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Successful CP in Chennai on 12/21
No hassles. Once can enter the consulate via a separate IV line (walk up to the security ppl and ask them). Keep the passport and appt. letter (doesn\'t matter if its just the printout of ur appt. from the web site) handy. Nowadays, they seem to be coming out with a paoer which has the the order in which the docs. need to be arranged. So, even if u haven\'t done it yet, u can arrange the docs. as long as u have them with u. Its pretty much what SriFx and others have posted on this site except that they ask for pay stubs (I kept 2 of these indicating that I was paid for the last 1 month). The pay stubs go before the bank statements.
They did not return the pay stubs or the bank statements. They did return the original birth cert. and also the W2.
They do seem to be checking some basic docs. - prior H-1B approvals if ur passport is not stamped with the latest visa. The lady there also asked me for my earlier passport. A couple of others were asked some very basic questions. Then u sign the declaration that u will inform them if u lose ur job b4 u return and that u will join ur job immediately after u return to the US.
Photos - get it from Konical opposite Chola Sheraton on Cathedral. Drafts - u can get from anywhere. 2 of the drafts in the name of "Americal Consulate General Chennai" per applicant and another for Blue Dart Express Chennai.
Lister is a breeze and so is Dr. Vijayalakshmi (though she clocked me for Rs. 1500 for a Chicken Pox vaccine - yeah! as if I\'m going to get it after 29 years !! - but I didn\'t argue and got it).
Nothing to worry.
No hassles. Once can enter the consulate via a separate IV line (walk up to the security ppl and ask them). Keep the passport and appt. letter (doesn\'t matter if its just the printout of ur appt. from the web site) handy. Nowadays, they seem to be coming out with a paoer which has the the order in which the docs. need to be arranged. So, even if u haven\'t done it yet, u can arrange the docs. as long as u have them with u. Its pretty much what SriFx and others have posted on this site except that they ask for pay stubs (I kept 2 of these indicating that I was paid for the last 1 month). The pay stubs go before the bank statements.
They did not return the pay stubs or the bank statements. They did return the original birth cert. and also the W2.
They do seem to be checking some basic docs. - prior H-1B approvals if ur passport is not stamped with the latest visa. The lady there also asked me for my earlier passport. A couple of others were asked some very basic questions. Then u sign the declaration that u will inform them if u lose ur job b4 u return and that u will join ur job immediately after u return to the US.
Photos - get it from Konical opposite Chola Sheraton on Cathedral. Drafts - u can get from anywhere. 2 of the drafts in the name of "Americal Consulate General Chennai" per applicant and another for Blue Dart Express Chennai.
Lister is a breeze and so is Dr. Vijayalakshmi (though she clocked me for Rs. 1500 for a Chicken Pox vaccine - yeah! as if I\'m going to get it after 29 years !! - but I didn\'t argue and got it).
Nothing to worry.
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Guys, Any body can give me Idea, How far is Konica from Lister. I am planning to Goto Lister first thing in the morning and Konica and return to Lister in the evening.
How many kilometers (exproximately), because I am planning to take a hotel near Lister and travel to Vijaya Laxmi and Consulate.
Please guide me seniors.
Thanx TL
Guys, Any body can give me Idea, How far is Konica from Lister. I am planning to Goto Lister first thing in the morning and Konica and return to Lister in the evening.
How many kilometers (exproximately), because I am planning to take a hotel near Lister and travel to Vijaya Laxmi and Consulate.
Please guide me seniors.
Thanx TL
Successful CP - Chennai 12/20/2001
Thanks to everybody for all the useful information - I was prepared for every step as a result. The interview experience was smooth and had no issues at SFO POE -the INS officer took fingerprints, tore the visa package and stamped passports with I-551 stamp and gave validity one year from now.
