H1B, H4 Visa

Hi please help,

I went to Chennai Consulate on Feb-2006, at that time i dont have the INHOUSE Project details..
So VO asked me go and get the Marketing Analysis of INHOUSE PROJECT.

Now my Employeer sent the END CLIENT AND AGREEMENT LETTER, COVERING LETTER etc.,... my doubt is NOW shall I go with these two letters or NOT.

any Info please send to thid mail-id [email protected]

This is the experience of my spouse who had successful H4 Visa stamping at Chennai on March 23rd. Her appointment was at 2pm and was out by 7pm though the actual interview lasted for only 10 mins.

Note- You can pick up the Passport next day at the VFS office located in Teynampet area, Chennai.
Request the Visa Officer that you need the Passport urgent by next day if you plan to travel to USA in 2-3 days. Try to make it to VFS Office the next day before 2 Pm otherwise they will dispatch it by courier. There were many cases where the applicants did not receive the Passport even after 7 business days which is a big concern.

About myself- I came to USA to do Masters and i am on H1B Visa since 2003 working for a small Indian owned consulting company at their client sites.

Questions asked by male Visa Officer-
1. Is it arranged marriage?
2. Show me the Original Marriage Certificate
3. How long is your husband in USA
4. Is your husband working as a consultant
5. Show me your husbands company's tax returns and insurance documents
6. show me your husband payslips for the current year.
7. show me your husbands W2 forms and Tax Returns for all the years of his stay in USA
8. show the companys photos
9. show the Utility bills
10. show the Original Client signatured letter and contract agreement

Note- According to my spouse, there were rejections for the applicants (H1 and H4) who could not produce Tax / Financial documents, Client Letter (Client, if applicable), Photos etc.
Also the Utility bills are asked randomly.

The original signatured 'End Client letter' should mention the project details, job role, title, project duration etc and can be in any format.

!!! GOOD LUCK !!!
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hi friends..

my inerview went very bad...let me start here :

for 35 miniutes he asked questions..examinign...i stared arguing with the senior VO and he is shocked.. after showing all docs including client letter clealry stating everything tax returns of employer.. he says " Mam i cant give u the visa at this point of time ..and issued 221 G whatever happens.. i decided and asked " Sir give me a reason why its ot sufficient" he is shocked and stared into my eye....but i dint know what iam talkign.. the situations whcih took place at the entrance itself ghave a very negative impact... ' he replied no end client photos.. i told that I have client contract alogn with separate end client lettermentioning my anme and pay scale everything and told "pls validate these as i have everything"

i shud not have aurgued..infact my mood is very abd .. as i had faced tough time for accomodation being a girl( its not planned) and at the entrance that indian lady sent me out saying" Mam i will wait for u.. she realized my face is very tired and told me to ahve lunch and come...with a new set of photos as i my hair convered my ears .. funny...and she cud not see my ears ..which is against the rules....iam not familair wit chennai and the burning heat ..irrritated me ..after 2 hrs i returned to the consulate with the photos...

prior to me an old lady got rejected ..then a couple got rejected for visit visa....then mine... the moment the ladyc ame to know that iam from andhra university she started examinign my certificates under the light ( no worries mine are genuine .. infact topper in few subjects from the university) and sent me to another guy.. some fraudlent people played witht he consulate once ...and now everyone from Andhra university is treated as 3 rd grade citizens..so this VO is an young american ..asked me "Apko hindi aati hain " smiling... after seeing my language certificates...i gave hima compliment hat he speaks good hindi and he is very happy to hear it...thanked me...and asked me to walk thru all the subjects in college ..one by one.. i did the same...then the 35 to 55 min quesstionaire out of which 15 min are with my education ...after that abt my job role......Guys if u r SAP consultants pls be careful.. those VO's will never be convinced with ur answers... Iam an SD consultant..he asked me how is my sales job (previous domain experience)related to SAP ? I explained him whats SAP SD module and abt business process blah blah blah... he asked me whats GAP Analysis ? ... again blah blah blah and he says " oh i thot its the GAP men's wear Brand... Lolz.. such a sad joke when iam tensed and i gave a stupid smile ...then one by onemy tax returns.. w2. all i gave him..then the argument took place (which i wrote above) trust me the ladies in the consulate r better in issuign the visas...with all this negative incidents at the inception itself..made me to argue.. well.. i didnt ven see his face and thank him... asked him for the certificates .. he told he will be needing ..it but i told i may be requiring my recent appointment letter atleast for applying jobs and took it from the file without his permision ( at this time it didnt botehr me whether he will give me the visa or not) if not US so many countries..infact i know decent japanese ...) at the end.. he asked me passport and stamped "date and year" on the last page.. GUYS PLS TELL ME what does this mean? Does this mean rejected then why he gave me 221 G..and retained my certificates..pls write to me at nikita80atbreakthru.com iam sorry for the lengthy one... at the here.....what i wud suggest is ...though u had many distractions.. the moment u enter inside the main building do not think of anything ..abt the visa or dont asssume anythign abt the itnerview...think of some fav songs ..music etc..I wish u good luck to all of you awaiting to hear the news which can change ur lives.. but never get disappointed... this is not the end of the world.. India is paying better now and the trend has changed everyone is coming back...dont think that these is how loosers think...one of my best friend got rejected thrice in chennai consulate.. and today he is doing fantastic ...in JAPAN .. bette pay than US..than everyone in my circle ..
what i say is "whatever happens is for our good" "Jo bhi hota hain hamare bhale ke liye hi hota hain" "emi jarigina mana manchi kosame"

