Successful CP interview and POE (Mumbai consulate)

Hotel's in Bombay

Congrats Dolphin...

Few questions I have..

My case was forwarded to Mumbai on 07/01/02. I am expeting it to be in September some time. Some queries..

1. How about Hotels. Could you tell me about hotels which you think is good (SAFE & NEAR). If it is near to Consulate, it will be good I guess. If it is near to Hospital too, that will be great, but I guess primary requirement is it should be SAFE and good.

2. I asked to send my P4 to my India address. Do I need to get
the P4 while I am in US, or I can as well have somebody come down to Mumbai from my home in India to deliver P4 packet to me. What all we need to do in P4. If I need P4 while I am in US,
I can ask my parents in India to send P4 by FedEx or something (assuming my parents will receive P4 much in advance and assuming we have some way of shipping from India in 3-4 days).

3. About the DD: For the draft, do they say how much amount in Rs. OR they always say amount in Dollar. In later case, how do you know for what Rs. amount do you have to take the DD, as it will keep changing.

monk12
 
form 9003

Congratulations!

I have the following question: you mentioned that during the interview the consulate did not require 9003 form.

I received my package and there was NOT form 9003 enclosed.
Also consulate did not mention anything about tax records in any of the required documents.

Did you have to show tax records and for how many years?

Do they keep a copy of your tax records with them or do they just look at it and return it?

I appreciate your help.
 
Re: Hotel's in Bombay

Monk12,
Sorry I don't have any ideas about hotels.
We stayed with family.
I've seen a hotel called the Juhu Centaur right near the airport - but it could be a bit pricy.

You don't need to have P4 in the US.
As long as you have it when you go for the interview and the medical (since the P4 has the appointment letter)
you should be ok.
When your family receives the P4 - just ask them to read out all the list of documents needed. Just to make sure you got everything.

They tell you the dollar amount in dollars and they have a fixed conversion rate for a few months.
For example say you need to pay $10. When we went the rate was 49Rs to a dollar. So we would go to the bank and pay Rs 490 + whatever fees they charge for the draft and get it.

Bottom line: Don't worry too much it's easier than it sounds - take with you enough dollars for the fees + approx $50 extra. Convert this to Rs. at the airport or at Thomas Cook or even at a bank. Then just go to any nationalized bank(Eg. Bank of India) and get the DD. The conversion rate does not change very often and is usually posted on the mumbai consulate's website.

Hope this helps.


Originally posted by monk12
Congrats Dolphin...

Few questions I have..

My case was forwarded to Mumbai on 07/01/02. I am expeting it to be in September some time. Some queries..

1. How about Hotels. Could you tell me about hotels which you think is good (SAFE & NEAR). If it is near to Consulate, it will be good I guess. If it is near to Hospital too, that will be great, but I guess primary requirement is it should be SAFE and good.

2. I asked to send my P4 to my India address. Do I need to get
the P4 while I am in US, or I can as well have somebody come down to Mumbai from my home in India to deliver P4 packet to me. What all we need to do in P4. If I need P4 while I am in US,
I can ask my parents in India to send P4 by FedEx or something (assuming my parents will receive P4 much in advance and assuming we have some way of shipping from India in 3-4 days).

3. About the DD: For the draft, do they say how much amount in Rs. OR they always say amount in Dollar. In later case, how do you know for what Rs. amount do you have to take the DD, as it will keep changing.

monk12
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Re: form 9003

zzvv,
They must have stopped including IRS9003 coz it's not required any more. That's my guess.

They did not ask for a copy of the tax records, it's not listed in P4 - but we had kept them with us. Having more documents is better than less. You never know what they might ask you, so always carry supporting documents.

But don't submit anything till they specifically ask for it.




Originally posted by zzvv
Congratulations!

I have the following question: you mentioned that during the interview the consulate did not require 9003 form.

I received my package and there was NOT form 9003 enclosed.
Also consulate did not mention anything about tax records in any of the required documents.

Did you have to show tax records and for how many years?

Do they keep a copy of your tax records with them or do they just look at it and return it?

I appreciate your help.
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Re: Re: Hotel's in Bombay

thanks for insight Dolphins..

Monk12


Originally posted by Dolphins
Monk12,
Sorry I don't have any ideas about hotels.
We stayed with family.
I've seen a hotel called the Juhu Centaur right near the airport - but it could be a bit pricy.

You don't need to have P4 in the US.
As long as you have it when you go for the interview and the medical (since the P4 has the appointment letter)
you should be ok.
When your family receives the P4 - just ask them to read out all the list of documents needed. Just to make sure you got everything.

They tell you the dollar amount in dollars and they have a fixed conversion rate for a few months.
For example say you need to pay $10. When we went the rate was 49Rs to a dollar. So we would go to the bank and pay Rs 490 + whatever fees they charge for the draft and get it.

Bottom line: Don't worry too much it's easier than it sounds - take with you enough dollars for the fees + approx $50 extra. Convert this to Rs. at the airport or at Thomas Cook or even at a bank. Then just go to any nationalized bank(Eg. Bank of India) and get the DD. The conversion rate does not change very often and is usually posted on the mumbai consulate's website.

Hope this helps.
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Got the plastic cards :)

Both of us got our cards in the mail yesterday.
Exactly 13 business days after DOE. Pretty amazing!
Finally all done - It's a great feeling.
CP is surely the way to go.
 
Dolphins: CP resource

Dolphins:

I am new to the CP forum. Please point me to the reliable resources for info on CP: like what documents are needed.

Thanks
 
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