Passport not available for interview

[indianheart 2]

I need an answer urgently to this question. My husbands interview is Dec. 10th and he started getting his PCC's as soon as we were informed of the intervew date but the passport office is not done yet with that PCC. I am afraid to reschedule and have a new date over a month away (we havent seen each other for over a year and this is the second interview ..."reaffirmed petition"). Would the consulate allow him to go to the interview showing a copy of his passport and another form of picture ID and submit the PCC and passport to VFS after receiving it (that will be next week when he gets it)?

I hope some one has information on this or I will have to reschedule the interview in the next 12+ hours.

Thanks

[jessarien 0]

hi,

your husband must be having a receipt which he must have got it while submiting the application.Whant he can do is go to the enuiry window and show him the photocopy of the receipt and then he would be told to meet the concerned person. where he can tell the person sitting that the interview date is on 10th. when i went ti enqire about my pcc ..i saw a lady who had the medical the same day and she was given the certificate and the pasport on the spot.i am sure he would get it. i got it from chandigarh passport office.my pcc was delayed coz i had not written the name of the country that i want pcc for, and that was just lying there.

i hope this would be helpful.

[indianheart 2]

hi,

your husband must be having a receipt which he must have got it while submiting the application.Whant he can do is go to the enuiry window and show him the photocopy of the receipt and then he would be told to meet the concerned person. where he can tell the person sitting that the interview date is on 10th. when i went ti enqire about my pcc ..i saw a lady who had the medical the same day and she was given the certificate and the pasport on the spot.i am sure he would get it. i got it from chandigarh passport office.my pcc was delayed coz i had not written the name of the country that i want pcc for, and that was just lying there.

i hope this would be helpful.

He showed his interview letter and the receipt. He was told that if they were not done with the varification and if he took his passport for the interview it would take another month to do the PCC all over again. Caught between a rock and a hard place. I need to know if the consulate will allow him to interview with only a copy of his passport and distric PCC since the passport office PCC is pending and they are holding his passport, (this practice is ridiculous to me, I have had FBI clearance and state police clearance and all they needed was fingerprints...why hold the passport????)

[Twisted K 2]

they would allow him to interview. any information that is required (in your case the pcc) they will issue a 221g. unfortunately, until they get the information, they will not issue the visa. but on the bright side, if they need nothing else afterwards, then he will get his visa.

[indianheart 2]

I am sorry to doubt your information but my husband has to travel some distance for this and we want to be sure. Do you know of some one who has entered the consulate with only a copy of their passport to attend interview?

[Twisted K 2]

no but my now husband has been to the interview and we did not have the required documents, and he was issued the 221g asking for additional information. good luck to you

[indianheart 2]

no but my now husband has been to the interview and we did not have the required documents, and he was issued the 221g asking for additional information. good luck to you

Thank you for your responses

Here is another question for any one out there. My husband had his passport renewed and was given back the old passport, he said it is an "offense" to show the old one but I am wondering if they would allow him into the consulate with that one and a copy of the new, but of course I dont want his to get into trouble showing the old one. Under these circumstances would there be any legal trouble from Indian government or US by showing old passport to get entry?

[indianheart 2]

The consulate will not allow the interview with out current passport (I just talked with them) and the lab will not do the medical with out the passport, SOOOOO we have to reschedule. I was told 6-8 weeks (Happy Holiday??? )

[Twisted K 2]

i thought you were referring to the passport police clearance certificate. not the actual passport. yes, they need an actual passport to put the visa in. sorry that you will have to wait. another beneficiary is having to get a new passport as well. said you can get one in a week. unfortunately that is not enough time to have it before the 10th.

[Jack_Sparrow 0]

I need an answer urgently to this question. My husbands interview is Dec. 10th and he started getting his PCC's as soon as we were informed of the intervew date but the passport office is not done yet with that PCC. I am afraid to reschedule and have a new date over a month away (we havent seen each other for over a year and this is the second interview ..."reaffirmed petition"). Would the consulate allow him to go to the interview showing a copy of his passport and another form of picture ID and submit the PCC and passport to VFS after receiving it (that will be next week when he gets it)?

I hope some one has information on this or I will have to reschedule the interview in the next 12+ hours.

Thanks

A friend of mine had lost his passport a few days before his interview. He called the embassy and explained the situation. He was advised that he can still interview , and was told to bring a copy of his passport. On the interview day the security people told him they would not let him in without a passport , to which he told them firmly that he had already spoken to someone at the embassy and had been told that it was ok. They let him in.

At the interview the officer just laughed and said "perfect timing" to loose the passport. Everything went well and he was given a letter saying that he shud submit the passport as and when he gets it. He got a duplicate passport after about a months time, submitted it and got his visa.

From my experience, people at the embassy are pretty flexible and will not always follow the rule book to the T. This isn`t like dealing with an Indian govt office. So be relaxed and take it easy. Do call the Consulate and explain your situation. Take a copy of the reciept(if you got one from Passport office) which would show that they have yr passport.

[Jack_Sparrow 0]

The consulate will not allow the interview with out current passport (I just talked with them) and the lab will not do the medical with out the passport, SOOOOO we have to reschedule. I was told 6-8 weeks (Happy Holiday??? )

Hi I just read yr recent post. Call them again to be sure cause I know for sure that one of my friends had his interview without his passport , I had gone with him for the interview . Try and get beyond the operator and ask to speak to his or her supervisor. Or Have yr sponsor call the embassy and tell them that he is a US citizen ( usually gets a better response ) maybe he would get in touch with someone who has a better answer.

[indianheart 2]

The consulate will not allow the interview with out current passport (I just talked with them) and the lab will not do the medical with out the passport, SOOOOO we have to reschedule. I was told 6-8 weeks (Happy Holiday??? )

fast reply from consulate...new date DEC. 23RD 8AM