L1, L2 Visa

Hi All,

I had my L1B Blanket Interview on September 2014 and it got rejected. Since my husband was in US, I had to come here on H4 visa. My company agreed to apply for L1 Individual from US and the petition got approved. I have started working in the US, but I will need a stamping when I enter USA again. I am planning to visit India during July/August and thought of getting it stamped from Hyderabad consulate. Are there any chances of my L1 stamp getting rejected ?

An alternate to this can be to attend interview in Canada. Any suggestions or comments can help me in this process ?

Thankyou very much to everybody as your valuable tips and suggesion help a lot to get though the L1-B Visa.

Tips:-
Reach prior to 15 minutes of the appoinment biometric and at US consulate.

At biometric section mobile is allowed but need to switch off once you enter into the office no need to keep outside.

At Visa consulate Moblie is not allowed.

Required DS-160 and Appointment confirmation receipt only with Valid passport (Still please carry rest of the documents)

At US consulate my appointment was shedule at 11 am I have reachd to the office by 10.30 am and within 15 minutes admin process has complete ( like triplicate copy of pettition and DD submission).

US consulate (Visa officer) ask me following Question.

VO- Hello
Which company do you work for?
What is your specialisation?
how long you will be staying in US?
How much salary you will drawn and in which currency?
who is supervisor?

ok I am approving your Visa.

What I have observed that these guys have some back end preparation on our pettition and there is alraedy predetermined state of rejection and approval, accordingly these are just formalities.

Be truthful and genuine for your information every one have differnt story for rejection so it doesnot mean if any rejection dont loose confidence in my case there were lot of rejection heard but belive in your self.

No documents verified and even asked.

Hope this will help you.

Those are having appoinmetns wish you all the best!!

Thanks & Regards,
Tushar

Firstly, Thanks Everyone for Sharing their Valuable suggestions and Interview Experiences in this Forum.

Myself, Wife and Kid got the L1 Blanket and L2 VISA's Approved on 26-March.

Since we have kid the process was very fast and thanks for the Consulate people who allowed us ON Priority. At the consulate it just took 25 min for us to complete the interview.

Our Interview Experience -

1. We Greeted the VO and she is also very pleasant and greeted us back
2. Which Company do you work for?
3. How Long is the Project for in US? (Comparing my answer with DS-160,looking at the computer screen)
4. How long you have been with Company??
5. What is your Specialized Knowledge ?
6. Why Only you from the Team ??
7. Are you Paid in Indian Salary or US Dollars?
8. What is the Tool Name?
9. What is your yearly Salary?
10.Which part of US you are travelling?

TO my Wife -

1. What is your education qualification?
2. Are you employeed anytime?
3. How Old is your kid

Then came the words, your VISA's got approved you should recieve the Passports via Post.

Overall, i would say the interview went on very good as the VO who did our interview is very pleasant and Cool. She chatted with a smile with my 2 Year kid.

Suggestions -

As most of the people in the Forum suggested, please do prepare for your Specialized Knowledge and your uniqueness questions. Try to go through 1-2 months old questions from the Forum. Try to give the VO confidence about your importance in the project. Don't Forget to pray to GOD. Make sure the information in DS-160 and I-129, Support letters and what you are answering are in SYNC.

All the Best for Everyone.

My L1B got rejected in 30th April 2014 and again my employer going to apply L1B.

Please provide the answer to the below questions.
1.If i go again for L1B interview VO will ask any questions about previous L1B rejected petition.
2.While preparing L1B petition what all changes need to concentrate.
3.How will be the success rate new L1B petition, due to once already rejected L1B.

Thanks to the forum. It was really helpfuI to understand the standard set of questions they ask.

I had my L1B interview today at 8.00 AM and these are questions asked.

1. How long you have been working with your current organization?
2.What is your designation?
3. Where are you going to work at US.
4.Are you going to work at client location.
5. Who is the client.
6. Explain about specialized skills.
7.Were you part of the development of this product?
8.If you are not part of the product dev team how do you say you are specialized?
9.Why are you chosen among your colleagues?
10. How will you use this tool for your client?
11. What will be your US Salary?
12.What is your highest degree of qualification

To my spouse:

1. How long you have been married?
2.Where did you meet your spouse first time?
3.Was it an arranged marriage?
4.What is your highest degree of qualification.

 

Few tips -

find a hotel close by. And reach only 15 minutes before.

Prepare. Prepare a set of questions that the counsellor may ask. Your answers would drive the interview, its you who drives the interview and not the counsellor. Your answers should be clear and to the point. Don mug up. Be reasonable. Be confident. And above all, be cool and relaxed. Its more of a conversation than an interview.

Be cordial. Be cognisant of the fact that counsellors conduct multiple interviews on daily basis, show your respect and acknowledge their hard work. Its a hard job.
 
The overall experience is very pleasing and smooth.

In almost all cases, they only looked at I-797, I-129S. But this doesn't mean you should not carry other supporting documents, you should also have all the documents like - supporting letter, current employment letter conf. letter, org chart etc.

