Mom and Dad got visa at chennai consulate

[addy]

Needless to say thanks to this forum and everyone of you, who had helped me to accompolish this.

My parents had been for interview on april 12th

We had prepared all documents as per this forum.

They asked all questions to my dad alone. The interview was in tamil with interpretor. They were allowed about 1 hr before the interview within the consulate . Initially they got their DS156,DS157,passport,HDFC etc verified and were sent to the next buliding. Here they were asked to give finger print.
Later they were asked to stand in the queue for the interview

Questions

1) How many kids do you have?

2) what are they doing?
Dad stressed about the child back in India

VO had my dad's DS156 in his hand and was asking questions from it later

3) How many partners do you have in business?

4) he was asked for partnership deed?

5) The VO could see all the papers that my dad had arranged in the file. So when my dad was flipping He pointed out the papers and asked he wanted to look at them

This included the pay slips that we had sent from here, the letter we wrote to consulate officer, the invite letter to parents, I134 forms. My parents said the VO glanced every one of those.

6) Then my dad was asked for our bank statements from US
My dad showed the bank verification letter from the bank in US and all the bank statements that we had sent him. Vo had gone through all the 6 statements that we had sent from here. We had deposited in that consistently every month so I guess that was an advantage.

7) then my dad was asked for his land property documents. My dad said they were looking at land EC too.

8) again when my dad was flipping thru the pages for land documents, the VO saw my dad's affidavit( we had prepared as per the forum). VO pointed to that and asked for that too.In this he had declared about his property ties at India.

9) Looking at the affidavit, he asked for the estimate of our land. Dad told the exact figure as per the doc. I guess this was to make sure he knew what was there and we had given authentic info only.

10) He was asked about his annual income


11) Finally he was asked for his bank statements,passbook and balance. When he was about to take that, the VO said that is fine and he doesnt have to look at that.


they said all this was done in 5mts time and they were asked to pay the fees.

The most important thing was my parents had arranged all documents neatly
and were thorough with each and every document. They had spent time in reading all that we had sent from here. This helped them to show all the documents quickly.

thanks again to this forum.

P.S: my dad said for some people if the old passport had expired and they had a new one, they were asking for old passport too in documents verification section. Its better to carry the old passport too if you have one.

also somebody in front of him during the interview was asked for ECfor the land along with the other land documents and was sent back since they didnt have one.

[SuCo]

Congratulations - wow that seemed to be quiet a thorough interview!!!
Unlike some of the recent ones that hardly have 3 or 4 questions asked...

Did you sponsor your parents or did your parents sponsor themselves...
Can you list the documents they took along and what all you send them... I know it is listed here on the immihelp website... but you seem to have done a thorough job on gathering documents.. my parents are applying for the third time this september and this information would be really helpful.

Thankyou,
SuCo

[addy]

We sponsored our parents.

We had taken all the documents as per this site. Nothing more , nothing less.
We used the format in the site to prepare the letters. We had sent the documents 4 weeks before the interview to my parents. Let me know if you need any other details.

From US we has sent the following

1)I-134 one for each person --sample available in site
notarise the above from bank
2) employment letter
showing date and nature of employment
salary paid
whether position is temporary or permanent

3) letter from bank...one original for each applicant
showing date account opened
total amount deposited for the past year
present balance
average balance atleast 5000/person dollars
also 6 months bank statements

4) letter from urself to US counsulate saying u will take care of expenses

5) invite letter to parents

6) copies of recent pay stubs 3or 4

7) copies of last 3 yrs of tax returns and w2s

8) original birth certificate ..for inlaws spouse's birth cert--we had affidavit only. We wrote to consulate they said any secondary evidence is Ok.

9) photcopy of all pages including blank pages of the passport

10) H1 approval notice --copy

11) if visa expired photocopy of renewed petition

12) for inlaws--- photocopy of spouse's passport and marriage certificate ( original if its there)

13) I 94 photocopy

[SuCo]

Thank you so much....
Would you by any chance have a list of documents your parents took along from india..?

Thanks again for all your help..

[swetharao]

Congrats Addy.

Now the CO are looking into all the documents and giving visas for all genuine applicants. We could see lot of approvals for the past 3 weeks.

[addy]

SuCo,
I had sent a message to you individually through the forum. Thought its making this message series longer...
incase you havent got the list please let me know

thanks

[VisaChief001]

Congratulations! Again folks, All cases are scrutinized and approval grants for every genuine cases. Be truthful to the CO.

[drno]

hi

hi
my parents have applied for visa. sponsored by my bro in law. as i have read in this site...my father needs to take original property papers. is original really necessary or certified copies ok? i'm asking coz what if they just keep it
i have many other queries to ask you friends....i will make a note of those and make a post later. i have found this site and forum very helpful..
thanks in advance

[dahlia]

There is no harm in keeping the originals.. But a notarised affidavit of all properties will do.

[ajju_free_time]

Need some clarifications.

Hi, Thanks for the forum. I have few questions..

1.What is EC documents for Land (please refer the following quote)? What is EC stands for ? And how to get it?

2. What is Family Tree affidavit? And where can I find a sample format?

3. Is affidavits prepared on a stamp paper? If yes, what is the value of the stamp paper we need to use?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Ajju.

Needless to say thanks to this forum and everyone of you, who had helped me to accompolish this.

My parents had been for interview on april 12th

We had prepared all documents as per this forum.

They asked all questions to my dad alone. The interview was in tamil with interpretor. They were allowed about 1 hr before the interview within the consulate . Initially they got their DS156,DS157,passport,HDFC etc verified and were sent to the next buliding. Here they were asked to give finger print.
Later they were asked to stand in the queue for the interview

Questions

1) How many kids do you have?

2) what are they doing?
Dad stressed about the child back in India

VO had my dad's DS156 in his hand and was asking questions from it later

3) How many partners do you have in business?

4) he was asked for partnership deed?

5) The VO could see all the papers that my dad had arranged in the file. So when my dad was flipping He pointed out the papers and asked he wanted to look at them

This included the pay slips that we had sent from here, the letter we wrote to consulate officer, the invite letter to parents, I134 forms. My parents said the VO glanced every one of those.

6) Then my dad was asked for our bank statements from US
My dad showed the bank verification letter from the bank in US and all the bank statements that we had sent him. Vo had gone through all the 6 statements that we had sent from here. We had deposited in that consistently every month so I guess that was an advantage.

7) then my dad was asked for his land property documents. My dad said they were looking at land EC too.

8) again when my dad was flipping thru the pages for land documents, the VO saw my dad's affidavit( we had prepared as per the forum). VO pointed to that and asked for that too.In this he had declared about his property ties at India.

9) Looking at the affidavit, he asked for the estimate of our land. Dad told the exact figure as per the doc. I guess this was to make sure he knew what was there and we had given authentic info only.

10) He was asked about his annual income


11) Finally he was asked for his bank statements,passbook and balance. When he was about to take that, the VO said that is fine and he doesnt have to look at that.


they said all this was done in 5mts time and they were asked to pay the fees.

The most important thing was my parents had arranged all documents neatly
and were thorough with each and every document. They had spent time in reading all that we had sent from here. This helped them to show all the documents quickly.

thanks again to this forum.

P.S: my dad said for some people if the old passport had expired and they had a new one, they were asking for old passport too in documents verification section. Its better to carry the old passport too if you have one.

also somebody in front of him during the interview was asked for ECfor the land along with the other land documents and was sent back since they didnt have one.

[manepalli]

Congrats!!!