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Not a legal opinion, but.... There should be no problem with the spouse remaining on F1. There is no requirement that a spouse needs to be on H4, as long as he/she is in status. I would recommend that you get in touch with a lawyer just to make sure.

My wife and I received our plastic cards within 20 days of arriving in the U.S. Our P.O.E. was Philadelphia on Dec 3. We received a notice, dated Dec 13 that our plastic cards should be arrive within 3 weeks and the cards arrived from the Texas Service Center on Dec 22. They are pretty cool...

It makes no difference They give you separate packets anyway, whether the spouse enters with you or enters at a later date. Also, you should write that your spouse will follow later, if that is the case. Even if you do write that the spouse will be entering with you and then change your mind...

Depends on which consulate you are going to In Mumbai for example, the drafts are made out to "American Consulate General, Mumbai"

Medicals from Calcutta You may want to check with the Mumbai consulate, but it is highly unlikely that you can do medicals in Calcutta. There are only 3 places where it can be done in Mumbai, and I haven\'t seen any posts recently which mentions a Calcutta medical. I did my CP in Mumbai in late...

Saturday\'s I would recommend calling them (number can be found on immihelp.com). Be aware that Jan 26 is Republic Day in India so even if it wasn\'t a Saturday, chances are you would not be able to get anything done anyway.

My employment letter was done 8 weeks before the appointment - no problems  

You\'re kidding, right ?? You think someone will deny you entry into the US with a legitimate immigrant visa because you have a dog with you ?

Secondary has to enter with or after the primary We just returned from a successful CP from Mumbai. We were handed two separate brown envelopes with the visas attached to the front. However, on my wife\'s visa (secondary) it was specifically stated that she could only enter with me or after me...

Eye test at medical They actually did an eye test at Hinduja the day we were there, but you can keep your glasses on while they ask you to read off the chart, so if you can pass the eye test for a driving license you should have nothing to worry about. My wife also has a high prescription, but...

Copies only Highly recommend that you take copies with you. When they ask for the documents, you only have to give them copies, but keep the originals close at hand if they ask for it (they rarely do). The only originals you need to provide them are the forms (DS-230), Affidavit of Support...

Answer for lovely I did not have a separate draft for my wife so the answer I can give is only an educated guess but since you are the primary applicant the name at the back of the draft should be yours and the passport and case numbers are yours as well. They just want to make sure that you...

Non availability certificate We obtained non-availability certificates from the local municipal corporation (in my case the Calcutta Municipal Corporation, who labeled it a "no-entry certificate"). My in-laws got this the same day that they went to the corporation, and considering the...

Dream come true !! I think all the EB cases that I saw that day got approved. Your question is an excellent one though. My sense is that most of the screening is done in the Labor Cert. and I-140 phases and the final stage, be it CP or AOS is just a document collection process. AOS just takes...

Thank you skarecat Good luck in Mumbai. I\'m sure you will have a pleasantly smooth experience. Just make sure your documentation is complete and you are well organized. Let te forum know how you fared when you return.

Part VI Visa collection We came back promptly at 3, even though I knew they would not be handing the visa’s out until 4:30. They handed out the non-IV’s early. All the people remaining were IV cases (both EB and family). We waited in the hot sun for 1 1/2 hours until they started handing out...

Part IV Document Organization Before leaving for India, I had arranged the documents in 3 folders. I had one folder each for myself and my wife where I put copies of only the documents that were listed in Packet 4. The third folder contained all the originals and any other documents that...

Part V The names were being called pretty much at random. We were called to Window 12 at 11:15, before a lot of people who had an appointment earlier than us. The Indian lady asked us to present the following documents: Primary (me): 1) Passport 2) 3 photographs (side view) 3) Receipt...

Part II Day 1: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 Drafts Went first to the consulate to check on the fees. The board outside said that the fees were Rs. 12,480 ($260 x 48) (application) and Rs. 3120 ($65 x 48) (issuance). Went to Indian Overseas Bank across from the consulate to get drafts...

Part III Day 2: Thursday, November 22, 2001 Medicals Had made appointment with Hinduja shortly after finding out the appointment date. Chose Hinduja because at that time thought that only Hinduja provided reports same day, but later found out (from info sheet that Consulate sent with Pkt...