Moving to Mumbai before NVC Stage--Need Some Advice

[thedude6752000 360]

My wife wishes to move from her home city of Lucknow to Mumbai, both because she wants more independence and because I have heard/read on here that the Mumbai consulate is easier to get a visa from than the Delhi embassy. We put in our I-130 in November and the way things are going I expect that we will be done with that by April/May, and sending our first NVC documents in July. We have a couple of questions though:

1. Is there a length of stay requirement in order to be processed by a certain embassy/consulate?

2. What is the absolute latest she can move before the interview? And what proof will the consulate request of her for proof of address?

3. Will she have to get multiple police certs? If so how soon after moving to Mumbai can she get a police cert?

4. Will there be any possible negative effects of doing this?

Sorry for multiple posting, but this seems to belong in more than 1 forum. Thank you!

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Hey dude,

She can move as she likes, but I just feel compelled to say that a lot of your visa worries and problems have arisen from you trying to game the visa process. You didn't go for K-1 because you decided you would get AP, or some other thing, I remember a lot of various decisions were made to try to get the visa easier and those decisions just resulted in more delays and headaches.

So, don't move to Mumbai to try to game the visa process.

best of luck.

[thedude6752000 360]

Hey dude,

She can move as she likes, but I just feel compelled to say that a lot of your visa worries and problems have arisen from you trying to game the visa process. You didn't go for K-1 because you decided you would get AP, or some other thing, I remember a lot of various decisions were made to try to get the visa easier and those decisions just resulted in more delays and headaches.

So, don't move to Mumbai to try to game the visa process.

best of luck.

How is that gaming the process????? And how is getting married gaming the process, back when I-129F's were taking more than a year tons of people said the K-1 was not worth it so there's no point in even applying, the AOS is really long and difficult, just get married and go for the CR-1 instead. There's absolutely nothing illegal about moving within a country or getting married before applying for a visa, that's not visa fraud at all. Thanks for your response which did not answer any of my questions.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

I am not accusing you of anything untoward, I am saying that you are second guessing everything and that has caused you delays. Had you applied for the K-1 when you first wanted to, your wife would be here now. But you're in a bad mood today so I won't reply any further.

[Pitaya 2,577]

~Duplicate thread removed~

[gabeRao 43]

I am not accusing you of anything untoward, I am saying that you are second guessing everything and that has caused you delays. Had you applied for the K-1 when you first wanted to, your wife would be here now. But you're in a bad mood today so I won't reply any further.

Wow how rude of you !!

What do you know about Indian consulates and about their relationship ??

Whether or not K-1s are notoriously hard to get in India is not even relevant to this discussion.

Everyone has a right to take the most hassle-free path to bringing their significant half to America.

Thank you for not giving the OP any useful advice.

Edited March 17, 2014 by gabeRao