H1B, H4 Visa

Hello,

First and foremost I thank all the people who kept on posting their
experiences here in this site. This not only helps the newbees but also builds
confidence of some people(like me)...

Please read thru for conversation/experience...

1st Appearance(H1-B)

VO: Good morning!
Me: Good morning Sir! How are you?

VO: Good. So, how long have you been working in this(Current Company) company?
Me: A little over 2 years

VO: What do you do there(I understood that he was enquiring my role)?
Me: I explained what exatcly I do... but very high-level

VO: How did this employer(H1-B employer) come to know about you?
Me: Explained him the entire process

VO: So, will you be working at client's place?
Me: Yes... (As that is what my employer told me)

VO: Do you have anything from client's end? Any documentation that supports your
earlier awnser?
Me: Not quite... but I do have a letter from my client stating the same...

VO: So, you do not have anything to support that you will be working at client's
place. But I need something...
Me: (By now I am quite nervous) I have list of projects that are being undertaken
by my employer... Service Itenarary...

VO: Give me that...
Me: Given all the documentation I had(Only the ones he asked for)

VO: Do you have any photographs of the company?
Me: Yes sir! (Gave a few pics)

VO: I will be back...
Me: Waited for almost 15 mins...

Finally he comes back...

VO: I am not rejecting your petition... but I need some more documents... to be more
precise... A letter from client stating that they have employed you... and service Itinerary
not the one you have... a more detailed one... and finally lease agreement of your
employer's office...
Me: OK Sir...

2nd Visit(H1-B)...

Now it is a different officer...

VO: Good morning!
Me: Good morning Sir!

VO: Did you get the end-client letter?
Me: Not quite the end-client letter but a letter from a vendor who is between my employer
and the end-client...

VO: No way! I am not going to accept any letter apart from end-client... I know the entire
thing about these third pary vendors... the very process is not legal... all this time
it has been going on... that is OK... but here after, I shall ensure that it will stop...
Me: But it is not possible to get a letter...(I was not let to speak)

Quite agitated by now... gets up from his seat...

VO: I am not going to listen to you... I can reject your case... but I am not doing it...
giving you one last chance to get a letter from end-client...
Me: OK sir... I shall see you again with the necessary documentation...

I contacted my employer... who was not ready to give end-client letter to me... Mean while
my current employer processed L1-Ind... and the interview date arrives...

3 rd visit but for L1-Ind...

VO: Good morning!
Me: Good morning ma'am!

VO: (She checks my passport and is confused) What is status of your H1-B?
Me: It is on hold ma'am. As I could not provide enough documentation, the preivous
officer put my case on hold unless I get back with the necessary documentation...

VO: But I can not proceed with L1-Ind unless status of H1-B is either approved or rejected
Me: (Shocked and speechless)

VO: Tell me. You want to go ahead with L1-Ind or H1-B?
Me: (Completely flabbergasted...Now I have to make a decision in just a few seconds)
    OK, ma'am! I want to go ahead with L1-Ind...

VO: Then what about H1-B?
Me: I would like to cancel it...

VO: Do you know the procedure?
Me: No ma'am!

VO: Wait for a while until I call you...
Me: OK ma'am!(took a seat to sit... Now I am totally cursing myself... because it looked
like neither H1-B nor L1-Ind)

After about 45 mins I get a call from the same officer...

VO: I can see the note on my screen written by the officer who interviewed you before
saying that all the documents you had provided were fraudulent...
Me: Really? (Shocked again...)

VO: Now, you tell me the real things that happened... If you try to hide something,
I can reject your case right away...I can not proceed further unless I am convinced that
your case was not fraudulent...
Me: (Told her the entire thing about both the earlier visits)

VO: How did the employer(H1-B) came to know about you?
Me: (Website thing)

VO: What did you pay?
Me: Nothing...

VO: Were you interviewed?
Me: Yes ma'am! Even by the client...

VO: Well! You can not say that... that could be any body...
Me: You are right... but that is what I was told...

VO: Even the pics you have produced are fake
Me: What?

VO: Your employer(H1-B) has a very bad record...
Me: I can not believe this...

VO: OK. This is what you need to do. Send us an affidavit saying that you want to withdraw
your H1-B petition...all the photographs given by your employer... and other application
forms... drop these in VFS
Me: OK ma'am...

Did the same as asked to... a couple of months later passports have reached me with
L1-Ind visa.

Moral: 1. Be true... never try to lie... you think you are smart... they are smarter...
2. Double check your employer's credentials before you commit...

Thanks,
Sachin.