What am i supposed to do now?

[Zeban 1]

Hey Guys,

So heres what i got going on, im leaving to HYD in about a week (ive been super busy @ work so i can take an LOA thus i havent been on)and i need to know what i am supposed to do now.

I have copies of the tax transcripts that i submitted, i submitted my ORIGINAL W2 to NVC i dont have copies of that. I have tax transcript copies, I 130 packet (except MY g325a, but il just print another and sign it) I have submitted all of my originals to NVC. I will be taking my passport etc over there, wifes medical is in chennai and insha Allah we should be set.

HOWEVER, i dont know what to do with this VFS #######, what am i supposed to do? any advice to help me, im panicking.

Thanks!

[twulf 0]

Hey Guys,

So heres what i got going on, im leaving to HYD in about a week (ive been super busy @ work so i can take an LOA thus i havent been on)and i need to know what i am supposed to do now.

I have copies of the tax transcripts that i submitted, i submitted my ORIGINAL W2 to NVC i dont have copies of that. I have tax transcript copies, I 130 packet (except MY g325a, but il just print another and sign it) I have submitted all of my originals to NVC. I will be taking my passport etc over there, wifes medical is in chennai and insha Allah we should be set.

HOWEVER, i dont know what to do with this VFS #######, what am i supposed to do? any advice to help me, im panicking.

Thanks!

Hi Zeban,

From what I could understand from your post, If you are worried about not having enough time to submit your documents to VFS, just have your wife take the interview letter and p.port to the local VFS office and whatever other docs she has with her. VFS are just concerned about the courier fee, so if she has nothing else, she can pay that fee and rest you can take at the time of inteview to the embassy.

[Zeban 1]

I have submitted ALL the originals to the NVC, i have copies of mostly everything. Just have to go to VFS and pay a courier fee thats it? and if i want i can go to the office and get my wifes passport same day right?

[sarahH 0]

I have submitted ALL the originals to the NVC, i have copies of mostly everything. Just have to go to VFS and pay a courier fee thats it? and if i want i can go to the office and get my wifes passport same day right?

nope. u can't get the passport with the visa stamp on it over the counter anymore. i called the chennai US consulate and confirmed it myself. i think all we need to do is jus take our appointment letters and passport and pay for the courier fee. we don't ve to submit anything to the VFS. cuz i think both u and me went downt he same route. ur wife and i choose our husbands as the agent. and submitted al of our orignals so we don't need to do anymore submitting at VFS. one fo my firnds had her interview recently and she dint ve to submit anything either. jsu paying the fees at the VFS. s'all.hope this ehlps. by the way y do u need copies of ur tax transcripts ??? i dint know we needed those copies. :S

[twulf 0]

I have submitted ALL the originals to the NVC, i have copies of mostly everything. Just have to go to VFS and pay a courier fee thats it? and if i want i can go to the office and get my wifes passport same day right?

VFS will deliver your stamped passport (hence the courier fee) to your given address or you can collect from the local Blue Dart office, its upto you, i'll suggest talking to the executive at VFS about your optoins. But you WILL NOT be collecting it from the embassy, those were the good old days. Good luck.

[LotofPatience 65]

It might be helpful, there are some interview prep. steps - http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_bring_your_foreign_spouse_to_live_in_the_US

Loto

[Zeban 1]

nope. u can't get the passport with the visa stamp on it over the counter anymore. i called the chennai US consulate and confirmed it myself. i think all we need to do is jus take our appointment letters and passport and pay for the courier fee. we don't ve to submit anything to the VFS. cuz i think both u and me went downt he same route. ur wife and i choose our husbands as the agent. and submitted al of our orignals so we don't need to do anymore submitting at VFS. one fo my firnds had her interview recently and she dint ve to submit anything either. jsu paying the fees at the VFS. s'all.hope this ehlps. by the way y do u need copies of ur tax transcripts ??? i dint know we needed those copies. :S

Sarah,

I know that there is no counter collection, but you can collect it at VFS. See below.

VFS will deliver your stamped passport (hence the courier fee) to your given address or you can collect from the local Blue Dart office, its upto you, i'll suggest talking to the executive at VFS about your optoins. But you WILL NOT be collecting it from the embassy, those were the good old days. Good luck.

Twulf.... i understand the courier fee. its quite obvious really. Thanks for pointing it out. but

My point goes beyond that. Read below.

I want to go to the interview, then go to the VFS office and collect it from CHENNAI where my interview is.

Q1. How will I get my passport back after the interview?

A.

Once your visa is approved; Blue Dart courier will return your passport to you at the address in India specified by you. Allow up to 7 business days for delivery after your interview. Please note that passports will be delivered only at the address specified by you, at the time of scheduling your interview. VFS or Blue Dart staffs are not authorized to change / modify your delivery address. The cost of the courier is included in the service charge. To track status of your passport:

Go to home page click on link ‘Track Your Passport ’ and follow the instructions.

Send a mobile phone SMS message to 57333 and type VISA (space) US (space) (e.g. VISA US A123456))

Note: The charges for SMS service are as given below:

Mobile Operator Cost Per SMS

Airtel, Idea, Reliance & Spice Mobile Rs. 10/-

BSNL Rs. 5/-

MTNL Rs.9/-

Vodafone Rs.12/-

Tata Telecom Rs. 13/-

Optionally, you can collect your passport across the counter via the ‘Counter Passport Collection ’

Note : Counter Passport Collection is an optional service to facilitate applicants to personally collect their passports. Using this service does not entail refund of any service charges paid by the applicant.

This is what i am asking about.

http://www.vfs-usa.co.in/USIndia/typ_faq.html

Check it out, clarification would be great.

