L1, L2 Visa

Hi all,

I am looking for an indication on processing times. My employer lodged their petition to the California Service center which was received on 28th September 2016. The USCIS updated their processing times web page on 29th December. It states that as of October 31st they were processing L1 visa from August 19th. Based on this information it would suggest a 10 week decision for a petition. So really if my petition was received on 28th September then a decision should have come through by now........

Can anyone give me an insight into their petition time frame and how long it took. I am a UK citizen.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks you..

Hi All,
Just to share you my experience. I got approved L1 A Individual Visa at Mumbai Consulate. Below are the questions I got from VISA officer.

1. V.O - How long have you been working for your current company?
    Me - Answered
2. V.O-How will you manage from US?
    Me- I answered 1st line of my roles and responsibility, before trying 2nd sentence VO stopped me and asked next question
3. V.O- What is your US salary
    Me - Answered
4. V.O- Will you work from client location or from your Company?
    Me - from Client location
5. V.O- Who is your client?
     Me - Answered
6. V.O - Which city u are travelling?
     Me - Answered

Questions to My Wife:
1. What is your education background? 2. Specialization?
Question to my 5 yr daughter:
1. How old are you - My daughter answered.
2. Whenis your birthday - My daughter didn't answer it. VO said I understand no problem.

VO was looking his system and typing something. Finally golden word from VO, your Visa is approved, Congrats.

Visa officer was in good mood to approve my case.

Be confident answered all the querries with smiling and confidence rest would be good

    

Hi All,

I got my L1 Blanket approved on 4 Jan. Thanks to this forum which helped to prepare well.

The staff at both the biometric and interview centres are very helpful and they promptly guide the candidates to the respective counters based on the visa category.
Please arrange the documents as below for L1 B:
DS-160, I-129S 3 sets, I-797 3 sets, Payment receipts, Passport

Below are the questions asked to me:

Me: Good Morning Sir
VO: Good Morning

VO: Who is your petitioner?
Me: ABC

VO: How long you have been working in ZZZ?
Me: x Years

VO: Who is the client?
Me: ZZZ

VO: What is your project?
Mae: Answered in 2-3 lines with brief of tool and how it helps the client

VO: How many people are there in your project?
Me: X

VO: What is benefit of the tool?
Me: Mentioned about the advantages of the tool in 2-3 lines

VO: How much time you took to develop the tool?
Me: 6 months

VO: Why nobody else can't be trained at onsite?
Me: Answered in 2-3 lines

VO: Is the tool client specific?
Me: Yes

VO: Why the task cannot be done from offshore?
Me: gave reason in 2-3 lines

VO: What is your duration of stay?a
Me: 2 years (mention as given in the I129 doc)

VO: What are your plans for onsite stay?
Me: Summarized in 2-3 lines

Verification officer kept on typing for 2 minutes and then he said that my visa has been approved and returned the stamped 2 sets of I-129S+I797 document.

Tips:
Smile, it will ease out the tension as well
Be confident and maintain eye contact while answering

Good luck friends.

Hi All,

This is the time to give back...really this site helped me a lot...

Here i will tell my experience, i went with family(wife and kid)

2016 L1 A Individual Got Approved!!!!!

Bio Metrics on Dec 22nd and PAI was on 23rd.. It's got Approved

Passports collected by one person and given to VO before we entered in to the row...

Q&As:

VO is a lady(around 40 years old), she is very friendly nature person...

VO: Hello!!! Good Morning
Me: Very Good Morning mam, how are you
My wife: Good Morning Mam

VO: I am doing good

VO: Who is your petitioner
Me: ABC(company name)

VO: Who is your client
Me: XYZ(client name)

VO: Your baby is soooo cute
Me: Yes, and she is very energetic

VO: Laughing and i love kids
Me: Ohhh Really, and my kid was preparing to tell her name from the past one week

VO: Ohh really, what is your name baby
Kid: Silent..no words
Me: First time so she is bit nervous..next time she will tell her name
VO: Laughing

VO: Where are you going
Me: Phoenix, Arizona

VO: Ohhh...It's my place...I love so much
Me: Good

VO: Are you going to manage Project or People
Me: Project

VO: What is your contribution towards your project
Me: Told roles and responsibilities

VO: How much you are going to earn at onsite
Me: Told Onsite salary (5 digits)

VO: Are you going to manage Project or People
Me: Project

The golden words came finally....

