H1B, H4 Visa

Hello,
Sharing my VISA experience, thinking it might be helpful for someone who is preparing to go for H1B stamping. I had my appointment on May 5th. But my OFC i scheduled 2 weeks prior to the interview in order to avoid PIMS issue. Below were the questions.

Me: Good Morning
VO: Good Morning

VO: Who is your employer?
Me: YYYY

VO: How long you are working for this employer
Me: YYYY years

VO: What is you salary?
Me: $$$

VO: Do you work in client location?
Me: Yes

VO: Can i see your client letter?
Me: Provided the client letter

VO: Can i see your pay slips?(He never mentioned which month, but gave him this year pay slips)
Me: Provided Jan, Feb, Mar and April Pay slips

VO: Can i see your W2?
Me: Just provided the latest W2 which is 2015

VO: What kind of project you do for this client
Me: Explained the project details

VO: Can i see your Client ID badge(The reason he asked because my ID card visible from my pocket)
Me: Removed and provided the ID card

Then VO was typing something and he returned all the documents and ID card and he retained my passport and told my VISA is approved.

Went on May6th and collected my passport.

I was following this website and i am sure there are lot of people like me planning to go for stamping. All the best.

My interview was held in Delhi on April 26,2016. It was my 2nd visa stamping interview. I have been working for last 5+ years at the same client location. My employer has been changed since last 2 years so I had to go to in person interview. My green card is in process for EB2 category. Interview was scheduled at 10:30 am . I was in the interview hall around 11ish. There were at least 100-150 people for interview and of course 15-20 windows were open too. I was observing so many people going and coming back from interview window. It was taking them maximum of 5 mins. Some were coming back with happy faces and some with sad faces. Finally my turn came.I was interviewed by a lady. My interview lasted for 50 mins. My visa was approved though but the complexity of the interview process broke me to the tears. I came out crying. These are the list of questions which were asked.

1 Who is your client?
2 what is the client's address?
3 How long have you been working for this company?
4 what kind of products do you client make?
5 How many employees are in the company?
Tell me the list of companies which are located around client location?
6 when you go pass that street what is located on the road? I am sure she had google maps open on the screen.
7 what do you do for your client?
8 who is your manager at client location?
9 Show me all your I-797 document
10 show me your pay stubs. They should be at least more than 6.
11 ** I had one pay stub in the file for lesser yours than I actually work . Please make sure to have pay stub for regular hours. VA (visa officer) started asking questions on that.
12 Show me all w2’s
13 Show me all the educational transcripts.
14 12. Tell me the years which you finished graduation and post- graduation
15 Show me the client letter? Why it does n’t have specific ending date?
16 Who is your employer?
17 What does the company do?
18 How did you get job?
19 What qualification made you get H1b?
20 I get bonus with every paycheck. VA was not able to believe on that. She started doubting on that.
21 What is your salary? VA started counting year-to-date salary from paycheck and started doubting on total.
22 What is your designation?
23 Show me your LCA?
24 Show me the documents which were used to file the extension?
25 Show me the experience letters?
26 I employer recently got changed. VA askes , what made you change the employer?
27 Show me all your credential evaluation docs?
28 How big is your employer company is?
29 How long have you been living in united states?

The order of the questions were different at the interview. Just wanted to give everybody a heads up of the interview questions. There is no need to panic. Handle everything patiently. We can only defend not offend in front of VA. Please make sure to go thru all the documents beforehand for interview. Documents should be properly indexed in a bundle so it becomes easy to take out. VA scolds me couple of times for that as my file was not indexed.

My intention here is not to scare you but help you. Good luck !!!

Hope this information helps you.

Hi All ,

I attended my visa interview at Delhi on Dec 16th,2015 and gave 221g and asked to submit documents like project description and employer tax etc and I submitted those on January along with my passport and I was asked to submit additional documents again by sending my passport return on feb 28th . I again submitted new set of documents on march 2nd (H1b core documents like LCA and confirmation page etc) and my status is still showing as administrative processing since feb 18th as per records. I contacted embassy twice over the 2 months and they are saying the same story as we will get back to you. How long does maximum does it take, how positive is getting visa stamping done.

