H1B, H4 Visa

Hello All,
First of all my thanks for all active users in this good User forum for sharing their Visa experiences as it helps me a lot about Visa interview pattern.
Here is my H1B visa interview experience at Hyderabad consulate.

Back ground:
From past 2 years working at client location (Asian country) with overall 8 yrs IT experience
1) OFC on 29-Jan: scheduled at 10:00 AM, reached Gowra plaza by 9:20 and completed Biometrics by 9:50

2) Actual consular interview on 31-Jan 8:30 AM:

a) Completed all scanning, Docs arrangement formalities,issue of visa counter Token through Indian staff by 8:50 AM
b) 1st VO round: US guy in mid 40's asked questions as below which lasted for 4 mins

i) Your Passport please?
    A) Handed over my latest PP, DS 160 Confirmation, I797 original along with Visa payment receipt arranged by Indian staff.
ii) Who is your sponsor?
     A) I replied **** (Actually Mine is small US based comp with below 25 member staff executing **** *** domain projects)
      He responded saying never heard of this company.
iii) Do you have comp photographs? I didn't understand exactly and hence he repeated the Question again upon my request
     A) My sponsor didn't provided and hence replied back saying I don't have exactly, but tried to explain that Petition docs has Comp Lease and Comp registration, for which he is reluctant to look into petition docs.
iv) Where are you working currently?
    A) Replied **** comp and located at client location on project assignment
v) What is your current Annual salary @Onsite?
    A) Replied with **** * amt/Annum
v) Going to execute Client or Internal project?
    A) Replied with Internal project execution (My petitioner has plans to involve me in Internal projects(2) execution and has proper documentation in detail which both are attached in original Petition docs set.)
     Petitioner prepared me to reply travelling to client location once or twice/month for client training , assistance on product if Business demands.
vi) He asked abt my Roles and duties in Internal project
A) I prepared fully as per documentation provided and discussions with petitioner and hence started explaining.
vii) He is listening, parallely writing something in front form and interrupted after 1 min
and asked me to give my left hand palm reading on machine and i did as he said.
viii) Finally he returned my passport asking my Original petition docs set .
He replied saying that we need to go through docs and 1 of our VO will again discuss with you in detail and asked me to wait in lobby area.


2nd VO round (Indian lady in mid 35-40 yrs, discussion lasted for 25 mins):
 After waiting for 1+ hr, one of Indian staff called me and taken me to separate room containing single VO counter

Lady VO started saying: sorry sir since your 1st VO round is for 4 mins only it doesn't mean you were not throughed with Visa interview.However we need complete details about your Internal project along with Roles and responsibilities.
 A) I started explaining in a very detailed way of 1st project and she started writing down abt different terminologies interrupting in between and asking for whether its a S/w product? already existing project etc( lasted for 10 mins)

ii) She went inside, discussed with some body and returned to counter aftr 4 mins
     This time asking whether any clients using this s/w and details about the client
   My petitioner shared me 1 client details and hence i shared the same to her(she noted down).
iii) Then she asked wthr any other client exists.
 A) I replied saying Comp has a sales team doing Marketing research & Analysis and are in discussions with few other customers.
iv) What is the need of upgrading this Internal project and how much time involved for upgradation etc?
    A) I replied back in detail with proper layman explanation afterwhich iam able to understand that she is convinced and able to extract completly abt Internal proj reading her facial expression.
(lasted for 10 mins)
iv) She went inside and again returned back with Original petition docs set and said i am done with interview and seeking my Passport.
Here i got some confidence as she is asking my PP and hence i asked wthr iam throughed. She is in a hurry & noded her head without any reply.
Finally when i requested abt PP issuance, she replied that i will get an SMS followed by PP in week time enquiring wthr i opted for Pickup or Courier option?



Today(4-Feb): I called VFS helpline and asked abt PP status and they replied still with Consulate and probably may took some more time. Meanwhile VFS person shared me Visa Application link to check further abt my visa status.
When i entered this site giving my DS-160 confirmation no, to my surprise i found it as Administrative Processing with description as below:

"Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This processing can take several weeks. Please follow any instructions provided by the Consular Officer at the time of your interview. If further information is needed, you will be contacted. If your visa application is approved, it will be processed and mailed/available within two business days."


Appreciate if any experts can respond to my below queries:
1) Is it a common practise for US consulate to keep working cases as Admin Processing till the time PP with Visa is issued ?
2) In above whole experience, i was neither Rejected (giving back my PP) nor issued 221g form (Query related: White,Blue etc specifying the need for additional supporting docs etc till date). So i am confused wthr iam throughed with Visa process?
3) I have to travel to client location by Feb -16 & join my duties and my PP is with Consulate. So how can i get PP back if its in Admin Processing as mentioned above. ?
4) Any separate process involved in getting PP back on working Cases by Hyd Visa Consulate?
5) Anybody sailing in similar boat with multiple H1B Visa rounds and waiting for stamped visa on PP?

Last but not the least mine is mixed feelings till date and hope i didn't bored though bit lengthy
All the best for other Visa aspirants.