L1, L2 Visa

I have been an avid user of this forum for past few weeks. It's my turn now to share the experience.

I have 9 years of total work exp, 7 yrs with the current company. Visited US earlier on L1-B Visa and B1 Visa.

My OFC was scheduled @ 9 AM in Chennai. Reached there at 8.15 with my spouse and 2 kids. They allowed to go in at 8.30. Fingerprints and photos were done in 15 minutes. So, we were done before 9 AM (ha!)

My Consulate appointment was @ 11 AM. Called our cab back and went to Woodlands for some breakfast. Reached Chennai consulate @ 10.30. It was very hot and a loooong queue. I don't understand why people come so early when they have scheduled the appointments. Anyway, I had 2 kids (1 infant), security officer immediately spotted and pushed us ahead of line. We were sent straight in the building.

After security checks, I waited for my wife and kids and then we went together in the Visa lobby. Got the token, a person was standing there assisting to organize the documents. He created a set of documents that were to be reviewed for Visa Fee payment. I followed his instructions and went to counter #14 for DD deposit. He gave me a receipt back. After that we were told to wait for our token to be flashed on the screen in the area where Visa interviews were happening. This whole process took 10-12 minutes.

Finally, we met the Visa Officer.

He greeted us, started chit chatting with my 6 year old daughter and then asked following questions:

VO - Which company do you work for?
Me - ZZZ

VO - How many years you working with the current company?
Me - 7 years

VO - What would you be doing in US?
Me - I will be working there as a program manager.

VO - Whom would you report to?
Me - Senior Program Director

VO - Whom does he (above) report to?
Me - General Manager - North American Professional Services

VO - Who will be reporting to you sir?
Me - 4 direct project managers, technical architects, business analysts, programmer analysts.

VO - What is your India salary?
Me - Answered

VO - What will be your US salary?
Me - Answered

VO - Location in US?
Me - Kansas City

VO - Then he asked again, I'm sorry who would YOU be reporting to sir, a Project director?
Me - I said no, Sr Program Director.

VO - It was easy, he started stamping the papers and put them aside.

I knew my Visa was approved but was waiting to hear from him.

He was not saying anything, there was a silence for about 3 minutes, he was working on his computer. I was still a bit tensed.

Finally, he said, your Visa is approved, gave me 2 copies of petition and kept 1 with him

No questions to dependents other than the chit chat he did with my daughter.

We thanked him and came out happily.

Regarding the clothing, I read different opinions in this forum. Just want to mention here that it hardly matters. A formal shirt and trousers are more than sufficient in a city like Chennai. I saw one wearing suit and a tie and he got rejected. I wore a white shirt with black trousers. We left hotel at 7.30 AM and by the time I reached consulate at 11, I was not looking pretty at all due to the humid weather in Chennai and all the fuss you need to go through before reaching the interview counter.

Thanks

Best of luck to you all!