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

[AlienKanpur]

To, JMS65 / Kd1925 / gkd / GeoMac/ AlienKanpur, and all the other kind hearted members :-

Thanks to each one of you and your tremendous support, we both received our Interview email at 4.21 PM today, that is 03rd February. Our Interview is scheduled for the 28th February.
In fact we were alerted by our son from the US. Immediately after that, we sat for the online filling up of the forms for Medicals and the Biometrics appointment and most importantly to register ourselves at
Since, we were previously registered two years ago, we just put in our User ID and chose the " Forgot Password " option. They gave us a temporary password, we put in our new password. Thereby what happened was that all our details, like passport, addresses came automatically filled in.
Please remember to change your address as to where you wish to receive your passports after the process is complete.
Since we live in Goa, on our application, we had to change our Goa home address to a local Mumbai address to receive our passports.

We have been lucky to get the Biometrics appointment at The Mumbai VAC centre on 17th February. We have filled up the forms of the Rele Clinic for the Medical appointment, but due to some server related issues, they accepted the forms, however told us that appointment for our Medicals will be given between the 10th February to the 14th February.
So, our timeline is as follows :-

DQ date :- 19th August 2020.
Email received for the Interview :- 03rd February 2022.
Medical Appointment :- Will be allotted by Rene Clinic between the 10th and 14th of February.
Biometrics appointment at VAC, Mumbai :- 17th February at 2.00 PM.
Actual Interview :- 28th February 2022 at 8.30 AM.

I shall be giving as many details that I can, which may be helpful to all on this forum.
Once again with a deepest sense of gratitude to each one of you.
Thank you and God Bless each one of you with an early date.
With warm regards to All.

Great News GHARYA54. Heartiest congratulations. Please keep the forum posted about all the developments. Best wishes for the interview.

[lakhanloves]

Sir

IR5 Email Received : 04 Feb 2022

IR5 Mumbai Interview : 28 Feb 2022
Time: Morning

Parent 1 / Male / Senior :
Priority Date : 19 AUG 2019
DQ Date : 10 Aug 2020

Parent 2 / Female / Senior (Wife of above):
Priority Date :19 AUG 2019
DQ Date : 19 April 2021

Medical : Emailed, waiting for confirmation.
Biometric ( HYD) : 13 Feb 2022
Note : Slots available.

Regards
From Andhra Pradesh

[GeoMac]

To, GeoMac :- Sir your words are like symphony music. Just hoping and praying .
Thank you. With kind regards.

Congrats gharya54. How nice! Finally the wait is over and now you are on your heels for Medical and Biometrics and FINALS. Then will start ticketing and packing and catching the flight. Once you are in your flight, you will feel great relief.
By the way, thank you very much for being so open and transparent in sharing your timeline. All the best.

[gharya54]

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To,
SG2020 :- They would want the Petetioner's ORIGINAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE or A CERTIFIED COPY. His passport photocopy, you may carry the Naturalisation Certificate, but they would not ask you for it. The passport is enough. His W2 and 1040 as Affidavit of Support as far as finance is concerned. A photocopy of the Company latter that he works for describing his designation and salary including perks. Yes, with his signature OR e-signature is OK.
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gharya54 Good luck for the interview and thank you for your time sir. You have been such a valuable member. Can you please describe about company letter and is it petitioner signature required at the bottom?

To, gkd:- Sir, our son's Office has given his job related letter, issued by his HR Department. It has his salary and other job related details and the duration of the period that he has been working with them.
No, the Petitioner is not required to sign this letter as his Office is issuing it to him with the signature and stamp of the HR personnel who is missing the letter.
With regards.

[gharya54]

gharya54
So glad you got your interview letter and you have been able to make the necessary appointments.
Good Luck and best wishes for everthing to go well. God Bless!

To, JMS65 :- Sir thank you so much. Your support and updates have been very helpful. I shall keep on giving whatever details I can to make it easy for the fellow members in line.
With regards.

