Hindi Interview

[JBean 0]

Can anyone tell me what my fiance needs to do to have his K-1 visa interview conducted in Hindi at the New Delhi Consulate? I have written them twice asking for an answer on this and they have ignored the question. Thanks!

[pushbrk 12,898]

Can anyone tell me what my fiance needs to do to have his K-1 visa interview conducted in Hindi at the New Delhi Consulate? I have written them twice asking for an answer on this and they have ignored the question. Thanks!

I suggest they greet the Consular Officer in English and then say, "I speak a little English but I will understand better if we speak Hindi."

They will be prepared to conduct interviews in the common local languages, get somebody who can or find an interpreter. Be prepared to discuss how the couple communicates. If a common language, no problem. If not, have a truthful plausible answer ready.

[JBean 0]

Can anyone tell me what my fiance needs to do to have his K-1 visa interview conducted in Hindi at the New Delhi Consulate? I have written them twice asking for an answer on this and they have ignored the question. Thanks!

I suggest they greet the Consular Officer in English and then say, "I speak a little English but I will understand better if we speak Hindi."

They will be prepared to conduct interviews in the common local languages, get somebody who can or find an interpreter. Be prepared to discuss how the couple communicates. If a common language, no problem. If not, have a truthful plausible answer ready.

Thanks for the tips. After my third letter the embassy got back to me and told me that they keep Hindi speaking visa officers on hand for applicants who prefer that.

You are probably correct though that it would look good if he at least said a sentence or two in English first...we are both Urdu speakers, so hopefully his weakness in English won't be too much of a problem.

[JBean 0]

In case someone finds this post on a search later I should add one more update. Although there were "Hindi speakers" at the embassy for the interview, the person who interviewed my fiance spoke very poor Hindi and they had a very difficult time communicating with each other, even given that my fiance is a language instructor and well accustomed to the accents and unique mistakes of American language students. I would suggest people interviewing in Delhi hire a translator they trust and do the interview in English. In retrospect, it was foolish of me to trust in the notoriously bad language skills of US government workers...