Interview experience in Mumbai

[sky701 19]

Hi All

My wife successfully got her visa at the Mumbai consulate today. My experience follows.

Congrats Kevin. My wifey also got her visa successfully y'day. She was out by 8:20 am. They didn't ask her for any docs except for the wedding album. She got her passport with a visa stamped on it today as well. An Indian lady took her fingerprints, PCC, and medical examination report and asked her a few basic questions about how and when did we meet, etc and then an American guy asked her similar questions and regarding her previous trips to US and Canada. Then he said Congrats and welcome to the United States.

Edited May 10, 2013 by sky701

[f2aforconsular 11]

Hi All

My wife successfully got her visa at the Mumbai consulate today. My experience follows.

My F2A case is slightly different in that we opted for consular processing although my wife works in the US on a work visa.

We got her medical exam done in Chennai Apollo on Monday (Xray+physician checkup+couple of vaccinations+blood exam total ~3 hours, report was available for pick up the next day)

We reached the Mumbai consulate at ~7:20 am for the 7:30 am interview, the checkup guy at the gate immediately let her in citing that all the immigrant visas cases had already been sent in. (there was quite a long line for the non iv cases)

once inside an Indian lady checked and organized all her documents (specifically asked for tax returns), gave her a token number and asked her to be seated.

Within 10 minutes, an American visa officer called her up to the counter,questions were:

1) when was the wedding, how we met, how many years she knew me before the wedding

2) does she work now, where i work in the US and how i ended up in the US

3) asked for the wedding album

That's it, no other documents were asked by the VO.

Visa was approved, all the originals that were submitted as part of the NVC application were returned to her. She was out by 8:15 am.

The passport with the temp. GC will be available for pick up back in Chennai.

I've also already paid the $165 processing fee.

Thanks to all the VJ members for making the 2.5 year wait less tedious, now that there's been some pretty good movement lately I hope in the near futures F2As become current so that future applicants wont be separated.

Good luck and god speed!

P.S: replies to my own questions, she did not have to submit DS-230s and i864 again at the time of interview (we had already submitted as part of the NVC application) and no i was not required for the interview

Hi kevinj1,

First of all, congrats for getting visa for ur wife through the f2a route.

Given that ur PD was Jan 2011 and you got the final visa in May 2013, i just wanted to know if you could throw some light on my situation - how long did it take for you to receive any info from USCIS or consulate regarding the interview after ur PD became current? Did you receive any info from NVC before the PD became current? I see from the visa bulletins that PD Jan 2011 should have got current in May 2013, VB for which is released in April 2013. Does it take less than a month for the end to end process if we are in the consular processing path? Also, did u file an I-824 or any other form to opt for consular processing? I am an f2a applicant in India with petitioner as LPR and PD is likely to get current in the next one or two bulletins.

Thanks in advance.