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H1B Stamping Experience
Hi Guys,
I went to the chennai consulate for stamping 10 days ago. Below questions were asked.
1. Employer name and office address?
2. First time travel or already staying in the USA? Staying already.
3. Salary?
4. Show me your two year W2s, recent paystubs.
5. Show me your LCA
6. Who is your client?
7. Do you have a third party vendor? Yes
8. Show me your client letter
9. Vendor letter.
10. Contract between employer and vendor.
11. SOW between vendor and client.
12. how many bidders were there for this project.
13. how did you get this job?
14. who is your previous client?
15. what is your education?
16. where do you stay?
17. went inside for 2 minutes with all the documents and showed them to somebody. Came back and returned all the documents and said your visa is approved.
that was a lengthy and tough one. She kept on asking asking question when I was searching for the documents asked.
Good luck guys. Be confident. I saw the page of salary opened in the LCA. They are very particular about salary now a days.
I went to the chennai consulate for stamping 10 days ago. Below questions were asked.
1. Employer name and office address?
2. First time travel or already staying in the USA? Staying already.
3. Salary?
4. Show me your two year W2s, recent paystubs.
5. Show me your LCA
6. Who is your client?
7. Do you have a third party vendor? Yes
8. Show me your client letter
9. Vendor letter.
10. Contract between employer and vendor.
11. SOW between vendor and client.
12. how many bidders were there for this project.
13. how did you get this job?
14. who is your previous client?
15. what is your education?
16. where do you stay?
17. went inside for 2 minutes with all the documents and showed them to somebody. Came back and returned all the documents and said your visa is approved.
that was a lengthy and tough one. She kept on asking asking question when I was searching for the documents asked.
Good luck guys. Be confident. I saw the page of salary opened in the LCA. They are very particular about salary now a days.
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H1B ISSUED after Administrative processing without slip
Dec1 : Interview, VO said "I am approving your visa" but noted something on a yellow post it and stuck on passport.
Questions:
How long have you worked with the employer?
How did you find this job?
Salary? Role? City?
Are you married? Do you have kids?
Husband also on H1B? Will he travel with you?
Highest education?
Did you ever study in US? Enrolled in US University? Applied for F1? ( NO, I had applied for universities in US and was selected but did not join.)
At this point she made notes on a yellow post-it. (Could I have an i-20 processed by one of these universities that showed up or was she curious since I was joining a US based company while having studied in India?)
Finally, as she stuck the note on passport, she said " I am approving the visa, it generally takes 1-2 days but since we have some things going on at our end, it may take 3-5 days. But I am approving your visa".
Status Update Timeline:
Dec1: CEAC shows "Administrative processing" USTravelDocs shows " Passport is with US Embassy/Consulate"
Dec 2-5: No change
Dec 6: CEAC shows "Administrative processing" but status updated date is Dec 6.
At this point, I called the customer care number, he confirmed my Visa was in administrative processing and it is the same as 221(g) (!!!)
Dec 7 Afternoon : CEAC shows "Issued" USTravelDocs shows "Your Passport is with US Embassy/Consulate"
Dec 7 Evening: CEAC shows "Issued" USTravelDocs shows "Ready to pick-up"
Having read so many apprehensive and confused posts about 221(g) with/without slip, I wanted to share a positive experience. Hope this helps!
P.S.
From what I read online, each consulate has different colored slips/form that mean different things for each consulate. We can escalate the case by emailing ustraveldocs e.g. to ask if they need any documents that can expedite the process.
Questions:
How long have you worked with the employer?
How did you find this job?
Salary? Role? City?
Are you married? Do you have kids?
Husband also on H1B? Will he travel with you?
Highest education?
Did you ever study in US? Enrolled in US University? Applied for F1? ( NO, I had applied for universities in US and was selected but did not join.)
At this point she made notes on a yellow post-it. (Could I have an i-20 processed by one of these universities that showed up or was she curious since I was joining a US based company while having studied in India?)
Finally, as she stuck the note on passport, she said " I am approving the visa, it generally takes 1-2 days but since we have some things going on at our end, it may take 3-5 days. But I am approving your visa".
Status Update Timeline:
Dec1: CEAC shows "Administrative processing" USTravelDocs shows " Passport is with US Embassy/Consulate"
Dec 2-5: No change
Dec 6: CEAC shows "Administrative processing" but status updated date is Dec 6.
At this point, I called the customer care number, he confirmed my Visa was in administrative processing and it is the same as 221(g) (!!!)
Dec 7 Afternoon : CEAC shows "Issued" USTravelDocs shows "Your Passport is with US Embassy/Consulate"
Dec 7 Evening: CEAC shows "Issued" USTravelDocs shows "Ready to pick-up"
Having read so many apprehensive and confused posts about 221(g) with/without slip, I wanted to share a positive experience. Hope this helps!
P.S.
