L1, L2 Visa

Good morning,

Is this for L1A? Yes

Have you been on L1 before? Any other US visas? Yes.

How many yrs have you been living in US now? x yrs

Is this application for the same visa and same job profile you are on right now? - Yes

who is the petitioner and what do they do?

How many years with the company? - 10+yrs

what is your title? - xxx Manager in yyy department

How many direct and indirect reports? - zero.

what is your salary? - 200K+

And what exactly do you do? - (This is where i fumbled a bit (i think) even though i had rehearsed this a day before the interview. My advice - do this mock answer multiple times with many people and prepare many weeks in advance. It must be SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE to a layman. My VO was frowning and unconvinced after my answer. In hindsight, after the jargon, I should have added that i manage xx million usd worth of spend annually - instead of big words, that would have mattered a lot and gave her perspective that it is a senior level job. The next few questions were asked because I believe I failed to give a convincing answer to this one)

So what exactly do you mean by yyy - (Gave her a nervous - and again jargon filled - explanation. Again, I forgot to mention that my dept processes 1B worth of spend for the company each year which would have been more relevant for a VO. She still seemed unconvinced and was typing a lot but I did better on this question than the previous).

Who do you report to? - VP

Who does the VP report to? - (C-level exec)

(to wife) How many years you have been married? (at this point, i knew i was approved)

I am approving your application for 3 yrs - thanks mam, goodbye.