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

[Shanaya]

hi all - quick question. My mother lives in Chennai and will be attending the interview in Mumbai. Will the passport be mailed after the interview to our Chennai address or does she need to stay extra few days in Mumbai to pick it up? We would prefer if the passport was mailed to our address in chennai, if that's helpful. Thanks in advance!

When you took your VAC appointment, you must have already selected how & where you want to get your passport after interview. So please check that.

[Shanaya]

Hi
My daughter is petitioner and sister is sponsor. DQ date was 21-Jul-2022. Interview date is 28-Mar-2023. Medical done. Biometrics done. I have following questions regarding Interview-
1. I will carry my daughter original birth certificate and photocopy of her passport or driver's license. Is that OK? I cant carry original as she is in US.
2. I will carry photocopy of my sisters passport or driver's license. Is that OK? I cant carry original as she is in US.
3. I wil carry photocopy of latest W2 ans IRS transcript of my sister. Is that OK?
4. I had a green card earlier which i surrendered. Will that make any difference in interview questioning?
5. I was in USA for 10 years. Will the interview officer ask for police clearance from US? I will be taking original India police clearance that was uploaded to NVC.

Also someone please give me link to the interview questions.

Thanks a lot

Dear Nik_Sam,

1. You must carry original birth certificate for your daughter. You still have time and you can get in FedEx from USA within a week. (Photocopy of passport and driver license are not acceptable)

2. You do not have to carry your sister's passport copy or driver license. Sponsor's details must ne uploaded when your daughter filled out I-864.

3. Please carry/upload copy of 2022 tax return form since transcript will not be available until June 2023. Also carry/upload 2023 employment letter for sister and daughter.

4. You might get questioned about your previous green card.

5. They will definitely ask about USA police clearance since you were there for 10 years, I have seen multiple cases in this forum where people have lived in London in the past they were asked for police clearance from London. So be prepared to get one from USA or start the process, if you can get on time.

Below are the questions which I have collected from this forum and other websites.

IR 5 VISA – SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Who is sponsoring?
2. Where does he/she live?
3. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
4. What is the marriage date for your daughter?
5. Where do you plan to live in the USA?
6. How long has your daughter been in the USA?
7. Have you ever been to USA?
8. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?
9. What is your daughter’s phone number/email address?
10. How often/how do you communicate with your daughter?
11. How old is your daughter?
12. Which state does your daughter live in?
13. Where is your daughter/sponsor working and what position?
14. Where does your son-in-law work?
15. How old are your daughter’s kids?
16. When did you meet your daughter last time?
17. What is your son in law doing? Where does he work?
18. Who are you going to stay with?
19. Where does your daughter work?
20. How many times you have been to USA before? When was the longest stay?
21. Who called you to USA?
22. How is petitioner known to you?
23. What is petitioner doing?
24. In which place the petitioner lives?
25. Where did the petitioner earlier live in USA?
26. Is petitioner married? If yes when?
27. When did you last meet the petitioner?
28. Has petitioner visited India?
29. How many times did you go to USA?
30. How many children does the petitioner have?
31. Who is sponsoring you?
32. Where does she work?
33. Which place in the USA?
34. Who is the joint sponsor?
35. Is your daughter married?
36. When did you last see your daughter?
37. Have you been to USA before?
38. Who is the petitioner?
39. When did petitioner moved to USA?
40. How many kids does petitioner have?
41. What is your grand daughter’s name?
42. What kind of activities your granddaughter like?
43. Who is sponsoring your green card?
44. What do they do?
45. When did they come to USA?
46. Are they married?
47. Where do they live?
48. When was the last time you were in USA?
49. How many kids do they have?
50. What is the cutest thing your granddaughter did that, you remember?
51. Which company does your son in law works for?
52. How many times your daughter came to India after entering USA? When?
53. How many members in their house in USA?
54. Who are they?
55. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
56. Who is calling you?
57. Is she married?
58. How many kids?
59. Where is she working and as what?
60. What is her husband’s name? And where is he working?
61. Who are you going to stay with?
62. Where does your daughter work?
63. Who does she live with?
64. How many members in their household?
65. How old are her kids?
66. How many times you have been to USA before? When was the longest stay?
67. What is your son in law doing? Where does he work?
68. How old are your daughter’s kids?
69. When did you meet your daughter last time?
70. What is your daughter’s address in USA?
71. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
72. In which state does your daughter live in USA?
73. When did the petitioner went to USA first time?
74. How many kids does your daughter have?
75. What is your son in law’s job position?
76. What does your daughter do?
77. How many members are there in their household?
78. Who are they?
79. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?
80. Which company does your son in law works for?

