ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
IndiaCould you please evaluate my K-1 visa case?
Instead of b!tchin' on VJ -- which is cathartic, no doubt, but kind of pointless -- you should use your (very valid) argument to convince your momma.

I married a white boy. My parents absolutely adore their gora jamai.

Give it a shot!
sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-11 22:12:00
IndiaCould you please evaluate my K-1 visa case?
http://www.visajourn...ples-post-here/

You might find this thread useful.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-11 10:22:00
IndiaCould you please evaluate my K-1 visa case?
USC petitioners are not allowed inside the Bombay consulate for the interview. FYI.

I would bite the bullet and tell the parents.

Read the guides, interview reviews, and the other India related quirks that have been discussed ad nauseum.


Arm yourself with information. Prepare for the worst. Hope for the best.

Let me know if you need anything else -- I'd be happy to help you out!

Edited by sachinky, 11 March 2012 - 10:22 AM.

sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-11 10:20:00
IndiaMumbai (Bombay) Consulate - Unscheduled Interview Date - Join Here
IR-1/CR-1 visas fall under the Immigrant Visa department while tourist/student visas are assigned to a separate Non-Immigrant Visa Department.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2011-07-28 23:34:00
IndiaMumbai (Bombay) Consulate - Unscheduled Interview Date - Join Here
NVC schedules interviews during the second week of the month for the next month. Mumbai also schedules during the last week of the month but those dates are NOT for the next month but rather, the month after.

For example, my case was completed towards the end of March, so my interview was scheduled for May, not April.


Good luck to all those waiting and those with upcoming interviews!
sachinkyFemaleIndia2011-07-27 10:20:00
IndiaCalcutta Medical Review
Great news and congratulations! :thumbs:
sachinkyFemaleIndia2011-10-29 18:13:00
IndiaCalcutta Medical Review
1. Two days for the medical stuff and I picked up the report on the third day, I think.

2. No. They'll take care of it.

3. It was somewhere in Salt Lake.

4. VFS took an hour or two, I think.

Sorry for the late reply, I just saw your questions.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2011-09-28 21:03:00
IndiaCalcutta Medical Review
Tip: On the day of the medical/physical, wear loose fitting clothes.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2010-04-29 02:02:00
IndiaCalcutta Medical Review
Here's my review of my medical examination at the Apollo Gleneagles Hospital in Calcutta near Salt Lake.
Hopefully this will help someone in the future.

I called the number listed on the Consulate's website after my interview appointment was set by NVC.
I was asked to bring my original passport, photocopy of my passport, the interview letter, 2 pictures and medical records.

I reached at 11 AM on 04/05. You have to go to the Main Hospital building. After the initial signing up, you have to pay 1450/- for the US visa medical charges. Then you have to get your bloodwork done, get a chest X-ray and your sputum tested. The tests didn't take longer than fifteen minutes but since it's an extremely busy hospital there was a lot of waiting around. So bring your iPod or a magazine to flip through. The food and coffee at the cafe is decent. I was out by 1PM.

I had to return again on the 9th morning for my physical. We had to wait around again while the doctor finished his rounds. The doctor will ask you about your medical history, check your height, weight, eyesight, reflexes, etc. and conduct a full physical examination. I lost my baby card (vaccination records) so I had taken a note from my pediatrician stating I had had all the required vaccinations. However, that was not good enough. So I had to take three vaccinations (DPT, MMR and Varicella even though I had chicken pox when I was ten) and the total cost was around 1700/- The rest of the vaccinations were marked as Not Age Appropriate and I was told that a titre test was unnecessary and expensive.

After the vaccinations were administered by a nurse, we had wait an hour or so before picking up my sealed medical reports and the X-ray plates.

Overall, it went off decently. The staff are pleasant and courteous. However, it is ridiculously busy. I spent most of my time waiting around which was annoying. It was nearly 3PM by the time I got out.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2010-04-29 01:58:00
IndiaIndian planning to marry older black american women
If it was Delhi, I'd say you have about zero chances of getting this visa approved.

You might have better luck at Chennai, though.

I certainly wouldn't rush into anything at this point.

