JANUARY 2011 MUMBAI IR-1/CR-1 INTERVIEW

[shitalhiren0803 0]

Wife visa is approved!!!

It was very quick 5 mins interview. Just usual questions what your husband do? did you go to honeymoon? when did you first meet? How do you keep in touch (emails, phone etc.). She provided phone logs. They did not ask for any photographs of marriage. She had marriage photographs with her, though.

Total hours she spent in consulate was 2 hours. She was first in the line when she entered.

So, we are done with immigration process at consulate. Now POE is left and will be in February.

congrats

[ACP 0]

congrats

Not Approved got 221(G)..

1.

Because wife's 2010 tax return does not have sufficient income even though her recent income since last six month (in new job) is well above required income.(I provided recent pay stub, job letter etc but of no use) they only saw 1040 form of 2010 for income calculation. I wonder was NVC sleeping as they didn’t issue RFE..

Lesson: Make sure your last year’s tax return shows sufficient income.

2.

For PCC of Netherlands as I stayed there for 3.5 years. According to NVC this was responsibly of Mumbai Consulate so they didn’t issue RFE. Personally you can not request PCC for NL it has to be done by US consulate itself but they didn’t requested it (Despite I wrote two emails to do that) and now at the time of interview they relies it and will request now..

I Guess I would have to wait for at least 20 days now..

Edited January 4, 2012 by ACP

[Dave and Kinnari 31]

Wife visa is approved!!!

It was very quick 5 mins interview. Just usual questions what your husband do? did you go to honeymoon? when did you first meet? How do you keep in touch (emails, phone etc.). She provided phone logs. They did not ask for any photographs of marriage. She had marriage photographs with her, though.

Total hours she spent in consulate was 2 hours. She was first in the line when she entered.

So, we are done with immigration process at consulate. Now POE is left and will be in February.

Congrats!

[icy_waiting 0]

hello..can somebody please tell me how many days does it take to get a medical report from lilavathi hospital,Mumbai..My medical is on Feb 6th and my interview is on Feb 10th.. Also, if my medical starts at 8:30, by when do you think I can be out from the ospital? Can somebody please shed some light on this?

[adidas 5]

hello..can somebody please tell me how many days does it take to get a medical report from lilavathi hospital,Mumbai..My medical is on Feb 6th and my interview is on Feb 10th.. Also, if my medical starts at 8:30, by when do you think I can be out from the ospital? Can somebody please shed some light on this?

It varies based on how much staff they have on hand and the case load is around that time. I don't have any experience with Lilavathi in Mumbai, but here's my experience with Apollo Hospital in New Delhi:

- Very difficult to even get a hold of the staff for getting general info or setting up appointment over the phone. After incessant calling and talking to the manager I was finally able to get an appointment. They were running very busy and it was difficult to get a timely appointment.

- Since I had an appointment, the time taken for checkup was fairly short, about 2 hours in which they completed xrays, gave shots and doctor consultation. But it all depends on the amount of patients they have for that day. It could take up to half a day.

- Report was prepared in 1 week, the reason was that they were very busy.

Assuming Lilvathi is as busy as Apollo in New Delhi (safe assumption as Mumbai has a population of 13 million, and Delhi has a population of 11 million), I think Feb 6 is cutting it very close. If they can't provide you an appointment before Feb 6th, ask them about your chances of getting the medical done on a walk-in basis, in case some appointments don't show up.

On the other hand, Lilavathi might be very fast in generating reports, like Jallandhar - they get you the report on the same day. I am sure there are some peeps here with direct experience with Lilavathi, let's hear their advice/experience.

[icy_waiting 0]

It varies based on how much staff they have on hand and the case load is around that time. I don't have any experience with Lilavathi in Mumbai, but here's my experience with Apollo Hospital in New Delhi:

- Very difficult to even get a hold of the staff for getting general info or setting up appointment over the phone. After incessant calling and talking to the manager I was finally able to get an appointment. They were running very busy and it was difficult to get a timely appointment.

- Since I had an appointment, the time taken for checkup was fairly short, about 2 hours in which they completed xrays, gave shots and doctor consultation. But it all depends on the amount of patients they have for that day. It could take up to half a day.