[jonjee_chinu]

I just received an email from ustraveldocs that they have fixed my father's àpplication on the backend. I was able to get in and book a biometric for him. It was a problem on their end. Hopefully your problem was fixed as well.

Yes, I got the same message and was able to schedule the biometrics just now. Thanks for the update!

[AlienKanpur]

hi all - quick question. My mother lives in Chennai and will be attending the interview in Mumbai. Will the passport be mailed after the interview to our Chennai address or does she need to stay extra few days in Mumbai to pick it up? We would prefer if the passport was mailed to our address in chennai, if that's helpful. Thanks in advance!

Dear vmsk0716,
The passport is invariably sent to the address or the pickup location that you want. At the time of fixing the Biometrics appointment one has to decide about the passport delivery/pickup. One has to pay Rs.650 for the passport delivery/pickup. Ask your mom or whoever filled up the request for the biometrics. Best wishes.

[vmsk0716]

Dear vmsk0716,
The passport is invariably sent to the address or the pickup location that you want. At the time of fixing the Biometrics appointment one has to decide about the passport delivery/pickup. One has to pay Rs.650 for the passport delivery/pickup. Ask your mom or whoever filled up the request for the biometrics. Best wishes.

Thanks AlienKanpur - will this 650 rs be paid during the VAC appt? there was no option to pay online while booking the appt. Apologies if this has been answered before. Thanks so much.

[jagrut90]

Dear Varaprasad1959, I don’t think that there will be any issues. Mine and my wife also have different case numbers but I was able to add my wife.
You can have the same slot for the biometrics. I am sure their interview slots at Mumbai would be same.
Best wishes.

Hello, my parents have two different I130 case number, two different NVC case ID, both DQ on same day and also got interview on same day.

Now I have created ONLY ONE account on ustraveldocs.com for my father and added my mother into the same account and set up their OFC visit together.

How was your experience last year as you mentioned that you also had one account and scheduled 2 person together(with 2 different case ID) ? Did you have any trouble at fingerprinting due to this ?
Please let me know as I have 20 days left for OFC appointment.

Thank you sir.

[jagrut90]

You can do it with one account. I did for my parents and my mom was showing up as dependent and when you get confirmation email it will have both names on second page of the document with two different barcodes.

Hello Shanaya,

For biometric, I have created only one account on ustraveldocs for one parent and added other as dependent and took Biometric appointment together for both of them.
So did you remember to have any issue on the day of biometric. I have received the confirmation email where it states number of applicant : 2, and on second page there are 2 barcodes and name with their own DS 260 confirmation page and UID number.

can you please check and let me know from your experience.

Thanks

[Nik_sam]

Dear Nik_Sam,

1. You must carry original birth certificate for your daughter. You still have time and you can get in FedEx from USA within a week. (Photocopy of passport and driver license are not acceptable)

2. You do not have to carry your sister's passport copy or driver license. Sponsor's details must ne uploaded when your daughter filled out I-864.

3. Please carry/upload copy of 2022 tax return form since transcript will not be available until June 2023. Also carry/upload 2023 employment letter for sister and daughter.

4. You might get questioned about your previous green card.

5. They will definitely ask about USA police clearance since you were there for 10 years, I have seen multiple cases in this forum where people have lived in London in the past they were asked for police clearance from London. So be prepared to get one from USA or start the process, if you can get on time.

Below are the questions which I have collected from this forum and other websites.