You have numerous red flags and you need to overcome them. (Prior application abandoned, online meeting, short courtship, no family approval on your side, older black USC fiancee, past child-bearing age -- sounds horrible, I know but you know the drill).

Edited by sachinky, 10 September 2010 - 09:30 AM.

sachinkyFemaleIndia2010-09-10 09:29:00
IndiaIndian planning to marry older black american women
How large is the age difference?

Where will you be interviewing? Mumbai, Chennai or Delhi?

How long have you been in this online relationship? Have you met face-to-face yet?
sachinkyFemaleIndia2010-09-09 19:39:00
IndiaHelp, Getting Marriage Certificate in India ( Delhi )
We got our marriage certificate in five days or so. Civil ceremony under Special Marriage Act in Calcutta.

My mom paid about Rs. 500 and we got eight duplicates for the visa process. She framed the 'original' one.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2011-12-03 12:36:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!

Honestly, it depends on which part of India you're visiting. The bigger, more cosmopolitan cities - you should be okay. There will be staring. You have to get used to it. It drove my husband batty. I reasoned with him that it's not every day they see a "ginger giant." He towers well over 6 feet, so he did stick out like a sore thumb while we were there. He was there for about 2 weeks and we didn't have any adverse reactions. But we mostly stuck to posh restaurants, movie theaters, malls etc. I generally advise white women not to travel alone - it simply isn't worth the risk. Dress modestly and attract as little attention as possible - which can be hard sometime. Maybe other AA women who've traveled to India can chime in? You might hear some racist remarks but honestly, it's hard for me to tell. I also do apologize on behalf of my former fellow country men. It is rather embarrassing.


sachinkyFemaleIndia2014-02-18 17:35:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!

Any updates from the newer filers? 


sachinkyFemaleIndia2014-01-27 17:29:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!

Thank you for this. We will be going through a tough embassy-Lagos, Nigeria. We have one Red Flag age difference (I the woman USC much older). No I don't look like mum. But we also addressed the age difference with me staying in Nigeria for 6 months. I went there we meet face to face, we courted dated for 6 weeks married and I stayed another 5 months. This after 21 months "dating" online. We are same race and religion.
I thank you because I too trying to use that measuring stick and driving myself insane. I just filed March 15th so I have a long way to go. But I gain strength and well why do I have doubts we are for real. So I appreciate your honesty and candor. (Guess I better find a hobby that doesn't involve logging on to VJ and USCIS.)Posted Image


Good luck! Glad I could help. I was a VJ addict during those looooooong months. Sure helped knowing there were others in the same boat.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-04-15 17:41:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!

I'd like to add to this that family support and approval is also HUGE.


Meh, I will offer a different perspective. Family support and approval matters, of course, but it only goes so far.

A regular text book case (without any of the aforementioned red flags) having family approval is just another + 1 in the box. Of course, it's helpful but it's not going to swing the CO's decision one way or the other.

A couple that has tons of red flags AND has family approval? Yeah, that's just ANOTHER red flag. No matter how liberal or progressive one might be in their outlook, you are not going to convince me that some elderly Indian couple is super-thrilled and totally behind their 25 year old son's betrothal to some fat, black, old, divorced woman with two kids. Ha. More like they are in on the scam and also mapping out their own immigration in the future.

In such a case, parental disapproval could, frankly, go a long way. Again, I do not feel comfortable discussing some one else's case without their consent but suffice to say that I know of one case where this was true. A lot of this was through PMs so I will keep it brief. They didn't have a TON of red flags (two, I think - online meeting, and I think the lady was slightly older or had a previous marriage) but the beneficiary's parent's refusal to even meet the USC petitioner actually bolstered their bona-fides during the interview. They were totally against the marriage and didn't even attend the wedding. In Indian society, it would take a lot of "guts" for a guy to go against his parents to that extent. One would usually imagine it would be for a noble or higher cause (not a green-card). The visa was granted -- however, unfortunately, at the last minute, the man refused to come to the US and it seemed, buckled under pressure from his parents.

Edited by sachinky, 09 March 2012 - 10:18 PM.

sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-09 22:10:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!

