H1B, H4 Visa

Hi,

I am planning to apply H4 visa for my wife and child(4 months old). I filled two DS-160's for both of them. My doubts are:

1. Should I take two visa appointments for mother and child (if child don't require appointment, for OFC mother should carry child passport ? what about photo of child ?)
2. Should I pay visa fee for both of them or only for mother ?

Please suggest me on this.

Thanks

Friends I would keep simple and brief.

This is for all those people who are worried about going to Visa interview with inhouse project.

Documents I carried for Inhouse project. My employer is very small company(around 20 employees)

1) Project Documentation (This project implemented for client at employer location)
2) SOW
3) Roles and responsibilities, offer letter.
4) Employer 3 years tax returns, wage report, Org chart.

I had worked in US earlier for more than 5 years in H1B returned to india 2 years back , this was fresh H1.

Consulate interview was scheduled at 7:30 AM, my interview was done by VO around 8:25 AM.

VO: What is your Higest qualification?
Me: BE Computers

VO : Who is your client?
ME: Sir I will be working in inhouse project at employer location.

VO: what is your salary?
ME: xxxxx

VO: So you quitting yyy company?
ME: Yes

VO: Your joining xxx company?
Yes

H4 question to my wife

VO: How long you are married?
Wife: 4.10 years (he made joke saying wow very precise you could have around 5 years)

In front me he gave visa for L1 rejected B1.

So my advice if it is inhouse project please carry the documents to support it.

Thanks.

Hi All,

my employer applied for LCA last week..it was showing as denied.its any impact of my h1b petition.please let me know the further steps to proceed.

Hi,

I got H1B visa approved three months back and I am planning to apply H4 visa for my wife and child.

1. After marriage I have applied passport for my wife, she has her surname in the passport(Not mine surname) and my name also added as spouse in her passport.
2. Later I also applied passport for my child and in my child's passport mother name has different surname(mine surname)

Do I need to change the surname in my wife's passport to mine surname ? Is this an issue ?

Please suggest me on this.

Note: Still I am in india, I will go to us in couple of moths , my wife and child are not travelling with me, they will join me later in the U.S

Hi Guys

I have been a reader of this forum and I must say that it has helped me a lot in preparing for the interview.
I would like to thank all the people who have posted their experiences and helped other candidates in their preparation.

Below is my experience.

OFC was in the same manner and lot of people have explained it earlier.

On Visa Interview date, I was quite nervous about what will be asked, how will it go but to my surprise I didnt even came to know and everything happened so fast. I would like to reiterate as told by all the people in this forum, that be confident and dont lie to them .. I believe that they know everything as VO was continuously looking at the Computer while talking to me and my wife.

Below questions were asked ..

Questions asked to spouse

Ques. Did you guys get married recently ?
Ques. What is your marriage date ?
Ques. Where did you guys meet ?
Ques. Was it a love or arranged marriage ?

Questions asked to me

Ques. Which city are you going for ?
Ques. Whats the name of the company ?
Ques. What exactly will you be doing there ?
Ques. I see you were denied a Visa last time, why was that ?
Ques. Which client will you work for ?
Ques. Can you tell me about the project ?
Ques. Are you working with same company since then ?.
Ques. Have you done your education from US ?

Thanks a lot again and All The Best for your interview.

Last year I got converted from L1B->H1B and now currently in India. I made few trips to US during my stay on L1 and incidentally what has happened is my total accumalated stay in US (with L1 and post H1B conversion) prior I left from US Jan 31 is close to 5 years 6 months. In additonal I have not applied for PERM/GC processing.My H1 petition is valid till June 2016.

Now there is a need for me to travel again to US (Yet to get stamping done) First thing will there be any issue if I go for stamping now?
2) Suppose I get stamping done and can make the trip how long can I stay in US.
3) As the time to apply GC is less than a year (for 6 year completion) can I still proceed to apply for GC?
4) As the petition expires in June 2016 Suppose I stay out of US for 365 days and then return in Feb 2015 how long can I stay in US?

Appreciate any help in this situation.

Thanks

Very Important -

Contact Mr. Salvador - very credible, is a US Citizen so knows importance of safety and Best Western is a very good hotel to stay. The room charge is $93 and all the logistics is complimentary.
US Cell number - 956-545-5255 (Yes he lives in Brownsville, TX)
Email - [email protected]

Venue - Matamoros US Consulate
ASC - Appointment March 25th 3.30 PM
Consulate Interview - March 26th 10.00 AM
Trip booked - Atlanta to Brownsville TX (United Airlines)
Days - 2 day trip (BIG MISTAKE, Please consider at least a 3 day trip)