It might be helpful, there are some interview prep. steps - http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/How_to_bring_your_foreign_spouse_to_live_in_the_US

Loto

Thanks loto, read it about quite a few times.

Edited October 3, 2010 by Zeban

[hobokenworkingman 4]

Sarah,

I know that there is no counter collection, but you can collect it at VFS. See below.

Twulf.... i understand the courier fee. its quite obvious really. Thanks for pointing it out. but

My point goes beyond that. Read below.

I want to go to the interview, then go to the VFS office and collect it from CHENNAI where my interview is.

Q1. How will I get my passport back after the interview?

A.

Once your visa is approved; Blue Dart courier will return your passport to you at the address in India specified by you. Allow up to 7 business days for delivery after your interview. Please note that passports will be delivered only at the address specified by you, at the time of scheduling your interview. VFS or Blue Dart staffs are not authorized to change / modify your delivery address. The cost of the courier is included in the service charge. To track status of your passport:

Go to home page click on link ‘Track Your Passport ’ and follow the instructions.

Send a mobile phone SMS message to 57333 and type VISA (space) US (space) (e.g. VISA US A123456))

Note: The charges for SMS service are as given below:

Mobile Operator Cost Per SMS

Airtel, Idea, Reliance & Spice Mobile Rs. 10/-

BSNL Rs. 5/-

MTNL Rs.9/-

Vodafone Rs.12/-

Tata Telecom Rs. 13/-

Optionally, you can collect your passport across the counter via the ‘Counter Passport Collection ’

Note : Counter Passport Collection is an optional service to facilitate applicants to personally collect their passports. Using this service does not entail refund of any service charges paid by the applicant.

This is what i am asking about.

http://www.vfs-usa.co.in/USIndia/typ_faq.html

Check it out, clarification would be great.

Thanks loto, read it about quite a few times.

i think the counter collection is collection of your passport with the visa sticker in it directly from the VFS office the next day after 4 pm i believe. that's what I did with my wife. she went for the interview in chennai (you CANNOT attend w/ her, btw - be prepared to stand outside for 3-4 hrs with all the other people in front of the giant tree and the bus stop - you'll know what i mean when you get there and see; make sure you click on my timeline and read the chennai interview review for all the gory details. actually the CO was pretty nice and chatty). at the interview, make sure your wife asks (prob not necessary, but ask anyway) after the CO says "you're approved!" that when will the visa be ready and if she can pick it up herself rather than have the VFS mail it out to you. The CO will say "everything should be ready after 3 pm or so tomorrow afternoon" (that's what he said to her when she asked). then rejoice that day and party it up! the next day afternoon, go to the VFS office in govindarajapuram (? forget the exact location, or is it govindapuram, i forget - anyway, you can google the exact address) and start standing in the line for the collection counter. once again, you'll see all the other folks who are also there to collect or have some form of bizness with the VFS already forming a line. there are 2 separate lines - one for men, other for women. your wife will stand in the women's. the counter opens at 4, i believe (at least it did for us and i dont think that's changed in the last 3 months). make sure you have your VFS receipt with you, as that's how they will id your packet. collect your packet and verify the contents inside - it's a large silver-ish plastic like envelope which will contain a welcome letter, a brochure, your passport and all the visa applications and all other evidence sealed inside a large brown envelope. this is the envelope you DO NOT open! you will give this to the officer at your PoE here in the US. the passport will contain a sticker which is the visa in one of the passport pages. that's your cr-1 visa.

hope this helps. good luck!

Edited October 4, 2010 by hobokenworkingman

[LotofPatience 65]

i think the counter collection is collection of your passport with the visa sticker in it directly from the VFS office the next day after 4 pm i believe. that's what I did with my wife. she went for the interview in chennai (you CANNOT attend w/ her, btw - be prepared to stand outside for 3-4 hrs with all the other people in front of the giant tree and the bus stop - you'll know what i mean when you get there and see; make sure you click on my timeline and read the chennai interview review for all the gory details. actually the CO was pretty nice and chatty). at the interview, make sure your wife asks (prob not necessary, but ask anyway) after the CO says "you're approved!" that when will the visa be ready and if she can pick it up herself rather than have the VFS mail it out to you. The CO will say "everything should be ready after 3 pm or so tomorrow afternoon" (that's what he said to her when she asked). then rejoice that day and party it up! the next day afternoon, go to the VFS office in govindarajapuram (? forget the exact location, or is it govindapuram, i forget - anyway, you can google the exact address) and start standing in the line for the collection counter. once again, you'll see all the other folks who are also there to collect or have some form of bizness with the VFS already forming a line. there are 2 separate lines - one for men, other for women. your wife will stand in the women's. the counter opens at 4, i believe (at least it did for us and i dont think that's changed in the last 3 months). make sure you have your VFS receipt with you, as that's how they will id your packet. collect your packet and verify the contents inside - it's a large silver-ish plastic like envelope which will contain a welcome letter, a brochure, your passport and all the visa applications and all other evidence sealed inside a large brown envelope. this is the envelope you DO NOT open! you will give this to the officer at your PoE here in the US. the passport will contain a sticker which is the visa in one of the passport pages. that's your cr-1 visa.

hope this helps. good luck!

[Zeban 1]

Loto why the face man?

Hobo that's the answer I was looking for man. Everyones been super helpful. I wanna specially thank Loto,kaash, devraj, sachinky, darnell, and Bobby. I'm sorry if I left out anyone. I've actually disconnected internet services from home because I'm moving into a new place insha Allah as soon as I come back.I am typing from my good ole iPhone. Everyone. Please wish me well.

I depart Tuesday.

I will let u all know what happens

[Neal851 3]

Good luck man!!