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

[Shanaya]

Hello everyone, My parents got their ILs today.
DQ: August 31,2022
Interview notification: 2/24/2023
Interview Date : April 27,2023.
And just one question for the group. how do I schedule their biometrics together?

Yes schedule biometrics together.

[vjrnn2022]

Shanaya. This is just amazing. I mean truly amazing list. I had 2 basic questions.

1. How long before can I schedule the medical exam? Can I do it 1 month in advance?
2. How many appointments do I need to book in the website ustraveldocs.com? I know I need to book slots/ appointments for biometrics (I want to do this on the previous day of the interview). Do I need to book a slot/appointment for the actual interview also? I am asking this considering the interview letter has a date and time specified.

[jonjee_chinu]

Hello,

Anyone with experience in rescheduling the interview at Mumbai Consulate?

My father received the IL on Jan. 23 (DQ Jul. 15 '22) but my mother did not. Turns out NVC had all the documents but did not DQ her until Jan. 26.

But I want to avoid a long separation between their interviews so that they can travel together.

Any guidance is appreciated.

Thanks!

[vmsk0716]

Dear VJRNN2022

Please see below.

I am sharing complete timeline and required documents for each step of this long journey, and I hope this post will help other members in this forum who are going through similar steps for their family members. Some of the documents are excessive but I do not want to take any chances so I have submitted them, but it will be up to you to decide which needs to be sent with forms submission.

	DOCUMENTS	DATE	DAYS
1	I-130 SUBMISSION - Online	JUNE 18, 2021	1
2	PRIORITY DATE	JUNE 19, 2021	1
3	I-130 APPROVAL	SEPTEMBER 30, 2021	103
4	NVC CONFIRMATION EMAIL	OCTOBER 3, 2021	4
5	DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED EMAIL	JANUARY 12, 2022	100
6	INTERVIEW LETTER NOTIFICATION EMAIL	NOVEMBER 21, 2022	313
7	VAC APPOINTMENT	DECEMBER 23, 2022	30
8	MEDICAL	JANUARY 5, 2023	14
9	IR5 VISA INTERVIEW	JANUARY 24, 2023	19
10	PASSPORT ARRIVAL	JANUARY 28, 2023	4
		TOTAL DAYS	594
1	I-130 FEE	$535
2	I-864 FEE	$120
3	DS-260 FEE	$325
4	MEDICAL FEE	$160
5	PASSPORT PICK UP	$8
6	GREENCARD FEE	$220
	TOTAL	$1368/Person

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED WITH I-130

1. I-130 Form
2. Petitioner – US Naturalization Certificate
3. Petitioner - Birth certificate
4. Beneficiary – Marriage Certificate
5. Beneficiary – Birth Certificates

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED WITH I-864 & I-864A

1. I-864 Affidavit of Support Form
2. I-864-A Affidavit of Support – Household Member/Joint Sponsor
3. IRS Tax Return Transcripts – For Years 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 (Petitioner & Household Member)
4. W2 – For Years 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 (Petitioner & Household Member)
5. 2023 Employment Letter (Petitioner & Household Member)
6. 6 Months Paystubs Copy (Petitioner & Household Member)
7. Petitioner – Birth Certificate
8. Petitioner – Marriage Certificate
9. Petitioner – US Naturalization Certificate
10. Household Member – Birth Certificate
11. Household Member - US Naturalization Certificate

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED WITH DS-260

1. DS-260 Form
2. Petitioner – Birth Certificate
3. Petitioner – Marriage Certificate
4. Petitioner – Naturalization Certificate
5. Petitioner – US Passport Biographic Pages
6. Beneficiary – Birth Certificates
7. Beneficiary – Marriage Certificate
8. Beneficiary – Police Clearance Certificates
9. Beneficiary – Passport Biographic Pages
10. Beneficiary – 2x2 Digital Photographs

DOCUMENTS CARRIED FOR VAC APPOINTMENT

1. Beneficiary Passport
2. VAC Appointment Confirmation Letter
3. DS-260 Confirmation page
4. Four 2x2 Photographs
5. Interview Letter

