H1B, H4 Visa

I attended for the H1B interview at Hyderabad on 01-02-2011. I recieved 221g yellow slip for submitting petitioner related documents.Anyone can let me to know that howmuch time it takes to get VISA approval after submitting required documents. Also let me know that issuing 221g is rejection of Visa or just additional verification?

Hi everyone

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For quick readers I am posting interview questions frist

VO: Good morning
me: Good morning
VO: how are you
me: fine (vo didnt listen my ans properly)
I handovered my BEP folder to him (DS160 confirmation, HDFC green receipt, US H1-Visa interview letter, BEP letter, 1-797B, Original petion papters)

VO: gone through the documents and retrieving some information from system and parallely he asked me follwoing questions:

VO: What is your Heighest Degree
me: B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
VO: without listeing my ans compleltly, how long you are working with xxx (current) company
me: 3 yrs and 6 months
VO: who is your client
me: xxx-America (even though my company is US based product based comapany)
VO: What is your US salary
me: xx thousand Dollars per annum
VO: Where are you going to US
me: We are going to develop
VO: again asked where are you going to US
me: we are going to develop
VO: where are you going to US
me: this I understood clreary and said REDWOOD Shores
VO: where is it
me: California

VO: Your VISA approved and you will get your passport in a week time (he returned my original petion papers and I-797B form and remaining all taken along with BEP folder)


me: Thanks and Thanks a lot.


My experience:

My interview scheduled at 8:45am but I reached consulate around 7:30am, there are already some ppl standing in queue and I was going directly to that queue without asking anyone :) , then security asked me what is ur appoinment time, I said time then he told me go that side where some ppl are standing whose appoinments are around 8:30am to : 9:15am,

After some time security called 8:45 slot ppl then went and stand in queue and asked security where to keep my mobile then he shown me a four wheeler closed vehicle (its like a road side dhobi/iron box vehicle).
I been there and they asked me to switch off mobile and pay Rs 5 and asked me to sign on a book, they given me a plastic token and a printed receipt.

I went back to queue which is near by entrance gate only. there is a one counter outside who are scanning our DS-160 confirmation CEAC barcode printed letter and giving back to us along with a receipt token number.

after that a security ..just done outline scanned with hannded on our body and asked am I carrying any electronic items, said no.

Now: finally first door opend entered inside, there another security team scanning our files each and every page and asking whether do we have pen/CD drives or any electronic items and they take all doucments and put it in a plastic tray and asked us to collect after security machine scan and there again body scan with hands, once its done we collected all our documents back from that plastic tray.

Second door opened: we entered inside building room, where ppl are sitting in chairs and some ppl are standing in queue, here token numbers were diplaying on monitiors and showing how to place our fingers on a scanning machine at scanning counter, two gal have wireless mike and announcing token number as that announcement would be helpful whoever didnt concenrate on montior token number display.

Finally my number displayed on moniter along with counter number, I been to first counter.
by the time I been there I already put some documents in BEP folder(my company didnt give any session,I just gussed what to keep in that BEP folder). I put the following docs in BEP folder

1. HDFC green receipts (two)
2. US H1B-interivew appointment letter
3. DS-160 confirmation letter
4. DS-160 application form(which was filled online and taken printout)
5. BEP Letter and covering letter
6. Original previous company exp letters
7. Original educational documents
8. H1B petion papers (original)
9. I-797B letter.

That guy inside a finger print scanned counter returned the following docs:
1. BEP covering letter
2. Original previous company exp letters
3. Original marks sheets

and told me not to put any more inside that BEP folder and returned to me and aksed me to place my right hand four fingers, after that left hand four fingers and both hands thubms at a time, scanning done.
He told me to wait in same build and my interview will be in this building only. (they are sending some ppl to another building).

I waited in same building and finally my token number called by a person who is having mike and asked me to go to counter number: 12

There are three ppl standing infront of me, all of their Visa's got approved, Finally my turn and that young interviewer asked me above mentioned questions.