[gharya54]

Congrats gharya54. How nice! Finally the wait is over and now you are on your heels for Medical and Biometrics and FINALS. Then will start ticketing and packing and catching the flight. Once you are in your flight, you will feel great relief.
By the way, thank you very much for being so open and transparent in sharing your timeline. All the best.

To AlienKanpur and GeoMac :- Thank you for your constant support and encouragement. I will keep on updating all relevant important issues .
With warm regards.

[lakhanloves]

Sir

IR5 Email Received : 04 Feb 2022

IR5 Mumbai Interview : 28 Feb 2022
Time: Morning

For Both.

Parent 1 / Male / Senior :
Priority Date : 19 AUG 2019
DQ Date : 10 Aug 2020

Parent 2 / Female / Senior (Wife of above):
Priority Date :19 AUG 2019
DQ Date : 19 April 2021

Medical : Emailed, waiting for confirmation.
Biometric ( HYD) : 13 Feb 2022
Note : Slots available.

Regards
From Andhra Pradesh

[Sumita1986]

Both of my parents have interview at the same date and time.
will they be interviewed together? Do they need separate file with separate copy of each document required?

[Patelsahil]

Sir

IR5 Email Received : 04 Feb 2022

IR5 Mumbai Interview : 28 Feb 2022
Time: Morning

For Both.

Parent 1 / Male / Senior :
Priority Date : 19 AUG 2019
DQ Date : 10 Aug 2020

Parent 2 / Female / Senior (Wife of above):
Priority Date :19 AUG 2019
DQ Date : 19 April 2021

Medical : Emailed, waiting for confirmation.
Biometric ( HYD) : 13 Feb 2022
Note : Slots available.

Regards
From Andhra Pradesh

At what time u got the mail ?

[JMS65]

Both of my parents have interview at the same date and time.
will they be interviewed together? Do they need separate file with separate copy of each document required?

They will be interviewed together.
It depends on what will be easy for your parents.

Have individual folders for each of their original documents, clip the originals and the copies separately. One of the folders will have the marriage certificate.
Another folder with the common documents like Tax returns and W2
This will make it easy for them to hand over the documents.
Label the folders
This is only a suggestion.
Till now copies haven't been asked from anyone.

[family_gc]

Post-interview question - We need to pay the $220 to USCIS to get the GC, but when we go to pay it on the USCIS website it asks for "Alien Registration Number" (A number) and case id. It says the consulate should have given it to you, but they didn't give it. They said it's all electronic and no package will be given. So, wondering if the visa stamped on the passport will have it? or will they give it at the port of entry. It's weird that this step is not well documented on their websites.

[JMS65]

Post-interview question - We need to pay the $220 to USCIS to get the GC, but when we go to pay it on the USCIS website it asks for "Alien Registration Number" (A number) and case id. It says the consulate should have given it to you, but they didn't give it. They said it's all electronic and no package will be given. So, wondering if the visa stamped on the passport will have it? or will they give it at the port of entry. It's weird that this step is not well documented on their websites.

The number will be on the Visa. A information sheet is given at the end of the interview explaining the process of paying GC fees and where to find the Alien Registration number. Please wait until you receive your passport with Visa stamped on it.

[Sumita1986]

Please help, an urgent question:

Do my parents need to take the original of MY birth certificate and marriage certificate too for the interview?

Do I have to mail these to them from the US?

[lakhanloves]

At what time u got the mail ?

Around 1600 hours on 4 Feb 2022. Thanks

[JMS65]

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Please help, an urgent question:

Do my parents need to take the original of MY birth certificate and marriage certificate too for the interview?

Do I have to mail these to them from the US?

Hi Sumita! No one on this forum has been asked to show the petitioner's original birth certificate and marriage certificate so far. Do you have the time to mail them? So I don't think you need to carry but others here might differ.