H1B, H4 Visa

On 27th July I attended the visa interview, and my application was put under administrative processing with 221g white slip.

Please find the questions below (along with my response) during the interview.

Background: I am currently working in India. Previously I was in US on F1 and worked on H1 for about X years. This H1 petition is transfer to new employer under quota/cap exempt.

1. Who is your employer, how long are you with them?
>>> This is a new job opportunity, and the petitioner is YYYY .
2. How many employees do they have?
>>> They have about XX employees.
3. Who is the client?
>>> YYYY .
4. What does YYYY (client abbrevation) stand for?
>>> Not sure.
5. What do you do for the YYYY (Petitioner)?
>>> I build and support YYYY and YYYY using product suites like YYYY and YYYY .
6. What is your highest degree?
>>> Masters.
7. Which University did you get your Masters from?
>>> YYYY (from USA)
8. What is the major?
>>> YYYY
9. How many years were you earlier in USA?
>>> About X years.
10. Your previous employer filed your immigration petition?
>>> Yes
11. You no longer work for that employer?
>>> Yes
12. What business does client do?
>>> Client is into YYYY business.
13. How is client business related to your job position?
>>> We enable IT solutions for client's business.
14. How many clients does YYYY (petitioner) has?
>>> Petitioner has many clients like YYYY , YYYY , YYYY and many more.
15. Are all of them direct clients or do they have vendors?
>>> I am not sure about it, but YYYY (mine) is a direct client.
16. Since when YYYY (petitioner)is into business?
>>> Since YYYY
17. How many employees from YYYY (Petitioner) working for this Client?
>>> Currently there are about X employees working for Client.
18. Where is CLient located?
>>> YYYY
19. Where is Petitionerlocated?
>>> YYYY
20. So both are in same XX (State)?
>>> Yes.
21. When did this project start?
>>> I think early this year (in YYYY month).
22. Since when Petitioner has YYYY (mine) as its client?
>>> Not sure.

Visa Officer was typing some thing for a while and then asked me to submit all the documents that petitioner gave me. And she asked me to wait outside for a while.

After about one hour, I was called at a different counter where an Indian VO gave me 221g white slip saying that the application needs administrative processing (and will take about 2 weeks time for update). And returned all originals to me (except the original letter that was addressed to Hyd consulate), and mentioned that they took copy of all documents.

***I have immediately updated all the above details to the petitioner through email and on call, and asked them to update client accordingly so that they will be prepared to respond for any client verification.

31 July: Heard from petitioner that USCIS reached client through call and email for verification.

14 Aug: Received email from Consulate to submit my passport.

19 Aug: Received SMS saying passport is ready for pickup.

20 Aug: Collected passport with visa stamp.

Thank you very much for all those who shared their experience on this forum. It was very helpful.

Tips: Prepare as many questions as possible through the forums available on internet.
      Make sure you go through all the petition related documents in detail.
      Dress well and be confident.

At the end of the day luck does matter :-)