From what I read online, each consulate has different colored slips/form that mean different things for each consulate. We can escalate the case by emailing ustraveldocs e.g. to ask if they need any documents that can expedite the process.
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No status on ceac after H1b is approved by vo
Hi All
Thanks for sharing your experiences I had my interview on nov 30th at Hyderabad consulate and vo has approved my visa. When I check my status on ceac website it says no status for application number entered. When I do passport tracker it says passport is still with post. Can anybody help me know how long does it take and what does this status mean
Thanks
Thanks for sharing your experiences I had my interview on nov 30th at Hyderabad consulate and vo has approved my visa. When I check my status on ceac website it says no status for application number entered. When I do passport tracker it says passport is still with post. Can anybody help me know how long does it take and what does this status mean
Thanks
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H1B, H4 VISA experience is Hyderabad
Thanks a lot guys for sharing your experiences here. It helped me a lot to get prepared. Actually I appeared for the interview with In-House project. So I was a bit nervous till my interview gets completed.
There is a paid parking facility available at both OFC and VO interview locations.
Dec 1 (Thursday): Biometrics/OFC - Appointment @5PM. We have reached at 4:15PM. Security verified the timing and allowed us to stand in Queue. The total process took 45minutes to complete the Biometrics and Photograph.
Dec 2 (Friday): Appointment @10AM.
We have reached the @9:30AM. Went through security checking.
My suggestion is better not to carry any bags and its better to carry your documents in a Transparent folder/file so that it won't take much time to complete the security process.
Then we were asked to stand in a Q for biometric verification. Here is the first place you will see an American.
After this we were given with "Know Your Rights" pamplet and we were asked to proceed for the interview.
The VO rejected two B2 Visas before us. She interviewed each of them for almost 5 to 10minutes and she said them that they can't travel to US and for one of them she issued yellow slip.
We were very tensed by seeing this and as mine for In-house project I thought that it would be very diffcult for me to convience her.
Finally its our turn. VO is a lady.
Me: Good Morning ma'm. How are you?
VO: Not responded and asked me to provide I797B.
Me: Provided original I797B.
VO: Looked at her system at 2 seconds and asked me did you get "Know Your Rights" pamplet?
Me: Yes
VO: What is your highest level of qualification?
Me: I asked her to repeat the question as I couldn't hear it properly (and also tensed :P)
VO: She came closer to Mic and repeated the same.
Me: Answered
VO: When did you get marry?
Me: Answered.
VO: Your VISA is approved and returned I797B.
Me: Thank you.
We were really surprised that she neither asked anything related to my project/client nor any question to my wife. All the way she is typing the Q&A in her system.
The interview was about just 30-40 seconds and the whole process took 30 minutes.
Checked the status on Dec 2nd Evening. Status is "Administrative Processing"
Checked the status Today. Status is "Issued"
ALL THE BEST for you guys..
Prepare well and be confident!!!
There is a paid parking facility available at both OFC and VO interview locations.
Dec 1 (Thursday): Biometrics/OFC - Appointment @5PM. We have reached at 4:15PM. Security verified the timing and allowed us to stand in Queue. The total process took 45minutes to complete the Biometrics and Photograph.
Dec 2 (Friday): Appointment @10AM.
We have reached the @9:30AM. Went through security checking.
My suggestion is better not to carry any bags and its better to carry your documents in a Transparent folder/file so that it won't take much time to complete the security process.
Then we were asked to stand in a Q for biometric verification. Here is the first place you will see an American.
After this we were given with "Know Your Rights" pamplet and we were asked to proceed for the interview.
The VO rejected two B2 Visas before us. She interviewed each of them for almost 5 to 10minutes and she said them that they can't travel to US and for one of them she issued yellow slip.
We were very tensed by seeing this and as mine for In-house project I thought that it would be very diffcult for me to convience her.
Finally its our turn. VO is a lady.
Me: Good Morning ma'm. How are you?
VO: Not responded and asked me to provide I797B.
Me: Provided original I797B.
VO: Looked at her system at 2 seconds and asked me did you get "Know Your Rights" pamplet?
Me: Yes
VO: What is your highest level of qualification?
Me: I asked her to repeat the question as I couldn't hear it properly (and also tensed :P)
VO: She came closer to Mic and repeated the same.
Me: Answered
VO: When did you get marry?
Me: Answered.
VO: Your VISA is approved and returned I797B.
Me: Thank you.
We were really surprised that she neither asked anything related to my project/client nor any question to my wife. All the way she is typing the Q&A in her system.
The interview was about just 30-40 seconds and the whole process took 30 minutes.
Checked the status on Dec 2nd Evening. Status is "Administrative Processing"
Checked the status Today. Status is "Issued"
ALL THE BEST for you guys..
Prepare well and be confident!!!
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H1B visa interview Mumbai
Thanks everyone for sharing their experiences here, helped a lot.
Here is my experience.
