Hello, all had my PA on 08-Feb-2010, here are the questions they asked me...

VO : Good Afternoon Sir.. How are you ?
ME : Good Afternoon, am fine.. How about you ?

VO : Fine...
(going through my petition)

VO : Who is your client?
ME : <client name>

VO : For which project you are going for?
ME : <project name>

VO : What will be your duties at on-site?
ME : I will be working as a programmer analyst with primary duties as analysis, design, development and testing...

VO : (interrupted me and asked) what designing you will do?
ME : Application designing.

VO : What programming language you will be using for coding?
ME : Java and Structured Query Language

VO : How long you have been with current Employer?
ME : 2 years 8 months

VO : And how long with client?
ME : 2 years 8 months

VO : Who is your previous employer?
ME : <previous company name>

VO : Were you doing the coding over there?
ME : Yes, I was doing the same coding.

VO : How much experience you have in Java and SQL?
ME : 4 years 2 months.

VO : Thank you sir, your VISA is approved it will reach you in 7 days.
ME : Thank you.

Comments/Suggestions:
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1.White shirt and a tie really did magic for me.

2.When greeting have a good smile on your face. Don’t look tensed.

3.When entered in to lobby be alert as the VO’s will be watching you as they interview the other persons. They will try to read your body language, how you sit, stand, walk, etc.

4.When answering just see in the VO’s eyes and answer it. Don’t think of right or wrong just answer the question what ever comes in the mind. They will just check your confidence level; if you answer correctly looking here and there they will assume that you are not genuine. So, be careful.

5.Just imagine if you are VO, in what way you will judge the candidate whether he is genuine or not. You don't know anything about him or his project. You need to judge him only by his confidence and attitude. So, concentrate on it and it will be done.

Guys/Gals
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Somthing new here.... vfs office at chennai (Gopalpuram ) is under maintinance , so please be prepare your self to wait outside the consulate . You can deposite you belongings out side of consulate (you will find one dabba wala , n pay 10 Rs .. and dont forget to get deposit slip from him)

Q: what all courses you have done
Q: what will be your salery @ US
Q: what will be your role
Q: Is your company US based .

My reporting time was 945 and My VISA was approved by 1130 Only.
People were very helpful and lots of Indians are working in US Consulate so one will never find it an alien place.


My Observings

1.Be Confident – This is the key, they observer you when you will be waiting in front of the counters, especially how you stand, your body language. Greet him/her for sure, 15% job will be done is done here.

2.Wear Formal Dress, A Tie will add value.

3.Speak nicely: Don’t try to pour your technical knowledge there, neither they are techie nor they want to know how much you know, They just check if you are genuine and have the confidence. I saw getting on Business VISA getting rejected just because that guy was using so much technological words (jargons).Tell in Layman term what your project all about, just guess you are telling some one who doesn’t have any technical expertise.

4.Most of the time VO will be working on PC and ask you something, they don’t show you their expression, and don’t waste your time reading that, Your each answer must not be more than 2 sentences max whether he is looking at you or not.

5.Tweak terms that they can be understood by any one.

Sharepoint- better use Knowledge & Information storage.
Servers : machine where codes are deployed.
Orcale :Data Storage.
Java/J2EE: Programming language


TIPS about New Delhi Consulate

You can Park your Vehicle a bit away in a park. Just ask someone.
Bags can be carried with you inside but no Electronic items are allowed.
Lockers are available; you can deposit your phone there.
There is Small Snacks counter at waiting hall.

All the Best.

“Its all about Confidence Honey”

Today i had the Visa interview at 8:30 Slot.After Initial checks and Document verification, i was asked to pay the Fees (Deposit the DD at the Cash Counter). After this i was sent to the place where Visa interviews were being taken.

The attendant asked all L1 applicants to queue up on the 1st counter.At this counter a person wearing a waist coat with a bow and Tie was interviewing the applicants. I was anxiously waiting for my Turn.

Then my Turn came.

Me-Good Morning Sir.(with a smile )
VO- ( Smiled )Good Morning.( pointing at my documents)
ME-gave the documents and waited.
another VO who was taking interviewing student visa on the next counter suddenly came up.
VO- one second pls
ME - sure sir.
VO returned after two minutes. At this time i was very tensed.
VO- sorry for the Delay. ( started checking the Petition and BEP Covering letter )
VO- wait for a second sir.
VO- came back again after a minute and asked " So what kind of work you will be doing for XX client"
Me- Answered that i will be working on a integration project for the client.
VO- Thats it sir, your Passport will be Couriered to you in a week's time. Your interview is done. (returned me the signed copies of the Petition and retained my passport with him )
Me- Bit surprised as there were no other questions and i Just Thanked and walked away.

Oh God!! What a roller coaster. Never thought it would just be this much.

I Sincerely thank The moderators of this website and all other applicants who had taken time in posting their experience. It Proved very vital.

As its been Said,
** make sure you visit the consulate in Full Formals, with Tie and display your company ID.
** Being Confident and answering in simple terms are the keys.

Wishing success to all future applicants!!

Regards
Barath

sorry for delay to post my experience,I got my L1-B visa Approved in Hyderabad consulate and one nice lady took my interview,i want to thank all of users who have added their experience here,It boost my confidence,here is our discussions with VO...