Address: Mumbai VAC
Parinee Crescenzo 101, 1^st Floor, A Wing, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East

DOCUMENTS CARRIED FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENT

1. Beneficiary Passport
2. Interview Letter
3. DS-260 Confirmation page
4. Four 2x2 Photographs
5. Final Covid-19 Vaccine Record with Dates
6. All Prior Medical Records of Vaccination

Address: Apollo Clinic
Mann Complex, Anand Mahal Road
Opposite Shree Ram Petrol Pump, Girinagar Society, Muktanand Nagar
Adajan, Surat
Phone# 0261-2790202

DOCUMENTS CARRIED FOR INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT

1. Beneficiary Passport
2. Four 2x2 Photographs
3. Interview Letter
4. DS-260 Confirmation Page with VAC Stamp & Stapled Photograph given @ VAC Appointment
5. Original Police Clearance Certificate (PCC)
6. Medical Exam Vaccination Report given at Medical Appointment
7. Petitioner – Original Birth Certificate & Copy
8. Beneficiary – Original Birth Certificate & Copy
9. Beneficiary – Original Marriage Certificate & Copy
10. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - Original I-864 & I-864-A
11. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - IRS Tax Return Transcripts for Years – 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
12. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - W2 for Years - 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
13. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - 2023 Employment Letters
14. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - 6 Months Paystubs Copies

INTERVIEW DAY – JANUARY 24, 2023 @ 7:30 AM
Address: U.S. Consulate General Mumbai
C-49, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai 400051
My parents had their interview on January 24, 2023@ 7:30 AM.
They entered the building at 7:00 AM and they were directly taken to window for document collection/verification where they were asked for following documents. (Completed in 20 Minutes)

1. Interview Letter for both
2. Original DS-260 Confirmation Page with VAC Stamps for both
3. Original PCC for both
4. Original Birth Certificate for both
5. Original marriage Certificate
6. Original Birth Certificate of Petitioner

Parents requested Gujarati Language Interpreter for their Interview right after above documents were verified.
Then they were given a token and were told to wait for their number to be called.
They were called on window at 7:40 AM for their interview, where American officer has asked following questions which can be answered by either person, so my mom answered some and my dad answered some.
First, parents were asked to take the oath before answering any questions.

1. What is your daughter’s address in USA?
2. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
3. In which state does your daughter live in USA?
4. When did the petitioner went to USA first time?
5. How many kids does your daughter have?
6. What is your son in law’s job position?
7. What does your daughter do?
8. How many members are there in their household?
9. Who are they?
10. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?

At the end of the interview officer told them, your visa is approved, and you will receive your passports within 3-5 days and handed them two documents as below. They were out of the building at 8:05 AM.
(1) English Version – “Your Visa is Approved” with instructions on how to pay your Green Card Fee $220 before departing for USA.

(2) ગુજરાતી આવૃત્તિ- યુએસએ જવા રવાના થતા પહેલા તમારી ગ્રીન કાર્ડ ફી $220 કેવી રીતે ભરવી તે અંગેની સૂચનાઓ સાથે "તમારા વિઝા મંજૂર છે".

Also, passport status can be checked on below websites while waiting for to arrive at home or pick up location of Blue Dart Service.
Apply for a U.S. Visa | Track My Passport - India (English) (ustraveldocs.com)
https://cgifederal.secure.force.com (Using Username & Password)
Passports arrived on January 28, 2023.

Website for $220 - Green Card Fee Payment – https://my.uscis.gov/uscis-immigrant-fee

A-Number

• Your A-Number is the letter “A” followed by 7, 8 or 9 numbers (such as A012345678). On a visa stamp, your A-Number is identified as a Registration Number and it does not have written “A” on the IR5 Visa, it just says Registration Number.
• If your A-Number is fewer than 9 digits, the system will automatically add zero(s) after the “A” and before the first digit so there is a total of 9 digits, for example: A-001234567.
• Enter “A” Number (Example: A-123456789, A-012345678, or A-001234567)

