NVC FILERS - FOR October - 2010

[TtownDude 1]

Will do Debby, will do it later tonight as am doing a bit of running around today Thanks for your wishes and hope to continue to talk to you guys once am there

Svenkat,

Can you please take a moment to complete your VJ Timeline? As you know, VJ takes info from the timelines (not the timelines in signatures) to generate statistics....thanks!

I also want to wish you a speedy and safe journey to other side of the world!

[TtownDude 1]

Thank you very much, Tabitha !

I am glad that am escaping New York's sometimes cruel winter and will be back almost end of winter

We will chat on the interview preparations once I reach India

Have a safe flight Svenkat and looking forward to hearing from you from India

I know you will have a great time

Edited December 2, 2010 by svenkat

[LotofPatience 65]

Thanks to you guys - svenkat, Tabitha, JonandSol, li-lu84, Miami_Boy, HoustonApollo, Bob g, visagrant, Love is patient, Ladydare, FatimaEl, tany1157, Debby, Indigo, 786india, Teya, malvika, Markieboy, Aidenaileen, koaxaca1 (F)

As I said, you were the true inspiration and I enjoyed it really being with them.

I wish you all good sucess in the immigration sailing :thumbs:

Your time like this is not too far, it will happen soon

Loto

Have a safe and enjoyable trip, svenkat :thumbs:

Loto

[TtownDude 1]

Thanks IS

Am not a big fan of street food. When you can have good home cooked food, why go for the street stuff ?

Here's my advice. Run down to the pharmacy ASAP. Buy yourself some Pepto-Bismol and other stomach-ache medicine. Then when you're in India, enjoy the street food as much as you can. Stay away from pani puris, though. But eat everything else. You won't find such good and tasty street food anywhere else. The best thing about going to over-crowded Asian countries is the street food. Hands down; Bottoms up. So enjoy it. I'm gonna be doing the same in couple of months.

Safe trip.

[TtownDude 1]

...that is a lot of grilling from the Indian CO ("show off" )

A part of the grilling could also be attributed to the fact that you were married before and she surrendered here GC once.

But at the end of the day, who cares what they ask she is done with this process for good and she can now start her studies and focus on the stuff that really matters

First of all SORRY to all you guys!!!

I slept morning around 3:00AM and woke up really late around 9:30AM today. Also tied up at office in the morning. I have prepared the entire review of the interview steps for you, after talking to my wife over an hour or more. I hope this will be helpful to you guys.

Let me THANK YOU first to all you lovely VJ mates here and it was achieved by your constant support and wishes. We are personally thankful to all of you!

Loto

Interview Process

My wife reached the consulate at 7:30AM though her interview was at 9:00AM.

The security screening process started at 8:15AM and she was able to enter the Consulate at 8:30AM. After showing her appointment letter, the token was handed over and asked her to watch the screen for her turn.

First Interview (8:45AM to 9:20AM)

She was called at Counter# 18 at 8:45AM by an Indian Consulate Officer (ICO). ICO had entire file in front of him forwarded by NVC. He asked her if she needs a language translator. She said "No Sir, I am comfortable with the interview in English".

He took the below from her:

* Passport

* Medical report

* Phone logs

* Chat/Email logs

* Religious Marriage Certificate

* All the pictures including wedding album and honeymoon pictures

* Previous tax documents including my W-2 (She said it is with my husband and I don't have it!)

He didn't bother to ask any of the other evidences like child's documents, joint property documents, affidavits from third parties etc. though we had all of them.

After the review of all those docs, he started questioning her.

Literally, she was grilled with almost all the questions in the forms DS-230, I-864, I-130 and G-325A. Luckily, she had prepared well for all those questions and answers.

In addition, the below questions were also asked by ICO.

Q) Who is the petitioner?

Q) In which visa you went to the U.S for the first time?

Q) Why did you surrender your first Green card?

Q) How long you were there in the U.S with him?

Q) Have you traveled to any other countries before the first U.S trip?

Q) What's your husband's job?

Q) When did he reach the U.S for the first time?

Q) When did he divorce, where and for what reason?

Q) Where is his son in the previous marriage living now?

Q) How many kids you have together?

Q) How many kids your husband has?

Q) Your other name used and his ex-wife's name do not match to your religious names, why is that so?

Q) What was the reason to quit the U.S Army?

Q) Do you wish to collect your passport from VFS counter or courier it?

He also collected her landline, cell#, my cell#, her email id and entered them into the system.

Finally, he asked her to sign DS-230 part 2.

This interview lasted until around 9:20AM. Then ICO asked her to take seat and wait.

At 10:30AM, she was called again to take all her 10 fingers' prints. Again wait started.

Second Interview (12:30PM to 12:40PM)

At 12:30PM, she was called again by an American Consulate Officer (ACO). ACO greeted her and apologized by being late. ACO took her oath before starting further.

ACO asked the below questions:

Q) Who is the petitioner?

