Please Share your "F2a Visa Interview Questions" with your consulate

[vkrishn 97]

Here we go. I also posted our review on the interview at the Embassy Reviews page on VJ as well.

Little background on our case. We both were divorced before after a short marriage and i was

expecting more questions on that and more proof with respect to Bona Fide Relationship. Even though

our marriages were short (1-2 months) it did take 9 months to 3yrs for the final divorce to come

through. We did not know each other then and got introduced to ourselves in Oct 2012, 2-3 yrs after we got our

divorce.

We booked a premier room (with b/F) at the Trident hotel at BKC. I booked it at hotels.com

($450 for 2 days including taxes, expensive but didn't want to travel too much) but found it cheaper on onetravel and travel guru.com for $379 and hotels.com did a price match and gave us a refund. Consulate is right behind Trident

hotel and hardly takes a min to walk to the consulate. Extremely close and cannot get a better

location than this. We started at 6:30AM from our room for our 7:30AM appointment and reached the consulate in a min and were

asked to wait opposite to the consulate. The VFS rep at the front of the consulate told us that at

7AM people will be called to form two lines. We waited and at 7AM, VFS rep comes over asks us to

form a line for "Immigration". Everyone started getting in to a line and it wasn't organized for a

few mins. I stepped in and asked him whether the line was for Immigrant or Non Immigrant visa. He

kept saying "Immigration, Appointment at 7:30AM". Apparently "Immigration" means "Immigrant visa"

and he asked people with 7:45AM appointment to line up separately and that was for "Non immigrant

visa". Wife was 14th person in the line and you get in to the line randomly. This position in the

line before you enter the consulate does not matter at all. It is just to get in to the line and

get inside the consulate. I

was in the line for few mins and i asked the VFS rep whether i can accompany my wife to the

consulate and he said

No. Only people with I/L are allowed. I stepped out of the line and then waited.

THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE WITH YOU: Make sure you don't carry any keys/car key which have a

remote. Once you enter the consulate you have to go through the security check and if you have any

keys/car remote with a battery they ask you to give it to someone waiting outside. You will be

wasting time. So don't carry any keys/car keys/remote with you and make sure to give it to people

outside before you head in to the consulate.

7:20AM : The moment she went inside after the screening they asked her to sit in the pathway between screening section and interview window section.

They called her inside the room where you have the interview counters and asked my wife whether she has any one accompanying her and what is her choice of language for the interview.

They direct you to a counter where there is an indian woman and she gives you a token number. They asked her to wait. They called her token number after a min and told her to go to a interview counter.

Interview counter where an Indian woman asks some questions:-

IW: Good morning

Wife: Good morning

IW: Who is calling you?

IW: What is your husbands name?

IW: What is your mother's maiden name?

IW: When did you get married?

IW: Have you visited any other country before?

IW: Have you lived in another country for more than a yr?

IW: Asked for medicals, Passport and DS260 confirmation

IW: Is this your first marriage?

IW: She asked for Original copy of marriage certificate and divorce decree.

IW: She asked for copy of Divorce Decree.

IW: Gave my wife the form that talks about domestic violence and help

IW: What is your preferred choice of language for interview?

IW: Please be seated

Waited for 15-20 mins and again her token number was called to another interview counter where the CO

was an american male in his mid 30's.

CO: Hi, Good morning

Wife: Very Good morning

CO: I am going to be your CO who will conduct yout I/V today, I want to put up your right hand and read through the oath.

Wife: Read it.

CO: Please place your right hand and left hand for Finger print.

CO: Who is calling you

CO: where does he live?

CO: Does he live alone or does he share with some one else?

CO: What does he do for a living?

CO: How do you guys know each other?

CO: How did he propose to you?

CO: When did he propose to you?

CO: Where did he propose to you? what is the name of the restaurant?

CO: When did you get married?

CO: Is this your first marriage?

CO: Is this your husband's first marriage?

CO: Where does your ex- husband live right now?

CO: Do you know what happened to your husband's previous marriage?

