H1B, H4 Visa

Hi There, I need a urgent help of you people. I am on H4 now, I was working in India and was searching for US job as my spouse was planning to travel US on H1, so one company has file my H1b when I was still in India. But after filing I went to US in April only with my spouse. My H1b visa has got approved now and I am going to India for H1b stamping.

Ques 1: What type of questions will be asked to me in Visa interview?

Ques 2: What to say about H4 to H1 status transfer if they ask me?

Ques 3: What all documents I need to provide them?

Ques 4: If my H1b get rejected or something. Will I be able to return on my old H4 status ? My H4 is valid till June 2016.

Hello Friends,

I am done with my Biometrics this Monday and have scheduled Visa interview in next week. In my case I will be joining a new MNC in US
and hence will be moving out from current company. Just in case if Visa officer asks why you want to move out from such a reputed organization
to a new one in US what should be a good answer then

Another query, I did a NEFT transfer of my visa appointment and hence I dont have a visa receipt.
Is this ok or is it only when we make payment at bank we get the receipt for it.

I have booked an appointment for my self without my spouse. Now we decided to attend the interview together. so that i have added my spouse details in add family and I have paid the visa fee for my spouse today. after that i m trying to reschedule my appointment date but its not allowing me to reschedule and it is displaying one page like currently no appointments available for reschedule. But in visa appointment letter it is showing no.of applicants is 2. How to schedule an appointment for my spouse.
Could anyone please respond as i have booked my appointment on next week?

I am planning to attend H1b visa interview in 1st week of October. I am not having client letter but my employer is providing SOW and Employer client agreement letter. What all other documents I need to carry instead of client letter. Please suggest me should I attend interview at Chennai / Hyderabad. Which one is better for me?
Thanks in advance

Hi All,

THanks a lot for this forum which really gives some confidence and knowledge of getting H1B.

Lets Share my experience.
I have applied for a job in US in Dec-2013 and got the offer from the US employer in Jan-2014 and they have filed my case in April. My case got selected in May-2014 and case Got approved in July-2014. And i have filled my DS-160 and got the appointment on 16-Sep-14 and 17-Sep-14.

I have changed my company in india after filing the case that is in May-2014 and i moved to Dubai(UAE) and working for a small company. I tout it will create issue because i moved to gulf region and they may ask many questions.

I had good technical background and had 4 years of experience.

For my interview i have came to chennai from duabi on 16-Sep-14. Here the experience goes.

Day-1-->OFC
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1.Took DS-160,Appointment Letter,Passport and my appointment was at 11AM.
2.Went to OFC at 10 and they allowed me in at 10:15
3.Biometric is done at 10:30 itself.
4.Came hotel and dint sleep because of tension

Day-2 --Embassy
**** **** *
1.Appointment was at 11AM.
2.Went to Embassy at 10 and such a big queue.
3.Was in queue for almost 1hour and they allowed me in at 11.
4.It was very quick once u get in inside and you will give token.
My interview is below.

Me:Good Morning Sir
VO:Nothing

VO:Your Passport.
Me:Given and standing just like that.

VO:After 2 Mins, You work for YYYY Company.
Me: Yes

VO:What,yes?
Me.Yes i work for YYYY Company

VO:Your Client?
Me:XXY Compnay

VO:Looking at all the details for 2mins, I tout he is going to reject and i will continue my job in Dubai.
      why you employer and clients name sounds Same?
ME:My Employer is subsidiary of my client.

VO:I Can understand. Your visa is Approved

I was coming back after saying thanks. Security asked me to wait as VO officer asked. Wiated for 2mins and he asked to leave.

Came home and checked the visa status and it was "Admistrative Processing" and got little tensed.
In another 3hour it got changed to Issued. And i collected my passport with visa stamp today i.e(18-Sep-14)

All the best Guys.

Thanks
Bharat

 

 

 

Hello All,

Thanks to Immihelp forum!!

Wanted to share my interview process experience..

Interview Questions:
1. Who is your Petitioner
2. Name of the Client
3. Roles and Responsibilities
4. Salary
5. Highest Degree

All the Best Folks!!

HI All,

thanks for sharing all your experiences .. it is really useful ...please keep sharing the same ..

my H1b stamping interview scheduled in next week . i am just having few doubts in my mind , can some one clarify on this please.

1. if they ask my salary in USA.. am i need to say per anum or per month in USD ??

2. some one told me that if i say i am from testing background, they may reject my visa .. is that true ???

please share your suggestions on this ??

While i was waiting for my h1b i observed one tamil interview in front of me thought of posting to help some one.
The VO - US native was himself talking in tamil. His tamil was not very proper like mine :-) he was asking for what is your occupation. ninga ena vela .. but it was audible as vega so obviously the parents of some one where confused they were struggling, they were telling they know only tamil. he was like im speaking tamil. then finally they understood and said agriculture. The VO rejected their visa. I dont rem the earlier questions and i felt the parents were fully tensed adn scared witht he set up.

