H1B, H4 Visa

My Interview was on yesterday - June 26 2012


me : Good Morning!

VO : Good Morning! , documents please

me : Provided my docs and passport, How are you !

VO : Doing good, wait for a minute

(she was reading something and working in the computer)

VO : What is ur highest degree

(after 2 minutes, soo)

me : Bachelor’s Degree

VO : Did u read "know your rights pamphlet"

me : Yes

VO : Give some examples in it (unexpected question)

me : For any labhour issues.. will contact respective helpline

VO : You will get the passport in a week

me : Thank you ! have a nice day!

Many Thanks to Immihelp...

Visa Type: First Time H1B
Place : Hyderabad
Date & Time : 26th June 2012 8:45 AM

My interview lasted about 2-3 minutes -

Here are the Questions

VO : What is your experience in your current company YYYY ?
Me: 18 months

VO : Who is your end client in United States?
Me : ZZZ


VO : Who is your manager at client side ?
Me : I won't report to client, will report

For Spouse:
==========
1) Marriage Date
2) Arranged or Love ?


VO: Your visa is approved and will receive the passports in a week.

Be confident and keep smile on your face...

- Sreekanth Reddy

Just a couple of questions:

How long have you been with ***?
What's your qualifications?

It hardly lasted for 30seconds & it was approved.

I was a little skeptical when I got back home & found both the HDFC receipts with me. It seems they just take the barcode out, put it on your passport & return both the slips. I was under an impression that they retain one of the copy.

place chennai.
recahed on time.
moved to interview counter after document verification.
VO : Hi. How are you doing?
me : Good morning. im good thanks. How are you doing?
VO : Which place are you visiting
me : Answered.
VO : How long you have been working for ***
me : answered.
VO : Who is your client?
me : answered
VO : Who will be your manager in US ?
me : Mr . xyz from my own company.
VO : What will you be doing there?
me : explained my day to day duties.
VO : your visa is approved . You will receive your passport in 3 working days.
me : Thanks.

my 2 cents : they would made a decision before even you go to counter. just say truth, be confident. remember your data sheet well. your answers should be consistent with DS. may god bless you all.

Thanks immihelp a lot for hosting this awesome forum.

Hi,

On 22nd June 2012,I attended for H1B interview.

Dont take the Photo with Spectacles.I did that for DS160 and had to take it again at Consulate.took extra time of 1 hr more than usual.

Here are the questions at counter 15:

Female VO: Good morning
me: Good morning
Passed the docs stapled to Passport
Female VO: Which place in US?
Me:**, **** State
Female VO: So going from TCS to **** *
me: Sorry ma'm. Going from I**,Hyderabad to **** *
Female VO: OK
Femal VO: Who is your manager
me: **** *
Female VO: Where does your manager sit?
me: Along with me @ Client location
Then a Male VO joined her to my bad and started asking questions.It seems like she is new and the guy was guiding her in their front end.

Male VO: Which I** product are you using?
Me: explaine the same.
Male VO: Do you perform installation of it at cleint location?
me: Installation is part of the work I do there.
Female VO: Can I see Client letter?
me: Handed over it
Male VO: If your project fixed price or hourly based?
me: Fixed price
Male VO: What is I** getting from your client from this project(Cost of project)?
me: I dont know Sir.I dont have that information
Male VO: Does your manager sits in the same location?
me: Yes/
Male VO: Does he have a cubicle there?
me: Yeah
Male VO: Whom do you report from your client side?
me: I dont report to client.I report to my indian manager who works at the client location along with me?
Male VO: Who is the point of contact I need to connect if I need some information from your cleint?
me: You can contact client manager **** * who was there in client letter

Then shocking words..

We need to verify the docs and it might take 7 to 15 days if we need some thing we will let you know.You may go now.

Thats it Dont know so crossed my fingers and hope for the best.

All the best guys

Thank you So much. I got so much of information from this website.. You doing great help to lot of people.... May god Bless you

My wife and my baby boy got the visa today...

