NVC to Mumbai Consulate Gather Here!!!

[JigneshBabu1992 2]

On 11/4/2021 at 7:40 PM, Siddsgal said:

Lol, we got DQ’d last December and our case is still sitting at NVC. There’s a big backlog.

How about now?

[JigneshBabu1992 2]

On 3/15/2022 at 4:14 AM, RSF_L said:

IR1 visa approved!

Needed all of you to know some information.

 

Sorry for the long post 😬

DQ Date: 26th May, 2021
Interview date: 11th March, 2022. Time: 8:30 am.(Friday)
Biometrics: 27th February, 2022
Medical: 3rd March, 2022 (Took about almost 7 hours at Delhi Max Med center. Even after that they didn't get my xray report...told me that if they'll have issues they'll call me otherwise they'll send reports directly to the embassy. However, everything went well. They didn't call me and no issues at the embassy. Got three vaccinations and recieved the vaccination report a week later in my mail.)

Reached at 8:00 am at the embassy...left at around 12.
1st officer asked me for my originals- birth certificate, marriage certificate, pcc, divorce decree.
Asked me: who's calling you?
How did we meet?
When did we meet?
When did we get married?
When did we complete our 2 years of marriage?
Is this both of our first marriages? ( Mine isn't so she asked me how did it ended and asked for my original divorce decree)
Have I ever lived in any other country for more than 1 year?
She also asked me grandfather's name(both mom's and dad's) which i couldn't recall for few minutes ( she said it's ok it won't affect our application, it's just for their record) but eventually i did.

Have I ever applied for any other US visa? (Which got a little tricky)...i told her we applied for K1 visa...(then she asked me if it was with same person or not...and why didn't we mentioned that our visa was refused in the ds 260 form)? I said, we never got an official refusal letter, from administrative processing it was sent back to USCIS for more processing...so, our (not at all helpful😒) lawyer suggested that we shouldn't mention it and simply say when asked that it wasn't refused but the window expired for it. The officer said we have to correct it in ds260 so, she gave me 1 hour permission to leave the embassy and make the necessary corrections. I asked her if she can help me where I can do that but she said i can't tell, but guess outside might be able to help you or there was one lady who had the same issue...i asked her and she guided me any autowala outside will know the internet cafe that does that(100 rs for there to back the embassy)...we went there and the guy asked for 3000rs. For the correction 😒 which felt like obviously they are taking advantage of the situation. We argued a little bit even they know that we'll cave in eventually because even the autowala wasn't ready to take us anywhere else saying that this is best and only place. And since I had just 45 min to go back, and the unknown area, we couldn't take chance. He gave us a print out also for the submission of the corrected form.

Well, after that hiccup, it was smooth sailing. The second officer was really easy to talk and friendly. It felt like we were having a conversation rather than interview.
He asked me few same questions: 
Others: (my aunt and my husband work together and she introduced us) so he asked where do they work?
Where does he lives?
How many times have we met?
When was the last time he came to meet me? Asked for those photos.
What are his hobbies?
Asked for our wedding pictures.
Then the magical words...visa approved!

They didn't ask for any tax papers, even the US specified 4 passport photos 🤷🏻‍♀️

 

Recieved passport today(Tuesday)

So you edited the ds260 form to write "yes" for "were you refused visa"? even though you were not refused visa?

[JigneshBabu1992 2]

On 3/18/2022 at 9:35 AM, AKN2 said:

A few people DQ'd in September 2021 have got ILs. We're expecting a fresh bunch of ILs covering Sep and Oct 2021 DQs next week. Some people from late 2020 and early 2021 have been skipped, however. You should join the FB and Whatsapp groups for interview date updates.

Thanks for the heads up, curious how you know this?

[AKN2 49]

5 hours ago, JigneshBabu1992 said:

How about now?

They got their interview in Feb and were approved.

5 hours ago, JigneshBabu1992 said:

Thanks for the heads up, curious how you know this?

FB and Whatsapp groups. 

[SahilDQ 1]

On 3/12/2022 at 6:24 PM, SahilDQ said:

I think F21 and F2a are same as they refer to Spouse of GC holder and F2B is for children under 21 of GC.

Also I see the same message as you for the numerical limit and according to some youtube video many people are getting the same message and the person says its a glitch and it should correct soon. 

Personally I am going to wait for 1 week and then send an email to NVC and ask them for the status. Goodluck.

 

I checked the status for our case and the message for "Numerical limit..." has disappeared. 

[RJ2021 3]

10 hours ago, SahilDQ said:

I checked the status for our case and the message for "Numerical limit..." has disappeared. 

I also checked mine too

[JD2 84]

On 3/16/2022 at 8:57 AM, monil622 said:

Another lockdown in China could affect the operation 

Why would lockdown in China affect the Bombay Consulate?

[JigneshBabu1992 2]

On 3/18/2022 at 9:35 AM, AKN2 said:

A few people DQ'd in September 2021 have got ILs. We're expecting a fresh bunch of ILs covering Sep and Oct 2021 DQs next week. Some people from late 2020 and early 2021 have been skipped, however. You should join the FB and Whatsapp groups for interview date updates.

Hi, nothing has came out yet for folks DQ'd in Oct 2021

did you see anything different? has it stopped?

[ashish tailor 59]

9 minutes ago, JigneshBabu1992 said:

Hi, nothing has came out yet for folks DQ'd in Oct 2021

did you see anything different? has it stopped?

Patience bro patience. It will come out Thursday and Friday this week. 

[SLVSM01 0]

Looks like quite a lot of CR1/IR1 visas processed in February 2022. It got updated today. 

http://visawhen.com/consulates/mumbai/cr1ir1

[AKN2 49]

6 hours ago, ashish tailor said:

Patience bro patience. It will come out Thursday and Friday this week. 

I really hope you're right.

[AKN2 49]

6 hours ago, JigneshBabu1992 said:

Hi, nothing has came out yet for folks DQ'd in Oct 2021

did you see anything different? has it stopped?

Yep they've taken a break apparently. September and October folks, including me, are waiting with bated breath but nothing so far.

[RobinGT 21]

Does anyone have experience having visa delivered from Mumbai to your home? I signed up for it when we made biometric appointment. We will be home two days after interview and hoping we get approved. But I’m nervous about delivery . 

[BeHealthy 52]

Just a fyi. Looks like they covered till October first week DQ dates.

 

Interview slots filled until April 14th. (I think). April 15th is a holiday.

 

F2A_IR1_CR1_Spouse_WaitingList.zip

[AKN2 49]

I'm October 29th, do you think I'll get IL tomorrow or have to wait until Monday? Don't think I'm gonna get much sleep tonight lol

Edited March 30, 2022 by AKN2