Q) When was your marriage?

Q) How did you meet each other?

Q) What quality of your husband attracted you to marry him?

Q) What is his educational background?

Q) Why did you surrender your first Green card?

Q) Were you married before?

Q) What was the reason to quit the U.S Army?

Then ACO asked her to show our wedding album.

Finally, ACO returned all the originals that we submitted to NVC back to her.

Wish you a good day and your visa is APPROVED! Congratulations! She offered many thanks back to him!

This interview lasted until around 12:40PM.

Finally she left the consulate building after 12:45PM. That's it!

[DebbyNSeyi 15]

Thanks to you guys - svenkat, Tabitha, JonandSol, li-lu84, Miami_Boy, HoustonApollo, Bob g, visagrant, Love is patient, Ladydare, FatimaEl, tany1157, Debby, Indigo, 786india, Teya, malvika, Markieboy, Aidenaileen, koaxaca1 (F)

As I said, you were the true inspiration and I enjoyed it really being with them.

I wish you all good sucess in the immigration sailing :thumbs:

Your time like this is not too far, it will happen soon

Loto

Have a safe and enjoyable trip, svenkat :thumbs:

Loto

Thanks so much for the detailed review...it's really helpful. I'm compiling a long list of CO questions from various Consulate experiences and will grill my husband and make sure he's a "Debby" expert of the highest calibre!

You can breath a sigh of relief now, Loto...you're the man of the hour....you did it!!!!!!!

[DebbyNSeyi 15]

By the way, Loto....did your wedding album have metal rings by any chance? There's been some debate on VJ whether or not some picture albums and/or 3-ring binders will make it through the metal detector into the Embassy for the interview

[LADYDARE 28]

By the way, Loto....did your wedding album have metal rings by any chance? There's been some debate on VJ whether or not some picture albums and/or 3-ring binders will make it through the metal detector into the Embassy for the interview

We did a photobook just to be on the safe side.

[IndigoSkies 168]

Thanks IS

Am not a big fan of street food. When you can have good home cooked food, why go for the street stuff ?

Dude, I can get good home cooked meal in America. But i can't get the desi street food. That's why I want to take advantage of it while I can. You should do. But I'm sure you're going to not eat street food 24/7. You're not me. If you were, you'd be.

Guys, haul your behinds to your nearest CVS or Walgreen. Buy yourself a few of those 99 cents plastic photo albums. Problem solved. No metal and compact. Unless you plan on taking hundreds of pictures, a few of these should be enough. Take picture that shows a timeline of your life rather than 1000 different views of the same awkward momment.

Edited December 2, 2010 by IndigoSkies

[sulaiman 0]

Thanks to you guys - svenkat, Tabitha, JonandSol, li-lu84, Miami_Boy, HoustonApollo, Bob g, visagrant, Love is patient, Ladydare, FatimaEl, tany1157, Debby, Indigo, 786india, Teya, malvika, Markieboy, Aidenaileen, koaxaca1 (F)

As I said, you were the true inspiration and I enjoyed it really being with them.

I wish you all good sucess in the immigration sailing :thumbs:

Your time like this is not too far, it will happen soon

Loto

Have a safe and enjoyable trip, svenkat :thumbs:

Loto

Congradulation for your approval

[Miami_Boy 9]

LOTO,

You are welcome! Just curiouse, who was in US ARMY, Is that you or your wife?

Guys!,

IS ANYONELSE HAS SIF LATELY??

For me not yet

B.B.

[LotofPatience 65]

...that is a lot of grilling from the Indian CO ("show off" )

A part of the grilling could also be attributed to the fact that you were married before and she surrendered here GC once.

But at the end of the day, who cares what they ask she is done with this process for good and she can now start her studies and focus on the stuff that really matters

Yes svenkat. Due to the complexity in our case, lot of questions arose

First time when she went to the interview, it was not like this and was ease.

Loto

[LotofPatience 65]

By the way, Loto....did your wedding album have metal rings by any chance? There's been some debate on VJ whether or not some picture albums and/or 3-ring binders will make it through the metal detector into the Embassy for the interview

Debby, we didn't have metal binding in our wedding album. Also, since it was my second marriage, we had very small ceremony and very few pics too, unlike the traditional first marriage.

Yes, metal parts may not be allowed inside the consulate due to the security reasons.

Loto

Congradulation for your approval

Thanks Sulaiman

Loto

[LotofPatience 65]

LOTO,

You are welcome! Just curiouse, who was in US ARMY, Is that you or your wife?

MB,

It was she. Since she was unable to complete her physical training, she got discharged. Basically, she worked only 1.5 months as trainee. But it was not worth.

I reluctantly agreed with her in that position since she didn't want to sit idle.

Loto

[IndigoSkies 168]

Yeah. Loto's case was a bit more complex than rest of us. So his wife got the full grilling. But who cares. It's all said and done now. Party away, friends.