IR 5 VISA – SAMPLE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

1. Who is sponsoring?
2. Where does he/she live?
3. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
4. What is the marriage date for your daughter?
5. Where do you plan to live in the USA?
6. How long has your daughter been in the USA?
7. Have you ever been to USA?
8. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?
9. What is your daughter’s phone number/email address?
10. How often/how do you communicate with your daughter?
11. How old is your daughter?
12. Which state does your daughter live in?
13. Where is your daughter/sponsor working and what position?
14. Where does your son-in-law work?
15. How old are your daughter’s kids?
16. When did you meet your daughter last time?
17. What is your son in law doing? Where does he work?
18. Who are you going to stay with?
19. Where does your daughter work?
20. How many times you have been to USA before? When was the longest stay?
21. Who called you to USA?
22. How is petitioner known to you?
23. What is petitioner doing?
24. In which place the petitioner lives?
25. Where did the petitioner earlier live in USA?
26. Is petitioner married? If yes when?
27. When did you last meet the petitioner?
28. Has petitioner visited India?
29. How many times did you go to USA?
30. How many children does the petitioner have?
31. Who is sponsoring you?
32. Where does she work?
33. Which place in the USA?
34. Who is the joint sponsor?
35. Is your daughter married?
36. When did you last see your daughter?
37. Have you been to USA before?
38. Who is the petitioner?
39. When did petitioner moved to USA?
40. How many kids does petitioner have?
41. What is your grand daughter’s name?
42. What kind of activities your granddaughter like?
43. Who is sponsoring your green card?
44. What do they do?
45. When did they come to USA?
46. Are they married?
47. Where do they live?
48. When was the last time you were in USA?
49. How many kids do they have?
50. What is the cutest thing your granddaughter did that, you remember?
51. Which company does your son in law works for?
52. How many times your daughter came to India after entering USA? When?
53. How many members in their house in USA?
54. Who are they?
55. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
56. Who is calling you?
57. Is she married?
58. How many kids?
59. Where is she working and as what?
60. What is her husband’s name? And where is he working?
61. Who are you going to stay with?
62. Where does your daughter work?
63. Who does she live with?
64. How many members in their household?
65. How old are her kids?
66. How many times you have been to USA before? When was the longest stay?
67. What is your son in law doing? Where does he work?
68. How old are your daughter’s kids?
69. When did you meet your daughter last time?
70. What is your daughter’s address in USA?
71. Have you lived in any other country for more than a year?
72. In which state does your daughter live in USA?
73. When did the petitioner went to USA first time?
74. How many kids does your daughter have?
75. What is your son in law’s job position?
76. What does your daughter do?
77. How many members are there in their household?
78. Who are they?
79. Have you ever been denied a visa to any country?
80. Which company does your son in law works for?

Thank you Shanaya for the responses and interview questions. Clarification on Home - I am going to carry my daughters (petitioner) original birth certificate. My question was about her passport and drivers licence. Do I need to carry them in original? Thanks

[Shanaya]

Hello Shanaya,

For biometric, I have created only one account on ustraveldocs for one parent and added other as dependent and took Biometric appointment together for both of them.
So did you remember to have any issue on the day of biometric. I have received the confirmation email where it states number of applicant : 2, and on second page there are 2 barcodes and name with their own DS 260 confirmation page and UID number.

can you please check and let me know from your experience.

Thanks

Jagrut90,

I did exactly same and received one confirmation email with 2 different barcodes on the second page. There were no issues in getting the fingerprint done. It only took 15 minutes.

[Shanaya]

Thanks AlienKanpur - will this 650 rs be paid during the VAC appt? there was no option to pay online while booking the appt. Apologies if this has been answered before. Thanks so much.

Vmsk0716,

Rs. 650 will be paid at BlueDart office (Courier Services) when you pick up passport with visa.

[Shanaya]

Thank you Shanaya for the responses and interview questions. Clarification on Home - I am going to carry my daughters (petitioner) original birth certificate. My question was about her passport and drivers licence. Do I need to carry them in original? Thanks

You do not need to carry original passport and driver license for petitioner.

[Sky12]

Hello Shanaya ,

do we need to 2022 tax return papers for US consulate interview this March. Or 2019,2020, 2021 will be enough ?

thank you

[Shanaya]

Hello Shanaya ,

do we need to 2022 tax return papers for US consulate interview this March. Or 2019,2020, 2021 will be enough ?

thank you

Sky12,

If you have filed 2022 tax return and forms are available then you should upload on CEAC site and carry copy at the interview along with 2023 employment letter.

[Sky12]

Sky12,

If you have filed 2022 tax return and forms are available then you should upload on CEAC site and carry copy at the interview along with 2023 employment letter.

Shanya I haven’t filed 2022 tax returns yet ,however, my question is that is 2022 tax return required? If yes, than I can file it and upload to CEAC site before the interview.

[zakasbanda]

Shanya I haven’t filed 2022 tax returns yet ,however, my question is that is 2022 tax return required? If yes, than I can file it and upload to CEAC site before the interview.

Do we continue to upload new document to CEAC? I thought once your DQ and have interview scheduled, that site need not be used.

Also, is it a must to upload new documents (latest text returns for ex) to the site or my father can just carry them with him