Here are my details:
PD -1/18/2001
Interview date - 12/20/2001
POE/DOE - SFO, 12/25/2001
A few points based on my experience that I think may be useful to future CPers:
1. For those who are single at the time of I-140 approval and who would like to add their spouse for CP interview, it doesnt hurt to call NVC when your case is at NVC (before they send to consulate/send P3 to applicant) and ask them to add spouse information - usually they ask you to fax the details such as spouse\'s date of birth/date of marriage, passport details or in some cases ask the attorney to do so (depends on the whims of the operator). This is an additional precaution to sending P3 forms for both you and spouse to Consulate.
2. I got banker\'s cheques instead of demand drafts as the Chennai banks seem to issue them in case of local transactions. The Consulate accepts them without any problems.
3. I had vaccination records on a yellow card issued by the local County Health Dept. This was accepted by Dr. Vijayalakshmi without any fuss (it looked official - what with the state seal and all
) and so did not have to take any vaccinations. It also has an entry whether you have history of chicken pox or not.
4. I had read prior posts about some people having to do follow-up tests based on chest X-ray and running into time problems because of insufficient interval between medical exam and interview date. One way to anticipate this is to take a chest x-ray beforehand (maybe while in US) and get a radiologist opinion for TB diagnosis. Note this is just for personal reassurance and the Consulate panel physician will anyway go by the Lister Lab X-ray.
5. Emails/phone calls regarding approximate interview dates (the month) in the interval between sending P3 and actual announcement of interview dates are unreliable in case of Chennai consulate. Please wait till they actually announce the dates - usually obtained by phone a week around 10th to 15th and later announced on the website for the following month.
6. At the time of interview, we have to again submit OF/DS 230 part I (apart from part of P3). My guess is that they just disregard the earlier OF-230 part 1 once they\'ve entered the case details into the system.
7. If you would like to track your Blue Dart package from Consulate, you can call them and get the tracking no. - be sure to mention it is from Consulate (they also courier NIVs and other visas through TT Services drop box).
8. Camera Citi opposite Hotel Chola Sheraton on Cathedral Road seems to be the studio of choice for immigration photos - prompt delivery. Sign at bottom on two photos and write case no. and name at the back on all. Similarly provide case no. name and passport nos at the back of drafts/banker cheques. They usually staple the photos to your passport when they collect them, maybe it is a good idea to use a clip to attach them ourselves.
That\'s all I can think of - thanks and all the best to future CP applicants.
Thanks to everybody for all the useful information - I was prepared for every step as a result. The interview experience was smooth and had no issues at SFO POE -the INS officer took fingerprints, tore the visa package and stamped passports with I-551 stamp and gave validity one year from now.
Here are my details:
PD -1/18/2001
Interview date - 12/20/2001
POE/DOE - SFO, 12/25/2001
A few points based on my experience that I think may be useful to future CPers:
1. For those who are single at the time of I-140 approval and who would like to add their spouse for CP interview, it doesnt hurt to call NVC when your case is at NVC (before they send to consulate/send P3 to applicant) and ask them to add spouse information - usually they ask you to fax the details such as spouse\'s date of birth/date of marriage, passport details or in some cases ask the attorney to do so (depends on the whims of the operator). This is an additional precaution to sending P3 forms for both you and spouse to Consulate.
2. I got banker\'s cheques instead of demand drafts as the Chennai banks seem to issue them in case of local transactions. The Consulate accepts them without any problems.
3. I had vaccination records on a yellow card issued by the local County Health Dept. This was accepted by Dr. Vijayalakshmi without any fuss (it looked official - what with the state seal and all
) and so did not have to take any vaccinations. It also has an entry whether you have history of chicken pox or not.4. I had read prior posts about some people having to do follow-up tests based on chest X-ray and running into time problems because of insufficient interval between medical exam and interview date. One way to anticipate this is to take a chest x-ray beforehand (maybe while in US) and get a radiologist opinion for TB diagnosis. Note this is just for personal reassurance and the Consulate panel physician will anyway go by the Lister Lab X-ray.
