H1B, H4 Visa

I: Sure Mam!
I gave DS160, passports.

Officer:What is Your employer name?
I: ZZZ, Location.

Officer: What type of business will your employer do?
I: Software development, consulting

Officer: Do You have any client?
I: Yes Mam, YYY, location.

Officer: Is this company deal with computer chips?
I: Yes Mam, but they require one software portal, I am going to work on that project.

Officer: Is this your old job or new opportunity?
I: New opportunity Mam.

Officer: What is your salary?
I: zzz \$ per Year

Officer:what is your highest degree?
I: MCA

Officer to my wife: what is your highest degree?
my wife: BTech in Information Technology

Officer: Please give me a minute.
I & My Wife: Sure Mam please.

Officer: Please go through this pamphlet which will explain employ rights in US.

She typed some thing in her computer, by that time my younger one tried to grab some device in our side. Officer smiled by seeing him.
She got one rubber band and tied our passports then the golden words came.

Officer: All Your VISAs are approved, Have a nice day.
I & My wife: Thanks a lot mam.

We came out with in 10 mins, no document were asked other than passports, DS160.
We came out and my father thought that we came out to collect something from him.
He came running towards us with our bag left outside. We told stamping was done, he got shocked for 10 mins systematic work.

I have to thank my father for accompanying us and my Wife a lot for her cooperation.
I managed tension, docs. But she managed tension, both my kids.

Guys, its very good experience. People there in the office are very polite, friendly and helping natured.
No need to worry if you have all your docs. Be cool, no need to worry at all if You are confident.

ALL THE BEST guys!!!

Hello All,

I went for my H1B stamping to Chennai Consulate. My petition was selected in 2013 and I had not got my Visa stamped so far.
My employer is a BEP employer.

Questions Asked:
1) Hello
Replied back
2) May I have your passport and token please.
Gave it
3) Who is you employer
Answered
4) What is your salary in the US
Answered in digits as per LCA.
5) Who is your client
Answered Client name as per LCA work location
6) Sorry
Again repeated the client name slowly

After checking in the system he immediately responded,Your visa is approved and gave me a pamphlet.

I replied thanks and walked out.

Posts in this forum really helped. Before me there was another employee from xxxx, He was asked the exact questions.
Another person had a slip issued to him because I guess his was a smaller company.

Thanks

I would like to thank every one who have shared their visa experiences on this forum, it helped and boosted my confidence.

Bio metrics on 4th 1:00 PM
You just have to carry below document and reach the OFC 15 min before your appointment. I reached there 30 min before my appointment and they allowed me in and the whole process took just 20 min.

Documents(OFC):
1. Passport ( Old & New)
2. Visa Appointment Letter
3. DS 160 Confirmation Letter (Nothing Else)

They will ask your name and then they will paste a sticker with bar code on your passport.

After that they will allow you in to an another room where they will ask your " Purpose of Travel", The answer was "Employment" in my case as I was applying for H1B.
They will scan your finger prints, take your photograph and put a stamp on your DS 160.

Visa Interview on 5th 8:00 AM

I Reached consulate at 7:15AM, they allowed me in by 7:40, they asked us to keep our DS 160 Confirmation page, Appointment Confirmation and Passports ready. They will paste a token on your
passport, it would be like (eg, W - 101) followed by security check. Post this, you will be asked to head to the counter to take interview.

My visa Questions and Experience: -

(I work for an MNC in India and our client is a reputed firm in US)

Lady officer -

Before I wish her, she said "Please wait for a moment, we need a short break here), she took sip of her coffee and I was just looking to my documents if they are in proper order..

Then she asked for my passports -

Who is your client?
Answered
Where is your work location?
Answered ( Location and State)

Actually my client and my company office is in US is in the same state - so I told her my work location as my company location and she asked again. Then I repeated it clearly both the offices and
their addresses and then said I would be working from a client location. (Through out this process she was typing something in her system - then she said)

she repeated "So you said your client is YYYY and Employer is YYYY rt?, I said yes..

