IR-5 Interview experience at Mumbai Consulate

[shivani_raj 0]

Hi Everyone,

We had applied for my mother's immigrant Visa last year October 2012 and after all the RFEs atlast received case complete letter on Dec 10th 2013 (Mom didn't have birth certificate etc). Now, we are waiting for interview date from Mumbai Consulate. I would like to know about any experience, reviews about the IR-5 interview for parent's immigrant visa at the mumbai consulate. Are they easy going on parents ? What kind of questions do they ask at the interview. My mom is 72 yrs old. Understands english very well but not sure about understanding american accent. I'm not the petitioner, my brother is. Will I be allowed to go with her as translator. I'm going to travel to India to take her to the interview. what kind of documents are we expected to take with us ? We already provided all the originals (birth certificate, marriage certificate, affidavits, police verification certifciate etc to the NVC).

I know this is a lot of questions and I really appreciate any input on any of them. Thanks much !

regards

[F2aSonofLPR 15]

The consulate has their own translator so don't worry about it. She will be asked if she prefer English or her native language.

Questions are very personal like,who is the petitioner,DOB and address of the petitioner, where does he work,etc

[shivani_raj 0]

Thanks F2aSonofLPR. My mom got her interview date, its Jan 30th 2014. If anybody has any experience that they can share regarding IR-5 interview, will be happy to know. Thanks in advance.

[ak205 1]

Can you please tell what did you do about not having birth certificate for your mom? I can relate to your situation and will be very helpful if you can respond..

My father also does not have a birth certificate but he has his leaving certificate and passport birthday and other documents showing his date of birth.

[shivani_raj 0]

Hi ak205, I got the "birth record non-availability certificate" from the chennai corporation and got affidavits from two people who knows about her birth and could testify her birthdate and place.

Hope this helps.

[shivani_raj 0]

ak205, Here is a discussion about how to get non-available certificate

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/425978-non-available-birth-certificate-from-chennai/

[ak205 1]

Thank you so much for your reply. Should these affidavits be necessarily from mother's side of the family? Because my father's parents are not alive and his brothers and sisters would be too young during his birth. Can this be taken from a friend and would it be alright if its not from anyone in the family?

Thanks.

[shivani_raj 0]

Thank you so much for your reply. Should these affidavits be necessarily from mother's side of the family? Because my father's parents are not alive and his brothers and sisters would be too young during his birth. Can this be taken from a friend and would it be alright if its not from anyone in the family?

Thanks.

Hi ak205,

Sorry didn't see this email earlier. Yes, you can send affidavit from family friends. Make sure that their birthdate is before your father's birthdate. I also had similar issue with my mom. Her birthdate is in 1941, I got affidavit from a family friend born in 1938.

Hope this helps.

[ak205 1]

Thank you!

Hi ak205,

Sorry didn't see this email earlier. Yes, you can send affidavit from family friends. Make sure that their birthdate is before your father's birthdate. I also had similar issue with my mom. Her birthdate is in 1941, I got affidavit from a family friend born in 1938.

Hope this helps.

[Jag & Ripu 23]

Hi Shivani_raj,

All the best for your mother's interview. We are parents of USC. My wife and I were both born in India. We are now Canadian citizens. Our birth certificates were not available and we have 'birth certificate not available' letter from the concerned departments in India. You mentioned an affidavit if the birth certificate is missing. Do you have a sample draft for this affidavit that you can share? Can we get this certificate from friends in Canada? Does it need to be notarized? Kindly help and provide this information.

Jag

[shivani_raj 0]

Hi Shivani_raj,

All the best for your mother's interview. We are parents of USC. My wife and I were both born in India. We are now Canadian citizens. Our birth certificates were not available and we have 'birth certificate not available' letter from the concerned departments in India. You mentioned an affidavit if the birth certificate is missing. Do you have a sample draft for this affidavit that you can share? Can we get this certificate from friends in Canada? Does it need to be notarized? Kindly help and provide this information.

Jag

Hi Jag,

Please find the sample birth affidavit, attached.

thanks.

Sample Birth Affidavit.doc

[Jag & Ripu 23]

Hi Shivani_Raj,

Thanks a lot for providing the draft for an affidavit. I sincerely appreciate this.

All my best!

Jag

[VJHA 0]

Hi Shivani,

Hope your mother's interview went well and she got her GC. Could you please post the status?

I have a question about birth certificate. My dad was born in 1933 and the municipality would not even give a NABC without proof of residence at the time of his birth. So I am not able to obtain a NABC for him and there are no relatives older than him who could certify his birth. Has anyone had any experience appearing for the interview in a similar situation. I would greatly appreciate any tips. My parents have their interview scheduled for Apr 23.

Best Regards,

VJHA

[dalipkapoor 0]

Good Morning Everyone,

I know this an old post But I am hoping someone can help me. I am in the same situation. I filled for my parents GC. Everything was quick but then I received a letter from NVC stating that they need my Mother’s Birth Certificate. I wrote a letter and reiterated what was in their NVC Website, that in India, anyone born before 1970 cannot get NABC as well. I send the letter three times and every time they misplaced it. I don’t know what to do. I am calling them every day and they say we don’t have anything on record.

Please can anyone help me out by sharing your experience in this case.

Thank you.