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Can you please help
I have my interview scheduled on Jan first week. My salary is less as compared to my experience and industry standard ( Around 15 Lakh per annum). In this case, Can I show him my bank balance?
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B1 visa
I want to apply B1 Visa and my English is not so good, so can i select Hindi for interview language ?
Many say that if you have applied for a business visa, you should keep the interview in English otherwise the Visa officer thinks that going for business but English does not even know
please advise
Many say that if you have applied for a business visa, you should keep the interview in English otherwise the Visa officer thinks that going for business but English does not even know
please advise
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My B1 Visa got rejected at second attempt
I went for the interview on 6th Dec 2018 at chennai where my interview slot at 9.45 am and my visa got rejected. This is my second attempt.
Me: Good Morning Officer
VO: Passport please
Me:(Gave my passport)
VO: He started looking to the system
VO: Why are you travelling? (he had a eye contact )
Me: I'm travelling to attend workshop with our client ABC on XYZ Project
VO:Which company do you work for?
Me: YYYY india Pvt Ltd
VO:whats your current Salary?(seeing his screen)
Me: 12 Lahks per annum
VO: What's your Designation?(seeing his screen)
Me: Staff Software Engineer
VO: How long do you stay in US?(seeing his screen)
Me: 1 week
VO: What will you do there? (he had a eye contact )
Me: Its a one week workshop where 3 days with a "Project Name" Product team which covers
Project scope and project delivery timelines for the new phase of the existing project which starts
from Jan 2019 and rest of the workshp covers with data analytics team.
VO: (Took a white notice(214 b) and said " your visa can't be approved!
214(b) - strong ties with overseas(like i wont come back to india if i travel)
- I was confident and gave my answers properly.
- I had a proper eye contact with consulate officer
Kindly provide your suggestions to understand why my VISA got rejected.
Thanks in Advance
Me: Good Morning Officer
VO: Passport please
Me:(Gave my passport)
VO: He started looking to the system
VO: Why are you travelling? (he had a eye contact )
Me: I'm travelling to attend workshop with our client ABC on XYZ Project
VO:Which company do you work for?
Me: YYYY india Pvt Ltd
VO:whats your current Salary?(seeing his screen)
Me: 12 Lahks per annum
VO: What's your Designation?(seeing his screen)
Me: Staff Software Engineer
VO: How long do you stay in US?(seeing his screen)
Me: 1 week
VO: What will you do there? (he had a eye contact )
Me: Its a one week workshop where 3 days with a "Project Name" Product team which covers
Project scope and project delivery timelines for the new phase of the existing project which starts
from Jan 2019 and rest of the workshp covers with data analytics team.
VO: (Took a white notice(214 b) and said " your visa can't be approved!
214(b) - strong ties with overseas(like i wont come back to india if i travel)
- I was confident and gave my answers properly.
- I had a proper eye contact with consulate officer
Kindly provide your suggestions to understand why my VISA got rejected.
Thanks in Advance
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B1 Visa granted
I went for the interview on 30 Nov 2018 at Chennai. At my counter, the two others before me were rejected. They were blabbering continuosly when she asked about the purpose of visit. She kept asking multiple questions and finally said "Rejected". I was expecting a rejection as well. The officer asked me to wait, as she said she is going to grab some water. She returned quickly after the break and called me.
Me : Good Morning Officer
VO : Good Morning, show me your passport.
Me : Here is it.
VO : Sir, why are you visiting the US
Me : I explained in short crisp 2 sentence.
I am visiting the xx[my company] US office for integration and deployment of our new marketing platform xx[tool nanme]. I work for xxx's global brand marketing and communications team.
She kept typing. I decided to maintain eye contact and not to lose concentration.
VO : Which city and office
Me : xx's New York Office
VO : Okay..How long you been working with xx[my company]
Me : Only 7 months of tenure with xx. But I have a total 11 years of career experience
VO : What is your highest education
Me : BE, Bachelors in Engineering
VO : Who is paying for the trip
Me : xx india [ i said my India Office name]
VO : Congrats sir your Visa is approved.Have a great trip
Me : Thank you so much officer...
This is my first attempt. My tips for the interview.
- Maintain eye contact
- Do not indulge in loose talks with others in the line
- Follow the instructions given by the employees clearly
- Never lose your concentration to see what is happening in the next counter or what is inside the cabin
- Stand straight, try to have a smile. Remember you are being watched by CCTV
- Be confident, carry all papers with you
- Display your company ID card. The company name and value matters
- You should prove within these 3 minutes that your expertise and career profile makes you the apt person to travel to the US
Good luck everyone...
Me : Good Morning Officer
VO : Good Morning, show me your passport.
Me : Here is it.
