Mickey79

Hi,



I went to the US Consulate in New Delhi today in the morning with my
wife, to file the I-130 Petition. We took the DCF route.



I'm an Indian National residing here in India, my wife is an
American Citizen. We got married on 28th November this year, in a
traditional Hindu Marriage Ceremony, and also got our Marriage
Registered at the Court.



We got the I-130 Forms and got all our documents and evidences together.
Actually there wasn't too much... just essential documents like Birth
Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Passports photocopies, most
importantly some nice pictures from the traditional Wedding Ceremony.



The Consular who interviewed us was very nice... he didn't ask many
questions, just that if we're married before or not... if any of us have
children... and asked my wife what is the most important part of a Hindu
Traditional Marriage (which is the 7 circles around the fire).



He then told us that all our paper work is proper and congratulated us
on our recent wedding and told us there is no reason not to approve the
petition, and thus approved the petition. He told us he's forwarding the
pettition to the USC, and that i'll get a packet in the next 60 to 90
days... completing which i will need to come to the Embassy and get the
Immigrant Visa.



So now I'll be waiting for my packet here which should arrive anytime in
the coming 3 months.



If anyone has taken the same route and has gone through DCF with an
Immigrant Visa approval, we'd like to hear from you.



Regards,

Mickey

Nystate Of Mind

    > If anyone has taken the same route and has gone through DCF
    > with an Immigrant Visa approval, we'd like to hear from you.


    > Regards,

    > Mickey



Hi Mickey, I'm not as far as you but hopefully will be soon. I have
all our papers in order and just about to mail them in. After reading
your post I'm wondering if I should physically go to the embassy in
London and drop them off personally?? Or continue with our plan of
mailing them in.



I'm almost considering dropping them off pesonally this way if there is
something that I'm missing or not correct I can resolve it and bring it
back the next day. Instead of mailing everything in and finding we're
missing some information weeks later, hence delaying our process...



Good luck to you. I'll be hanging out on this board probably more often
then my usual Americans Living in London board.



Cheers.

Purvi

Hi Mickey79,



Congrats for approval of your petition

Me and my husband (USC) had submitted our I-130 Petition in New delhi on
20th Nov 2003. I received the approval letter and packet 3 from Mumbai
on 15th Dec... the consular guy who interviewed us in Delhi told us it
wuld take 2-3 weeks for approval.

I have sent in duly filled and signed packet 3 ( it contains a checklist
and DS form 230 part 1) to Mumbai today. Hopefully i should be getting
my packet 4 ( interview letter and medical instructions) soon!!!

What i would suggest is that you gather all the documents you
require esp the police certificate as it can take awhile and the
affidavit of support.



Originally posted by mickey79

    > Hi,


    > I went to the US Consulate in New Delhi today in the morning with my
    > wife, to file the I-130 Petition. We took the DCF route.


    > I'm an Indian National residing here in India, my wife is an
    > American Citizen. We got married on 28th November this year, in a
    > traditional Hindu Marriage Ceremony, and also got our Marriage
    > Registered at the Court.


    > We got the I-130 Forms and got all our documents and evidences
    > together. Actually there wasn't too much... just essential documents
    > like Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Passports photocopies,
    > most importantly some nice pictures from the traditional Wedding
    > Ceremony.


    > The Consular who interviewed us was very nice... he didn't ask many
    > questions, just that if we're married before or not... if any of us
    > have children... and asked my wife what is the most important part of
    > a Hindu Traditional Marriage (which is the 7 circles around the fire).


    > He then told us that all our paper work is proper and congratulated us
    > on our recent wedding and told us there is no reason not to approve
    > the petition, and thus approved the petition. He told us he's
    > forwarding the pettition to the USC, and that i'll get a packet in the
    > next 60 to 90 days... completing which i will need to come to the
    > Embassy and get the Immigrant Visa.


    > So now I'll be waiting for my packet here which should arrive anytime
    > in the coming 3 months.


