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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
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Just want to make a thread were people can comment on there experiences with the india US conuslate and/ or the whole K-1 process

My first question to break the ice is...

does anybody know about how long it takes Mumbai US consulate to send out packet 3 to the SO once they have recieved it from the NVC????

K-1 TIMELINE

INTERVIEW SUCCESSFULL MAY 2, 2007

MAY 3, 2007 FOUND OUT VISA IS PENDING SECURITY CLEARENCE

MAY 4, 2007 VISA AND PASSPORT RECIEVED VIA COURIER YA-ALI MADAT

FIONCE ARRIVAL INTO USA MAY 9, 2007 VIA POE ATLANTA, HARTSFIELD

MAY 11, 2007 APPLIED FOR SS NUMBER

MARRIED MAY 14, 2007 CIVIL COURT CEREMONY

PREPARING AOS PAPERWORK

AOS TIMELINE

SUBMITTED I-485 AND I-785 MAY 31, 2007

USPS CONFIRMATION AOS PAPERWORK RECIEVED JULY 1, 2007

RECIEVED SOCIAL SECURITY CARD AND NUMBER JULY 7, 2007

AOS and EAD CHECKS CASHED JULY 8, 2007

JUNE 6TH NOA1 FOR I-765 AND I-486

JUNE 11TH RECIEVED HARD COPY NOA1

JUNE 16, 2007 Recieved Biometrics APPT. letter

JULY 6, 2007 BIOMETRICS APPOINTMENT 10:00 am Completed

Touched July 6th for I-485 and I-765

RFE FOR AOS july 11, 2007 affidavit of support

Interview date for Green card on november 29.2007

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hi

i didnt go through mumbai and i also applied via DCF

however, on the mumbai website they have the packet available for download.

you might want to ask one of the other guys if the packet online is the same one you get in the mail.

if you search one of the other india threads youll find Raj. he just went through mumbai and would beable to tell you.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...c=52340&hl=

try this one

Summer 2005 Met in Delhi

Oct 2006 Married in Delhi

Apr 2007 Manu Arrives in the US

Sep 2008 Our son is born

Jun 2009 Removal of conditions (approved in 2 months!)

Dec 2010 Many Becomes citizen!

Aug 2011 Son #2 is born!

Nov 2012 Mom Immigrated

Jan 2012 Waiting for dad...

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
Timeline
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I'm marrying a Brazilian so I'm sorry if I shouldn't be responding here. :innocent:

I just wanted to say good luck. My best friends are Indian and one of them is getting married in India tomorrow (although they live in NYC). I received the wedding invitation in the mail yesterday and it's the most beautiful invitation I've ever received! I'd LOVE to be able to go, but since my fiance's interview is next month and I'm going to that I can't go to India.

I hope your process is fast and smooth. :thumbs:

11/2004 - Met in Brazil

09/2006 - Apply for K1

03/2007 - K1 approved

04/2007 - Apply for AOS & EAD

07/2007 - EAD approved

01/2008 - Conditional Residency approved

11/2009 - Apply to remove conditions

02/2010 - Permanent Residency approved

11/2010 - Apply for Citizenship

03/2011 - Citizenship approved

07/2011 - Moved back to Brazil

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: India
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does anybody know about how long it takes Mumbai US consulate to send out packet 3 to the SO once they have recieved it from the NVC????

Hi! I recognize you from other posts. :yes: We’ll be going through Chennai but are still waiting for life after RFE, so can't give you personal experience info. However I have snooped around the Timelines and it seems the timing of the Mumbai Consulate sending out Packet 3 varies from less than a week to over a month! With 10-15 days being average. As usual, timings in this journey are mostly individual. I’d say start bugging them in a few more days. You’ll probably get packet 3 pretty soon. Good luck for speedy rest of the journey - hope our petition gets to India soon too! :thumbs:

***Nagaraju & Eileen***
K1 (Fiance Visa)
Oct 18, 2006: NOA1
Feb 8, 2007: NOA2
April 13, 2007: INTERVIEW in Chennai -Approved
May 25, 2007: USA Arrival! EAD at JFK
June 15, 2007: Married
AOS (Adjustment of Status)
June 21, 2007: AOS/EAD Submitted
Sept 18, 2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED!!
ROC (Removing of Conditions)
June 23, 2009: Sent in I-751 packet
Sept 11, 2009: APPROVED!!
Sept 18, 2009: Received 10-year Green Card!

