Interviews for EB1 visa in mumbai consulate

[chintanvoraha]

Seeing a lot of family based applications going out for jan and feb this week... any body in EB category got an IL ? i am still waiting

[VSRam]

Hi Guys, Had Interview in November. My application was EB1A along with my spouse. In a nut shell, it was approved. But- Surprisingly the Final interviewer asked plenty of elaborate questions starting from my schooling to now!. Asked several questions regarding my petition and from what's already in their records.It went almost for 25 mins!. Also, many questions were directed towards my wife in regards to our marriage, how we met etc. So please go through your case/petition thoroughly. Hope this helps!.

[chintanvoraha]

hi all can folks with interviews in november post thier experience ? Anybody with IL's in december or January ? I am still waiting on the IL with DQ date of october 28th. wondering if there is a slowdown again ?

[chintanvoraha]

Hi, anybody got DQ'd post mid october and waiting for thier IL ? I am in EB1C and got DQ'd on October28th and waiting for IL.

[VSRam]

Hi all, thanks for the responses! I received IL on Oct 8th for interview scheduled in the Mid-November!. DQ'ed on August 26th. Great to see over all shorter wait times!

[Sri06]

sjchn thanks for the reply!. Hope we receive it soon.

Anyone else in the forum EB1A category who got DQ'd and Interview scheduled recently?. Please post your updates, that would be very helpful. Thank you.

I got my IL recently. I expected it to take longer considering the wait times on their website but looks like Mumbai is operating normally.

My EB1A was approved in the end of June 22,
received the welcome letter by the end of July 22,
sent my documents via mail by the third week of Aug and got documentarily qualified by Sept 2nd week.

Received my IL in the first week of October and the interview is scheduled for the last week of November!

Hope this helps!

[jayendra111]

Hello Everyone

Eb1A USCIS approval in first week of Jun 2022, My DQ for EB1A was mid September 22 and received IL from NVC on first week of October 22, interview is scheduled in last week of November 22.

[djkhatri1986]

Hi,

Does anyone know which option you need to select while scheduling a biometric appointment for Eb1c visa? And for the EB1c, is the visa class comes as E13?

thanks.

[VSRam]

Congratulations and thank you for sharing your experience in detail. If you could guide me on following questions then it would be a great help.
My EB1A interview has been scheduled on 14th September.

1) Did they ask any questions to your wife?
2) Do they ask for the job offer letter from the US employer? (I have done my EB1A I-140 filing from India and I am employed in India till this time. I don't have US employer as of now and that is perfectly fine in the case of EB1A)

I would really appreciate your help for this. Thank you.

Hi@ayraval, Hope your interview went well!. Can you share your interview experience and also the date you got DQ'd? Thanks!

[VSRam]

I haven’t seen anyone informing about the ILs in this forum recently. Based on what i have seen in this forum, mine was the last one and my DQ date was mid march, got IL notification from NVC mid june and had the interview on 29th Aug. If any one with the DQ date after mid march update here, then that would give us an idea. Based on my case if we go, then you are right, i hope, you can expect the IL in 3 to 6 months.

sjchn thanks for the reply!. Hope we receive it soon.

Anyone else in the forum EB1A category who got DQ'd and Interview scheduled recently?. Please post your updates, that would be very helpful. Thank you.

[krishnanks]

Hello all, just wanted to let y’all know that we received our EB1A category green card today. We entered the US on the 1st September and the GC arrived today 1st October, like 30 days after entry. Somehow our SSN has not come in yet, not a big deal will need some follow up on it.
My US Immigration journey completes here. Thank you all for sharing valuable information in this group.

[djkhatri1986]

Does anyone else got a interview appointment date? Just trying to see whats the wait time currently after the DQ.

[sjchn]

I have got a email saying "The National Visa Center (NVC) received all the requested documentation for this immigrant visa case. The
applicant is now in the queue awaiting an interview appointment overseas, where a consular officer will adjudicate
the applicant’s visa application."

Does this mean that I should consider this date as a Document Qualified date?

Yes, thats right.

[djkhatri1986]

I have got a email saying "The National Visa Center (NVC) received all the requested documentation for this immigrant visa case. The
applicant is now in the queue awaiting an interview appointment overseas, where a consular officer will adjudicate
the applicant’s visa application."

Does this mean that I should consider this date as a Document Qualified date?

[ayraval]

ayraval
The Visa officer asked my wife if she had travelled to US and if she stayed beyond the 6 months period.
Regarding the job, the officer asked me what I planned to do in the US, I said that I already have a job with a US based company and that I will transfer to a US contract. I also told that I have other job opportunities which I will pursue.
So don't worry about it, if the question about jobs comes up, tell them what opportunities you have in the US and in which field you will be working and how you can benefit that particular industry.

Thank you Krishnanks. The information you have given is really useful.