H1B, H4 Visa

was a very friendly vo
questions asked
vo: gm
me: very gm, hru doing
vo:good, may i see your passport
me: sure
vo: you had been in the us before
me: yes sir, on H1
vo: so are you going there to work now(smiling)
me:definitely not (smile back)
vo: can i see the petition
me: sure, handing over the petiion, then the employment letter, then w2...
vo: that is enough(smiling)
vo returning back documents
vo: may i see your marriage certificate
me: sure,
vo: you will have plenty of freetime then, what are you going to do
me:got to take care of the kids
vo: oh yeah, now it is your turn..
me: yes sir, absolutely
vo: ur visa is approved
me: thank you very much sir, you have a good day

that is it, be confident, they just want to make sure you are not going to work there..

Hello members,
                              I will be soon going for my H1 visa interview along with my wife (for H4 visa) . We have marriage certificate , wedding photos , card etc . but our passports don't have spouse name . Will be it a problem? Please suggest , any real life experiences would be helpful.

My thanks to everyone for sharing their respective experience.

My experience:

OFC:
Documents required - Original Passport, DS160, Appointment confirmation

Interview:
Documents carried by me -
1) Original Passport, DS160, Appointment confirmation
2) Original I-797
3) Other H1B documents provided by the company
4) Other original documents (Education, Experience Letters, 3 months salary slips, Income Tax returns, Marriage certificate)

@Interview

Provided the original passport and then the I-797 originals to the visa officer.

Questions asked:
How many years have you been working for the company?
How did you get to know about the company (which is sponsoring the H1B)?
How was the interview conducted?
Would you be working at the company office or the client place?
When was the job offered to you?
Is there any job offer letter provided by the company?
Would your wife accompany you or join later?
Have you read the white pamphlet (given to us when entering the consulate premises)?
Visa is approved and the passport will be delivered in 3-5 days.

The passport was ready for pick-up the same evening. I did not receive any SMS about the passport being ready for pick-up but got the information on their website at http://www.ustraveldocs.com/in/in-niv-passporttrack.asp.

Thanks to all for sharing your experience it is very help full for me.

I went to my H1B interview at New Delhi on 11 oct 2013.i am sharing my interview experience

Why do you want to go to USA?
i am going to work closely with my on-site team on current project.

Who is your employer?
xxxxxxxxxxx.

how long you working for your employer?
x years and y months.

how many times you applied US Visa?
only one time on dd-mmm-yyyy for B1 Visa that was rejected.

have you also applied for student Visa?
No.

what will your salary in US?
XX thousand $ per year.

What will your designation in USA?
Senior system analyst.

who is your client?
YYYY XX.

Are you married?
yes

Are you have Kids?
yes.

your visa is approved sir
Thanks.

All The best to all for H1B interview.

Hi,

While filling details in us travel docs, My first name and last name got interchanged. But I have filled details correctly in DS 160.I have appointment scheduled on Oct 22. When checked with the VISA application processing team within our company, they mentioned that it is fine. No need to change that now.

My questions as below :
1. Do I need to change first name and last name in us travel docs site ?
2. If it is required to change, what is the process to follow to do that change and how many does it take for the change to get reflected.

Please respond at the earliest and help me get rid of this issue.

Thanks.

i have H1B interview on 18 th oct in Chennai , i have some doubt while preparing for interview ,
1).while submitting for H1B my exp was 7+ in Resume , but now the exp is 8+ can i change the exp 7 to 8 ,while going for interview?

2). in the submitted resume the Employment History was
Working as a Sr SOFTWARE ENGINEER in AAA from Feb’11 to Till Date.->instead of Software Engineer
Worked as a Sr SOFTWARE ENGINEER in BBB, Blr from Sept’08 to Dec’10.,->instead of SENIOR ENGINEER(as mentioned in the Exp letter).
Worked as a SOFTWARE ENGINEER in CCC, Blr from Jul’06 to Sept’08.,->instead of IT ENGINEER(as mentioned in the Exp letter).
Worked as a SOFTWARE ENGINEER in DDD, Blr from Sept’05 to Jul’06.,->instead of DEVELOPER(as mentioned in the Exp letter).
can i change in latest CV or shall i keep the submitted as it is, while going for interview.

they are very sensitive issues , can any body help me.Thanks in Advance.

Regards,
Anil

Firstly, I want to thank all who shared their experiences in this site. It helped me as well.

If you see all the experiences, common elements in all interviews is CONFIDENCE and SMILE. So, be confident, make smile, have good eye contact, use gentle tone and use positive body language.

We can get the confidence and smile etc., only if we have proper documents available at the time of interview. So, make sure that all the necessary documents are collected from the petitioner before the interview. Another key is: You should have a good idea on your company (what they are doing) and what you are going to do for them.

