L1, L2 Visa

Coming directly into questions:

We greeted both well, VO responded well.

• Who is petitioner?
A: YYYY - Parent Company Name
• How long you are working for this company? Overall exp?
A: last 9 years for YYYY , overall 12 years
• Who is client?
A: YYYY
• Which location you are travelling?
A: AA, BB
• What is your present designation and role?
A: Program Manager, managing portfolio of 7 projects with authority over $13.2M revenue
• What will be your salary?
A: XX,ZZZ $ plus YYYY $ for cost of living adjustment plus usual fringe benefits
• Whom will you report?
A: Director of YYYY , T&H Group in NA region
. Are you seating in client office?
A: Yes, I will seat in client office but will be working for YYYY .
• How many direct reportees in US?
A:12
• Any one of them is Manager? What is the distribution?
A: No. 3 BA, 3 Tech Lead, 5 Sr. Developers and 1 Tech. Architect

he was typing continuously, looking at me once throwing questions... after a pause he said, your L1A blanket is ‘Not Clearly Approvable’ and gave blue slip.

I was damn confident providing answers, kept eye contact, did not lean on the wall, maintain a gentle smile...

i didn't find what went wrong?

Some of you may say working in client location could be a reason, but my friend..lots of people have got approved visa saying this earlier, as many of us sit in client office but work for parent company, under full control of parent company as most of the applicants are from service based company and it is the TRUTH.

My experience with the whole process is everything is predetermined, and you will never get L1A Blanket unless you have H1 or L1B earlier for that you worked in US earlier for the same company.
 
I have B1 but that did not help. It is of no luck, unless u mess up badly in the interview.

Any suggestion from experts will help everyone.