H1B, H4 Visa

I attended my interview at Hyderabad on Feb 11th at 9 AM. I was allowed into the consulate by 7:30 AM, there was initial security check and then we were asked to sit in an order we entered the interview section, we waited for about 20 minutes here, i was given a pamphlet about the employee rights here.

After some time we have been sent in batches to stand in a queue where the verification of passports and finger prints happen. This took another 20 minutes in the queue.

After the verification is done, i was sent to wait in a line where they were giving a paper with counter number (Usually this is auto generated and people would be called with display on screen), as this was early in the morning they probably were doing it manually.

I reached the counter and the people infront of me were going for visitor visas, the counselor officer was speaking in Telugu and he was a bit arrogant with people while asking the questions, he was pretty loud and intimidating. I looked at him while in the queue and smiled as i was amazed with his Telugu speaking skills. He approved all the visas before me, but he was taking around 5 minutes for each of them. I expected a lot of questions but mine was pretty short.

I just gave my passport and he did not ask me for any other documents.

Me: Good morning.
VO: He wished me back but did not bother to look at me.

VO: Who is your employer.
Me: YYYY

VO: What is your salary.
Me:Answered accordingly.

VO: What is your designation.
Me: Sr software developer.

VO: What is your highest qualification.
Me: Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from XX University.

VO: How long have you been working in this company.
Me: 5 Months now.

VO: Is this an In house project?
Me: Yes this is an in house project, i said i am a direct employee and work for in house products.

VO: What do you do?
Me: I started explaining and briefly told him the business of our company.

VO: So you have a sister in the USA who is doing her Masters.
Me: Yes sir, she is at YYYY university.

VO: Your Visa is approved.

I thanked him and left the place. Feb 11 the status on CEAC website was Admin processing, Feb 12 it changed to Issued. Feb 16 received an email to pick up the passport.

I was worried by seeing admin processing but thats normal, all visas go into this status even after the VO says it is approved. Do not worry if you see this on CEAC website.