Here is my interview experience:
I dont want to explain the waiting and security checking etc ., stuff and time stamps of each moment. But..the actual interview is as follows:

It took almost 15 mins (long interview time). He was checking lot of stuff in the computer after each and every question. I thought he read all my History (I had H1B rejection earlier). But, not a single question asked from the History. I was confident and kept my face with smile all the time :)

VO: Please come forward.
Me: Good Morning Sir, How are you doing?
VO: I am doing good. How are you doing? Give me your passport?
Me: I am doing good Sir, Thank you. Here is my passport.
VO: Please place your left hand fingers there..
Me: Sure Sir.
VO: Give me your I797?
Me: Yes Sir.
VO: Which company your are going to work for?
Me: ________.
VO: What are you going to do there?
Me: Sir, I am a __________ and I will be responsible for application analysis, system design, development and code base maintenance. I will also responsible for designing the report after extensive analysis on the existing data.
VO: What is your work location?
Me: ____________.
VO: Who is your client?
Me: Sir, I will work for ______ project in my petitioner's company.
VO: Explain your project _____?
Me: _______________
VO: Do you have any letter from your employer like offer letter or any other letter showing your project and role details?
Me: Yes Sir, I have the offer letter. Here is it.
VO: So, you are getting ______ $ ?
Me: Yes Sir, I was offered _________ US dollars per annum.
VO: How do you know about this company?
Me: Sir, Company people want to expand their business and searching for the candidates. My friend is working for them and he referred my resume and HR people called and interviewed me and I was selected.
VO: How many people are working for this company?
Me: Currently ___ people sir.
VO: What is your qualification?
Me: I have done Masters in _______ from _______ University Sir.
VO: Are you married?
Me: Yes Sir.
VO: Do you have kids?
Me: Yes Sir, I have __ kids.
(VO is still watching my offer letter and observed that Company President signed in the offer letter).
VO: Did you spoke to your Company's President?
Me: No Sir, I spoke to my Product Manager _____________
VO: I am NOT asking that. Did you spoke to you President ___________ (read his name from offer letter)
Me: No Sir.

(Entered some text. I was nervous on my last answer about the President but I said the truth with confidence and smile)
VO: Please take your documents (I thought, I lost my VISA at that moment :) But,). He gave me I797 and offer letter back.
Me: Sure Sir.
VO: "I am approving your VISA". (and kept my passport)
Me: (not heard properly bu said) Thank you Sir ( and run away towards Exit :) )

I was double check my folder if my passport is with VO as I hardly heard the golden words :). Next day, my passport is ready with VISA.

So as everyone is saying be confident. All the best.
Your VISA is ready. Go and Get it !!

Interview Slot:10/OCT/2013 - 8AM. Reached Consulate by 7 30 AM. Have to wait outside embassy for half an hour.
8 to 8:15AM - Enter the embassy, collect token,security checks. no fingerprints again as it is done already in OFC.

My token number was called at 8 25 AM and Interview started.

Greetings exchanged.
VO: Asked for passport and petition approval notice.
me: passed on the docs.

VO: Are you going to work in petitioner place or client place?
me:Client place

VO: who is your client?
me:XYZ

VO was well aware of the client as its a big consumer retail company in US.

VO: What location?
me:City,State

VO told me that that place is awesome for wine. Visit once you are in US.

Finally golden words rolled out "I am approving your visa".

Thanked VO and got out of consulate by 8 40am.

I had my OFC interview at Hyderabad consulate on 06/OCT/2013.

It just took around 10 mins to take the fingerprints and the photo as it was sunday.

All the best for folks going for interview. Be Confident and answer to the point. U will definitely get it.

hi All,

I have been going thru this site from quite sometime now, and I usually see only questions being posted in experiences. Can you please help us by posting answers as well to questions like
1. Whats your role in US or what you will be doing in US.

I am not askiing for any specific answer but a more generic answers can help people in preparing their answers when they appear.

Many thanks to all.

Dave.

Interview slot 9AM. I reached at 7:30 AM and have to wait for a hour outside embassy.
8:30 - 9:00 AM: Enter the embassy, security check, collected token and finer printing done
9:00 - 9:30 AM : Wait for my turn(approx 20min). Interview(10min)

Interview Questions:
1) How long you have been working with ABC company?
2) What you will be doing in US?
3) What you do here?
4) Any specific technology?
5) Which is your client?
6) Where will you be going?
..She started entering data 5min pause
7) Are you married?
...5min pause
Your Visa is approved, please read the template handed to you.

99% chance your H1B will get approved. I have not seen single rejects on that day.
Be confident, looks straight in VO eyes.

All the best!!