Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Asia: South	DS-230 : Missing information!	No, you don't need to provide 2 PCC for the same place, just send the rectified DS-230 and that will be enough. A PCC lasts for 1 year in India, so you don't need any new PCC.	trinket	Female	India	9/14/2009 17:59
Asia: South	vfs fee and documents	You have to go to VFS office no matter which VISA you are applying for. For CR-1 you have to pay the courier fee which I think is around Rs. 396, you can check with the consulate to know the exact fee. No, you don't have to submit everything they have asked for at VFS, copies will work fine. But you will have to submit originals of anything which you haven't submitted at NVC. Say for instance you submitted certified BC of the Indian beneficiary, the beneficiary will have to submit the original BC at VFS. Also Mumbai VFS asks for a fresh copy of DS-230, part 1 signed, part 2 unsigned. They might also ask for copies of every other document you submitted with your DS-230 package at NVC, so keep photocopies handy. Also keep in mind you have to submit all your documents at VFS between 10 to 7 working days prior to the interview. One can also submit their medical report at VFS, they will just take the medical report and submit at the consulate before interview along with your other documents which you have submitted.	trinket	Female	India	9/20/2009 23:39
Asia: South	VFS Lounge in Chennai	According to the site QUOTE Arrive at the Lounge 30 minutes prior to your interview and enjoy its multiple facilities before we transport you to the Consulate in time for your appointment.	trinket	Female	India	9/28/2009 13:48
Asia: South	Address in native language in I-130	QUOTE (jessarien @ Sep 30 2009, 09:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> well one of the member on this forum got NOA2 in 18 days coz he had recently got citizenship.So i was wondering if this how things work No one really can tell you at what point you will get your NOA-2, when I was going through my VISA process, a few people from California Service center got their NOA-2 within 20 days time but most of the others got their in 120 days time, while some others got their more than 8 months later. I wish you best but don't be disappointed if you don't receive your NOA-2 within 20 days time	trinket	Female	India	9/30/2009 14:29
Asia: South	Address in native language in I-130	No one can tell you when you will get your NOA-2. As I believe USCIS process applications without any bias towards GC holders and Citizens, its at NVC that a GC holder have to wait till their case has been assigned with a VISA number for further processing. About background checks, most of the times its the background of intending immigrant (that's you in this case) is what is being checked more thoroughly than the petitioner.	trinket	Female	India	9/30/2009 9:20
Asia: South	POE	QUOTE (PJUS @ Sep 28 2009, 09:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What to expect at POE for CR1visa Do they ask questions? What is the processing procedure done at the airport customs? Thanks No questions were asked to me as a IR-1 applicant, I stood in USC line with my husband, took only 5 minutes processing time, they took the envelops from me, put everything in a folder, asked me to get my luggage and go to another room, in that room the other officer took that folder, asked me to sit, after 5 minutes or so called me back, took my fingerprints and simply said Welcome to America. That's about it, no questions asked or no drama involved.	trinket	Female	India	9/28/2009 13:45
Asia: South	221G is fav for delhi...we also got it	Congrat, you should get your passport soon. You will receive the Brown envelop along with the passport, don't open it at any point, you will only have to submit it at POE. POE officer will open it.	trinket	Female	India	9/26/2009 0:03
Asia: South	221G is fav for delhi...we also got it	Depends on what kind of documents were asked for. If its more relationship proof documents, then those documents will be verified by the CO again and will depend if CO is satisfied with it or not. If the asked documents were about tax return or any other official paper, then you should hear something soon given you have provided what they have asked for. No one can give you exact time frame, but do keep calling either DOS or Delhi consulate every other day to know the progress of your case. Best wishes.	trinket	Female	India	9/17/2009 21:37
Asia: South	Happy Gandhi Jayanti	catknit too funny for sure. On a serious note though, I wish your VISA problem would sort out soon I didn't have much problem with buses back in India, may be because I come from a small town and buses were usually spacious enough.	trinket	Female	India	10/2/2009 13:11
Asia: South	Happy Gandhi Jayanti	Happy Gandhi Jayanti to everyone else too. I miss school days, we used to have 1 week Gandhi jayanti celebrations.	trinket	Female	India	10/2/2009 9:50
Asia: South	What are the quirky things you miss	My brother said some wise words before I boarded the flight to US; he said-- all you'll need from now on is salt & pepper	trinket	Female	India	10/9/2009 0:27
