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No questions. Out by 10:30 (depends on when you get called). Had to provide copies of current H1/H4 (I-797), since my visa had expired.
Many applicants hadn\'t recd their appt letters. esp those who had provided Indian email addrs. Printouts from the web showing your case # are fine.
Differences from srifx:
-Police certs reqd as you know. These go above the medical report in the srifx list. Getting these from an Indian consulate in the US takes a full 45 days (+time in the mail) [unless your passport was issued in the US] and you need to send in your passport, so apply early. My wife\'s passport came back just 3 days before we left from the US.
-You go straight to the a/c waiting rm with the counters. No sweating in the shamiana when you come in. Maybe it\'s a summer thing.
- Plastic bags (like the ones from garment stores in India) are allowed in. Convenient if you\'re carrying 3+ srifx folders) and a big wedding album (no, I didn\'t need the album, just 2 pix each).
-They pass around the list w/ the docs and order they want for employment-based petitions once you\'re in the waiting rm - you should have time to arrange docs in there if you haven\'t seen the list posted here.
- They want 2 copies of your marriage cert.
- If you don\'t have copies of marriage and birth certs, they keep the originals.
- Only your latest 1 yr\'s tax filing is required, not 3 yrs.
- In addition to the ds-230/part ii, you sign a stt sating you\'l let them know if your empl status changes before you get to the US (if your petition is empl based).
- Keep copies of your H1/H4 approval (I797) if your visa in your passport has expired. They asked to see the originals and for a copy.
-The officer said he\'d try to get everyone out by lunch, but a few may be later. If this occurs, you can go out for lunch and come back.
- Medical: Dr V accepted lab test results showing we were MMR+, from our US doc. We didn\'t get MMR within the last yr, though we did get a whole set of vaccinations (hepatitis, flu, tetanus..) incl some that our US doc felt didn\'t make sense for adults (pneumonococcal..).
-We took our immig snaps at Sears in the US - they\'re good (albeit more expensive than Konica in Madras I guess).
No questions. Out by 10:30 (depends on when you get called). Had to provide copies of current H1/H4 (I-797), since my visa had expired.
Many applicants hadn\'t recd their appt letters. esp those who had provided Indian email addrs. Printouts from the web showing your case # are fine.
Differences from srifx:
-Police certs reqd as you know. These go above the medical report in the srifx list. Getting these from an Indian consulate in the US takes a full 45 days (+time in the mail) [unless your passport was issued in the US] and you need to send in your passport, so apply early. My wife\'s passport came back just 3 days before we left from the US.
-You go straight to the a/c waiting rm with the counters. No sweating in the shamiana when you come in. Maybe it\'s a summer thing.
- Plastic bags (like the ones from garment stores in India) are allowed in. Convenient if you\'re carrying 3+ srifx folders) and a big wedding album (no, I didn\'t need the album, just 2 pix each).
-They pass around the list w/ the docs and order they want for employment-based petitions once you\'re in the waiting rm - you should have time to arrange docs in there if you haven\'t seen the list posted here.
- They want 2 copies of your marriage cert.
- If you don\'t have copies of marriage and birth certs, they keep the originals.
- Only your latest 1 yr\'s tax filing is required, not 3 yrs.
- In addition to the ds-230/part ii, you sign a stt sating you\'l let them know if your empl status changes before you get to the US (if your petition is empl based).
- Keep copies of your H1/H4 approval (I797) if your visa in your passport has expired. They asked to see the originals and for a copy.
-The officer said he\'d try to get everyone out by lunch, but a few may be later. If this occurs, you can go out for lunch and come back.
- Medical: Dr V accepted lab test results showing we were MMR+, from our US doc. We didn\'t get MMR within the last yr, though we did get a whole set of vaccinations (hepatitis, flu, tetanus..) incl some that our US doc felt didn\'t make sense for adults (pneumonococcal..).
-We took our immig snaps at Sears in the US - they\'re good (albeit more expensive than Konica in Madras I guess).