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H1B and H4
Today me and my wife attended H1B & H4 visa interview same time.

Vo: Good Morning

Me: Very good morning

Vo: Where are you working ??
Me: so and so
Give your present job Exp letters:
Me: sumitted
Vo: How many years exp do u have in IT 3.5
Where are u going to work - VO
Me: so and so company
VO; Can you give Project Description??
Me; submitted
Vo: no reply for 10 minutes and she is keep on typing and searching and changing faces
Vo: looked at my wife and asked whed did u got married??
My wife: Answered with correct date
VO: Show your entire Wedding Album
My Wife; turning the pages
Vo: I want some particular snaps, please keep on turn the album pages.
Vo: no reply for 10 minutes , keep on typing some thing

VO: ( she took the interview around 20 minutes, I hope , but she asked only these questions).

VO; she started drinking " Cooke" and relaxing herself

Vo: looked at us and told You will get your visa and passports after 10 days by mail.

Me and my wife: Thank You Madam and have a good day
Vo:All the best and have a good day.

Guys this site helped us lot to prepare and arrange all the documents required for the interview. We just looked in to this site and prepared all the questions properly. We are thankful for the messages posted by all VISA interview attended people.

Please post your comments and help other.

All the best
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Regarding H1B Visa Interview Docs
Hi

I am going to apply for the H1B Visa Interview in Chennai Office.
Could anyone help me to in placing the order of docs in the file kit.

Thx
Kites
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abt H1B doc 2008
i am also facing same problem which is facing by vidhya. any one pl give me a solution.

Vidhya did u got any solution pl post to my email address
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Reg : H1 Docs Clarification
I got my approved h1b documents from my petitioner last year.Now Im planning to go for the interview.
In my i-794 - the expiry date is printed as 2011.Where as in LCA,I-129,H Classification on I-129 - expiry date is
printed as Nov/2008 on the top right corner.

My query is do I need to get a updated doc from my consultant.When I checked with him on this,he said those are the ones
which they received from USCIS and there is no change in those docs and he asked me to proceed with the stamping.

Can somebody can clarify me on this.
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Successful stamping H1 FY2010 Cap in HYD
Hi all, went in today for our H1/H4 inerview morning (9/11/09). After a 1 hour in the waiting area after getting ur Docs checked, we finally got our number displayed on the screen. went in and luckily was only a 5 minute interview. Our Background: my wife and myself have MS CS from US and also worked for Fortune 100 company for a few years before moving back to India in 2006. I applied for a job again this year in a small company 13 year old, 60 employees) and went for the interview today.

lady VO:hi, give me ur passport/I-797.
me: here they r
VO: do u have old passports
me: yes,
VO:please showed them
i gave her our old passports, she checked our previous H1 stamps & F1 stamps.
VO: What have u been doing the last few yrs?
me: working in India
VO:so whats the name of the company u will work for?
me: xxx
What will u do there?
me: gave my speal about technical architecture, etc
VO: more details on project
me: gave more details
she waved her hand to cut me off, she was typing into the PC what i was saying i guess.
VO: whats ur salary?
me: xx
she turned to my wife
VO:what do u do?
wife: i am a housewife currently.

then the golden words, ur visas will be issued, ur passports will couried to u in a week's time. I hope i get them without any confusion.

We took all our documents A to Z, but luckily, she didnt even ask for a single doc. the whole thing was over in 3-5 minutes.

Tips: You will be nervous, thats natural, but act normal, and i am telling u guys, especially first time H1 people, wear a business casual or business formal shirt/pants, dont wear jeans or t-shirts, appearance matters a lot. Dont wear colorful shirts, wear formal office shirts.
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Successful H1 B Visa Stamping at Hyderabad
Firstly Thank you all for your posting your valuable suggestions on the interview experience which helped me alot.

Below is my experience

1st Entrance – Validation Check
Will check the appointment letter and the Passport and HDFC receipt(blue).

2nd Entrance – Safety Security Check
Will check all the documents and personal belongings. Sealed envelopes are a strict NO-NO here. Security will ask you to get back in the queue and appear after removing it by yourselves.
- Photograph envelopes, certificates, personal things like belts, wallets, purse, wrist watches etc will also be checked.

