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B1 approved in chennai
This forum is awesome. Very helpful for understanding the process. Thanks for all sharing experience. Scheduled appointment for interview on 5th Nov. They are allowing only on time.
After big queue, reached final counter for interview.
Below are the questions.
1. Which company you are working for?
2. Purpose of travel?
3. Duration?
4. What's your role in the meeting?
5. Have you been in US already?
6. How long with current company?
7. Does your wife lives in India?
8. Your annual salary?
9. Who are all Comming to the meeting?
Then they said visa is approved. I got my passport delivered 9/Nov to home, paid 500 for delivery to blue dart.
All the very best.
Thank you!
After big queue, reached final counter for interview.
Below are the questions.
1. Which company you are working for?
2. Purpose of travel?
3. Duration?
4. What's your role in the meeting?
5. Have you been in US already?
6. How long with current company?
7. Does your wife lives in India?
8. Your annual salary?
9. Who are all Comming to the meeting?
Then they said visa is approved. I got my passport delivered 9/Nov to home, paid 500 for delivery to blue dart.
All the very best.
Thank you!
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B1 VISA SECOND ATTEMPT APPROVED
My visa interview was very interactive. I attended the interview on the 30 October, 2019.
Here was the questions asked.
1. Where are going
2.what are your roles in ur company
3.are you married.
4.What does she do.
5.how long have u worked with your company
6.what does your company do
Then the golden words ....ur visa is approved.
Here was the questions asked.
1. Where are going
2.what are your roles in ur company
3.are you married.
4.What does she do.
5.how long have u worked with your company
6.what does your company do
Then the golden words ....ur visa is approved.
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B1 Visa Second attempt at Mumbai Rejected
Hello,
I have applied for B1 visa 2 times, got rejection. I am going to apply 3rd time now.
I am working with my client for 3 year now and my overall experience is 7 years.
My interview went like this.
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning Sir
VO: Passport please
Me: i smiled and gave my passport
VO: Whjy are you travelling to US?
Me: I am invited to attend the trade show held in Atlanta, where my client is participating and we are going to meet our drop shippers in the trade show to discuss further business developments.
VO: Do you have Invitation latter?
Me: I gave the invitation letter
VO: How long you are working with this company?
Me: 2 years
VO: How long you will be staying in the USA?
Me: 2 weeks.
VO: What is your title?
Me: I am working as a Business Operations Manager
VO: Have you travelled to any other country?
Me: No sir.
VO: are you married.
Me: Yes.
I also had a business meeting with my client and other team members after the show, we have our head quarter in Atlanta as well.
Please correct me where i went wrong.
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I have applied for B1 visa 2 times, got rejection. I am going to apply 3rd time now.
I am working with my client for 3 year now and my overall experience is 7 years.
My interview went like this.
VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning Sir
VO: Passport please
Me: i smiled and gave my passport
VO: Whjy are you travelling to US?
Me: I am invited to attend the trade show held in Atlanta, where my client is participating and we are going to meet our drop shippers in the trade show to discuss further business developments.
VO: Do you have Invitation latter?
Me: I gave the invitation letter
VO: How long you are working with this company?
Me: 2 years
VO: How long you will be staying in the USA?
Me: 2 weeks.
VO: What is your title?
Me: I am working as a Business Operations Manager
VO: Have you travelled to any other country?
Me: No sir.
VO: are you married.
Me: Yes.
I also had a business meeting with my client and other team members after the show, we have our head quarter in Atlanta as well.
Please correct me where i went wrong.
,
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B1 Visa Second attempt Hyderabad Rejected
Hi All,
My visa application rejected second time also.
Interview Date: 05/11/2019
Time:9:00AM, Hyderabad
VO: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning Sir
VO: So you are coming from YYYY company
Me: Yes Sir
VO: What is your designation?
Me: Said my designation
VO: Whom you are going to meet?
Me: I'm going to meet our manager and clients to discuss about our new project which is North America YYYY company. we will prepare execution plans in this meeting and once i come back to India i will start working on this project.
VO: What is your experience with current company?
Me: i said i have 1.3years in current company but i have overall 9 years experience
VO: How many days your are going to stay in US?
Me: 13 Working Days
VO: We cant process your visa and gave 214(B), Thank you
Me: Thank you
Can anyone tell me the mistakes of my case and i reapply can it will effect bcoz my application is rejected twice. Thanks
My visa application rejected second time also.
Interview Date: 05/11/2019
Time:9:00AM, Hyderabad
VO: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning Sir
VO: So you are coming from YYYY company
Me: Yes Sir
VO: What is your designation?
