H1B, H4 Visa

Hi,

Could you please provide me the H1 b visa procedure.

Regards.
Rajani.

Hello friends,

In DS-157 Question #12 Not including current employer, list last two employers?

Current employer means H1 sponsering employer? or the name of the employer for whome presently iam working in india?

Any Healp greatly appriciated !

Hi Everybody Thanks to one and all of Immihelp Users.
Mine H1b case I had interview on 15-Nov time 1:00 noon I reached consulate at 12 noon and joined in the line out side the consulate. I got in at 2:30 pm by showing the appointment letter and passport to security. Please Note:
1)Don’t take any sealed covers,cds and Floppies even tarpapers also should open other wise they send you out and make it open it will very difficult.
2)Please stick photo must and should be 50mm by 50mm with background colour White.Other Wise they will reject your form and say bring new photo before goin to the finger print check.In my case It happened it late me 5 hours.
Next I stand around 1 hr for finger print once complete the finger print we should jioin the line for interview. After 10-15 min in line my chance has came and goes like this…It was around 2-3min olnly…..

Vo:Welcome…….How ru?.
Me: Doing great….N how ru?
Vo:Why r u goin to us?
Me:To work on a project for one of our client
Vo:what is ur project?
Me:xxxxxx(Name of the proj)
Vo:Can u explain your proj?
Me:Explain 1 min mean while he is typing something in computer.
Vo:how long have u been working in this company.(Mine is working in Big MNC in India)He asked me with that company.
Me:From past 1 month.(I got recently)
Vo:1 month?
Me: Recently I got opportunity
Vo:Ok
Vo:Which company your going to work in Us?
Me: YYYY
Vo:How long have u been in this field:
Me:From past 3 years(Mine is Mechanical But he dint ask about my branch)
Vo:Are you marry?
Me:Iam single
Vo:ok congrates!!!!!!!! we will courier your passport u got visa.(And return docs all Except 156,157 ,Passport and Appletter)
Me:Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!
No need to pay 2400/-DD.

My main support is………..
1)God!!!!!!!!
2)My present company is MNC.
3)My confidence.(I Took all the documents but he dint ask any thing)

U Toooooooo people be confident, don’t listen out side people talks in line they say different .It may cause panic to you. First off all don’t talk with any,Untill completion of interview.
I am from Non it.(Mech)(Non IT r It It should totally Luck Mean while produce all docs)
Any Help Mail me.I will help as possible as much.

Hello
First of all i thank all the people who posted their experiences, it was really helpful to me. Now its the time to share my experience. My interview was on 22 NOV, timing is at 11:45 at chennai
The officer was a lady , here was my interview
Me: Hello Gud Afternoon mam
VO: Hi
VO: Can i have ur US applications
Me: Sure
VO: To which company ur going to?
Me: Comany Name
VO: What is ur Project?
Me: Its a Commercial Software Product
VO: Explain ur project?
Me: Explained about my project
VO: that's OK
VO: What is ur Degree?
Me: B.E computer Science
VO: Can i See ur Certificates?
Me: Sure
VO: Okay Mam ur VISA is Approved, you will recieve the passport in 3 days
Me: Thank U so much mam

That's it.

All the Best to all

Hi ,

i got 221(g) at chennai consulate. i need to submit project documents thru VFS drop box..my employer will be sending the docs by next week.. i have to submit DS156 and DS157 along with all docs... I was trying to download those forms from VFS where i made appointment..it says "YOUR HDFC RECEIPT IS ALREADY USED"..How to download the DS156 and DS157 forms after the interview?please help me on this.. i am in urgent and need to submit the docs thru drop box by next week..

Thanks,
GV

hi friends,
i the previous post I forgot to metion the time of process completion. Our appointment time was 2pm and we came out by 4Pm.

Thanks to each and evryone who has shared their experience and best wishes and prayers to the friends who are waiting to get visa approved

Hi,

Thanks for ev'1 who has helped a lot in boosting confidence by sharing the experience. Here goes mine.

