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Got B1 in Delhi in 1st Attempt.
Thanks a lot to Immihelp and all the users who shared their experienced.

My interview was on 02/25 at 11:00 AM.

It was a great exp. VO asked me only 4 questions.

1- What is the purpose of travel
2- where will you go
3- what is the duration of visit
4- briefly describe your project and client.

and then golden words came out....

your VISA has been approved.... i didn't give any chance to say anything to him...

I said thanks and run away immediately....

Also i went through some EXP here and created a word file.. so i am sharing all question here in my post.

Keep this things in mind-

1- Don’t loose eye contact. Make eye contact.
2- Don’t speak a loud as there are sensors and they can hear normal voice very clearly.
3- Keep Confidence on face.

Visa Questions
Q-1 When reached to there ---

1- Good Morning .
2- Very good morning to you
3-
4- VO- good morning , how are you doing
Me – I am doing good , how about you?

Q-2 How long have you been this company
Answer- I have been working since 1 years and 1 months

Q-3 what is your previous Experience
Answer- 6 months with associate and 8months with ** 1 year with InfoTech.

Duration of visit-
16th march to 29th march.

Q-4Which Company Are you working –
Answer- Development Center
Q 4A how many people working there
Answer- World wide strength is 102.

Q-5 Where is your Company Head quarter

Q-6 Will you be doing any productive work in US/Client Place
Answer- No, not at all.
Q-7 What is the purpose
Answer- Business meetings and technical discussion .

If ask for further clarification-
Q what business meetings?
To discuss the requirement of upcoming new project.

Q 7a- Why you ??? --
   Because I am expert in application and I have end to end knowledge of the system.
or
I am the only expert and having end to end knowledge in application. So its part of my duties to attend business meetings and discuss the requirements.

Q-8 what you are and since how long you are associated with this company.
Answer- I am Expert and working since 1years and 1 months

Q-9 What is your annual income?
Answer- ****

Q-10- what your US contact will do can’t he grab the requirement and send you
Answer – He does not have technical skills. He is only meeting coordinator.

Q-11 Who do all these requirement gathering till now???
In past One of my colleague visited USA to gather the requirment. But now he has moved to a different division .
Q-12 Are you married-
Answer- No

Q-13 what kind of project it is.
Answer- This project is to **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** *

Q-14 Describe your project

Q-14 What is your take home salary
Answer- ***

Q-15 Where is the tax component in Pay Slip
Answer- TDS is the tax component in pay slip.

Q-16 Do you bring any salary documents
Answer- YES.

Q-17 Can I have you salary documents
Answer- Yes

Q-18 How long you are gonna stay there
Answer- 2 weeks

Q-19 do you think that you will be able to capture requirement in 2 weeks.
Answer- Yes, we’ll do business meetings and capture all the requirements.

Q-20 Do you have any travel agends-
Answer- Showed BEP.

5 days-Data analysis
individual and group discussion-1 days
Requirment finalization – 4 days .

Q-21 Have you ever tried earlier in US visa
Answer- No

Q-22 Where are you going
Answer –New Jersy.

Q-23 have you before travelled any other country.
Answer-no.
Q-24 Who will take care of your funds
Answer- My Employer.

Q-25 Stay Address
Answer-
Reddision hotel New jersey

Q-26 Have you travelled outside country
Answer- No

Q-27 What all countries you have visited before and for what reasons
Answer- I didn’t get chance to visit outside india.

Q-28 What is the replationship between your company and client
Answer- My company is providing **** to client.

Q-29 Will you be doing any productive work there?
Answer- No

Q-30 How Long? ( it means he/she asking for stay time)
Answer- 2 weeks

Q-31 Where?
Answer- New Jersey

Q-32 So you are going to get requirement and develop in your company when you come back
Answer- Yes

Q-33 who did this requirement gathering work till now?
Answer- **** *

Q-34- Why you switched job so frequently .

Answer- The technology on which I was working is now saturated so I switched my job to learn new job to learn new technology .

Q-35 Are you a developer-

Answer- NO

Q-36 Roles and responsilities-

Role- expert

Responsibilities –
Requirement gathering
Application design creation.
Code review.

