L1, L2 Visa

Few tips -

find a hotel close by. And reach only 15 minutes before.

Prepare. Prepare a set of questions that the counsellor may ask. Your answers would drive the interview, its you who drives the interview and not the counsellor. Your answers should be clear and to the point. Don mug up. Be reasonable. Be confident. And above all, be cool and relaxed. Its more of a conversation than an interview.

Be cordial. Be cognisant of the fact that counsellors conduct multiple interviews on daily basis, show your respect and acknowledge their hard work. Its a hard job.
 
The overall experience is very pleasing and smooth.

In almost all cases, they only looked at I-797, I-129S. But this doesn't mean you should not carry other supporting documents, you should also have all the documents like - supporting letter, current employment letter conf. letter, org chart etc.

Step 1 - wait in the line for your entry at the given appointment time.

Step 2 - enter, get your documents searched and stamped by the security staff.

Step 3 - show your ds-160 and appt. confirmation to the person sitting in the hall.

Step 4 - move to the next building. show your passport, get a token issued.

Step 5 - sit in the hall, they will ask you for your documents. They will pull out the draft, 3 copies of I-797, I-129S and your passport.

Step 6 - keep the bundle handy with you, go to the counter for submitting your draft, get a receipt.

Step 7 Move to the next hall, look at the monitors for your token no., and go to your respective counter.

Step 8 - interview.

Step 9 - once the interview is finished, collect the returned docs and move out the building and exit.

Interview experience:

Me and my wife: good morning officer.
VO: Good morning mam, good morning sir.

Me: there is a lot of reflection from the back officer.
VO: I know, cant do much about it.

Me: Thats ok officer, no problem.

VO: so tell me about XX, your company

Me: ...

VO: Good, so where would you work in US?

ME: Jersey city, which is the headquarters of XX.

VO: Who would you report to in the US?

ME: aaaa bbbb, who is a xxxx.

VO: Good, how many our reportees are in the US?

ME: a out of b in all.

VO: What are their designations.

ME: aaa and bbb.

[All through this while, he only looked at the second page of I129S where info about your role/salary etc. is mentioned]

[Continued working in his desktop, not sure if we had eye contact - I was looking into his eyes while talking]

VO: Scanned passport's sticker on the back multiple times. There was few seconds of silence at this point and he was working in his desktop, and then stamped all three I129s forms and marked them approved with relevant category and passed on the documents and said your visa is approved, thank you.

Me and my wife: Thank you officer, have a good day.

Final notes -

the officer was very co-cordial, asked each and very question very calmly and clearly with a pleasant and professional demeanour.

All the best, and my best wishes for everyone.

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