H1B, H4 Visa

Bio-metrics: 22nd March 2017 3.15 PM
Visa Interview: 23rd March 2017 9.00 AM
Interview for H1(My wife) and H4(Me and my son)

Bio-Metrics:
Reached the bio-metrics location by 2.45 PM.
Security verified all our passports, DS-160 and Appointment letter and sent us in.
We were asked to wait for 5 mins in the 1st floor of the building according to the timings.
Multiple queues are organized in the building as per the timings (3 PM, 3.15 PM, 3.30 PM and 3.45 PM)

We were sent inside by 3 PM. Passports, DS-160 and Appointment letters are verified again.
Passport and DS-160 are tied together independently for all our 3 passports and sent inside.

One more round of check was done again by another officer and was given a token number. We were asked to wait in a queue and asked to look for the display and then move to respective counters.

At the counter, passport and DS-160 are collected and he asked two questions for verification.
1) What is your name and Date of Birth.
- Photo and finger prints were taken.
- They have pasted a sticker on the back of passport and also our DS-160 forms were stamped.

For my son, we have taken a photo and they just took a re-photo of that photo that we have taken. Kid was not asked to stand for separate photo.

Documents required at Bio-metrics location:
1) Passport
2) DS-160 Confirmation Page
3) Appointment letter

Do not carry any other documents to the Bio-metrics location.

Visa Interview Location (Interview at 9 AM)
-We reached the location at 8.20 AM. Security verified the passports, DS-160 and Appointment letter and sent us inside. (Carry the same DS-160 forms that were stamped at the Bio-metrics centre, Do not carry fresh DS-160 confirmation pages)

-We were asked to remove any mobile phones, electronic watches/devices, coins etc. If going with a kid you can carry his/her food. And for carrying documents, they were allowing if the documents are kept inside a polythene cover or a cloth bag. It was easy to handle documents in those instead of carrying the files in hand.

-In Building 1 they just did a security check and for H1 they handed over a "Know your Rights" Pamphlet and asked us to move to Building 2.
-Since we have a kid, they asked us to enter building directly without standing in the queue.
-Counters 16,17,18,19 they do re-verification of the bio-metrics. Lot of queue was there at the counters.
-Again we were given priority and directly went to the counter. They asked us to verify only the left hand finger prints and asked us to move to other counters for the interview.

-We were asked to sit separately saying we will be given priority for the interview. Within 5 mins we were asked to move to Counter No:31 for the interview.

VO: Good Morning. How are you doing today?
Wife: Good Morning, Doing good, how about you.

VO: I am doing good. Thanks for asking.
VO: Please pass on the passports.
Wife: Handed over the passports.

VO:Who is your petitioner?
Wife:ZZZ company

VO:Do you have any end client?
Wife:Yes

VO: Who is the client?
Wife: YYY company

VO: What do you do for them?
Wife: Answered roles and responsibilities as per the petition

VO: You said who is your employer?
Wife: Repeated YYYY company instead of the client name

Questions to me now for the dependent.
VO: How long have you been married
Me: X years Y months

VO: How old is your son/daugher?
Me X years Y months

VO: Where did your wife complete her Masters?
(This was a tricky question. My wife did her Bachelors and not Masters)
Me: Not Masters, she did her Bachelors in YYYY University.

VO: Did you receive the Know your pamphlet?
Me and Wife: Yes

VO: Please go through it before you leave this building.
Me and Wife: Sure sir.

And then the golden words. Your Visa is Approved. Have a safe journey to US.

We thanked him and arranged our documents back into the files.
We were not asked to produce not even a single document. VO just took the passports.

Thank you immihelp and all others who have posted your experiences which have helped us a lot in preparing for the interview and the process.

Suggestion: Do not carry any other documents other than Passport, DS-160 and Appointment letter to Bio-metrics.
We were also told not to bring kids if they are aged below 14 years.
Do not carry any electronic devices, purse, watch etc to the interview location. Just carry some money.
Before the leaving the visa interview building, arrange all the documents carefully back into the file and cross-verify.
I have seen people misplaced their documents inside the building and were not allowed back into the building.