Asia: South	What are the quirky things you miss	I thought I would never have litchis again but the Chinese store I go to had those this summer. I seriously love this Chinese store, lady out there is really nice and I get most of the Indian veggies, I have seen red carrots out there, but not sure about the grapes you are talking about.	trinket	Female	India	10/8/2009 21:37
Asia: South	What are the quirky things you miss	QUOTE (Third @ Oct 6 2009, 07:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yes, I'm from a hill station. It is so much fun watching football in dense fog and you have no idea what is going on the ground but you cheer coz you hear people who are closer to ground cheering. Sometimes you hear people cheer and find out that it was the wrong football team. I miss pani puri and i miss fried fish. What kind of fish is good for frying in U.S?? I tried mackrel once but was a waste of time and poor fish. IS anyone Bengali here?? Any tip for fried fish?? I am Bengali, and yes fish has been pain in my a$$/heart everywhere. Don't buy fish from walmart or places like that, they sell those frozen fish, try small grocery store. I am not sure which city you live in but here in this midwestern town there is a small Chinese grocery store which also sells Indian products, I buy my fish from them. Try getting red snapper and salmon (again don't get your salmon from walmart, its dry and chewy at best). I personally don't enjoy fresh water fish, but if you do then Tilapia might be another option for you, so is cat fish. Tuna is good too but don't think its good for just fried, more like coconut curry kind Do you like the American breaded fried version of Fish or just plain fry? I can't stand the breaded fried stuff, let it be fish or chicken. Oh and since you are from hill station, are you from Darjeeling by any chance	trinket	Female	India	10/6/2009 23:34
Asia: South	What are the quirky things you miss	Talking about rain, I miss RAIN itself. I am so used to tropical rain, where it rains non-stop for days with strong winds. Yes a lot of times I hated that kind of rain back in India but now I miss that rain I guess I can never be truly happy	trinket	Female	India	10/4/2009 21:15
Asia: South	What are the quirky things you miss	Talking about Idli, puri and dosa......we went for Indian shopping today, we got a Chinese grocery store out here which sells Indian products and I am happy to say that our fridge is filled with all the Indian goodies today I got all sorts of veggies from louki to karela and me and hubby loves these Swaad brand frozen masala dosa and sambhar this store got. They also sell samosas and a lot of Indian sweets, oh and I got all my fish too. Me is happy today	trinket	Female	India	10/3/2009 21:42
Asia: South	What are the quirky things you miss	As the title suggest, what are the quirky things you miss from your old country? For me I miss horn sound, and I used to miss ceiling fan sound while sleeping, I have solved that problem by getting a ceiling fan for our apartment and banning AC at nights. So share away!	trinket	Female	India	10/2/2009 9:52
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	A few pics of the fall festival I was talking about last week. We didn't get to go much this year because of the rain, today was the last day and thankfully it didn't rain, but it was pretty chilly. Edited by trinket, 10 October 2009 - 11:45 PM.	trinket	Female	India	10/10/2009 23:44
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	ELW you should absolutely make some payasam (with jaggery and all that) for Nagu, it sure is yum yum I miss South Indian snacks, achappam, murku, adarsam.............	trinket	Female	India	10/9/2009 21:11
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	Happy birthday to Nagaraju ................what should we call him, Naga or Raju	trinket	Female	India	10/9/2009 20:15
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	Our weekend will be boring this time, its raining out here since wednesday and don't think rain is going to stop. I am watching Dexter, on second season now, hopefully will finish in the next 2 days, Joe is going to be on his WOW marathon. On a good news, I got a surprise package today from my dad, he sent me haldiram soanpapdi along with a few other stuff I love	trinket	Female	India	10/9/2009 20:08
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	My husband knows most of the cuss words, so there is no point in calling names to him. Though he is getting used to me using words like -- oye, poda, ennadi, ayieoo rama swami, isshh. My husband's name is Joe, but sometimes just to tease him I call him -- Jogarao he doesn't like it, I don't care, deal with whatever I call you	trinket	Female	India	10/6/2009 23:38
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	My husband has picked up a few hindi and bengali words here and there. He showed a lot of interest at first but well not anymore	trinket	Female	India	10/6/2009 14:07
