H1B, H4 Visa

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In my I797 document the US consulate is mentioned as Mumbai, but i have taken appointment at Chennai since my place of working is nearer to chennai.Is there any problem? pl.clarify.

Hi Friends,
            First of all i would like to thank immhelp for their excellent service.Its such a wonderful site because of which i could restore valuble points regarding visa in to my knowledge base,,,

Coming to the point,I had my interview on 26th of this month at 3:30pm.As it was tuesday,it was less crowded(more of visitors visa's and F1 visa's are given on tuesday) .Here goes the conversation.

Me:Good afternoon sir
VO:May I have your BTech certificate?
Me:Yes sir..I gave my Btech convocation.Also gave my semester wise marklist and pass certificate.He was impressed by then as i was maintaining eye to eye contact and showing out my confidence.
VO:since how long are you in this company?
Me:Blah Blah Blah( as i am working for one of the top MNC's he just wanted to know the date of joining thats it)
VO:your visa is approved.

friends,i was really surprised to hear these golden words with in 2 min......the VO was observing me for 10 - 15 min when i was standing in the queue waiting for my turn.I was not at all showing out my tension and was trying to maintain my cool through out(though i was very panic).

Many people who went before me got queries as they were not confident enough in what ever they explained.So please be confident and maintain the clarity in what ever u speak.If you are going for an inhouse project be ready with the project documents and offer letter in which the project description should be there.If you say its a client project be ready with a client letter.(this was asked by VO to an young lady).Initially she told that its a client project.When the VO asked for the letter she told its an inhouse project.This created a confusion there and VO asked her about the client.She told some name and the VO asked if the client's name is written in the offer letter or not.As it was not specified in the offer letter she got a 221g query.

so friends...what matters is confidence and clarity in what ever u speak.....

All the best to one and all....happy new year in advance,,,

Hi.

I am himmat, i visa interviewd was on 13july, and tht day i can't forgot, it was worst day for me, coz i got AAP, SO friend please help me, any body know me, till date i havn't get any email or call from counslate regarding my visa processing. its around 6 months passed, so i can hope of visa or not, please clarify me, how many chance to i get call from counlsate. any knw then please reply me.

Hi, I m from Bangladesh. I m software engineer of grameensoftware.com. My suggestion to other please read experience from this site and make a question list and preapare answerd and give mock test yourself. then u will get confidence and i think you will succeed. this is happened at Dhaka ambessey.

 Me: Good afternoon Mam. (with smile)
 VO: thnx
 a silent time passed
 Me: How r u Mm.
 VO: fine thnx
 VO: Are u going to National Marine Consultants ?
 Me: Ya.
 VO: How you get this job?
 Me: bla bla...
 VO: When the advertise?
 Me: 31 January this year.
 VO: when was interview?
 Me: 20 February 2006.
 VO: Give your transcript
 Me: ofcourse. please took it.
 Vo: she saw all document (My all certificate ,
 transcript, all semister grade sheet and other
 certificates) . few time later she typed.
 VO: why r u going to USA?
 Me: bla ...
 VO: Now ur woriking Grameen software . is they are know about this?
 Me: ya Mm.
 VO: ok please tell me whats meaning gui?
 Me: first i m not understand wht she said? again i say please say again.
 Vo: Whats means GUI?
 Me: oo GUI that means Graphical User Interface.
 Vo: Please mention some name of database.
 Me: Oracle, MySql, Ms Sqlserver. I ve solid experince on Oracle,Mysql. I ve some idea abut informix and postgre. O i forget Ms Acsess is too easy.
 VO: ok i approved ur visa but at this time we are
 unable to delivary visa. we ll call later.
 Me: (I m seeing she preapare a sheet). Why u r late? My all document are OK.
 VO: after few second do u have 6000 taka.
 Me: I ve already paid 7000 taka.
 VO: no this is another purpose.
 Me: no Mam at this time i ve not.
 VO: Ok u come here tomorow with 6000 thaka and
 passport also.
 Me: ok mam.
 Vo: thanx
 Me: thans very much.

 US give me a sheet that is:-
 Dear Applicant,

 Your non-immigrant visa intreview was succesful and your visa has been conditionally approved . > please return Dec 19 at 2:30 pm to cash counter.
Please bring passport, this letter and $85 or taka
equvalent.

Rajib ([email protected])

Hi All,
  I had to attend my interview at chennai consulate.
Let me list my complete itenary which would be helpful for applicants travelling from Bangalore. My interview was on the 21st of Dec and I travelled to Chennai the previous evening by Shatabdi Express.Very comfortable and the food is included in your ticket fare.Once at chennai station, hired a prepaid auto and reached Hotel Palmgrove which is five minutes from the consulate.Rooms are pretty good and they provide nice complimentary breakfast.My interview was at 1:30 PM.I reached there at 1:00 PM.No use of going early.At 1:15 Pm they called us inside.
1. Routine security check.

