Business Visa - B1

First of all thank you all to share your experience with us. it helps a lot to get idea about the visa interview process.

My interview was on 19th April 2018 at Mumbai visa embassy. Below is my experience.

Me: Hello sir, good morning.

VO: Good morning, passport please.

VO: What is the purpose of visit?

Me: As i am leading the QA team in India, my Vice precedent of QA department has invited me to participate in the discussion of product deployment process and automation strategy for our *** Project. Also, i will attend the business meeting with our onshore business partners.

VO: How many years of experience you have in this company?

Me: Since Aug. 2014, it's been 3 years 8 months with the current company.

VO: What is the duration of your trip?

Me: It's 4 weeks

VO: Why this meeting in USA instead of India?

Me: **** is headquartered in San Jose California and many higher management associate will also attend these meetings hence they have scheduled this meeting in San Jose, USA.

VO: How many people are there in your team?

Me: I handle a team of 5.

VO: He again asked me, did you said 4 years with the current company?

Me: Yes, it will be 4 years completed in next Aug.

VO: Smiled at me and said i will keep your passport, collect it after 2 3 days.

Me: Thank you Sir.

My B1 visa got rejected. I am posting my interview for community's benefit.

Me: Good Morning
VO: Good Morning, passport please
VO: Purpose of visit to US
Me: I have developed a blockchain based product and I have to give demonstration of that product to my team and existing investors over there.
VO: What is your company Name?
ME: xxxx
VO: What is you annual income?
Me: xxxx LPA
VO: For how long you have been working with company?
Me: 11 Months
VO: Would you also be meeting with clients there
Me: No but I would be meeting with investors like ZZZ. We have also got two offices in US.
VO: For how long you are going to stay in US?
Me: for 2 weeks
VO: Have you visited any country before?
Me: Yes, I have visited Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia.
VO: For work purpose?
Me: No these for leisure trips, I mean for tourism purpose.
VO: So you have not visited any country for work purpose?
Me: Yes
VO: Are you married?
Me: Yes, I got beautiful wife over here!
( At this point VO started typing in her system, I was hoping that now she will say my visa is approved.)
VO: sorry your visa cannot be approved and she gave me for 214(b) which says that purpose of my visit is not clear
Me: Ok, thank you

I am not sure where did it go wrong, any comments from community members are most welcome. I have to again reapply for B1 Visa. Should I get an invitation letter from a big client company or should I register for a conference there and show invitation letter for that conference. I need this visa asap. Any suggestions would be most welcome!!

 

i want to reapply for B1 Visa, which language is positive for interview ? for B1 Visa
i want to select Hindi language it is count as negative point ?
my English is not so good, so i want to select hing language for interview
please advise

I went to US Visa interview on 26th May At Chennai Consulate. It was my first experience and I've been reading different experiences on this forum from last few months. I was nervous and tensed after reading those experiences.

My Short Bio - I'm a startup entrepreneur and I was selected for a delegation to US. I have previously travelled to 4 other countries including Europe.

The guy in front of me was rejected. (He was planning to go for a vacation.) Then the VO asked me to come forward.

Me : (Smiled)
VO : Passport Please.
(I gave the passport)

VO : Why are you going to the US?
Me : Travelling as part of a delegation program organized by YYYY .

VO : What is YYYY ?
Me : It's a (explained what it is)

VO : How did they select you?
Me : (I explained)

VO : Do you have an invitation letter or something?
Me : (I gave the letter.)

VO : So, what are you going to do in the US?
Me : I explained the agenda. And said that I've the detailed agenda. If you'd like to see it..
VO : Yes please
Me : (I gave the document).

VO : So, What is your company doing?
Me : We're working on YYYY and ZZZ.

VO : Yes, Please explain.
Me : I explained.

VO : (Looks interested), How are you going to monetize this?
Me : I explained. (He listened to me as if he was curious to know)

VO : How many people are there in your company?
Me : XX

VO : (Nods his head)
(Typing lot of things in his computer... Stares at the monitor.. Again typing..)

