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Hyderabad Consulate- H1B- Approved
I always wanted to add my experience here, since this forum has helped me immesely. I wanted to add my two pence, so that someone like me will receive guidance.
So, I went to the Hyd consulate for my H1B Visa Interview on the 13th of January, 2012 (Friday, the 13th., the date itself was scary! :)). There were a few initial hiccups before I could actually make it to the interview. I had surfed in some forum that for an H1B, a letter from the client is required if you're going to work on some client based project, else an internal project write-up is needed. In my petition both these documents were missing. I realized this on the night before the interview, so there wasn't much that I could do. I was just banking on my confidence, and was hoping that these documents won't be asked for, from my end. I later learnt that my company is registered on the BEP (Business Executive Processing) program and these documents aren't mandatory, but good to have.
I reached the consulate an hour before my interview, which was scheduled at 8:15am. The BEP candidates always carry a red folder with these docs: passport, CEAC barcode confirmation, HDFC receipt, original interview appointment letter, copy of form I797, BEP cover letter, and a Visa photo. The red folder is necessary, as that is how, a BEP candidate is recognized. There are 2 queues, one for BEP candidates and one for normal candidates. I joined the queue for the BEP candidates. When my turn came, I had to handover the red folder with the documents to a gentleman, who verified these. There, I came to know that the Visa photo which I had brought was the same one which I had used for my B1 (which was stamped a year back). A recent photograph is needed. :( But the gentleman assured me that there a window (window number 5) inside the consular section, where I could pay 100 INR and get a new Visa Photo, which they would upload again. This truly saved me a lot of hassle. Once past the security check, I had to stand in a queue, where I was ten-printed, and my documents were verified again, following which I was given a token number, and the bar code from the HDFC receipt was taken out and stuck on my passport. I waited for my token number to flash on a screen for my turn. BTW, when my turn came, I saw that I was assigned counter number 13, and I was almost sure that my Visa would be rejected, since the number 13 was kind of constantly being associated!
I saw the consular officer hand over a pink and a yellow slip (forms 221g) to the two ladies before me. What I also noticed was that they were trying to provide a lot of explanation. That's when I decided that I have to keep my answers as concise and to the point as possible. So here's the gist of the interview:

VO : Good morning, mam. How are you doing today?
Me : Very good mam. How are you?

VO : I am doing good. So what brings you here?
Me : I have come for my H1B Visa interview.

VO : What is your purpose of travel?
Me : I will be working with my parent Organization, based in the US.

VO : Which project you will be working on?
Me : I will be working on an IT based project, <gave the project name here>.

VO : Tell me more about this project.
Me : bla bla bla (one line answer)

VO : Who are the end users?
Me : This project is targetted to cater to so and so companies.

VO : Who is your client?
Me : This is an internal proprietary software.

VO : Where will you be working (including the address)?
Me : Gave the address.

VO : How many employess work in that office?
Me : 100-200 employees.

VO : Who will be your reporting manager?
Me : Manager name.

VO : Have you received the white pamphlet?
Me : Yes.

VO : Your Visa is issues mam. You will be receiving it within 5 business days.
Me : Thanks. Have a nice day.

To all of you out there, please remember the acronym "Keep it simple silly". Don't go into too much details. As far as possible, give one line answers which are to the point. And don't lose the smile, even if you get counter number 13, on Friday, the 13th. :)

All the very best!
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