5. Emails/phone calls regarding approximate interview dates (the month) in the interval between sending P3 and actual announcement of interview dates are unreliable in case of Chennai consulate. Please wait till they actually announce the dates - usually obtained by phone a week around 10th to 15th and later announced on the website for the following month.
6. At the time of interview, we have to again submit OF/DS 230 part I (apart from part of P3). My guess is that they just disregard the earlier OF-230 part 1 once they\'ve entered the case details into the system.
7. If you would like to track your Blue Dart package from Consulate, you can call them and get the tracking no. - be sure to mention it is from Consulate (they also courier NIVs and other visas through TT Services drop box).
8. Camera Citi opposite Hotel Chola Sheraton on Cathedral Road seems to be the studio of choice for immigration photos - prompt delivery. Sign at bottom on two photos and write case no. and name at the back on all. Similarly provide case no. name and passport nos at the back of drafts/banker cheques. They usually staple the photos to your passport when they collect them, maybe it is a good idea to use a clip to attach them ourselves.
That\'s all I can think of - thanks and all the best to future CP applicants.
interview details
Nothing significant - same as others have posted. Showed appt. letter, entered consulate and waited in the tent adjacent to IV building. After some time was asked to submit docs and pay the appln fee. Then my name was called - have to be attentive and close to the loudspeaker otherwise may miss it - and went to the counter. All he asked was name of company and how long I was working, signed the forms and was asked to pay issuance fees and go home, that\'s it.
Nothing significant - same as others have posted. Showed appt. letter, entered consulate and waited in the tent adjacent to IV building. After some time was asked to submit docs and pay the appln fee. Then my name was called - have to be attentive and close to the loudspeaker otherwise may miss it - and went to the counter. All he asked was name of company and how long I was working, signed the forms and was asked to pay issuance fees and go home, that\'s it.
chakri1972
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Successful CP at Chennai - 19th December - Chakri
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Yatin Patil
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Successful CP @ Mumbai 11/28/01
Our CP went off very smooth @ Mumbai 11/28/01. Thanks to the discussions I followed regularly here, I pretty much knew
how things would go, and they went exactly like the others I read about.
Docs given for primary applicant : Passport, medical reports, 3 photos, Birth & marriage certs, employer letter, DS230\'s,
IRS9003.
Docs for wife & son : Passport, medical reports, 3 photos, Birth and/or marriage certs, I-134, DS230\'s & IRS9003.
I wasted $116 getting immigration photos made at Sears before leaving. The Mumbai consulate does this for Rs.200 each
and DOES NOT accept US photos. Please carry DS230\'s instead of the older OF230\'s. Please also note that the address
on the DS230 question 13 should be your address in India. They\'ll make you change it if it isnt. Having a notarized I-134 for
dependents is ESSENTIAL for EB cases, so do it in the US before leaving. Please carry one photocopy of each document.
The initial wait after entering the consulate & paying fees is about 3 hrs. We got our photos made while waiting. First we were called for doc submission. Another half hour later was the interview with the vice consul. The questions were very
simple (you had better know the answers to these) - who is petitioning for you? when did you join them? what is your
position? what kind of job do you perform? where did you graduate from? what was your major? Finally we took the oath
and signed the bottom part of DS230 part II. After paying the balance fees, I came out and gave a rowdy whistle to let off
some steam!
The following items are not allowed on the consulate premises - purses, soft or hard bags (please use a plastic shopping
bag to carry your documents) and any other electronic items, cameras etc.
Please check your immigrant visa paper (on the front of the packet) very carefully for correctness, and let them know asap.
There have been cases of mis-spelled names, marriages being annulled (i.e wife being shown as single) etc
POE was San Francisco on 1/2/02. On looking at the visa packets the officer asked me what was the waiver given to me
for? I said I wasnt told anything by the consulate, and this is what they gave me - I didnt know what waiver he was talking of.
After a shrug the officer took a fingerprint & signature for me and my wife only (not for my son), and finally affixed the I-551
(provisional permanent residence permit) stamp on all our passports. The Green card can be expected in 6-12 months.
