H1B, H4 Visa

Hi All,

Thanks for sharing your experience which really helped me gain some confidence for attending my PAI in Chennai consulate @ 5th Dec 2012.

I had my OFC appointment @ 11 AM 4th Dec 2012. Reached there by 9:50 AM and waited in line. They allowed me in at around 11:15 AM and the Biometrics / Photo proceedure took some 20 minutes. Got courier delivery form to submit in the embassy in case you need passport delivered through courier.

Few details about my background. I work for a reputed MNC with BEP and applied for the same project which i am working for the past 2 years from offshore. Applied H1B(2013 CAP) on June, got RFE on 31st August, responded RFE by october 18th, got final approval on 31st October but with one year validity(never mind ;) ).

My PAI appointment was at 11:00 AM and reached the consulate at 10:00 AM. Luckily there was not much crowd and they let everyone irrespective of appointment time.

After Security Frisking the DS160 Verification took 2 minutes, finger print verification took 2 minutes and went to the other block for actual interview.

Assigned to a counter where already 1 was attending interview and 2 were waiting. Joined as third in the line. Gained some confidence recollecting all the experience I read in immihelp.com. But out of the 2 who were before me 1 got 221(g) for his H1B and the other person got his B1 rejected which completely shattered by confidence.

I got so nervous but somehow managed to answer the questions which went as below.

Me : Hello sir, Good Morning.
VO : Good Morning, can you pass your DS-160 confirmation?
Me : Sure, here it is(Passed Passport with DS-160 confirmation page).

VO : So who is your employer?
Me : Answered

VO : Who is your client?
Me : Answered, but he didnt hear properly. so repeated.

VO : What technology you would use to develop softwares?
Me : Answered.

VO : What is your highest qualification.
Me : M.Sc in Computer Science in India which is equivalent to BS in US(Had to explain this coz my Application was filed under BS degree category under H1 Cap)

VO : What is the work location.
Me : City, State

VO : Are you married.
Me : Answered

VO : I am approving your visa and you can pick up the passport in a week. Hope you have read the Labor rights phamplet.
Me : Thank you very much sir. I already read the phamplet.

It was all over in less than 5 minutes and i just could not believe that my interview is over. Already had the courier delivery form filled, submitted that in the counter near exit with 300 Rs and its all done. I came outside of the embassy by 10:15 AM itself.

Now waiting for my passport delivery :)