3rd Entrance – HDFC blue receipt, passport, DS156, DS157 and I797 petition form
-Will check the above documents and see if there are any general unfilled blanks

Ex: DS157 – question 3 and 10
Qt 3 – Full name in native alphabet
o EITHER NEED TO WRITE in TELUGU / HINDI
Qt 10 – List all countries that have ever issued a passport
o INDIA
- Will tell you the COUNTER number and ask you appear for Electronic finger prints

4th task - Electronic finger prints
Will check your HDFC blue receipt, I797, DS 156, DS 157, passport and take your finger prints. (four fingers of your left hand excluding thumb). They will pull out the sticker from the HDFC receipt and paste it on your passport.
- Its better we keep the I797 and its supporting documents separated as they unstapled them for me.
- Later they will ask you wait in the LOUNGE room

5th task – Token number collection and awaiting for counselor call
- Here you need to collect your token by showing the DS forms and need to wait for the call from the counselor. Will DISPLAY the counter number you need to appear before.

My interview questions
-Asked me to place the Middle finger of my right hand for taking electronic finger print.

1. To which company will you be working for?
2. What are you going to do ? ( Nature of your work…
3. What is your pay package ?
4. What will be your pay package in U.S ?
5. How much is your experience in this field ?
6. Why only you have been selected ?
7. What is your educational background ?
8. Is it an internal project ?
9. Where will you stay (U.S) ?
10. Can you show me the SoW ?

Here there was along silence for 1 min and after that she returned the SoW and said your visa is approved, you will be getting your passport through courier.


I greeted him “Thank You Mam. Have a good day“ and came back.

Thank You All One Again.
Sushil Kumar
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Was waiting for this day from past 1+ yrs.
Asked only 4 questions, dint check the documents.
Said passport will be courierd in 7 working days.

All the Best for the guys who will be attending the interview.
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Regd Hyderabad Consulate
Hi attend H1 Visa interview today in Hyderabad U.S consulate the Visa officer ask me 3 simple questions only and even he didnt ask any more documents he approved my Visa. I am waiting for my Passport so guys who are all attend for visa Best of luck

Thanks,
Hyderabadi.
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Hurrayyy...Finally got H1B Visa on 31st AUG 2009
Hi All,

Finally my turn has come to share my experience with you. Thanks to all members for sharing their experience in this forum which has helped everyone using this site.

I had attended my interview on 31st August 2009 in Chennai. I have been waiting for this day from past 1 1/2 year, so finally the D-Day has come. My interview was scheduled at 11:30 AM. As it is raining, I thought of going just before 15 mins. So I went to consulate at around 11:10 AM. There is a big queue outside the consulate building. The security asked for
any members for 11:30 appointment. So I was allowed to get inside immediately after verifying Appointment letter, passport DS-156,DS-157 forms.

In Pre-screening area, we have to show our forms and give our finger prints. I know, there is a separate builing after
intial screening where the invertiews will be taken. But I was surprised to see that all the interviews were happening
next to Pre-screening area. There are around 5 counters for interviews just adjacent to pre-scre area.
But there is a big queue waiting for interview. Finally my turn has come at around 1:15 PM and I finished and came
out around 01:35 PM.

I had given DS forms, I797, I129 and LCA forms to Visa officer. The following are the questions which were asked by VO.

Company A - Present company
Company B - New company

1) How long have you been working with company A?
2) How many years of exp do you have?
3) So your new company is B: Yes sir
4) How many employees are there in Company B?
5) What do they(Company B) do?
6) What is your Degree?

The VO is cheching all the documents very thoroughly and I thought he was looking for Project details so I had given
the Project documents. He had verified them and gave them back and said that he is not looking for them.

After answering all the above questions, the Visa Officer told that your visa is issued but somehow I couldn't listen to that as his voice is very feeble. But he hasn't returned my Passport and DS forms so I thought it might be issued.
Finally I got my visa after 2 working days.

I have observed some interviewers, they are simply giving Blue forms even if we have all the documents.
So finally it all depends on our So called LUCK. In my view, When the Opportunity meets the prepartion then it is called LUCK. So I suggest all the members to give your best for preparing the interview and leave the rest to god.
I wish you all the very best for those going for interview.

With Regards,
GANESH
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My experience here.

Officer: How are you.
Me: Good
officer: How long you are working.
Me: YYYY years
Officer: How many employees your new employer has?
Me: YYYY
officer: can i see your company offer letter
Me: Shown
officer: can i see your employee tax papers
me: shown
officer: you will receive passport in 7 days
me: thanks.

Sharma
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