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L1A on Blanket Petition approved in Hong Kong
Hi All,
I really appreciate everyone sharing their experience here. The posts have been super helpful in preparing for interview for L-1A visa on blanket petition. The interview was yesterday and I wanted to share my experience, because:
1) no posts I could find with experience at U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong
2) I am not from Hong Kong, but have lived/worked here for the past year. In other words, I interviewed at a post other than my country of citizenship.
3) my salary of ~65K seems to be lower than most folks posting on this page
4) my three years of experience also lower than most.
So I wanted to encourage those in a similar boat.
Anyway, had an appointment for 8.45am; arrived at 8.15am. First went through an initial screening by a local Hong Kongese officer; I think she was getting trained on the job, because another officer came to help make sure I had the minimum required documents (DS-160, three copies of I-129S and I-797). Then went to another window to get an invoice for the fraud detection fee of $500. Then went to cashier and made payment (the Consulate in Hong Kong normally accepts credit card payments, but today the credit card reader was broken, so the cashier was only accepting cash. So I highly recommend everyone to just take cash.) After that I went to be finger-printed. And lastly to the queue for interview with Visa Officer. There were 3-4 VOs interviewing non-petition based visa applicants (e.g. B1/B2) and one VO interviewing petition based visa applicants. So I went to the latter queue. At last it was my turn and here is our short conversation after greetings:
VO: What company do you work for now and what do you do:
Me: Project Manager at ZZZ. My role is ZZZ
VO: Haven't heard of this company. What does they do?
Me: Our company YYYY
VO: And where will you be going to in the U.S.? and what will your role be there?
Me: ZZZ
VO: What is your salary?
Me: ZZZ
VO: And you manage a team of people, right?
Me: Right, no direct reports, but currently managing a team of 6-8 people.
VO: And that will be the case in the U.S. also?
Me: Yes.
VO: Let me go get my stamp.
Me: OK.
VO: Visa approved. Your passport will be available in a week.
DONE!!!
The interview was much briefer than I expected (I had prepared a questionnaire for myself as many suggested on this forum). The preparation definitely helped me to be in the right mind-set. The VO did not look at my company's supporting letter, attorney's supporting letter, or all the other supporting docs I brought along.
Best wishes to you all!
I really appreciate everyone sharing their experience here. The posts have been super helpful in preparing for interview for L-1A visa on blanket petition. The interview was yesterday and I wanted to share my experience, because:
1) no posts I could find with experience at U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong
2) I am not from Hong Kong, but have lived/worked here for the past year. In other words, I interviewed at a post other than my country of citizenship.
3) my salary of ~65K seems to be lower than most folks posting on this page
4) my three years of experience also lower than most.
So I wanted to encourage those in a similar boat.
Anyway, had an appointment for 8.45am; arrived at 8.15am. First went through an initial screening by a local Hong Kongese officer; I think she was getting trained on the job, because another officer came to help make sure I had the minimum required documents (DS-160, three copies of I-129S and I-797). Then went to another window to get an invoice for the fraud detection fee of $500. Then went to cashier and made payment (the Consulate in Hong Kong normally accepts credit card payments, but today the credit card reader was broken, so the cashier was only accepting cash. So I highly recommend everyone to just take cash.) After that I went to be finger-printed. And lastly to the queue for interview with Visa Officer. There were 3-4 VOs interviewing non-petition based visa applicants (e.g. B1/B2) and one VO interviewing petition based visa applicants. So I went to the latter queue. At last it was my turn and here is our short conversation after greetings:
VO: What company do you work for now and what do you do:
Me: Project Manager at ZZZ. My role is ZZZ
VO: Haven't heard of this company. What does they do?
Me: Our company YYYY
VO: And where will you be going to in the U.S.? and what will your role be there?
Me: ZZZ
VO: What is your salary?
Me: ZZZ
VO: And you manage a team of people, right?
Me: Right, no direct reports, but currently managing a team of 6-8 people.
VO: And that will be the case in the U.S. also?
Me: Yes.
VO: Let me go get my stamp.
Me: OK.
VO: Visa approved. Your passport will be available in a week.
DONE!!!
The interview was much briefer than I expected (I had prepared a questionnaire for myself as many suggested on this forum). The preparation definitely helped me to be in the right mind-set. The VO did not look at my company's supporting letter, attorney's supporting letter, or all the other supporting docs I brought along.
Best wishes to you all!
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