Business Visa - B1

Hi Folks,

I am going to attend my first US B1 visa interview in coming week.
There are lot of rejections happening these days, so thought of getting help from the experienced players.
Could you please review below and let me know you feedback:
I am working as a Senior Developer with 10yrs of experience (and 2yrs in current company); have wife and kid(3mths) and property to take care.
I will be traveling for 2weeks to US to attend a 3days business meeting to discuss on further major enhancements in the project. People from different city in US will be traveling to attend this meeting.

Purpose of Visit:
There is a Business meeting scheduled in the xxJanuary week, which involves discussion on major enhancement in the system we developed and implemented in xxx-xx for project called xxxxxxx. This meeting will be a collaborative meeting with business IT and various distributors/resellers and the key company's stakeholders which are overseeing this project.

What will be your role in the meeting:
As this meeting will involves major further enhancements and also discussion of implementing the solution to other project. I will be there for consulting the technical feasibility of the various options discussed/presented.

Why you cannot do it from India:
As this meeting is full day in US time zone it will be very difficult for me to attend and concentrate/give inputs in the discussions and also I would get a chance to interact with all the key people involved which are working from different locations in US and end users.

Why you were chose:
I am the only one in my team working from YYYY ,India office. There is another guy works from YYYY office and recently joined.

Hello everyone!

This is my first attempt at the interview. I'm a software engineer straight out of college and I have less than an year of experience in the industry. My monthly salary is 1.3L. I'm assuming that'll affect my application. I wanted to know if there are things I could say or show to explain why I have been presented with this opportunity so soon and that it is not a common thing at my company? Or is it a terrible idea to do that if not asked?

Further, can you please scrutinize the following answers:

Purpose of Visit: To attend internal business meetings scheduled for setting up a similar project in Bangalore. The agenda is to gain trainings and hold discussions to achieve synchronization across all sites. This is done to avoid cross-site dependencies and increase velocity of production.

Reason behind me being chosen: I would be the only person working on this from Bangalore.

Thank you so much for your time already!

Hello All,

My Interview was in Delhi on 6th Jan 2020 for B1/B2 and i was denied. This was my 2nd attempt.(First attempt in March 2019)

VO:Can i see passport,please?
ME:Handed over the passport

VO:what is the purpose of visit?
ME:To attend internal workshop training being conducted by Business associates on Business application XYZ. i will apply those learning in the work when i come back to india. Also series of Internal Team meetings are also scheduled in the same duration to understand the project road map for my module.

VO:What is your designation?
ME:Associate consultant

VO:How Long will you stay in US?
ME:3 Weeks

VO:How Long have you been working in ZZZ?
ME:1 Year and 2 Months

VO:Why you have been choosen to travel?
ME:I am a individual contributor for my module in the project. so i am have been invited to attend the hands on workshop training.

VO:Have you travelled internatioanlly before?
ME:No.

VO:whom you are going to meet?
ME:My Onshore counterpart and leadership team.

i was handed with 214 (B) slip.

Can anybody help me what went wrong? My application was genuine and then also they rejected it.

Please correct me what went wrong? so that i can prepare well.

Hello everyone,

I would like to take your help in preparing for my interview. It is scheduled at the end of this month.

I am a team lead in an IT company and working here for the last 3 years. My total experience is 8+ years and am getting around 90k per month salary.

The main purpose of my visa is to provide training and transfer knowledge to the client team during data transfer from our system to the new system. As the process in final phase and the onsite presence will help the client not to lose the business.

Duration of trip: 4 weeks.

Personal information:
Married and One child
My Father is farmer

Please help me in preparing for interwar questions and answers. Please also tell me the positive or negative points of my profile so that I can work on it.

Thanks

Hello All,
 
I work for a US-based giant networking MNC. I am a Procurement Professional currently based out of Bangalore.
 
I was denied a B1 visa twice in 2019 -the first time in Sep and the second time in Dec.
 
INTERVIEW 1- Purpose- To Attend the Supplier Day in San Francisco. I got the invitation a bit late (just 2 weeks before) and contacted the travel desk for a Visa Interview Date. They gave me a date that was scheduled after the event. In order to expedite I logged into the US visa website- https://ceac.state.gov/genniv and scheduled appointment for an earlier date. In between the process, the website blocked me once as I refreshed the site too many times.
 
However, I got all the right documentation and appeared on the interview day in Chennai.
 
VO: Can I see your passport, please?
Me: Handed over the passport.
 
VO: What is the purpose of the visit?
Me: I am going to attend a Business Conference?
 
VO: What is your designation?
Me: Procurement Specialist-Category & Supplier Management.
 