Then she pushed my passports in to tray adjacent to her and said, OK, we are good, alright you may leave now.

She didn't ask for my documents - seems she already have a copy of all those ( I797 ect with her)

As her response is positive and she kept my passport. I took it granted. So I didn't ask if my visa is approved :D.

Hi,

Just thought to share my H1b visa exprience. I'll just give brief summary on OFC. Try to arrive 15 mins prior to your appointment. Dont bring any laptop or anyother electronic device except cellphone. They dont have any storage space.

Documents to carry in GFC:

Original Passport
DS160 Confirmation page
Appointment confirmation page

Experience at Consulate
I had an appointment at 8:30 AM. Along me with, my wife and kids were there. I reached outside the consulate at 7:50 AM. Crowd was huge outside and we were called in to form the line at 8. Since I had small kids, they allowed me to stand at the begining of the line

They let us go inside and they handed over one token. They asked for I797 petition and I handed over one copy. You dont need to give original. They stapled it with my passport. Then we went inside and fingerprinting verification was done

Inside the hall, the line was not that much and our number came after 10 mins.

VO: Can I have your passports
I gave them all the passports, my daughter has US passport as I was there previously on L1 around 3 yrs back

VO: Is this your fresh H1 or extension
I said Fresh. Then she started writing something on the screen and then again after 15 secs she said its your extension right, I said no its fresh. Then I thought she might be getting confused because of my daughter's passport. Then I clarified myself that I was on L1 previously.

VO: Which company you work in
Answered

VO: Whats your designation
Answered

VO: How long you have been in this company
Answered

Thats it. She didnt ask anything else and she said you may go now. No questions asked to my wife or to my kids.

After coming back to my home, I checked my visa status and it was "Issued". I got my passports now with visa on it.

Thanks immihelp for having such wonderful platform to share the experience. I was able to prepare myself very well because of this forum

Good luck to you all, who has the appointment in near future.

Documents which I carried:

Passports
Original I797
Copy of I129
Original educational certificates
Orginal marriage certificate
Copies of educational certificate
Family photographs
Tax returns
Salary slips

Hi Friends,Iam a silent follower of this website,and Iam very much Thankful to this website.It Really Helped me a lot.
directly iam posting my Experience.

VO Officer: Good Morning,How your doing

ME: Fine sir.

VO: Can I have Your Passports Please

ME: sure sir,please

VO: Who is your client

ME: Sir i will be working for inhouse project.

VO: Do you have project Documentation.

ME: Yes sir and i gave him project Documentation(85 pages of document ).

VO: Are you working this project at client side

ME: No sir, at Employer Location,it is product development Company.

VO: How much your salary in USA

ME: said the salary

VO: Which place in USA

ME: I told him the place

VO: How did you know about this company.

ME: I told this company only Approaced me by seeing my skiil set

VO: How Many Rounds of Interview Conducted.

ME: 2 Technical and 1 Manager round

VO: How it has been conducted telephonic or skype

ME: YYYY

VO: gave me a white pamplet.

ME: Then got confirmed that my visa has been Approved

Hi All,

I need your help to know whether Project Documentation is required if I am going to join a Company for In-House development ?

Please let me know asap.

Thanks
Kumar

Hi,

My employer is a small company and I will be working for a product of that company.
My Interview was scheduled at 9:30 AM I reached consulate at around 8:20. I was allowed inside at 8:30 AM.
After getting token number I waited for around 1 hr for my token number on the screen.

Here is my experience

VO: Put your left hand fingers on scanner.
Me: Kept

VO: passport?
Me: Given.

VO: Who is your employer.
Me: ZZZ.

VO: I don't know about ZZZ.
Me: I Went blank feeling tensed and said I don't get you.

VO: Ok. How many employees?
Me: Gave Number

VO: Current Employer?
Me: YYY

VO: Why you,
Me. I completed masters from a premium Institute and currently working.

