Hi Guys,
I have attended the visa interview on 29th Nov 2011 at the Hyderabad consulate. This is my first H1B stamping (was on F1 before that).
My number was called and I greeted the VO and he asked to pass on the passport and the appointment letter.
VO: Employer Name?
Me: ZZZ
VO: Where do you work at?
Me: Client Location (ZZZ)
VO: Client Letter?
Me: Handed over the same
VO: Who controls ur work (daily activities)?
Me: My client manager assigns me daily activities., but my manager (employer) supervises and controls my work.
VO: When/how does ur employer control the work?
Me: Any change in the projects and activity has to be approved by my employer.
VO: When/how does ur employer control the work? (something similar to that)
Me: Weekly calls and monthly reports
VO: How does ur employer validate your work?
Me: Based on the monthly reports and reviews from my client manager.
VO: so, ur employer is dependent on the client to validate your performance?
Me: Yes sir
VO: Is there any layer (vendor)?
Me: Yes. YYY
VO: Can I have the letter?
Me: Handed over the same
VO: Who provides you the equipment to work?
Me: My employer provided me w a laptop, and I also use the desktop provided by the client for client's proprietary applications and tools.
VO: can you hand me the LCA, I-129, I797, USCIS petition
Me: Handed over the same.
VO went thru the docs and mentioned that the vendor's name (YYY) is not mentioned anywhere in the LCA or in the letter to USCIS.
Me: I do not know why my employer failed to mention that.
VO: So Everything goes thru client->vendor->employer.... Is the YYY (vendor layer) added sometime later during the contract?
Me: Nope. YYY has always been the part of the contract but my work is totally controlled between the client and my employer. YYY is not involved in my work.
VO: But it has to be in the USCIS letter.
Me: Did not say anything,
At this point VO gathered all the originals, returned my passport with a 221g WHITE SLIP and said "I am returning ur passport as I dont want to loose it, We need to do additional validation on your documents. We will update you in less than a weeks time. If approved you will have to come by and drop your passport".
He did not ask for any additional documents.
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