VO : Sir, why are you visiting the US
Me : I explained in short crisp 2 sentence.
I am visiting the xx[my company] US office for integration and deployment of our new marketing platform xx[tool nanme]. I work for xxx's global brand marketing and communications team.
She kept typing. I decided to maintain eye contact and not to lose concentration.
VO : Which city and office
Me : xx's New York Office
VO : Okay..How long you been working with xx[my company]
Me : Only 7 months of tenure with xx. But I have a total 11 years of career experience
VO : What is your highest education
Me : BE, Bachelors in Engineering
VO : Who is paying for the trip
Me : xx india [ i said my India Office name]
VO : Congrats sir your Visa is approved.Have a great trip
Me : Thank you so much officer...
This is my first attempt. My tips for the interview.
- Maintain eye contact
- Do not indulge in loose talks with others in the line
- Follow the instructions given by the employees clearly
- Never lose your concentration to see what is happening in the next counter or what is inside the cabin
- Stand straight, try to have a smile. Remember you are being watched by CCTV
- Be confident, carry all papers with you
- Display your company ID card. The company name and value matters
- You should prove within these 3 minutes that your expertise and career profile makes you the apt person to travel to the US
Good luck everyone...
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B1 Visa rejected Twice - Applying for the third time, Need guidance
Hi,
I had applied for B1 VISA in Nov 2017 and got rejected. Q&A were as per below
1) Why are you going to the US?
A) To attend requirement gathering and business strategy meeting with client
2) Who is your client?
A) Told the client name
3) How much experience do you have?
A) 5 Years and 3 months
4) What is your designation?
A) Team Leader
5) Have you ever been to out of India for business?
A) No
That's it. Those were pretty straight forward questions. I answered it polietly and up to the point.
No idea why they denied the visa.
I applied again after a month. However, I knew there was high possibility of rejection as I was re-applying within short span.
Below were Q & A of second interview.
1) Why are you going to the US?
A) To attend business strategy meeting with client, I will be going with my colleague who already holds a valid US visa and been there couple of times.
2) Who is your client?
A) Told the client name
3) Is it the same client that you had applied on 6th Nov?
A) Yes
4) Why they are sending you?
A) I am a key person of this project and working on that since long. As I have theoretical idea of most of the module of our application, both my client and management think that it would be great to have me on client's
place to see the real time scenario and discussion of business strategies would be much more effective and productive.
5) What is your salary?
A) 55k/month
6) How much experience with the current organization?
A) 5 years and 4 months
7) What is your designation?
A) Team leader
8) Duration of your visit?
A) 2 Weeks
9) You haven't travel outside India?
A) No
As expected, they denied again.
I have applied again for the third time and my interview is scheduled mid december 2018.
Do you have any input what could be the reason about earlier rejection?
What shoudl I take care of in my next interview. FYI I am still in the same company and applying for the visa to visit the same client.
Any inputs would be valueable for me.
Thanks.
I had applied for B1 VISA in Nov 2017 and got rejected. Q&A were as per below
1) Why are you going to the US?
A) To attend requirement gathering and business strategy meeting with client
2) Who is your client?
A) Told the client name
3) How much experience do you have?
A) 5 Years and 3 months
4) What is your designation?
A) Team Leader
5) Have you ever been to out of India for business?
A) No
That's it. Those were pretty straight forward questions. I answered it polietly and up to the point.
No idea why they denied the visa.
I applied again after a month. However, I knew there was high possibility of rejection as I was re-applying within short span.
Below were Q & A of second interview.
1) Why are you going to the US?
A) To attend business strategy meeting with client, I will be going with my colleague who already holds a valid US visa and been there couple of times.
2) Who is your client?
A) Told the client name
3) Is it the same client that you had applied on 6th Nov?
A) Yes
4) Why they are sending you?
A) I am a key person of this project and working on that since long. As I have theoretical idea of most of the module of our application, both my client and management think that it would be great to have me on client's
place to see the real time scenario and discussion of business strategies would be much more effective and productive.
5) What is your salary?
A) 55k/month
6) How much experience with the current organization?
A) 5 years and 4 months
7) What is your designation?
A) Team leader
8) Duration of your visit?
A) 2 Weeks
9) You haven't travel outside India?
A) No
As expected, they denied again.
I have applied again for the third time and my interview is scheduled mid december 2018.
Do you have any input what could be the reason about earlier rejection?
What shoudl I take care of in my next interview. FYI I am still in the same company and applying for the visa to visit the same client.
Any inputs would be valueable for me.
Thanks.
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B1 Visa Rejected in New Delhi
Dear All,
I applied for B1 Visa and my Interview was scheduled on 21st November in New Delhi.
