H1B, H4 Visa

Hi,

Can somebody suggest me in this...
 
My wife is going for H4 visa in this month and currently I am in US, so for H4 visa do I need to send Original I797, I129 and Original letter from Employer or copies will work.

Thanks a lot,
Kumar

hello guys,

I got my H1 in october 2007 from a consultant..I didn't get the stamping and recently moved to UK because of personal reasons..I work for a US based company in UK and would like to ask my current employer to tranfer me to US. can I get the H1 transfer without informing my consultant who processed my h1 application or is it better I should inform them about the tranfer

what are the issues?

Please help me

-Atteneded Interview on 15th October 2007.
-Issued 221(g) for lack of documents from consultant.
-Submitted documents on 21st Feb 2008.
-Embassy asked me to submit passport on 14th March.
Thanks

Hi Seniors & All.

First of all Thank you very much to all.
My wife and kids successfully got H4 stamping on 13th March at Chennai.

Interview went very normal and it's for 5 mins. only.VO asked H1petiton, Pay stubs and TAX returns that's all.

Once again Thanks for all info you are putting at one place for guidence for others.

Thanks,
Aneel.

Hello brother KP,Are you mentally sick or retarded,what the hell U had written man.Firstly this is not the site at all to post all this bullshit.try to change ur attitude and be positive ,may be u see a better america.anyway guys who ever wish to come America,most welcome.

KP get well soon

Dear
KP
Floral Park NY USA ,

This form is to write experience about your "VISA EXPERIENCE" not your sucking life. Please post your bad exp in some other site.. And dont give wrong impression for the people. They know what they are doing and people do not require your life's bad experience to take decsion.

Hello Guys,

I am right now in New York on H1B and I want to write my experience out here. Even I use to follow this site regularly and even i wrote my visa stamping experience with all the joy and tips and advices, But guys US economy is dead, there is no social life, no proper food, People just try to pretend that they are very busy and have no time. Only people that you might see in this country are chinese, spanish, blacks and lots of Desis, I actually had to remind myself that I am in USA. And talking of NRIs, when they come back to india, they would do their best to show off their converted currencies and would even say that india sucks, there is poverty and cleanliness is a problem and all these crap, but trust me i have asked 10 different families at different levels, who are living here from several years, that whether are they really happy, and all I could find in them and perhaps also in myself was the emptiness, all of them said the same thing that they are stuck, away from their families, friends and culture. Their 8 year old kid would say F*** you on their faces and they can not even slap them because its against the law. Well coming back to US craze that we Indians have, just understand these two things, No 1) USA as a country doesn’t produce anything, there are no manufacturing units in any damn industry, everything is imported, so all the jobs are basically divided into two categories a) IT – which is all outsourced to India now a days and economy is totally dead. b) There are lots of stores and restaurants – thats where 90% of Desis and NRIs work, morning till night they work in a store selling Parle-G and then when they come back to India, they would say “Yo baby”… so my whole point is there are no good jobs available anymore. No. 2) Secondly you generally think that you will save in US and spend in India, that never really works that way, the truth is you hardly SAVE, and if you have come with your family then serious GOOD LUCK, everything in this country is 1000 times more expensive than India, 20 years down the life you might have a good house and a nice car in USA, but that is it. Real life, fun, happiness, family, kids and culture is all missed out. If you are earning more than 50k a month than don’t even think of coming down to Hell, if the earnings are lesser than that, then in that case you might feel that in the very third month your salary could afford you a decent rented house and a nice second hand car, BUT GUYS remember money is not everything, and secondly NEVER EVER TRUST ANY INDIANS OR RELATIVES IN AMERICA, THEY WILL BE THE ONES WHO WILL TRY TO SCREW YOU THE MOST.

Anyways, I love my country and I would rather work for my own people, and that’s exactly what I am going to do.

PEOPLE WITH MOST SINS COME TO STATES - My father had once told me this and is so much true.

Hi all,
 First, let me thank everyone in this forum who has either diretly or indirectly helped me in gettin my H2 stamped successfully @Mumbai consulate. I have been reading the forum for last few months & I got very valuable inputs from many of you. The most important input was possibility of transfering my old petition to new employer without actually being in US. I managed to transfer my approved H1 petition to new employer & got it stamped successfully.
Just to brief you about the interview experience
Arrived at Consulate at 10.00 am in formal attire with tie & suit. My no was called (with my wife) on 11.00 am.
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VO: - Good Morning Sir.
Me (Smiled): - Good Morning to you Sir.
Typed sometihng on the computer in front.
VO : - So you are working with xyz company...
Me: - Yes, I am working with this company for last 2 & half years as ......
VO: - What is your highest qualification?
Me: - Explained, also told working in the same field in SAP.
VO: - Are you going to work on inhouse project or contract?
Me: - I will be working on ....project at location.....
VO: - Ok, I know this brand..
Then he turned to my wife
VO: - So, how long you have been married?
My wife: - ....years Sir.
VO:- How do you know him?
My wife: - We met while I was with...company & he was working there as .....
VO:(smiling) - Is this love marraige or arranged marraige?
We both: (smiling)- Love marraige arranged by our parents.
VO:- So, u r looking forward going to US?
My Wife:- Smiled, Yes Sir..
VO:- Ok, your visas are issued. Your passports will be couriered to you in a day's time.
 Since I had to fly to UK on weekend, I asked him if I can collect it today from the counter. He said, he can not guarantee but worth checking.

We both said, Thank you & have a nice day & came out...
The whole inteview last for only 2 minutes. He did not ask any documents / certificates (which I had taken out as soon as I entered inside).
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 I had all the relevent docs ready with me (this site helped me gather the reqd docs & I asked those from the company).
 Once again, thanks everyone for your inputs & I wish Luck for all those planning to appear soon for the interview.
Some points I should mention (even though repeated already)
1) Get as many documents from the company as possible. Be after the company no matter how big / small it is. Every document counts & you do not know which doc VO will ask for.
2) Keep one extra set of all the docs in case VO needs.
3) Carry a simple plastic folder with transperant compartments.
4) Don;t carry plastic bags which make irritating noise.
5) Keep your docs ready before you enter in to face VO. Paste sticker on every compartment to know what's inside. This will avoid searching in front of the VO.
6) If you are married, schedule your family interview same time.
7) Don't show any kind of nervousness in front of VO. Be confident & calm.
8) Greet VO with wide smile & good morning/afternoon (it does not cost u anything).
9) Read all the info about ur company, like Board of directors, clients, projects, no of employees, turnover, awards etc..
10) Do not talk much, explain in short but to the point. No story telling...

Hope this helps people who are planning to appear for H1 interview in future...

Cheers,

Ash.

Hi ,

I attended the H1B visa interview on Jan 17th .Vo asked me the project description,tax returns,wage reports.I gave all docs whatever Vo asked.Vo has verified the wagereports and told me that ,he need some time to verify the docs and given the 221G (blue)form with Aditional Administrative Processing was ticked.
Its almost 2months are over.I didnt get any responce from the consulate.

Please help me anyone how to procede on this.

I got H1B recently. Iam planning to go to USA in May 1st week. Can anyone who were recently went to USA tell me how is the market position there?.