PLEASE GO THERE ONLY JUST 15-20 MINUTES BEFORE YOUR APPOINTMENT TIME
OR ON TIME. They will be letting in people according to their appointment time. However you have to stand in the queue outside the consulate, on the footpath under the hot sun with no shelters provided, so if u go just a few mins b4 the time, your wait time can be reduced.

I went to Chennai consulate with my wife on Nov 21st. Our appointment time was at 2pm.
We reached there at 1:30. There were two queues. The first long q was for people with appointment time upto 1:45pm. The second q behind it was
for people whose appntmnt time was 2 and aftr 2. By around 2:30 people who had appointment at 2 were moved to the 1st q. by 3:20 we were able
to get inside the consulate. Do not take any digital devices (mobiles,pen drives, CDs... are not allowed) and sealed covers. In the first
building they will ask ur passports,appointment letter, DS-156, 157 and I797 for verification. We had seen a couple of people been told that their documents would reach them in the second building. For me, they gave these documents tied and asked to go the second building.

In the second building there were people waiting for their documents to arrive. We were sent to counter 1 for finger print, then to counter 2 as
q was short thr. Some people got there visa approved from there itslf.
Whn it was my turn, the officer who was taking the fingr print pushed off for the day n a very pleasant jovial officer took charge instead.

VO: Hi,Good Afternoon
I : Good Afternnon with a smile. I gave him the docs
Vo: How are you today?
We: we are fine thanks, how about you?
Vo: Great
Vo: did you have to wait for a long time?(with a great smile)
I: Yes, for sometime(smiling)
Vo:Will you accept my appologies( again with a smile n an expression)
I: oh..that was not an issue at all. We know, it's a part of the process
Vo: good. I will take your left index finger scanned first n then right
I: did accordingly
Vo: now your wife's please
She did it
Vo: Thanks tht was excellent. I would like to take your visa interview but there is long queue behind. Please go to any of the other counters or ask the monitoring guys to help you out.
We: thank you..


We were asked to stand in other counter. The VO was a lady n she was speaking in Hindi to a middle aged lady '...hum apke madath karoonga..' with a smile which vanished soon.
we were called next

I: hi, good afternoon
Vo: hi, Good afternnoon
Handed over the documents.
Vo: (looking at I-797) whts this XYZ (US company)?
I: It's a blah...blah..
VO:no... I do not want to know whts it. I want to know wht do they do?
I: They are into blah.. blah...(she was not listening... was typing
something )
VO: what are you going there as?
I: told designation
VO: wht will you be doing?
I: told the role in the poject n wht will be doing in 2 sentences
VO: which is ur present company?
I: ABCD
VO: whts ur designation there?
I: answered
VO: give me ur degree certificate
I: gave
VO: (just looked at it n again continued typing something)
VO: Your passport will reach you in courier in a few days
we: thank you..

Hi All:

Here is how my H1 Int happend on 22nd Nov in Mumbai

Int Time: 9 AM
I reached there at 8.15 AM and they let me in at 8.30AM

After security check they handed over all my docs which was submitted to VFS.
then i was asked to go for Finger print
They gave a token number. and asked me to wait will that number is called.

My number called and went inside the cabin for the int.

VO: How r u Sir
Me: I am good, Thank you
ME: How r u madam?
VO: I am good, Thank you.
VO looked at my papers
VO: Why r u going to US?
ME: I am going to work with ... co as ... position
VO: have u been to US?
ME: Yes, once in 2003
VO: How many years exp u have?
ME: ... years
VO: How many years you want to go to US?
ME: 3 years
VO: Good, Your visa is approved. Have a nice trip to US
ME: Thank you

Thats all
she didnt asked for any docs, certficates, Client letter, offer letter.

Be confidant and u will get the visa.

Hi All:

Here is how my H1 Int happend on 22nd Nov in Mumbai

Int Time: 9 AM
I reached there at 8.15 AM and they let me in at 8.30AM

After security check they handed over all my docs which was submitted to VFS.
then i was asked to go for Finger print
They gave a token number. and asked me to wait will that number is called.

My number called and wend inside the cabin for the int.