hi friends,

I was asked to sumbit the internal project details via drop box at chennai office. OPTION B in 221G

Accordingly i have submitted all the documents at chennai vfs office on 13th Feb.

Now is it required for me to go and attend the consulate after submitting the documents at vfs drop box.

After reading this -> http://chennai.usconsulate.gov/refusals221g.html, i am bit confused.

Should i have to wait for further period. and how loooong? is a question.

Can anyone give me a guidance please

thanks and regards,

BMT

I had been to consular interview on March 21, 2006 for my H4 visa. My visa was approved and the consular officer told me that I would get my passport in 3 working days. Unfortunately, I didn't get it till now. Its already past 7 business days.

If any one has any idea about it, please submit your views.

Regards,
Manasa.

Hi Guys,

Please check my conversation with the VO

First visit to the consulate was in Feb and interview went like this

1. When are you married ?
2. What is your Engineering background?
3. Can I see your degree certficates and marks lists for all the years ?
4. Where ae you working now and for how long ?
5. To which company are yu going ?
6. Pictures of the company in US ?
7. Will you be working in in-house or at clients place ?
8. On what project will you be working ?

Then a 221g query on the project requesting project description,timelines,current phase of the project,marketing analysis and how much money will the product earn for the company.

Me and my wife the interview and the officer said that next time when I come I need not take my wife along with me.He just asked me to bring her passport along with me when I come with the required docs again.

I have contacted my employer regarding the query and he gave a very good analysis for the items asked in the query.

My next interview was in March.I went alone taking my wifes passport with me.

This time the interview went like this(lady officer this time).

1. What is your engineering background
2. Did you bring the docs requested
3. Explain the project (officer observed my eye-eye contact during my explanation of the project.for 2-3 mins she was observing my confidence ad maintained eye-eye contact for the whole time during explnation)
4. Is the project started in US ?

Your VISA is approved SIR, please pay the fees

For your info guys,
this is my 4th personal attendance to the consulate ( 2 F1 and 2 H1)
and in between three F1 rejections by post.
so I have 6 rejections at the back of my passport and 7th atttempt was succesful.
So dont get discouraged for 221g, it is just a intermediate step to get the VISA.

All the best guys.

Hi all,

        First of all, i would like to thank all of u who posted their experience. I went to Chennai Consulate on March 23rd'06. The below conversation happened btwen me and VO.

ME: GOODAFTERNOON MAM & HOW R U DOING..,
VO: GOODAFTERNOON...WELL & GOOD... HOW ABT U?

ME: THANKS MAM.
VO: CAN I HAVE YOUR DOCUMENTS..

ME: SURE,( GAVE MY DOCS )
VO: NO NO, DON'T GIVE THAT FULL FILE.. GIVE ME ONLY UR PETITION & APPOINTMENT LETTER...

ME : OK...( GAVE HER THE REQUESTED DOCS )
VO : OK... LOOKS FINE...CAN I HAVE UR DEGREE CERTIFICATE...

ME : SURE MAM, ( GAVE MY CONVACATION )
VO : OK GOOD, CAN I HAVE UR CONSOLIDATE MARKSHEET?

ME : (LITTLE BIT SURPRISED AS HOW SHE KNOWS CONSOLIDATED SHEETS...) SURE MAM, ( GAVE THE REQUESTED MARKSHEET.. )

VO : SO, WHICH PROJECT ARE YOU GOING TO WORK ON ?
ME : I'M WILL BE ASSIGNED IN THE DEVELOPEMENT OF THE PRODUCT BLA BLA BLA...