I want to share the information so some other can help from this

my wife went to HYDERABAD Consulate. just routine normal security checking...her interview was on 9:15 and she was in line at 9..due to small baby she got expedia service...she directly went to counter where she checked for document which we submitted 5 days before @VFS counter.Later she asked to went counter # .We paid HDFC for H4 $160 but H4 fee went Up , at that counter she paid the difference amount. after that finger prints. she waited for her turn....in 5 min on old guy asked her to go directly to consulate window because baby is crying and later interview went for only 2-3 mins



VC: Good Morning !!

She: Good monring!!!

VC: he waved the hand for my baby....

VC: Can i see I-797 form

she:Sure(she handed to him)

VC: paystubs,w2 forms

she:Sure

VC: which place your spouse is staying?

She:#######(answered)

VC: COngrats your Visa is approved it will be mailed to your address!!!!!!!!

She : Thank YOU!!!!!!!!!



Thank you all your support and you can reach me if you people have any questions





Surya

Hi all,

Recenlty i filed my H1 B, its in initial review step, how long will it take to go to next step, please reply.

Thanks in advance

Thanks for this website. It had been a great source of the information for H4 stamping that my family had planned

Background – H4 stamping for dependents only (spouse and 11 year child). Principal’s H1 has never been stamped. Converted from L1 to H1. Working on H1 for last 1 year 2 months (uninterrupted). H1 start date April 2011. EVC model

Consulate – Mumbai, Interview date: 06/20/2012

VFS Mumbai experience – VFS refused to accept documents at first. They wanted copy of principal’s stamped H1 which is not there. After convincing with great pain, VFS still wanted to see previous L1 stamp on principal’s passport and L1 797. The L1 was expired sometime in 2010 but I had I-94 valid through 2012. The H1 petition (797) start date is April 2011. VFS once again refused to accept documents stating that principal was out of status since there is a gap between L1 visa stamp expiry date and H1 petition start date. They did not bother to ask I-94 and apparently were not aware that I-94 date supersedes visa expiry date;. At that time spouse did not have L1 petition (797) and corresponding copy of principals I-94 that was valid until 2012

I asked spouse to return home and go next day with copy of L1 petition and corresponding copy of I-94 which was valid until 2012. I had send scanned copy of these two documents

Next day – Same story, VFS again refused to accept documents that included L1 petition and corresponding I-94. They wanted to see the date that can bridge the gap but did not know that they can find it on the I-94. Spouse got really nervous now came out of VFS and called me. I suggested spouse to show the date on the I-94 that was handwritten by the immigration officer at POE. With that explanation VFS finally accepted documents but not before putting post-it note on the documents saying that this is a contingent approval based on the copy of the I-94. Original I-94 of the principal is needed at the time of interview.

I believe it is always required to keep I-94 with the individual but I had to take hard decision. Since this I-94 is for the L1 which is not my current status I decided to go ahead and send the original. I FedEx-ed it (fortunately we had enough time to receive it before interview date).

Visa Interview – Everything went as a fairytale. Visa was approved without any issue. Not a single document including the I-94 that I FedEx-ed was asked
Questions asked to Spouse – Name of the Employer, salary, and residence address
Questions asked to Child – Age and school grade

Stamped passports were received on 06/21 by Bluedart.

Hope our experience will help you prepare better for your own case. All the best!

hi

I went to h4 visa interview 21 st june ,2012.
they asked the following questions

what is the company name
how much ur spouse is earning
where is ur spouse located now
which state ,which city

but after interview he didn't reply anything
he didn't even asked for any documents
whether it is rejected or approved..?

please help ,what could be possibility..

Hi Everyone!

I appeared for visa interview on 20th june 2012. It was a very good experience. I would like to share my experience here as this forum helped a lot to boost my confidence.

My employer took care of my travel, accommodation and cab bookings. I traveled to Chennai from Bangalore on 19th in train. A cab was waiting for me at the Chennai central when I reached there. The cab driver took me to Nova Scotia guest house, T Nagar. Us consulate is very near to this guest house. The guest house is very good and neat. I liked it. I got fresh, had dinner and watched TV for some time. Then arranged my L folder with relevant documents for H1B new. My employer had given a checklist of documents to carry. I cross checked my L folder to verify documents according to the checklist. At 11 pm , I slept off. Had a very good night sleep.

