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My interview date for H1B was 24th April-1000 AM.
I spent the last 5 days very anxiously, counting each moment. (Reason my L1B was rejected last year)
I reached BKC; Mumbai at 830 AM and joined the very long queue.
Fortunately, it wasn’t very unpleasant standing so long in the queue, due to a bit cloudy weather. (May be the rain gods sent some clouds to protect the people standing in queue from the sun.)
In my observation, the ambience at BKC is very pleasant, better than the older consulate, for which I still have dark memories, as if going through the interview inside a cave.
After all the formalities, I was sitting on one of the benches watching the TV screens for my token number. The numbers move very fast, so my number came in just 15 minutes.
I was observing a gentleman officer who was asking questions loudly to a guy who had apparently come for some kind of work visa (like me).People on all the benches could hear him. I don’t recollect the questions now, but the way he was asking made me little more anxious and tensed.
Finally my token number appeared on window 25,it was a dark lady officer at the window ,before I could get the time to think how would I greet her, she greeted me with a smile and asked me, how are you?.
I answered, Fine Thank you!
This moment I felt 50 percent of my tension getting dissipated.

The next questions were
1) Why are you going to the USA?
--Answered in 1 sentence
2) Who is your client?
--Told 'client name'
3) What is 'client name'?
--Told what does the client company do
4) What is your project?
5) What is your educational qualification?

I answered all questions confidently.
Then a pause of around 30 seconds, and then she gently took in my passport and said with a smile, "Congratulations, I have approved your visa, have a nice trip...”

I don’t know what was going through my head at that time...I said,"Thank you ma'am, you too!" :)
Many people in this forum say that it is all about confidence coming out of preparation and luck. I would agree 100 %.
For me, may be it would have been a different story but for this officer.
I don’t know if all this I have written would be of any help, but this forum has been quite useful to me, hence the gratitude!
Note: Even I have heard that H1Bs are getting approved easily to good numbers.
So going forward, here is wishing good luck to all!
Signing off with my philosophical feeling at this moment...win or lose a battle, don’t quit, the war will always go on...
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