L1, L2 Visa

Hi All,

First of all, Thanks to the forum which gave me lots of information and helped me to prepare the documents and for the interview.

I applied L1A Blanket in 2017 and had my interview on July 2017. It was denied stating 'Not clearly approvable' and he mentioned that i have to apply in different category. No 221g yellow / blue slip given.

Then my petitioner applied L1A Individual and it was taking months time. And finally the interview was scheduled for 12th and 13th Feb.

Biometric and the other formalities at Consulate went very normal as others mentioned. So it would be repeative information if i mention it here.
As i have gone with my family - spouse and 4 yr kid, we didnt wait in any of the queue, and all happened very quickly. Hardly we would have been there for 20-25 mins inside the premises. In such case, it won't give much time to get tensed or think about anything !

Moving on to the interview questions directly for everyone's benefit.

Me : Good morning Sir
VO : Good morning.

VO : Can i have the passports
Me : Sure (Handed over the passports).

After he scanned....

VO : Hmm... Some time last year, i rejected your case. Are you applying under different category now ?
Me : yes - Applying for L1A Individual

VO : Can i have the petition and other documents ?
Me : Sure (Handed over the petition and I-129)

VO : Whats your work location ?
Me : YYYY YYYY , XX

VO : Whom do you work for ?
Me : ZZZ

VO : Who's your client ?
Me : ZZZ

VO : How much salary you will be getting ?
Me : XX,ZZZ

VO : How many direct reportees in US ?
Me : X

He was working on something in the system, and it took couple of minutes.

Then finally he took 221g (blue) form....

VO : Your case is put on hold for Administrative processing, and will update you. (He handed over the form, and I129, keeping the passports and I797 with him)
Me : ok, Thank you.

I was totally upset and no questions were asked to my spouse / kid.
It was my bad that i have gone to the same VO officer who rejected my L1A Blanket appearance. With all my efforts went on vein, returned back to home.

I kept on checking the status in the ceac site. But i couldnt find the case number available, which was mentioned in 221g. Thought that it will be updated over night.
Later that day i checked with my application id, and the status appeared as 'Administrative Processing' (while the case number was still not available).

And it still appeared as the same till 14th Feb afternoon. When i checked the status by the evening, it was changed to ISSUED.
Tracked the passports and collected on 16th morning (with very minimal confidence though).

With God's grace, finally got the passports with visa stamped !! Administrative processing hardly took one additional day to get things cleared.

Hope, Confidence and Patience are the key factors, especially when awaiting for the results which we don't have control at all.

Good luck to you all.