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	QUOTE (estadia @ Oct 4 2009, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (trinket @ Oct 4 2009, 07:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (estadia @ Oct 4 2009, 02:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> well for sure it wont be like india but this is a pretty decent place people walking all over cuz of recent health kicks, also people trying to stop smoking things like that. I would love to be in a place where I could see more people walking all over, during winter it gets worse. Really it feels like you live in a ghost city or something. well come on up then we live at the foot hills of the mountains so we dont get a lot of snow but we do get some, and its nice and pretty green here but we pay for that with the rains we get in the fall and spring sara Do you have any grocery store out there which sells Indian produces. If so I am all game, can't live without my Indian stuff I am so bad, I made my dad fed-ex me stuff from India during my first month out here in US. I was all crying and all, so he made a parcel full of goodies and sent me	trinket	Female	India	10/4/2009 21:19
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	QUOTE (estadia @ Oct 4 2009, 02:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> well for sure it wont be like india but this is a pretty decent place people walking all over cuz of recent health kicks, also people trying to stop smoking things like that. I would love to be in a place where I could see more people walking all over, during winter it gets worse. Really it feels like you live in a ghost city or something.	trinket	Female	India	10/4/2009 21:13
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	We live in a small town right now, I have no problems with small town because I grew up in one of those but my husband misses Fresno a lot. I think more has to do with food and friends for him. Out here food is different for him, he is used to real authentic hot Mexican food but you can't get something like that in Midwest. He feels Fresno would be good for me, his dad used to live there till 2 years back, now FIL lives in Georgia. Hopefully next year hubby will take me for a trip back to Fresno, they still have their old home out there . QUOTE (ELW @ Oct 3 2009, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Really! I came to Fresno four years ago. I came back from India to Mt Shasta where my mom and Sis are, but it was tooooo cold for me. I need Indian heat! I knew friends here so came, got a good job and here I stayed. But I would rather be in a small town instead of a bustling city. I work downtown and we live on Blackstone and Ashlan - not the best area, but best we can afford for now. Oh my god, I just asked my husband if he knows where Blackstone and Ashlan is, he says he is from there, he used to live there and knows the neighborhood very well	trinket	Female	India	10/3/2009 21:54
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	ELW, my husband is from Fresno, he used to live in East Fresno and we do plan to go back there someday	trinket	Female	India	10/3/2009 21:38
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	Ctrk+ALT+DEL you really had to share that??	trinket	Female	India	10/2/2009 13:08
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	QUOTE (Nina Ballerina @ Oct 2 2009, 09:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Happy Friday everyone!!!! Does anybody have any plans for the weekend? My husband and I are planning on going to the local county fair because I love carnivals. Happy friday to everyone too We plan on playing dominoes, I kicked my husband's a$$ last night on the game and plan to do so again tonight Out in our city Fall festival is going to start, from what I heard it is the second largest street festival in USA after mardi grass. I am excited about it, its starts from Monday and our house is only 3 blocks away from where its happening. They have all these food stalls with weird foods, roaches, worms, ostrich eggs.........I will be in heaven	trinket	Female	India	10/2/2009 9:48
Asia: South	Yo Asia south	Catknit-- Yes Dashera is Durga puja. I am bengali so I was more inclined to say it Durga puja but I know most out here say it as Dashera . And yes you are right, it seems like most who do ask questions in these forums are people who just found this site and looking for a quick immigration related answer. About cricket.........well sadly I stopped watching cricket years ago. You know all that match fixing scandal and all....or my heart was set to marry Ajay Jadeja ELW--Happy Dashera to you too I understand how your husband is going through with the job situation, its kind of same with me too, I am working through a temp job agency for now and its not the work I ever imagined I would do, but I am bored to wits of staying at home all these months and do want to earn a bit, every bit does count. Kaushalia -- how could you forget my old name but its cool, i am no more -- meloveyoulongtime. I was actually waiting for my name to be changed and post this thread, so people could take me a bit seriously Ok, here is the thing, over the next few days I will post a few chit-chat type of threads and see how it goes, if people really chime in or not. I really wish more people would be active in these forums, we have many Indians out here, you can share things. I wish I could have talked to more desis during my adjustment days in US, like where to buy the cheap desi groceries from to what they think of lack of horn sounds on the roads Edited by trinket, 30 September 2009 - 09:30 AM.	trinket	Female	India	9/30/2009 9:29