Me: Said my designation
VO: Whom you are going to meet?
Me: I'm going to meet our manager and clients to discuss about our new project which is North America YYYY company. we will prepare execution plans in this meeting and once i come back to India i will start working on this project.
VO: What is your experience with current company?
Me: i said i have 1.3years in current company but i have overall 9 years experience
VO: How many days your are going to stay in US?
Me: 13 Working Days
VO: We cant process your visa and gave 214(B), Thank you
Me: Thank you
Can anyone tell me the mistakes of my case and i reapply can it will effect bcoz my application is rejected twice. Thanks
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B1 Visa Experience - Rejected (New Delhi)
Hi All,
I have gone thought the process of B1 and unfortunately it is not get approved.
Day 1: (16th Oct)
Visa verification scheduled time was 3:30 PM and I reached to 2:30PM they allow me.
You can carry Mobile phone but keep it on Switch off mode. They will check and ask you the same.
On the desk they asked me to read some lines in English and taken my finger print and photo graph. That it.
Day 2: (17th Oct)
Scheduled time was 9:15AM, I have reached 8:30AM and they were allowing all the candidate of 9:15 AM time.
Before you enter inside the consulate, there is a security check.
Reached to the counter they have again verified my finger print verification and taken my passport. Verified some things and asked me to follow the yellow line.
I have reached to the main interview area and there were more than 20 windows where the interview was going on.
Interview:
VO: Give me your passport
Me: Sure
VO: Have you ever been to the other country?
Me: No, it is my first chance.
VO: where are you going in the US?
Me: Replied [City Name], VO: added [State] I replied YES.
VO: What is your annual income?
Me: [replied] (Which is more than 10k)
VO: What is your designation?
Me: Senior Software Engineer
VO: We cant process your Visa, please show this slip to your employer if they asked reason. Thank you
Me: Thank you
Married 4+ Year
Current Company: 1 year
Overall experience: 8 years
Travel History: No
Degree: Masters
It seems like it was pre decided and VO was just filling some details in the system and meanwhile asked me these questions. Did not asked for document but I was having client letter.
I have gone thought the process of B1 and unfortunately it is not get approved.
Day 1: (16th Oct)
Visa verification scheduled time was 3:30 PM and I reached to 2:30PM they allow me.
You can carry Mobile phone but keep it on Switch off mode. They will check and ask you the same.
On the desk they asked me to read some lines in English and taken my finger print and photo graph. That it.
Day 2: (17th Oct)
Scheduled time was 9:15AM, I have reached 8:30AM and they were allowing all the candidate of 9:15 AM time.
Before you enter inside the consulate, there is a security check.
Reached to the counter they have again verified my finger print verification and taken my passport. Verified some things and asked me to follow the yellow line.
I have reached to the main interview area and there were more than 20 windows where the interview was going on.
Interview:
VO: Give me your passport
Me: Sure
VO: Have you ever been to the other country?
Me: No, it is my first chance.
VO: where are you going in the US?
Me: Replied [City Name], VO: added [State] I replied YES.
VO: What is your annual income?
Me: [replied] (Which is more than 10k)
VO: What is your designation?
Me: Senior Software Engineer
VO: We cant process your Visa, please show this slip to your employer if they asked reason. Thank you
Me: Thank you
Married 4+ Year
Current Company: 1 year
Overall experience: 8 years
Travel History: No
Degree: Masters
It seems like it was pre decided and VO was just filling some details in the system and meanwhile asked me these questions. Did not asked for document but I was having client letter.
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B1 Visa Experience
Hello,
First I want to express my gratitude towards all the members of this forum, because I was able to face my visa interview confidently as I read number of posts on this forum. Once again thank you everyone on this forum.
Following is my B1 Visa Experience.
Attempt 1st.
Location: Chennai Consulate.
VO: Good Morning, Can I have your passport please?
Me: Good Morning Ma'am, Here is my passport.
VO: What is your purpose of travel.
Me: I need to travel to US so that I can be part of project launch meetings and guide the team for assembly of components.
VO: Duration of your travel.
Me: 7 days. .
VO: Do you have any invitation letter?
Me: Yes here it is. (Handed over the letter)
VO: I will be back in a moment
Me: Okay
(Then Visa officer went inside to have talk with colleague about my letter)
VO: What is your salary?
Me: YYYY per annum.
VO: Are you married?
Me: Yes
VO: Do you have any children?
Me: Not yet
Then Visa officer starts typing for 2 to 3 minutes.
VO: Your Visa Cannot be approved now. Here is the passport.
Me. Thank You. (Handed me 214b Slip)
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Attempt 2nd
Location: Mumbai Consulate.
