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| Mumbai, India |  Review on May 25, 2018: |
Citizen24
Rating:  | Review Topic: General Review
The process was pretty smooth, but the wait was long.
This will be a 3-step procedure.
1st: Before giving you entry into the building. They will sort your documents here. You will see a LOT of tourist visa applicants moving in before you. Our appointment was at 8:30 AM, but we didn't go in before 9:15 AM.
2nd: You have to take a token number, which will be issued to you based on your language preference. You can pick English, Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam- whatever you are comfortable with. Then you wait- for about an hour. When your number comes up, you go to the designated booth where an Indian Officer will bring out the document packet that you mailed them and will check all the documents you brought in- Mainly the Medical Certificate, Original PCC, AOS and the petitioner's tax papers. A lot of people didn't bring some of these papers and were sent back. The officer will ask you a few qs- if you have ever over stayed in any country and basic stuff like that. Once thats over, they will hand the extra documents to you and ask you to wait for the interview.
3rd: Here, an American Officer will be taking your interview and will be accompanied with a translator as per your convenience. They will ask basic questions, take your fingerprints again and ask you to speak only the truth. If you have a valid american visa, they will cancel it and tell you your immigration visa has been approved! They ask you to pay a 220 dollar USCIS fee per person before you land in USA- after the payment of which your plastic green card will be processed.
We reached for our 8:30 AM appointment at 8 and we left the consulate at about 12:15 PM.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #23873