DOS Case ID

• Your DOS Case ID is 3 letters followed by 9 or 10 numbers (for example, BMB0123456789).
• On your visa stamp, your DOS Case ID is identified as the IV Case Number. The IV Case Number has two numbers at the end, such as 01 or 02.
• When entering the IV Case Number as the DOS Case ID, do not include the last two numbers. For example, if your IV Case Number is “BMB1234567801,” you would enter your DOS Case ID as “BMB12345678” (do not include the “01”).
• If you want to pay together for both parents then there is an option, click “Add Another Entry” and enter second person’s information.
• Enter email address and mailing address for payer.
• Click next for payment of USD 220. (For both $440)
• If paid in advance in India before leaving for US, process starts as soon as beneficiary is in US.

I hope above details will help someone in this forum who is going through similar process or planning to do same for their family members.
WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN COMPLETING SIMILAR JOURNEY FOR YOUR LOVED ONES.
Regards,
Shanaya Patel
New Jersey, USA

During this entire journey I have been very anxious about which questions will be asked at the interview, so I started collecting questions from this forum’s reviews by others & similar websites and compiled a list of questions as below. Some of the questions are repeated in the list but has similar answers. I am sure this list will help lot of members in this forum.

IR 5 VISA – SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Who is sponsoring?
2. Where does he/she live?
3. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
4. What is the marriage date for your daughter?
5. Where do you plan to live in the USA?
6. How long has your daughter been in the USA?
7. Have you ever been to USA?
8. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?
9. What is your daughter’s phone number/email address?
10. How often/how do you communicate with your daughter?
11. How old is your daughter?
12. Which state does your daughter live in?
13. Where is your daughter/sponsor working and what position?
14. Where does your son-in-law work?
15. How old are your daughter’s kids?
16. When did you meet your daughter last time?
17. What is your son in law doing? Where does he work?
18. Who are you going to stay with?
19. Where does your daughter work?
20. How many times you have been to USA before? When was the longest stay?
21. Who called you to USA?
22. How is petitioner known to you?
23. What is petitioner doing?
24. In which place the petitioner lives?
25. Where did the petitioner earlier live in USA?
26. Is petitioner married? If yes when?
27. When did you last meet the petitioner?
28. Has petitioner visited India?
29. How many times did you go to USA?
30. How many children does the petitioner have?
31. Who is sponsoring you?
32. Where does she work?
33. Which place in the USA?
34. Who is the joint sponsor?
35. Is your daughter married?
36. When did you last see your daughter?
37. Have you been to USA before?
38. Who is the petitioner?
39. When did petitioner moved to USA?
40. How many kids does petitioner have?
41. What is your grand daughter’s name?
42. What kind of activities your granddaughter like?
43. Who is sponsoring your green card?
44. What do they do?
45. When did they come to USA?
46. Are they married?
47. Where do they live?
48. When was the last time you were in USA?
49. How many kids do they have?
50. What is the cutest thing your granddaughter did that, you remember?
51. Which company does your son in law works for?
52. How many times your daughter came to India after entering USA? When?
53. How many members in their house in USA?
54. Who are they?
55. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
56. Who is calling you?
57. Is she married?
58. How many kids?
59. Where is she working and as what?
60. What is her husband’s name? And where is he working?
61. Who are you going to stay with?
62. Where does your daughter work?
63. Who does she live with?
64. How many members in their household?
65. How old are her kids?
66. How many times you have been to USA before? When was the longest stay?
67. What is your son in law doing? Where does he work?
68. How old are your daughter’s kids?
69. When did you meet your daughter last time?
70. What is your daughter’s address in USA?
71. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
72. In which state does your daughter live in USA?
73. When did the petitioner went to USA first time?
74. How many kids does your daughter have?
75. What is your son in law’s job position?
76. What does your daughter do?
77. How many members are there in their household?
78. Who are they?
79. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?
80. Which company does your son in law works for?

Dear Shanaya - first of all, HUGE Thank you for your guidance to this forum - so incredibly helpful and we appreciate your time, and people like

My mother finally received the letter and I am going to setup the Medical appt. However, I'm not sure how to register for the VAC appt. The instructions say to go to: www.ustraveldocs.com to register but when i get to the site I'm so lost (for e.g. after I select india, it asks me to apply for a non-immigrant or immigrant visa and then takes me to KVisa. A bit lost. Any tips on how to get this appt? Much appreciated. Thanks again.