Naturalization
July 15, 2010: Sent N-400 packet
July 23, 2010: NOA Notice date
Oct 15, 2010: Citizenship Interview - Passed!
Nov 15, 2010: Oath Ceremony in Fresno, CA
Nov 24, 2010: Did SSN and Applied for Passport
Dec 6, 2010: Passport Arrives
Dec 7, 2010: Sent for Indian Passport Surrender Certificate
Dec 27, 2010: Surrender Certificate Arrives
Jan 3, 2011: Sent for Overseas Citizenship of India Card
March 1, 2011: Received OCI card!

Divorce

Feb 2015:​ Found out he was cheating (prostitutes / escorts)

​May 2015: Divorce Final

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
Timeline
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any other india vjers??

K-1 TIMELINE

INTERVIEW SUCCESSFULL MAY 2, 2007

MAY 3, 2007 FOUND OUT VISA IS PENDING SECURITY CLEARENCE

MAY 4, 2007 VISA AND PASSPORT RECIEVED VIA COURIER YA-ALI MADAT

FIONCE ARRIVAL INTO USA MAY 9, 2007 VIA POE ATLANTA, HARTSFIELD

MAY 11, 2007 APPLIED FOR SS NUMBER

MARRIED MAY 14, 2007 CIVIL COURT CEREMONY

PREPARING AOS PAPERWORK

AOS TIMELINE

SUBMITTED I-485 AND I-785 MAY 31, 2007

USPS CONFIRMATION AOS PAPERWORK RECIEVED JULY 1, 2007

RECIEVED SOCIAL SECURITY CARD AND NUMBER JULY 7, 2007

AOS and EAD CHECKS CASHED JULY 8, 2007

JUNE 6TH NOA1 FOR I-765 AND I-486

JUNE 11TH RECIEVED HARD COPY NOA1

JUNE 16, 2007 Recieved Biometrics APPT. letter

JULY 6, 2007 BIOMETRICS APPOINTMENT 10:00 am Completed

Touched July 6th for I-485 and I-765

RFE FOR AOS july 11, 2007 affidavit of support

Interview date for Green card on november 29.2007

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: India
Timeline
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***Nagaraju & Eileen***
K1 (Fiance Visa)
Oct 18, 2006: NOA1
Feb 8, 2007: NOA2
April 13, 2007: INTERVIEW in Chennai -Approved
May 25, 2007: USA Arrival! EAD at JFK
June 15, 2007: Married
AOS (Adjustment of Status)
June 21, 2007: AOS/EAD Submitted
Sept 18, 2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED!!
ROC (Removing of Conditions)
June 23, 2009: Sent in I-751 packet
Sept 11, 2009: APPROVED!!
Sept 18, 2009: Received 10-year Green Card!

Naturalization
July 15, 2010: Sent N-400 packet
July 23, 2010: NOA Notice date
Oct 15, 2010: Citizenship Interview - Passed!
Nov 15, 2010: Oath Ceremony in Fresno, CA
Nov 24, 2010: Did SSN and Applied for Passport
Dec 6, 2010: Passport Arrives
Dec 7, 2010: Sent for Indian Passport Surrender Certificate
Dec 27, 2010: Surrender Certificate Arrives
Jan 3, 2011: Sent for Overseas Citizenship of India Card
March 1, 2011: Received OCI card!

Divorce

Feb 2015:​ Found out he was cheating (prostitutes / escorts)

​May 2015: Divorce Final

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: India
Timeline
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is there any way i can find out when or if they consulate has sent out a packet 3 yet?

K-1 TIMELINE

INTERVIEW SUCCESSFULL MAY 2, 2007

MAY 3, 2007 FOUND OUT VISA IS PENDING SECURITY CLEARENCE

MAY 4, 2007 VISA AND PASSPORT RECIEVED VIA COURIER YA-ALI MADAT

FIONCE ARRIVAL INTO USA MAY 9, 2007 VIA POE ATLANTA, HARTSFIELD

MAY 11, 2007 APPLIED FOR SS NUMBER

MARRIED MAY 14, 2007 CIVIL COURT CEREMONY

PREPARING AOS PAPERWORK

AOS TIMELINE

SUBMITTED I-485 AND I-785 MAY 31, 2007

USPS CONFIRMATION AOS PAPERWORK RECIEVED JULY 1, 2007

RECIEVED SOCIAL SECURITY CARD AND NUMBER JULY 7, 2007

AOS and EAD CHECKS CASHED JULY 8, 2007

JUNE 6TH NOA1 FOR I-765 AND I-486

JUNE 11TH RECIEVED HARD COPY NOA1

JUNE 16, 2007 Recieved Biometrics APPT. letter

JULY 6, 2007 BIOMETRICS APPOINTMENT 10:00 am Completed

Touched July 6th for I-485 and I-765

RFE FOR AOS july 11, 2007 affidavit of support

Interview date for Green card on november 29.2007

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
Timeline
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is there any way i can find out when or if they consulate has sent out a packet 3 yet?

