Bobby K1> New Delhi Embassy - Interview Visit by Petitioner

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

In Bobby's post it was asked about how the consulate would know if the petitioner was there for the interview. I already know that without a doubt I can't go to the interview. I don't have the time off of work and I can't leave my kids behind or afford to take them. Not that Delhi is a good place for them or should they be dragged to the interview with me (and of course there is no way I would leave them in the motel....not even close to being an option). In the letters I am writing to go to the interview (my how we met letter, explanation of taxes, etc.) I have included a statement about why I am unable to be at the interview (due to family obligations as I stated it). Is that a good idea? Is there a good way to word that explanation? How could I help him from here when he is there alone?

I don't think we will have any problem proving a bona fide relationship. We both send each other gifts like crazy and I have photo evidence and call logs (70+ pages) and emails, etc. Do any of you who have been through your interview where the petitioner wasn't there have any insight or recommendations for things that might help boost the evidence at the interview?

I've been researching the site and both of us have been preparing for the interview. Not rehearsing because for goodness sakes that would be a red flag but basically just continuing to talk to each other about everything they could be asking about such as my family and his family and life and circumstances. I just want to make sure we don't wind up on AP or getting denied for some little thing. I don't set out to fail and maybe I plan and prepare a little too much but this is the most important thing in my life, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't give it 10,000%!

Thanks in advance!

[k.loveh 0]

In Bobby's post it was asked about how the consulate would know if the petitioner was there for the interview. I already know that without a doubt I can't go to the interview. I don't have the time off of work and I can't leave my kids behind or afford to take them. Not that Delhi is a good place for them or should they be dragged to the interview with me (and of course there is no way I would leave them in the motel....not even close to being an option). In the letters I am writing to go to the interview (my how we met letter, explanation of taxes, etc.) I have included a statement about why I am unable to be at the interview (due to family obligations as I stated it). Is that a good idea? Is there a good way to word that explanation? How could I help him from here when he is there alone?

I don't think we will have any problem proving a bona fide relationship. We both send each other gifts like crazy and I have photo evidence and call logs (70+ pages) and emails, etc. Do any of you who have been through your interview where the petitioner wasn't there have any insight or recommendations for things that might help boost the evidence at the interview?

I've been researching the site and both of us have been preparing for the interview. Not rehearsing because for goodness sakes that would be a red flag but basically just continuing to talk to each other about everything they could be asking about such as my family and his family and life and circumstances. I just want to make sure we don't wind up on AP or getting denied for some little thing. I don't set out to fail and maybe I plan and prepare a little too much but this is the most important thing in my life, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't give it 10,000%!

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

I just wrote the embassy an email before the interview. Here's what it said:

Since I'm unable to be there for my fiance's interview and the embassy doesn't allow interested parties to attend the interview due to security reason's, as it says on their website, I would request if possible, for the embassy to contact me by phone if they have any questions at anytime, day or night, no matter what time it is here in the states. Or if it is more convenient and the Embassy would rather that I call them at time of interview, I will be happy to do so. They only need to give me the exact time and number to call.

I know that even though it really does state the above in the Embassy's website, I 'could' have went with him if I were financially able to go, but wanted to use their own written rule to my advantage by having them believe that this was one of the primary reasons I wouldn't be there, yet still giving them the option of contacting me if they chose to do so.

Edited October 31, 2009 by k.loveh

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

Thanks k.loveh! Did the embassy actually call you or respond in any way? I would want to know because I would take the day off work and glue myself to the phone for that!

[k.loveh 0]

Thanks k.loveh! Did the embassy actually call you or respond in any way? I would want to know because I would take the day off work and glue myself to the phone for that!

Sorry it took so long to get back...I always lose track of the threads I've posted in, plus they get lost to me due to the newer posts, so I don't see them unless I go through them one by one

No, They did not contact me. I really didn't think they would either, just wanted to make sure they knew it was an option and that I was willing.

[bobby_kvisa 7]

Thanks k.loveh! Did the embassy actually call you or respond in any way? I would want to know because I would take the day off work and glue myself to the phone for that!

Sorry it took so long to get back...I always lose track of the threads I've posted in, plus they get lost to me due to the newer posts, so I don't see them unless I go through them one by one

No, They did not contact me. I really didn't think they would either, just wanted to make sure they knew it was an option and that I was willing.

If you read that post I created (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=224976) it appears that more than one member of this forum was able to attend the interview. It appears both posters were tied to the New Delhi consulate - so it appears that you are indeed able to enter the embassy with your fiance and even attend the interview (at the discretion of the CO).

[Twisted K 2]

In Bobby's post it was asked about how the consulate would know if the petitioner was there for the interview. I already know that without a doubt I can't go to the interview. I don't have the time off of work and I can't leave my kids behind or afford to take them. Not that Delhi is a good place for them or should they be dragged to the interview with me (and of course there is no way I would leave them in the motel....not even close to being an option). In the letters I am writing to go to the interview (my how we met letter, explanation of taxes, etc.) I have included a statement about why I am unable to be at the interview (due to family obligations as I stated it). Is that a good idea? Is there a good way to word that explanation? How could I help him from here when he is there alone?

I don't think we will have any problem proving a bona fide relationship. We both send each other gifts like crazy and I have photo evidence and call logs (70+ pages) and emails, etc. Do any of you who have been through your interview where the petitioner wasn't there have any insight or recommendations for things that might help boost the evidence at the interview?

I've been researching the site and both of us have been preparing for the interview. Not rehearsing because for goodness sakes that would be a red flag but basically just continuing to talk to each other about everything they could be asking about such as my family and his family and life and circumstances. I just want to make sure we don't wind up on AP or getting denied for some little thing. I don't set out to fail and maybe I plan and prepare a little too much but this is the most important thing in my life, I couldn't live with myself if I didn't give it 10,000%!

Thanks in advance!

that is a very good idea. i think i will do something like that too whenever the time does come again.

Hi,

I just wrote the embassy an email before the interview. Here's what it said:

Since I'm unable to be there for my fiance's interview and the embassy doesn't allow interested parties to attend the interview due to security reason's, as it says on their website, I would request if possible, for the embassy to contact me by phone if they have any questions at anytime, day or night, no matter what time it is here in the states. Or if it is more convenient and the Embassy would rather that I call them at time of interview, I will be happy to do so. They only need to give me the exact time and number to call.

I know that even though it really does state the above in the Embassy's website, I 'could' have went with him if I were financially able to go, but wanted to use their own written rule to my advantage by having them believe that this was one of the primary reasons I wouldn't be there, yet still giving them the option of contacting me if they chose to do so.

[ms_jinga_lala 0]

If you read that post I created (http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=224976) it appears that more than one member of this forum was able to attend the interview. It appears both posters were tied to the New Delhi consulate - so it appears that you are indeed able to enter the embassy with your fiance and even attend the interview (at the discretion of the CO).

Thanks Bobby, I did read your post. What I meant in mine is I know I can't be there because of family obligations. I can't get the time off of work or the time away from my kids in the middle of the school year to go. I would be at that Embassy in a heartbeat if I were single and had vacation time. I don't, I spent all my vacation time being sick and packing and such. Things that were all unavoidable. I am not being prevented from going to the interview, I just am not able to go. I'm just trying to do everything possible to let the embassy know this relationship is bona fide.