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L1B - Individual Visa Approved
Interview Date : 12-July-2016
Location : Chennai
My interview slot was at 11 Am, reached exactly by 10 and the person maintaining the queue asked 11 Am slot people to go through the first hurdle.. So its advisable to reach exactly one hour before your slot.
Went through another couple of queues and finally entered the main building which again has a very long queue inside. Waited for almost 2hrs in the queue and finally was able to reach the officer.
Que: Which company are you working for?
Me : XYZ
Que: who is your client?
Me: ZZZ
Que: What is your highest qualification?
Me: Bachelor of Technology
He then asked me my approval notice, took a brief look at it.and said OK your Visa is approved.
Based on my experience L1 individual visa interview is equivalent to H1B visa as both the petitions are already approved and hence there is very very minimal chance for rejection.
All the very best to all of you.
Location : Chennai
My interview slot was at 11 Am, reached exactly by 10 and the person maintaining the queue asked 11 Am slot people to go through the first hurdle.. So its advisable to reach exactly one hour before your slot.
Went through another couple of queues and finally entered the main building which again has a very long queue inside. Waited for almost 2hrs in the queue and finally was able to reach the officer.
Que: Which company are you working for?
Me : XYZ
Que: who is your client?
Me: ZZZ
Que: What is your highest qualification?
Me: Bachelor of Technology
He then asked me my approval notice, took a brief look at it.and said OK your Visa is approved.
Based on my experience L1 individual visa interview is equivalent to H1B visa as both the petitions are already approved and hence there is very very minimal chance for rejection.
All the very best to all of you.
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L1B and L2 Approved
Hi All,
O.K this is the time to give back to the community
To-day I have attended my L1 B visa and which got approved. Here are questions asked
VO: What is your company name
YYYY
VO: How many You are working?
XX Years and YY months
VO: What is your role
Sr. QA Eng
VO: What is your company and what it does
answered
VO: what is your specialization
Providing this answer in detail for QA/testing related people
may be used as reference Explained about the company and as i am into QA departmnet. Told like have extensive knowledge on the product and business. Interpreting high level requirements desiging detailed test cases, developing automated functional tests, multicomponenet integrated testes. Desigining and improving test automation framework to suite new business requirements
VO: What is your salary
XX per annum
To my wife
VO: When you got married?
VO: Is this the only son you have?
Thanks...hope this helps
O.K this is the time to give back to the community
To-day I have attended my L1 B visa and which got approved. Here are questions asked
VO: What is your company name
YYYY
VO: How many You are working?
XX Years and YY months
VO: What is your role
Sr. QA Eng
VO: What is your company and what it does
answered
VO: what is your specialization
Providing this answer in detail for QA/testing related people
may be used as reference Explained about the company and as i am into QA departmnet. Told like have extensive knowledge on the product and business. Interpreting high level requirements desiging detailed test cases, developing automated functional tests, multicomponenet integrated testes. Desigining and improving test automation framework to suite new business requirements
VO: What is your salary
XX per annum
To my wife
VO: When you got married?
VO: Is this the only son you have?
Thanks...hope this helps
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L1B individual visa application in normal processing
Hi
Can someone guide me as to how much time it is taking nowadays for getting an approval (assuming no RFE) for L1B individual filed under normal processing.
The application was filed in June at Vermont
Can someone guide me as to how much time it is taking nowadays for getting an approval (assuming no RFE) for L1B individual filed under normal processing.
The application was filed in June at Vermont
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L1A individual visa approved
O.K, it is time to give back to the community.
I had my L1A individual visa interview on July 8th at Chennai at 10.30 am. I went with my wife and 6 years old and 6 months old kids. When I reached Consulate at 10, I saw a serpentine queue that was beginning from the bus stop near the Oxford library. I approached a person who looked like working for the Consulate and told him about my interview schedule. He checked the passport numbers in his tablet and let us go near the door. From that point onwards, we breezed through all the queues. Now to the questions.
1. Which Visa?
2. Please give your approved petition.
3. Which client?
4. What designation?
5. What will be the salary?
2 questions each to my wife and kid. After that, the VO said the golden words that the Visa is approved. Overall, it took just 45 minutes and we were out by 10.45 am.
All the best folks.
I had my L1A individual visa interview on July 8th at Chennai at 10.30 am. I went with my wife and 6 years old and 6 months old kids. When I reached Consulate at 10, I saw a serpentine queue that was beginning from the bus stop near the Oxford library. I approached a person who looked like working for the Consulate and told him about my interview schedule. He checked the passport numbers in his tablet and let us go near the door. From that point onwards, we breezed through all the queues. Now to the questions.
1. Which Visa?
2. Please give your approved petition.
3. Which client?
4. What designation?
5. What will be the salary?
2 questions each to my wife and kid. After that, the VO said the golden words that the Visa is approved. Overall, it took just 45 minutes and we were out by 10.45 am.
All the best folks.
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L1b Visa rejected last year, reapplying for L1B
Hi All,
Had a query on the L1B visa.
