Visitor Visa - B2

Today I went for B2 visa interview at Chennai consulate and got approval.My background I am newly married working woman going to visit my husband for our first wedding anniversary. It was self sponser trip. My interview went like this:

Me: Good Afternoon
VO: Good Afternoon
How r u doing?
Me: doing good Thanks
VO: Why u want to go to US?
Me: For tourism and to celebrate new year & wedding anniversary with my husband
VO: When is the wedding anni?
Me: YYYY YYYY X
VO: R u working?
Me: yes
VO: Which company & how long?
Me: YYYY YYYY YYYY ZZZ
VO: salary?
Me: YYYY YYYY X
VO: Who is sponsoring for ur trip?
Me: Spouse
VO: Where does he works?
Me: YYYY YYYY YYYY X
VO: his Salary?
Me: YYYY YYYY YYYY XX
VO: Can I see his visa, marriage certificate & ur leave sanction letter?
Me: certainly....... Showed the dox,
VO: For wat purpose he is there?
Me: YYYY YYYY X
VO:Wat will u do when he will at his work?
Me: will drive down the whole city, will try different American cuisine, casinos, Arobics, Shopping and anniversary preparation.
VO: smiled & asked which city I want to go & where I will be staying?
Me: Philadelphia & will stay with my husband
VO: Where do u stay in India?
Me: Bangalore
VO: Who all stay with u ?
Me: me my husband & in laws.
VO: What ur in laws do?
Me: They r too old.
VO: r they retired?
Me: yes
VO: What were they doing before retirement?
Me: YYYY YYYY ZZZ

VO : smiled and said your visa got approved. You will receive ur passport within a week.Wishing you a very happy anniversary.
Me: Thanks.

I think Documents should be perfect and one should be confident and bold enough to reply.

All the best to applicants.

I would like to thanks Immihelp and users to post their experience after the visa, it helps a lot for new people like us.
  we had our interview schedulded at mumbai consulate at 0930 A.M. on 8th dec. 2010 we went inside at 1030AM & came out at 1100hrs.
 we got passport today with visitor visa stamped for 10 years multiple entrys.
our interview were as follow
1 how long you are married?
2 why you want to go?
3 where you want to go?
4 what is your earning in a year?
5 how long you will stay ?
6 what is your son doing there ?

 then she asked my wife
1 your how many childerns are in india ?
2 is she married ?
3 is she stays with you ?
4 what is your annual income?
  then she says i am giving you visa have a nice day
 we told her you to & thanks

Hi Friends,

I’m working with US MNC in India from last 5 years and travelled US 6 times for short visit (1-2 weeks) on B1. Now I’m planning to take my wife (housewife) and 5 months son. I need to apply their B2 VISA. Could anyone tell me about the procedure for applying VISA for infant? Can they get 10 years multiple entries VISA? Any pointers/suggestion will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Raj

I was surprised.this is my experience.

vo:why do u want to travel?
me:visiting my friend and tourism purpose
vo:what do u do?
me:Account officer in .....oil services coy
vo:how much do u earn?
me:i told (good salary)
vo:have you ever travel before?
me:no,not yet
he then checked a paper pasted by the wall on his right hand side as if he was checking for my range or level of my salary,asked for the document i brought,i showed him my employment letter,my Id card ,he just said sorry i cant give you Visa at this time.form 214 was given to me.

I belive that God is a God of second chance.i'll surely go back.

My visa got reject under section 214(b)
I was well prepared but the vo didnt ask for any documents

I greet the vo confidently and I say good morning he answer good morning and ask me how was i doing and I reply I'm doin great. Anyway he ask me
HAve u every travel before and I answer him yes to such and such places
HE ask whats the name of my work place
I answer him
HE ask me what the purpose of my visit I told him vacation and to visit my aunt
he ask me again about my workplace and I reply den he type on his computer and so fort then he ask if I ave any children and I told him no for about 2 mins he ask me who do I live with I told him my aunt and after that he say Im sorry such and such your visa wasnt approve try again
I really feel away at 1st then I said to my self this is not the end of the world I will try again but at first I taught I got tru but maybe if I did say I live with my mom i woud get it

well its a gud experience i will be trying again

Hi Everybody,

My Mom and Dad got their visa recently. All the forum messages and the immihelp hints were really helpful. Thank you all.

They were asked only few questions.

My Mom is working and dad is retired person.

1. Show the interview letter, HDFC visa fee receipts and passport
2. What do you do in India?
3. How much do you earn?
4. What is your daughter doing in US?
5. What do you have in India (Properties)

Thats all. Didn't ask any documents to verify.

Good luck to all of you..

This website was very helpful in preparing the documents and preparing my mother for the interview for visitor VISA.The interview was on 6th December at Hyderabad in telugu language. My mother is a single parent so I had concerns about her getting VISA but she got the VISA!

Questions asked:
Why do you want to go to USA?
Who do you have in India?
When did your husband pass away?

And then she said "Your visa has been issued."

I had her practice for the interviews agan and again until she was completely comfortable.

The process of going into the consulate and the security check itself can be very intimidating for single parents who are going alone. Make sure you tell your parents about what happens inside the consulate. Some times the interview is over so quickly that parents often sont realize it. My mom thought that there was going to be an interview where she will sit down and talk to the officer :-)
Sounds silly but you dont know until you experience I guess.

Make sure to prepare well and for all questions on immihelp.The officer wont ask all questions but preparing will help to gain the confidence needed for the interview.

That's just my opinion. Hope this helps you and I sincerely wish you the best of luck!

Hi,
  my mother-in-law applies for tourist visa but the visa got rejected on 214-b.
questions asked:
what's ur name?
how many kids?
where do u want to travell?
why do u want to visit?
who are there in us?
     she replied all the question we fixed interview in tamil.but she was bit afraid while answering,since she doesn't know english.she couldn't get the language the authorities spoke even though they asked in tamil she was not able to understand clearly.so her visa got rejected.
question: we plan to reapply for the interview..will they ask this question with my mom-in-law"why ur visa got rejected last time?"what answer should be given to the authority.please suggest us ..which will be helpful for her to answer easily.

I am 18 and i am doing MDCA in INdia,but i wanted to visit my aunt in US ,she gave all the sponsor documents,the VO anyway rejected my Visa inspite of my Uncle working as the had of their department in US which he never got to know. i am applying again,can i have some tips on how to do it,should i tell him about my uncle's position.Any help will be appreciated

My mother had her interview in Chennai consulate on 30-Nov. She is employed in Kuwait and she was on her leave in India and i thought to do her stamping from India. I think this was a mistake. The VO asked her usual questions like reason for visit, whereabouts about kids and all. In our application we have put the intended date of travel as March 2011. The VO asked her, "You are employed in Kuwait, and then how can you go to US from India". I really did not understand the point of this question and my mother replied She has her leave sanctioned to go . He did not ask her for nay documents and since he did not ask her any docs she did not show the leave approval letter that she got from her employer. After this question the VO told her Sorry Mam, can’t give you the visa now. I really don’t know what went wrong.
Was it a mistake to do her interview in India? Should i have tried in Kuwait? is there anything like that once its rejected you will never get a visitor visa? Do we have to show the supporting docs even if the VO did not ask for any docs? Please advice. Any advice or experience will be really appreciated.

Thanks,
PV