Got GC on 2/20/03 - Chennai

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luit2001

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Hi Everybody,

At first, thanks to all the people at Immigrationportal and Mr. Rajiv Khanna for this beutiful service. Without which, I'm sure will have too mamy trouble in getting our GC.

We got our GC approved on 20th Feb. It was so smooth that it became kind of an anti-climax. I was worried for several reasons. First, I have been here in India for quite sometime, so no paystuds. In fact, I lost some of my last pay stubs.

Medical on 2/10/03:

Nothing much to append here in the other people's experience, it was smooth all the way. Went to Dr. V for the check-up and got the shots.

Interview on 2/20/03:

Stayed at "Crystal Residency", as recomended by someone already, hardly 3-5 minutes walk from the consulate. Cool place.

Here are the list of the documents I produced:

For Me (in a clip):

1. Cover letter & OF-171
2. DS-230 Part I & II. Part II unsigned. I already made a copy of Part I with all the "N/A" as "NONE", signed as on 2/20/03. So nobody had to tell us to change or sign in DS-part I again.
3. Original Marriage Certificate followed by Photocopy.
4. Wedding photos & Invitation card.
5. Non-availability of Birth records, 2 affidavits, and Matriculation certificate followed by Photocopies of all.
6. IRS Tax transcript for (1999, 2000, and 2001).
7. Employment Letter (Notarized on 2/3/03) and photocopy.
8. W2 for the year 2001 followed by photocopy.
9. Medical reports in the original envelop from Dr.V.
10. IRS-9003.
11. PCCs followed by Photocopies.
12. Passport and immi style photos (3 cpoies).

For my wife (in another slip):

1. Copy of Cover letter & OF-171
2. DS-230 Part I & II. Part II unsigned.
3. Copy of Marriage Certificate.
4. Non-availability of Birth records, 2 affidavits, and Matriculation certificate followed by Photocopies of all.
5. I-134, photocopy of spouse’s Employment letter. Unsigned, needed to sign before consular officer. But nobody ever asked about it to sign or no query etc. So I feel it's not that important for EB category.
6. Medical reports in the original envelop.
7. IRS-9003.
8. PCCs followed by Photocopies.
9. Passport and immi style photos (3 cpoies).

Our PCCs were from RPO, Old city's local police station and new city's (where we live now) commissioner.

RPO PCC was more than 6 months old (9+ months), no issue at all. So, need to verify, whether this 6 month PCCs people have been talking about is valid or not, but most of the cases may be diferent from mine.

This is exactly what happened with me as far as actual interview is concerned:

After submitting our documents waited for sometime, My 2 year old son was running here and there and we got almost tired before our interview. I went for a cup of coffee. At that moment an american also came by for a cup. here is the conv:

"how're you doing?"
- Fine, thanks.
"So, which visa are you applying for?"
- Immigration.
"Oh, Ok? who is your employer?"
- Told the name of my company.
"How many people work there?"
- told so and so.
"OK!".

I didn't even know that was the guy for our interview. Then we came to the place where we were sitting. He started the usual lecture and took our oath and told us to make a line, people with kid first, senior, and others. We happened to be the first one in the line. Gave him the DS Part I & II. He saw me and said
"Oh, I already talked to you?", anyway, who is the owner of the company?"
- told company's president's name.
"Your son is a citizen?"
- yes.
"Give his PP at the counter and they will verify".
- OK, thanks.
"You're working in india for sometime ha?"
- yes.
"Whatever! nothing matters now, just sign it here and we'll try to send you home as soon as possible".

He actually observed my son and probably thought, this little guy may be trouble :). The way he was talking (attitude) looks like, you give him any kind of answer, you'll still get the GC :). Isn't that great? So, basically I guess there is nothing much to worry here.

Please shoot your query, I'll try to reply.

-Luit2001.
 
what is OF 171 Form?

Congratulation...

Could you please tell us what is OF 171 and covering letter u r talking about.

Thanks in advance.
 
These are the documents that would come in Packet 4. One is the
Interview appointment intimation and the other cover letter.
 
Filling Ds230

Good luck on your post GC life.

some ?s..

I got the P3 from NVC, Can I fill it using acrobat and send the printed form instead of the original from NVC.

Do we need to fill the address of places we lived after age 16 or
just the cities and the time frame?

