H1B, H4 Visa

Hi,
I have got date of 4th Jan for Visa Interview.But now some of my friends are telling that it is not the good time for Interview as during this time the rejaection rate is High. Can anyone tell me is this True?
Should I postpone the date.

Thanks in advance,
Arvind

Hi Friends

One of my friend went for H1B visa stamping at Delhi, But they redirected me to Chennai. They said I should go and get stamping in Chennai and not Delhi. They provided me 221g Green color stating that

"APPEAR AT THE APPROPRIATE CONSULATE NO SOONER THAN 90 DAYS".

By this statement i can clearly make it out that i cant go for stamping before 90 days. Am I correct? I am just confusing. Within 90 days my HDFC DD will get expire.

Did anyone had a situation like this?

Is there any wany I can go for stampig before 90 days??????

Please reply me ASAP.

Thanks in Advance
Mandeep

Hai


 I want to say that there is no luck and all. mostly they

will the company is very genuine company and you too.
 That mostly will bring you the confidence. The normal

thing , dress well and appear in smiling face.

 My interview time is 10AM on 28th. I have reached

counsulate by 8.45. security persons checked my

passport,interview letter & HDFC recepit. then they

allowed me to enter. Please dont bring anything with

you excpet ur necessary documents.dont bring any

electronic devices like mobile, laptop , CD ,etc.
 they redirect me to go & stand in the counter.They

checked my DS-156, DS-157 and I797 & I 129. They

have arranged my documents and kept in a file and

give back to me.
 
 Then , I went for finger-print. I was standing for 10

minutes in that queue. after that one person came and

asked me to stand in the 6th counter. its a separate

counter. When i was standing, VO checks the

documents for a guy about 20 minutes ( i was little

nervous). after that very few persons. mostly all got

through. i was watching everyone who attend before

my turn. then my turn came . here it goes

VO : GoodMorning sir
ME : GM sir, How r u doing sir
VO : I am good, Thank you
       ( he looked all my I 797, I-129 , DS 156, and DS-157)
VO : Are u going to work for the xxx company?
ME : Yes sir
VO : Are you working for client or inhouse project.
ME : No sir, Its not a inhouse a project.I am going to work for yyy company(client name)
      [please avoid to say inhouse project. bcoz mostly they are nt allowing now a days in chennai. or please submit proper documents]
VO : Do you have the client letter?
ME : yes sir. i showed
      He checked my client letter and offer letter.
      He was typing and looking at the computer for sometime for 1 minute.

VO :How many years of exp do you have
ME : I said 4 yrs
VO :ok. Howlong you are working in the current company?
ME : past 2 years.
VO : Do you have Unemployment wages report?
ME : No Sir,
VO : Do you have employer's tax returns?
ME : yes sir , I have.
VO : OK. (He was again looking at computer and searching something).
      After few minutes, the golden words came...
VO : I am issuing the visa... Have a pleasant time..
ME : Thank you very much sir.

My Observations : No need to worry about anything. Just need to get all documents from the employer and be confident. thats it. I left by 10.15 AM.
  I am the regular reader the website and helped me a lot to myself confidence.
  i am wishing you all GOOD LUCK!!!
Cheers !!!
Cooljay

Hi Lucky,

No need to take any new appointment .you can attend to chennai consulate for interview on any of these days Tuesday or Wednsday or Thursday.

Best of luck

Cheers
Chinni

I was given 221g blue form asking me tosubmit tax returns of us company, wage reports and applicants' complete itinery of services including company names and addressess

my employer is asking me to give any model/sample document of itinery of services.

can any one help me.

221 (G) -Routed to Chennai from delhi
I appeared for visa interview on 28 Nov at delhi but bcoz of juridication restrictions they have routed my interview to chennai as i m woking in Bangalore since last 1.5 year.

Please provide me information when can i appear for an interview at chennai.Is there any time frame b4 which we can not appear for interview.Plzzzz help!!

Hi,

I am a regular reader of these websites and discussion forums,which has helped me also in preparing for the VISA.

I would like to bring to your attention that, all the prospective visa seekers must be smart and be fully prepared.You need not be a super intelligent or score 100% on all subjects. It is the preparation of the rudimentary elements which build those confidence while facing up the interviews.

My interview lasted for only for a minute. He just asked about your Qualifications, Experience and project info. It is all over and he did not ask for any documents..... My waiting time was more than 1.5 hrs.

All along I have worked with Startups and as long as your company is not in the trash list, everyone is safe. It does not mean that you have to work for a Big MNC only.

Be confident,DRESS WELL, Be Crisp, Be Clear with bullet point answers....

Above all, God's help is needed on all of our human endeavours and without his grace,we cant even move a needle to the other side.

Atheists may disagree.....smiles.....

So, the more closer you go to the interviews, your confidence should go up and up and up.....Thats the hall mark of a professional.

There will always be nervousness when it is so far.But when the dates are coming closer, everyone must build their confidence, assertiveness,clear communication skills and above all dignity personified.

