L1, L2 Visa

Hi All,

Today 30th Nov, i had interview at around 9:45AM.

Below are questions asked..

1. Who is your client
2. What you will do for your clinet


VO approved and said will receive passport in weeks time.

How should I form the apt answer to the specialized skillset question.
If i dont have any proprietory tool, and if i only have java/j2ee knowledge, how should i portray those skills so they sound like specialized skills

I had my interview on 22nd and they took the paasport and gave me a paper asking me to pay additional processing fees.

My company has sent the DD. Will there be another interview.. How long will the whole processing take.

There is an additional fee for H and L from Nov 20th onwards. Pls have a look at the VFS website for more details

This new fee's is in place after Obama signed a bill in August (public Law 111-230). You may or may NOT have to pay depending upon the following clause in the law

"These additional fees apply to petitioners with more than 50 employees in the United States and with more than 50 percent of those employees in H-1B or L (including L-1A, L-1B, and L-2) status."

If you firm does not fall under above criteria, pls have supporting documents on why this is not required.

Hope this helps

Thanks all for your valuable commenta at this forum..It was really helpful form me to clear my intv. Followins are questions he asked
VO- since how many yrs you are working for this company?
Me- XX years.
VO- and your total experience?
Me-XX yrs
VO- who is your client?
Me-xx
VO- where are you going in US
Me-xx
VO-why are you going to US?
Me- explained him about my project and requirement
VO- But for this type of visa you need to have specialized skill. What specialized skill do u have?? (tried to put pressure on me)
Me- Most important part of intv..i gave my justification..but he was not impressed..i thought i was gone...
Vo- this is not specialized knowledge...
Me- I explained him about what skills i have which is suited with this project and gave my past project exp details..
VO- he asked me about my educational background (College, university, ext)..
then come the golden words- Your visa approved..

My advice will be to be calm and cool..and dont take extra pressure on u..

All the best for all !!!

Questions to me

1. What is your project?
2. Have you travelled to US before? When?
3. Why you are going for this assignment?
4. Did you get any training on your specialized skill? Can you explain more about that?
5. To whom you will be reporting to?

Questions to my wife

1. When did you get married?
2. How did you know him?

Thats it. Our Visas are approved.

I would like to share my experience of how the DS160 form mistakes can be handled after the interview is scheduled. I actually made some silly mistakes while filling the DS160 form, which I only came to know a day before the interview. As per my company's visa processing department advise, I submitted a new DS160 form again, and provided the new confirmation letter during the Interview. During the document verification process, I was asked why there is a change in the confirmation number as against the one printed in appointment confirmation letter. Then I explained that I made some typo mistakes and thats why submitted the form again. They accepted the reason. In case, if any of you are facing any similar situations, don't be panic, this is one acceptable option available. Good Luck!

Hi Guys,

I had my L1B visa interview scheduled 2day @ Chennai Consulate @ 10.00 AM but i got my chance of meeting VO only by 12.30PM. He saw my company name, verified my Petition document & asked me "Do u have a letter from ur employer regarding $2250 Security Fee?" i said, "I don't have any letter for the same." Then the VO officer said, "Go back and get a letter from your employer regarding this and come back any time (Tues,Wed & Thurs only). You don't want to re-schedule your interview again."

I came to my office and reported the same and even my company is also little confused about it. Guys, if anyone of you had the same problem, please let us all know how you managed to solve this?

Hi All,
Is there any rejection criteria based on the company for which you are going for Visa?

I heard quite a lot L1B visa rejected for some specific US companies.

My Visa Interview scheduled on next month second week.

So it will be helpful for me if I am getting this answer. So that I can prepare accordingly.

Hi All,

Thanks for posting your experiences. It was of great help preparing for the interview.

I had gone with my wife for the interview. Following questions were asked to me.

1. Which company are u from?
2. What is your current role?
3. How many years in the project and company?
4. what is your specialized skill?
5. How many people are working in the project on offshore?
6. who is your client?
7. How many people will be working with you for this client?(**tricky one** answered- only me)
8. what will be your salary in U.S?

Question asked to my wife.

what do you do?
will you be working over there?


That's it. Prepare yourself with 15-20 questions from this site. Be confident and clear in your communication. It's just a formal talk.

Thanks everyone!

Hoping to fly this weekend!!!

I just want some information on whether there any improvement in the approval rate in Delhi Consulate after the new changes Border Security Fee has been levied.