    > If anyone has taken the same route and has gone through DCF with an
    > Immigrant Visa approval, we'd like to hear from you.


    > Regards,

Mickey

Dutchman2001nl

Originally posted by mickey79

    > Hi,


    > I went to the US Consulate in New Delhi today in the morning with my
    > wife, to file the I-130 Petition. We took the DCF route.


    > I'm an Indian National residing here in India, my wife is an
    > American Citizen. We got married on 28th November this year, in a
    > traditional Hindu Marriage Ceremony, and also got our Marriage
    > Registered at the Court.


    > We got the I-130 Forms and got all our documents and evidences
    > together. Actually there wasn't too much... just essential documents
    > like Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Passports photocopies,
    > most importantly some nice pictures from the traditional Wedding
    > Ceremony.


    > The Consular who interviewed us was very nice... he didn't ask many
    > questions, just that if we're married before or not... if any of us
    > have children... and asked my wife what is the most important part of
    > a Hindu Traditional Marriage (which is the 7 circles around the fire).


    > He then told us that all our paper work is proper and congratulated us
    > on our recent wedding and told us there is no reason not to approve
    > the petition, and thus approved the petition. He told us he's
    > forwarding the pettition to the USC, and that i'll get a packet in the
    > next 60 to 90 days... completing which i will need to come to the
    > Embassy and get the Immigrant Visa.


    > So now I'll be waiting for my packet here which should arrive anytime
    > in the coming 3 months.


    > If anyone has taken the same route and has gone through DCF with an
    > Immigrant Visa approval, we'd like to hear from you.


    > Regards,

    > Mickey





Congrats.

Mickey79

Originally posted by NYState of Mind

    > Hi Mickey, I'm not as far as you but hopefully will be soon. I have
    > all our papers in order and just about to mail them in. After reading
    > your post I'm wondering if I should physically go to the embassy in
    > London and drop them off personally?? Or continue with our plan of
    > mailing them in.


    > I'm almost considering dropping them off pesonally this way if there
    > is something that I'm missing or not correct I can resolve it and
    > bring it back the next day. Instead of mailing everything in and
    > finding we're missing some information weeks later, hence delaying our
    > process...


    > Good luck to you. I'll be hanging out on this board probably more
    > often then my usual Americans Living in London board.


    > Cheers.



Trust me.... Go personally. It makes a very big difference. At least
here it did. Is your wife/fiancee with you in London currently? Filing
together makes the biggest difference. That's what i learnt. Mailing the
papers in is definately not the best idea, on any count, except when it
can't be helped.



Let me know how it turns out.



Dominor,

Mickey

Mickey79

Originally posted by purvi

    > Hi Mickey79,


    > Congrats for approval of your petition

    > Me and my husband (USC) had submitted our I-130 Petition in New delhi
    > on 20th Nov 2003. I received the approval letter and packet 3 from
    > Mumbai on 15th Dec... the consular guy who interviewed us in Delhi
    > told us it wuld take 2-3 weeks for approval.

    > I have sent in duly filled and signed packet 3 ( it contains a
    > checklist and DS form 230 part 1) to Mumbai today. Hopefully i
    > should be getting my packet 4 ( interview letter and medical
    > instructions) soon!!!

    > What i would suggest is that you gather all the documents you require
    > esp the police certificate as it can take awhile and the affidavit of
    > support.



Purvi,

Thank you.

As we had submitted our I-130 Petition on 16th Dec, in New Delhi, i'll
be looking forward to the Packet 3 by 1st week of Jan. I wanted to ask
you, is Packet 4 the last packet to be recieved, or are there more
formalities after that?

Secondly, if everything goes well at the Interview after Packet 4, do
they issue the Immigrant Visa?



I will certainly gather the Police Certificate & Affadavit of Support in
the meanwhile, to save time. Is there any location you can guide me to
on the Internet where i can get the Details pertaining to these two so i
can get the proper documents?



Thank you so much,

Regards,

Mickey.

