H1B, H4 Visa

Hi,

On 26th nov 2012 i have attended visa interview at chennai. questions asked are below:

1. love / arranged marriage
2. which organization your spouse is working?


Regards,
Priya

My appoint was on 8th and 9th of November in Chennai. OFC, on 8th, went smoothly without any issues.

On 9th the, the appointment was at 10:30 am. I reached the consulate at 9:30 and I was let inside by 9:45. First there was security check after which they gave a
token number. I waited till the token number appeared on the screen. I went to the counter number displayed on the screen against my token number. The person at the
counter asked for my passport, original I-797, appointment letter and D160 confirmation sheet. She put them all together ,put a rubber band and gave the bunch back to me. Then I went to another building
where the interviews happen.

In that building there were two sections of counters. In the first section they collect DDs if any amount needs to paid (I am not aware fully though) and in the other section, visa officers were sitting and taking the interviews. I waited there till my token number appeared on the screen. Though all the fees was paid by employer, the
counter number displayed against my token number was the counter where they collect the DDs. I said the same thing to the VFS executive present there. He asked whether there was any fee to be
paid. I said, "no". Then he asked all the visa applicants sitting there to check whether any of them have got the same token number as mine because there was a
problem in token system that day. Nobody was there with same token number and then he told to check with the person sitting in the counter. When I went to the counter, the
person there asked me DD from HDFC. Before going to the consulate I had seen all the documents and there was no DD in the documents given by my employer. I said, "I
don't have it with me" then he asked how the payment was made. I was not aware how the payment was made. He asked me for my appointment letter and checked something in his
system and said to go. I was scared that something has gone wrong. I asked him that was there a problem with fee payment and he replied "no problem". So, before you
go to the interview, have knowledge of how the payment is made(Later I came to know that, earlier the payment was made through HDFC but, now it is made online. My
payment was also done online..:))

I went back to the waiting area and waited till my token number appeared.
VO: (smiling) Good morning
me: good morning sir. How are you?
vo: I am doing good. Thank you. How are you doing?
me: good.
vo: So, you work for YYYY .
me: yes sir, I work for xxxx.
vo: who is you client?
me: "Some_Company"
vo: okay.. and what will be your salary there?
me: yyyyy dollars per annum.
vo: okay.. your visa is approved. you'll get your passport in 3-4 days.
me: thank you sir Have a good day

I was relaxed after vo said that he had approved the visa. In my appointment letter, my passport pick address was VFS Bangalore office. If you want to get the passport
to any other address other than the one mentioned in appointment letter, you should fill a form and pay 300 rupees in the same building. I forgot to fill that form, I
remembered it when I came out of the consulate. I used track the passport by sending mail to [email protected] mentioning the passport number in the subject line. Since there was some issue in the systems, I was not getting the proper reply. So, I used to call the help desk(+912267209400) and get the status. Passport reached Bangalore on 16th of Nov(Fri) and I went on 19th (Mon) to collect it. The office is near to the Shivaji Nagar bus stand and opposite of Empire hotel.

Thanks,
Mahantesh

Thanks everyone this forum has helped me a lot in preparing for the interview.I am on EC model with my employer being a small company but client is a inusrance giant.Interview took place on 11/20

I was asked following :

VO : Good Morning
Me: Good Morning,How are you doing ?
VO : I am doing well, How about you ?
Me: I am fine, Thanks for asking.
took my old passport and started looking in it, I was on F1 visa so he asked me about when did I graduate ?
Answered
VO:What did you do after graduation ,Did you work?
Me:Answered
VO: Since how long you are working with your current employer ?
Answered
VO: Can I please see your paystubs?
ME: Gave
VO: How much is your Salary ?
Me: Answered.
VO;Do you like working there ?
Me : Answere
VO:Do you work at client location ?
Me Answerd
VO:Who is your client ?
Me : Answered
VO : Are you married ?
ME : Answered
Me: Are you engaged ?
ME : Answered
Than the Golden words came , Your visa is approved, He returned my old passport and told you will get an email to collect your passport.
I saw many people getting visa approved working on EC model working with big IT companies.

Stay cool, Confident, All the Best

HI All,

I had my H1B Visa interview on 23rd Nov, 2012 10:00 AM IST.

It was a very nice experience. First all the document formatlies were over which took most of the time (nearly 40 min). It took only 3 min to complete my interview. I was asked the following 5 question.
1. Which company are you from?
2. Which client are you going to work?
3.What is your designation?
4.What is your nature of work over there?
5.Who is your onsite Manager?

Then the lady smiled and said your Visa is approved.

There are 2 ways to track the status
1) Send an email to '[email protected]' put subject as ppt **** **** * (put ur passport number instead of **** ) and in main body again give passport number and write status update. You will get a reply in 5 mins but, it wont be reliable.
2) Call 01206602222 then press 1 and then press 5 then press ur UID number (find this on the appointment letter) then u will get the status of ur passport. I hate hearing “your documents are with consular post”

first method has given meevery possible answer i can expect including "passport picked up"
second mthod has always given same answer so counting on it to be reliable.

Yes we all see the same message as below when tracked with case number. may be the system dosent work.

Hello,

does any one have the same problem as me?


We were not able to identify Case # ##########, Please make sure you have entered your case number correctly.
Example 1: If the number on your form is 20091013330001, type 2009101 333 1
Example 2: If the number on your form is 20102550210011, type 2010255 021 11

My interview at Hyderabad consultate was on Sep14

VO asked a lot of questions and was positive

In the end took all my documents, passport and handed me a 221g slip, administrative processing..

Its more than 2 months now but I still didnot receive any update, anyone in similar situation?

Hi All,

I have been to interview on 16th November 2012, but unfortunately I was issued 221G White Slip for Administrative Processing and asked to submit Client Letter.

Iam from BEP Company.

Anyone who has similar experience can guide as how long does it take once we submit them the required documents to issue the Visa. Are there any negative instances of not issuing the visa.

If we have BEP letter is that fine? do we need client letter