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Hello!

I got the visa[H1B] on Sept 7th and I am planning to fly on Dec 8th. My employer is in PA and I wish to land at my friends place who stays in NY. Will this be a problem for the first time landers? Are we supposed to go to our employers place only for the first time? Please help me out.

Regards,
Anil
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AAP
Friends, my visa interview was on 13july in mumbai, but unfortunetly i got 221(g), but still i haven't get any mail or call from Mumbai counsler, on my 221(g) form tick on first checkbox and counlser replied me they will contact your, so friends, body have that kind of case, then plz clearify me.
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SUCCESSFUL H4 AT CHENNAI
First I want to thank all the users who have been posting their experiences, going thro these gives one a better idea of the scenario. I had my visa interview today, after the usual procedures of checking, finger printing , i had my turn for the interview

vo:good morning how are you doing?
me:good morning, htank you i am fine
me: passed the folder arranged by vfs
VO: since when your husband is working with the
    present company
me:told the date and year
vo: when did u get married
me: told the date and year
vo: can i see your husbands pay stubs?
me :sure (showed paystubs of 3 months)
vo: show me your marriage photos
me:showed him an album of approx 30 photos
vo:your visa is approved , pl pay the fee at
   counter1
me:thank you
vo:have a safe and good trip to the us.

thats it.... the interview had lasted only for a minute or so.
leave it on god and attend the interview with confidence
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H1B Transfer
Hi,

I have a valid petition and i have to go for stamping next month. In the mean time i have got an offer from some other company in India. What will happen if i do the stamping from my existing company and then go and join the other company in India. Will the same H1 be valid and can i enter US with the new employer?
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query
i attend the interview on sep 13 th...they said ur application is under administrative processing...but i am not having any 221(g) form with me...is this possible..do anybody have the same problem...if anybody had the answer for this one..plz mail me...
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GOT MY H1 VISA AFTER AAP
Hi all,

I got my visa stamped today after getting AAP on aug 30th .

Regarding AAP they have contacted my client reg my employment.After few days they sent me a 221(g) form mentioning send ppt & dd.Today i got my passprt back with visa stamped..

Regards,
Sainath
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Successful H1B Stamping in Chennai
Hi all,

I had my appointment on 20th Sep 2006 at 2.00 pm in Chennai. I reached the consulate at 1.00 pm and joined the queue. Unusually very few people were present at the venue.

Before entering the premises, the Security personnel verified the Passport and the appointment letter. After that there were 2 security checks where they checked me and the things I carried. Electronic gadgets and Sealed Envelopes are not allowed inside. Then we are allowed.

Then I was allowed inside the building where there were 4-5 counters for verifying our documents. They basically arrange the documents for us. I was representing a BEP Company. The BEP applicants will be given a BEP file which contains all the documents arranged in order by the sponsoring company. I was asked to submit the entire file. For Non - BEP applicants, the procedure is little different. The Verifying officer(all Indians) verified my file and kept it with her. She asked me to go to the next building and said someone will handover the file to me.

I moved on to the other building where the actual interview takes place. There was a queue to enter the building. People are allowed inside based on the appointment timings. After waiting for a while, I was allowed inside the building. I was asked to join a queue where the finger scanning takes place. I was asked to join a queue which was exclusively for the BEP applicants. Two of the applicants who had before me were sent back asking for some docs. There were 2 other applicants who came for their H4 and were granted Visa immediately without any hassles.

Then came my turn.

Me: Good Afternoon mam
VO: Good Afternoon. How are you?
Me: Good. How are you?
VO: Good. Can I have your File please?
Me: Yeah Sure.(Handed it over to her)
VO: How long you are working in ZZZ?
Me: So Many years.
VO: What kind of Project you are working on?
Me: .....
VO: How long you are working on this project?
Me: ...
VO: Your Visa is approved.
Me: ThankYou.

The interview lasted for just a minute. I was very happy to hear the words. My Company is well-known in the US. That could be the reason for me getting Visa very easily. It looked like the VO decided to grant me visa even before my turn came. So luck factor is also very important.

Guys, For Preparation going thru the experiences will do. Just pray God and attend the interview with confidence.
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Succesfull B! Visa
Hi,
 
I'm giving my Visa Interview experience:
 
FIrst Step: I stood outside on the pavement close to the entrance gate. There was large que.My Passport and the forms (156 and 157) and the challan (yellow form), web appointment letter are checked. I was then allowed to enter the Consulate building. I was asked whether i'm carrying any mobile phone. (I kept my mobile phone at the hotel room)
 
Second Step: Just inside there is another security check where all the file/cover (whatever i was carrying) was checked.
 
Third Step: I entered inside the Consulate Building. One person asked me about my appointment time and based on that showed me to go to a particular counter. At that counter, my passport and the 156,157 forms are checked and then i was given a file containing a paper along with the checked things.
 
Fourth Step: I went into another building where (once again i told my appointment time) and then (standing in a que) my left and right index fingerprints were taken.
 
Fifth Step: Interview with Consular officer. I wished the officer "Good morning with a smile". I was asked the following questions as mentioned below:
 
1. How long were you (working) with this company.
2. Prior to Unisys, where were you working and for how long?
3. What is your total experience
4. What are you going to do in US?
5. How long you intend to stay in US?
6. Are you married?
7. What is per month salary? (She mentioned "Please dont mind if i ask this question")
8. Do you own a house or home?
9. Where do your parents stay?
 
At the end of the above questions (and replies i had given) she told to pay the Visa fees in WIndow # 1. I was told that my Passport will be couriered in 3 days.
 
Sixth Step: Again i stood in the que and paid the DD and took the reciept. I was told that my Passport will be couriered in 3 days
 
That's the end of my Visa Interview.


Thank you,
Patelkhana....
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Kindly help me for these Preperation queries
Hi frns..

Thanks for all your wonderfull expreriances. My H1B interview is scheduled to be on Feb'12-2007.
Please some one reply for my queries.

1.My educational equalification is MCA. I have my consolidated mark list, provisional certificate and the final MCA degree certificate.
But, som how i missed 2 of my semester marklists.
Is it required to furnish all the detailed marklist of all the semesters?.
..:( In that case I have to go through a tedious task to get a duplicate marklist from our university).. so somone let me know abt this plzz

2. I am working in one of the leading IT Solutions company in india for the past 2 yrs(in bangalore). Before that for nearly 1.4 yrs i worked in a small company A in my native place,cochin. Company A was run by 2 frnds.. 6 months bak when i incidently met one of my previous boss, he told me that they had some disputes between them n they dispersed the company. Now they both are running indipendent
companies seperately.
I got offer frm company X in US and they'v gt approval for the H1b petition also.
I have nearly 3.5 yrs exp in software development.Now my issue is that, my experience letter(not frm my current company, bt the previous company A) has its old address and old telephone no. Will they cross check for it?.. What all i should do to prove my genuine experience?

Please help me ..

Thanks in advance..

SB
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Regarding AAP
few days back I got Aap in 221g from chennai consulate .so I request to u the ppl how to approach to the consulate about my visa status
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