H1B, H4 Visa

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Hi all,

   let me thanks to all who have posted their experiance on this site till now, what ever it is a success or 221g. Every posting gives a experiance, which is invaluable. Mine appointment was at 12.30 on 9th jan. i reached there around 11.00 am. but till 12.00 it was simply wastage of time. Even though i will recomend everyone to reach atleast one hour before. As In Chennai language problem is biggest hurdle to face and the autorikshaw drivers are very uncooperative. so take some time in buffer to face any kind of challange while tavelling upto consulate. secuirity allows me to et in at 12.00. then initial varification of documents were done just inside the gate. there were 5 counters for varification. In front of every counter there will be a queue. you can stand in any queue. Here Indian officers will varify the documents to facilitate the process. after varification they will ask you to go for interview and will put your documents in a folder which will be provided to you later on.

when you will be standing in queue your documents will be returned to you after initial varification.

Inside the hall you have to go first for fingerprints. The officer will be a US officer. Please behave very well to him also. As no one knows he also can write some input abot you. afeter that you will reach in front of VO. here is the conversation which happened with me and VO :-

VO : Hi Sir
Me : Hi Mam, Good Afternoon
VO : A very good after noon sir, Can I see your passport please
( I hand over the passport to her )
Vo : Can i have the folder please.
Me : sure mam ( handed over folder to her )
VO : Can I see your degree certificate
Me : I hand over the degree certificate file to her
Vo : For which company you are going to work ?
Me : YYYY X ( Be very specific)
VO : which location you are going to work ?
Me : YYYY X ( Be very specific)
VO : In which project you are going to work ?
Me : I don't know.
VO : why your wife has not come with you ?
Me : told the reason. (honestly)
VO : can I see the Tax return of the company.
me : handed over to her
VO : Ok I am issuing your visa . you can pay the fee at counter.
me : Thanks mam. have a great day
Vo : Good day


My interview was very short for 10 minutes hardly. But Only reason i have found is that i was well prepared. before hading over the folder to her every thing i have managed in that..

DS-156
DS-157
Client later refering to VO
Offer letter
I797
I129
I129H
LCA
Photographs of the company
credential evaluation

what I have felt that they also want to give Visa to you. but you have to be very honest and sincere while answering to those people. I have realized every officer was very sincere and doing his/her job honestly and they expect the same thing from you.

so my tips :

1. arange the documents properly before reaching to VO
2. be honest and confident . if you dont know any thing say it polietely and confidently that you dont know it or you dont have or you have not got from your employer as per the answer.
3. Dressing sense (wear a light color suit/ shirt+ tie)


I think these tips works fine in most of the approval cases.

All the best for the guys who are going for futher interviews.

Hi,
If any one has experienced same problem as mine, pls respond back as early as possible.
Well, I am sekhar working on Oracle Apps in a big MNC, Hyderabad. I initially attended for H1B on 3rd of Nov. Interview went pretty well, and VO satisified with every thing and lastly asked for my client details. I said my client is so and soo . Then he asked for any client info for which i said i dont have right now but if needed i can produce. Then he issued me 221g by ticking client details required. Then later i attnded consulate again in 1st week of dec. VO looked at my client details and said, he needs further clarification and verification on my client details which will take some time and took my DS forms and the H1 petion . He returned my passport. He said he will inform me through mail or a letter when he is done with the verification. Today, i got a letter from chennai consulate saying, i need to attend consulate on any monday with both DS forms and the passport. Its mentioned in the letter that if i dont attend the consulate in 60 days, my case will be adversely impacted in future. What does it mean? can i expect positive response when i attened this time? has any one got the letter in the same way as i got? what are the chances now like? has any one got the letter like this and got the visa stamped? pls do respond me if any one of u faced similar situation.
Thanks in advance and looking fwd for the reply.
Sekhar

Hi,
 my surname and given name got messed up in the visa ..do u have any idea how much time it take to get it corrected from consulate..i have given the passport back to VFS

please help

regards
Archie

Hi,

Any one having market analysis for any project, kindly forward to me.

Thanks in advance

Shortly I am going for H1B with my Wife and Son. I am not clear on Documents to be filled in for their H4 Visas. Also let me know DDs to be taken for them (I have booked through TTS).

I will be greatful for your help.

I want to know ,if any one got the visa after getting 221g Additional Administrative Process.

Kindly Please let me know to my mail id.

Hi
i got 221g asking for client/project/workplace details. Let me any body got visa after providing these details. what exactly they are looking for. pl provide information. the interview was cool.

regards
suresh.

Dear All,

Thanks to everyone who posted their experiences in this site. It was very useful and helped me a lot.

Before I post my experience, I wish good luck to you all. As per my experience I feel if you have clean documentation then you will get the VISA for sure. "Never go withour all documents".

I had my interview on December 8th 2005. I work for a big IT company in India and have 6 years of experience. Iam going to work for a service company in the states.

Me: Good Morning Mam
VO: Good Morning
VO: Which company are you going to work for?.
Me: ZZZ
VO: Your role
Me: Development
VO: Do you have a client letter
Me: No Mam, I will be working for an internal project
VO: What project
Me: Gave few details
VO: Do you the market analysis and completer project details
Me: No
VO: Gave me a blue form asking for photographs and project details.

So friends as per my understanding you should either have a client letter with project details or a completer project report with market analysis if you are going to work for an internal project. Also remember to have photographs.

Then I again went on Jan 10th 2006.

ME: Good afternoon
VO: Good afternoon
VO: Give me you marriage certificate and marriage photos.
Me: Gave
VO: Why were you given 221G last time
Me: Said did not have the project details
VO: Do you have it now.
Me: Yes, gave a file with project details and market analysis.
VO: Went through the file. Then asked me to wait, he said he need to check with someone before issuing a VISA.
Me: Went to the lobby and was waiting for 5 hours.

VO: Someother officer called me in the evening
Me: Good evening
VO: I just need some more information before issuing a VISA. Please explain about your role in simple english
Me: Gave a simple explanation.
Vo: Parallely was checking my companies website.
VO;: Good luck, Iam issuing you the VISA. Have a safe trip.
Me: Relieved on hearing this.

So friends, be confident. Wish you good luck.

Recently had been to Delhi consulate to get my 7th year H1 extension stamped. It was very easy and officer didn't ask for any documents.

me: Hi
officer: Hi
officer: have you ever been to US?
me: I have been living in US for last six years

officer: How much do you make?
me: blah blah

officer: Do you have any kids?
me: no

Your visa is approved sir and it will be mailed to you.