H1B, H4 Visa

Hello all, please find my Visa interview question below:

First : I said good morning and hand over my I797 to VO

VO: who is your employer
I replied

VO: How long , you are woking with this employer.
I replied

VO: Who is your client
I replied

VO: Tell me your role at Client place
i replied according to PRD and Resume ( 5-7 sentences)

He has looked only once on my side, He busy with typing some thing is system.
VO: your visa has approved. Thank you.

I said Thank you and came out .

Hello All,

I attended my H1B stamping interview at Mumbai consulate on 2 dec 2015. Below is my exp -

VO: Which employer
ME: told

VO: What do you do for employer
ME: Told

VO: Salary in USD
ME: Told

VO: Highest qualification
ME: Told

VO: Married?
ME: Yes

VO: Is she not travelling with you?
ME: No. Not this time.

Then the VO typed something in his system took my i797 inside. He was back in a minute with a copy of i797. He handed me 221(g) white slip saying that there is some issue in the system. He Kept my passport with him and said that I will be notified over email about next steps.

Some background on my case -
I have done my Masters in US and also worked with the same employer for over 2 years on EAD. My wife already has L1 visa from a different employer in India which was the reason i said no to VO.

Can someone help me understand the 221(g) process. I know that it can take months to get a result. Has anybody had a good experience in similar situation? I am quite perplexed as mine is a genuine application.

Hello All,

I need your advice. I have attended counselor interview on 1st December. VO said my visa has approved, but the status shows 'Administrative Processing'. I booked my return flight to U.S for 9th Dec.
Should I postpone my flight? How many days does it take to change the status?

Appreciate your help.

Thanks in advance.

Hi All,

Today (Dec 2) I attended my Visa Interview @ Hyderabad, and got approved

Thanks for Immihelp and ppl who posted their experience

Below are the questions VO asked
Who is your petitioner?
Since how long you have been working with this company?
Which City?
What is your Client Name?
How much is your salary?
What is your highest Qualification?

Thanks

hello friends

i want your advice
  me and my husband came to u.s. in august 2014 in B2 visa . then in December my husband file for h1b visa transfer and he got his visa and i filed for H4 visa thats also approved.
 now i want to go to India next month . so i have to go for stamping .so i have some question.

1. i am going alone so is their any issue for H4 stamping?
2. my husband doesnt have H1b stamp in passport is that necessary?

Hi Guys,

I need your real quick help.

My Spouse is currently on H4. I am planning to apply a H1 in this year quota.Is it possible?

If so my petition is getting expired by this march and i already applied for both of our extensions. will this affect my spouse H1 Filing?

Please answer if some one have any answer.

Thanks to immihelp and to all people who share their experiences, here is my experience.

Background - I got H1b stamped in Mar 2012 from an Indian IT company, went to US in Aug 2012 and joined US Company in Dec 2013. Came to India in Nov 2015.

OFC - 29th Nov 2015 with family
Interview - 1st Dec 2015 with family

Me - Good morning
VO - Good morning

VO- Passport please
Me- Passed all the passports along with I-797

VO- Is this new H1B?
Me- No, it's re-stamping.

VO- Oh! Ok and he was checking something on his screen after scanning my passport and I-797, after 2-3 minutes he asked below question.

1. Visa type.

2. Highest qualification.

3. How much you are making.

4. Company name.

5. What is "Company Name"
Me - Few lines about my company

6. What I do in "Company name"
Me- Answered few lines about my roles and responsibilities.

VO- Ok and then he asked my family to sit back and said he only want answers from me only.

7. Was there any visa rejection and cancellation - I said Yes, L1 was rejected and B1 was canceled in 2011.

8. Do you know why L1B was rejected - I said No, I was only asked to check with my company HR

9. What were you doing for 3 months on B1/B2 in 2010
Me- I was getting project requirements from my client and that trip was for only 6-7 weeks max. But my client went for summer vacations for few weeks that why it took long to get and fix all the requirements.

He was convinced and said Oh! Ok

He did not ask for any document and after 1 min. pause he said my application go for admin processing and it wont take too much time or can take around 2-3 weeks.
You will be informed.

He took all of the passports along with I-797

Since then the status is "Admin processing".

Senior members please comment on this or anyone had same experience please comment.

