Question:
Has anyone done this recently. If anyone has had any good/bad experiences
after folowing this process I will be thankful if He/She can please share
with Me.
Any good/bad experiences with "National Visa Center" or while going for
Consular Processing for employment based green card ? kindly share ?
Answer:
Has anyone gone for the Consular processing for green card (employment
based) recently.
I am currently abroad and My I-140 is being filed with the CA INS office.
The way I understand the process if I go for consular processing after my
I-140 is approved my petition will be sent to the "National Visa Center" who
will then send my petition to the US Consulate abroad, once my priority date
is current. I will then be interviewed for the green card at the US
Consulate.
Has anyone done this recently. If anyone has had any good/bad experiences
after folowing this process I will be thankful if He/She can please share
with Me.
Any good/bad experiences with "National Visa Center" or while going for
Consular Processing for employment based green card ? kindly share ?
I am thinking of going through the London US Consulate. Any information
about London US Consulate, or any experiences with the London US Consulate
regarding the above process, kindly share.
Actually, it doesn't work exactly that way. Check the DOS web pages por a full
explanation.
I find curious that so many people are more interested in experieneces (which
may have peculiar circumstances) rather than in getting a good understanding of
the right process.
Of course they are interested in experiences - this is kind of
processing which is not so common and not many people do. They are
mostly interested in how they will be treated at the interview at an
overseas consulate so that they may be prepared for unforseen
situations. Isn't this all newsgroups are all about?
First of all, you are WRONG, totally WRONG, in that consular processing
is not common. I know of an attorney himself did more than 3500
consular processing cases during his career so far, and from his survey,
it is NOT AT ALL UNUSUAL among immigration lawyers. The fact that
you have not heard about it, or your attorney did not tell you about it
does not mean it is uncommon, maybe it's just you are not familiar with
the process.
Secondly, consular processing is HIGHLY COUNTRY SPECIFIC. So what
if you read about experience about a fellow friend at the US Consulate
General in Hong Kong, whereas your country of origin were India?
I'm sorry, no matter how HK's consulate office deals with visa
cases, you cannot rely on that and expect India's consulate office
ask the same questions in the interview --- it simply ain't your
country. For example, there are strict anti-fraud investigation
through the India offices regarding academic and work experience
credential, which is almost never needed in any other consulate office.
A Newsgroup is not a place that you get you automatic immigration.
All previous examples/experience is not a reliable indicator of
any future cases --- you should well know that. Let's say, so you
see a case gets approved in 3 months with consular processing and
then you question how come this other case isn't done in 6 months?
ALL these comes down to maybe one followed the right procedure and
the other didn't. So often, the pool of applicants have VERY
different circumstances, and the most precise and accurate information
is the *RIGHT PROCESS*, not just numerous but all different cases
retold.
Many contributed their experience here, which is good. Then you curious
about "why this doesn't work?", or "what do I do now becoz' I did this
and that and INS ask for XYZ..???" --- you come to the newsgroup seeking
answers to questions like these, and do you think others experience
can substitute for true, thorough understanding of the process and
rules, which will govern your case down the road? In fact, you
probably would prefer that your own attorney can affirm you with some
professional legal advice, and credit such advice more than
words-of-mouth on the net. If none is available, you should probably
switch to a more competent and informative one.
And guess what, you're never gonna get legal advice from the newsgroup.
There is no shortcut to understanding how immigration is done legally
and correctly.
p.c.
this is not a legal advice, and immigration laws are available online,
even searchable, at http://www.ins.usdoj.gov
It may be cultural, but I see a strong correlation between posters of a
particular origin and a disturbing interest in meaningless experiencess,
instead of in the right process. No ofense intended.
Hmm.... I thought what I said was that, "keep asking for experience
is quite a waste of time, knowing the process is much more helpful",
whereas you prefer the other way. Now you changed your mind and
"AGREED" with me (and JJBenitoM)?
I agree with your observation and would like to point out that,
the correlation may be a general pattern of seeking shortcuts
instead of walking through the path to study the instructions.