Purvi

Originally posted by mickey79

    > Purvi,

    > Thank you.

    > As we had submitted our I-130 Petition on 16th Dec, in New Delhi, i'll
    > be looking forward to the Packet 3 by 1st week of Jan. I wanted to ask
    > you, is Packet 4 the last packet to be recieved, or are there more
    > formalities after that?

    > Secondly, if everything goes well at the Interview after Packet 4, do
    > they issue the Immigrant Visa?


    > I will certainly gather the Police Certificate & Affadavit of Support
    > in the meanwhile, to save time. Is there any location you can guide me
    > to on the Internet where i can get the Details pertaining to these two
    > so i can get the proper documents?


    > Thank you so much,

    > Regards,

    > Mickey.





Hi Mickey,

As far as i understand once u send back the packet 3 forms ( the DS form
230 part 1 and the checklist) the consulate will schedule an interview.

The details abt the interview date and the medicals are in Packet 4. I
dont think there is any other packet sent after that.

I think that if the consulate officers are satisfied, they grant the
Immigrant visa either on same day or within 1-2 days



About Affidavit of support its on the BCIS website ]http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/i-
864.htm[/url]

There are also several posts abt it on the forum



About police certificate, you can do a search on this forum cos i am not
sure abt what u r supposed to do in ur case. In my case as i am on a
residential permit, i requre a police clearance from the District
Suprident Police in the area i reside.

Mickey79

Originally posted by purvi

    > Hi Mickey,

    > As far as i understand once u send back the packet 3 forms ( the DS
    > form 230 part 1 and the checklist) the consulate will schedule an
    > interview.

    > The details abt the interview date and the medicals are in Packet 4. I
    > dont think there is any other packet sent after that.

    > I think that if the consulate officers are satisfied, they grant the
    > Immigrant visa either on same day or within 1-2 days


    > About Affidavit of support its on the BCIS website ]http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/i-
    > 864.htm[/url]

    > There are also several posts abt it on the forum


    > About police certificate, you can do a search on this forum cos i am
    > not sure abt what u r supposed to do in ur case. In my case as i am on
    > a residential permit, i requre a police clearance from the District
    > Suprident Police in the area i reside.



Hello,

Thanks for the info. I'll be looking at the concerned stuff.

I had one question though... my wife and i had downloaded the I864 Form
and had gone through it. Can you tell me who is supposed to full up the
form and provide the documents mentioned in it... is it my wife (the
petitioner) or me (alien relative) ? In case it is my wife, she's in
United States now, she'll have to fill up the form and send it to me
alongwith the documents by mail.



I don't see any problems with the Police Certificate, so i'll get it
done once i recieve the information about it.



Strange that i have not yet spoken to one single person who's gone
through New Delhi DCF and completed the actual procedure upto getting
the Immigrant Visa.



Anyway, thanks a lot.



Regards,

Mickey

Hypertweeky

Originally posted by mickey79

    > snip

    > Hi,


    > I went to the US Consulate in New Delhi today in the morning with my
    > wife, to file the I-130 Petition. We took the DCF route.


    > I'm



CONGRATS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Purvi

Originally posted by mickey79

    > Hello,

    > Thanks for the info. I'll be looking at the concerned stuff.

    > I had one question though... my wife and i had downloaded the I864
    > Form and had gone through it. Can you tell me who is supposed to full
    > up the form and provide the documents mentioned in it... is it my wife
    > (the petitioner) or me (alien relative) ? In case it is my wife, she's
    > in United States now, she'll have to fill up the form and send it to
    > me alongwith the documents by mail.


    > I don't see any problems with the Police Certificate, so i'll get it
    > done once i recieve the information about it.


    > Strange that i have not yet spoken to one single person who's gone
    > through New Delhi DCF and completed the actual procedure upto getting
    > the Immigrant Visa.


    > Anyway, thanks a lot.


    > Regards,

    > Mickey



The US petitioner fills the I-864 and has to provide the relevant
doucments.