Gaurav Patel- (guest)    •   06/10/2008 03:54:58 AM

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Hi all,

This forum helped me in getting L1B visa.

Following questions were asked to me by Mumbai Consulate:

Q: Why you want to go to US?
Q: Where will you be going in US?
Q: Where do you work in India?
Q: What is your total prof. experience?
Q: What is your highest qualification?
Q: Where did you do your masters?
Q: How much will you be paid in US?
Q: How much are being paid in India?
Q: Where do you work in India? (he asked this question again)
Q: What kind of tools have you developed?
Q: How is your client?

After answering all these question, he told me that I am granted the visa.

All answers I gave were 1 sentence, not more than 5 to 6 words.
My interview was at mumbai consulate at window 4, on 10th june at 9:00 am.

All required is faith in God and nothing else.

ramakrishna- (guest from bangalore, karnataka, india)    •   06/10/2008 02:51:57 AM

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i got my self prepared for interview.
here is my experience.

my interview is scheduled at 10:30 am on june 3rd in chennai.

i went at 9:45 to consulate.
security people have checked passport and interview letter.
once after security check-in i went to counter 10. i have produced all documents he took couple of min to check documents and he had written one number on DS156 form asked me to pay check in counter 12 of next building.
i have paid check and waiting in queue for my turn.

tension mements has touched me, i went to window and wished him,

these are the q? asked by him.

Q:Current company experience?
ANS: XX years of exp in XXX Comp
Q:What are the specializations do u have?
ANS: Explained in 2 sentenses.
Q:Who is Ur Client?
ANS: XXX
Q:what ur client company does?
ANS: XXX
Q: Your total development experience?
ANS: XX Years

golden words came out? my VISA got approved.

my suggesitions to people who r applying for L1 B through company:

Ensure that u have minimum of 2 years as total experience, bec now a days there are so many rejections in chennai office people who have just 1+ of experieance so guys please be carefull.
U have to be in the same project more than a year.
Wont mention that i am going to support client.

Rudra- (guest from Bangalore, Karnataka, )    •   06/09/2008 03:19:02 AM

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Hi friends,

I request all of you to please mention your qualification and time spent in the current project sothat it would be easy for all of us to identify the reason for approval/denial.

Hope you cooperate.

Chris- (guest from Chennai, Tamilnadu, India)    •   06/06/2008 03:03:41 AM

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Dear Friends

First i would like to thank this site and all the friends who added their experience
My visa interview was on june 4 2008 and my visa got approved.Questions asked 1)your work experience with the company 2) purpose of the trip 3)details about the tool implementing in US?

Be confident,clear,crisp on what you say and visa is yours.

All the best
Chris

Arun- (guest from Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India)    •   06/05/2008 02:20:33 AM

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I went for blanket L1 interview and visa got rejected. Rejection was only due to ignorance and I would like to share my experience.

For L1 you cannot say you will be doing support, the word support is having a different meaning other than we software folks use, it means you can cancel my visa :-). Though all the products you do for your customer are being used by the customer for his customer dont mention a third party or customer during the interview. I could see my application being torn into pieces right infront of me. I have specialized knowledge but didnt find time to educate myself before going for the interview.

All the best folks !!

raja- (guest from chennai, tamilnadu, india)    •   06/04/2008 05:15:06 AM

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Firstly Thanks to this site....
I got myself prepared for the Interview..
Here is my experience

My interivew is scheduled at 11.00AM on 29th May. I went at 10AM. The security officere told me to come after 10.45.
So i waited near by area for about 45 minutes and then went back again at 10.45 and stood in the long queue (ofcourse its hot sun)
At 11.10AM i gave the documents to the entry security and then they allowed me in.
After that there was security check for any mobile, sealed covers, electronic goods.
After that i wentin. The counter guy verified the BEP documents and told me to go to counter 12 for visa interivew.
There was just 10 members standing in the queue. I saw all members were granted visa's.
I was seating in a chair (enough seats was also available) for 30-40minutes.
My turn came.
went near the counter.
Viss officer: How are you sir
I: Fine thanks and how are you madam
Visa Officer: fine thanks
Visa Officer: How long your are in this company
I: Since from xx month yy year
Visa Officer: What is the purpose of visit
I: Described about my visit (in just 3 sentence)
Visa Officer: Is this in-housing project
I: Described abt my project (again in 3-4 sentence)
Visa Officer: Looks like some docuemnt missing
I: (got little tensed) Showed all the documents that i had
Visa Officer: (Golden words came) Sir, Your visa is issued. You will receive your passport in 7days
I: Thank you mam

Hope this helps for others...