- Report was prepared in 1 week, the reason was that they were very busy.

Assuming Lilvathi is as busy as Apollo in New Delhi (safe assumption as Mumbai has a population of 13 million, and Delhi has a population of 11 million), I think Feb 6 is cutting it very close. If they can't provide you an appointment before Feb 6th, ask them about your chances of getting the medical done on a walk-in basis, in case some appointments don't show up.

On the other hand, Lilavathi might be very fast in generating reports, like Jallandhar - they get you the report on the same day. I am sure there are some peeps here with direct experience with Lilavathi, let's hear their advice/experience.

Thank you....now am getting worried..!! 1 week for the report to be done??!!

[adidas 5]

It's good to be worried enough to talk to talk to the staff at Lilavathi and ensure that doing medical on Feb 6 will be early enough for a Feb 10 interview.

I decided to do a VJ search on Lilavathi to see if there were any recent reviews of Lilavathi and I found the following:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/334409-medical-examination/page__view__findpost__p__4989525

Mine was at Lilavati hospital. Reached there by 8:30 AM. Did the registration. Filled out a simple questionaire regarding medical conditions. Then I had to pay 1600 bucks. I was then sent for a blood test (VDRL) and a chest X-ray( Pregnant women should not get a Chest X-ray done. So girls if you are pregnant, let them know). This followed with an ophthalmology examination. Then a nurse measured my blood pressure, weight (was very happy that I had not gained much even though I am being fed like a pig by my mom because thats what mothers do) and height.

Then the physical examination was conducted. Was asked a few questions about past medical illnesses. I had carried my family doctor's letter which mentioned my immunization history and said that I was fit. I was given 1 vaccine.

Got the reports at 4 PM. Had to wait for a very long time to get reports so take something to read.

Glad that its done.

And from the same thread there is a link to a page on ***removed*** reviewing the Lilavati saying that "All reports will be available to the applicants the same evening."

http://www.***removed***/immigrant-visa/immigrant-visa-medical-examination-lilavati-hospital-mumbai.html

So a Feb 6 medical might not be as worrisome as I might have implied in my last post.

[icy_waiting 0]

It's good to be worried enough to talk to talk to the staff at Lilavathi and ensure that doing medical on Feb 6 will be early enough for a Feb 10 interview.

I decided to do a VJ search on Lilavathi to see if there were any recent reviews of Lilavathi and I found the following:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/334409-medical-examination/page__view__findpost__p__4989525

And from the same thread there is a link to a page on ***removed*** reviewing the Lilavati saying that "All reports will be available to the applicants the same evening."

http://www.***removed***/immigrant-visa/immigrant-visa-medical-examination-lilavati-hospital-mumbai.html

So a Feb 6 medical might not be as worrisome as I might have implied in my last post.

hi there...thank you so much for searching out that piece of info...lil relieved now..called lilavati hospital also and asked them how long does it take for the report to be ready..They said if everything is normal then the same day itself...

[SmileAlways 5]

hi friends,

pls share your interview experiences.

[SmileAlways 5]

Not Approved got 221(G)..

1.

Because wife's 2010 tax return does not have sufficient income even though her recent income since last six month (in new job) is well above required income.(I provided recent pay stub, job letter etc but of no use) they only saw 1040 form of 2010 for income calculation. I wonder was NVC sleeping as they didnt issue RFE..

Lesson: Make sure your last years tax return shows sufficient income.

2.

For PCC of Netherlands as I stayed there for 3.5 years. According to NVC this was responsibly of Mumbai Consulate so they didnt issue RFE. Personally you can not request PCC for NL it has to be done by US consulate itself but they didnt requested it (Despite I wrote two emails to do that) and now at the time of interview they relies it and will request now..

I Guess I would have to wait for at least 20 days now..

ACP, what is the status

Edited January 20, 2012 by SmileAlways

[anum 1]

back in forum after a long time......hv been very busy with my hubby and in-laws how iz everybody?

I got my visa approved on 6th and received the passport next day...it was a very easy interview of 1 hr inside

the consulate and 1 hr outside the consulate while waiting in queue the CO asked me few general question for hardly 5 to 7min...........