Calling all INDIAN couples also who have an Indian spouse

[sonia_batliwala 0]

Any advice on where to go and how to go about obtaining the police certificates in Delhi? Also, roughly, what do the certificates need to say - any idea?

Thanks.

[ManuNSam 1]

go here to post 14

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...ce++certificate

[rizthomson 3]

Hi folks......we have interview on monday morning........

ltl tense.........till this date, i had not faced any interview.....not even for my job earlier.....so its my first..........friends any tips ?......for the dress or anything..........like to know anything if you want to suggest to me..........

will write the interview experience later.........bye 4 now .....

riz

Edited February 23, 2007 by rizthomson

[ManuNSam 1]

go comfortable, youll be sitting and waiting for a while

i would just wear jeans. they are checking your relationship, your not expected to have on your "professional" face.

just be relaxed. my husband said the interview was comfortable.

sam

[ELW 5]

I would recommend to start working on PCC(police certis.) ASAP. In case if they ask any proof, get the packet-3 checklist printout from mumbai consl web site and take it along to show them..

Darn, I didn't think of that! My fiance asked about police certificates in Hyderabad (where he has resided for 1.5 year) but they said they will give it only after he has the clearance from his village (12-hour bus ride away in Kotananduru, AP). He went to Kotananduru and they said they would not give it till he had the interview appointment letter. Now I'm thinking they might have given it just showing Packet 4 available on the Chennai website.

I haven't posted here cuz it is titled "for Indian couples with Indian spouse" and we're neither but others have posted sooo...

Anyway, good luck to all and glad to hear of the good visa news!

[ManuNSam 1]

ELW- yes your right

you cannot start the police certificate until you have the interview letter

i think almost ALL police departments require the letter as proof you need clearance. but - as soon as you get that letter, you need to get right on it to get the police certificate.

but once you get the ball rolling make sure you push to get that certificate so you have it when you go to interview. that was the hardest thing to get for us. my husband had to go and bug them everyday for about a week. it was a real pain!

[MrsAyilliath 0]

Hi,

My husband Manoj and I are in the middle of our K3 process. We received our NOA2 On Feb 15 and I'm assuming that it's now enroute to the NVC. We're going through the New Delhi Embassy.

Even in the midst of this process I'm still a bit confused on which steps will come when...sooooo what I'm doing is just waiting to see what correspondence comes next and what the instructions are. I've already had him sign (but not date) a choice of agent form. Hopefully we will have an interview soon. Does anyone know the average time from receipt of NOA2 to interview time? I know it's not an exact science but I would like to get an idea.

[rizthomson 3]

hi everybody............I am soooooooooooooo haaaaaaapppppppppy to tell you all that by LORD's GRACE we got the visa...........on Monday evening itself at 0515 pm we got the passport with visa stamp........its was so smoooooooooth..............indeed JESUS CHRIST showered upon us mercy and blessing in abundance.........

we reached back home in bhopal this morning only......

FEB 26

Since we didnt have any relative living close to the mumbai consulate so we took the coupons from VFS .....so that even if its not possible for my Wife to come inside the consulate alongwith me, she can sit in the VFS lounge........Vfs people had told us to come at 0715 am.......but we reached VFS at 0645 and their were already 8-10 people their......at 0710 we were inside the "STARS AND STRIPES"

lounge of the VFS..........and they gave us snacks and coffe........and at 0740 they took us to the consulate..........and we reached their in few minutes........and since my was not allowed inside the consulate she returned back in the same bus to the VFS lounge......and one VFS employee took us inside directly to the gate....and we went separately without standing in the looooong existing QUeue whom were standing since 06 am or before.......as when we were going to VFS earlier we saw the long queue...........it was nice to see that 200 rs can save us from that line........lol....

and in the gate the normal procedure........take out your belt,watches,wallet and everything inside your pockets........and after going through the items and passing through the metal detector they will give you a wooden stick...and you have to return back that .......dont know whats that for...... since after checking the interview form only they are sending us inside so what does that wooden stick do to validate that, i cldnot understand that.........anyway we enter from the left hand side of the consulate hall........and my interview letter is taken by an employee...........the immigration applicants have to sit in the far side of the hall.....that is enter from left hand side and turn right walk straight to the right hand corner of the hall and sit their..........then starts the waiting game.. first they calls each and everybody to give back the documents you submitted earlier......either at NVC or at the VFS office....they only keeps the PCC and the Copy of the Birth Certificate......