VO: How r u Sir
Me: I am good, Thank you
ME: How r u madam?
VO: I am good, Thank you.
VO looked at my papers
VO: Why r u going to US?
ME: I am going to work with ... co as ... position
VO: have u been to US?
ME: Yes, once in 2003
VO: How many years exp u have?
ME: ... years
VO: How many years you want to go to US?
ME: 3 years
VO: Good, Your visa is approved. Have a nice trip to US
ME: Thank you

Thats all
she didnt asked for any docs, certficates, Client letter, offer letter.

Be confidant and u will get the visa.

Hi Friends,

How r you doing. I am Vijay Sekhar. This site has helped me a lot in preparing for my interview. I thought I will update my experience even I got a bad experience as well, as I was more desperate to read 221g cases rather H1B successful one’s, so that we can learn from other’s failures. It would be great help, if our failures can be used as stepping stones for other’s success. Anyways we can’t change our fate of failure/success, why not we help others with our experience.

Sorry friends, if you feel that I’m taking some lecture. ;-)

My obedient request to the readers is that, please share your experience irrespective of the output. I got my H1B approved from Chennai on 22 Nov 06. My interview was at 11:45 AM. I reached consulate by 10:15 AM. It's always good to be there just before an hour or less.
I was a bit tensed as I don’t have my company photographs and the project document for which I will be working.
 
VO asked me very few questions. This is how it went:
 
Me: Good afternoon sir (with a mild grin on my face)
VO: Good afternoon.
Me: how are you?
Me: I'm fine, how are you doing?
Me: I'm doing good sir. Thank you.
VO: So, what are you going to do in US?
Me: I will be working as a soft eng. for XYZ.
VO: hmmm...okay and, (I guessed, that he want me to continue further with my roles and responsibilities)
Me: and I will be responsible for design, implementation and modification of various modules in the project. ( I gave a little pause and observing his face to check whether he's still expecting some more info)
VO: Which project are you going to work? ( He started this question in my short pause, and I thought that he's okay with my answer)
Me: It's called 'title of the project', blah blah blah…. (explain abt your project)
VO: Okay, that's fine, what is your highest degree? (seems in a hurry to ask many questions, not letting me talk much )
Me: It's Master's Degree in Computer Applications.
VO: Can I see all your certificates along with the transcripts?
Me: Sure sir ( Took out the bunch and handed over)
VO: Asked for my Original degree ( he was watching very carefully at each and every paper in the bunch)
Me: I haven't yet received my OD sir, I will be expecting it by next convocation ceremony of the university.
VO: Fine, keep these things with you (returned all my certificates. )
VO: How long have you been working with this company? (current employer)
Me: 2 Months
VO: Ooh, only two months?
Me: Yes sir
VO: How about PQR? (referring to my previous employer)
Me: It's around one and half year.
VO: All right, Can I see your appointment letter?
Me: It's with you sir. ( Here, I misinterpreted his question, I was thinking of the US employer's letter, where as he was asking for my current employer's)
VO: No, it's not there
Me: (still I was thinking about US employer’s letter) I elaborated saying "It's there at the end of the documents (Passport, DS-156/157 etc) that I have submitted to you sir.”
VO: ( He looked pissed of a bit, and told me ) you are working currently for XYZ right?
Me: Yes
VO: Where is the offer letter?
Me: I'm sorry, I will just give you sir. ( This time I understood and gave him the offer letter of current employer.....)
VO: It looks everything fine, you will get your visa in........(he slogged this word while writing something on my papers and said).....3days
VO: Thank you , Advanced Happy Thanksgiving sir.
 
Friends, my observations are, make your first (best) impression, and listen to him carefully (unlike me ;-) ), and if you want VO to repeat the question, be careful that you listen properly in the next time and answer to the mark. If you have seen any 221g's or rejections or anything don’t get distracted, keep faith in self and god. Ensure that you answer to the mark. Judge your answer (short or lengthy) based on your easiness and VO’s convenience. I suggest, you elaborate at your strong areas (like your roles and responsibilities, current employer, past work experience, education, other certifications, etc.), to eaten away some time and let him feel that your are communicating confidently and your are the best fit, and shorten at the grey areas where you are not possessing much of the documentation.
 
I came out by 2:30 PM.
Take care friends, have a great day!!! All the best for your interviews, I will pray for you tooo…