please help - parents embassy interview (merged)

[Tay123 4]

Ir5 interview:

 

So my parents got a 221g form with some documents to mail back to embassy, also an original document for me the petitioner is needed. I find it odd that I have to mail my original document overseas to embassy as this would just delay stuff. 
 

nonetheless, does one typically send stuff separate if this is the case or do you send it to your parents and they send everything in one packet? 
 

please advise. 

[Lil bear 4,181]

1 hour ago, Tay123 said:

Ir5 interview:

 

So my parents got a 221g form with some documents to mail back to embassy, also an original document for me the petitioner is needed. I find it odd that I have to mail my original document overseas to embassy as this would just delay stuff. 
 

nonetheless, does one typically send stuff separate if this is the case or do you send it to your parents and they send everything in one packet? 
 

please advise. 

Consulates require originals of all documents submitted during the NVC process … which includes some petitioner documentation … to be presented at the interview    Use the quickest safest method and follow the requirements of  the consulate to ensure the documents can be linked to their applications. Separate mailings are fine if waiting til all are in your parents hands will slow the response down. 

Edited December 13, 2022 by Lil bear

[Tay123 4]

so my parents had there interview and it went great only thing is the officer kindly told them to get originals of a few documents and to mail them back to the embassy via Mail as they lived a bit far. 

 

but a few hours later, email was received saying that only my father had to come in for a re-interview in like 6 days and also, for both parents to email this form back to the embassy: Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants - DS-5535 .

 

very confused

[Mike E 11,739]

Sometimes not bringing originals brings extra scrutiny to a case.  

[Tay123 4]

8 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Sometimes not bringing originals brings extra scrutiny to a case.  

ok but why are they only send for my father to come again to interview?

 

the officer said just mail the documents to embassy address, very confused. 

[Mike E 11,739]

10 minutes ago, Tay123 said:

ok but why are they only send for my father to come again to interview?.

There isn’t enough information to speculate 

 

1. Does he have past marriages?

 

2. Has he ever applied for a visa before?

 

3. Were either of his parents U.S. citizens or LPRs?

 

4. Does his work / education history include positions with law enforcement or military or research and development in military related disciplines?

 

etc 

 

If you probe deep enough there is usually a reason 

 

 

 

 

[Tay123 4]

10 minutes ago, Mike E said:

There isn’t enough information to speculate 

 

1. Does he have past marriages?

 

2. Has he ever applied for a visa before?

 

3. Were either of his parents U.S. citizens or LPRs?

 

4. Does his work / education history include positions with law enforcement or military or research and development in military related disciplines?

 

etc 

 

If you probe deep enough there is usually a reason 

 

 

 

 

question so i assume he can just give the requested documents at the new interview correct, also, they said he needs to get a translator although the embassy did speak in the language he does? super confusing

[Mike E 11,739]

2 minutes ago, Tay123 said:

question so i assume he can just give the requested documents at the new interview correct

he should bring the missing originals (and photocopies so that he doesn’t have to leave the originals).  

2 minutes ago, Tay123 said:

 

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also, they said he needs to get a translator although the embassy did speak in the language he does? super confusing

He should follow instructions 

[Tay123 4]

4 minutes ago, Mike E said:

he should bring the missing originals (and photocopies so that he doesn’t have to leave the originals).  

He should follow instructions 

but we dont have a translator, the language he spoke was one of the 3 the embassy provided, now they are saying you must speak this or this language or get a translator, doesnt make any sense

[Mike E 11,739]

1 minute ago, Tay123 said:

but we dont have a translator

Why can’t you get one?

[Tay123 4]

1 minute ago, Mike E said:

Why can’t you get one?

we dont know anyone like that, plus the travel to the embassy is like 7 hours so.

[Mike E 11,739]

7 minutes ago, Tay123 said:

we dont know anyone like that, plus the travel to the embassy is like 7 hours so.

Options 

 

1. hire a translator,

 

2.  risk the interview being terminated and case denied.  

 

3. attempt to reason with the embassy 

 

Assuming the embassy isn’t making a mistake, my read is the embassy wants a specific CO to conduct the interview.  That CO doesn’t  speak your father’s language 

 

Consider completing the visajourney timeline for his case and asking the moderator to move thus thread to a country specific forum.  
 

 

Edited December 13, 2022 by Mike E

[Tay123 4]

2 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Options 

 

1. hire a translator,

 

2.  risk the interview being terminated and case denied.  

 

3. attempt to reason with the embassy 

 

Assuming the embassy isn’t making a mistake, my read is the embassy wants a specific CO to conduct the interview.  That CO doesn’t  speak your father’s language 
 

 

well im assuming they have another CO that does? and they can translate to the specific CO.

 

None of this is adding up to what the officer told my parents at the embassy, they had a joint interview since i applied for both of them, and it seems impossible to get ahold of the place to clarify why he got another interview for next week

[Ban Hammer 13,326]

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[Mike E 11,739]

5 minutes ago, Tay123 said:

well im assuming they have another CO that does?

And they don’t want that CO to conduct the interview.  
 

5 minutes ago, Tay123 said:

and they can translate to the specific CO.

I think telling an ambassadors and their staff how to do their jobs is a losing proposition 

 

5 minutes ago, Tay123 said:

 

None of this is adding up to what the officer told my parents at the embassy, they had a joint interview since i applied for both of them, and it seems impossible to get ahold of the place to clarify why he got another interview for next week

From  your post history, I gather:

 

* your father served in the Afghanistan military 

 

* the embassy is in Turkey. 

It doesn’t surprise me he is getting more scrutiny, and it doesn’t surprise me that a CO with specific expertise oh whatever issue the embassy is concerned with is deemed to be required.