India	Indians Will you take US citizenship?	Can an OCI vote? Nope & nor can they hold government jobs. So technically still India doesn't allow dual citizenship.	trinket	Female	India	2010-08-13 23:04:00
India	Indians Will you take US citizenship?	True that India does not allow Dual Citizenship - but why not just apply for OCI or PIO status? You gain many priveledges with those cards - which are effectively like Green Cards for India if you ever decide to go back there. Yes one do have an option for OCI or PIO but at the end of the day you are giving up your citizenship no matter what. Technically you aren't an INDIAN anymore. I asked this question for more of an emotional reason than practicality. Practically it is better to get the US citizenship, but then you are giving up your Indian citizenship.	trinket	Female	India	2010-07-13 12:40:00
India	Indians Will you take US citizenship?	With the other thread going on about bringing foreign spouse to India I am wondering will you Indians will go for US citizenship when the time comes? India doesn't allow dual citizenship, so if you do take US citizenship you will have to give up your Indian citizenship status. You can always get PIO or OCI but at the end of the day its not the same as being an Indian citizen. I have 1 year left before I can apply for US citizenship, personally I don't want to get US citizenship, I do have 10 year GC so I can wait a bit longer and hope India changes its rules about dual citizenship. My USC husband though wants me to get US citizenship, I do see his points and do realize in practicality that would be the better thing to do, but then my civic pride and all the emotional being doesn't want me to even think about giving up my motherland. Decisions decisions to make.	trinket	Female	India	2010-07-07 12:00:00
India	is Indian real estate a bubble?	hmmmm. Interesting. Do you think that alone accounts for the huge % increase in price over the last few years? To what extent do you think this increase is based on the kind of fundamentals you're referring to (which I tend to think you're right about) and to what extent is it a result of speculative activity? As Harsh pointed out people have more money today than they had even 15 years ago. Most Indians would have never thought about loans. I was having a discussion with my dad the other day about mortgage in US and he made a valid point about how in his days getting a loan for housing was impossible. I was looking through housing loans in India and its still is higher compared to US market, but more and more of young generation is getting their way to buy a house. What used to happen a couple of decades ago was a government servant or even private one would work all their life and then with their retirement money at the age of 60 would buy a house, his kids would end up inheriting that house and thats how the cycle would turn over and over. Also keep in point with the young couples both man and woman are working and bringing home the money, so couples have more money to invest, they aren't relying on only one income.	trinket	Female	India	2010-07-14 09:59:00
India	is Indian real estate a bubble?	I think we should have a thread about investing in India for NRIs. If you guys agree to that. Everyone can pitch in and some useful ideas.	trinket	Female	India	2010-07-14 09:54:00
India	is Indian real estate a bubble?	Why is there suddenly (over the last 5 years) a shortage of space? Has the population suddenly skyrocketed? Nope I think its because new generation don't live with their parents anymore, more and more young couples are looking forward to live separately.	trinket	Female	India	2010-07-13 13:07:00
India	K1 process	ELW is right, if she is from Darjeeling, she will go through Mumbai consulate. There is no regional guideline per say, but do look into what might be a red flag for one country/region might not be a red flag for another country/region. It all depends upon what the social norms of a region is. For example, Delhi consulate usually asks engagement party receipts, pictures and a whole lot of big tickets which are normal in north India where engagement is a grand affair, but the same things are hardly asked for Mumbai or Chennai, as engagement parties arent a big thing in west or south India.	trinket	Female	India	2010-12-11 19:44:00
India	K1 Visa Experience	congratulations	trinket	Female	India	2008-06-17 06:05:00
India	Bitter jeera found to be excellent alternative medicine	Yes ELW, there are two verities of jeera, white one and black one. Its the black one which is very small in size and also the bitter one.	trinket	Female	India	2011-05-28 14:05:00
India	PCC question	Is that sufficient to have these two PCCs ? Yes it is. Thats all you need 1 pcc from RPO and another 1 from the district Police office.	trinket	Female	India	2010-01-05 12:58:00
India	PCC question	ktdc is right, please don't confuse people. 2 PCC are needed, one from the district which issued Indian passport and another from the police station where the applicant is living currently. About how long will it take to get PCC, it truly depends upon district to district, in my case it took exact 1 month, but I have seen others from Delhi or other places in north where it took only a few days.	trinket	Female	India	2009-10-17 22:34:00