April 2015 Interviews

[davidgastly 1]

Hello everyone, I got my P4 letter on 12th of march, and interview is scheduled for 2nd april. So only 21 days to wait for Estonian embassy!

[Aahil 90]

What is CC?

CC stands for Case complete

[Maryfran 2]

Hi everybody! I had CC 03/11/2015 and my interview will be 04/15/2015!

[rayselle214 3]

Congratulations. Welcome to the group. I have added you to the spreadsheet.

Original of the ITR no but you will have to have a new I-864 original because that is signature.

Thankie

[davidgastly 1]

I'm confused about bringing passport photos to the interview... there is contradicting information: The last page of the P4 letter says that I MUST bring 2 photos, yet below on the same page, on the list of documents it says PHOTOGRAPH - Y (The NVC sent this form or document to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate).

So I already sent the NVC 2 photos, which they now sent to the embassy, but the embassy also wants 2 MORE photos? What do they need so many photos for? To make a collage? And they dont specify how recent the new ones are supposed to be, or if I can bring copies of the same ones as I sent to NVC.

[AUMER 3]

CC stands for Case complete

Thanks

[SharksBelow 99]

I'm confused about bringing passport photos to the interview... there is contradicting information: The last page of the P4 letter says that I MUST bring 2 photos, yet below on the same page, on the list of documents it says PHOTOGRAPH - Y (The NVC sent this form or document to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate).

So I already sent the NVC 2 photos, which they now sent to the embassy, but the embassy also wants 2 MORE photos? What do they need so many photos for? To make a collage? And they dont specify how recent the new ones are supposed to be, or if I can bring copies of the same ones as I sent to NVC.

As long as you look the same I would think older ones would be fine, I know in Australia they have a "these photos expire on..." part on the packet. If it's not a lot of trouble, getting some new ones might not be a bad idea. I have some recent ones from just before my medical - I got US passport sized ones accidentally then had to go back for Australian passport sized ones.

[Sukie 1,464]

I'm confused about bringing passport photos to the interview... there is contradicting information: The last page of the P4 letter says that I MUST bring 2 photos, yet below on the same page, on the list of documents it says PHOTOGRAPH - Y (The NVC sent this form or document to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate).

So I already sent the NVC 2 photos, which they now sent to the embassy, but the embassy also wants 2 MORE photos? What do they need so many photos for? To make a collage? And they dont specify how recent the new ones are supposed to be, or if I can bring copies of the same ones as I sent to NVC.

David,

No - they are not making a collage! You made me laugh when I read this!

Technically, all photos must have been taken within six months of the date of the document being created. Most of us get stuck so long at NVC that the photos we originally sent are either close to or past their "use by" dates. So that is why they ask for new ones.

It's a pain, I know - but that is the reason....

Sukie in NY

[Frips 166]

I'm confused about bringing passport photos to the interview... there is contradicting information: The last page of the P4 letter says that I MUST bring 2 photos, yet below on the same page, on the list of documents it says PHOTOGRAPH - Y (The NVC sent this form or document to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate).

So I already sent the NVC 2 photos, which they now sent to the embassy, but the embassy also wants 2 MORE photos? What do they need so many photos for? To make a collage? And they dont specify how recent the new ones are supposed to be, or if I can bring copies of the same ones as I sent to NVC.

)) If you didn't significantly changed you can bring the same photo you sent to NVC:) photo shouldn't be older then six months...

[davidgastly 1]

As long as you look the same I would think older ones would be fine, I know in Australia they have a "these photos expire on..." part on the packet. If it's not a lot of trouble, getting some new ones might not be a bad idea. I have some recent ones from just before my medical - I got US passport sized ones accidentally then had to go back for Australian passport sized ones.

Yeahh that's what I was thinking. For me they are asking for 5x5 cm ones, which is US passport size I guess.

But that makes me wonder, if they want 2 new ones at the embassy, why did they ask for them at NVC stage? Since they just forward them to the embassy anyway. Plus USCIS wanted one too, so they could have might as well forwarded that one to NVC.

[SharksBelow 99]

Yeahh that's what I was thinking. For me they are asking for 5x5 cm ones, which is US passport size I guess.

But that makes me wonder, if they want 2 new ones at the embassy, why did they ask for them at NVC stage? Since they just forward them to the embassy anyway. Plus USCIS wanted one too, so they could have might as well forwarded that one to NVC.

If they're like other govt organisations, your photo gets glued or stapled to documents all over the place. So they don't reuse them.

[tim131 14]

Hi guys, we're still waiting for a CC from the NVC, but thought I would post here for a little bit of advice - with regards proof for the interview.

So the interview will be in Dublin, Ireland - we've been married over a year now, but my wife has lived here in Ireland since Dec, I am wondering if we should say that to the CO, as they may question her residency? - she still has her FL driving licence, is on the lease of her apartment (joint with her mom) and also is an online student at Liberty Univeristy, VA.

I think telling the CO that we've been living together will help prove a bona-fide marriage as we dont really have other proof of stuff at the moment, as we dont talk online etc as we dont need to - not much recent photos etc - I am just worried the whole residency thing will come into play.

Any ideas?

Thanks and wishing everyone gets their interview dates soon

[shikimo 8]

Quick question/confirmation as our interview date approaches:

I was just looking over the VJ Paris Embassy page (http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=France&cty=Paris), and I noticed that there is a lot of information that hasn't come up in our case and isn't mentioned in our P4 letter at all. I think I understand that the P3 is only for fiance visas and doesn't apply to us; if this is the case, does this mean that we can ignore the DS-160, DS-2001, and I-134 forms? None of these things are mentioned in the interview preparation instructions in the P4 letter.

I think we've got this under control, but I don't want to leave any stone unturned after 13 months of waiting.

[dwheels76 5,468]

Hello everyone, I got my P4 letter on 12th of march, and interview is scheduled for 2nd april. So only 21 days to wait for Estonian embassy!

Congratulations. Welcome to the group. You have been added to the spreadsheet.

[bk2014 34]

I'm confused about bringing passport photos to the interview... there is contradicting information: The last page of the P4 letter says that I MUST bring 2 photos, yet below on the same page, on the list of documents it says PHOTOGRAPH - Y (The NVC sent this form or document to the U.S. Embassy or Consulate).

So I already sent the NVC 2 photos, which they now sent to the embassy, but the embassy also wants 2 MORE photos? What do they need so many photos for? To make a collage? And they dont specify how recent the new ones are supposed to be, or if I can bring copies of the same ones as I sent to NVC.

Just take 2 passport pictures to the interview anyways...just to be safe.

pictures must be taken within last 6months