Likely Chennai CP Interview in July/August 2004
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I attended the interview on the 6th August 2004. Everything went well and I received my passport in 3 days.
One thing that is changed is the consulate does not need immigration style photos. They only need two frontal photos(unsigned) of 2 inches.
However, I have the following question:
I was single when I attended the interview(employment based). I plan to get married before I arrive USA. What is the procedure for my spouce to get the green card ?
In the past I was told to just send the marriage certificate and the biographica data to start the process. And with in ~45 days the spouce will get the interview.
Do I have get anything changed personally in the Visa if my martial changes.
Thanks for your help.
I attended the interview on the 6th August 2004. Everything went well and I received my passport in 3 days.
One thing that is changed is the consulate does not need immigration style photos. They only need two frontal photos(unsigned) of 2 inches.
However, I have the following question:
I was single when I attended the interview(employment based). I plan to get married before I arrive USA. What is the procedure for my spouce to get the green card ?
In the past I was told to just send the marriage certificate and the biographica data to start the process. And with in ~45 days the spouce will get the interview.
Do I have get anything changed personally in the Visa if my martial changes.
Thanks for your help.
Thank you.
I am just worried because my wedding is about to be fixed today and I called the consulate and they don't have support line open(Friday closed) today. Which means I have to wait until Monday.
Was that your experience also ? I can add the spounce in the visa anytime before I enter US and get her GC aswell ?
I am just worried because my wedding is about to be fixed today and I called the consulate and they don't have support line open(Friday closed) today. Which means I have to wait until Monday.
Was that your experience also ? I can add the spounce in the visa anytime before I enter US and get her GC aswell ?
2001 I-140 approvals w/ interview in 2004 - payment of fees at the consulate?
Hello Folks,
Just wanted confirmation that both the application and the issuance fees can be paid at the consulate at the time of the interview if the I-140 approval is from 2001 (Jan). In other words, no fees need to be paid to local US offices (NVC etc.)
Also, did anyone with such a long-standing I-140 approval attend their interview recently? I would appreciate if you could share any caveats derived from your experiences.
Thanks,
Sreek
Hello Folks,
Just wanted confirmation that both the application and the issuance fees can be paid at the consulate at the time of the interview if the I-140 approval is from 2001 (Jan). In other words, no fees need to be paid to local US offices (NVC etc.)
Also, did anyone with such a long-standing I-140 approval attend their interview recently? I would appreciate if you could share any caveats derived from your experiences.
Thanks,
Sreek
well, i dont know when ur i-140 was approved. Mine was approved in March and I was expecting an interview in Aug, but thanks to the one month my lawyers took to send P3 back, I am hoping to get an interview in Oct. Thats a 7 months gap. But i think it takes 5-7 months on an avg. I am not sure if it should be an issue.
Dilbert
Dilbert
sreek said:
bj77:
That seems to be the trend these days - get gc and then go to canada to test the GC and also to see niagara from the canadian side. Nice I know i was not the only one to have done that.
alren:
whats the deal with florida...when you got your gc approval and entered usa with i-551 stamp there was CHARLEY and now that you are about to receive physical GC we have FRANCES. Whats next? Move to the city where you company has its HQ..u know where!
That seems to be the trend these days - get gc and then go to canada to test the GC and also to see niagara from the canadian side. Nice I know i was not the only one to have done that.
alren:
whats the deal with florida...when you got your gc approval and entered usa with i-551 stamp there was CHARLEY and now that you are about to receive physical GC we have FRANCES. Whats next? Move to the city where you company has its HQ..u know where!
Second visit Update
Hi All,
Earlier I checked with you all about the procedure on visiting the Consulate second time with the blue form.
Last week I got my latest offer letter and went to Consulate at 8am. I had to stand in the line and get inside. After getting
inside I was asked to go to the second building and waited there for an hour to be called by the Indian guy to submit the
offer letter & blue form. The Indian guy asked me to wait again as I had to meet the Consular officer. So waited for another
hour and met the consular. It was the same consular that we met earlier during the first visit. He did not ask any question,
just informed me that I will be receiving my visa in few days.
After couple of days we received the visa at home. The visa package which has to be submitted during POE is little bit torn
at the corners and it is very old & damaged cover. In one of the package, there is hole of 3 cm radius and some portion of
the papers inside can be seen.
Should I be worried of the damaged cover?
Did anybody receive this way?
Your response will be very helpful.
Thanks,
NT.
Hi All,
Earlier I checked with you all about the procedure on visiting the Consulate second time with the blue form.
Last week I got my latest offer letter and went to Consulate at 8am. I had to stand in the line and get inside. After getting
inside I was asked to go to the second building and waited there for an hour to be called by the Indian guy to submit the
offer letter & blue form. The Indian guy asked me to wait again as I had to meet the Consular officer. So waited for another
hour and met the consular. It was the same consular that we met earlier during the first visit. He did not ask any question,
just informed me that I will be receiving my visa in few days.
After couple of days we received the visa at home. The visa package which has to be submitted during POE is little bit torn
at the corners and it is very old & damaged cover. In one of the package, there is hole of 3 cm radius and some portion of
the papers inside can be seen.
Should I be worried of the damaged cover?
Did anybody receive this way?
Your response will be very helpful.
Thanks,
NT.
CP_India said:
I cannot comment on the aspect of the cover being very old and damaged.
However it is normal for the visa covers to have a corner cut, and the
papers to be visible. This is probably done to allow any of the security
personnel to peer inside with a flash light if necessary (since no one is allowed to open it before you reach the POE).
This was how we received our packets too!
Raju