And then came the words - OK, I'm approving your Visa!

Me: (Smiling), Thank you!

My Advice - Be confident and answer clearly. You have to understand that there are some elibility criterias. Travel history, your job, purpose of travel everything counts. They are trained to presume all applicants are illegal immigrants. And they have 2 or 3 minutes to judge you. They deal with 100s of applications everyday. So, they have no time for detailed verification.

I was applied b1 visa and rejected on dated 1st march
my company deal in Agro commodities in international market
our new client invited to me for start business relation they need payment credit facility from us. so i want to see his business setup and everything, but VO have ask some question and refused. in 30 second.

Now i want to applied again in month of May, this time i want to visit Food exhibition i have got invitation from exhibition organisation, our purpose of visit is find supplier of agro commodities
please advise,
should i apply again ? or need to wait some time ?
how is rejection changes ?
can i select hindi language for interview ?
here reapply purpose is different then first time apply is there any problems ?
please help me

I gave interview today at New Delhi for B1 visa. I am going to attend conference on 10june . My visa was denied under section 214(b). If I reapply can i get my visa before 10 june. At which centre in India is high chance? Is there any way to check appointement availability? do i need to fill ds160 form again?

My experience on the 24\4\2018
I was rejected
V.o...passport
Me...i did
Where are you going yo
Nyc
How many days are you staying
10day
What do you do
I say wigs and beauty kit
I was rejected
Pls i have applied b4 for a. Cancer conference in 2016 i was rejected.. Pls what could be wrong

Hi All ,

I went for the first time to US embassy , this site helped me a lot so I came back with my experience

VO: GM Gentleman
Me : GM Officer

VO: Purpose Please
Me: Officer Im going to join Internal Business meeting w.r.t a new client which we signed this year , these meetings were arranged by YYYY US , regarding YYYY project to understand and learn better .
(my company and client are real big they are gaints in their industries)

VO : YYYY as in they do bbb manufacturing right ??
Me : Exactly officer.

VO: How many days you are going to stay in US
Me: 5 working days excluding the travel dates officer

VO: which city you are planning to go
Me: **** City Officer ( I prepared city , state & place in city but there I told only city name one word)

VO: Gentleman ummm "your VISA got approved"
Me: Thanks Officer have a good day .

VO : Thank you .

Hi All,

B1- approved.

VO : Gm
Me: GM

VO: why do you want to go america?
Me: To attend a conference & i will be meeting with my existing & potential clients.

VO : What is your highest qualification:
Me : ..... & .....

VO: Have you traveled in past ?
Me: Yes

VO: to where
Me:...,...,.., & ....

VO: who did the application for you ? yourself ?
Me: No ,my agent did .

VO: then why didnt they write your past travel.
Me: hmm..seems thats a mistake

VO: Yes your agent did not do good here.
Me: right,thats mistake .

VO: so you are married
Me:Yes

VO: Is your husband going to?
Me: No.

VO: spent sometime on his monitor you told your visa is approved.

P.S No papers asked .

My tip: Be confident ,dotn stammer,Dont try to impress them.be yourself.Dont overdo anything be it smiling or anything else.Remember you are there to present your case not impress them ,be respectful.Smile while greeting.

Observation: they have done their scrutiny pretty much in advance and almost your fate is decided much before -you just need to justify your eligibility when you face them.Seems its easy to get the visa if you have past travel records.

Also to note: My agent did not do any mistake in the form- thats their way of cross checking :)

all the best.

Hi all,

Please tell me the meaning of this statement "Your application for a nonimmigrant visa has been refused per section 221(g) of U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act. Further documentation is needed before a final determination in your case can be made. In one mail, send the documents.............

Is it straight away refusal of visa or I still have to send the documents by mail and wait for it?
Do I need to apply again by DS160?
What are the chances of getting visa after submitting the required documents?

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