VO: Good Morning, Your Passport please.
Me: Good Morning Ma'am, Here is my passport.
VO: What is your purpose of travel?
Me: I have been invited by US counterpart so that I can guide them for the assembly of components which I had conceptualized in a computer software, also I will be part of project review meetings and discussions.
VO: Who you will be meeting?
Me: I will be meeting YYYY who is manager in US and also her team.
VO: How many days you will be in US?
Me: I will be there for 12 days starting from 10th November to 21st November 2019.
VO: What exactly you will be doing there and why it cannot be done from here?
Me: I will be making observations and notes during the assembly of the components which I had conceptualized in computer software. Also I will make notes of any issues arise during the process and try to resolve them. Here in India we do not have the setup to do the assembly, so I will be needed to travel to US.
VO: Your Visa is approved.
Me: Thank You, Have a nice day.
First I want to express my gratitude towards all the members of this forum, because I was able to face my visa interview confidently as I read number of posts on this forum. Once again thank you everyone on this forum.
Following is my B1 Visa Experience.
Attempt 1st.
Location: Chennai Consulate.
VO: Good Morning, Can I have your passport please?
Me: Good Morning Ma'am, Here is my passport.
VO: What is your purpose of travel.
Me: I need to travel to US so that I can be part of project launch meetings and guide the team for assembly of components.
VO: Duration of your travel.
Me: 7 days. .
VO: Do you have any invitation letter?
Me: Yes here it is. (Handed over the letter)
VO: I will be back in a moment
Me: Okay
(Then Visa officer went inside to have talk with colleague about my letter)
VO: What is your salary?
Me: YYYY per annum.
VO: Are you married?
Me: Yes
VO: Do you have any children?
Me: Not yet
Then Visa officer starts typing for 2 to 3 minutes.
VO: Your Visa Cannot be approved now. Here is the passport.
Me. Thank You. (Handed me 214b Slip)
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Attempt 2nd
Location: Mumbai Consulate.
VO: Good Morning, Your Passport please.
Me: Good Morning Ma'am, Here is my passport.
VO: What is your purpose of travel?
Me: I have been invited by US counterpart so that I can guide them for the assembly of components which I had conceptualized in a computer software, also I will be part of project review meetings and discussions.
VO: Who you will be meeting?
Me: I will be meeting YYYY who is manager in US and also her team.
VO: How many days you will be in US?
Me: I will be there for 12 days starting from 10th November to 21st November 2019.
VO: What exactly you will be doing there and why it cannot be done from here?
Me: I will be making observations and notes during the assembly of the components which I had conceptualized in computer software. Also I will make notes of any issues arise during the process and try to resolve them. Here in India we do not have the setup to do the assembly, so I will be needed to travel to US.
VO: Your Visa is approved.
Me: Thank You, Have a nice day.
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B1 Visa help
Hi All, i have visa interview on 1st November in Delhi. Please let me know if below answers to the questions are fine and let me know my chances too.
What is your purpose of Visit?
I need to travel to Decatur for 2 weeks for attending multiple workshops/ trainings which are aimed towards understanding the client's current procurement processes and discussing the solution approach. Once i come back to india after two weeks, will align the offshore team on the requirements and then will start working towards designing future state processes and solutioning that on Coupa (Business Spend Management SaaS solution)
Why are you only chosen to travel?
I am offshore functional lead and a certified Coupa practitioner having close to 5 years of experience. My presence will be critical as i would need to meet multiple stakeholders and then align the offshore team with the requirements to deliver
My Profile
- Management Consulting Analyst with Accenture Strategy for past 8 months and having 5 years of overall experience with ~2.5 years of experience into Coupa Design and Implementation. I am a certified Coupa practitioner.
- I am married and having 1 year old daughter.
- Salary - ~26 lakhs per annum
What is your purpose of Visit?
I need to travel to Decatur for 2 weeks for attending multiple workshops/ trainings which are aimed towards understanding the client's current procurement processes and discussing the solution approach. Once i come back to india after two weeks, will align the offshore team on the requirements and then will start working towards designing future state processes and solutioning that on Coupa (Business Spend Management SaaS solution)
Why are you only chosen to travel?
I am offshore functional lead and a certified Coupa practitioner having close to 5 years of experience. My presence will be critical as i would need to meet multiple stakeholders and then align the offshore team with the requirements to deliver
My Profile
- Management Consulting Analyst with Accenture Strategy for past 8 months and having 5 years of overall experience with ~2.5 years of experience into Coupa Design and Implementation. I am a certified Coupa practitioner.
