H1B, H4 Visa

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

Hi All,

I have visa interview on 30th Nov in Mumbai.

I am bit nervous please guide me.

1)how is the interview in Mumbai consulate.

2)what are the mandatory things i need to do.

3)getting visa is difficult there for H1B?

Regards,
Rakesh

Does anyone have VISA stamping experience in Chennai after 6 + yrs of stay in USA (greencard process in progress)? Any tips?

Hi to all,
First of all I would like thank immihelp and for all who are sharing their experiences, my H1Document is throughed to Mumbai consulate. At present me working in MUMBAI.I am from Hyderabad.planing to shedule my interview in Jan 2nd week.after going through sum conversation's .feel bit nerves with my bank documents.actually my current employer has given me bank AC in Hyd during my ineshil stage . he is transferring my sall to Hyd Acc.
herd that we must have ACC in Mumbai & herd that VO asked residence proof in Mumbai. what all doc do i need to attend my interview.is that must for my case! can sum one help with my quarry!
Thanks.
venkat

Prasad

Your email Id doesnt work ..... give the correct email id , will send you an email related to project details

hi ,
First of all thanks for all you guys for postings and your great advices.
i have booked my interview in dec.
i got most of the docs from the employer.
Regarding the project they have sent me 1 doc
1)client letter agreement from the client my employer has with .
They are going to send me the project description in a week.
My employer told me its an inhouse project.
Can you plz suggest what r the docs i need to carry regarding the project.

Hi Guys ..

   this is V.R.B chowdary, from Hyd . i was attended interview on Aug 2nd , 2007 in Delhi . at that time i got 221(Green) with Drop box Query , The Query is related to my Comp , they asked me more documents required related to Project, for other processing, then i moved from Delhi to Bangalore [some other comp] ,

   after 2. 1/2 months i received all the documents from my comp .

    i submit my documents in Bangalore VFS Center , with Updated D-156 (only D-156 you can update company name also , you can update using this site, http://evisaforms.state.gov/)

    note :- documents you can submit any where India .

after 6 working days i received call from Delhi VFS .they asked me , they are

delivering my passport [that mean , I got Stamping ļ]. They asked me please conform delivering address ..

    soo hi guys who are got 221 G don't worry about that Query , if your comp having

     proper documents , you should get stamped.

i recived follwing documents ,related to each emp . W2 reports (no. of employee what they mention in I-129 should be equal , no. of employees count is not important )

    tax returns , and all related comp , project should equal to what we said at the 1 st interview time (means In-house or Client)

    if you said client you should submit only Client related documents or if you said In-house related then you should submit only In-house

    related documents .. so don't Tense who were got 221 G you might get a chance if you submit proper documents .


    

    regards
  V. R.B Chowday

I was given 221 g green form at delhi embassy...I have submitted all the documents at window#5...but since the one of the coloum ticked by VO said all the marksheets and degree certificates in original and photocopy...I want to to know are they safe there as the person at window#5 has not given any acknowledgement receipt and was rude on enquiring...he said I can take them if I don't want to leave ...as there is no timeframe for response...I am very tensed....someone plz help!!!!!!!!!

Hi,

  I too got 221g blue form and they asked me to submit the extra required docs (from my petetioner) with out passport. If they satisfied with the docs I provided then they will communicate me to drop the passport also.

  Please explan how much time the whole process can take, and how will i be communicated to drop my passport. please mail me your suggestions [email protected]

Thanks,
Sudheer

Dear friends,
First of all i would like to thanks immihelp.com for providing such vast knowledge from begining to the end of the H1 process.And i will suggest all H1 seeker to go through this web site.

On my date of interview i was little bit nervous and also Excited.I was dressed like a corporate employee.My interview time was 12 in the noon on 16 Nov 2007.
I went half an hour before the time.After the security check i went for the document check.I aarang my all documents in Passport,i797,interview appointment letter,Hdfc bank rec,form 156,157 in order.i was directed to go to a window for the passport scanning.After it was done it was handed over to me.Then i was allowe to enter the consulate.
Again there was security check and then i was directed for the finger print.
After that was in a Que.After long stand in the que for 2 hours at 2 pm my turn come for the interview.
I was directed to go to VO window he asked for my pasport and docs.

Me: good after noon sir
Vo: how do u do
me: fine

Vo: so me ur docs.
me: handed over my all docs to him.
Vo: looks for sometime.

Vo: ur experince
me: ... years

Vo:company profile?
me:Software development company.

Vo: No of employee?
me:......hundred/applicable

Vo:Ur salary
me:.......

Vo:how will u define ur Job/
Me..Pls describe ur job in brief and to the point.

Vo: why u want to go to USA
Me: say to work and nothing else.

Vo: congrates i am issuing u VISA
me: Thank u sir

i was happy and went out of the consulate with cheers.

Best of luck to u all

shahnawaz zahid