennai consulate. We had 3 weeks to get thing done and had to reschedule the interview, thats why I made my fiance get all paper work done in Jan.

Are you talking about Passport or Local PCC, cause Passport will take about 2 days but Local takes about 2-3 weeks on an average, if you know/bribe people in Police Dept, can get it done soon.

You can always submit whatever you have to VFS, pay the fee (to not loose the interview date) and take the rest with you to the interview.

Good Luck with you PCC

Has she already gotten her PCC? My husband applied for his on Feb 15th and we are still waiting! It is driving us crazy as we are worried we won't have it in time to submit to VFS. The police rep. came to our home on the 20th of Feb., but since Ritesh lived in a different neighborhood in B-lore before we were married, we are worried it is hung up there now, so he is checking on that tomorrow morning. Not to mention, but he is from Delhi originally, and that is where his passport was issued. How long did your fiancee's PCC take to get?

[kshatriya 0]

Carolyn, just a thought, since Ritesh grewup/lived in Delhi. he might have to get a Local PCC from Delhi too.

you might wanna findout with Chennai Consulate

[CarolynRitesh 0]

Carolyn, just a thought, since Ritesh grewup/lived in Delhi. he might have to get a Local PCC from Delhi too.

you might wanna findout with Chennai Consulate

Thanks kshatriya, we checked on that one a few weeks ago, and they said only the Local PCC and the Bangalore Commissioner's Office for the police stuff. Thank God!

We discovered what was keeping us from our PCC here in Bangalore this morning. Ritesh checked with the 'local local' police near his old apartment, who at first said they had not received it, but after doing some digging, it magically appeared! (Not sure if this was before or after the exchange of money...) It had been sitting in their office since Feb. 21st, and would NOT have been touched if he had not gone over in person to check on things. Aaah, India! (At least here there are actually ways to get things moving!!)

They promised to get it to the PCC office in Koramangala tomorrow morning, so hopefully we will have it in time to send in our VFS packet next week!

Remember, with Easter being next week, there will probably be some Embassy holiday days to account for in the 15-10 'prior to interview' dates for VFS.

Oh yeah, we got the yellow interview letter today!

[CarolynRitesh 0]

"Are you talking about Passport or Local PCC, cause Passport will take about 2 days but Local takes about 2-3 weeks on an average, if you know/bribe people in Police Dept, can get it done soon."

He applied for the local police cert. (on Infantry Road) on Feb. 14th, and the PCC on Feb. 15th. They told him to pick up the local police cert. on Feb. 28th, the PCC office would not give any date.

The same man came to our house two days in a row - Feb. 19th for local, Feb. 20th for PCC to verify address, take signatures, etc. He told us that the PCC would be out to us in 15-20 days, so we didn't worry about it too much, still plenty of time to get everything we needed. It was when we started checking the PCC Website, and it always said: "Waiting for Police Verification" that worried us, since we knew we had it for our current residence...

Funny, every city in India is different with these certs, many say that the PCC is the fastest and easiest to get, not true for us! Maybe if Ritesh and I had been living together for the last year, it would have been a piece of cake, but since we waited until after marriage to do that, it slowed the PCC process down tremendously!

Once we actually get the PCC in our hands, I may just write a post about getting police certs in Bangalore when your Passport is from Delhi and you have lived in more than one location within the city!

[kshatriya 0]

My Fiance dropped all the Documents (except Medical Exam) at VFS and paid Courier Fee Rs. 365/- on 03/16 IST.

Had to show the April Interview Schedule pdf from chennai consulate website, for the drop-off at VFS Bangalore.

Still no sign of Packet-4 from Chennai Consulate.