Do you know if this couple was able to overcome the denial through reaffirmation or by reapplying?


It was a CR-1 the second time round, if memory serves me right.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-02 23:46:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!

All that being said, we're happily married, he's going thru ROC right now [had his biometrics appt today as a matter of fact]...and I completely agree with Sachinky - a whole LOT of the relationships here [on vj] seem to be somewhat sketchy. A lot of quick break ups, irreconcilable differences, other significant others, etc.


Posted ImageGood luck with your ROC!
sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-02 19:21:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!

There are cases were I think it has been much more than a "huh" thing, especially with AA women sponsoring men from India. [Just for the record I'm white]. To me, that would be an interesting statistic to keep track of....Not wanting to speak in depth of someone else's case without their consent - but I know of one case with NO red flags, none, zilch, nada that was denied where the only thing that could be seen as "out of the ordinary" was the female petitioner being black. No prior marriages, no kids, no financial issues, plenty of pics with his family, no disparity in education/class/career objectives, no prior visa requests by him, statements that both families approved, no significant age difference, they worked together in India for 6+ months, typical, textbook workplace relationship/romance, etc, etc, etc - denied.


I can't remember her user ID right now, but I think I remember the couple you are referring to. Yeah, to me, that was baffling.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-02 19:19:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!
So that's three successes out of the three inter-racial cases that went through India the same time I did. Two CR-1s, and one K-1. All other factors: normal, no red flags. They would come across as an average, every day couple, save the difference in skin color.

Frankly, at the end of the day, success rates matter very little. I am convinced half the cases on VJ are fraudulent (that is the beneficiary is just looking for a GC, the petitioner is in it for "love") and so to me, the success rates do not mean anything. Given that I am now filing for ROC and a bunch of people who used to post in the NVC threads with me have now fallen by the wayside (in a mere two years), I would rather the success rate be low if that means that fraudsters are unsuccessful in their attempts to get a GC.

As some one who has been through the process, my only advice is this: judge your OWN case by it's merit rather than comparing notes or trying to come up with some mathematical formula to success. I spent a lot of time worrying about my case and trying to gather piles and piles evidence because I was measuring it against SOMEONE ELSE's yardstick. Whose case probably bore no similarity to mine. In a way, sure, I am glad that I was super-prepared but could I have spent that time more productively? Heck, yes.

Okay, that's enough posts in a day on one topic.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-01 21:18:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!
I will say this, most of the people who have been denied, I too would have denied them too, based on their profile picture alone. I would also wager that most of those aforementioned cases were not run-of-the-mill cases, that is, there were OTHER red flags in play, apart from the "race" issue.

If I, a stranger on the internet, am having doubts about the validity of your relationship, you can be rest assured that the CO (who has extensive knowledge of the land, its people and its culture) has his doubts as well. I realize that this will not be a popular opinion but then, the truth is never popular.
sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-01 20:56:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!
IMO, this has nothing to with race and more to do with the fact that most non-Indian USC petitioners are completely unaware of local customs and traditions and are susceptible to being duped by dishonorable beneficiaries. Most of the K-1 denials are out of the norm cases (tons of red flags) -- like I reiterated, we are an inter-racial couple and we faced absolutely no issues. Neither did Tatyana (I can't remember her screen name) whose husband's interview was a day after mine. Anwesha and John were a K-1 couple and neither did they have any obstacles to overcome.

Again, it has far less to do with race and other factors like age, socio-economic status, whether you met in person or online. The last one, IMO, is a HUGE one. People really underestimate that one. A relatively significant age gap (you clearly look like his mother) and you met on Facebook and were proclaiming love for one another in a span of three months. Oh, and he lives in some rural area and goes to some random college? Yeah, not going to fly.

Edited by sachinky, 01 March 2012 - 08:54 PM.

sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-01 20:52:00
IndiaInterracial couples, post here!

Has the petitioner or beneficiary ever been married? No

Did the petitioner attend the interview?: No

Edited by sachinky, 01 March 2012 - 08:37 PM.

sachinkyFemaleIndia2012-03-01 20:36:00