[vjrnn2022]

Dear Shanaya - first of all, HUGE Thank you for your guidance to this forum - so incredibly helpful and we appreciate your time, and people like

My mother finally received the letter and I am going to setup the Medical appt. However, I'm not sure how to register for the VAC appt. The instructions say to go to: www.ustraveldocs.com to register but when i get to the site I'm so lost (for e.g. after I select india, it asks me to apply for a non-immigrant or immigrant visa and then takes me to KVisa. A bit lost. Any tips on how to get this appt? Much appreciated. Thanks again.

Even I am having the same issue. In I think we are supposed to select an immigrant visa and select the type, and we are expected to take an appointment only for the biometrics.

[Raj2022]

Dear VJRNN2022

Please see below.

I am sharing complete timeline and required documents for each step of this long journey, and I hope this post will help other members in this forum who are going through similar steps for their family members. Some of the documents are excessive but I do not want to take any chances so I have submitted them, but it will be up to you to decide which needs to be sent with forms submission.

	DOCUMENTS	DATE	DAYS
1	I-130 SUBMISSION - Online	JUNE 18, 2021	1
2	PRIORITY DATE	JUNE 19, 2021	1
3	I-130 APPROVAL	SEPTEMBER 30, 2021	103
4	NVC CONFIRMATION EMAIL	OCTOBER 3, 2021	4
5	DOCUMENTARILY QUALIFIED EMAIL	JANUARY 12, 2022	100
6	INTERVIEW LETTER NOTIFICATION EMAIL	NOVEMBER 21, 2022	313
7	VAC APPOINTMENT	DECEMBER 23, 2022	30
8	MEDICAL	JANUARY 5, 2023	14
9	IR5 VISA INTERVIEW	JANUARY 24, 2023	19
10	PASSPORT ARRIVAL	JANUARY 28, 2023	4
		TOTAL DAYS	594
1	I-130 FEE	$535
2	I-864 FEE	$120
3	DS-260 FEE	$325
4	MEDICAL FEE	$160
5	PASSPORT PICK UP	$8
6	GREENCARD FEE	$220
	TOTAL	$1368/Person

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED WITH I-130

1. I-130 Form
2. Petitioner – US Naturalization Certificate
3. Petitioner - Birth certificate
4. Beneficiary – Marriage Certificate
5. Beneficiary – Birth Certificates

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED WITH I-864 & I-864A

1. I-864 Affidavit of Support Form
2. I-864-A Affidavit of Support – Household Member/Joint Sponsor
3. IRS Tax Return Transcripts – For Years 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 (Petitioner & Household Member)
4. W2 – For Years 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 (Petitioner & Household Member)
5. 2023 Employment Letter (Petitioner & Household Member)
6. 6 Months Paystubs Copy (Petitioner & Household Member)
7. Petitioner – Birth Certificate
8. Petitioner – Marriage Certificate
9. Petitioner – US Naturalization Certificate
10. Household Member – Birth Certificate
11. Household Member - US Naturalization Certificate

DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED WITH DS-260

1. DS-260 Form
2. Petitioner – Birth Certificate
3. Petitioner – Marriage Certificate
4. Petitioner – Naturalization Certificate
5. Petitioner – US Passport Biographic Pages
6. Beneficiary – Birth Certificates
7. Beneficiary – Marriage Certificate
8. Beneficiary – Police Clearance Certificates
9. Beneficiary – Passport Biographic Pages
10. Beneficiary – 2x2 Digital Photographs

DOCUMENTS CARRIED FOR VAC APPOINTMENT

1. Beneficiary Passport
2. VAC Appointment Confirmation Letter
3. DS-260 Confirmation page
4. Four 2x2 Photographs
5. Interview Letter

Address: Mumbai VAC
Parinee Crescenzo 101, 1^st Floor, A Wing, G Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East

