Dear All:
Recently my in laws applied for a visitor visa at Bombay Consulate,India. When they applied
the consulate officer asked them to produce the notarized passport copy of their son and
daughter (son lives in FLorida and is on AOS whereas daughter is GREEN CARD holder)
and told them to appear for the interview again.
We sent the copies of passport duly notarized by a Notary public in USA.
When they appeared again for the interview the consulate officer rejected their visa and he
kept all the passport copies with him.
my concern is:
Is the Consular officer allowed to keep the passport photocopy of my wife and brother-in-law
because their parents applied for a visa?
the consular officer also took the photocopy of wife\'s green card and did not return it.
Please help me to understand a possible reason as to why they kept the papers and is it legal for the consular officer to keep the copies of passport and green card.
Ronny
Recently my in laws applied for a visitor visa at Bombay Consulate,India. When they applied
the consulate officer asked them to produce the notarized passport copy of their son and
daughter (son lives in FLorida and is on AOS whereas daughter is GREEN CARD holder)
and told them to appear for the interview again.
We sent the copies of passport duly notarized by a Notary public in USA.
When they appeared again for the interview the consulate officer rejected their visa and he
kept all the passport copies with him.
my concern is:
Is the Consular officer allowed to keep the passport photocopy of my wife and brother-in-law
because their parents applied for a visa?
the consular officer also took the photocopy of wife\'s green card and did not return it.
Please help me to understand a possible reason as to why they kept the papers and is it legal for the consular officer to keep the copies of passport and green card.
Ronny