 
VO: How long will you stay in the US?
Me: 7 Days
 
VO: How long have you been working in ZZZ?
Me: 4 Years
 
VO: What is your Annual Salary?
Me: 14 lakhs Rupees
 
VO: Have you visited any other countries in the past?
Me: Yes, I went to Indonesia in May 2019 and that too to attend a business conference.
 
VO: Can I see some kind of invitation
Me: I handed over the HR Letter issued by my company. (The letter talks about my Medical Insurance Coverage during travel, my stay tenure, and that the company takes full responsibilities during my stay in the US)
 
VO: I’m sorry but currently you do not qualify for this Visa.
 
She handed over a 214(b) slip.
 
I had an invitation email from our Procurement VP, which I thought later, I could have produced.
 
Many of my colleagues told me later that since I rescheduled the date myself, I was not given the Visa. Really?
 
What went wrong?
 
 
INTERVIEW 2: I spoke to my boss and he suggested me to reapply after a couple of months. When asked for the purpose of the visit, he said he can issue an email asking me to come down to the US to attend a workshop on a key project with our key stakeholders based out of the US and get their sign off- which he sent after few days.
 
This time it was New Delhi
 
VO: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning
 
VO: Can I see your passport, please?
Me: Handed over the passport
 
She looked into her system and seemed to read something for around 10 seconds
 
 
VO: What is the purpose of the visit?
Me: I am going to attend a Business Meeting and workshop?
 
VO: What business meeting?
Me: I’m a part of the Global Procurement Team and we have a project of IT Spend Optimization which aims to reduce the total cost of operations. I’m going there to discuss the strategy, take inputs from my stakeholders...
 
VO (interrupting): What strategy?
Me (realizing something was not right): Um…strategy means to present the project plan, taking inputs..um.. to discuss on Spend Optimization Levers..get sign off…
 
VO (interrupting): Why you need to go to the US for this? It can happen over a VC?
Me (realizing its falling apart): (Nervously) Um…well..um.. face to face meeting makes more sense …um.. and my boss wants me to lead this project once I am back in India.
 
VO: What is your designation?
Me: Procurement Specialist-Category & Supplier Management.
 
 
VO: How long have you been working in ZZZ?
Me: 4 Years 4 months
 
 
VO: Thank you Mr.XX but currently you do not qualify for this Visa.
 
I walked out slowly and not knowing what went wrong.
 
She returned my passport with a 214(b) slip again. This time a yellow slip.
 
I was extremely upset and felt humiliated. The B1/B2 rejection rate in my organization is extremely low. In my department, I have not heard anyone’s B1/B2 getting rejected ever. People travel to the US every now and then.
 
I am so frustrated with my condition.
 
What am I doing wrong?
 
How long should I wait before applying again
 
How do I ensure I clear the interview next time?
 
 

Hello All,

I work for a US-based giant networking MNC. I am a Procurement Professional currently based out of Bangalore.

I was denied a B1 visa twice in 2019 -the first time in Sep and the second time in Dec.

INTERVIEW 1- Purpose- To Attend the Supplier Day in San Francisco. I got the invitation a bit late (just 2 weeks before) and contacted the travel desk for a Visa Interview Date. They gave me a date that was scheduled after the event. In order to expedite I logged into the US visa website- https://ceac.state.gov/genniv and scheduled appointment for an earlier date. In between the process, the website blocked me once as I refreshed the site too many times.

However, I got all the right documentation and appeared on the interview day in Chennai.

VO: Can I see your passport, please?
Me: Handed over the passport.

VO: What is the purpose of the visit?
Me: I am going to attend a Business Conference?

VO: What is your designation?
Me: Procurement Specialist-Category & Supplier Management.

VO: How long will you stay in the US?
Me: 7 Days

VO: How long have you been working in ZZZ?
Me: 4 Years

VO: What is your Annual Salary?
Me: YYYY Rupees

VO: Have you visited any other countries in the past?
Me: Yes, I went to Indonesia in May 2019 and that too to attend a business conference.

VO: Can I see some kind of invitation
Me: I handed over the HR Letter issued by my company. (The letter talks about my Medical Insurance Coverage during travel, my stay tenure, and that the company takes full responsibilities during my stay in the US)

VO: I’m sorry but currently you do not qualify for this Visa.

She handed over a 214(b) slip.

I had an invitation email from our Procurement VP, which I thought later, I could have produced.

Many of my colleagues told me later that since I rescheduled the date myself, I was not given the Visa. Really?

What went wrong?

INTERVIEW 2: I spoke to my boss and he suggested me to reapply after a couple of months. When asked for the purpose of the visit, he said he can issue an email asking me to come down to the US to attend a workshop on a key project with our key stakeholders based out of the US and get their sign off- which he sent after few days.

