L1, L2 Visa

I have been following this forum for the last two months and its my turn to write my experience. I attended L1B visa interview on 28th of Apr,2014 along with my wife and one year old kid. After security check, we were given a tockent number and asked to pay the demand draft at the counter. Then, we were sent to the place where interviews were happening. We were asked just one question each and granted visa.

To me:
What's your specialized skill ?
-- I explained the specialized skill I work on, how long I have been working on this and how it is going to be used in my future project. Make sure this specialized skill is your company's in-house product, and not a third party product.

To my wife:
What's your highest educational qualification ?

Notes:
1. I am from a product based company, and hence I am not sure what additional documents are required if you are going to work for a client. Make sure you take additional documents as required.
2. My case was new L1B blanket and hence all the documents I mentioned below are more relevant to L1B blanket.

Documents required for OFC:

1. Passport(s) - Current passport, and most recent passport,if any.
2. Appointment confirmation
3. DS-160 confirmation
4. For kids, one photo of 2x2 size(US Visa photo specification)

Documents required for Consulate(These are the docs I carried, you might need additional documents as required):

1. 3 sets of original I-129S and I797. These are provided by the employer.
2. Additional documents provided by the employer like support letter etc..
3. Passport(s) - Current passport, and most recent passport,if any.
4. Appointment confirmation
5. DS-160 confirmation
6. Anti-fraud visa Demand Draft in favour of "U.S.CONSULATE GENERAL,CHENNAI" payable at Chennai, if you are attending interview at Chennai.
7. MRV bar code print out.
8. VIsa fee receipt - NEFT transaction prinout suffices.
9. For kids, one photo of 2x2 size(US Visa photo specification)
10. U.S Offer letter
11. All Original educational certificates
12. Marraige certificate, if you are attending with your spouse.
13. Birth certificate, if you are attending with kids.
14. Pay slips for the last 6 months
15. Form-16s for the last 3 years
16. 6 months Bank statment
17. Contact information of manager and two emlpoyees
18. Organization Chart
19. Resume

Tips:
1. If you are going to OFC in Hyderabad, do not take any electronic items including mobile. They do not allow anything except the documents. Also, there is no parking facility at OFC in Hyderabad, and hence it is best to take cab/auto instead of car.
2. At consulate or OFC, there is no dress code at all. Wear whatever you feel comfortable.
3. Be confident and speak fluently with the consulate officer.
4. It is highly important to make sure your petition reflects your specialized skill and you explain the same to the consular officer. The main thing you need to prove is you indeed possesses specialized skill.
5. I suggest you to go throught at least past 6 months experiences posted in this forum and prepare for all the questions posted, especially regarding the specialized skill.
6. It doesn't matter if you are a developer,tester or DBA . It's only that you need to prove you posseses specialized skill that is unique with in and outside the company.
7. You need to prepare some data points that prove you unique within your organization and why you are the only guy selected for this position.

All the best everyone!

Last but not least, this forum has been a great help to me in preparing for my visa. Thank you very much everyone who contibuted to this forum!

I'll continue to watch this space for next few weeks, and hence if you have any questions, feel free to reply to this post. I'll be very happy to help.