lilavati was breeze, no vaccinations needed since I had records from US.
we waited in queue for immigration applicants from 8:45 am, our appointment letter and passports where checked before we were let in the consulate. We were made to pass through a metal detecting screening and where asked to open and show all the document folders.
once in we were asked to submit appointment letter to cashier on window 1, cashier confirmed with us about the money paid to NVC and asked us to wait near window 10.
we waited for about 1 hour and lady on window 12 called out our names and asked for all the documents, she lead the process, so we just handed over what she asked. We wanted to retain originals for all the documents and hence we gave photocopies and originals, she kept photocopies and gave back originals.
once document were submitted we waited for another 10 minutes before being presented to a American Lady and Desi guy. Desi guy looked young and upset at the expiration of my H1 visa on passport, I handed over the H1 extension notice, however he was not convinced. So the American Lady started explaining ( or training ) this desi guy, then american lady just casually asked for all my H1 extensions and explained in detail about my job history and H1 extensions that happened in parallel ( I fortunately carried all H1s and hence had no problem, else for the training of this desi guy I would have to provide an explanation ). The desi guy looked little upset ( maybe because of the salary amount I had put in there ;-)) however, the American Lady insisted that every thing is in order, all papers are correct and asked us to take the oath and we were granted IVs. I gave a hi-fi to my wife ( couldn't wait ! ) and gave a big smile to American Lady ( who had incidently moved from non-immigration department, as she told me, so she was sure every thing was in order regarding H1s ). The American Lady congratulated us and said, Welcome to US !
we waited in queue for immigration applicants from 8:45 am, our appointment letter and passports where checked before we were let in the consulate. We were made to pass through a metal detecting screening and where asked to open and show all the document folders.
once in we were asked to submit appointment letter to cashier on window 1, cashier confirmed with us about the money paid to NVC and asked us to wait near window 10.
we waited for about 1 hour and lady on window 12 called out our names and asked for all the documents, she lead the process, so we just handed over what she asked. We wanted to retain originals for all the documents and hence we gave photocopies and originals, she kept photocopies and gave back originals.
once document were submitted we waited for another 10 minutes before being presented to a American Lady and Desi guy. Desi guy looked young and upset at the expiration of my H1 visa on passport, I handed over the H1 extension notice, however he was not convinced. So the American Lady started explaining ( or training ) this desi guy, then american lady just casually asked for all my H1 extensions and explained in detail about my job history and H1 extensions that happened in parallel ( I fortunately carried all H1s and hence had no problem, else for the training of this desi guy I would have to provide an explanation ). The desi guy looked little upset ( maybe because of the salary amount I had put in there ;-)) however, the American Lady insisted that every thing is in order, all papers are correct and asked us to take the oath and we were granted IVs. I gave a hi-fi to my wife ( couldn't wait ! ) and gave a big smile to American Lady ( who had incidently moved from non-immigration department, as she told me, so she was sure every thing was in order regarding H1s ). The American Lady congratulated us and said, Welcome to US !