My L1B was rejected last year in March 2015, and my organization is trying to re-apply L1B.
Will my past rejection impact my new application ?
Will it make any difference, if there is change in product of specialization is used.
(*I have 10+ years of experience and working on couple of proprietary tool of my organization.)
Last time, they said that my application was not clearly approvable but didn't give any return receipt like blue or pink, which people have mentioned.
Can you please give inputs, as i m currently tensed for the same.
Had a query on the L1B visa.
My L1B was rejected last year in March 2015, and my organization is trying to re-apply L1B.
Will my past rejection impact my new application ?
Will it make any difference, if there is change in product of specialization is used.
(*I have 10+ years of experience and working on couple of proprietary tool of my organization.)
Last time, they said that my application was not clearly approvable but didn't give any return receipt like blue or pink, which people have mentioned.
Can you please give inputs, as i m currently tensed for the same.
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Have “ABC's L1B blanket Visa” approved But now Processing "L1B Individual" of XYZ Again.
Recently have got “ABC company's L1B blanket Visa” approved on June 6th.
Now My ABC Company and another "Private Equity partners" is forming new Joint Venture as XYZ company with effective from coming months. so my travel was postponed. As part of JV deal I will be moving or Joining to new XYZ company in few months.
Now after me joining new XYZ company, my new company is planning or will be process fresh L1B individual petition since they can't process and amend my existing L1B blanket visa of ABC company.
So have few queries related for the same.
Can i apply for fresh L1B individual as i am just 2 months old employee?
Any specific Eligibility criteria for L1B individual processing for less than 1 year company in India?
is it L1B individual has more approval rate ?
Now My ABC Company and another "Private Equity partners" is forming new Joint Venture as XYZ company with effective from coming months. so my travel was postponed. As part of JV deal I will be moving or Joining to new XYZ company in few months.
Now after me joining new XYZ company, my new company is planning or will be process fresh L1B individual petition since they can't process and amend my existing L1B blanket visa of ABC company.
So have few queries related for the same.
Can i apply for fresh L1B individual as i am just 2 months old employee?
Any specific Eligibility criteria for L1B individual processing for less than 1 year company in India?
is it L1B individual has more approval rate ?
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L1- Banket Visa
Hi All,
Thank you for providing L1-B visa related information. This website was really very helpful with max of my doubts got clear.
My L1-B visa appointment date was 5th July, 2016 and it got approved.
Note:
For L1-B Visa, Anti Fraud Fee is now 35000.00 INR. I had a demand draft of 34000.00 INR but the lady at the counter asked me to pay additional 1000.00 INR which I did and got the receipt immediately.
I guess DD is not compulsory, you get pay the entire amount there itself if you do not have time to pay the DD.
Interview Questions:
VO: Please come
Me: Reached to her window
VO: Hello Sir. How you doing?
Me: I am good ma'am. How are you?
VO: I am good. Please give me your passports ?
Me: I gave my passport and my spouse passport to her.
VO: Which Organization do you work for?
Me: XYZ Organization.
VO: And you will be working for the same org in US?
Me: Yes ma'am.
VO: What is your specialization skills ?
Me: Design, development and deployment of XYZ platform product.
In-depth knowledge of Organization's platform architecture.
Good experience in designing various frameworks specific to my organization.
Design and development of various XYZ algorithms for ABC platform.
While I was answering, VO was scanning the bar-codes from the back of our passports and some problem was there with the software.
VO: Sorry, my system is giving me a trouble.
Me: No problem ma'am.
VO: So your will work for XYZ Organization?
Me: Yes Ma'am
VO: Ok. I am approving your Visa.
Me: Thank you Ma'am.
VO: She smiled and said I am keeping one copy of I-129S and giving back two copies to I-129S. Please handover one I-129S to your HR and one copy at port of entry. Do not misplace them otherwise they will grill you there for 14-15 hours.
Thank you for providing L1-B visa related information. This website was really very helpful with max of my doubts got clear.
My L1-B visa appointment date was 5th July, 2016 and it got approved.
Note:
For L1-B Visa, Anti Fraud Fee is now 35000.00 INR. I had a demand draft of 34000.00 INR but the lady at the counter asked me to pay additional 1000.00 INR which I did and got the receipt immediately.
I guess DD is not compulsory, you get pay the entire amount there itself if you do not have time to pay the DD.
Interview Questions:
VO: Please come
Me: Reached to her window
VO: Hello Sir. How you doing?
Me: I am good ma'am. How are you?
VO: I am good. Please give me your passports ?
Me: I gave my passport and my spouse passport to her.
VO: Which Organization do you work for?
Me: XYZ Organization.
VO: And you will be working for the same org in US?
Me: Yes ma'am.
VO: What is your specialization skills ?
Me: Design, development and deployment of XYZ platform product.
In-depth knowledge of Organization's platform architecture.
Good experience in designing various frameworks specific to my organization.
Design and development of various XYZ algorithms for ABC platform.
While I was answering, VO was scanning the bar-codes from the back of our passports and some problem was there with the software.
