October 2014 Interviews

[megharjun 15]

Done with medicals and biometrics. Received medical reports

Tried calling Mumbai embassy for rescheduling the interview to an earlier date. They refused to budge.

Why does India not reschedule when every other embassy does!

I dont want to be waiting until 7th or 8th for my visa and pp.

It is possible, owing to a long weekend (2nd Oct to 6th Oct), They will clear the visa and return the pp on the same day? Has it ever happened that people have got a pickup notification the same day?

Thanks

[Marwind 13]

OMG i m sooooo happy our visa was just issued very very very happy ?????☺️

Congratulations!!!

[am414 22]

ok finally got details from hubby about medical....it took about 2hrs....they did blood test, xray, physical, gave him 4shots....n all this cost 4400rupees...not bad! they told him report should b ready to pick up next day but to call first...he didnt get a chance to call yet...

[am414 22]

Done with medicals and biometrics. Received medical reports

Tried calling Mumbai embassy for rescheduling the interview to an earlier date. They refused to budge.

Why does India not reschedule when every other embassy does!

I dont want to be waiting until 7th or 8th for my visa and pp.

It is possible, owing to a long weekend (2nd Oct to 6th Oct), They will clear the visa and return the pp on the same day? Has it ever happened that people have got a pickup notification the same day?

Thanks

hy i have read on Mumbai consulate website that they dont reschedule

i think i have also read someone having success getting visa same day when they asked....not sure they do that regularly....

[Dfibus 16]

Finally an interview date.. Sept 30 th and we were expedited.. The hubby turned in all the paperwork this afternoon and was able to select his interview date.

[RK & SH 3]

Finally got approved (Visa on hand) today. Such a relief.

Thank you all for your support.

Interview 08/12/2014

Blue sheet was given due to Income not being sufficient.

Submitted new AOS on 08/18/2014

Reviewed and Approved on 09/18/2014.

[ssastry 6]

Well, just packing and reorganizing my "immigration documents" binder - heading to Montreal tomorrow and my interview is on Friday! I'm nervous, especially because of Montreal's stickyness on the "domicile" issue - hubby is living here in Canada with me and we have limited evidence of domicile, since he's self-employed here and will continue to be self employed when we get to the US.

But aside from the incredibly long waits for processing, everything else has gone smoothly, no RFEs or checklists so I think everything's in order. On the plane at 7:40am (Pacific) tomorrow morning, interview at 8:30am (Eastern) tomorrow! Wish me luck!

Nightingalejules:

What are you doing about 'address to receive green card"? I am sponsoring my husband, and we both live in Toronto. I will not have a definite address until a couple of months prior to moving, maybe by the time of interview I will have a confirmed address.

When and how can we supply an address for the green card to be mailed?

Anyone else who knows, please chime in.

Thanks.

[BOS_LHR 829]

Nightingalejules:

What are you doing about 'address to receive green card"? I am sponsoring my husband, and we both live in Toronto. I will not have a definite address until a couple of months prior to moving, maybe by the time of interview I will have a confirmed address.

When and how can we supply an address for the green card to be mailed?

Anyone else who knows, please chime in.

Thanks.

When you create an ELIS account to pay the $165 immigrant fee, you'll enter an address to receive the green card. As far as I know this one takes precedence over the others you've supplied throughout the process, but since that info came from a USCIS INFOPASS appointment, perhaps it should be taken with a grain of salt

[heytoot 4]

Hi! What do you mean income not sufficient? Was it below the poverty line and NVC did not check it or your case was expedited?

Finally got approved (Visa on hand) today. Such a relief.

Thank you all for your support.

Interview 08/12/2014

Blue sheet was given due to Income not being sufficient.

Submitted new AOS on 08/18/2014

Reviewed and Approved on 09/18/2014.

[BOS_LHR 829]

Hi! What do you mean income not sufficient? Was it below the poverty line and NVC did not check it or your case was expedited?

A third possibility is that an AOS meeting the official requirements is simply not accepted by the consulate for whatever reason. Some are much pickier than others. Most commonly, if you're close to poverty guidelines you may get through NVC but then have the consulate require you get a joint sponsor. Years ago I was a joint sponsor for a friend in that position. He had been unemployed for his most recent tax year and barely cleared poverty guidelines. He had since resumed working and his current income was more than sufficient to meet the requirements, but Moscow delayed visa approval at the interview pending a joint sponsor.

[jbry 24]

Thanks... Yes, my reason was 4 kids that I wanted to enroll in US schools as early as possible.

That's great you got through then. Our reason would be so my husband can start a job in the States as early as possible. But not too sure if that is a legitimate reason?

[MoBar65 520]

When you create an ELIS account to pay the $165 immigrant fee, you'll enter an address to receive the green card. As far as I know this one takes precedence over the others you've supplied throughout the process, but since that info came from a USCIS INFOPASS appointment, perhaps it should be taken with a grain of salt

Didn't know that. The ELIS pdf guide doesn't mention anywhere that you could update your address.

[MoBar65 520]

That's great you got through then. Our reason would be so my husband can start a job in the States as early as possible. But not too sure if that is a legitimate reason?

It would be a valid reason I think if he had a time-sensitive contract already. But really, if they had empty slots that they don't expect to be filled, why wouldn't they reschedule anyway?

One thing for sure, you won't get rescheduled if you don't ask.

[BOS_LHR 829]

Didn't know that. The ELIS pdf guide doesn't mention anywhere that you could update your address.

I had no idea, either, prior to our INFOPASS appointment. We were there trying to resolve the error in my husband's name, but the agent mentioned there was no address on file in ELIS for the card to be mailed to when it was produced. I was a little blown away given how many forms we've included our address on, but apparently it had to be entered on ELIS too. When we got home I logged on and sure enough, there's a Profile section that somehow wasn't covered during account creation. The physical and mailing address sections there were blank, as well as biographic information for my husband (DOB, country of birth, country of citizenship, etc.).

[MoBar65 520]

I had no idea, either, prior to our INFOPASS appointment. We were there trying to resolve the error in my husband's name, but the agent mentioned there was no address on file in ELIS for the card to be mailed to when it was produced. I was a little blown away given how many forms we've included our address on, but apparently it had to be entered on ELIS too. When we got home I logged on and sure enough, there's a Profile section that somehow wasn't covered during account creation. The physical and mailing address sections there were blank, as well as biographic information for my husband (DOB, country of birth, country of citizenship, etc.).

Wow! This is critical information. Thank you for bringing it up.