visa for parents for Jan/Feb 2007

[ralr06]

My dad is good in English and mom in Telugu, can I schedule an appt for them both in English. Can my Dad help out my mom with communication.
Its hard to get appt dates for Telugu, I havent seen any dates in Telugu.

~ LR

[ramkumarkoditala]

My dad is good in English and mom in Telugu, can I schedule an appt for them both in English. Can my Dad help out my mom with communication.
Its hard to get appt dates for Telugu, I havent seen any dates in Telugu.

~ LR

Yes, you can do that, Your dad can act as translator.
HTH
RK

[ralr06]

Thanks for the response, the earliest I could find is March 6, 2007. Is there anyway I can reschedule for Jab/Feb 2007 for father & mother as well.

Also I am looking for my M-I-L for visa appt dates in Telugu and cant find any dates, the system says 'Dates not available'
Can someone tell when dates are available and what times (EST) are good to check for open slots in Telugu.

Please assist

~ ralr

[parentsvisa_m]

I know one person in Hyderabad who helped us with scheduling an earlier date for my father's appointment. He takes only in English. I asked him in July end or so and he got us an appointment on Sep 6th.
I believe he is genuine. All you need to give him is the passport number, and other mandatory fields.
When I took for my father, I verified the appointment and then only gave him the money (7K Rs).

[ramkumarkoditala]

I know one person in Hyderabad who helped us with scheduling an earlier date for my father's appointment. He takes only in English. I asked him in July end or so and he got us an appointment on Sep 6th.
I believe he is genuine. All you need to give him is the passport number, and other mandatory fields.
When I took for my father, I verified the appointment and then only gave him the money (7K Rs).

Please let us not encourage the bad practice anymore… just my opinion.
Thx
Rk

[parentsvisa_m]

I took because it was very urgent for us.
I am not really suggesting anyone to use this, but I mentioned this as an alternative if somebody really needs early dates for urgent needs.

[ramkumarkoditala]

I strongly recommend not to approach agents even if it is urgent.
If it is emergency, please go thru emergency process otherwise plan in advance (I know it may not possible in all cases, but cases like assistance to expecting daughter/daughter-in-law, attending marriage, graduation can be planned in advance, I know many of you may not agree with me, but no issues...).

There are reasons for saying so…
Consulate had this issue with earlier system and they changed system to VFS expecting that they can eliminate agent system but somehow it is being misused. I remember one of my friends case (took appointment with old system), where VO tracked all the IPs where the appointment being accessed and updated. When they were not able to give the correct details, they asked them to come with new appointment. This practice may help some but down the line impacts many others.

Now it is your call. This is just my opnion.

Hello parentsvisa_m,
I understood your concern, you want to help them, but I don’t think this is good way.
My intention is not your hurt feelings but I am sorry if you felt bad.
Hope you get it.
Thx
RK