VO: Sorry, my system is giving me a trouble.
Me: No problem ma'am.
VO: So your will work for XYZ Organization?
Me: Yes Ma'am
VO: Ok. I am approving your Visa.
Me: Thank you Ma'am.
VO: She smiled and said I am keeping one copy of I-129S and giving back two copies to I-129S. Please handover one I-129S to your HR and one copy at port of entry. Do not misplace them otherwise they will grill you there for 14-15 hours.
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L1A Individual Premium Approved
Hi All,
Thanks for this forum for helping to improve the confidence, knowledge and process about the whole L1A.
I had applied for L1A Blanket from chennai last year and that was rejected. I then applied for L1A Individual in premium processing from London as that is my current work location.
I received the approval within 3 weeks and then I attended the Interview at London consulate.
At the London consulate, they took the passport but did not say it is approved, instead they gave me a 221g white form. She told she has to do additional processing and will get back to me in case of additional information.
Luckily there were no follow ups from either side, and my passport was available for pickup with stamping a week later.
I feel they did not approve right away, 'coz I had another H1B petition in process through another company for which I attended the interview a few months earlier. They had put it on hold for employer checks and they had asked for few additional details related to the employer. I did not follow up to provide that info.
So my feeling is that they wanted to check if my current L1A application is indeed genuine.
But , finally all's well that ends well.
Thanks all and good luck to all prospective applicants.
Thanks
Thanks for this forum for helping to improve the confidence, knowledge and process about the whole L1A.
I had applied for L1A Blanket from chennai last year and that was rejected. I then applied for L1A Individual in premium processing from London as that is my current work location.
I received the approval within 3 weeks and then I attended the Interview at London consulate.
At the London consulate, they took the passport but did not say it is approved, instead they gave me a 221g white form. She told she has to do additional processing and will get back to me in case of additional information.
Luckily there were no follow ups from either side, and my passport was available for pickup with stamping a week later.
I feel they did not approve right away, 'coz I had another H1B petition in process through another company for which I attended the interview a few months earlier. They had put it on hold for employer checks and they had asked for few additional details related to the employer. I did not follow up to provide that info.
So my feeling is that they wanted to check if my current L1A application is indeed genuine.
But , finally all's well that ends well.
Thanks all and good luck to all prospective applicants.
Thanks
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L1A Blanket Visa Approved
Hi All,
Thanks for all the help on this forum as it helped me prepare for my L1A interview. My wife and I appeared for our interviews in Calgary, AB (Canada) and the following questions were asked:
1. How long you have been in Canada?
Ans - working with XYZ company (global company) for 14 months and interviewer was already impressed. Before that worked with the same company in USA
2. What's your role in Canada and what will be your role in US?
Ans - explained in brief the engagements I'll manage in US and what I'm doing in Canada. Keep this answer precise with some key words
3. What's the team structure?
Ans - explained in brief the team under me and whom I report to
4. Provide your marriage certificate
Ans - no questions asked to my wife in interview, maybe as we have previously stayed in US so they didn't need to check much
5. Location in US
So guys this is it. Simple mantra for interview is just stay confident and they are smart to gauge whether you are a seasoned manager/ executive or not. One more thing that helps if you have previously worked in US and as a manager and the second thing if you are working with a big global company.
Good luck to all of you and please feel free to ask any questions you have.
Thanks for all the help on this forum as it helped me prepare for my L1A interview. My wife and I appeared for our interviews in Calgary, AB (Canada) and the following questions were asked:
1. How long you have been in Canada?
Ans - working with XYZ company (global company) for 14 months and interviewer was already impressed. Before that worked with the same company in USA
2. What's your role in Canada and what will be your role in US?
Ans - explained in brief the engagements I'll manage in US and what I'm doing in Canada. Keep this answer precise with some key words
3. What's the team structure?
Ans - explained in brief the team under me and whom I report to
4. Provide your marriage certificate
Ans - no questions asked to my wife in interview, maybe as we have previously stayed in US so they didn't need to check much
5. Location in US
So guys this is it. Simple mantra for interview is just stay confident and they are smart to gauge whether you are a seasoned manager/ executive or not. One more thing that helps if you have previously worked in US and as a manager and the second thing if you are working with a big global company.
Good luck to all of you and please feel free to ask any questions you have.
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L1A Individual Filing - Receipt Number not received
Hi,
My employer has filed L1A Individual petition under normal processing. Its been more than 7 weeks and immigration team has not yet received the receipt number. Per my understanding they update with receipt number by 2 weeks and the adjudication would take easily more than 3 months.
Is there a possibility of such delay in getting the receipt? Anybody facing similar situation?
Thanks,
Sameer
My employer has filed L1A Individual petition under normal processing. Its been more than 7 weeks and immigration team has not yet received the receipt number. Per my understanding they update with receipt number by 2 weeks and the adjudication would take easily more than 3 months.
Is there a possibility of such delay in getting the receipt? Anybody facing similar situation?
Thanks,
Sameer
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