What to fill in the petiotoner and the beneficiary? there are some discussions , but its better to hear from the winner.

thanks
 
Re: Filling Ds230

Originally posted by hellogc
Good luck on your post GC life.

some ?s..

I got the P3 from NVC, Can I fill it using acrobat and send the printed form instead of the original from NVC.
Yes. You can use the Acrobat to fill the DS 230 Part 1 form instead of the original form. Doing so will save you the turn around time for you P3 and enough time to check your entries.

Do we need to fill the address of places we lived after age 16 or just the cities and the time frame?
Just the name of the cities is required and not the whole address.

What to fill in the petiotoner and the beneficiary? there are some discussions , but its better to hear from the winner.
I don't see that in DS 230 Part 1 form which is a part of P3. I think DS 230 Part 2 has some question about petitioner and beneficiary, which is part of Packet 4. I live this to be answered from someone who has had a successful interview recently.

thanks
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Some ?s..

First two questions, I concur with cpDelhi.

Regarding the question # 3 , as far as I see, there are two places where you would come across the words Petitioner, Beneficiary.

1. On Form G-28 which is the 'Notice of Entry of Appearance as
Attorney or Representative'.

This is a form filled by your Attorney, indicating to the NVC that
they are your authorized representatives. You would have
signed this form.

In this form you are the beneficiary. Your attorney would have
marked the appropriate check box.

2. On DS 230- Part II - Item # 29- Name and address of
Petitioner.

Here you have to fill in your employer's name and address.
( Even for your dependends, if any ).

Raju.
 
Some answers...

Hi,

In the my DS230-II, item 29, i put my employer's name and address and in my wife's DS230-II, I put my name and address.

All other questions have been answered already.

Good luck.
 
Crystal residency contact info..

Hi,

Here is there complete info.

Crystal Residency
Premium Guest House.
51/22, Model School Road,
Thousand Lights, in front of Khivraj Motors.
Mount road. Chennai - 600006
Ph. 28291305, 28291306, 28291307,
email : crystalresidency@aol.com

Hope this helps.

Luit2001.
 
thanks raju,cpdelhi and luit

That was fast reply.I might be asking too much..but I have to..

1.Is it important to have Birth dates of parents?my mother don't know the exact date!!

2.when we give an additional info, like address back home in a seperate sheet, since the space is not there, DO we need to say some thing like( additional info attached) in that column.though
we might fill other columns in that item number.

Column 16 & 18.

3. Do we need to give the address of all the previous employers,edu institutions etc

Thanks friends
 
Re: thanks raju,cpdelhi and luit

Originally posted by hellogc
That was fast reply.I might be asking too much..but I have to..

1.Is it important to have Birth dates of parents?my mother don't know the exact date!!
It's very important to answer all the questions on all the INS forms(especially related to immigration). If you don't answer a question than firstly your attorney will not send your app and secondly you will receive a RFE(Request For Evidence) from NVC which will unduly delay processing of your case.

If your mother don't know the exact date than use the one which she might have used through out her life time in filling different forms. But in any case you will have to fill in a Birth date for your mother and father.

2.when we give an additional info, like address back home in a seperate sheet, since the space is not there, DO we need to say some thing like( additional info attached) in that column.
I would assume it will be nice and intelligent to put some kind indication to show that extra info is provided on an additional sheet of paper.

we might fill other columns in that item number.
Column 16 & 18.
I didn't understand your question here.

3. Do we need to give the address of all the previous employers, edu institutions etc
You don't need to give street address of the employers. Just the name of the company and its location is required. Same thing stands for educational institutes.

Thanks friends
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hellogc, here is what I did

Mother's DOB: Put whatever cpDelhi said. Just make sure if you need your affidevit of birth from your mom, put the same in there as well.

Whenever you use extract sheet type following the in the extended item in the orig form:

"Please refer to the attached addendum"

In the extra sheet: I gave a heading:

DS-230 Part I : Addendum (for My name)

Then the itemwise listing in tabular manner exactly like the original form:

22. List below all employment for the last 10 years
...........

23. List below all educational institution attended
...........

Note: Type atleast couple of entries in the main form and direct to the addendum. That's what I did.

Hope this helps.

Luit2001.
 
NVC case number on upper right hand corner

Make sure to type your NVC case number on the upper right hand corner on all the additional sheets sent with packet3.

Thanks.
 
hellogc...