Q-37 Can’t you capture the requirement from web confrensing.
Answer- There is a client sensitive data that needs to be analyze for this project. New project will run on top of that data. data can’t be showed on conference because of US citizen security concern. So that’s why its required to travel over there.

Q-38 Tell me about your client application
Answer- solution application.

Q-39 So what brings you here today
Answer- Business meetings in new jersey.

Q-40 What are the new projct requirement.
Answer- We work in the domain . There is requirement to support **** .

Q-41 did you book hotel???
Answer- not yet. After visa will book the hotel.

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B1 Visa
Thanks a lot to Immihelp !!!

I had OFC on 20/2/2014 - I joined in queue but they didn't let me in. !!!. Place of birth was wrong in my DS160 and they asked me to correct it and come back in 1 hour. Guys, its easy, There are so many auto wala to catch you with eagle eyes. go to a nearest internet cafe and correct your DS160 particulars and take a print. I have completed my correction process in 15 minutes and came back to OFC building and they allowed me in.

Consulate interview on 21/02/2014. VO is a serious man in his 50's.

VO: Pass your Passport.

ME: Good Morning sir..

VO: Why you want to go to US?

ME: Business meetings and requirement gathering.

VO: Duration of visit ?(I didnt hear and asked to repeat question)

ME: 4 Weeks.

VO: Why do you need 4 Weeks for meetings?

ME: Explained my weekly schedule.

VO: silent for 10 seconds...

VO: I am approving your visa. Have a nice trip !!!

He didn't ask any other documents, interview lasted only less than 2 minutes.
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B1 visa experience
ME: Good morning officer

VO: (not sure if he greeted back) Passport please. Why do you want to go to USA?

ME: business meeting on ... & there will be technical discussion on ...

VO: which company do u work for?

ME: answered

VO: how long you have been working with this company?

ME: 2 years & 1 month

VO: how long will you stay in USA?

ME: (did not get that clearly) Sorry?

VO: (again) how long will you stay in USA?

ME: (I thought he asked me 'how long you stayed in USA before?'. He was not loud & not talking over microphone so couldn't hear him clearly) I have never been to USA before

VO: no, How long WILL you be? FUTURE

ME: oh! 3 weeks

VO: Your visa is approved

ME: thank you very much.

I was wearing formal & was prepared for general questions which were posted on this forum.
Advice: Just give a big smile to VO officer when you walk towords the window & greet him well. Be confident.
Rest depends on your luck. One very important thing is the reason you are going for matters a lot.
For b1 they have some basic criteria to judge a person. For e.g. you sohuld have a good reason to go, how long you are working with current company, annual income, family attachment etc.

All the best...
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Got B1 visa approved
Hi, this was my first ever visa . I got it from Delhi embassy.
I went from chandigarh.

Interview lasted only 1 minute.

VO: Which company you work for ?
me : xyz ltd

VO: What your company does ?
me : blah blah and blah

VO: How long will you stay ?
me : 2 weeks

VO : what is your designation ?
me : YYYY X

VO : Good Luck (and kept my passport)

I wore Tie +formal shirt + company id card. Looked smart+confident.
I am really happy and overjoyed. Thankyou immihelp for guidance.
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First B1 VISA Interview Successful
Hi All,

This was my first VISA interview, chennai and got that approved (phew)

VO: Where are you going in US?
ME: Company name and address.

VO: How long is yur stay?
ME:XX days.

VO: Which company am from?
ME: Told

VO: How much is team strength?
ME: Told

VO: Purpose of Visit?
ME: Told.

VO: Whats your annual salary?
ME: Told.

