H1B, H4 Visa

hi all
i need some help
i need to know that if anyone had passed their h1b visa inter view with designation having Network Administrator.....so pls give me ur experience with ur interview...and questionary aslo........

or mail me on this address:- [email protected]

Hi all,

It is not that much easy to get visa as earlier at Mumbai consulate. Now they are checking all documents in detail.

I got 221g twice for no reason. The COs don't have enough knowledge about W2C. They mis-intrepreted my W2C.

At last I granted visa yesterday.

Be careful with one CO, He is young, he always wears yellow shirt and combs hair back, wears specticals. I saw him always issuing 221g to all applicants.

Thanks.

Hi guys and galz...

Let me share my experience with you. My interview was scheduled at 9.45 to 10.AM. But i went in at 10.45 AM. Paid the tts visa fee. Handed over my 797,129 forms blah blah and went to the interview hall finally at 12. I was asked to stand at a counter. The questions are here..

Me: Gud after noon sir.
Officer: Very gud afternoon Mam how are you?
Me: Fine
Officer: Whats u'r Qualification?
ME: ......
He took my I 129 document and checked for a while and asked me to sit aside saying he may call after some time.

Waited for another 20 mins.
Finally they asked us to stand in a que.

My turn. I know that i'm not going to get stamped at any cause coz the VO was not in a moood to listen anything. Some guys were rejected outright with no cause. He caught 221g with one hand and then called me. Not a single question..ticked some boxes and asked me to come later. I tried saying that i have all those docs. But no way. He decided to issue, so done with it. Isnt it funny guys. So please dont get disppointed with the output. Coz their mood plays a grand role in issuing visas. Lets pray that their wives or colleagues wont quarell withe them before they leave to office.

Hi,
I went to US 2nd time 4 months back on H4 visa as my husband is working there on H1. I came back to India in December. Now, I attended Visa interview for H1B.
Note:- In VFS site it is mentioned that "Indian citizens resident in the USA and applying for a new visa to replace an expiring visa can request an appointment at any of the four visa sections."
So, when I was in USA, I booked an appointment in Delhi though I belong to hyderabad and suppossed to attend in Chennai. In Delhi, the VO said that they do not have enough facilities to validate my degree certificates as my education is from south. So, she issued me a 221g form in which it is mentioned that I can attend in chennai with out any appointment. so, I took a flight to chennai and next day I attended in chennai.
Documents needed:-
-Interview appointment letter
-HDFC receipt given for booking visa appointment.(4600Rs + 276 Rs) (If its thru VFS).
-A DD from national or international bank in favour of American consulate General, Chennai for Rs 2300.
-DS-156 (A 50mm by 50mm size photo of yours stuck and form should be signed at the back.)
-DS-157
-I-797, H1B Approval notice (Notice of Action) issued by Immigration and naturalization service.
-I-129 form, petition for a nonimmigrant worker.
-H1B Data collection and filing fee exemption supplement.
-Labor condition application for H1B nonimmigrants (Issued by US department of Labor)
-A letter from your company to US Consulate requesting for issuing a H1B visa to you.
-Offer letter & employment agreement from your company.
-Financial documents of your company (Record of federal tax liability) for atleast 6 months and (Statement of account)
-Company profile
-Details of the project (Timelines, phases and activities, tentative schedule and technology used in each phase), Its better if you show that project is atleast 1 yr.
-Current status of the project
-Number of people assigned to the project (Title, experience, # of resources)
Eg:- Manager, 8 yrs, 1
     Programmers, 4yrs, 6
     Testers, 3yrs, 2 etc etc
-Location Information of the work site.
-client and contact information.
-If you are mentioning inhouse product, then above details would be your companies address itself.
-If you are mentioning clients, then client contract with your company is needed.
-Description(Role played by you in this project, technical skills, experience) and responsibilities of benificiery worker(Youself)
in this project.
-Complete product description prepared by your company incase of inhouse project.
-Market analysis is also required in case of inhouse product.
-Atleast 15 photos of your company covering both inside and outside. (Ask your employer to take photos on some holiday when people are not working, but itshould cover whole office).
-Degree certificates along with marks sheets till 10th class and one set of xerox copy.
-Any other certificates like computer courses, certifications etc.
-offer letters and Experience certificates from your previous employers.
-Marriage certificate if you are married.(you can always say that your spouse and children will come to US later after you settle there).

Please pin all the above documents saperately and place them in the same order as mentioned above in your folder so that you wont get confused when asked for some document.

Note-If you are redirected from some other consulate to Chennai, then you have to fill up a e-form of DS156 by going to site
https://evisaforms.state.gov/ds156.asp?lang=1
and take a printout of it. The barcode on it is very important. If you dont have an e-form they will not allow you inside.

Interview:- 5 people in front of me were rejected. But I was confident as I went with all documents.
VO:- Hi how are you?
Me:- I am doing fine thanks, how are you.
VO-Pretty good.
VO:- Pass on your green folder (A green folder will be given to u with all documents arranged in it if you are applying thru VFS. If from TTS, you will be given a blue folder).
He checked my passport and found that my H4 visa got expired in Dec.
VO-When did u come back.
Me-.....
VO-Show me you degree certificates.
Me-passed on the same.
VO-Where is the convocation certificate of your MCA.
Me-I did not apply for my convocation. I just have my marks sheet. (He noticed first class with distinction).
He also noticed my experience in good MNC's.
VO-Show me your project details.
Me-Passed on project details and product description.
VO-OK, I am issuing you a visa and go and pay your fees in counter # 1. Have a good trip.
Me- Thanks you very much.
I was shocked that I was not asked any question about my employer, nor to explain about my project. But I arranged the documents very clearly which are self explanatory. He read everything himself and went thru companies profile and other things in his computer.