1 Dec 2016 : Biometrics, as usual nothing to add here.
2 Dec 2016: A guy interviewed me
interviewer : gm
me : gm
interviewer : what is ur highest qualification?
me : Bachelors in CS.
interviewer : How many years with current employer
me : around xx years.
interviewer : Is this a inhouse project or end Client?
me: end client.
interviewer: who is the client?
me: xxx
interviewer: what is ur highest qualification(asked again dont know why?)
me: Bachelors in CS
interviewer: what will be ur salary?
me: xxx $
interviewer: which location?
me: xxx
interview: Your visa is approved.
me: thanks. have a good day.
Good luck guys. hope this will help.
Here is my experience.
1 Dec 2016 : Biometrics, as usual nothing to add here.
2 Dec 2016: A guy interviewed me
interviewer : gm
me : gm
interviewer : what is ur highest qualification?
me : Bachelors in CS.
interviewer : How many years with current employer
me : around xx years.
interviewer : Is this a inhouse project or end Client?
me: end client.
interviewer: who is the client?
me: xxx
interviewer: what is ur highest qualification(asked again dont know why?)
me: Bachelors in CS
interviewer: what will be ur salary?
me: xxx $
interviewer: which location?
me: xxx
interview: Your visa is approved.
me: thanks. have a good day.
Good luck guys. hope this will help.
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H1B Visa Interview Chennai
Thanks everyone for sharing your experience here. It helped me in preparing mine. So KUDOS everyone.
Here goes my experience.
Background - F1 to H1
Nov 28th OFC - Process was simple and straight forward. Do not worry to much about this. (FYI - photo is not required)
Nov 29th Visa Interview - Indian women interviewed me.
VO: PP please.
Me: gave her my passport.
VO: which company?
Me: ZZZ
VO: Client?
Me: Direct employment.
VO: Salary
Me: xxx $ per year
VO: what do you do?
me: I told my title.
VO: what is your responsibility?
Me: Told
VO: you have masters?
Me: Yes
VO: Which university?
me: Name of the university
VO: which program?
Me: CS
VO: Your visa is approved. (she kept the passport at her desk while telling me this)
Me: I told Thank you and got out of there.
I stood in the queue for almost 2.5 hours. But interview lasted less than a minute.
NO DOCUMENTS ASKED.
I have a question for you guys,
Its been couple of days and my passport tracking status shows "your passport is still with embassy". Did anyone get this message?
Here goes my experience.
Background - F1 to H1
Nov 28th OFC - Process was simple and straight forward. Do not worry to much about this. (FYI - photo is not required)
Nov 29th Visa Interview - Indian women interviewed me.
VO: PP please.
Me: gave her my passport.
VO: which company?
Me: ZZZ
VO: Client?
Me: Direct employment.
VO: Salary
Me: xxx $ per year
VO: what do you do?
me: I told my title.
VO: what is your responsibility?
Me: Told
VO: you have masters?
Me: Yes
VO: Which university?
me: Name of the university
VO: which program?
Me: CS
VO: Your visa is approved. (she kept the passport at her desk while telling me this)
Me: I told Thank you and got out of there.
I stood in the queue for almost 2.5 hours. But interview lasted less than a minute.
NO DOCUMENTS ASKED.
I have a question for you guys,
Its been couple of days and my passport tracking status shows "your passport is still with embassy". Did anyone get this message?
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221g DUI H1B visa
I had a no incident DUI in Feb 2012 and I have completed all the requirements satisfactorily and the case is closed. Went to get my H1B stamped in India and below is my experience.
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DS-160 education details confusion
Hi Guys,
I am trying to fill ds-160, in education field i have a doubt.
In petition about my graduation, only university name is mentioned, college name is not mentioned.
How can i fill my ds-160 now?
Please suggest me.
I am trying to fill ds-160, in education field i have a doubt.
In petition about my graduation, only university name is mentioned, college name is not mentioned.
How can i fill my ds-160 now?
Please suggest me.
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DS 160 Salary question
Hi guys please help me out I am going to Hyderabad for visa stamping, In DS 160 form there is a question about salary, I am working as a contractor for the client and in LCA my employer has mentioned YYYY salary but I am getting more than that , so not sure which one should mention. Being a contractor your monthly check wont be consistent.... help me out
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Intended date of travel is a week before visa Stamping Interview
Hi All ,
I have visa appointment scheduled in a week . My intended date of travel in DS 160 form is today i.e., 28-Nov-2016.
I am a bit tensed for this scenario.
Kindly help me by giving suggestions on what to answer. Every input is highly appreciated !
Thanks,
Neha.
I have visa appointment scheduled in a week . My intended date of travel in DS 160 form is today i.e., 28-Nov-2016.
I am a bit tensed for this scenario.
Kindly help me by giving suggestions on what to answer. Every input is highly appreciated !
Thanks,
Neha.
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