Here is the list of questions that i prepared for the Interview that helped me a lot

How long been in this company
How long in this project
Who is your client
What is that you are going to do in US
What is the team size
Why are you proposed when others are still in your project
Explain about your project
Is it a development project
What is your specilazation
Explain the tools that you are using
Are you going to develope the tool
What do you work in the tool
What is your qualification
Which domain
Whom you are reporting
Whom you will be reporting
Where you will be staying
Why cant the same job done from India
When are you leaving to US
What is the salary in India
What is the salary in US
What are the Projects that your company does

Girish- (guest from Bangalore, Karnataka, India)    •   06/02/2008 01:54:10 AM

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Hi All,
I had my interview on 30th of May at 11:30 AM. As soon I entered the roon around 11:30, after the document checking and scanning all your 10 fingers, we had people waiting for interview to happen from earlier slots. I got my turn aroung at 3 PM in the afternoon. The visa officer just asked me only one question
Q-What type of VISA you have applied for.
and later he said your visa is approved and would get your passport in 2 or 3 days.

Ramesh- (guest from Hyd, AP, IN)    •   05/29/2008 03:04:08 AM

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First of all i want to thank this site and other member who are sharing their experiences. This site is great.

I would begin telling the whole thing, so that some of the minor things may also prove helpful.

My interview was scheduled at 10.15 AM, i went to the consulate at 9.30. There were some security police people and some VFS guys outside the building and near the gate. VFS guys ask me to come back at 10.00 AM just 15 min before the interview. As outside temparatures are hot i went to the adjacent bus stand ibn front of the oxford university press and stood for 30 minuts. After that i went and stood again in the queue.

Intially, outside of the building a security personal will check your appointment letter and passport. After that i went inside the building.

Again there will be a security check for checking whether you are carrying any electronic items, mobiles etc. After that you would be send inside another room.

There were many counter and one guy came to ask me the kind of visa, and asked me to stand in one of the counters.

In the queue my turn came and i greeting the officer saying very good morning sir. He too said good morning sir. He took my BEP folder that i was carrying and checked all the documents. Don't forget to carry 3 original copies of i129 and 1797 forms and original petition. He checked everything and asked me give 10 fingers finger prints. After that he stapiled some of the documents and returned me the documents and said me go to the other next building.

I went inside the next building, to my surpise there was big queue. There was a guy standing asked me to pay 22,000 Rs DD in counter number 12. I paid the same. Next i stood in the long queue. In the queue all H1,F1,L1 etc all were standing.

There were around 8 counters and all foreign guys were interviewing. I stood for around 1 hour in the queue. Suddenly one guy came and asked all L1 candidates to go to counter 7, to my surprise now i was standing 2nd. My tension started now.

My turn came.

Me: Hi sir, very good morning.
Vo: Good morning sir.
Vo: Took my folder and started checking in the
    computer.
Vo: How long you are working in this company.
Me: 3 years
Vo: What are your specialized skills.
Me: I said on what projects i'm working. i just
    said the whole thing in 3 sentenses.
Vo: Asked me give my right hand middle finger
    print.

By this time he started stamping and signing the documents and said the golden words, "your visa is issued sir", and gave back stamped i129 documents. To this i was very happy and greeted him back saying have a nice day sir.

Thats it.

Kannan- (guest from Delhi, Delhi, India)    •   05/28/2008 05:46:21 AM

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Hi,

Thanks for providing the US Immigration interview experience details. Immihelp is really helped me to prepare for my interview. I am a Mechanical Engineering graduate and applied for L1 B Blanket and to my spouse and Kid for L2.

Initially I had a fear that I may not get L1B for a Mechanical Engineering graduate through Blanket petition. But since I had 8 years of IT experience my company applied for L1B Blanket for faster petition processing.

Since I had went with my 6 months kid I got the priviledge to complete the entire interview process just in 45 minutes.

Me:Good Morning
VO:Good morning. Have you visted US before?
Me:No
VO:Do you have anyother US visa?
Me:Yes, I have B1 visa.
VO:Have you visted anyother country?
Me:Yes, UK twice
VO:What specialized skill you have?
Me: I explained about system analyst role and about my company propritory methodologies used for project execution.
VO:Who is the client?
Me:XXX
VO:Your visa approved. You will receive the Visa by courier in 2 days.
Me:Thank you very much.

Thanks for everyone posted their experience.

Cheers
Kannan

newbie- (guest from Chennai )    •   05/27/2008 14:21:22 PM

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Hi, Thanks to immihelp. I got a lot of information on this site. I had been to the L1A blanket stamping to Chennai. After the initial screening, went to the visa counter.

Me:Good morning
VO:Very good morning. How are you ?
Me:I am fine, how about you ?
VO:Not bad

VO:So this is for L1 Blanket
Me: Yes
VO:How many years have you been working for xyz
Me: xxx
VO:How many ppl in your team
Me: xxx
VO:Everybody in US ?
Me: Yes
VO:How much percentage is project mgmt vs other technical stuff
Me:80:20
VO:Is this for Project mgmt or People mgmt
Me:Ppl mgmt
Thats all. Visa officer approved the visa.

Thanks to everybody for posting your experiences which helped me to prepare for my interview.

Thanks,