H1B, H4 Visa

hi friends!!

i am applying for h4 visa i stay in ahmedabad, my husband is in US and he is under advanced parole I-485 he has got the trvel permit.

i had applied for a visitor visa earlier which was refused.

now he has applied for H1 so that i can obtain H4 on that basis. but the problem i am getting very scared whether will i get the H4 or not.

Also i dont have an appointment date as of now i am waiting till my husband gets his H1 than only can i apply for an interview date. o want to know whther is there any way i can get an ealry date. i would be applying at mumbai.

and one more thing i am 2 months pregnant now so would it create any problem for me to obtain H4??

please anyone help me out, my husband is coming in end of november to attend his sisters wedding and we want to go together.

i would really appreciate your help.

thnks a lot

megha

you can email me at: [email protected]

I got the H1B visa for myself and H4 visa for my wife. Our interview was scheduled on Aug 24, 2005 at American Embassy, New Delhi. We have one month old baby also whose passport is not ready yet. We reached an hour before interview time. There is no parking place outside embassy due to security reasons. Those going to embassy by their own vehicles can park it at malda market parking. It is around 200m away from embassy. Normally security at gate allow to stand in queue around 30 minutes before interview time. There are different queses for different types of visas. Queue for nonimigrant visa was longest. There were around 30-40 ppl in this line. After security check and confirmation of appointment we were sent to lane no 1. Security allows infants evenif they dont have an appointment. It is special lane for people above the age of 65 and ppl with children below 14 years of age. After standing for around 10 minutes security offered my wife a seat inside as she was carrying one month old baby. My turn came after 30 minutes. The officer asked for DS-156, 157, passports, DDs of Rs 4400 & 2200 and original I-797. He enetred the data into computer and asked me to wait for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes he returned my documents along with a receipt of Rs 8800( for me and my wife) and asked me to go inside. There was another security check. After that i was into visa hall where my wife was waiting for me. There is a small pantry in hall also. Majority of office staff here is indian. First of all there was fingerprint scanning of me and my wife. Then there is TTS counter. Here they collect DDs of Rs 441 for each passport and give you receipt for the same. After that there was a queue for visa interview. There were around 20 people in the queue. There were around 4 counters for non immigrant visas. They were calling people one by one. They were spending around 5 to 30 minutes depending on case to case. My turn came after one and half hour. The officer was a young guy of around 25 years of age. The conversation with the officer follows:
Me: Good after noon officer.
Officer: Good after noon. How r you?
Me: I am fine. Thank you.
He carefully checked my documents for around 1 minute and checked the status in his computer also and asked me the following questions.
1.How did you get the job?
2.How many people are there in company?
3.Where will you stay in USA?
4.Why do you want to work as an Oracle DBA(my profile is oracle dba)?
5.Where were you working before you current job?
I gave the appropriate answers.
Then he asked my wife the following questions:
Office: How old is your baby?
My wife: He is less than a month old.
Then i told the officer that his passport is not ready and we will apply for his visa as soon as his passport is ready.
Officer:What do u do?
My wife:I am a housewife.
Office: Are you happy taking care of your children?
My wife: yes.
Then the officer looked at me and told that your visa is approved and prepare yourself to get your baby there. All the best. He gave me two stickers one part of each he pasted on our passports. I thanked the office and came to TTS counter and gave the stickers to them. They pasted these on an envelope and told me to write my adress on the same. We got our passports with visa stamped on Aug 26. My visa interview lasted less than 5 minutes. It was a wonderful experience. Staff was very coperative and every one was serving with a smile on the face. So, nothing to bother. Give interviews with confidence and smile on face. You will definitely get it.

Hi all,

Can anyone share their experiences about H1B at mumbai consulate.

Specific queries

1. Is it necessary that you should be employed with a famous/branded employer currently in india.

2. Is it advisable to stay with ur current employer in india so that at the time of interview..one can show longer duration with current employer.?

Thanks in advance

Hi,

I had to visit chennai consulate twice in person for want of additional document each time and when I was told to submit my documents through Dropbox once all desired documents are in place, so it has been two Months plus so far there is no feedback from chennai nor anybody is answering to my calls, when ever someone lifts they are responding like its under processing and we dont know the exact time and date of approval or not approved whatever the situation of the case, as such my passport and other documents are still in chennai and I am not sure How long I need to wait, if anyone of you are in a similar situation or have overcome this situation please do respond and let me have your views.

regards

DMM

Hi friends,

        i attended H1B stamping on 24 aug 2005 at chennai.

The Queries that were asked to me at Consulate::

1.where r u going to work for?
  xxxx

2.where is it located?
  xxxx

3.How u got this chance?
  xxxx

4.what is u r current employer name?
  xxxx

5.what is the project Name u r going to deal for?
  xxxx

6.project description?
  xxxxxxxx

7.what is u r educational back ground?
  xxxxx

8.She asked my original certificate
   xxxxx.

Lastly she asked my apointment letter and she had some doubts so she went inside to clarify and when she came back she asked me abt the premium processing amount that employee has to be pay to the employer then i said that not yet.

Then she said that go and pay the DD and u r passport will get delivered by post.

All The Best.........
Cheers
Siva.

Hi,

 I got h1 on 19th of august. She asked the following.

1)How long u have been in Denamtk?

2)How u know about this company?

3)which client you are gonna to work?

4)How many employees are there in your company?

5) when you are gonna to finish your masters?

Then she asked me to pay 50$

bye,
surya.

hi guys,

thanks to the people who had posted their experiences here, its really helpful to me.

i had interview at mumbai us consulate yesterday(23/8/2005) for h1b visa(2006 quota).

the interview was so simple, the consular just ask about few things like,

1. Which company r u going to join?
2. Where is the company?
3. What is your salart?
4. What the company do?
-> Ask for the documents from my company, (tax statements)
5. How you find this job?
6. What is your exp.? (means what will be your responsilities)
7. Where r u working, and what do u do there?
-> Ask for degree certificate...

i was the fourth in the queue, and all the guys b4 me and even one after me got the visas...

its really simple if you have ready all the documents and if you are confident... and also keep eye contact and proper body language with consular during interview...

thanks again to this group...
and also, forgot not to put your experience here...

Got my H1B stamping in chennai consulate on Aug11th. My interview was very simple. The officer asked some basic questions.He then asked for my W2. Guess the fact that i was on F1 prior to my H1 made it easier.

However there were a couple of people who got rejected before me. THere was one girl who got rejected for h1 althugh she had been working in the US for 3 months and some H4;s because their husbands did not earn for a couple of months. I guess they need proof that you can support yourself in the US hence the W2's. Best of Luck!!!

Got my H1B stamping in chennai consulate on Aug11th. My interview was very simple, some basic questions and he asked for my W2.

Hi
I got my H1 Visa approval and iam going for my visa interview after two week in canada. In 2003 I over stayed for 4 mounths for finishing my equalancy exam in U.S that time canadian immigrants need not have a visa to visit us but later the law change and i also got a voluntary depature from U.S. I.N.S iam worried whether it will affect my visa now if any one have anay kind of knowledge please let me know
Thank you
Titty