2. Here you need to be seated in line and then the VFS guys will check your documents.There were only 4 counters open and they were giving preference to applicants with wife and kids.Each counter has about four or five people standing and each applicant will be given ten minutes for all the documents verification.So the wait is about 50 minutes once you are assigned a counter.When I was about to be assigned, another counter opened and I was sent there and my documents were checked and then they told me to go to the next building for the Visa Interview.

3. Here first you will be fingerprinted and then the VFS guys will assign to some counter.We had to stand in line and it was a very long queue.The VO was taking about ten minutes for each applicant and then rejecting their application.I am a BE from Comp Sc background and was told by my employer that it would not be difficult for me to get a visa.When I was fourth in line after about an hour and half in wait, the VFS guys directed me to another counter.

4.I joined the new counter and I was third in line.The first applicant was for a tourist visa and was rejected.The second applicant was a H1B and he was an MBA.It seemed like he had not gone through the documentation sent by his company.He was asked for the United States Homeland security document and each time this applicant gave an absurd reply.the VO asked him 5 times and then the 6th time he said, I want a Yes or a No and he was issued a 221g and the Vo seemed in a angry mood.He called me next and I handed over the documents.
VO: What is your Qualification ?
Me : Bachelor of Engineering in Comp. Sc.

VO : Show me your degree Certificate;
Me : Gave it to him.

I then said I have my marks cards too. He took them all and went in to verify.After two minutes he came and typed something on his comp and asked me for my project details and I gave it.He then typed again for a minute and took out a card.I was a bit scared thinking its a 221g.He then said if your employer does not pay you the amount mentioned in the Offer Letter or does not pay you within thirty days of coming to the US, you can contact this number.
I was still not sure if my visa was approved.So I asked him can I collect my passport today and he said too late,tomorrow and said Next.

Guys, be cool and dont hide anything.Any fake docs, forget about visa for life.All the best.
Coming back, I got a good fare by Kingfisher and the best part was, most of the people I saw at the consulate were on my flight.

Hei, i've finished my MBA from india and went on to finish Higher Diploma in Computing in Dublin and attended US Counsulate in dublin in AUG-2006 and was said to attend from home country, and i did it in Nov-2006 and was given a green sheet and said to bring some extra documents from my xxx company and i produced those on 21 DEC-2006 and was said that the person dealing with my file was on leave and would take a few weeks to come back from US, so i was given a yellow sheet and said they will come into contact within a few weeks. can anybody suggest me my chances of getting VISA. plz reply me.

This is Ritesh from Pune and I am preparing for a H1B visa stamping in Mumbai.
I want my wife's H4B visa stamping also happen along with my H1B so that she will remain hassle free.
How do I go for this? I don't have any idea. Could you guide me on this.

Thanks.

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for all those who have posted their experiences.

My Interview was on 22nd of this month and i was there at the consulate around 10 O'Clock later there was an security check.
after completing this i went in, there were many H1's and H4 people on that day

Now it was my turn

VO:Hello, how r u doing
ME:Fine mam

VO:So u r going on H1
ME:Yes mam

VO:Whats your qualification
ME:BE in Electronics and communication

VO:Can i see your educational certificates
ME:sure mam, and i have given my degree certificate. she then verified it.

VO:How many years of experience do u have
ME:blah blah..

VO: From how much time you are working with present company
ME:Around 1 year

VO:can i see your experience letter
ME:Sure mam, and i gave offer letter of my present company

VO:before this what you did?
ME:Worked for xxx company

VO:can i see your experience letter
ME:Sure mam, and i gave experience letter

VO:what are the projects you have worked
ME:blah blah..

VO:what are your roles
ME:blah blah...

VO:So you are going for xxx company
ME:yes mam

VO:How did you receive this offer
ME:dice.com

VO:So how big is this company
ME:blah blah....

VO:where is this company
ME:Texas

now VO took the letter to embassy copy and read everthing

Now she started typing in her system

after 2 to 3 min she said
OK your visa has been approved and you will receive your passport in 3 working days.

ME:Thaks mam
and left the counter.

Hi,

 Its nice site to share all h1 experiences.
 
 I attend the consulate in jan 2006 and got 221g
 asking client letter,iternary services....

 My employer has sending the docs now...i am
 planing to attend in jan 2007,so if i attend
 i get any problem....???
  pls suggent me in this regard..
  Regards,
 Giri,