Appreciate your help on this.

Thank you.

Hello all,

I am in middle of a dilemma on possibility of cancellation of H1B interviews(for this week) in Chennai Consulate due to current rain/floods.

I have my interview planned on 6th Dec(fingerprint) and 7th Dec(consulate); and want to know if someone is already aware of such issues.

& Will Chennai consulate reschedule the interviews in the system and notify us in such scenario where the Consulate gets closed due to rain/floods Or we have to approach them to be aware of same ?

Any inputs, or anyone who has recently appeared for interview will help(I hear chennai floods are back today).

Thanks in advance.

Hello all to who ever is reading this post and thanks to all who posted their visa experiences. Here is my story:

OFC: Appointment was at 9:45 on Nov 25 and we were allowed only to get inside only at 9:30. At the entrance of the building an indian official verified our passports with appointment letter and DS-160s and let us in. Inside the building another indian official entered our info in his system and generated barcode stickers and put those on each of our passports. Then security guards screened us and generated a token for each of us. Inside the building we waited for 5 mins and our respective turns came and I was asked to pass on my documents (Passport, DS-160 and appointment letter) and the lady at the counter (again indian) asked me two questions (Name and purpose of trip). Done!

Consular interview: Appointment was at 9 am on Nov 27 and we reached there at 8ish and PARKED OUR CAR IN THE BUILDING IN THE LANE WHICH IS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD TO OFC BUILDING FOR 30/HR. And we went ahead and stood in the queue. The security people allowed candidates of 8am, 8:30 am and 9am slot. The security screening was simple but little time taking. And finally around 9:15 we reached a point where our left hand's 4 fingers prints were verified and asked us to join the queue for the actual interview and when we reached to the front of the queue we were given token which specifies interview counter number, which was 12 in my case. There were already 2 people ahead of us (both F-1s). VO approved the first guy and rejected the second one because of poor language skills. Then my turn came:

VO: Good morning, how are you?
We: Good morning, we doing good, how are you?
VO: good, passports and I-797 please.
Me: passed those to him.
VO: Who is your petitioner?
Me: [Employer Name]
VO: What do you do for them?
Me: Mentioned role and 1 line job description.
VO: Is there an end client?
Me: Yes
VO: who is that?
Me: [Client Name] at [City, State]
VO: Have you done your masters in the states?
Me: Yes from [University Name, State]
VO: How did you like the [Local musical band name]?
Me: I wasn't sure if that was the name of sports team/music band or whatever. So simply assumed it was sports related and said I am not much into sports.
VO: haha, it's ok, how did you like the weather there?
Me: I liked it very much, it was very close to that of Hyderabad.
VO: hahah, true, have you visited [Famour singer name] house?
Me: I didn't get a chance and smiled. He smiled too. Last 2-3 questions seemed very casual and friendly. We both were literally laughing and my wife next to me was smiling all these while.
VO: How long have you been married?
We: Not sure to which one of us was this question aimed, so we both coincidentally replied at the same time with "2 years as of today".
VO: today??
We: Yes, today
VO: oh nice, congrats
We: thank you
VO: your visas are approved, do you have the US visa rights pamphlet?
We: thank you
Me: Yes I do.
Me: Officer, can I ask you a quick question?
VO: sure
Me: Do you need my old passport by any chance?
VO: not required.
Me: thanks and left the place

Interview didn't even last for 2 minutes. After reaching home I checked my status out of curiosity and the status was "Administrative Processing" and around 9pm, it changed to "Issued". And on Nov-30 I got an sms to pick up my passports.

Suggestion: Dress well and answer confidently, doesn't matter your answers are spot-on or little lengthy. Visa officers are very cool and trying to approve all sorts of visas and as quite a few people here said, they dont reject your visa unless you give them a reason to. (like the guy in front of me who couldn't answer a simple question of why he was changing his major to computers even after the same question was asked for 3 times).

All the best.

Hello all,

Its really glad that we have a platform to discuss things and to give/take advises, thanks to immihelp.com

My Interview is scheduled on 12/7/2015 at HYD

My complete education is in Mechanical Engineering and currently i'm working in IT, does this have any impact ? I'm also carrying email copies of jobs applied in Mechanical Engineering.

Please Advice ... Thank you in advance