Business Visa - B1

ME: Good morning man (with smile).
VO: <No response, no smile>

VO: Passport please.
ME: Gave her the passport.

VO: Why do u want to go to US?
ME: I have around 4 years of experince, and I am working with XX for more than one year now…..

VO: Why do u want to go to US? (She wanted me to come to the point)
ME: We are developing a new application (talked few lines about the application), for which I need to have meetings and technical discussion with onshore stakeholders, once I have all the requirements I will be coming back to india to develop the application.

VO: For how long you have been working with the current organisation?
ME: Its been more than one year now.

VO: You will get a message after two days.(She kept the passport.)
ME: Thank you.

I assume I have been granted the Visa.. :)
She did not hand me any slip/paper.

Few Points:
  1. Dress well (formals).
  2. Confidence. I think this is really important.
  3. Speak well, no fumbling.
  4. Look in the eye.
  5. Be prepared with as many questions as possible.
  6. Know what you have filled in DS-160, say the same when questions are asked.
  7. I think they like to the point answers, but you need to present your case such that it looks that your trip to US is required and you won’t abuse the visa. So provide what is required to make your case stronger and let the VO interrupt if they don’t want to listen.. ;)
 8. Never say you will work in the US, it has to be meetings and discussions only.
9. If you have Business visa of any other country, say that you never worked on business visa, it was all about meetings and discussion in previous visits to other countries. (A guy got rejected in front of me because of this.)

But truly it about luck too.

All the best!!