CO: Have you ever applied for a US VISA?

CO: Have you visited the U.S?

CO: You have gone to China, Why didn't you visit the U.S? (wife visited Taipei for work for about

3 weeks couple of yrs back) He was also surprised that wife did not visit U.S.

CO: When did you last meet your husband. For this question CO was impressed that i flew down and he said "WOW". Wife told me that this really made a difference

CO: When is your husband flying back?

CO: Will you be going with him?

CO: Did you get the instructions about domestic violence?

CO: Your visa is approved and you should pay $165 fee before you travel to the U.S

CO: You can pick up your passport in the next 4 days at the VFS center where you have registered already.

CO: Thank you and have a nice day.

Wife was out at 8:30AM. She was the second Immigrant visa applicant to walk out at that time. Non

immigrant visa applicants started coming out at 8:15AM.

Not even a single evidence like pics, phone call records or I864 or W-2's were asked. Nothing.

Just based on the answers, CO approved the case. My wife's suggestion was to just be confident and

answer to the question. If your language is english then i guess the interview takes place pretty

fast else you have to wait for the interview.

Make sure you get your biometrics done at VFS center before heading for the appointment. There was

an Elderly couple who had come for the Immigrant VISA and they did not do their biometrics at VFS

before the consulate interview. They were not let in and apparently left. Not sure how they

rescheduled the interview.

Good Luck to all.

Edited February 3, 2014 by vkrishn

[chantal356 2]

Congratulations vkrishn!!!

[vkrishn 97]

Thanks all for the wishes. I hope your interview goes well too and i am sure it will. :-)

I do have a suggestion though. If you can be there with your wife/husband at least for some moral support during the interview time i guess it makes a huge difference both for him/her and even for the CO when he hears that husband or wife flew down for the interview. Once again, Good Luck to all.

[Papaya07 3]

Here we go. I also posted our review on the interview at the Embassy Reviews page on VJ as well.

Little background on our case. We both were divorced before after a short marriage and i was

expecting more questions on that and more proof with respect to Bona Fide Relationship. Even though

our marriages were short (1-2 months) it did take 9 months to 3yrs for the final divorce to come

through. We did not know each other then and got introduced to ourselves in Oct 2012, 2-3 yrs after we got our

divorce.

We booked a premier room (with b/F) at the Trident hotel at BKC. I booked it at hotels.com

($450 for 2 days including taxes, expensive but didn't want to travel too much) but found it cheaper on onetravel and travel guru.com for $379 and hotels.com did a price match and gave us a refund. Consulate is right behind Trident

hotel and hardly takes a min to walk to the consulate. Extremely close and cannot get a better

location than this. We started at 6:30AM from our room for our 7:30AM appointment and reached the consulate in a min and were

asked to wait opposite to the consulate. The VFS rep at the front of the consulate told us that at

7AM people will be called to form two lines. We waited and at 7AM, VFS rep comes over asks us to

form a line for "Immigration". Everyone started getting in to a line and it wasn't organized for a

few mins. I stepped in and asked him whether the line was for Immigrant or Non Immigrant visa. He

kept saying "Immigration, Appointment at 7:30AM". Apparently "Immigration" means "Immigrant visa"

and he asked people with 7:45AM appointment to line up separately and that was for "Non immigrant

visa". Wife was 14th person in the line and you get in to the line randomly. This position in the

line before you enter the consulate does not matter at all. It is just to get in to the line and

get inside the consulate. I

was in the line for few mins and i asked the VFS rep whether i can accompany my wife to the

consulate and he said

No. Only people with I/L are allowed. I stepped out of the line and then waited.

THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE WITH YOU: Make sure you don't carry any keys/car key which have a

remote. Once you enter the consulate you have to go through the security check and if you have any

keys/car remote with a battery they ask you to give it to someone waiting outside. You will be

wasting time. So don't carry any keys/car keys/remote with you and make sure to give it to people

outside before you head in to the consulate.

7:20AM : The moment she went inside after the screening they asked her to sit in the pathway between screening section and interview window section.

