Is Mumbai consulate scheduling interviews for IR5 (Parent of a U.S. citizen)

[GeoMac]

GeoMac, AlienKanpur,

Thank you for taking the time out for your response!

GeoMac, you mentioned 12 months after filing DS260, is that 12 months to get to the Mumbai consulate interview stage?

yes 12 months looking to the current trend perhaps reduced. Actually my DQD was in first week of April21 and interview was 3rd week of June22 14+ months.

[AS45]

Dear All.
Finally today, after having entered USA 69 days ago, the status for my wife’s green card has been updated to card has been mailed. Incidentally, my card was received in exactly 38 days, after entering. Both cards were sent for being produced on September 18. So, all is well that ends well. Best wishes to all in waiting.

Great.Congratulations. Immigration process is now fully complete for both of you.

[AlienKanpur]

Great.Congratulations. Immigration process is now fully complete for both of you.

Thanks a lot, AS45. Yes, by God’s grace, this chapter has come to a fruitful end after a long journey of almost two and a half years. Best wishes to all in waiting.

[AlienKanpur]

GeoMac, AlienKanpur,

Thank you for taking the time out for your response!

GeoMac, you mentioned 12 months after filing DS260, is that 12 months to get to the Mumbai consulate interview stage?

Dear bmower,
Typical processing times are given at the following link:

https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt

As of now counsellor processing is taking one year after getting DQed. Looking at the present day scenario, we are looking at a time frame of 18 to 24 months. I have a feeling that the best bet would be to get the visitors visa by being careful at the interview time and as well as entering the US. Best wishes.

[shandey]

Anyone got interview email for IR5 for Mumbai this week? My dad's DQ is Oct 2021, don't know when can we he expect to get the email for interview. Waiting really long...

[GeoMac]

https://youtu.be/zhvG4fmZfFs

This you tube video may give hopes to US visa aspirants however, I am not sure whether "visa in 6 months" for all categories is feasible?

[AlienKanpur]

Hello forums members, how do we check the status of SSN and greencard?

Dear abhishekhawat,

I have no idea about how to check the SSN movement. Generally it arrives within two weeks of landing. For the GC one can go the following link:

https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/mycasestatus.do

you will need to fill in the receipt number starting with IOE.
Generally e-mail is sent to the beneficiary as soon as there is any change in the status. Best wishes.

[AlienKanpur]

Anyone got interview email for IR5 for Mumbai this week? My dad's DQ is Oct 2021, don't know when can we he expect to get the email for interview. Waiting really long...

Dear shandey,
it has now become impossible to predict about the movement of the cases. Whole lot of beneficiaries who got DQ during Sept.21 to May 22, are waiting. Whereas several cases of June 22 onward have already got their ILs. Not sure about the accuracy of this info, found on some tracker. The next set of ILs are now almost due. Let us hope that some order will be maintained. In that case, your Dad should be getting the IL soon. Best wishes.

[shandey]

Dear shandey,
it has now become impossible to predict about the movement of the cases. Whole lot of beneficiaries who got DQ during Sept.21 to May 22, are waiting. Whereas several cases of June 22 onward have already got their ILs. Not sure about the accuracy of this info, found on some tracker. The next set of ILs are now almost due. Let us hope that some order will be maintained. In that case, your Dad should be getting the IL soon. Best wishes.

Thank you, let's hope for the best for all who are waiting!

[curious_one]

Hi everyone,
My parents had their medical today at Med Center, Mohali. They were not given any packets or CD. Seems like they will directly send the reports to the embassy.
Can you please suggest what they have to say in the interview if asked for CD.

[curious_one]

One more question:
My parents applied for B1/B2 visa in 2010 which was denied. They again applied in 2020, but could not go for interview because of COVID. I applied for their immigrant visa in Aug 2021. Their interview is scheduled for next week. Are their any specific questions that they might be asked in the interview?

[AS45]

Hi everyone,
My parents had their medical today at Med Center, Mohali. They were not given any packets or CD. Seems like they will directly send the reports to the embassy.
Can you please suggest what they have to say in the interview if asked for CD.

Hi Dear Curious_one

At interview, they do not ask for medical reports or CDs. Our medical was at Rele Clinic, Mumbai. We got the medical report from Rele Clinic by mail with advice to print Information Sheet for interview and Vaccination Sheet for point of entry at USA. We carried the print outs but it was not asked at interview or at POE. Hope this helps. Best wishes.

[GeoMac]

One more question:
My parents applied for B1/B2 visa in 2010 which was denied. They again applied in 2020, but could not go for interview because of COVID. I applied for their immigrant visa in Aug 2021. Their interview is scheduled for next week. Are their any specific questions that they might be asked in the interview?

Dear curious_one,
Normally the visa officer asks about visa in past. Did you travel to the US earlier? Did you overstay in the US? Did you travel to other country? Did you overstay in any other country? Was ever an application for visa denied? These questions are already asked in your form DS260. This is not an issue to panic. Couple of good thumb rules - 1. Do not volunteerily give any information and 2. If asked, give true but short answers.

[AlienKanpur]

One more question:
My parents applied for B1/B2 visa in 2010 which was denied. They again applied in 2020, but could not go for interview because of COVID. I applied for their immigrant visa in Aug 2021. Their interview is scheduled for next week. Are their any specific questions that they might be asked in the interview?

Dear curious_one,
The medical reports are uploaded by the Medical Center directly on the consulate website. The medical center generally gives you an information sheet, which has to be given at the consulate during the interview. It seems from a post by AS45, that you have to print this report. The so called CD contains the chest x-ray and will never be asked for. This is invariably uploaded.
The interview is generally very routine. If you scroll backwards to maybe a month or so ago, you will find all about the questions. Best wishes

[askingforinfo]

DQ date of October 2021, no IL yet. Any news on when to expect IL? Looks like they skipped cases from September 2021 up to March 2022.