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B1 Visa Experience - Chennai
First, thanks to everyone who shared their experiences here on Immhelp.
I applied for B1 Visa, Purpose: Attending Conference.
VAC Experience
- Reached on Time, Redirected to stand in queues(2 nos)
- Everyone in VAC is indian, and pretty helpful.
- Went for 1st Level, Document verification stage and BANG. My passport had surname field Blank, never noticed it before. It was like this
Passport
GIVEN NAME : YYYY YYYY
SURNAME: BLANK
DS160
GIVEN NAME: YYYY
SURNAME: YYYY
So i did mistake, it should have been filled like this
GIVEN NAME: FNU
SURNAME: YYYY YYYY.
Person verifying the documents pointed this out, and asked to get it corrected. There are many
shops around who can help you in this, there's one in Basement of same building itself. Went
there, they changed it accordingaly, charged 200 RS.
- Went back to updated DS160 Confirmation Page(Appoint confirmation page remains same, dont
worry about that)
- Verification completed easily, another queue for 15 mins. They'd put a sticker on your passport now.
- Given biometrics, simple and streightforward process.Overall took 45 minutes(Including DS160 Correction).
- You can go early than your appointment time, however doesnt help as they will have seprate queue for each time slot.
- Can carry mobile phone(has to be switched off)
- Carry only Passport, DS160 Confirmation, Appointment Confirmation. No other documents required
Next Day
- Carried following documents
- Passport, DS160 Confirmation, Appointment Confirmation, Invite Letter, Current Employer Offer
letter, Last 6 month pay slips and bank statement, Previous employer experience letters.
- Couple of security check before you enter, Only need to Show passport. No other documents asked.
- 1st queue, Verify passport. they will redirect to another counter to verify Fingerprints. Simple and quick.
- 2nd Queue , the interview queue. Be ready to wait for 20-30 minutes here as usually queue is long.(no appoint time based queue here)
- On your turn, someone will redirect you to a specific counter. Usually you will have one person giving interview and you will be standing behind them(at a minimal distance, can listen all)
My Interview went like this
VC - Good Morning
A - GM, Handed Over Passport
VC - Purpose of Vists
A - Attend Microsoft Confrence - Provided confrence name
VC - Where it is held
A - Washington DC
VC - How long you will be staying
A - 2 Weeks
VC- What's your current Company Name
A - Answered(small company)
VC - How long you've been working
A - 8 months
VC - What's your designation
A - Answered
VC - What's your previous employer name
A - Answered(Microsoft :) )
VC- So you're still dealing with them
A - Yes.
Typed something for next 20-30 seconds, and annonced - Your Visa is approved. Maximum duration of interview was 1 minutes. Pretty smooth. I guess previous employer name was the key.
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