They called her inside the room where you have the interview counters and asked my wife whether she has any one accompanying her and what is her choice of language for the interview.

They direct you to a counter where there is an indian woman and she gives you a token number. They asked her to wait. They called her token number after a min and told her to go to a interview counter.

Interview counter where an Indian woman asks some questions:-

IW: Good morning

Wife: Good morning

IW: Who is calling you?

IW: What is your husbands name?

IW: What is your mother's maiden name?

IW: When did you get married?

IW: Have you visited any other country before?

IW: Have you lived in another country for more than a yr?

IW: Asked for medicals, Passport and DS260 confirmation

IW: Is this your first marriage?

IW: She asked for Original copy of marriage certificate and divorce decree.

IW: She asked for copy of Divorce Decree.

IW: Gave my wife the form that talks about domestic violence and help

IW: What is your preferred choice of language for interview?

IW: Please be seated

Waited for 15-20 mins and again her token number was called to another interview counter where the CO

was an american male in his mid 30's.

CO: Hi, Good morning

Wife: Very Good morning

CO: I am going to be your CO who will conduct yout I/V today, I want to put up your right hand and read through the oath.

Wife: Read it.

CO: Please place your right hand and left hand for Finger print.

CO: Who is calling you

CO: where does he live?

CO: Does he live alone or does he share with some one else?

CO: What does he do for a living?

CO: How do you guys know each other?

CO: How did he propose to you?

CO: When did he propose to you?

CO: Where did he propose to you? what is the name of the restaurant?

CO: When did you get married?

CO: Is this your first marriage?

CO: Is this your husband's first marriage?

CO: Where does your ex- husband live right now?

CO: Do you know what happened to your husband's previous marriage?

CO: Have you ever applied for a US VISA?

CO: Have you visited the U.S?

CO: You have gone to China, Why didn't you visit the U.S? (wife visited Taipei for work for about

3 weeks couple of yrs back) He was also surprised that wife did not visit U.S.

CO: When did you last meet your husband. For this question CO was impressed that i flew down and he said "WOW". Wife told me that this really made a difference

CO: When is your husband flying back?

CO: Will you be going with him?

CO: Did you get the instructions about domestic violence?

CO: Your visa is approved and you should pay $165 fee before you travel to the U.S

CO: You can pick up your passport in the next 4 days at the VFS center where you have registered already.

CO: Thank you and have a nice day.

Wife was out at 8:30AM. She was the second Immigrant visa applicant to walk out at that time. Non

immigrant visa applicants started coming out at 8:15AM.

Not even a single evidence like pics, phone call records or I864 or W-2's were asked. Nothing.

Just based on the answers, CO approved the case. My wife's suggestion was to just be confident and

answer to the question. If your language is english then i guess the interview takes place pretty

fast else you have to wait for the interview.

Make sure you get your biometrics done at VFS center before heading for the appointment. There was

an Elderly couple who had come for the Immigrant VISA and they did not do their biometrics at VFS

before the consulate interview. They were not let in and apparently left. Not sure how they

rescheduled the interview.

Good Luck to all.

Many congratulations vkrishn. Hope you guys fly back together and start a wonderful married life ahead.

[jese_1981 1]

Thanks all for the wishes. I hope your interview goes well too and i am sure it will. :-)

I do have a suggestion though. If you can be there with your wife/husband at least for some moral support during the interview time i guess it makes a huge difference both for him/her and even for the CO when he hears that husband or wife flew down for the interview. Once again, Good Luck to all.

thanks for sharing your experience...i and my husband last met in october 2012 during our church marriage..(court marriage was december 2011) we were planning to meet october 2013...but since PD became current we dropped the plan...now my husband has applied for citizenship in december 2013 so it is advisable not to leave the country...:-( i guess i will be asked lot of q and proofs...