VO : CAN U EXPLAIN ME IN DETAIL?
ME : SURE, BLA BLA BLA BLA.......

VO : OK FINE, CAN I HAVE UR EMPLOYERS TAX RETURN?
ME : SURE MAM, ( GAVE THE TAX RETURNS )...

VO : OK LOOKS FINE.... ( SHE WAS ABOUT TO GAVE ME VISA AS SHE STARTED TO STAMP SOMETHING IN MY PP) SUDDENLY....... SIR, DO U HAVE UR END CLIENT LETTER....

ME : JUST A SEC MAM... ( SEARCHED IN MY FILE WHICH MY EMPLOYER GAVE ME )... AND SHOWN AGAIN THE APPOINTMENT LETTER OF MY US COMPANY...
VO: SIR, THIS IS NOT THE ONE I'M ASKING FOR... I NEED END CLIENT LETTER.....

ME : MAM, I DONT KNOW ABOUT THE LETTER U R ASKING.. I HAVE ALL THE DOCS WHICH MY EMPLOYER GAVE ME.. ( SHE GRASPED ME EASILY THAT I'M TENSED )...

VO : OK OK, NOTHING TO WORRY MAN, DON'T PANIC... WE WILL HAPILY PROVIDE YOU VISA ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH THE CLIENT LETTER ( SHE TOOK 221(G) FORM AND MARKED THE BOX CLIENT LETTER REQUIRED AND GAVE IT TO ME AND TOLD ME...) SIR, AGAIN I'M REQUESTING YOU NOT TO WORRY... EVERYTHING IS FINE WITH YOUR PETITION... SO DONT WORRY... JUST GET THE END CLIENT LETTER FROM UR EMPLOYER AND GET UR VISA STAMPED... TAKE CARE...

ME : (NOW, AFTER HEARING SUCH ENCOURAGING WORDS I SMILED AT HER )...
VO : THATZ GOOD SIR.. GO AHEAD..
ME : THANKS A LOT MAM...


So, friends unluckily i got tensed... dont panic.. be cool... god will be with you... VO's are also human beings they r very sweet... they r there to help you out... now i informed my employer about the letter and its on the way... ATB.... rest in gods hand...

Vijay N

I recently attended chennai consul.can anyone tell me what is marketing analysis. is market analysis and marketing analysis SAME or They Different..Plzzz reply..

hi frnds,

    My H1B stamping is done on 22nd March (as i mailed u earlier) , and I received my stamped passport on 28th March. But when I verified, I found that there is a print mistake in the Passport number which is being printed on the VISA STAMP.

Instead printing 'F7132959' ,
It has been printed as 'E7132959'

If anyone faced such kind of problem, pl. let me know how to get it corrected. Let me know whom to contact, and how to get it rectified.

pl. reply back at the earliest.

Thanks a lot.

My experiences at chennai yesterday. It was little crowdy yesterday as I reached the main VO building in 30 min. Also as per my knowledge they haven't issued a single H1 (not the companies who send from india to their US branch)

1) How do u get to know XYZ
Me : refferral
2) certificate
Me : Given the certificate. he verified in his system based on my roll no.
3) To my wife :
    1) when did u get married : said the date
    2) do u work : No
4) Will you be working for a client or inhouse..
Me : I will be working for their product development team.
5) Do you have any description on this?
 Given one page description and project plan
6) XYZ of product?
 I said it's one of the components of the product. 7) technical design : Given (a 100+ pages document)
8) Market analysis: Given
9) He looked for through the document for 4-5 min. and was searching in the system for some info..
10) Is XYZ any way related to ABC : No
11) Seeing photographs in my hand, he asked them and seen the photos
12) So XYZ has a good employee base, Is this the HQ and were all the employees placed here?
Me: This is the HQ and most of the employees work at client places.
13) I feel your employer doesn't require you badly as he has sufficient no already.

so I require more info on how u will be utilized and issued a 221(g) and asked for lot of documents.

Not sure where things went wrong as I have submitted a huge technical description on the product that they are actually developing.

I have earlier travelled on B1, he didn't notice even or ask my experience certificates(having near about 7 yrs of exp.) and worked with 3 among the Top 10 MNCs and 2 Top 10 indian companies.
So what companies you work doesn't matter.

What are the chances of getting the Visa if the documents are submitted.

Will they ask for any additional docs again?

Where did the things go wrong?