H1B, H4 Visa

Hello friends,

Reached chennai on Oct 9th morning, took a room near chennai central. my appt was at 2:45.

But my friend called up at 11 and said he got stamped, while his appt was actually scheduled at 12.45. He advised me to start early.

So I started at 1:00, paid 60 bucks to auto guy.

There was a big line outside(seen a gal fainting), security guys told me mobiles were not allowed in. he took me to a small coffee shop and asked me to pay 100 bucks for keeping the phone.

There is a prescreening area, the lady rejected my photo - sayin its little blurred :(

there are touts waitin outside consulate. he took me to the authorized studio in 5 mins. this guy charges 200 for 6 copies.

came back to consulate - auto fella was demanding 200 bucks (god only knws) paid him 50....even thats is more, as it was hardly 1km.

Done with prescreening by 2:30 and was waiting......waiting...n waitin
BTW I had 6:10 train bck to hyd....which I knew I was going to miss.

Later done with finger printing.

Finally at 6:00 I got interviewed:

VO- Hello
Me- how are doin( SAY THIS WITH SMILE)

VO-you will be working for which company
Me-XYZ has a client ABC, will be working on tht project.

VO- Do you have any docs
Me- Yes the client agreement and project timeline

VO- Whats your edu qualif
Me - Master in Information tech

Sees something at his computer(probably my L1 was rejected in 2003 as I was frm non-comp science bground)

VO- wts your master degree you said?
Me- MASTERS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY(loudly ;)

VO - Do you have tax details.
Me - Passed (had details from 2004 to 2006) .I thought he wld ask me to get 2007.

VO- do you have unemployment wage report
Me- my employer told it will be in Tax returns

He checked and said No its not there. he took a minutes time doing something on his computer.

Ok sir, I m granting you visa and if you have any problem in US contact this number - he gave me a card. and took my passport.

Guys/Gals - Basically one thing I noticed is they are not really interested in your loads of certificates or experience.

they see your edu qualif and project documents. So PLEASE carry that.

As I had already missed the train. my parents told me to visit tirupati which I did for almightys blessings.

Thanks to all of you who shared your experience and Good Luck!!