So, Cheer up and everyone will get their dues at the appropriate time.

Dont Panic and no one will be left high and dry.

Make sure the DOCUMENTATION PART IS NEATLY DONE.

Take care and my best wishes for all the VISA Aspirants.

With Lov,

Rajesh.

Dear All *

      I was in the lucky lot of the year 2007 . in the USCIS site i see that the uS goverment has already sent my papers to the petitioner Infoeweb Inc
       I have been asking my employer to send my petitions since a long time . But they are are not sending it to me and saying that some papers are yet to reach from the government .
       Can it be true ? Can it take so long ? I believe they are lying because it's too late by now .

What should i do ? WHat can i do now ?

I attended h1 interview on 19th nov 2007.my apt was at 14.15.I went to the window @17.40..
the VO asked me to show no of documents...'
i gave all the documents he asked....
then he told me to drop all the documents through VFS...
tell anybody me get stamped ot not

Successful stamping at Chennai consulate on 21st Nov

Many thanks for this wonderful site. I have been reading this website regularly for the last 4 months and got good amount of Information about collecting documents, preparing yourself for the interview and lots of Visa officer questions as well.

One of the consulate security person told on that day there were totally 1400 candidates have come for visa. Chennai consulate is the one which is most busy than others in India. I think the reason could be because of three IT cities falling under this region.

anyway, i will be skipping all the scanning and doc. checking portion. However there should be couple of things should be noted here.

1) My interview time was 3PM and i went to the consulate at 2.20PM and joined the long queue. After few minutes, VFS persons called all 2.30,2.45 and 3PM candidates to come forward and enter inside the consulate. So, its better to go just 20 or 30 minutes before your interview time, however in many cases people have been allowed much time before their appointment time.

2) when you stand inside in any queue inside the consulate, notice have been pasted in the wall. Please carefully read them and it will help you to act appropriately.

3) If you had to stand in the long queue inside and sweat a lot, please refresh yourself after you enter into the consulate. there are rest rooms available inside and you will feel better with less tension.

4) Don't think of luck at all. this could be 1 or 2%, All visa's are issue based on three things of the potential candidate,

they are i) Your Eduacation & university of study, place
ii) Your current company ( a Major factor ) and years of work experience (IT and non IT)
iii) Your Prospective US company and its good will. along with that how much you know about ur US company and how confident you are.

These are the above three things were asked in many different ways in all visa interview experience posted in this site.

when my turn came, i was asked these questions,

VO: hello, how are you
me: Good evening, doing fine sir.
VO: Whats you education
me: I have done MCA from MKU ( in detail , always tell about place of study )
VO: where do you work and tell me your background
me: i work for YYYY and have 6.5 yrs of experience...
vo: stopped me in the middle and said, that's nice... ( mine is a well branded fortune 500 company in US)
VO: what do you do at my US company
me: i will work on YYYY project on YYYY technology
VO: interrupted and asked about project name, he searched for project and company name in google or their database ( not sure on which, most prob. on google )
me: i told the complete project name.
VO: immediately, he said, OK, i approve your visa and you will get it couriered in 2 days.
vo: he pushed my i797,i129 and LCA and tood only my DS forms and passport from the blue folder.
me: said thanks a lot and left from the window with all my papers.

As others say those words are really Golden at that moment. Actually, i was expecting more questions and ready to show the docs that i had, but it was like giving me shock with happiness. I smiled and left the window as everydone does in happiness at that moment.

things to remember:

1. When i was standing in the queue, i saw many people were given visa who answered properly to the questions and showed document properly not wasting the vo time. Many people fumbled and giving wrong answers and wasted vo time. that irritates them, they didnt deny visa to anyone but givng second chance in the form of 221g.

2. Please have all the docs arranged in folder and take out frm your polythene and put them in the table where you stand for interview. that shows and gives a feeling to vo that you have essential docs to show vo if they ask for. thats the body language sign that you can give to them.

since my current company is a very famous US company and good brand name, he issued me visa. VO look for quality people to grant visa.

however, if you work for some unknown company and going for some unknown compnay, dont feel negligble. VO do gives a chance to present yourself and convince them. I have seen many were showing docs and finally got their visa approved.

Its all about how you react at that time of interview. Be prepared for all questions that were posted in this site.

I think these are the imp. questions that anyone should answer well.

Current role,
current job desc ( remember that current role and job desc are two diff things ) answer it properly,

role u will play at US:
US job desc:
US company details: turnoover, employee list, no of projects, no of clients, location, HR and tech persons.
ur project details: ansswer well about ur project and other details like budge, market analysis, prospective clients and better have projected related docs, do not creat those docs by urself, try to get it from ur employer.
Financial docs: federal quarterly return for 2007, 2006, annual tax returns, w2 forms for all employees, unemploymet wage report.

i think i have given good amount of info what most of the other people gave in this site, it will help for all future h1 aspirants.

thanks again for this site.

Senthil