Interview experience - Mumbai embassy
Category: CR1/IR1
Priority date: Aug 27, 2024
DQ date: Nov 19, 2025
IL recd Date: Apr 21, 2026
Interview date: June 29, 2026, 7:15 am
Documents taken : Police clearance certificate, Marriage Certificate, Birth certificate, interview letter, DS260 confirmation stamped with biometric date from VAC
Other documents: I-864, last 2 years tax return/W2 of sponsor, insurance plan you will be added on, detailed scrap book of time together before and after wedding with boarding passes and hotel bookings from travel, wedding album, medical records (mine were sent directly to embassy, I took a copy of my vaccination record just in case), husbands birth certificate and copy of passport, all passports held till now.
Interview experience:
I went to the embassy in Bombay 30 minutes before interview. You will be let in only based on your appointment time. There is a separate line for immigrant vs non immigrant visa. The appointment letter, passport and ds260 confirmation are checked. Also carry additional govt proof in case needed. There is a storage locker available for 200 rs for phone and electronics for which they only accept upi, however I didn’t utilise this facility. They do allow umbrellas that are compact but it’s thoroughly checked.
Once they let you in, there is a security check and they let you in to the actual floor.
Once inside, they separate you into queues based on language preferences for the interview and give you tokens. Constantly keep your eye on these monitors, they will tell you which window to go to.
The interview itself was 5 minutes each, the first one with an Indian officer and second with the American officer. The gap between both the interviews was about 45 minutes.
1st interview questions:
Who is calling you?
When was your husbands last visit? My husband was outside the embassy which is what I answered
When did your husband enter India?
Please give me your documents: handed over PCC, passport, ds260 confirmation, marriage certificate, birth certificate.
Have you ever been refused a visa?
Was handed a paper with my rights in the US and told to wait for next interview after this.
2nd interview questions:
Asked to raise right hand and take an oath that all questions are being answered honestly.
Fingerprint of left hand collected
Who is calling you?
How did you meet your husband?
When did he move to the US?
What does he do for a living?
Where does he live in the US?
How often do you meet your partner?
Have you ever been refused a US visa?
Please show me pictures of your life together.
Result: you’ve been APPROVED, here’s a paper listing your next steps.
Recd stamped passport (paid for courier) on July 1.
Happy to answer any other questions you may have.