Travel to another country before Interview

[xtrasome 10]

Hi VJers, I am waiting for my interview which is next month on 22nd of October, 2013. The thing is I planned a trip to China when my file was at NVC and before knowing the interview date.

Now, I got the China visa but I am not certain whether or not should I make the trip. It's a business trip so will it have any affect during the interview? I know I might have to answer a lot of questions regarding this in interview but will I be in any risk?

I am thinking that if I do not go now and wait till the interview and later I fall on AP my passport will stuck in embassy and my China visa will become invalid by the time I get my passport back.

Will it delay my visa processing? If anyone has same experience please share.

Any help is highly appreciated,please share any kind of experience you had in the similar situation.

Thanks

[TBoneTX 45,293]

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[ainsn 13]

Hey xtrasome,

You can still use your passport if your case is in AP. I asked for my husband who is in AP and the Embassy replied stating:

"If your husband requires his passport for any purpose while the additional processing is pending, he may collect it from the embassy. In order to collect his passport he may come to the Consular Section on any Sunday-Wednesday between 12:00-12:30 p.m. at gate # 2. He should bring his blue refusal sheet (OF-194) and a copy of this e-mail as a reference so that we can surrender his passport."

Just make sure to return your passport to the Embassy once you're back from China. And pray that your case doesn't even have to go through AP, then you won't have to worry about this.

[xtrasome 10]

Hey xtrasome,

You can still use your passport if your case is in AP. I asked for my husband who is in AP and the Embassy replied stating:

"If your husband requires his passport for any purpose while the additional processing is pending, he may collect it from the embassy. In order to collect his passport he may come to the Consular Section on any Sunday-Wednesday between 12:00-12:30 p.m. at gate # 2. He should bring his blue refusal sheet (OF-194) and a copy of this e-mail as a reference so that we can surrender his passport."

Just make sure to return your passport to the Embassy once you're back from China. And pray that your case doesn't even have to go through AP, then you won't have to worry about this.

Thank you a lot for finding it out and letting me know. I just had my interview today and I got the approval! I really appreciate all your helps. Thank you again. I saw most of the people were getting approval today, I think they don't harass people without any reason. if you do not mind I have some questions regarding your husbands interview.

1. Why you applied so late? I can see you applied after 2 years from your marriage date. In my opinion if you haven't done so yet you should clarify and send the embassy one e-mail every weekend explaining why you are so late to apply and your future plans and how it's hampering your life, just keep in touch with them through emails. They literally take their emails seriously and always try to respond to them.

2. I did not see any rooms where you can sit and take the interview, in your review you said he sat and shook hands! This is confusing because there are 10 rooms and all the IO's are behind the window and you can't even touch them they have a whole under these windows for submitting the papers. They can even control this little whole under windows; they can close it or open it when they want, you can never insert your hand. I am just curious as I have visited the embassy today and I also have a friend who works inside I asked him about any room where people can have face to face interview, he said this can never happen because of security reasons they don't expose themselves physically to any applicant!

I might be wrong but just a little curious, if you don't want to answer want just ignore this, thank you again.

[ainsn 13]

Thank you a lot for finding it out and letting me know. I just had my interview today and I got the approval! I really appreciate all your helps. Thank you again. I saw most of the people were getting approval today, I think they don't harass people without any reason. if you do not mind I have some questions regarding your husbands interview.

1. Why you applied so late? I can see you applied after 2 years from your marriage date. In my opinion if you haven't done so yet you should clarify and send the embassy one e-mail every weekend explaining why you are so late to apply and your future plans and how it's hampering your life, just keep in touch with them through emails. They literally take their emails seriously and always try to respond to them.

2. I did not see any rooms where you can sit and take the interview, in your review you said he sat and shook hands! This is confusing because there are 10 rooms and all the IO's are behind the window and you can't even touch them they have a whole under these windows for submitting the papers. They can even control this little whole under windows; they can close it or open it when they want, you can never insert your hand. I am just curious as I have visited the embassy today and I also have a friend who works inside I asked him about any room where people can have face to face interview, he said this can never happen because of security reasons they don't expose themselves physically to any applicant!

I might be wrong but just a little curious, if you don't want to answer want just ignore this, thank you again.

Congrats on your approval! To answer your questions:

1. We waited to apply because we were both students when we got married and I didn't have a job, and my husband couldn't leave Bangladesh without finishing his studies. We figured if we waited and applied closer to his graduation (May 2013), it wouldn't interfere with his studies. You think I should keep emailing the embassy? How do you know it makes a difference for a case in AP?

2. Maybe I misunderstood what my husband told me. I'll ask him again next time I talk to him and get back to you!

[xtrasome 10]

Congrats on your approval! To answer your questions:

1. We waited to apply because we were both students when we got married and I didn't have a job, and my husband couldn't leave Bangladesh without finishing his studies. We figured if we waited and applied closer to his graduation (May 2013), it wouldn't interfere with his studies. You think I should keep emailing the embassy? How do you know it makes a difference for a case in AP?

2. Maybe I misunderstood what my husband told me. I'll ask him again next time I talk to him and get back to you!

Thank you for your reply...

1. About emailing I said that because we did the same before my interview, my friend(who works in embassy) suggested me to ask them every little questions no matter how silly it is, and it's even better if the petitioner do that,I have no idea if it worked or not but worth a try. We knew our date on 9th of September,2013 starting from that day we sent 12 emails to IV email address in BD embassy and they replied very nicely within every 2 days, we cleared all our facts and let them know all our plans and everything. Just wanted to tell you may be it works though I am not sure. I can understand it's really hard for you and I appreciate your patience, in this kind of situation you should try everything,may be you already did.

In sha Allah you will be out of AP soon, I will pray for you and all the people here who are suffering. Take Care.