this is done in the language which is mentioned in the DS-230 form.....so if you speaks only gujarati the name will be called in gujarati also the counter # also pronounced in gujarati....since i knew only ENglish, Hindi and Malayalam.....so my name was called in English and the official talked to me in english........he asked whether its my first marriage...whats your wifes name.......is this her first marriage.......he was noting it that in the form.......and asked about my family name ......returned all the original documents, and asked you wld be talking in english to the consular officer......also took my passport..........and asked to wait......

and all the people waiting for this IV were called to the counters on the right hand side...

this was completed till 0900 am.......and then again waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting... hey dont get bored what i do.........that happend with me......lol......and from 1030 only they began to call the candidates for the interview......and my name came at 1105......and i went inside....to the 13 # counter.....their was two persons .....one US citizen of asian origin......can be chineese or philippino.........dont know........but she was huge...........other was the translator[to speak in Gujarathi,marath etc].....and then begin the questions....

my name ....my wifes name........ what her job........how did you two met...........and which matrimonial website.......did she came to india.....and where do you went for honeymoon.....what did you saw their.............what do you like most about your wife.......show some pics, other than the wedding pics.......i showed some pics.......she looked each one of them.......and then came out the words.....your visa is approved and you will get your PASSPORT in 3-5 days.......and all this interview was done in 5-6 mins.......no documents asked and no evidence of relationship...infact at the VFS i didnt had submitted any evidence of relationship other that some 25-30 emails.....no phone records submitted..........so it was great.........and i went out of the consulate and ya i gave that wooden stick piece back to the security official.............

since their was no bus available at that moment back to VFS where my wife was waiting for me... i jumped inside a taxi and went to VFS and told her about the approval.......

we picked our passport at 0515 pm from the VFS office.......thats it...........

thaaaaaaank you everybody for all the support .....this site was soooooooooo great and now my wife says i am spending tooooo much time viewing this site.....lol............we will fly to DALLAS before 19th march....didnt got the confirmed tickets yet.......

once again thaaaaaaaaaaanx 2 ALL.........

rizthomson

[lak&ajm 0]

CONGRATULATIONS and WELCOME TO AMERICA!!!!

Your interview experience is very similiar to my fiance's - at least for questions asked and showing some pictures. They did not ask to see any of evidence of relationship, but he had some with him.

Again CONGRATS!!

Lori

[ELW 5]

CONGRATULATIONS! Sooooo happy for both of you! Have a great trip to USA!

[RIMASH 0]

ELW- yes your right

you cannot start the police certificate until you have the interview letter

i think almost ALL police departments require the letter as proof you need clearance. but - as soon as you get that letter, you need to get right on it to get the police certificate.

but once you get the ball rolling make sure you push to get that certificate so you have it when you go to interview. that was the hardest thing to get for us. my husband had to go and bug them everyday for about a week. it was a real pain!

I dont think thats true...cus my husband has already received his police certificates from 2 states that he lived in India. and our application is not even at the consulate yet.

so I dont think all police stations need "interview letter"

thanks

[ManuNSam 1]

hi rimash

consider yourself lucky if you got the police certificate without having the interview letter. most of the police stations require proof that you need the clearance certificate. the interview letter is what shows you need the plice certificate.

in delhi i know it required.

so i can say its true for delhi.

sorry if i gave the impression that its true for every place in india

i didnt intend to confuse or mislead anyone and you seem to know better than i

sam

[devblt 0]

My wife's case is at the US Embassy in mumbai! I am hoping for an interview in April.

[rizthomson 3]

Congraaaaaats.....the case is on the right track and reached in right time .....you will get the inetrview date in April ..........

riz

My wife's case is at the US Embassy in mumbai! I am hoping for an interview in April.

[pinky_doc 0]

hi..any1 going thru mumbai consulate guys????

pls help me wit the foll queries....

1) not yet recd pkt 3 ..though the consular window woman tells me its mailed out..

can it be downloaded???and wat r the forms tht mumbai includes in pkt 3...their website no longer has ds230 part1...

2) wher to submit the filled pkt 3..at vfs window or enquiry window at the consulate wher peeps line up frm 6 am...

3) how long after submitting pkt 3 is interview scheduled???

4)is pkt 4 mailed out on time or we hv to sit on their heads for that also????

5) passport office retains ur passport for the police clearance????so scary..wat if indian postal system lose it???and how long for the pcc frm passport office in mumbai?????

guys..any1 goin thru mumbai..do help us out....it seems the embassy is over packed for interviews..;(

and may be a bit longer....