VO: How do you know this Employer.
Me: I posted my resume in dice and monsters through which I came to know about YYYY and My Interview conducted in Hyderabad office.

VO: They have office in Hyderabad also?
Me yes sir.

VO: Ok I am approving your visa

No document asked not even H1 approval i797B.

The list of documents I have taken:
I797B Approval,
H1B whole package(i129, LCA, Supporting letter)
Offer Letter
Project Documentation.
Employee brochure.
10th class to Degree All Original Certificates
Current employer employment letter and all appraisal letters
Last 6 months current company pay slips
Last 2 years tax returns (current company)
Last 6 months bank statement of my salary account.

Hi All,
My H1B extension is due in October and my employer has filed my extension . My question is that the designation posted in LCA is System administrator and position applied for extension is database administrator. Will this going to effect my extension ?

My original petition is of database administrator.

Thanks.
Abhishek.

Hi,

Thanks to immihelp for making everything out of box about US, Visa and Immigration.
Here my interview experience,
I wanted to share somethings which are not shared by anyone and I feel it might helpful.

09/02 - @ OFC,

If you are travelling via guindy you have to take next right turn when you see RainTree hotel(your left side).
Opposite to Appollo Cancer hospital there is a street (Parallel street to the visa interview queue) where you can leave your vehicle easily. Lot of space is there since everyone think there is no parking, all are coming in auto or taxi.

If you are going in two wheeler, It is advised to go in Activa or the vehicle which has lock facility for your belongings. Parking is owner's risk. But dont worry it is safe in that area.

We had 2 pm appointment. Me and my wife went in activa reached there by 1 PM. Locked our belongings bag, cellphone etc., There was a hotel in that street itself. We had our lunch there. Dont worry they are serving fast you will not spend more than half n hour there. You can plan your lunch there if you have appointment during lunch time.

We came out by 1.30 walked to the parallel street. There was two 1. Current half n hour (1.30 - 2). 2. Next half n hour (2 - 2.30). There was a borad in front of the queue saying the timing.

We Joined in first queue. Note, there will be only 2 queues if you are reaching more than 1 hour early you cannot stand in queue aswell. dont think if you join queue early you can finish soon. The queue is actually moving very fast. Reaching half n hour before your appointment time is more than enough.

15 persons at a time will be sent to the Visa application center building from the queue. Two persons will get your passport, DS160 and Appointment letter. They will verify it and make a tick in the informations. Since it is verified and ticked, You have to use the same DS160 and Appointment letter where ever asked.

VAC is on the first floor. There will be a security check and there will be two officers who will get your Passport, DS160 and Appointment letter. They will paste a sticker with the barcode in our passport.

We went inside, Token number was given. There was some 15-20 counters in that big hall. You have to wait and see the big monitor. When your number is called you have to go to that counter.

There was an indian inside the counter.

Me: Hi Good Morning
VO: Hi Good Morning. Can i have your passport and DS160.
Me: Given
VO: Please read through the instructions pasted there.
(Actually the speaker was not working properly. It was not audible. Since all counters are in a same hall lot of noise also)
Me: Sorry I couldn't hear you.
VO: Please read through the instructions pasted there.
(Again it was not audible)
Me: (Bit tensed and was showing in sign I cant hear)
VO: (Adjusted the mic and volume)
VO: Please read through the instructions pasted there.
Me: Ok. (Read it, said Ok after finished).
VO: Please wait for a minuite I will check your information sir.
Me: ya sure.
VO: Give me your full name sir,
ME: YYYY X
VO: What is your date of birth sir,
Me: xxxxxx
VO: Gave my passport and said - Read your passport number loudly sir,
Me: yyyyyyyyy
VO: I will verify once again pls check, your full name xxxxxx date of birth xxxxx passport number yyyyyyy.
Me: Yes it is correct.
VO: Keep your left hand 4 fingers on the scanner
Me: did
VO : Keep your right hand 4 fingers on the scanner
Me: did
VO: Keep your both thumb on the scanner
Me: did
VO: Please stand one step back near that white board and look into the camera sir,
Me: did
VO: Thank you. You can leave with your documents now. Please read the instruction on the notice board. Please reach interview 15 mins before.
Me: Thank you so much.

