Business Visa - B1

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My experience follows

step-1:Get Token No

Give your BAR Code and Visa Interview appointment letter at the counter outside consulate

People there scan your barcode and issue a token(2 copies 1 for the consulate and the other copy for you keep both the copies safe)

step-2:Security to check

step-3:you need to wait and look at the screen for your token no

step-4:Go to correct window of your token number
give your barcode,Visa Interview appointment letter,HDFC fee receipt,Passport.
Officer will verify your application and paste a yellow sticker(taken from the HDFC receipt) over your Passport front side.

All the documents you gave will be returned to you in a file and you will be redirected to another counter..wait for your turn and give your finger prints there(people will guide you)

step-5:Enter Visa Interview building
Wait for your token number to be displayed on the screen.Go to the appropriate window number displayed

step-6:ha Interview finally !!

Conversation goes like this..,,

Officer:Hello Good Morning
Me:Hello Good Morning

Officer:Please give the green file(received at the previous counter step-4)
Me:Yes please...passed the file

Officer:where you are going ?
Me:Detroit,Michigan

Officer:How long?
Me:1 month

Officer:Purpose?
Me:To participate in Technical discussions

Officer:What kind of technical discussions?
Me:In the scope of the developement project ProjX i had to discuss about the Technologies to be used for this future developement

Officer:what is ProjX?
Me:Its a project Management tool that will be used within my company

Officer:What you are?
Me:Software Engineer

Officer:what you do?
Me:I am involved in in house software developement for my company

Officer:your annual salary?
Me:4.5 lakhs

Officer:how long you are with ZZZ?
Me:11 months

Officer:Prior to that?
Me:First Company Fresher direct from collge

Officer:Will you be involved in any production work there?
Me:(I didnt hear properly..I asked can you please repeat..she repeated)
   No production work only technical discussions

Officer:Ok thanks Visa grantecd !! your passport will be couriered in 1 weeks time
Me:Thanks a lot with smile

Thats It !! A small tip be cool say to yourself what if i dont get it !!

Dont mention words like project discussion/work which will imply to the officer that you may work there for the project.


Thanks :)

Hi,
First of all thanks to this site. It helps me a lot to maintained my confidence.
VO officer asked me following questions:

VO: Hi, how are you?
Me: Good, Thanks you, what about you?
Vo: fine, thanks.
Vo: what is your purpose to visit USA?
Me: Product Training. (explain why its important to me, also mentioned that i have 1 year experience in the organization.)
Vo: How long you will stay there?
Me: 4 weeks
Vo: 4 weeks time it long for the training, what you think?
Me: 4 weeks is appropriate time for training, i have appropriate agenda for the same.
Vo: can i have your agenda please?
Me: (pass training agenda to her) & explain it.
Vo: What is your annual income?
Me: xxx lacs/annum
Vo: Congrats!!! (with smile) your visa got approved, you will get your passport within two days on your mailing address.

Lesson Learned: Be Confident, & dress well.Be prepared for the frequently asked questions, avoid to make story there.

Hope this will help you, All the every best!!!

My interview was sheduled at 7:30 am on 14th June 2011.

After the basic screening and finger printing, I was allowed to enter the visa interview hall.

The questions asked for the interview

1. Where are you going to usa
2. how long you are going to stay
3. your designation
4. what the purpose of travel
5. what will be discussed in the meeting
6. annual pay.
7. client name

All the answers should be clear and straight. I got my visa approved.


Thank you

My B1 visa got approved from chennai on Last week, He are the qustions she asked.

1) Which Location your going?
2) What is the purpose? (My purpose going for KT and requirement gathering)
3) How long you will be there (My case i am going for 6 Week)
4) Do you have any thought to stay in US?
5) How Many site your going to Vist?
6) How long you been with this current Organization?
7) What is your Role?
8) What was your previous Company?
9) How long you were been with the previous company?
10) Are you married ?

Great.. We issue a Visa, it will be courier to you.

Note: Try to mention the number of days stay as less than 4 Weeks if you are going for KT or Training. one of my colleauge Visa got rejected due mention 6 Weeks for KT.

Many thans for this usefull website.

My interview was scheduled at 07:45 at the US embassy, Chennai Consulate. Didnt have a clue about chennai. Hence reached the place at about 6 am. had to wait it out till 7 am. Then the security officer called out for 07:30 slot and then 07:45 slot. I moved it to that particular slot line. They issued me a token, then had me checked, then arranging of documents by personnel, then fingerprinting and then the interview.

Note: Wear formals, try to have a business oriented, smart look and be confident. They should have an impression that you mean only BUSINESS.

My interview started at 8:20 am. It Iasted for about 7 minutes. This is how it went:

VO: Good morning
Me: Good Morning

VO: Please pass the BEP Folder
me: Here it is (passed the folder)

VO: Name?
me: Rahul Dsouza

VO:Where you are going?
me: Phoenix,Arizona

VO:How Long?
me: 2 weeks

VO:Reason for going?
me: Manufacturing process, product and operations orientation and training.