Me:Goodmorning Officer,how are you doing??
VO:she smiled and wished me back...and took my documents
VO:who is your Employer??
Me:xxxx
VO:how many Years of experience With this Employer??
Me:xx year yy months
VO:who is your client???
Me:yyyy
VO:how many years of experience with this client??
Me:xx years yy months
VO:why your going To US??and Tell me your Project???
Me:i told...reasons and Project details..just tell to 1 or 2 sentences...
VO:what is your skills???
Me:i told her...
that's it.....
she typed something...and took the finger print (Index fingers both hands)
she was seriously typing again in her system...i tensed....
lost..she replyed golden words to meee with smile....
you Visa Approved...happy stay in US..

all guys keep cool mind when you will attend interview,and smile in your face,and belive god..he will take care.

All the best guys who will attend the interview.

thanks,
Pradeep

Before interview.
 There will be separate queue for L1B. So make sure you are standing in the correct queue (Security usually take care of this).
 You will get a Pink token . This needs to be shown at the counter.

For interview i will say read till the questions are getting repeated. :)

The VO are very helpful. If you are genuine case then they will help you even if you are nervous. My friend(she got nervous in her first answer) was told by VO that consider me as your BoyFriend. He investigated her docs but it was DONE for her also.

So be confident, stand straight( don't be causal). keep eye contact and its done.

For me the questions were:
 How many years u have been in this company?
 Specialized knowledge of Business meet?
 Which copy right tool? Explain.

Thats it...
  

All the best....

Thanks to every one who shared their experience.
My interview was at 11.15 and i reached consulate around 10.30 but no one was there in the 'Q' so I just showed my appointment letter they allowed me inside much before the interview.

I finished my initial process like finger scanning and document verification after that they send me to the next building to deposit the cheque, since it was BEP again they have sent me back to the first building for interview.

Me: Good morning Sir
Vo: No reply...he was checking documents

Vo: He ask me to put my right thumb for scanning
Me: Finger scanning is done

Vo: Who is your client
Me: Answered xyz

Vo: What is your role
Me: Answered

Vo: For how long your working for the client
Me: Answered

Thats all then came golden words

I had Visa interview in Chennai Consulate at 1100 AM.Interview happened in the first building itself...Interview went like this:

VO:Hello(he told me this before I reached the counter itself,looking into his monitor!)

Me:Hello.Good Morning..

Vo:Whats your total experience?
Me:X years and Y months

VO:How long you have been with the current employer?
Me:gave the answer

VO: who is ur previous employer?
Me:XYZ company

VO:Your L1B was refused when applied thru your previous employer ?
Me:Yes

VO:Who is ur client?
Me:ABC company

VO:What they are doing?
Me:Briefed him about my client's business in one sentence.

VO:How much experience you have with ABC?
Me:P yrs and Q months

VO:What are you doing for ABC?
Me:(I started telling the overall project description,started by telling we do migration of X system to Y system,he stopped me immediately and asked what 'you' are going to do?)I stated my roles in onsite.
I mentioned like will help client to derive business requirements

VO:So requirement gathering cannot go more than 3 months,B1 is right visa for you..
ME:I continued by telling we will suggest tehnical solutions to the client .

VO:what solutions?
ME:Blah blah .

VO:You can stop now!These documents are yours(handed me I129 forms sealed..)We will keep this(putting my foler with Passport into his tray)
You will get your visa in 7 days...

ME:Thanks a lot,have a nice day!
VO:(With a serious face) Hmm....

I got my L1B visa approved. I want to thank all the users who have added their experience here. It boosts my confidence. Here is our discussion

Me: Good Morning
VO: Very Good morning.
VO: How long you are working in your company?
Me: x years and y Months
VO: what's your total years of experience?
Me: z years and a months
VO: whats your prior company?
Me: bcd
VO: whats your experience in previous company?
Me: e years and f months
VO: who is your client?
ME: ghi
VO: what you are going to do?
ME: blah blah ( Be thorough with this question. You will get it for sure. Thats what L1b for)
VO: why you are going from your team?
ME: i have more experience both in applicaiton and also in technical side, compared to other team members
VO: are you going to stay in xyz?
ME: Yes
VO: Please have your index finger on the scanner?
VO: Your visa is approved and you will get the passport in 2 days.

ME: THank You very much and Have a nice day.

Tips
- Once the visa is approved check you have the two copies of I129s forms with the seal and have the pink receipt of HDFC bank.
- Wear formals with Tie. It will boost your confidence. Believe, its true.
- Answer promptly. It shows you are a confident person.
- Look in to VOs eye and answer. They see our body language.
- Smile when you wish them.
- Be before half an hour. In my case, I went late by 10 mins due to traffice. But maintained my temperament.
- Be calm
- Study atleast 5 pages of this forum and be ready with the answers

Visa is yours.
Thanks

Hi All,

I got the below questions from the VO attened

1.What your are going to do in US?
told abt by roles and responsibilities.
2.Why specifically you from your project?
told that i am working for XX years and has gone for the similar testing to particular country.
3.what is you client name?
XXX

Thank God... Then the Golden words... You Visa is Approved.

Thanks a Thousand who posted earlier as this website is very useful and i recommend everyone the same.