Next day, that is on 20th, I woke up at 7 am. Got ready by 8.30 am. I was looking my best. How you present yourself matters. Had breakfast and started at 9.15 am. Took an autoriksha and reached the consulate by 9.30 am.

My interview was scheduled at 10.30 am. Since I reached the consulate an hour before, I was asked by the security there to wait outside. A lot of people form different time slots till 11.30 am were waiting outside, I joined them. The interview process is well managed at Chennai. If i had known this, I could have planned to reach there just half an hour before the scheduled time. Outside, there was lot wind that day as rain was showering in Chennai from past 2-3 days. I had left my hair free and this wind was making me impatient by blowing my hair. Need to have patience:-) Better reach just half an hour before the scheduled time.

Around 9.50 am, all people from 10.30 slot were called to go inside the consulate. For that also there was a queue. I stood in the queue for 5 min. Then i presented my ds160 page and appointment letter at a counter near gate. A lady gave me a token, two copies. one for myself and another for the embassy people.

After receiving the token, there was security check. It didn't even take a minute for me as i was carrying only my L folder. Its better not to carry stuff like mobile, plastic covers or bags.

Once security check is through, I was told to wait for my token number to be flashed on LED scree for document screening. I might have waited for 5 min, my token number flashed on the screen to go to 11th counter. I went there and stood in queue. There were already two people before me in that queue. There was a guy in front of me. For him, some problem was there with photo. So the office told him to go and take a new photograph and come back. This facility is available at embassy itself. Next was my turn. He asked me to handover to him passport, ds160, hdfc receipt, i-797 and support documents. He asked me how old is my photo. I told him that it was taken two weeks back. Photo needs to be a recent one. He was fine with it. He gave me back all those docs bundled in a rubber band.

Next step was finger printing. My hands were sweating may be because of humidity or body lotion that i had applied, dono:-) Took a tissue paper dried my hands and gave finger printing.

After that, i was told to go inside second building for interview. I went there, waited for 2-3 min, my token number flashed on LED screen to go to counter 24.

I went there and stood in queue again. The VO(Visa officer) was an old lady but looked intellectual. She was drilling one family with many questions. I was not cool, so started taking few deep and long breaths. That calmed me. After that family, another couple were interviewed. I was concentrating on next counter 25. There VO was a young beautiful girl may be of my age. She interviewed 3 people but my VO was still interviewing that couple. I waited with patience this time:-)

Now was my turn. I greeted her with smile and passed the bundle. there was some problem to pass the bundle as the window slide was very this. She was explaining to fold the bundle and press it through slide like explaining to a child:-) very loving.

Here goes one to one conversation...

Me: Hi, Good Morning.(with a smile)
VO: very good morning.(with a smile)

VO: Whats your designation?
Me: Told both internal and us designations(since question was general, was not clear which one to tell)

VO: Who is your client?
Me: XYZ

VO: come again plz.
Me: XYZ(loud and clear)

VO: oh XYZ!
Me: It used to be YYYY before. XYZ acquired ZZZ.

VO: wow! YYYY was such a big company. Didn't imagine anyone could buy it..
Me: Smiled.

VO: Whats your highest education qualification?
Me: BE in E&C

VO: Who is your reporting manager?
Me: ABC

VO: Which is your client location?
Me: Atlanta, Georgia.

VO: How do you report to your manager?
Me: I report to him directly. He assigns me day to day tasks and supervises them.

VO: Where he sits?
Me: Atlanta, Georgia.

VO: Have you read the white pamphlet?
Me: yes It talks about labour rights for non immigrants in US.

VO: oh! you have read it. your visa is approved. It will reach in 5 business days.
Me: Thank you. Have a nice Day.
VO: Thank you, Nice day to you too.


That's it. i came out. The whole procedure took 1 hour.

Suggestion:
Dress well, be calm and confidant. Do prepare well and plan your day properly.
Wish you all good luck...

cheers

Asha, Bangalore