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Thanks suzzane for your input. Massachusetts forum is a good idea. Mpoova, i can understand how you feel. But you are at the very top of the waiting line and hopefully things will open for you in october. Are you really sure your interview got cancelled, i mean, once scheduled its unlikely to get cancelled.All the best...

We were planning to sell off some property and our car and some other stuff so that we have some cash with us handy. We were planning to come in first or may be second week of september. I just dont know how much help we will get from the agency regarding relocation, but we need to get an apartment. Although i have some famly in texas, i wonder it is quite far from them too. I am hesitant to get an apartment on line but if nothing else we might have to do that.I have written an email to the agency lets see what they say. Although there is a clause for medical insurance for the family in my contract, i do not know how soon i would start working and would it be wiser to get one for a limited time for all of us from here. I am told that for taking loans ( to get a car or something)one needs to have a credit history, which at present we dont have, so i was wondering how do the first timers get their credit cards?? There are so many queries in my mind , i guess it will take some time to get all the info. It would be nice if you could make a checklist for the new immigrant addressing such issues since you have a vast experience with nurses and problems they face initially, so that things get easier for the new immigrant. If any of the other nurses too are at my stage it would be nice to get some feedback from them. thanks

Thanks everyone for your best wishes. So today is the big day, got our passports with immigrant visas on it.:balloons::balloons::balloons::balloons::balloons: journey so far interviewd by facility: april 2006 i-140 filed: 1st july 2006 i-140 approved: 1 st august 2006(regular processing) case completed at nvc: october 30, 2006 and forwarded to new delhi retro sets in Interview on july 25 visas on july 28. I am looking for some guidance regarding what to bring to usa, travelling tips and other relevant details. Kindly guide what forums to look in.....thanks.I am going to state of Massachusetts.

Thanks Suzanne and silverdragon. I hope to continue seeking your help in the times to come.........thanks Mpoova ur interview is next month, best of luck and keep us posted.Any questions you want to ask please let me know. One thing more he also wanted the evidence of passing nclex apart from cgfns original certificate. (thanks suzzane again here for reminding to take that along).I took the printout of the pearson vue account page showing the "pass" in that.:balloons::balloons:

Hi guys, finally the long awaited day finally came. Heres the details Reached new delhi embassy at around 8:30 am, our appointment was at 9 am. On first sight i was baffled at the number of people allready qued up. But when i reached the check point i realised there ia a seperate que for the immigrant visas, and there was to my surprise no one in that que. We were asked to directly go inside the embassy. Since i diddnt bring our cellphones or for that matter any thing other than the required documents, the security check took less than a minute.Once inside the lady (very polite) asked for the appointment letter and asked us to wait and sit down at the waiting area. After about an hour or so around at 10 am we heard our names being called and we reached the window. The man was an indian and appeared a bit stiff. He asked us to fill in the address column(US address) in our ds 230 forms, and i told him we didnt have a permanent address in USA as of now, but he asked us to fill in the name of the sponsoring facility, which we did.He than asked for a photocopy of the visa screen certificate and updated job letter. After that it was a a sort of a mini quiz for all of us. He started to ask a few questions to me an my husband regarding our date of births, marriage dates and daughters birthday. He even asked the name of my husbands grandfather, and i felt a bit embarrased when i diddnt come up with an answer.He then smiled back and said to go back and wait again. We felt a bit hungry there and had a few snacks at the cofee outlet inside the waiting area( a bit expensive though). We waited for another half an hour and our names were called again. This time it was an american man(extremely polite), asked us to raise my right hand for the oath. Then he asked us to sign the ds 230 form part 2, i signed for my daughter.Then he asked me and my husband to put our finger in the machine for fingerprinting. Then he asked me the following qustions 1) How long have been a nurse and where. 2)was i currently working 3)What kind of patients do i get and work with? I answered all of them. Then he asked my husband what he was doing and would he pursue the same profession in the US. Then he looked up and said" all the documents seem to be in order, you will get the passport by courier in a weeks time.. thank you" I just couldnt believe it was over. By 11 am we were outside and smiling our way back home. A very special thanks to Ms Suzzane who has been a guiding light through all these years that were spent waiting. I have been through two retros and one lousy employer . Any way new chapter is beginning and we really look forward to do our best.... for all those waiting i know how it feels , but there is always a day after every night, how so ever the long the night may be........ thanks any questions for me i would gladly answer........:balloons::balloons::balloons::balloons:

Iam in the same dilemma, interview on july 25??? what to do