DOCUMENTS CARRIED FOR MEDICAL APPOINTMENT

1. Beneficiary Passport
2. Interview Letter
3. DS-260 Confirmation page
4. Four 2x2 Photographs
5. Final Covid-19 Vaccine Record with Dates
6. All Prior Medical Records of Vaccination

Address: Apollo Clinic
Mann Complex, Anand Mahal Road
Opposite Shree Ram Petrol Pump, Girinagar Society, Muktanand Nagar
Adajan, Surat
Phone# 0261-2790202

DOCUMENTS CARRIED FOR INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT

1. Beneficiary Passport
2. Four 2x2 Photographs
3. Interview Letter
4. DS-260 Confirmation Page with VAC Stamp & Stapled Photograph given @ VAC Appointment
5. Original Police Clearance Certificate (PCC)
6. Medical Exam Vaccination Report given at Medical Appointment
7. Petitioner – Original Birth Certificate & Copy
8. Beneficiary – Original Birth Certificate & Copy
9. Beneficiary – Original Marriage Certificate & Copy
10. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - Original I-864 & I-864-A
11. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - IRS Tax Return Transcripts for Years – 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
12. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - W2 for Years - 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018
13. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - 2023 Employment Letters
14. Petitioner & Joint Sponsor - 6 Months Paystubs Copies

INTERVIEW DAY – JANUARY 24, 2023 @ 7:30 AM
Address: U.S. Consulate General Mumbai
C-49, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai 400051
My parents had their interview on January 24, 2023@ 7:30 AM.
They entered the building at 7:00 AM and they were directly taken to window for document collection/verification where they were asked for following documents. (Completed in 20 Minutes)

1. Interview Letter for both
2. Original DS-260 Confirmation Page with VAC Stamps for both
3. Original PCC for both
4. Original Birth Certificate for both
5. Original marriage Certificate
6. Original Birth Certificate of Petitioner

Parents requested Gujarati Language Interpreter for their Interview right after above documents were verified.
Then they were given a token and were told to wait for their number to be called.
They were called on window at 7:40 AM for their interview, where American officer has asked following questions which can be answered by either person, so my mom answered some and my dad answered some.
First, parents were asked to take the oath before answering any questions.

1. What is your daughter’s address in USA?
2. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
3. In which state does your daughter live in USA?
4. When did the petitioner went to USA first time?
5. How many kids does your daughter have?
6. What is your son in law’s job position?
7. What does your daughter do?
8. How many members are there in their household?
9. Who are they?
10. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?

At the end of the interview officer told them, your visa is approved, and you will receive your passports within 3-5 days and handed them two documents as below. They were out of the building at 8:05 AM.
(1) English Version – “Your Visa is Approved” with instructions on how to pay your Green Card Fee $220 before departing for USA.

(2) ગુજરાતી આવૃત્તિ- યુએસએ જવા રવાના થતા પહેલા તમારી ગ્રીન કાર્ડ ફી $220 કેવી રીતે ભરવી તે અંગેની સૂચનાઓ સાથે "તમારા વિઝા મંજૂર છે".

Also, passport status can be checked on below websites while waiting for to arrive at home or pick up location of Blue Dart Service.
Apply for a U.S. Visa | Track My Passport - India (English) (ustraveldocs.com)
https://cgifederal.secure.force.com (Using Username & Password)
Passports arrived on January 28, 2023.

Website for $220 - Green Card Fee Payment – https://my.uscis.gov/uscis-immigrant-fee

A-Number

• Your A-Number is the letter “A” followed by 7, 8 or 9 numbers (such as A012345678). On a visa stamp, your A-Number is identified as a Registration Number and it does not have written “A” on the IR5 Visa, it just says Registration Number.
• If your A-Number is fewer than 9 digits, the system will automatically add zero(s) after the “A” and before the first digit so there is a total of 9 digits, for example: A-001234567.
• Enter “A” Number (Example: A-123456789, A-012345678, or A-001234567)

DOS Case ID

• Your DOS Case ID is 3 letters followed by 9 or 10 numbers (for example, BMB0123456789).
• On your visa stamp, your DOS Case ID is identified as the IV Case Number. The IV Case Number has two numbers at the end, such as 01 or 02.
• When entering the IV Case Number as the DOS Case ID, do not include the last two numbers. For example, if your IV Case Number is “BMB1234567801,” you would enter your DOS Case ID as “BMB12345678” (do not include the “01”).
• If you want to pay together for both parents then there is an option, click “Add Another Entry” and enter second person’s information.
• Enter email address and mailing address for payer.
• Click next for payment of USD 220. (For both $440)
• If paid in advance in India before leaving for US, process starts as soon as beneficiary is in US.