Which embassy are you going through? I'm doing a CR/IR1 visa so can't help you with the specific question. However, the link below is for the Mumbai consulate. There should a a e-mail or telephone number you can contact to get information on the status of your case. From the Mumbai website, there is a link to the Delhi, Chennai, and Kolkata embassy's/consulates

http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/

Good luck

08/06/06 - Married in India 3dflagsdotcom_ukeng_2fawm.gif3dflagsdotcom_india_2fawm.gif

------------------------------------USCIS - CSS-----------------------------------------

09/09/06 - Submited I-130

09/19/06 - NOA1

11/27/06 - NOA2 - Approval

----------------------------------------NVC------------------------------------------------

12/07/06 - NVC Received and Case # Assigned

12/18/06 - AOS Fee Bill and DS-3032generated

12/19/06 - E-mail DS-3032 Choice of Agent to NVC

12/20/06 - AOS Fee Bill sent next day delivery to St. Louis by USPS

12/22/06 - DS-3032 Choice of Agent Accepted (received e-mail conformation from NVC)

12/25/06 - IV Fee Bill Generated by NVC

01/03/07 - ASO Application generated by NVC

01/06/07 - IV Fee Bill Received (snail mail)

01/08/07 - IV Fee Bill sent next day delivery to St. Louis by USPS

01/12/07 - ASO Application received (snail mail)

01/13/07 - ASO I864-EZ application sent to NVC priority mail (3 day delivery)

01/15/07 - DS230 Generated

01/18/07 - DS230 sent to NVC - overnight delivery by USPS

01/26/07 - DS230 finally received 11 days after it was generated.. can anyone say snail mail..

02/20/07 - CASE COMPLETE AT NVC

02/28/07 - Case left NVC

03/03/07 - Case received at Mumbai Embassy

05/22/07 - Medical Interview Breach Candy Mumbai

05/24/07 - Interview date at Mumbai consulate - APPROVED!

06/02/07 - Mumbai - Paris - Atlanta - Charlotte. Departs June 1st 4.45am EST Arrives June 2nd 4.12pm EST

07/10/07 - Received Conditional Greencard. Still waiting on the SSN

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: India
Timeline
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any other india vjers??

Go to "Embassy Info" (on top of this page); click on "I" for India. Under India, you will find the option "Find all VisaJourney Members from India". Click on it - 32 pages of us! Start clicking on the member's names and "View Member Profile". You can send PMs if you want to get in touch with people. I looked around a couple of times and found that some of them never posted, or didn’t update timelines.

***Nagaraju & Eileen***
K1 (Fiance Visa)
Oct 18, 2006: NOA1
Feb 8, 2007: NOA2
April 13, 2007: INTERVIEW in Chennai -Approved
May 25, 2007: USA Arrival! EAD at JFK
June 15, 2007: Married
AOS (Adjustment of Status)
June 21, 2007: AOS/EAD Submitted
Sept 18, 2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED!!
ROC (Removing of Conditions)
June 23, 2009: Sent in I-751 packet
Sept 11, 2009: APPROVED!!
Sept 18, 2009: Received 10-year Green Card!

Naturalization
July 15, 2010: Sent N-400 packet
July 23, 2010: NOA Notice date
Oct 15, 2010: Citizenship Interview - Passed!
Nov 15, 2010: Oath Ceremony in Fresno, CA
Nov 24, 2010: Did SSN and Applied for Passport
Dec 6, 2010: Passport Arrives
Dec 7, 2010: Sent for Indian Passport Surrender Certificate
Dec 27, 2010: Surrender Certificate Arrives
Jan 3, 2011: Sent for Overseas Citizenship of India Card
March 1, 2011: Received OCI card!