This time it was New Delhi

VO: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning

VO: Can I see your passport, please?
Me: Handed over the passport

She looked into her system and seemed to read something for around 10 seconds

VO: What is the purpose of the visit?
Me: I am going to attend a Business Meeting and workshop?

VO: What business meeting?
Me: I’m a part of the Global Procurement Team and we have a project of IT Spend Optimization which aims to reduce the total cost of operations. I’m going there to discuss the strategy, take inputs from my stakeholders...

VO (interrupting): What strategy?
Me (realizing something was not right): Um…strategy means to present the project plan, taking inputs..um.. to discuss on Spend Optimization Levers..get sign off…

VO (interrupting): Why you need to go to the US for this? It can happen over a VC?
Me (realizing its falling apart): (Nervously) Um…well..um.. face to face meeting makes more sense …um.. and my boss wants me to lead this project once I am back in India.

VO: What is your designation?
Me: Procurement Specialist-Category & Supplier Management.

VO: How long have you been working in ZZZ?
Me: 4 Years 4 months

VO: Thank you Mr.XX but currently you do not qualify for this Visa.

I walked out slowly and not knowing what went wrong.

She returned my passport with a 214(b) slip again. This time a yellow slip.

I was extremely upset and felt humiliated. The B1/B2 rejection rate in my organization is extremely low. In my department, I have not heard anyone’s B1/B2 getting rejected ever. People travel to the US every now and then.

I am so frustrated with my condition.

What am I doing wrong?

How long should I wait before applying again

How do I ensure I clear the interview next time?

So, Im 21 old student Im Pursuing B.tech here in India and In 2year of it.
I wanted To visit US during My summer vacation to meet my relatives who lives there, I had applied for B1/B2
Visa.
I went for Interview And I was rejected under 214b, counselor Asked me few questions like ->

VO: Why Is Purpose Of traveling ?
Me: For Tourism and A Vacation.
VO:Where You be staying at ?
Me:At my relatives House.
VO:Who Is You relatives?
Me: Answered
VO:Where Relative Works?
Me: In XYZ company
VO: Have you ever travelled Out your country ?
Me:No

She typed for few seconds and handed me over 214b slip
And said sorry !

Although i had all kinds of documents like my latest results,my College ID, Bonafide Certificate from college Too !
To prove them that i will come back to my country, though i have not graduated im still pursuing.

Please Anyone can tell me what mistake i did?
Should i apply for it again ?

Any tips/suggestions?

Hi All,

My visa interview was on 19th Dec 2019 at Mumbai.

following are the question asked by VO-
1. why am i travelling to USA ?
(I am going to attend business meetings.)
2. Tell me more about the business meetings.
(I will be meeting current company's partners to discuss and setup road map to integrate them with us in next quarter.)
3. How long have you been with current company ?
(2 years)
4. Have you ever traveled outside the India before ?
(no)

I have total experience of 5.5 years.

My visa got rejected.

Our employer was sending 5 people to US , One thing I observed is that All 5 of us have filled the same travel date in DS-160 form and answered "no" in "Is anybody traveling with you? " field. I think this can be easily detected and thats why they rejected our visa.

I want to know what you guys think of this.

Hi
Everyone,

I have my visa interview 19/11/2019 at Mumbai

Purpose: Attend Reseach conference in San Francisco.

ME: Good Morning.
VO: No response

VO: Passport, please.
ME: Yes, Here is it.

VO: Why want to go to the USA.
ME: No answer because VO voice not properly I listen.

VO: Why want to go to the USA.
ME: I want to present my research paper at Conference.

VO: What is your research.
ME: I explain my research work in technical language.

VO: What is your highest qualification.
ME: Answer

VO: What is the monthly salary.
ME: Answer

VO: How long you would be staying in the USA.
ME: 7 days.

ME: I have passed my invitation letter.
VO: Show my invitation letter and drop after show my invitation letter.

VO: How is sponsoring your trip.
ME: My employer.

VO: Then she typing something and looked at me. She standup and gives me 221(g) Blue slip and told follow this instruction.

ME: Thank you.

I have sent an email the next day. Mention blue slip instruction covered all point.

after 15 days received an email from the consulate, Submit your passport and 221(g) copy from any 11 delivery location.

Next five days issued my visa.

 

Hi everyone,

I have my VISA interview at end of next week. I am bit nervous as my team mate was rejected. Here are my answers to the basic questions :

Purpose : Gather requirements and build a development plan with stake holders for a phased delivery approach of a new project.

Place - Company HQ , YYYY City

Stay: 2 Weeks Jan 13 - Jan 23.

Travel History : ZZZ, Germany - 3 Months

Profile - Senior Consultant, 5.5 Years, 6 figure monthly salary, Unmarried, Stay with my mother.

What are the chances and which things I should specifically look into ?