[jese_1981 1]

Thanks all for the wishes. I hope your interview goes well too and i am sure it will. :-)

I do have a suggestion though. If you can be there with your wife/husband at least for some moral support during the interview time i guess it makes a huge difference both for him/her and even for the CO when he hears that husband or wife flew down for the interview. Once again, Good Luck to all.

hi vkrishn...for scheduling biometrics....do I click a new user registration...kindly confirm if the below link is correct:

https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/SiteRegister?country=India&language=en_US

[vkrishn 97]

Thats correct if you are creating a profile on ustraveldocs for the first time. Once you log in you should be able to schedule biometrics.

[jese_1981 1]

Thats correct if you are creating a profile on ustraveldocs for the first time. Once you log in you should be able to schedule biometrics.

thanks vkrishn! Anybody got a call from mumbai consulate? I got a call but there was a network problem. He called my mom (her alternate no. was given), she could hear some part of it, since she was travelling. He told to schedule for biometrics and photo..she couldnt hear the rest. If anybody else got calls from the consulate, please let me know the details.

[vkrishn 97]

Yes my wife got a call 3 days before the interview reminding her to take the biometrics and Medicals before the interview. Looks like its their standard procedure.

[simmus0000 4]

For those who have succeed pass the interview session with your local consulate, Please Share your "Visa Interview Questions - F2A" - here..,

so anyone who is waiting their time to come, is well prepared, to finished this whole tiring process.

please your support and willingness to share your F2A visa interview experience. Thanks.

although my case is in Nvc, i hav some list of questions asked by consuler on Embassy..

What is ur spouse name, date of birth, date when s/he went usa, where n how did u meet, how long hav u known eachother, when n where did u mary, do u hav photos of ceremony or reception, where does s/he works n in what position, what is her/his curent salary, how many days of work s/he works, what do u do for living, hav u ever been in usa, how long h/she has been in usa, where does s/he lives in usa, how long he or she has been in curent address, what r her/his contact number n email id, what is ur spouses current address, do u hav any children, do u hav the copy of tax file by ur spouse, do u own any property, what kind of automobile does ur spouse have? Does ur spouse or u hav any insurance policy listing u as beneficiary? Bring copies of documents, when n wher was ur spnuse last port of entry? What is ur husbands imigration in us, when n where was his/her naturalisation, does s/he hav us pasport, when n where it was isued, hav u ever been convicted, hav u ever been deported, describe ur employment history, describe ur education history, whats ur husband bank in US? What r the a/cs there?

[f2aforconsular 11]

Congrats vkrishn and bing31ph!

Regarding the phone call, we never received any phone call from Mumbai consulate before the interview to check on our biometrics/medicals.

[sidp69 1]

hi vkrishn...for scheduling biometrics....do I click a new user registration...kindly confirm if the below link is correct:

https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/SiteRegister?country=India&language=en_US

Is there such a website for Spouse of a Green Card holder? I have logged in and the only option is for relatives of US Citizens

[jese_1981 1]

Is there such a website for Spouse of a Green Card holder? I have logged in and the only option is for relatives of US Citizens

is the beneficiary from india?

if yes, then you need to go to the site http://cdn.ustraveldocs.com/in/

There will be a q popping up"

Is this your first time applying for a visa and/or visiting our site? Click yes if applicable

The next q will be

Are you applying for a nonimmigrant or immigrant visa?

You need to click on immigrant for F2a

Follow the steps given on the page that follows

[mars76 1]

Hi,

How long does it take to get your passport once the visa is approved. My wife has an appointment on March 14 @ Mumbai Consulate and i am planning to come back on March 27.

Hope we have enough time.

Please let me know how much time it takes to get the passport.

Thanks

[vkrishn 97]

Hi,

How long does it take to get your passport once the visa is approved. My wife has an appointment on March 14 @ Mumbai Consulate and i am planning to come back on March 27.

Hope we have enough time.

Please let me know how much time it takes to get the passport.

Thanks

Our case is on AP for whatever reason(Interview was on Feb 3rd) and i am hoping it will be issued by Monday of next week. But another member f2a consular got it i believe in 5 days after interview. I hope you get your passport/VISA soon after the interview and don't have to wait.