India VFS inquiry

[sachinky 465]

To clarify--the medical report was submitted to VFS (which was optional, I opted to do so) but I hand-carried the chest-x-ray to Mumbai.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask me. I hope it's helpful.

Good luck!

[sachinky 465]

It would probably be best if you called your regional VFS offices and found out the requirements straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

This is a link to my interview review for a CR-1 last year. Hope it helps!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/256469-cr-1-interview-review/

[yankeesfan 0]

He did say that they were authorized by the Embassy to ask for any evidence. The rationale behind it being that if you are truly in love/committed relationship then chances are you are going to have a picture or two of your beloved/family member with you. I know that my parents still carry a baby-picture of me in their wallets. I said I had a few wedding pictures on my phone and he said that I could turn it on and show it to them. I promptly whipped out my phone and showed them our best lovey-dovey shots.

yea my wife has those shots of us on her phone too but you have to just show vfs like right there? ok so i will just tell her to make photo copies of everything cause i sent her all of the ds230 packet also, with the originals bieng sent to NVC, i only have a concern about the medical reports cause i thought the immigration officers was suppose to check them.yea my wife had problems with the PCC and Passport police records too, but i had her do it really early cause Indian Govt gives its ppl lots of probs. basically i guess give them copies of everything except the kitchen sink, maybe that too.

[yankeesfan 0]

It would probably be best if you called your regional VFS offices and found out the requirements straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak.

This is a link to my interview review for a CR-1 last year. Hope it helps!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/256469-cr-1-interview-review/

already spoke with them they dont tell you anything they just say bring whatever it says on packet 4, but it does not clarify on packet 4 if you should bring the medical to VFS or Interview cause i thought inyterview officer would have opened up the medical packet.i dont want her to give it to vfs if it is not neccessary.

[yankeesfan 0]

To clarify--the medical report was submitted to VFS (which was optional, I opted to do so) but I hand-carried the chest-x-ray to Mumbai.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask me. I hope it's helpful.

Good luck!

ok so you gave in the medical to vfs, maybe we'll do that too, when did you guy's recieve your passport? that day? cause were aiming for that lol. supposedly they had passports with the greencard back at 5pm in vfs office a fellow VJ memeber told last month.

[sachinky 465]

VFS will not open the medical report which is sealed. They simply mail everything to the consulate so you don't need to worry about that.

[sachinky 465]

I interviewed on the 12th of May, the actual visa was issued on the 13th and my passport was delivered on the 14th at six in the evening.

I had gone to VFS the day of the interview itself but they said that the consulate was backlogged and that day's batch hadn't come in yet. They said I could come back the next morning and collect it in person but I didn't want to stay another day in Bombay unnecessarily so I flew out that night and had them courier it to me instead.

[yankeesfan 0]

I interviewed on the 12th of May, the actual visa was issued on the 13th and my passport was delivered on the 14th at six in the evening.

I had gone to VFS the day of the interview itself but they said that the consulate was backlogged and that day's batch hadn't come in yet. They said I could come back the next morning and collect it in person but I didn't want to stay another day in Bombay unnecessarily so I flew out that night and had them courier it to me instead.

ok so if i tell my wife to hand in the medical, the interviewer will definitely get it right?cause i dont want her passport delayed due to any mistakes. i wonder if any which way is faster.

[bigdog 376]

it says that we have to send proof of relationship documents like phone records and such to VFS, and also all of the info that it looked like the consular officer would have looked at for interview to vfs, so i dont understand if we hand in the originals will the consular officer recieve them? like will i have to have two sets of copies for everything?

Take a copy for them and bring your ordinal, be sure to get your originals back if they copy them.

[sachinky 465]

Where will you be interviewing, btw? For Mumbai, you should give it to VFS beforehand, for Chennai I know folks have taken the medical directly. There's no 'faster' really, everything will take the time it will take. It all depends on when you take the medical, if it's a day or two before the interview, well then, you won't have time to submit it to VFS, whereas if you complete your medical a couple of weeks before the interview then you can go ahead and submit it to VFS. My reasoning was this: I'd rather the consulate have as much time as they need to review any/all documents BEFORE the interview as opposed to a snag coming up on the day of the interview.

I really don't think you need to worry about this so much. As long as your medical is clean, there's nothing to worry about. VFS will mail your documents to the consulate and the interviewer will most definitely have them. However, if carrying it personally gives you peace of mind, then go ahead and do that.