Could it have been any smoother?!! Here are some vital statistics about my GC odessey -
Category - EB3
Priority date - 6/16/1999
Labour approved - 8/23/1999
I-140 approved - 12/26/2000 (my 6-year H1 limit had gone away since the I140 took more than 12 months)
P3 sent to consulate - 8/31/2001 (consulate received the P3 in 4 days)
Interview date - 11/28/2001 (consulate said
Total time from start to finish - just under 2 1/2 years. Not bad eh?
Our CP went off very smooth @ Mumbai 11/28/01. Thanks to the discussions I followed regularly here, I pretty much knew
how things would go, and they went exactly like the others I read about.
Docs given for primary applicant : Passport, medical reports, 3 photos, Birth & marriage certs, employer letter, DS230\'s,
IRS9003.
Docs for wife & son : Passport, medical reports, 3 photos, Birth and/or marriage certs, I-134, DS230\'s & IRS9003.
I wasted $116 getting immigration photos made at Sears before leaving. The Mumbai consulate does this for Rs.200 each
and DOES NOT accept US photos. Please carry DS230\'s instead of the older OF230\'s. Please also note that the address
on the DS230 question 13 should be your address in India. They\'ll make you change it if it isnt. Having a notarized I-134 for
dependents is ESSENTIAL for EB cases, so do it in the US before leaving. Please carry one photocopy of each document.
The initial wait after entering the consulate & paying fees is about 3 hrs. We got our photos made while waiting. First we were called for doc submission. Another half hour later was the interview with the vice consul. The questions were very
simple (you had better know the answers to these) - who is petitioning for you? when did you join them? what is your
position? what kind of job do you perform? where did you graduate from? what was your major? Finally we took the oath
and signed the bottom part of DS230 part II. After paying the balance fees, I came out and gave a rowdy whistle to let off
some steam!
The following items are not allowed on the consulate premises - purses, soft or hard bags (please use a plastic shopping
bag to carry your documents) and any other electronic items, cameras etc.
Please check your immigrant visa paper (on the front of the packet) very carefully for correctness, and let them know asap.
There have been cases of mis-spelled names, marriages being annulled (i.e wife being shown as single) etc
POE was San Francisco on 1/2/02. On looking at the visa packets the officer asked me what was the waiver given to me
for? I said I wasnt told anything by the consulate, and this is what they gave me - I didnt know what waiver he was talking of.
After a shrug the officer took a fingerprint & signature for me and my wife only (not for my son), and finally affixed the I-551
(provisional permanent residence permit) stamp on all our passports. The Green card can be expected in 6-12 months.
Could it have been any smoother?!! Here are some vital statistics about my GC odessey -
Category - EB3
Priority date - 6/16/1999
Labour approved - 8/23/1999
I-140 approved - 12/26/2000 (my 6-year H1 limit had gone away since the I140 took more than 12 months)
P3 sent to consulate - 8/31/2001 (consulate received the P3 in 4 days)
Interview date - 11/28/2001 (consulate said
Total time from start to finish - just under 2 1/2 years. Not bad eh?
Yatin Patil
New Member
Dont take your daughter to the consulate unless she cant be looked after, but take her passport with
Your DS230\'s will have the names of ALL children. Therefore please have your daughters passport to show if asked why
she is not applying with you. My second son is US-born, and I had his passport with me while he was home. They did not
ask for it though, but you should be prepared.
Your DS230\'s will have the names of ALL children. Therefore please have your daughters passport to show if asked why
she is not applying with you. My second son is US-born, and I had his passport with me while he was home. They did not
ask for it though, but you should be prepared.
Patta Hara
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Successful CP @ Delhi on Dec 12th - Patta Hara
"My Interview Details on Dec 12th 2001" 1/6/02 7:32pm
"My Interview Details on Dec 12th 2001" 1/6/02 7:32pm