VO: Your visa is approved. Have a nice day.
ME: Thanks :)

My tips - dont bluff anything and be confident in your statements.
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Second B1 Visa Interview Successful
Hi All,

It was my second visa attempt earlier this month. My previous attempt was in last December when I had been rejected under category 214 b

Thanks to all the valuable experiences shared on this portal I was successful in getting a visa this time

ME: Good Morning
VO: Good Morning. Passport Please

VO: Which company do you work for?
ME: ZZZ

VO: Can I see your BEP Letter
ME: Yes sure

Typed something on his computer screen. Probably going through my previous record

VO: Is this your second attempt in this visa category
ME: Yes sir

The moment he asked this question I got a little serious

VO: In my record I see in your previous attempt you were asked to apply under a different visa category. Why are you again applying under the same category
ME: Sir the last time I applied I was transitioning to a new team, but that transition could not work out so I am back working with my old team

After giving the answer I somehow felt that the VO was not satisfied with my answer, but could not gauge much as the VO did not give any expressions

VO: What is your designation?
ME: ZZZ

Asked for fingerprints of my left hand

VO: Duration of Stay
ME: 2 weeks

Till this point I was tense

After 10-15 seconds pause

VO: Your visa is approved. Thank You and have a good day
ME: ( Still in disbelief) Is it done ?

VO: Yes you can collect back your passport in 3-4 working days
ME: Thank You :)
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My B1 visa
I work for a investment company, HYD. I had my visa interview today. They said my refusal reason for B1 visa is that my company and the show ( International traders expo, New York) do not match where as this show is organized by www.moneyshow.com Can anyone guide me the reason for the rejection.

Strategic Investment Manager
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B1 VISA- Approved Chennai
Hi All,

I had my B1 VISA interview today(2/4/14) at the Chennai consulate @8:00am. This is my first interview.

I got my VISA Approved.

During the session I faced some unexpected question about my project let me share my experience…

Me: Hi, Good Morning
VO: Hi, Very good Morning, Passport please

VO: Why are you going to US?
ME: Our new Project requirement study and need to attend some technical meetings with client

VO: what is your project?
ME: Told

VO: who’s is your client?
ME: Told

VO: what is this project about?
ME: Told

VO: How many weeks you are going for?
ME: 3 weeks

VO: what is the Delivery date for this project from your company? (This I didn’t expected)
ME: (got tensed and decided to tell for 2 years) 2016

VO: (again asked )how long
ME: Planned for 2 years and this will be delivered in 2016 by March

VO: Thank you sir.. your VISA is Approved have a great day.
ME: Thank you so much and have a great day.

He didn’t ask for any documents.. suggesting to go with the full information about your client and project.

Hop this will Help..

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B1 visa got rejected _hyd
I had my B1 Visa interview at the Hyderabad consulate on 30th Jan 2014 @8.30am. This is first time went my B1 visa interview.
(Earlier I had L1B rejection in 2007 and i also had Canada wp visa stamping in 2008)

Could you please anybody tell what is wrong in my answers as VO did not approve my visa.

When I went to window I saw the VO and wished him

Me: Good Morning..
VO: Give me your passport.

{I gave my passport in which I had my BEP letter. so I gave him both. He took the passport and he looked in to his system for few seconds}

VO: How long are you working for YYYY ?
Me: I have been working for the last 3 years and 9 months.

VO: Why are you going to Us ?
Me: I am going to attend technical training and discussions on YYYY software verification.

VO: Are you a Developer ?
Me: No, I am a Verification Engineer

{ In my BEP Letter my designation was given as Technical Lead. I told this answer because VO asked whether am I developer..}

VO: What is your annual salary ?
Me: YYYY Lacks per annm

VO: Why can't they come over here ?
Me: Since my training plan includes lab trainings which is not possible setup here. Thats why i am going.

VO: Are you married ?
Me: yes

Then he asked me keep right hand on the bio metric machine and took finger prints..then after few seconds he told

Sorry sir I cant approve your visa. This will explain you why (by giving slip 214(b)).

Can you anyone please tell me what went wrong in this interview.
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rejected b1 visa
Hello
Today on 31st jan 2014 i have my B1/B2 visa interview.I was rejected but i am not able to understand what is the problem?
I was dressed formally with all necessary documents.

The lady counsel just asked me two questions:-
1) purpose of Visit?
I have answered her same it is mentioned in my documents.

2)have you ever been to America previously?
NO

Just these two questions and she rejected my visa giving me a paper mentioning section 214(b) .

Can anybody tell me what is the problem? Also when can i apply again as i have urgent meeting with client there and i don't want to be
rejected again ?

Please rply fast

Thanks
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