Day 1 - Took early morning flight to Brownsville via Houston. Reached Brownsville at 10.00 am and took a cab to the Bus Station ($19.00). Mr. Salvador picked me up from the big building at the bus station and took me to his Best Western Hotel in Matamoros. I checked in, had a 4th floor room and got the AT&T Signal (Remember you have to turn your phone off and on to get ATT signal in your room). At 12.30 pm Salvador's Accountant took us to the ASC interview. You need to carry your confirmation letter with the barcode, I 797 and passport. Once you enter the office there is a security check, then a person checks your documents and verifies your appointment and send you in for fingerprints. The process is smooth and takes 10 minutes max. The accountant waited for me and once I was done he took me back to the hotel. I had some lunch at the BW restaurant and worked from my room rest of the day (Good food and internet)

Day 2 - As per the previous blogs I had read I went to the interview at 8 .30 am regardless of my time which was 10.00 am which did not work. I had to wait till 10.00 am to be called in as they call in in batches of 30 minutes. Mr. Salvador himself took me to the interview and dropped me there. Make sure not to take any electronics to any of the visa offices. At 10.00 I was called in, there was a security check at the gate, then a person verified my passport i797 and appointment letter (Same one I took to ASC) and gave me a token number which was immediately called on one of the right hand side counters in the main room. Remember this is not the interview, here the person will only verify the information he is going to print on your visa like address and job title. Make sure you give the right spelling here. Then he will give you the same token number and ask you to wait for one of the left hand side counters. My number was called immediately and this was my Visa interview

Me - Good morning officer
VO - Good morning
Me - How are you doing?
VO - Fine, Thank you
VO - Give me your documents (Passport, I797 & Employment letter (offer letter))
Me - Gave the Docs
VO - H1B Renewal
Me - Yes
VO - Same Employer?
Me - No Changed employer
VO - Last 3 years w2
Me - Gave
VO - Why Change of employer
Me - Better opportunity
VO - Ah, I can see in your W2 significant improvement
Me - Yes, Which was also one of the reason
VO - What is your job title?
Me - Answered
VO - What are your job responsibilities?
Me - Answered (Be very specific)
VO - What were you job responsibilities at your old company?
Me - Answered (Be very specific)
VO - Where did you do your bachelors?
Me - Answered
VO - Where did you do your Masters?
Me - Answered, US
VO - Show me your Degree certificate
Me - Showed
VO - Alright, Your Visa has been approved come and collect your passport at 3.30 PM
Me - Thank You

It took 10 minutes to complete the process and I called the hotel to pick me up from the Gas Station across. Keep some Mexican pesos with you, you can get it at the hotel reception. The accountant came in like 10 minutes picked me and took me to hotel. Now the tough part begins, as I mentioned I booked the return flight same day as my interview I knew it was going to be a crunch situation. I had lunch, packed my stuff, checked out and asked the accountant to take me to the passport collection at 2.00 pm in the hope of getting the passport early and making for the 5.00 pm flight. However, I did not get the passport till 4.00 pm. Still, I did not give up and asked the accountant to drop me at the border as I knew the border was like 2 minutes from the Consulate. This is important, you will see a long queue of people waiting to cross border, don’t bother to go there it’s not for us you need to take a side path(vacant) parallel to that queue and go to the i94 office. Keep some quarters handy as there is a paid crossing station there. Keep walking till you see the office. Once you enter the office you have to give your passport and I 797 to the officer. I requested him that I had a flight to catch it was 4.30 pm that time and hopes were diminishing. He (Great guy, God Bless him) took like 10 minutes to get the i94 ready, you have to pay $6.00 for i94. Then I was out at like 4.50 pm and took the cab back to the airport ($19.00). I entered the airport at 5.00 pm, I knew the Airport was small and I could make it even if I have 10 minutes, luckily for me the flight was delayed by 10 minutes and I barely made it. You have to keep your passport handy as the officer at the airport will ask you for that. I would advise to make a 3 day trip and cross the border on the day you get the passport itself. There are few good hotels near the Brownsville airport which was my back up plan in case I missed the fight.

In all, it wasn’t a bad experience looking at how skeptical I was initially for this trip. I hope this helps, Have a nice trip, Good Luck and be safe!

Does anyone know when the next available dates are for H1b stamping in Hyderabad?

Went for my H1B VISA stamping on 10th March, got 221g for medical. VO asked me the whole history of my time in US, got medical done and after 5 working days dropped report and passport at drop off location. 2 days later got a email passport ready for pickup, once we picked up the passport no VISA stamp nothing, notice to appear for another interview on any working day. went to consulate the next working day. VO verified employer, salary and client details. finally VISA approved and picked it up today...good luck to all, dont panic just do as they say and all will be fine.

Hi Friends,

My H1b visa got approved on 28th Mach 2014. H1b is one of easiest Visa to get.
Interviewer want to cross check whether we have gone through the details mentioned in I197 form.
Just go through those details you will definitely clear it.

Me : Good morning
VO : Very good morning

VO: Can I have your passport ?
VO: Who is your employer ?
VO: Who is your client ?
VO:How Long are you with your current Employer ?
VO :First time going to USA ?
VO: Your Visa is approved.

Thank you !