Raj- (guest from Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA)    •   11/17/2009 05:03:58 AM

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Hi all,

Lots of thanks to all of them who had posted ur experinces on this site so far. Ur experiences fetched me a lot.

I had my PA on Nov 16th @ the Chennai consulate at 9.45AM. We reached the consulate by around 9.05AM where we joined a BIG queue. Entered the Embassy after the security check by around 9.35AM. Got our documents verified with the Finger prints and proceeded to the adjacent building for the interview.

Our VO was a stout fair lady @ Counter No.3 The questions were as follows:

Greeted the VO with a smile and she too wished us in return.

VO: Since how long have you been married?
Me: Answered

VO: How did u get to know each other?
Me: Answered

VO: How many people attended your wedding?
Me: Gave some number.

VO: Show me ur wedding photographs.
Me: Handed over the small album which had 10 wedding ceremonial fotos and 10 reception fotos. The VO looked at a couple of the snaps with a broad smile.

VO: Who are your clients?
Me: Answered.

VO: What do u do for ur clients?
Me: Answered in a couple of lines.

The VO then asked me to place my thumb for the Finger prints and then asked my Spouse's left Index finger to be placed for impression.

She was keying in few things on her system. May be there was some problem with the system and things were not getting updated. The VO walked away from the counter for nearly 3-4 mins to get the things right. Tension was rising like anything. She came back and signed on our forms and gave back two copies with a golden message syaing "Please give a copy of this to your company and another at the US port of entry. Your Visa is issued. The passport will be couriered within a week's time."!!!

By 10.45 we were out of the consulate.

Regards,
Raj

Balavignesh- (guest from Chennai, TamilNadu, India)    •   11/16/2009 14:30:14 PM

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Hello,

Im awaiting my PA date.. But Im scared that many of my friends have been rejects just for the reason that they are less than 3 yrs of exp..!

Could this be a reason for the rejection..?! I wonder when I could see people getting selected with less than 2 years..! :(

Please reply..

Murali- (guest from Bangalore )    •   11/09/2009 13:41:19 PM

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Hello Guys,
       First of all thanks to this wonderful sight and the people who posted their Experience.

Today(09/11) i had an appointment at 10.30 AM and we reached the Chennai Consulate by 9.45 AM. we are asked to wait in the queue.They started calling people 10AM,10.15 and Finally they called 10.30 people.Today morning it raining heavily,luckily because of the this forum,i happend to take an umbrella.

We had a secuity check,then the fingerprints were taken and finally moved to the second building counter 12,to pay the DD worth 500$.(Mine is L1 Blanket).

My Interview is like this.

VO: How are u doing?
Me:Fine.Thank u.How are you doing?

VO: Mam Can you put ur left hand middle finger on the scanner(This is to my wife(L2),then he asked me to do the same

VO: How Long you are working with the current company:
Me : X years and Y Months.I'm into this company straight after college.

  By this time V0 is writing ,marking and typing something.I was tensed.

VO:What is your salary here in INDIA
ME: X LAKHS Y THOUSAND

VO: How much experience do u have in the current project.
ME: This is a new project,but i have experience working with similar clients on the same domain,technology and proprietory tools.

V0: What are those tools.
ME: 5 tools i specified (VO raised his eyebrows).

VO: Who are those similar clients.
ME: GAVE MY PREVIOUS CLIENTS NAME.

VO: MAM can u show ur marriage certificate(to my wife)
MY Wife: showed the marriage certificate.He cross verified the names on the passport and Marriage certificate.

 V0 then started writng something,typing i was not sure wt he was doing,i thought he is going to give me 221(g) or something.I'm really tensed.My Heartbeat increased.Then he gave some of my docs back and the goldenwords have come "Ur VISA IS APPROVED". U will receive ur visa in a weeks time.

BY 12.30 PM we are out of the consulate.

Sujith Kumar- (guest from Bangalore, Karnataka, India)    •   11/09/2009 07:13:15 AM

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Hi,

I had the interview on the 6th of this month. Before going ahead with the details of the interview, I would wholeheartedly thank everyone in this forum for sharing their information, which was very helpful to me.

Now going ahead with my experience. I was first directed to a counter where they checked the forms and took a photo of mine (this photo was taken from my passport). Since I had applied for a L1 Blanket visa, i was directed to counter no. 12 of the next building where i was issued a receipt of my DD. I was then asked to join the queue where the interview was taken.

I could see some officers where asking questions and rejecting people and this set my pulse rate high as a collegue of mine alos got rejected.

Then was my chance.

I was just asked the following questions:

1) How long have u been with my present company?
2) How long have u been with the project?
3) What are your proposed duties there?

Then came the golden words "You will get ur visa in a week".

Regards,
Sujith

T T- (guest from Chd, Chd, India)    •   11/06/2009 17:44:48 PM

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Hi,

i shall be appearing for interview soon; however my name in b.e. degree certis and marksheets has surname first where as it is correct in passport; also pasport is in synch with petition
pl advice if this shall be an issue / basis for rejection and also what can be done now to avoid it;
can passport endorsement be done?

tt

Vinay- (guest)    •   11/06/2009 10:27:04 AM

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Hi,

Thanks you very much to all of you for sharing your experience. This forum is very useful.
I had PA with US consulate at Chennai on 5th nov at 8:30. I was a bit nervous on the day before, however i was confident and cool on that day.