Questions:
Me: Good Morning
VO: Good Morning, passport please
Me: Handed over the passport
VO: Why do you want to go to USA?
Me: Explained about the business conference
VO: Where are you travelling?
Me: Atlanta
VO: What's the conference about ?
Me: Explained about the conference.
VO: continued typing something and said you are not eligible handed me 214b.
I have 6 years of experience and have done master's.
I have no clue what went wrong.
Any comments are welcome.
Thanks
I applied for B1 Visa and my Interview was scheduled on 21st November in New Delhi.
Questions:
Me: Good Morning
VO: Good Morning, passport please
Me: Handed over the passport
VO: Why do you want to go to USA?
Me: Explained about the business conference
VO: Where are you travelling?
Me: Atlanta
VO: What's the conference about ?
Me: Explained about the conference.
VO: continued typing something and said you are not eligible handed me 214b.
I have 6 years of experience and have done master's.
I have no clue what went wrong.
Any comments are welcome.
Thanks
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About B1 Visa
Dear All,
I'm applying for B1 Visa for attending one business conference and training. Previously I got UK BV for 6 months. I have stayed there in UK for 85 days due to various management decisions.The person who has to come over and take care of the remaining training/KT is unable to join at that time . Hence I was asked to stay for 1 more month to finish the entire training and KT.
I have 8 years of industry exp.Working 2 years in the same company . applying for just 10 days to US .
Is there any issue based on my travel history to getting a visa / What can I give the justification . Please suggest me if consulate ask me about the travel history . what should I say?
I'm applying for B1 Visa for attending one business conference and training. Previously I got UK BV for 6 months. I have stayed there in UK for 85 days due to various management decisions.The person who has to come over and take care of the remaining training/KT is unable to join at that time . Hence I was asked to stay for 1 more month to finish the entire training and KT.
I have 8 years of industry exp.Working 2 years in the same company . applying for just 10 days to US .
Is there any issue based on my travel history to getting a visa / What can I give the justification . Please suggest me if consulate ask me about the travel history . what should I say?
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B1 Visa Experience
Hi All,
First of all thanks to this forum ,I applied for U.S Visa & Got selected on 16th November.
Questions :
VO:Hi good morning ! How are you ?
ME: Hi good morning , I am good and how about you ?
VO: Good .What type of Visa you have applied for ?
Me:B1 business visa
VO:ok.since how long you are with your current company?
Me: 2+ years
VO:ok .why you are going to US
Me:To attend business meetings
VO:What tye of business meetings you are going to attend ?
Me:i explained the type of business
VO:What is your current salary?
Me:*** PA
VO:can you show me your payslips?
Me: showed.
VO:He took my passport
From my experience i came to know just be confident and don't make false statements .
All the best .
First of all thanks to this forum ,I applied for U.S Visa & Got selected on 16th November.
Questions :
VO:Hi good morning ! How are you ?
ME: Hi good morning , I am good and how about you ?
VO: Good .What type of Visa you have applied for ?
Me:B1 business visa
VO:ok.since how long you are with your current company?
Me: 2+ years
VO:ok .why you are going to US
Me:To attend business meetings
VO:What tye of business meetings you are going to attend ?
Me:i explained the type of business
VO:What is your current salary?
Me:*** PA
VO:can you show me your payslips?
Me: showed.
VO:He took my passport
From my experience i came to know just be confident and don't make false statements .
All the best .
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B1 Visa rejected
Hi,
It was my first time, I applied for U.S. Visa & got rejected.
I had applied direct without any consultant guidance.
My present company had planned to sponsor trip & had a valid U.S. invitation letter.
I have been working in my present firm for more than 4 years.
Questions:
ME: Good morning!!
VO: No replies. Passport Please.
ME: Tried providing Passport along with U.S. invitation letter.
VO: Only Passport
ME: OK (Only provided Passport)
VO: Have you been applied for Visa earlier
ME: No
VO: What is you Salary??
ME: $500
VO: Why in dollars??
ME: Since applying for U.S. Visa. In INR it comes to approximate 30K
VO: Look computer screen & type something for couple of secs.
VO: Your Visa has been disqualified. Good luck.
Officer didn't ask for any documents for verification.
Can anyone help me with reason for rejection.
Being first time, I was not familiar with Form DS-160, and had fail to mentioned my complete stay details in U.S., came into my notice later- referring immihelp website
Please guide, when can I re-apply.
Also, is it OK if we ask VO actual reason to be qualified same movement in polite manner, since $160 is hard earned money.
Do we get a chance to talk with VO, and can he revise his statement, if we provide him sufficient valid proofs/ documents.
It was my first time, I applied for U.S. Visa & got rejected.
I had applied direct without any consultant guidance.