Divorce

Feb 2015:​ Found out he was cheating (prostitutes / escorts)

​May 2015: Divorce Final

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: India
Timeline
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I think I am the only currently active Nepal VJer at the moment so it gets kinda lonely up here you know??? ;)

Welcome, neighbor! :D I did a quick search and your Embassy isn't even in there, so I guess there's no way of searching for even inactive members from Nepal?! You gotta put it in after your interview! :thumbs:

***Nagaraju & Eileen***
K1 (Fiance Visa)
Oct 18, 2006: NOA1
Feb 8, 2007: NOA2
April 13, 2007: INTERVIEW in Chennai -Approved
May 25, 2007: USA Arrival! EAD at JFK
June 15, 2007: Married
AOS (Adjustment of Status)
June 21, 2007: AOS/EAD Submitted
Sept 18, 2007: AOS Interview - APPROVED!!
ROC (Removing of Conditions)
June 23, 2009: Sent in I-751 packet
Sept 11, 2009: APPROVED!!
Sept 18, 2009: Received 10-year Green Card!

Naturalization
July 15, 2010: Sent N-400 packet
July 23, 2010: NOA Notice date
Oct 15, 2010: Citizenship Interview - Passed!
Nov 15, 2010: Oath Ceremony in Fresno, CA
Nov 24, 2010: Did SSN and Applied for Passport
Dec 6, 2010: Passport Arrives
Dec 7, 2010: Sent for Indian Passport Surrender Certificate
Dec 27, 2010: Surrender Certificate Arrives
Jan 3, 2011: Sent for Overseas Citizenship of India Card
March 1, 2011: Received OCI card!

Divorce

Feb 2015:​ Found out he was cheating (prostitutes / escorts)

​May 2015: Divorce Final

Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: India
Timeline
Posted
I think I am the only currently active Nepal VJer at the moment so it gets kinda lonely up here you know??? ;)

Welcome, neighbor! :D I did a quick search and your Embassy isn't even in there, so I guess there's no way of searching for even inactive members from Nepal?! You gotta put it in after your interview! :thumbs:

Yes, I am planning on it, so others will have an easier time. :)

Posted

Does this include those who already filed (and even done so far)?

2005/07/10 I-129F filed for Pras

2005/11/07 I-129F approved, forwarded to NVC--to Chennai Consulate 2005/11/14

2005/12/02 Packet-3 received from Chennai

2005/12/21 Visa Interview Date

2006/04/04 Pras' entry into US at DTW

2006/04/15 Church Wedding at Novi (Detroit suburb), MI

2006/05/01 AOS Packet (I-485/I-131/I-765) filed at Chicago

2006/08/23 AP and EAD approved. Two down, 1.5 to go

2006/10/13 Pras' I-485 interview--APPROVED!

2006/10/27 Pras' conditional GC arrives -- .5 to go (2 yrs to Conditions Removal)

2008/07/21 I-751 (conditions removal) filed

2008/08/22 I-751 biometrics completed

2009/06/18 I-751 approved

2009/07/03 10-year GC received; last 0.5 done!

2009/07/23 Pras files N-400

2009/11/16 My 46TH birthday, Pras N-400 approved

2010/03/18 Pras' swear-in

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As long as the LORD's beside me, I don't care if this road ever ends.

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: India
Timeline
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After the Embassy recieved the case from NVC Center...they take one week of time to send the Packet 3

ROUND 4 - KNOCK OUT ROUND [N-400 Naturalization!!!

30-Mar-2010 N-400 Form sent to Phoenix Service Center

31-Mar-2010 N-400 Packet Recieved at 10:30am

13-Apr-2010 Check Cashed

16-Apr-2010 Recieved I-797C Notice of Action

20-Apr-2010 Mailed RFE (I believe must be Biometrics)

22-Apr-2010 Case Updated

27-Apr-2010 Received Biometrics letter set for May 13

13-May-2010 Biometrics Completed in PHX

11-Jun-2010 Receieved Text at 1:00 AM from USCIS "CASE TOUCHED"

11-Jun-2010 Case Transfered to Local Office, PHX for Interview

12-Jun-2010 Case Touched

14-Jun-2010 Interview Letter Recieved, Set for July 19th

16-Jun-2010 Case Touched

19-Jul-2010 Interview Day in Phoenix AZ @ 9:40am

19-Jul-2010 Case Approved Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

29-Jul-2010 Received N-445 Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony Letter set for Aug 6th from local office Phoenix,AZ...wooohoooo!!! Praise the LORD

31-Jul-2010 Received 2nd N-445 Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony Letter for Aug 6th from NBC Missouri

06-Aug-2010 Oath Ceremony at Dist.Court PHX....Proud to be a US Citizen...wooohoooo!!! Thank you Lord

06-Aug-2010 SSN Updated at District Court PHX

06-Aug-2010 Register for Voters Card at District Court PHX

22-Feb-2011 Applied for U.S. Passport - lol oops been lazy

07-Mar-2011 US Passport Issued

09-Mar-2011 US Passport Received...yipeee

11-May-2011 Sent Renunciation Application to India Embassy, San Francisco CA

25-May-2011 India Embassy recieved Renunciation application

06-Jun-2011 Received Renunciation Surrender Certificate from India Embassy.....grrr $ 190 bucks for one small tiny seal humph!!!

Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: India
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Just want to make a thread were people can comment on there experiences with the india US conuslate and/ or the whole K-1 process

My first question to break the ice is...

does anybody know about how long it takes Mumbai US consulate to send out packet 3 to the SO once they have recieved it from the NVC????

My fiance went through Mumbai. As you can see in my signature, Packet 3 was sent within 3 days of the consulate receiving our file. I think this generally goes fairly quick. However they sent a completely wrong packet. I e-mailed the consulate about this and was instructed to go to their web-site and download Packet 3. There really is no reason to not do this. You can start on your paperwork much quicker.

Packet 4 is also on their site. He was scheduled for an interview very quickly after I sent an e-mail asking why he was not on the December schedule. Again he downloaded Packet 4 so he could get this final stuff completed before having to turn it in at the VFS office. Since his interview was scheduled so quickly we were lucky they attached his interview letter along with the e-mail stating his interview date.

One thing I will say about Mumbai. It might be considered a slow place in issuing interviews, but their web-site is fantastic! Here is a link for the Visa Forms and Packets http://mumbai.usconsulate.gov/ivforms.html We were able to complete all the paperwork and read in detail what is needed from there site. I have looked at other embassy/consulate web-sites in hopes to help someone else who has these kinds of questions and so far have not seen anything with as much good information as Mumbai's. Most of them I do not think are very helpful at all.

I also had very good luck in receiving responses to my e-mails. As my fiance went for his interview they did tell him they receive more e-mails than you can imagine and they only respond to the ones that seem "important". I know we all think our e-mails are "important". Please just keep this in mind if you e-mail them. I tried to keep it relatively short, but was certain to give all the details I felt were necessary. And of course I clearly identified my topic in my subject line.

Good luck to everyone. We had success and I know it can be done. Another person posted how having all your paperwork in order is one key to success with Mumbai. I completely agree with that. My fiance may have thought I was overdoing it a little, but I was very thorough. I don't think I was excessive. I just followed what their instructions stated in both Packet 3 & 4.

I also will admit I am glad there are more and more people posting about their experiences in India. When we first started this journey I did so much reading of previous posts. It can do nothing but help everyone right now at this time and also help future VJers!

Again good luck!

Lori

02/21/2006 - AJM proposes (on LAK's birthday!) & LAK accepts

05/19/2005 - Sent I-129F

06/09/2006 - Received NOA1 in snail mail

06/30/2006 - Received & Sent IMBRA RFE

07/03/2006 - RFE Received at CSC

07/07/2006 - Email stating IMBRA RFE received

08/16/2006 - APPROVED!!! NOA2!!

08/17/2006 - 5 Emails stating approval!! YEAH!!!

08/22/2006 - Received NOA2 in snail mail

08/28/2006 - NVC Received

08/31/2006 - NVC Forwarded to Mumbai

09/05/2006 - Received NVC Letter in Snail Mail

09/04/2006 - File recieved in Mumbai

11/27/2006 - E-mail from consulate - Interview is scheduled for 12/18/2006

12/18/2006 - INTERVIEW

12/18/2006 - APPROVED!!! - Just need one final PCC

01/04/2007 - VISA ISSUED!

03/16/2007 - Arrived in Chicago!!!

03/29/2007 - Wedding Date

AOS

04/20/2007 - AOS Paperwork Sent

04/30/2007 - AOS Checks Posting to Account

05/25/2007 - Biometrics Apointment

07/13/2007 - E-mail stating EAD is in production

07/26/2007 - EAD card received in the mail!!

08/29/2007 - E-mail stating Permanent Resident Card production ordered!

Removing Conditions

05/22/2009 - Sent I-751 to California!

05/29/2009 - Check Cashed at Bank!

06/02/2009 - NOA Received in Snail Mail!

06/22/2009 - Received Biometrics Notification

07/09/2009 - Biometrics Appointment

08/14/2009 - E-Mail Notification of Approval - got the e-mail and letter the same day!

08/11/2009 - LETTER OF APPROVAL!!! 10 YEAR GREEN CARD!!!

08/21/2009 - RECEIVED 10 YEAR GREEN CARD!!!!! YEAH!!!

 
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