We had the interview on May 13th at SF, 10:25 AM appt also. Arrived at 9:45, security was a breeze and we started waiting from 10:00 AM. Had a long wait, we were finally called in at 11:25 or so. Lady officer was very serious but professional. No smile, no response to my "Hello, How are you...
Thanks all. I (USC) am going to petition for my spouse who is on a H1-B. Unfortunately, I got laid off recently and am in a similar situation as the OP.
I talked to a lawyer about this, and was advised it would be helpful for me to show liquid assets of 5 x 125% of the mandated poverty...
Do a quick search - this has been asked/answered many times. From what I remember, Sat afternoons were best at Charcot. In any case, earlier FP doesn't seem to quicken your application in any way.
I think you are going to be delayed only by 3-4 days because of the holidays.
From the CGISF website:
The Consulate will remain closed on December 25, 2009 on account of Christmas Day
The Consulate will remain closed on January 01, 2010 on account of New Years Day
Kindly note that there...
That is good - I think the app gets processed faster this way. When I talked to the OCI office, they said passport stamps are processed/mailed out within 2 working days typically.
Small update:
Still no OCI docs, so I emailed them about the delay yesterday night. After a few emails about tracking numbers this morning, they acknowledged a delay in processing and that the docs will be mailed out today - keeping my fingers crossed. They even called me to close the loop...
Documents at CGI(SF) today. I had not mailed my US PP earlier in case of travel. Had I known things would move this fast, I would have sent it along with the original app.
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