I hope above details will help someone in this forum who is going through similar process or planning to do same for their family members.
WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN COMPLETING SIMILAR JOURNEY FOR YOUR LOVED ONES.
Regards,
Shanaya Patel
New Jersey, USA

During this entire journey I have been very anxious about which questions will be asked at the interview, so I started collecting questions from this forum’s reviews by others & similar websites and compiled a list of questions as below. Some of the questions are repeated in the list but has similar answers. I am sure this list will help lot of members in this forum.

IR 5 VISA – SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Who is sponsoring?
2. Where does he/she live?
3. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
4. What is the marriage date for your daughter?
5. Where do you plan to live in the USA?
6. How long has your daughter been in the USA?
7. Have you ever been to USA?
8. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?
9. What is your daughter’s phone number/email address?
10. How often/how do you communicate with your daughter?
11. How old is your daughter?
12. Which state does your daughter live in?
13. Where is your daughter/sponsor working and what position?
14. Where does your son-in-law work?
15. How old are your daughter’s kids?
16. When did you meet your daughter last time?
17. What is your son in law doing? Where does he work?
18. Who are you going to stay with?
19. Where does your daughter work?
20. How many times you have been to USA before? When was the longest stay?
21. Who called you to USA?
22. How is petitioner known to you?
23. What is petitioner doing?
24. In which place the petitioner lives?
25. Where did the petitioner earlier live in USA?
26. Is petitioner married? If yes when?
27. When did you last meet the petitioner?
28. Has petitioner visited India?
29. How many times did you go to USA?
30. How many children does the petitioner have?
31. Who is sponsoring you?
32. Where does she work?
33. Which place in the USA?
34. Who is the joint sponsor?
35. Is your daughter married?
36. When did you last see your daughter?
37. Have you been to USA before?
38. Who is the petitioner?
39. When did petitioner moved to USA?
40. How many kids does petitioner have?
41. What is your grand daughter’s name?
42. What kind of activities your granddaughter like?
43. Who is sponsoring your green card?
44. What do they do?
45. When did they come to USA?
46. Are they married?
47. Where do they live?
48. When was the last time you were in USA?
49. How many kids do they have?
50. What is the cutest thing your granddaughter did that, you remember?
51. Which company does your son in law works for?
52. How many times your daughter came to India after entering USA? When?
53. How many members in their house in USA?
54. Who are they?
55. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
56. Who is calling you?
57. Is she married?
58. How many kids?
59. Where is she working and as what?
60. What is her husband’s name? And where is he working?
61. Who are you going to stay with?
62. Where does your daughter work?
63. Who does she live with?
64. How many members in their household?
65. How old are her kids?
66. How many times you have been to USA before? When was the longest stay?
67. What is your son in law doing? Where does he work?
68. How old are your daughter’s kids?
69. When did you meet your daughter last time?
70. What is your daughter’s address in USA?
71. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
72. In which state does your daughter live in USA?
73. When did the petitioner went to USA first time?
74. How many kids does your daughter have?
75. What is your son in law’s job position?
76. What does your daughter do?
77. How many members are there in their household?
78. Who are they?
79. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?
80. Which company does your son in law works for?

Good job .
Thanks

[Aviask2]

Yes schedule biometrics together.

Dear Shanaya,

If you are fine with it, could you please share some info related to your parent's experience with PCC, such as

(i) How long it took after the date of appointment at regional PSK ? Does the PCC come by postal mail only or can you also download it online when it is ready?
(ii) Have your parents visited the local police station themselves for verification, or did the Officers visit your parent's residence?
(iii) For verification by local Police officers, what documents will be needed other than passport/aadhar/voter id/pan card ? Do we need to submit any photo(s) ?

