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

[JMS65]

Received IL today .DQ 7 Nov.(3Feb.21 for wife),interviegreatw 1 April,Mumbai for both together.

Congratulations! They chose the earlier dq to schedule the interview.

[JMS65]

Received IL letter by email today. DQ date Nov 19th. Interview April 4th 9am.

But I am struggling to get VAC appointment on website. I had tried to create a login and interview appointment in past and now it asked me to merge the account when I tried to get new appointment now. After I agreed the merge the account, it shows me just single page after logging in saying upload your passport. No other options. Anyone had this issue?

Any thoughts welcome. Thanks...

Before adding, create separate login by providing different email ID. This will prompt you that this profile already exists. Here it will ask your confirmation by showing "Confirm" and "Cancel". You should confirm this. Thereafter, it ask you to attach copy of passport of that applicant. Then submit. After sometime you will get new password. Login with the new password, change password, re-login, save details. Add other applicant and move further.

[Heman5up]

Thanks 2020IR5. That is helpful. So looks like someone manually confirms the account's validity before releasing. That makes sense. Thanks

[2021IR5]

I have filed for GC my mother (living in India). The application was documentarily qualified on January 2021 by NVC and now waiting for Interview letter from Mumbai consulate. My address in US has changed as we moved from one city to another. Will this affect my mother's application. We still have not heard anything regarding IL. Do we receive interview letter via email or will my mom receive a physical copy via mail. Which one is required during the actual interview? Please share your thougths. Thank you!

[L2022]

DQ 24 Nov
IL date 5 April

Congratulations! wish everything to go well. Good luck !

[Rsidhu]

I am trying to setup biometrics appointment and I am planning to book slot a day prior to IL. Does anyone know if this is okay or if there has to be gap of specific days between interview and biometrics

[Rsidhu]

Also, can someone please help me understand how to book biometrics slot for both parents. I am able to book for my father but don’t know where to add my mom. Note that they both have same ustraveldocs account

[smath24]

Hi All, I am new to this forum with a CR1 visa application in process. Is there anyway to track the current DQ that the mumbai consulate is scheduling interviews for? Kindly share the link that I can use to know the wait time I should be expecting. Thanks in advance.

[rmalik]

rmalik

VAC appointment

Passport
Interview Letter
VAC Appointment letter
DS260 confirmation page
US Visa photos 2


Documents for the interview
Interview Letter
Passport
Original Birth Certificate
Original Marriage Certificate
Original Police clearance
Latest Tax Returns and W2
We submitted both for the year 2020
DS260 confirmation page stamped by VAC centre
US visa Photographs

If you don't have a valid PCC, best to apply for it right away.

Sofitel and Trident are two hotels that are close to the consulate and VAC.

Meanwhile you can create their account in cgifederal.secure.force.com

Can I create profile in using my email instead of parents?

[AlienKanpur]

I wrote on the other day that there might have been very few IR5 cases in Nov-Dec 2020 (pandemic at its peak and lockdown at NVC, Passport offices and Police) Jan-Feb-Mar 2021 were also the same. So now let me be little optimistic and tell AlienKanpur to be ready for IL sometimes in near future. Mine DQD is 3rd April.

Thanks a ton GeoMac, my sister who got her GC in January was also echoing the same sentiments. Let us see how things move. Our DQ date is March 23, 2021. I am expecting the IL sometime in May with interview possibly in June. I have already got an appointment for our new PCC for March 21. Best wishes to all of us. This forum has kept the optimism alive and kicking. God bless our children and the beneficiaries.

[NishaGaneshArvind]

Thanks a ton GeoMac, my sister who got her GC in January was also echoing the same sentiments. Let us see how things move. Our DQ date is March 23, 2021. I am expecting the IL sometime in May with interview possibly in June. I have already got an appointment for our new PCC for March 21. Best wishes to all of us. This forum has kept the optimism alive and kicking. God bless our children and the beneficiaries.

What type of visa was your sister's, also what was the DQD?

[JMS65]

Can I create profile in using my email instead of parents?

Yes

[JMS65]

I am trying to setup biometrics appointment and I am planning to book slot a day prior to IL. Does anyone know if this is okay or if there has to be gap of specific days between interview and biometrics

Yes it is fine go for biometrics a day before the interview.
There has to be gap between medicals and Interview.

[JMS65]

Also, can someone please help me understand how to book biometrics slot for both parents. I am able to book for my father but don’t know where to add my mom. Note that they both have same ustraveldocs account

Before adding, create separate login by providing different email ID. This will prompt you that this profile already exists. Here it will ask your confirmation by showing "Confirm" and "Cancel". You should confirm this. Thereafter, it ask you to attach copy of passport of that applicant. Then submit. After sometime you will get new password. Login with the new password, change password, re-login, save details. Add other applicant and move further.
This is if your parents have an account already when applied B1/B2 visa

[GeoMac]

Thanks a ton GeoMac, my sister who got her GC in January was also echoing the same sentiments. Let us see how things move. Our DQ date is March 23, 2021. I am expecting the IL sometime in May with interview possibly in June. I have already got an appointment for our new PCC for March 21. Best wishes to all of us. This forum has kept the optimism alive and kicking. God bless our children and the beneficiaries.

My children desperately want me to be there ASAP. They wanted me to fly on my visitors visa but all of a sudden the IL momentum picked up so I dropped the idea.