Whole day i was tensed thinking that what if the same kind of atmosphere in the consulate counter. Noice, speaker was not working properly etc.,

09/03- @ Consulate

We had appointment at 10.30 AM. We reached there by 9.30. We parked our two wheeler in the parallel road locked our belongings in our vehicle.

There was two queue without time board in front. We enquired and joined 10.30 queue.

Around 10 our queue was moving. One guy in front of queue asked our passport and entered something in his device. After moving from this queue in consulate enterence there was another queue. This queue is for security check.

We finished and moved inside there was another building. We went there. There was two officers who got our passport and paste a token number in our passports.

We moved inside after getting token number. There was a guy sending us to different counters for bio metric.

VO: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning
Helper: Sitting near counter got our passport and was showing to VO for barcode scan.
VO: Please keep your left hand 4 fingers
Me: did
VO: (to my wife) . Please keep your left hand 4 fingers
She: did
VO: Please stay there your token number will be called in monitor.

We were sitting there watching monitor. Our number was called,

There was two people infront of us.

1. L1 Blanket - Rejected. I din listen full interview,

VO: finally said, This visa is not for your role madam. I cannot approve your visa. Took blue slip and was writing something.
She: Can I explain my role once again.
VO: If you explain me one more time also I am sure my decision will not change madam. I appreciate your work and efforts. Please try in different catagory.

2. Not sure what visa, I din listen full interview,

VO: What will be your role,
He: Architect.
VO: What is your responsibilities,
He: Explained
VO: To Whom you will report,
He: said something,
VO: He is in onshore of offshore,
He: Onshore
VO: To Whom he will report,
He: AVP
VO: How many people reporting to you,
He: In onshore 12 from offshore 15.
VO: Your visa is approved. Gave a pamplet.
He: Thank You.

Now it is our turn. From the above two people I was thinking that definitely i will get lot of questions,

Me: (With Smile) Hello officer, Good Morning.
VO: Good Morning.
VO: Can I have your passports please.
Me: Given
VO: For whom you will be working for in US.
Me: xxxxxxxxxxx
VO: He was searching something in computer and asked, Tell me your client name again,
Me: xxxxxxxxxxx (slowly clearly told)
VO: How much yyyyy pays you in US. (Note: He did not asked my employer(yyyyyy). He noticed it from my ID card tag)
Me: $$$$$ Dollars.
VO: Your Visa is Approved (Heard "GOLDEN WORDS")
Me: Thank You.
VO: Gave me a pamplet and said Thank you.
Me: Thank You have a good day.
My Wife: Thank You

Left Consulate with smile and joy :)

Tips: Wear ID card while going to interview. It will be always advantage for you and it will also avoid some questions if you are from big companies.

Actually they have a database with many companies that applied visa before and their clients. The first step of checking is they will type your company name and client name if it is available in their database your visa is definitely approved with very less formal questions. Otherwise they will ask more questions to validate if you are saying true.

Wish you all the very best for your Interview !!! Happy to USA. !!!

Hi all,

I would like to thank immihelp and all the folks who shared their experiences it was immense help for PAI.
Mine is BEP case it was pretty straight forward. I saw many B1/B2 candidates very few H1b candidates in my slot (11:00 AM).
Below is my thoughts on PAI after reading hundreds of posts and attending PAI today.
 
# if you have BEP case or you are FTE (for petitioner) so its cakewalk (unless you really make a big blunder )
# for all other cases documents should be strong.
# i know of a case where interviewer called up the client to verify if a person is working for them and he found out that he was no longer with that client, rejection then and there.

Have all the documents handy rehearse the questions and it will be really walk in the park.

All the best to all.