VO: Ok, i am approving your visa...enjoyyy the trip
Me: Thanks a lot madam
Wife: Thanks, Happy Christmas

VO: Bye...Bye...

Tips: Be confident...cool. I hope, all individual approval cases are getting stamped..

Give answers shortly....until they need more explanation...

All the best guys...

Interview on 20/12/2016

I wore Formals, a blazer and a tie. I would others also to dress the best formal they can. The formalities are easy to go through. Hence, I'll be straight to the interview.

Question: Which company do you work for ?
Answer: Sorry. I couldn't heard you.

Question: Which company do you work for ?
Answer: It's xxxxx India

Question: What would be your salary in US ?
Answer: $ xxxxx

Question: Will you get your Indian salary and US per diem ?
Answer: US Salary only (though I didn't about this, but I was confident enough to answer)

Question: What would be your designation ?
Answer: Associate Consultant

Question: Why you and why not anyone else from your team ?
Answer: xxxxx (very confidently)

Question: Have this tool been deployed anywhere ?
Answer: Yes, in my earlier projects but for other clients.

Question: Have you deployed it yourself ?
Answer: Yes, I as an individual working on it.

Question: Which city you will be working at ?
Answer: Rosemont, Ilionis (She corrected my pronounciation - Illionis)

Then she takes some time and writting something on I-129s form. My heartbeat was some 200 mile/second and then she said "I'm approving your VISA sir. Please collect **** **** ***".

I never bothered what she said after the golden words. Thanks Immihelp.

**Guys, be confident, well dressed. I fumbled but she corrected me twice. Better to go in the morning.

Please drop me an email, in case you need any more information. I would love to help.

Posting on behalf of my Husband, who was the primary applicant.
Our VISA got Approved at Chennai consulate on Dec 22nd.
We went together.

== Questions for my husband ==

VO: Hi Sir/Hi Mam, Good Morning. How are you doing?
Me: Good Morning. I am doing good. Thank you.

VO: Company?
Me: ZZZ

VO: Which VISA you've applied for?
Me: L1B Blanket

VO: What will be your per annum US Salary?
Me: ZZZ

VO: For how long will you be there?
Me: 3 yrs.

VO: Who will be your client?
Me: I will be working for our parent company only.

VO: What is the specialized skill?
Me: Designed tool ... etc.

VO: How many people will be there in your team?
Me: X

VO: Whom you will be reporting to?
Me: ZZZ

VO: What will be your designation there?
Me: XX

VO: When did you married?
Me: ZZZ

== Questions for me ==
VO: Where did you guys meet?
Me: Arranged marriage, matrimonial site

VO: What is your highest educational qualification?
Me: ZZZ

The intent filling sessions were really helpful to help me understand the intent of the questions correctly. I would recommend this to others.

Hello Everyone,

Wanna thank this forum which helped me lot in my interview preparations.

My visa got approved today morning and i'm so excited and would like to share my experience here.

I had both OFC appointment and Consulate interview on same day at 8:00 AM and 10:00 AM respectively.

I reached OFC office @ 7:30 AM and there was a normal queue. People who has appointment at 8:00 AM were given first preference. Staff over there will help for document verification, finger print scanning and other formalities. All are Indian staffs and the overall process went very smooth and will not take more than 30 minutes.

Then i reached to US Consulate at 8:30 AM and again there was a very normal queue. No electronics items will be allowed inside the consulate. But there is paid deposit counter at the entrance of the consulate where you can keep them safely and it will just cost your Rs.10. (Try your best to avoid bringing them because there is long queue for this deposit and will eat up some of your time).