--> friends its very simple questions, try to concentrate on your interviewer questions, thats it.

Thanks,
Sekhar
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First i have to thank every one who posted there views and experience on this site.

I had my interview on 25th Jan.

VO asked 5 to six questions

What is your higest degree?
How many years you are working for this company?
What is your Salary in U.S.?
What is your daily task in your Project.?
Who is your Client?

At last the golden words came out that your Visa got Approved..

Hi, I did my bachelors and my masters form the US...been working for the last 4 years....planning on going to india to get my H-1b visa stamped....ARE THEY DENYING ALOT OF VISA IN MUMBAI???

I had appointment today Feb 3rd at 12.15pm. Reached 45 min before. Got documents verified in token number order and went to main interview.

There was some issue with token display system

VO: who is token 602
me: I raised by hand and ran to counter
me: Sorry mam, my token num is not displayed
VO: No issues , some problem with system
Me : smiled.
VO: what you going to do in USA
me: Software developement bla bla.. i had xx exp.
VO: You are qualified for visa, you will get your passport in 4 days.

that's it. no docs verification or not asked for any thing else

I went for H1b interview on 20th January'2011 at MUMBAI.
VO asked some formal questions as follo
1. Why you appear here today?
2. In which company you working for?
3. What is your role in company?
4. What si you company doing?
5. what is your highest eduacation qualfication?
6. How much money you going to make?
7. What is your wife's status in USA?
 Everything looks fine Mr. YYYY X , I approve your H1b Visa, but i need new passport as your passport have start peel of the lamination at the corner. So this is damaged passport. Just send your new passport here through VFS and we will stamp the visa in new passport. VO issue me yellow 221G form with new passport checked on it. I received new passport in 10 days and submit old and new both passport to VFS on 31st and received both passport from consulate with visa on wednesday 2nd february.
I had already H4 stamp in my passport then Got EAD and then i changed H1b.

H4EADH1

First of all thanks to all those who have posted their experiences before. They were of great help.
I had an appointment at the kolkata consulate at 9 am.
reached consulate at 7am. no one cares about your time...... you go right in ...
get yourself checked and keep a token and wait... once your token is called go and submit all your documents in 1 of the 3 windows ...
next .. your name will be called for ten printing...
then .... the interview .... now remember that your submitted documents have been reviewed and they have the questions ready for you...
have a happy face ... be confident ... listen carefully and give bullet point answers....
and the biggest strength should be solid paperwork ....
here's my experience
VO : good morning. how are you
me : good
VO : so tell me about your previous experiences..
me : told
VO : who is the president of your company?
me : first name .. last name
VO : what does your company do
me : told
VO : well everything looks good ... congratulations !!!
me : thank you
thats it ! not even 2 minutes ...
I had rock solid paperwork and prepared for all probable questions with one liners...

DONT listen to people who say a particular consulate isnt good. that is nonsense... every candidate is a new one.... and evaluated independantly .... they are there to give you a visa unless YOU give them a reason not to ... and remember more visas are granted than rejected ...
All the best ....

Prabhat

1st of all.. THANKS A LOT 2 all of u who had shared their experience here.

questions: Whats ur client name? where are u going 2? whats ur highest education? wats ur role?

then they approved visa!!!

My previous L1 B was rejected last month and the questions and answers(from myside) wer same for both L1 and H1 . But this time, by god's grace, its approved. The only difference I could make is: I was much confident this time and maintained eye-contact...

All the very best!!!

Hi,
Today I had my h1b interview at 9:30.
Below are the Qs,

1) highest Degree?
2)What will you do in US?
3) Where are you gonna stay?

It was hardly 30Secs.

All the Best.
And Thanks to all folks who posted their experience.

Thank you so much for all the support. This website was always open on my laptop for past one month now, refreshing checking status.
well, coming to the point :
3 Questions:
1. Whats your degree?
2. What do you do?
3. Where in US will you work?
4. What will be your salary?

"Your Visa is approved"

Thanks