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Blanket L1B, L2 experience
Blanket L1 visas can only be scheduled in Chennai. I got my biometrcis scheduled in Hyderabad on Sep 8th 9AM and appointment in Chennai on 14th Sep 10AM.
Biometrics is straight forward process, you just have to show your DS160 confirmation, visa appointment confirmation and your passport. They will take your finger prints and photos (You need not carry any photos of yours). No mobiles or any other devices are allowed inside and there will be no lockers available as well, parking is also little tricky at Hyderabad location, so come little early.
Same rules apply for Chennai consulate interview as well. Interview was taken together with my wife. As we entered inside, they took 2 copies of my I-129S and I-797, one copy of my DS-160 and my passport and bundled together with a rubber band and handed back to us. Later we were asked to go inside and sat there waiting for our turn, meanwhile I was asked to pay Fraud Prevention fee of $500, you can either pay through Demand Draft or credit card (I would say use credit card as its a straight forward and easiest method). No photographs of ours were asked, they will use the ones they took from biometrics. Then we got our turn.
Officer(O): Can you give me your passports
Me(M): Good morning, handed over our passports and the bundled copies
O: Do you have NIE
M: Yes I do, should I give it
O: Just keep it with you, I will ask them in a bit
(he then took our fingerprints, I think they are verifying these with the ones they took during biometrics)
O: So your company XYZ, what does it do
M: explained a little bit
O: Okay, I see, so what have you done in XYZ
M: I have worked on a tool called ABC, it helps XYZ's clients to perform YYYY tasks easily, I have been working on this tool for the past 2 years and I'm lead engineer to this tool who is working from scratch
O: What's your title
M: Senior Software Engineer
O: How many years have you been working with XYZ
M: around 3 years
O: and your total experience
M: 4 and half years
O: Your proposed salary
M: ___K$ per annum
O: what's your highest degree
M: Bachelor of Technology
O: In which stream
M: Computer Science
O: which college did you studied in
M: RST University in PQR
O: So when were you married (he asked my wife who is standing beside me)
Wife(W): xx-xx-xxxx
O: Can you show me your wedding pics and marriage certificate
W: gave 2 pics and certificate and about to give invitation card as well
O: Keep the invitation card to yourself, only 2 photos ha
W: yeah
O: Is this a covid wedding
Both: Yeah (little laugh)
O: Where did you met
W: In matrimony site
O: what's your highest degree
W: Bachelor of Technology
O: In which stream
W: Information Technology
O: which college did you studied in
W: MNO college
O: oh both are from same college, is it
W: no he's from RST and I'm from MNO
O: Can I see your NIE
M: handed over NIE letter
O: he read for awhile, ok so you are going for collaborating with team ha
(he just read the first point and came to a conclusion, it has many more points)
M: Yes and also some of the PII data cannot be accessed from here, so...
O: ok, I'm approving your visa, you will get it in a week subject to final (availability/decision/something I couldn't hear properly with excitement but I ignored)
M: Thank you, sure
Later, I checked the status, It was in "Application Processing" state the whole next day, today it is updated to "Issued". My wife's status updated to "Issued" after two days. We have opted for premium delivery which costs 650INR per person.
Biometrics is straight forward process, you just have to show your DS160 confirmation, visa appointment confirmation and your passport. They will take your finger prints and photos (You need not carry any photos of yours). No mobiles or any other devices are allowed inside and there will be no lockers available as well, parking is also little tricky at Hyderabad location, so come little early.
Same rules apply for Chennai consulate interview as well. Interview was taken together with my wife. As we entered inside, they took 2 copies of my I-129S and I-797, one copy of my DS-160 and my passport and bundled together with a rubber band and handed back to us. Later we were asked to go inside and sat there waiting for our turn, meanwhile I was asked to pay Fraud Prevention fee of $500, you can either pay through Demand Draft or credit card (I would say use credit card as its a straight forward and easiest method). No photographs of ours were asked, they will use the ones they took from biometrics. Then we got our turn.
Officer(O): Can you give me your passports
Me(M): Good morning, handed over our passports and the bundled copies
O: Do you have NIE
M: Yes I do, should I give it
O: Just keep it with you, I will ask them in a bit
(he then took our fingerprints, I think they are verifying these with the ones they took during biometrics)
O: So your company XYZ, what does it do
M: explained a little bit
O: Okay, I see, so what have you done in XYZ
M: I have worked on a tool called ABC, it helps XYZ's clients to perform YYYY tasks easily, I have been working on this tool for the past 2 years and I'm lead engineer to this tool who is working from scratch
O: What's your title
M: Senior Software Engineer
O: How many years have you been working with XYZ
M: around 3 years
O: and your total experience
M: 4 and half years
O: Your proposed salary
M: ___K$ per annum
O: what's your highest degree
M: Bachelor of Technology
O: In which stream
M: Computer Science
O: which college did you studied in
M: RST University in PQR
O: So when were you married (he asked my wife who is standing beside me)
Wife(W): xx-xx-xxxx
O: Can you show me your wedding pics and marriage certificate
W: gave 2 pics and certificate and about to give invitation card as well
O: Keep the invitation card to yourself, only 2 photos ha
W: yeah
O: Is this a covid wedding
Both: Yeah (little laugh)
O: Where did you met
W: In matrimony site
O: what's your highest degree
W: Bachelor of Technology
O: In which stream
W: Information Technology
O: which college did you studied in
W: MNO college
O: oh both are from same college, is it
W: no he's from RST and I'm from MNO
O: Can I see your NIE
M: handed over NIE letter
O: he read for awhile, ok so you are going for collaborating with team ha
(he just read the first point and came to a conclusion, it has many more points)
M: Yes and also some of the PII data cannot be accessed from here, so...
O: ok, I'm approving your visa, you will get it in a week subject to final (availability/decision/something I couldn't hear properly with excitement but I ignored)
M: Thank you, sure
Later, I checked the status, It was in "Application Processing" state the whole next day, today it is updated to "Issued". My wife's status updated to "Issued" after two days. We have opted for premium delivery which costs 650INR per person.
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