- I am married and having 1 year old daughter.
- Salary - ~26 lakhs per annum
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b1 visa preparation help
Hi all,
I am working in xx company in tech lead role and have experience around 8+ years. in current yy company working around 1.4 years. don't have any travel experience. going for requirement gathering and knowledge transfer from client company, Please help me to elaborate the below ques ,
1.Purpose of visit - (requirement gathering and knowledge transfer)
2. why you cant do it from here
3. why you are chosen
4. why you staying 4 weeks
I am working in xx company in tech lead role and have experience around 8+ years. in current yy company working around 1.4 years. don't have any travel experience. going for requirement gathering and knowledge transfer from client company, Please help me to elaborate the below ques ,
1.Purpose of visit - (requirement gathering and knowledge transfer)
2. why you cant do it from here
3. why you are chosen
4. why you staying 4 weeks
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B1 Visa Approved
Interview Date: 28/10/2019
Place: Chennai
VO: Which company are you working for?
[Answered]
vo: what is your designation and purpose of the visit
Me: I am currently working as XX, currently heading a team of yy members at offshore.
Purpose: I am heading the account at offshore and I am required to attend multiple kick start meetings, and to discuss new project roadmap.
VO: What's your salary?
[Answered]
VO : How long you are staying?
2 weeks
VO: Which place are you visiting?
[Answered]: California
VO: Whom you are going to meet?
I need to meet my onsite counterpart and also with the stakeholder to discuss on the project scope and future roadmap.
VO: Who is your client?
[Answered]
VO: What is the project cost?
[Answered]
Finally, Okay gentleman your visa has been approved.
Place: Chennai
VO: Which company are you working for?
[Answered]
vo: what is your designation and purpose of the visit
Me: I am currently working as XX, currently heading a team of yy members at offshore.
Purpose: I am heading the account at offshore and I am required to attend multiple kick start meetings, and to discuss new project roadmap.
VO: What's your salary?
[Answered]
VO : How long you are staying?
2 weeks
VO: Which place are you visiting?
[Answered]: California
VO: Whom you are going to meet?
I need to meet my onsite counterpart and also with the stakeholder to discuss on the project scope and future roadmap.
VO: Who is your client?
[Answered]
VO: What is the project cost?
[Answered]
Finally, Okay gentleman your visa has been approved.
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Tips require for B1 interview
I am preparing for my upcoming US b1 visa interview. Here are my prepared answers
Q1. Purpose of your Visit?
Ans. My client is implementing the virtualization technology at their datacenter and I am going there to perform the configuration & setup of the Virtualization devices as per the client requirement.
Q2. Where are you travelling in the US ?
Ans. I am travelling to California.
Q3. Why you are chosen?
Ans. I have the technical expertise and more than 8 years of experience in Virtualization technology.
Q4. Why 1 Week only?
Ans. Because the initial setup of the virtualization boxes require physical presence at the datacenter and post that configuration devices will be managed via remotely from India.
Q5. Why Can't you do it from here?
Ans. Because the initial configuration of the devices can't be done from remote, it requires expertise person at the datacenter.
Q6. How long you are associated with the current company.
Ans. I am associated with this company from last 10 months and I have a total of 8 years of experience.
Q7. Since you have less experience in your current company why the company has chosen you?
Ans. Since I have worked for US client in past as well and I have 8 years of experience of virtualization so my client has chosen me to come there and perform the Virtualization setup work.
I don't have any travel history? My monthly salary is around 1 lac/annum.
Any tips for interview and what are my chances
Q1. Purpose of your Visit?
Ans. My client is implementing the virtualization technology at their datacenter and I am going there to perform the configuration & setup of the Virtualization devices as per the client requirement.
Q2. Where are you travelling in the US ?
Ans. I am travelling to California.
Q3. Why you are chosen?
Ans. I have the technical expertise and more than 8 years of experience in Virtualization technology.
Q4. Why 1 Week only?
Ans. Because the initial setup of the virtualization boxes require physical presence at the datacenter and post that configuration devices will be managed via remotely from India.
Q5. Why Can't you do it from here?
Ans. Because the initial configuration of the devices can't be done from remote, it requires expertise person at the datacenter.
Q6. How long you are associated with the current company.
Ans. I am associated with this company from last 10 months and I have a total of 8 years of experience.
Q7. Since you have less experience in your current company why the company has chosen you?
Ans. Since I have worked for US client in past as well and I have 8 years of experience of virtualization so my client has chosen me to come there and perform the Virtualization setup work.
I don't have any travel history? My monthly salary is around 1 lac/annum.
Any tips for interview and what are my chances
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