It was very crowded on that day and i had to wait for about 2 hrs.
The VO was a young, friendly guy. At around 10:30, i was standing in front of him. Interview was simple and straight forward.

Me: Good morning. How do u do?
VO: Good morning, i am fine...how do u do?

Me: I am fine except i feel very hungry as i did not had break fast. (Never take take chance of beig so open to the VO, unless u are very sure)
VO: oops...we are sorry for that...i'll make it pretty fast

Vo: who is u client
Me: answered

Vo: Tell me about ur project
Me: answered

Vo: What exactly are u going to do there
Me: answered

Vo: How long have been working in this project
Me: answered

VO: Which tools do u use in ur application
Me: answered

Suggestions:
Prepare ur best and put the ball in luck's court. Be confident and dont let nervousness come on your face. it may give them the impression that you may be lying. Dont give them the impression that u may be a potential immigrent. They hate such people most.

Srikanth- (guest from Mumbai, Maharastra, India)    •   11/06/2009 00:01:55 AM

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Guys,

Firstly, I would like to thank everyone for sharing their interview experiences which has given me a lot of confidence and time to prepare for possible questions. So there was absolutely no reason for me to worry about the interview.

Below were the questions asked to me by the Visa Officer:

Greeted the VO with a big wide smile on the face who reciprocated the same :D

1. What do you do for XXX?
Informed about my Job role.

2. How long have you been with XXX company?
1 year 3 months

3. How long with the client?
1 year 3 months

That's it! Then came the golden words, Your Visa is issued. Welcome to US!

Some points to remember during your interview:
1. As everyone has mentioned, Wear business formals when you go for the interview.
2. Please be attentive inside the consulate since they announce the token number only thrice after which you will not get a chance
3. Avoid discussing about the questions asked to your colleagues inside the consulate
4. Don't get tensed by seeing other candidates rejections. It's either because their documents are not up to the mark, or they have made up some false information in the petition about which they are not able to provide justification to the VO etc Believe it or not, I saw 3 back to back L1 B Blanket rejections by the VO and I was interviewed by the same VO immediately after these rejections.
5. Be thorough with the contents of your petition
6. Wear your company badge/ id card at the time of the interview.
7. Provide to the point answers to the questions. Do not try to elaborate on something unnecessarily unless requested by VO. This will lead to cross-questioning by the VO.
8. Always wear a smile on your face at all times, doesn't matter even if you are trying to make up for the smile :D
9. Try to keep all the documents ready and easily accessible

The above points have been gathered based on my discussion with other candidates experience who had come for the blanket.

All the best to everyone!

Vikram- (guest from Chennai, TN, INDIA)    •   11/02/2009 07:18:30 AM

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Hi,

Thanks to this forum. It's increased my confidence level to face the interview. I had my interview on Oct 30th at Chennai consultae. Interview was scheduled at 8:45AM and I have reached there by 8:0OAM and before 8:45my interview got over.

The following questions were asked.
1. Who is your Client?
2. How long you are working with the Client ‘XXXX’?
3. What will you do for ‘XXXX’?
4. How long you are working with this project?

The following things were observed during the interview:
1. Dressing is much important factor, they just decided by the way you impressing them. Formals with Tie will be good.
2. Face the VO with full confidence. Keep Eye-Eye contact, while answering.
3. Dont show your tension at any point of time, keep similing.
4. Wish them, when you go to the counter.

Thats all, Pray the God.. Visa is yours..

All the best!!!!

Rajendra- (guest from Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA)    •   10/30/2009 23:29:48 PM

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Hi,
I am very thankful to this forum and all friends who are shared their experiences in this forum. Thanks to my friends and my colleagues(Special thaks) who giving the boost to attend the interview.
29th Morning my interview schedule is on 7:45, i reached there by 7:15, i didn't gone through instructions. i have kept all my docs in my bag and i reached there with big umberella because it is raining in chennai, they are not allowing the bag and big umberellas, they are allowing small umberellas. my interview is very simple.

VO&ME: Good Morning
ME: How ru doing?
VO: Good, how abt u?
ME: Very good
1. How much exp. in current project?

2. Who is client?

3.What role ur going to perform in US?

Only two people are taking L1 interviews, VO can able to observe the people who and all are standing in queue. I suggesting that don't feel tense after we are standing in queue, but i feel very tense through all the interview.
Finnay Golden words are came from the VO.
once again i am very much thankful to all the people who shared their experiences

Suresh- (guest from chennai, Tamilnadu, India)    •   10/26/2009 03:13:33 AM

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My Visa interview date is on 22nd october.
First of all thanks to this forum, for helping me to prepare and boost confidence in me.
I have attended with my spouse, my shedule time is 9:45 AM.

There were 3 counters allocated for L1's and other counters were allocated for other visa's.

one of the counter has Fat black dressed white lady,asking questions left and right. and regecting Visa ,if hasn't satisfied with our answers.
2nd counter has one gentle man, he is asking few questions,but not tough.
3rd counter has gentle man ,and he is not asking more queries, and simply issuing VISA.

Luckly, i went 3rd counter,he asked 2 simple questions and issued VISA.
 those 2 are
       1. when you married?
       2. what you are doing for your client XXXX?

 My suggestion is, be confident and prepare answers for frequently asking questions and reharse it at least once.

Thanks,