My present company had planned to sponsor trip & had a valid U.S. invitation letter.
I have been working in my present firm for more than 4 years.
Questions:
ME: Good morning!!
VO: No replies. Passport Please.
ME: Tried providing Passport along with U.S. invitation letter.
VO: Only Passport
ME: OK (Only provided Passport)
VO: Have you been applied for Visa earlier
ME: No
VO: What is you Salary??
ME: $500
VO: Why in dollars??
ME: Since applying for U.S. Visa. In INR it comes to approximate 30K
VO: Look computer screen & type something for couple of secs.
VO: Your Visa has been disqualified. Good luck.
Officer didn't ask for any documents for verification.
Can anyone help me with reason for rejection.
Being first time, I was not familiar with Form DS-160, and had fail to mentioned my complete stay details in U.S., came into my notice later- referring immihelp website
Please guide, when can I re-apply.
Also, is it OK if we ask VO actual reason to be qualified same movement in polite manner, since $160 is hard earned money.
Do we get a chance to talk with VO, and can he revise his statement, if we provide him sufficient valid proofs/ documents.
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B1 VISA Approved
Hi All,
First of all, this is a great forum to share experiences! Really appreciate the creators.
I'd like to share my experience of the US VISA application. This was my first time and thankfully, it was approved.
Here's the excerpt of the interview:
VO: Passport please
Me: Sure
VO: Why do you want to go to the United States?
Me: Business Meetings
VO: Where are you going in the United States?
Me: Palo Alto, California
VO: How many days will you be there?
Me: 15 days
VO: What do you do here?
Me: I run my own Software Services Business (stuttering)
VO: What is your personal annual income?
Me: xxx
VO: Why 15 days?
Me: There are a lot of new features coming in for our product, so, a lot of meetings and a tight schedule.
VO: Have you been to the United States before?
Me: No ma'am.
VO: Your VISA has been approved! Thank you and have a pleasant travel to the United States!
Me: Thank you ma'am.
It was so quick! Didn't even realize that I was there before I was out of the consulate.
The key thing here is that I was extremely well prepared, confident and up to the point. Didn't go on rambling about what I'd be doing there and so on.
I was still a little pessimistic after my stuttering (god knows why I stuttered when I answered all the other questions properly!) and I had not entered some details in the DS-160 form.
My advice is, be well prepared, carry all the necessary documents, have a couple of mock interviews with your peers, have a list of expected questions and answer them, practise the answers to be crisp and clear.
Most importantly though, be calm & have the right intentions, there's no reason why you wouldn't get an approval.
Your anxiety definitely rubs off on how you perform in the interview. Don't worry about the consequences, it's not a big deal if you don't get it the first time, don't be desperate.
PS: There's a lot of negative hype about this process but I found it extremely clean and clear. The VISA officers are smart people, well trained, objective and they can understand or at least try to guess your intentions correctly most of the time. Be honest and things will work out.
Good luck!
First of all, this is a great forum to share experiences! Really appreciate the creators.
I'd like to share my experience of the US VISA application. This was my first time and thankfully, it was approved.
Here's the excerpt of the interview:
VO: Passport please
Me: Sure
VO: Why do you want to go to the United States?
Me: Business Meetings
VO: Where are you going in the United States?
Me: Palo Alto, California
VO: How many days will you be there?
Me: 15 days
VO: What do you do here?
Me: I run my own Software Services Business (stuttering)
VO: What is your personal annual income?
Me: xxx
VO: Why 15 days?
Me: There are a lot of new features coming in for our product, so, a lot of meetings and a tight schedule.
VO: Have you been to the United States before?
Me: No ma'am.
VO: Your VISA has been approved! Thank you and have a pleasant travel to the United States!
Me: Thank you ma'am.
It was so quick! Didn't even realize that I was there before I was out of the consulate.
The key thing here is that I was extremely well prepared, confident and up to the point. Didn't go on rambling about what I'd be doing there and so on.
I was still a little pessimistic after my stuttering (god knows why I stuttered when I answered all the other questions properly!) and I had not entered some details in the DS-160 form.
My advice is, be well prepared, carry all the necessary documents, have a couple of mock interviews with your peers, have a list of expected questions and answer them, practise the answers to be crisp and clear.
Most importantly though, be calm & have the right intentions, there's no reason why you wouldn't get an approval.
Your anxiety definitely rubs off on how you perform in the interview. Don't worry about the consequences, it's not a big deal if you don't get it the first time, don't be desperate.
PS: There's a lot of negative hype about this process but I found it extremely clean and clear. The VISA officers are smart people, well trained, objective and they can understand or at least try to guess your intentions correctly most of the time. Be honest and things will work out.
Good luck!
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