My mother will do her PCC appointment art regional PSK next month, so worried about the steps after that.

Thanks.

[vmsk0716]

Even I am having the same issue. In I think we are supposed to select an immigrant visa and select the type, and we are expected to take an appointment only for the biometrics.

I was able to figure out and get an appointment for IR5 visa applicant. However, there was no option to select biometrics only. Hoping this works.

"You have scheduled an appointment for an immigrant visa to the U.S. Most applicants will have an appointment at the Visa Application Center (VAC), followed by an appointment at the Embassy or Consulate. Please review the below important information carefully. By coming prepared, we will be able to provide you with the best service possible."

If anyone has any input, please let us know. Thank you in advance.

[IndiaNaper]

Hi Shanaya, First of all I just want to thankyou for the kind of support you have shown. I appreciate your willing to help people lost in ambiguity and confusion. I have a question on Sputum test since my aged father is a likely candidate for failing the test. If he fails the sputum test , will he have to undergo some treatment and come back to the test centre after 2 months and test again ? Since his interview will have to be rescheduled can my mom also reschedule her interview (even if she passes the sputum test )

How can I make sure both mom and dad have interview together incase one fails the sputum test ?

[SansInd]

My PCC may not be current (more than 12 months old) on my IR5 interview date. Should I obtain a new PCC now?

[deftones]

Hello fam,

My mother's IR5 was approved last year, and I am now helping with my father's application. My father had to go with DNA testing and received a letter from NVC for interview on April 13th. A strange occurrence that has been happening is when I go to the cgi website to schedule a biometric appointment for him, it takes me straight to consular appointment and never shows an option for biometric (VAC) appointment. As such, I am unable to book a biometric appointment for him. Has anyone faced a similar issue? How did you solve it? I have reached out to ustraveldocs but haven't received a response yet.

Many thanks in advance

[jonjee_chinu]

Hello fam,

My mother's IR5 was approved last year, and I am now helping with my father's application. My father had to go with DNA testing and received a letter from NVC for interview on April 13th. A strange occurrence that has been happening is when I go to the cgi website to schedule a biometric appointment for him, it takes me straight to consular appointment and never shows an option for biometric (VAC) appointment. As such, I am unable to book a biometric appointment for him. Has anyone faced a similar issue? How did you solve it? I have reached out to ustraveldocs but haven't received a response yet.

Many thanks in advance

I'm having the exact same problem. I'm going to call their call center tomorrow to see if that helps. But if anyone else has figured out how to fix this, please let us know.

Thanks!

[Aviask2]

Hello fam,

My mother's IR5 was approved last year, and I am now helping with my father's application. My father had to go with DNA testing and received a letter from NVC for interview on April 13th. A strange occurrence that has been happening is when I go to the cgi website to schedule a biometric appointment for him, it takes me straight to consular appointment and never shows an option for biometric (VAC) appointment. As such, I am unable to book a biometric appointment for him. Has anyone faced a similar issue? How did you solve it? I have reached out to ustraveldocs but haven't received a response yet.

Many thanks in advance

Hi deftones,

One question based on your post. Does DNA testing (if necessary) happen at the I-130 approval process? Or, can it also happen at the NVC submission process after I-130 approval? If so, can it be done in India ? My mother is at I-130 approval process for several months, so just want to be aware of future possibilities. Thanks.

[deftones]

Hi deftones,

One question based on your post. Does DNA testing (if necessary) happen at the I-130 approval process? Or, can it also happen at the NVC submission process after I-130 approval? If so, can it be done in India ? My mother is at I-130 approval process for several months, so just want to be aware of future possibilities. Thanks.

For my dad, the DNA testing happened at the I-130 approval phase. Not sure if USCIS can ask for paternity test post the I-130 approval. My knowledge is scant in this matter

[Aviask2]

For my dad, the DNA testing happened at the I-130 approval phase. Not sure if USCIS can ask for paternity test post the I-130 approval. My knowledge is scant in this matter

Thank You deftones for your reply. Best wishes.