Once entered, there will be formal security check . Then ,there will be a separate queue specifically for L1 Blanket and they will help us arranging the document in the order in which it has to be submitted. Then it comes DD and payment verification and they will give your the acknowledgment receipt for the payment. And another 2 queues for few more minor formalities and then finally it comes our final interview queue.

My turn comes for the Visa interview . I went with my spouse.

VO : Good Morning Mam
ME : Good Morning Sir

VO : Give me your documents and passport please.
ME : Passed on my already arranged documents(3 sets of I-129S & I797 , Payment receipt acknowledgment , Passports))

VO : Which company do you work for?
ME : Told my company name

VO : Would you be working from Client location or Parent Company ?
ME : I will be working from Client location

VO : Who is your client?
ME : Told my client name

VO : Where is your client location ?
ME : Told the client location

VO : How long would you be staying in US ?
ME : It will be 2 to 3 years

VO : What would be your US salary?
ME : I told my salary

VO : Which L1 category you applied for?
ME : Its L1 B Blanket

VO : So tell me about your specialization ?
ME : Explained my specialization in 2 to 3 lines.

VO : So you told that you have developed this tool. How long it took to develop this tool ?
ME : It took around 8 months for me to develop.

VO : So why would you need to travel to Client place now ? Why it cant be done from India?
ME : Told him the reason to travel to client location.

To my Spouse:

1) When do you get married?
2) Do you have kids?
 
Then VO stamped my petition documents as approved and said " I am approving your visa . Here is your 2 copies of I-129S one you will have to handover to your HR and another to carry during your travel . Have a good day "
I became very excited and thanked him twice.

Complete interview just took around 5 mins.

My tips:

Be confident .
Have a very crisp and to the point answers.
Dress code is not very strict. Wear whichever you are comfortable with.
Have a smile on your face while facing VO though VO will be very busy with their system and hardly has direct eye contact.

All the very best . Good luck guys !! :)

Dear Friends,

Just want to provide my experience and timeline for your reference.

Interview: Immihelp has a lot of Q&As for your to have a good reference, just keep calm and be yourself during the interview.

Vetting and Background Check: I was chosen to go thru the vetting process and it took 3 weeks and normally you will be fine. I respect this process as it will make us safe eventually.

last,I wish all of you guys a good luck

Take Care

Dear Friends,

Please help me for my below question..

1) I am Indian Citizen and came to US in L1-B , 3.5 yrs back
2) After 3 yrs, i have filed new L1-B petition and have got for another 3 yrs and I-94 also for 3 yrs.
3) During my first L1-B itself, GC process was initiated by my employer and now it is in under I-140 process.

Here my question is, whether i can stay in US beyond 5 yrs if my I-140 is approved? Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Yathrigan.

hi
I have went through interview process two days before for L1B.

After entering first door, our files(everything we carry, even the wrist watch) will be scanned, similar to airport security checking.

Note: Electronic items are NOT allowed to carry. (Some people carry thier wallet and credit cards for the payment. I have done it using Demand Draft).

Second, I was given a card which mention how all the document I should ordered/placed.

Third, DD/Credit card payment. Will give a slip in return

Four, will take the passport and marked some thing on it (nothing much we need to do here)

Five, again our finger prints (only left hand four fingers) taken.

Six in a queue for the final interview. when we reach to the front, will be asked to go to any of the counter. Wait there till your turn comes.

Seven, The counter will be facing fully covered glass, we will be provied a mic and speaker outside.

Question asked mainly:

Which visa you applied for
Salary
Highest qualification
From where you obtained the degree
which company working
How long working for
Explain your work/duties

Note:
1. Please go through the documents which you carry very well (it is a must)
2. Please be sure how to explain your duties in short words mainly key area. (make him feel that nobody can replace you, or only you can do it)
3. See the interviewer as he have a good knowledge in the area we are working.
4. No arguments, be polite.

Thanks