I am mostly confirming what others said:

1. Make sure the DOB of your parents are consistent, where ever
they are mentioned.

This is one of the reasons, why attorney's want to see all documents before they send out the Packet 3.

Any small inconsistency would result in delay, sometimes months.

2. When there is data overflow in any place, you may indicate
that you have included an addendum, on the form

But when you prepare this addendum, you should have seperate sheets for each item.

Make the addendum sheet, as following:

*****************************************

Addendum for Form DS 230 I, Item 25 <applicant's name>

List dates of all previous visits to or residence in the United
States. Give type of visa status, if known. Give 'A' number
if any.

From/To Location Type of Visa 'A' No.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
xx/xx/xx to xxxxxxxxxxxx H1B (# ) N/A

************************************************

Reproduce the the entire line, on the addendum.

If you give some info. on the main application,
and give the rest here, it may be confusing for them.

3. For employment, give the place you worked. No need to
put the full mailing address, only the name of the city, state.

City or Town Province Country

Austin Texas USA

4. For educational institutions:

Just the name, City, State, County


Raju
 
Question on section 25 on DS230 Part I

Just a quick question on section 25 in DS230 Part I

I first came to US on a B-1 Visa. So, I've written that on the first line.

Then I Came on H1-B Visa (3 years Validity) and went back to India and renewed my H1-B (for 3 more years). Then lost my passport and got my H1-B revalidated again.

Which one of the below should I follow:

CHOICE 1: (with no addendum and no visa numbers)
=========
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
25. List dates of all previous visits to or residence in the United States. Give type of visa status, if known. Give 'A' number if any.

From/To..........................Location............Type of Visa............'A' No.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
xx/xx/xx to xx/xx/xx......xxxxxxxxxxxx.............B1....................NONE
xx/xx/xx to current.......xxxxxxxxxxxx..............H1...................NONE

****************************************************


(OR)


CHOICE 2: (with addendum)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
25. List dates of all previous visits to or residence in the United States. Give type of visa status, if known. Give 'A' number if any.


From/To..........................Location............Type of Visa............'A' No.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
xx/xx/xx to xx/xx/xx......xxxxxxxxxxxx........B1 (#............).......NONE
xx/xx/xx to xx/xx/xx......xxxxxxxxxxxx........H1 (#............).......NONE
xx/xx/xx to xx/xx/xx......xxxxxxxxxxxx........H1 (#............).......NONE
xx/xx/xx to current........xxxxxxxxxxxx........H1 (#............).......NONE

****************************************************

Thanks in advance for the reply.

Cheers,
Ganesh.
 
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Another question regarding PCC

I had noticed on another thread about a required PCC (at mumbai consulate) from India in addition to the one we obtain from Indian Consulate in US.

Recent CPers any idea on this requirement?

Also since my wife is in India, she got her PCC from the passport office. Does she also has to get another letter from the commissioner's office?

Thanks in advance for the reply.

Cheers,
Ganesh.
 
bvganesh,

List out the details as you have written under choice 2.

Which means you would be listing each visit, with the from/ to
dates. Obviously this would leave out the time you spent outside US.

About the PCC for those working and living in US, my stand is
ONE PCC FROM THE CONSULATE HERE.

As for your wife, you need to research the forum. The way I
remember is 1 PCC from the Passport office, and A PCC from
every locality she stayed for 6 months or more since reaching
16 years of age.

But again, look in the forums, you will get the necessary information. I may not be totally correct about your wife's PCC.

Raju
 
Thanks Raju

Thanks Raju,

As for PCC, I am just going to go to CP with just the PCC issued from Chicago Consualte even though in one of the forums I noticed somebody from Ahemadabad having CP interview at Mumbai consualte was asked for 'extra' police certificate(s) for all the place(s) he had resided since he turned 16 years.

Cheers,
Ganesh.
 
Apply with caution.,

bvganesh,

If all the rules were to be generic and information is as free flowing as it does in this forum, then we should be driving lot of
Immigration attorneys out of business. Right ??

Wrong!

Each case has its own peculiarities and the laws their nuances.

So, my comment is:

The person who was asked to produce several PCCs must have:

a) Applied from within India, and has indeed lived in different
parts of India.

or

b) He lived in other Countries for a period of 6 months or more.

So, if you are working and living in US and India was the only other place you have stayed then you are fine.

Raju
 
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