Note- Be confident and take all required documents. Success will be yours.

Regards,
Well wisher.

Hi friends,

Second time i got 221(g).... Its is very bad experience to me. I faced the same interviewer second time also.

He asked to drop all required docments into TTS b4 30 Jan.

Tell me... If i drop the documents TTS. How many days it will take for the process. If anybody have the exp. Please let me know the details.

thanx
srikanth

I apologise to everyone that I have added my mom's visa experience in a wrong category. Instead of posting it in Visitor Visa Category, I have posted in H1 Category.

Eventhough, my intentions are good to post the experience, I did it in a wrong place. Sorry.

Hi all,

This site is very useful to organize the documents and to get to know other people's experiences makes us to prepare ourselves mentally, what to expect in the interview. My mom went for the visa interview last week.

My brother is studying and he is working in his OPT and he is graduating this May. I am working in H1B and am sponsoring my mom. My Dad passed away in May 2005.

I have provided all my documents as sponsor and also gave my brother's documents which includes an invitation from the university stating that he is graduating in may 2006 and for that he is inviting his mom to attend his commencement. The document list is prepared according to the immihelp instructions.

From my mom's side apart from DS156, DS157, Demand Drafts and Passport, she took CA Statement on our property value, Bank Statements and Fixed Deposits, Photos with her parents, brothers and their family.

I have also made an enclosure page for mine and my brother's documents. She has kept my documents separately (everything together in a clip) and my brother's documents separately.

This is how her interview went. She had a tamil translator.

Qns: What is the purpose of your visit?
Ans: To attend my elder son's graduation and to visit my younger son.

Qns: How many children do you have?
Ans: Two (The counsellor asked again, both your sons are in US?. My mom slightly got disturbed by this question. But she said yes, both of my sons are in US).

Qns: Which son is sponsoring you? What does he do?
Ans: My younger son and my mom told my job title, company name and the location of job.

Qns:She asked for the documents
Ans: My mom gave all my (Sponsor) documents which has a cover page too. She verified the documents and she took the passport and told my mom to pay the fees at the counter. They didn't ask for my brother's documents. But, My mom had it ready in case if they ask for it.

I hope my mom's experience will be helpful to someone. This site is useful to countless number of people. The only way to give it back is to post their experiences which will be useful to others. We are spending lot of time to browse the experiences and get the benefits and not posting our experiences thinking it as a waste of time. Please spend few minutes of your time and try to pass on the information who are in need of it. No offense meant.

Thanks,
CT.

Hi,
 First of all i want to Thank Immihelp as it helped me a lot for lot of my questions which i had.
I had the interview on 12th Jan.
I reached the consulate at 9:30 AM but at 10:00 I entered
First Enterence:
1) show your Web Receipt and Passport

Then they will allow you inside you will have the normal checking (for security purpose)

then you enter the Dragon...
You need to submit your TT Services(441) DD to the officer with passport then they will give you a pink slip and tell the counter number

Go to the Counter with the follwing Docs
1) web receipt
2) passport
3) DD ( 4600 2300)
4) I797
5) DS 156
6) DS 157 ( if Male)
7) I 129
8) LCA Documents

Then they will arrange in folder and with the pink token enter into other building and wait fr the folder .... they will call with the token number collect the folder and join the finger print line. Use the 2 index fingers for finger print.

Then join any counter ( from the time u came to the second building observer the counter which are moving fast and the questions asked and analyse and try to join the counter)


My conversation...
I was in Formal wear with Company Tag.

I greeted the VO politely with smiling.
1) To which place you are going...
I replied bla bla....
2) To which company you are going...
I told my company name(consultant name)
3) what is ur educational qualification..ask the MCA certificate...
I showed... i saw something and gave me back..
4) then asked what is ur desgination there
told the designation...
5) for which platform u are going to work...
told my platform...
6) for which client you are going...
I told my client name
7) did ou had interaction with client...
I told i had interview with the client technical team....
8) ask me any letter regarding the client specifying that youa re going to work...
I show the letter which my consultant has sent on his letterahead saying that she is going to work for this client from this period......

Then he was almost satisfied with all my spontenous replies...
he told me to pay the fee...

The whole process took me 1 hr to compelete..

I was outside Consulate with visa at 11:00 AM..

Guys dont fear be confident... Try to reply the answers confidently. Maintain the Eye contact with the VO...

Dont show extra Docuemnts what is required... It will inturn be overhead...


I should give my extra Thanks to Bhaskar and Monika who help me a lot by answering my queries on phone....

Guys .. All the Very Best....

Confidence Matters....

Bye

If anybody knows about the drop box through the tts.(to chennai consulate).
in dec 22nd i got 221(g).
now all 221(g) details ready whith me.
i have two options
1.drop before jan 31st
2.personaly attend after jan 31st.

i want know which is better
can u plz suggest me
mohan.

I lost my 221(g) form
and i mailed a letter to the consulate that i a lost it they have replyed me that when ever u r ready to get the documents mail us so that we will inform to the gaurds
but i got the documents now and i have mailed them that i need a date to come to the consulate but there is no reply from they
can any one tell me what can i do
plz reply ASAP