Hi,
I'm selected for H1 B in 2015 quota and got my all documents from USCIS and employer in Nov/Dec 2015.

Due to some personal urgency I did not process DS 160 for visa interview between Dec 2015 to Feb 2016. But I attended Visa interview in March 2016 and got 221 g yellow slip.

I contacted my employer and got the document mentioned on the slip from him. I also submitted all the documents to VAC and after 2-3 weeks I again got 221 g white slip, and asked to submit almost same documents with few more description.

I again contacted my employer for these documents.

My questions are:
1. What is the probability of approval when I submit documents again?
2. Is it possible to get 221 g again?
3. If refused then what are the other options available for me? As I read here in some threads that I can approach other employer and if the new employer agree he can file my petition again under exempt and when?

Please suggest.

Thanks in advance.
Praksh

 

Currently am employed outside US, My company allows to work from remote location(from Home).I have a L2 Visa. Am planning to continue my Job by working from home after entering to US, I will be on my home country payroll(not US Payroll), Am i legally allowed to do that or should i get an EAD?

Hi, I am an Indian, working in Riyadh, Saudi arabia. Can I attend H1b Visa interview in Riyadh?

Hi ,
We are currently on L1(My husband) and L2(Me) visa, and my husband is working in a reputed org, he applied for H1 from outside agency and got clicked. Oct our status will be automatically changed to H1 and H4. I am currently working on L2 EAD.We got I 94 approval already.

Now my question is, Whether I need to stop my job after October or do I need to take leave till the H4 EAD comes? Is there any options that I can keep on doing work?

Please do help

Hi everyone,

I have a question. I am applying for a H-2B, and my husband has to apply for a H4 to come with me (that is done through the DS-160 form, right?)

1. Does he need to apply together with me? On the same day? If that is so, do I need to schedule two appointments at the Embassy for both of us? Or when I schedule the appointment, do I need to tell the embassy that I am coming together with my husband

2. Does my US employer have to file for a petition for my husband as well, or just me?

Please help me. Thank you

Hello All,

I recently changed my job on a project base and changed my employer, my h1b visa got denied from uscis. I found an another employer and working on transferring h1b on employerC. Based on attorney this will be a consular process and I am planning to visit India for doing my 1st h1b stamp. This is my 5th year of h1 and there are no h1 stamps on my Passport. I have f1 stamped. Please advise questions and how long usually it takes for interview process/approval and receive passport at the embassy or in your state/local city. I am from Gujarat and I heard they send the passport to Ahmedabad for collection.

Please share your experience and any advice will be appreciated
  

Hello there,

My visa status got changed from F1-OPT to H1B last year i.e 2015 and I am currently with employer A's H1B and never got a chance to get the H1B visa stamping done. Recently I got a full time opportunity from employer B and they have started to prepare my petition for H1B transfer. Also I had to travel to India due to a personal emergency couple of days ago(right now I am in India) and told Employer B that I will come back to US on their company's visa stamping. When I consulted employer B to have an update on filing status, they informed that they are going to file the transfer petition in premium processing late this week or early next week.

I did not inform my current company i.e Employer A about the H1b transfer since I don't have the receipt in hand yet. In fact my current employer knows that I am going to come back to US on their company's visa stamp. I have the form I797A (with attached I94) expiring in Sep,2018 and all the other supporting documents required for visa stamping from employer A. So here are my questions:

1. When is the right time to inform my current employer that I am gonna quit and come to US on Employer B's visa stamping.
2. Since employer B is filing my transfer when I am in India, I believe I will get approval notice without the I94 attached to it. Will this be a problem when I attend visa interview on employer B's H1B or at the POE(except I receive a new I94).
3. If at all I change my mind and doesn't want to join Employer B after H1B transfer aprroval, Can I still go for stamping on Employer A and come to US and work for employer A.
4. Can I get the visa stamped on employer A and enter United states and work for Employer B(on whose approval notice there is no I94) or do I need to go out of US again and get a new I94 card.
5. Since I haven't worked for employer B I don't have any paystubs from them. Is it ok to show employer A's paystubs during visa interview.

Pls let me know If you have any other safest route to tackle this situation.

Appreciate your time and time response.

Thank you in advance!