VO - asked me my employer name, client name, working at client or employee (ans- employee location), what does employer do - software consulting, he repeated in a questioning tone software consulting. Then he asked me the I 129 form. Asked for no employers- i said im not sure but project had 15 employees, eh said i129 says only 2 employees and said it is a discrepancy. he gave yellow slip asked for all docs. And later called and gave blue slip for admin processing.
They did not mark any field for any docs just admin processing. Writing this immediately so that it might help some one.

Thanks all for sharing their experiences. It helped us a lot for the preparation of Visa interview. To return the favor, here I’m writing our experience.

My husband’s company had applied for H1B visa for him and H4 for me and my son (8 months at the time of Visa interview). His application was through lottery and he had opted for Visa interview (stamping interview) at Mumbai consulate.

We prepared a detailed list of documents needed for the interview and gathered all the documents. This gives a peace of mind on THE day!

Our OFC appointment was scheduled at 4:30PM on 17th Aug and Visa interview was scheduled at 8:30 AM 19th Aug.

Note: We did not take our son with us for the interview, as its not mandatory for under 14 years kids to be present for the interview. We took his photos with us.

OFC
Date: 17th August 2014
Time: 4:30 pm
OFC Center: BKC, Mumbai

Fingerprinting and photo process at OFC is very smooth and the actual process takes only 5 mins. We reached the OFC center in BKC, Mumbai at 3:30 PM. There was already a queue - but a small one. We joined the queue and kept the documents ready

1. 3 passports

2. 3 DS 160 confirmation letters

3. 1 Appointment confirmation Letter

Staff at both OFC and Visa interview center are friendly. Ask your doubts to them and they should guide you correctly.

When we entered into the building, staff checked our appointment letters, and put corresponding stickers behind our passports. That sticker had 1. Name 2. Visa type and 3. Appointment confirmation number (note that this appointment confirmation number from DS160 remains the identifier throughout the process).

We went inside. My husband carried his and son’s passport and I took mine. We joined the line where you get the token numbers.

With the token number, we guided to particular window (separate windows for us), where an officer (Indian) took the photograph and fingerprints. He also clicked photo of my son’s photo. He asked couple of questions like 1. When are you travelling 2. How old is your son etc. He then stamped the DS160 forms.

We were out in approx 20 minutes.

Visa interview
Date: 19th August 2014
Time: 8:00 pm
Consulate: US Consulate, BKC Mumbai

We reached the consulate at 7:15 am to join the huge queue - the queue was for 8:30 am inteview! There were other people waiting (for later time schedule) to join the queue.

We kept DS160, passports, appointment confirmation letter and visa application approval leter (I797) ready.

On entering the consulate, we went through a security checking. They do not allow 1. Backpacks 2. any electronic device - laptop, mobile, charger, USB, headset etc. Then we were asked to sit in an open area - it was a big sitting arrangement forming a queue according to visa type.

After waiting in a queue for approx 20 mins, we entered main interview hall. At first counter, they verified our fingerprints and asked us to wait in a line for interview. Staff told us to keep our passports and I-797 ready. We moved to interview counter.

VO(lady Smiling):Good Morning

We: Good Morning

VO: Can I see your passports?

Husband handed over all the passports.

VO: Whos your Employer?

Husband: xxx Corporation

VO: What’s kind of you work?

Husband: I work as Software Engineer and my responsibilities include x, y and z.

VO: How many employees work for your organization?

Husband: Approx 3500

VO(Raising eyebrows): All engineers?

Husband: No, out of 3500, approx 2000 are engineers.

VO: How long are your working with this organization.

Husband: 6 months.

VO: Where did you work before?

Husband: Told the list.

VO(Smiling): You have worked in all the biggies!

VO: What’s your highest qualification?

Husband: xxx which is equivalent to xxx in US.

VO(to me): What’s your highest qualification?

Me: xxx

Then she checked the passports and said

VO: I will come back in a minute.

She took the husband’s passport and went back to a desk. She gave the passport to a lady inside and came back.

VO came back and said

VO(to Husband): Your passport is bit old and I’ve asked to check the quality of it. Its about printing on the passport. Don’t worry, its not your fault (smiling).

After 2 mins, the other lady who had the passport with her came to desk and handed over the passport to VO, they had a small discussion. We were tensed, as we could sense that something was not alright.

VO(to husband) The printing quality of the passport is not good, the passport does not scan properly. You might have a problem when you travel, so I suggest you to get the new passport. Drop the new passport and your dependent’s passports to a VFS office.

She gave us 221(g) white slip, in which VO checked the box against ‘get a new passport’ option and wrote +2 dependents on it. We were not sure if the Visa was approved or not.

We were bit tensed, but had to work on getting a new passport.

My husband applied for reissue of a passport in Tatkal, got the new passport in 4 days and then we submitted the 4 passports (husband’s 2 passports, mine and son’s 1 passport each) to VFS center in Pune. We submitted 221(g) and DS160 along with the passports.

We visited https://ceac.state.gov/ceacstattracker/status.aspx to check the status of our visa couple of times a day!. It was “Administrative processing” for first 3 days (after submitting the new passport) and changed to “Issued” on 4th day. Our passports were dispatched on 4th day and we picked them up from VFS office on 7th Day.

That was the moment to celebrate!
We did not hear the magical words “Your visa is approved”, but its okay. All’s well that ends well. :)