L1, L2 Visa

First of all, A big thanks to all of you. This portal has been big help.

My experience:

What matters:
1- Dress - It shows how serious are you. I mean we don't to date in flip flops or shirt without iron. right?
2- Eye contact - It's interview 101. isn't it?
3- Proper greet and body language- Not just on paper, your body must say that I am that engineer, lead or manager which you reading on your system.
4- Organized- Good folder, documents with clip on it not stapler, a sticky book mark to know which one is your resume or SOW out of entire bundle to avoid being clumsy there.

I went to VAC on 14th and it was smooth. Nothing to mention here except documents required: DS160 Confirmation, Appointment letter, ID and passport (get recent expired passport too).

15th is the sunny day with high humid which made me regret wearing suit but it gave fruitful result. I reached 10 minutes before and then it took 20 minutes to complete security check and queue.

Final queue in front of VO- A boy was ahead of me for F1 and little eavesdropping gave me an idea that my VO is cool. he looked like supercool Hollywood villain. As he gave an approval to this student with a big smile which boosted my confidence.

My Moment:

VO: Good morning, sir (with cheerful smile)
Me: Good morning officer.

VO: Nice jacket
ME: Thanks you (with a smile but he couldn't see because of N95. Damn it!)

VO: (After scrolling through the computer) In what line of work your company is?
ME: In 3-4 lines I have explained. Make sure you don't start reading brochure of your firm.

VO: Have you travelled before?
ME: Yes, from 20XX to 20XX.

VO: I see, you have applied L1 Blanket before but didn't get approved.
ME: I did explain about role change, change in task and technology etc. which leads me to apply for Individual.

VO: How long working with this company.
ME: XX Years.

VO: Aren't your spouse going with you?
ME: Yes, she will. She got appointment in different slot.

Now VO took more than 5 minutes typing and scrolling through the computer which made me nervous as hell. After that he said most beautiful sentence of the year "You visa is approved."

Tip: Being nervous is ok, little here in there for words are ok as you are not for Oscar speech. What matters most is your preparation like dress up, proper greet, organized documents etc. which shows that you did your homework and its serious business for you. People do get nervous which is one of the thing make us human. If you lost your thoughts for answer, take a gasp, wait and then restart.

Another thing is don't answer for questions he/she didn't ask. Sometimes they just ask what is your tool and we end up answering our tool, specialization, why is better and all. I mean if you answer for just tool maybe he ask specialization as second question. So, avoid giving extra explanation as it's not Indian board school answer sheet.

Best of luck to all!