VO: How long have you been working for Goodrich Aerospace? (She already knew my company)
me: 11 months

VO: Designation?
me:Manufacturing Engineer

VO:Which company were you working in earlier?
me: This is my first company.

VO: So what department are you in?
me:Evacuation Escape Systems division for the A380 Airbus aircraft

VO: Which aircraft?
me: A380 Airbus aircraft

VO: (Impressed; smiling) so what kind of training?
me: Certain quality concerns Phoenix is facing because of Bangalore production. I need to go to PHX to see the problems for better understanding so that i can implement the corrective actions in bangalore.

VO: Ok, your VISA is approved and will be couriered to you in a week. Thank you.
me: Thank you. have a nice day.

VO: Have a nice day.

Interview Date: 2-May-2011
Time: 7:30AM

Myself and my colleague reached Chennai on 1-May-2011, 21:00hrs and booked the prepaid taxi for `320/- to the 'The Park' Anna Salai, near to Embassy (500m away).

We checked in and looked at the menu card and were surprised to see the charges!
Laundry `250/- for a shirt, Tender coconut `185/- which will cost `14/- in Bangalore, internet `450/hr, and goes on and you can guess the other charges.
As the food, snacks were too costly in the hotel, we came out for dinner at 22:00 and there is a good restaurant in front of the hotel where we had nice non-veg dinner and it costed us only `651/-, and after that we reached room and slept.

Reached embassy at 7:15AM, there was a long queue mixed with guys of different interview time. Checked with the security guard and he made us to stand INSIDE the queue where all 7:30 schedule guys were standing and in front of the other timing guys. So, don’t just stand at the end of the queue!

NOTE: Don’t take any electronic/metal items; just carry your documents in a file/plastic cover.

Firstly, your confirmation letter with the barcode will be checked and a token number will be issued. Then you will be allowed inside the door where your files, purse will be checked for the security purpose, then you will be asked to seat in the corridor where they will verify the documents and take your finger prints. You need to wait for your turn which will be displayed in the monitor along with the counter number to visit. These guys are localities and don’t expect any smiling face from them!

They will take your documents (HDFC slip, passport, confirmation page and interview schedule page and verify it in the database and write a new number on the document and arrange them properly. If your photo has some shadow and is not as per their requirement, they will ask you to take new photo (photographer is available in the same corridor and charge `100/-). Then your finger prints will be taken and you are asked to visit the next place where the interviews are conducted by US guys.

In the interview room again you need to wait for your turn (keep watching the monitor) and be confident, don’t get nerves. They will start the interview around 8:00AM, and there are 24 counters. Once your turn comes go to the counter and produce your documents which was verified and arranged by the previous counter.

My questions:
1. How long are you working in the company?
2. Where are you going?
3. Purpose of your visit?
4. How long are you staying there?
5. Are you going to do any productive work?
Explained clearly, please be honest and don’t create any stories as they are seeing hundreds of people every day and they can smell the fish!

Finally, the lady said you will receive your passport in a week, have a nice trip… I thanked her and left for the room to have breakfast in ‘The Park’. It was awesome breakfast with all kind of items which reminded me the UK breakfast (Bread, beans, scrambled eggs, chicken bacon…yummy)

Finally booked a cab to Airport (Fast track – 044-288-9999) they charge reasonable rates like `100/- for 5kms (minimum) and `12/kms there on.

US embassy London
1. Why are you going to the US - to attend a wedding
2. How long and to which part of US 2 weeks
3. What is your annual salary post tax
4. How long have you been in your present post.
5. Is your wife working
6. Any relative in US - my brother is a US citizen.
7. Have you thought of settling in US - No, I have commitments in India.
8. Any property owned.
Visa approved for me and family.

They asked my Father
1) Why do you want to go US?
2) What do you do?

To my sister they asked
1) Why do you want to go?
2) Why for 2 months what all you will do there?

and to my mon they didn't ask a single question and they approved Visa for all three of them.

Thanks a ton to this site....

VO: What is the purpose of travel?
Me: KT of *** applications and series of meetings with business team to understand the new changes they are proposing

VO: Why you need 4 weeks?
Me : Explained clearly with all the 4 weeks breakup stating meetings, KT, sessions with SME etc etc

VO: Are you doing Documentation?
ME: Yes, document the requirements and KT .

VO: Are you doing any productive work?
Me : No. Will not be involved in any productive work like Coding

VO: Which city?

VO: Your visa is Approved
Me : THanks

Many thanks, really this is useful site for all.

It helped me a lot for getting my B1 Visa....
My interview went something like this

Me: Good morning, How are you doing
VO: Good Morning, I'm fine..
VO: Can i see your Files
Me: Yes, Please
VO: Why are you going…
Me; I replied like this... purpose + where about + duration + Nature of Job, all together in one paragraph.
VO: Silent.. checking something in his monitor..
VO: Your Visa is approved, It will be couriered to you....
Me: Thanks and Bye..