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

[mnjn]

Hi All:

My mother was asked to undergo Sputum test, and as a result her IR5 interview in Mumbai consulate -- originally scheduled for 5th Oct 2023 -- got postponed. Her Sputum test results are now in and all is ok, and we have been asked to reschedule her IR5 interview.

I have couple of questions --
1. My mother's DS-260 was prepared / filed long time back. In the interim she got a new passport in Aug 2023. Does that mean we now have to edit / update her DS-260 at https://ceac.state.gov/iv/? If yes, how does the updated DS-260 get sent to Mumbai consulate? Or is the original DS-260 still valid?

2. Just wanted to confirm that we need to do the VAC / Biometrics again?


Would you please let know further? Also, if you have any thoughts / suggestions -- please let know as well.

Thanks!

[rsv2022]

Hi,

My in-laws were approved in mid June 2023. My mother in law came to the US in late June 2023. She got her SSN within 30 days and green card within 45 days. We then moved addresses and I filed the AR-11s for both my mother in law and father in law. My father in law came to the US in Oct 2023. His green card came within 30 days, but we have not received his SSN card. Not sure if it went to the old address. We do have a mail forwarding in place.

What should we do? Shold we go to the SSN office report it as lost and ask for a duplicate ?

Any help and advice would be greatly appretiated.

Thanks and regards,
Ravi

[NF23]

Hi,

My in-laws were approved in mid June 2023. My mother in law came to the US in late June 2023. She got her SSN within 30 days and green card within 45 days. We then moved addresses and I filed the AR-11s for both my mother in law and father in law. My father in law came to the US in Oct 2023. His green card came within 30 days, but we have not received his SSN card. Not sure if it went to the old address. We do have a mail forwarding in place.

What should we do? Shold we go to the SSN office report it as lost and ask for a duplicate ?

Any help and advice would be greatly appretiated.

Thanks and regards,
Ravi

You should go to your nearest SSN office & ask for a duplicate card. Fill out the application form at the SSN office with your current address & then request for a duplicate card. The best time to visit the SSN office post 2 pm, generally office opens at 9 am but most of the time too much rush between 9 am to 1 pm.

[rsv2022]

You should go to your nearest SSN office & ask for a duplicate card. Fill out the application form at the SSN office with your current address & then request for a duplicate card. The best time to visit the SSN office post 2 pm, generally office opens at 9 am but most of the time too much rush between 9 am to 1 pm.

Great ! We will follow your advice. Thanks for you help.

[ButterflyApril]

Hello everyone,

I applied fro IR-5 for both of my parents, and I received Welcome letter from NVC today. Both of my parents live in New Delhi, but the interview location in CEAC is Mumbai.
Do my parents need to go to Mumbai for Bio-metrics and Medical as well or can it be done in New Delhi ?

PD: 01/16/23
USCIS approval: 12/12/23
NVC Welcome letter: 12/21/23

Thank you!

[Aviask2]

Hi All,

I have a question regarding civil documents upload in NVC website for my IR5 applicant Mother (widow). One of the documents listed there is "Photographs". I guess it means the photographs that include both me and my mother throughout the years (correct me if it means something else).

In that case, will it be fine if there are other people in the photograph (many of our photos are with family members/relatives)? Do I need to mark/comment anything for those photographs to identify my mother (or me)?

I am planning to scan all those photographs as a multi-page .pdf file and upload it.

It will be immensely helpful to know what fellow users did regarding the above point.

Thanks.

[NF23]

Hello everyone,

I applied fro IR-5 for both of my parents, and I received Welcome letter from NVC today. Both of my parents live in New Delhi, but the interview location in CEAC is Mumbai.
Do my parents need to go to Mumbai for Bio-metrics and Medical as well or can it be done in New Delhi ?

PD: 01/16/23
USCIS approval: 12/12/23
NVC Welcome letter: 12/21/23

Thank you!

You can do bio and medical in New Delhi

[OOJOHN]

My parents green card documents (IR 5) approved by NVC on 28th November 2023. However I haven’t got any invitation letter from NVC so far for my parents for interviews for Mumbai US consulate. Can anyone tell me, how long typically takes NVC to send invitation letter for medical, biometric and then interview? Thanks

[AlienKanpur]

Hello everyone,

I applied fro IR-5 for both of my parents, and I received Welcome letter from NVC today. Both of my parents live in New Delhi, but the interview location in CEAC is Mumbai.
Do my parents need to go to Mumbai for Bio-metrics and Medical as well or can it be done in New Delhi ?

PD: 01/16/23
USCIS approval: 12/12/23
NVC Welcome letter: 12/21/23

Thank you!

Dear ButterflyApril,
heartiest congratulations for the welcome letter. All interviews for immigration are held exclusively at Mumbai. Biometrics and medical can be done at Delhi. Please keep in mind that the medical must be completed at least one week prior to the interview. The biometrics can be held up to two days prior to the interview. I did my biometrics and medical in May 2022 and interview in June 2022. Best wishes.

[AlienKanpur]

My parents green card documents (IR 5) approved by NVC on 28th November 2023. However I haven’t got any invitation letter from NVC so far for my parents for interviews for Mumbai US consulate. Can anyone tell me, how long typically takes NVC to send invitation letter for medical, biometric and then interview? Thanks

Dear OOJOHN,
heartiest Congratulations for your parents getting to the documentary qualified stage. We call this as DQ. The call for interview could take anywhere between 3-6 months. If you are lucky then expect the interview in March. Best wishes. Keep the forum updated so that other people in waiting can have an idea. Best wishes

[Aviask2]

Hi All,

I read in this forum that, for Parents born before 1970, if birth certificate is not available, we can use other things like school-related documents and affidavits from older relatives. I was wondering if, in addition to these, we can/should also upload copies of Parent's Passport (current/old) and Aadhaar card since these contain date of birth.

Has anyone used these documents in their submission to NVC/Consulate? Please share.

[OOJOHN]

Pls upload Aadhaar, school leaving certificate and passport.

[abhishekhawat]

Thank you for the detailed experience, its really helpful.
My parents are also not fluent in English, so I will be also needing an interpreter for them during IV. Now I'm on NVC stage, for filing DS-260, did you yourself become the agent or did you ask anyone in India to be the agent to fill up the form.

Thanks in advance!

Hello, Congrats on reaching to this step. I asked my family member in India to fill out the DS-260 form. What I did was, As you try to log into NVC, it will ask if you are the petitioner or the applicant, I asked my family member to login in as applicant via my account and I guided them over the phone while they filled out the form. In the prepare section in the end, I had them put my info. I believe, you can fill out the form your self by just logging in as the applicant but Just in case if the NVC checks the IP address, I didn't want to take chance and so I had the form filled out from my mothers side.
Best wishes.

[Sanza]

My mom has her IR 5 green card interview tomorrow. Can you please verify if she needs to take the following?

- my job and my husband’s job paystubs
- our employment verification letters
- my original birth certificate (she has a copy but the original is with me!)

I can still email her the paystubs and employment letters so she can print them there.

kindly let me know, thank you!

[kris4850]

My mom has her IR 5 green card interview tomorrow. Can you please verify if she needs to take the following?

- my job and my husband’s job paystubs
- our employment verification letters
- my original birth certificate (she has a copy but the original is with me!)

I can still email her the paystubs and employment letters so she can print them there.

kindly let me know, thank you!

Yes, please let her carry the above. Somehow they can't make out the income for both persons (Husband and Wife) from Tax Transcripts. I had to send a I864-A even though my wife is not working and was neither a sponsor. All the best!