Step 1 - wait in the line for your entry at the given appointment time.

Step 2 - enter, get your documents searched and stamped by the security staff.

Step 3 - show your ds-160 and appt. confirmation to the person sitting in the hall.

Step 4 - move to the next building. show your passport, get a token issued.

Step 5 - sit in the hall, they will ask you for your documents. They will pull out the draft, 3 copies of I-797, I-129S and your passport.

Step 6 - keep the bundle handy with you, go to the counter for submitting your draft, get a receipt.

Step 7 Move to the next hall, look at the monitors for your token no., and go to your respective counter.

Step 8 - interview.

Step 9 - once the interview is finished, collect the returned docs and move out the building and exit.

Interview experience:

Me and my wife: good morning officer.
VO: Good morning mam, good morning sir.

Me: there is a lot of reflection from the back officer.
VO: I know, cant do much about it.

Me: Thats ok officer, no problem.

VO: so tell me about XX, your company

Me: ...

VO: Good, so where would you work in US?

ME: Jersey city, which is the headquarters of XX.

VO: Who would you report to in the US?

ME: aaaa bbbb, who is a xxxx.

VO: Good, how many our reportees are in the US?

ME: a out of b in all.

VO: What are their designations.

ME: aaa and bbb.

[All through this while, he only looked at the second page of I129S where info about your role/salary etc. is mentioned]

[Continued working in his desktop, not sure if we had eye contact - I was looking into his eyes while talking]

VO: Scanned passport's sticker on the back multiple times. There was few seconds of silence at this point and he was working in his desktop, and then stamped all three I129s forms and marked them approved with relevant category and passed on the documents and said your visa is approved, thank you.

Me and my wife: Thank you officer, have a good day.

Final notes -

the officer was very co-cordial, asked each and very question very calmly and clearly with a pleasant and professional demeanour.

All the best, and my best wishes for everyone.

please drop a line if you would want to know anything.

OFC Experience:
Entire process completed in 10 mins.
Queue
Reaching 15 mts before the slot is enough, even if reach before you have to wait until your slot time is open.

Documents required:
1.DS 160 confirmation 1 st page.
2.Passport.
3.Appointment letter.

Things:
You can take mobile, but switch it off , when you enter office.

Interview experience:
Entire process completed in 1 hr.
Queue:
Reaching 30 min before your slot would do, even if you reach very early you have to wait until your time slot is open. 20 mins before the slot they will start sending the people inside,so the queue will start moving. Dont try to enter inside before your slot, they will eventually findout and ask you to come in next slot.
Douments required:
1.Passport.
2.DS 160 form 1 st page (confirmation)
3.Appoinment letter.
4.DD
5. I 29S forms 3 copies
6.Intake form
(Keep DD at last) , passport appointment letter and D S 160 form at first.(so that can take and give whenever required).

Things:
No mobile
No bags
No hand bags
No purse
No water bottle
No coins(Money)
If you take any of the above, give it in the locker (it is on the way while you go inside the office). Other people can bypass that place, no need to stand there.
Transparent file is better.
Keep the money in the file itself.

Inside office:
1.First pasport check
2.Scan appointment letter.
3.Security check
4.Again Passport ,Appointment check
5.Passport check - (They will Stick token number)
6.Finger print(Right hand , 4 finger)
7.Bundle your documents(Passport,DS 160, I 29S all 3 copies, DD)
8.Pay the DD.
9.Wait for interview , check for token number in the TV.
10.Go to corresponding window.
11.Actual interview.
Interview questions:
VO:Give your passport
Me:Good morning Gave the bundle
VO:Did not wish me back because he was very busy. he started talking before i wished him completely
VO :1.What is your purpose of visit?
Me: I am goign to work for my parent company ZZZ, my applications collects data and stores in database for reporting purpose,
VO: Interepts Ar you working for YYY company?
Me: Yes
VO: What are you goign to work there ?
Me:My application collects data and stores in database for reporting purpose for end customers.The reports are generated theough tthe tools A and B, there is some performance issue in the reporting end, i am goign to address that.
VO: How long you are goign to stay?
Me: 9 months (Same number given in DS 160 form)
VO:How long you are working with YYY?
Me: said
VO:Where are going to work at US?
Me: Newyork and i am goign to stay at Newjersey
VO:Keep thsi 2 docs(2 copies of I 29S), your visa is apporved.
Me: Thanks

OFC Experience :
Reached 40 minutes before our slot. Were allowed to skip the queues as we had a child with us. Entire process completed in 10 minutes. For child they just took a photo of the photo.

Interview experience : Went for the interview with spouse and child. Wished the VO a good morning.

Questions :
What's your current role and what's your specialized knowledge
Which place in the US are you travelling to
How long would you be staying in the US

During the interview we chatted about family, Chennai weather, etc. My spouse was not asked any questions for L2.

Approval was granted, we got the stamped forms back.

The entire process was very well managed. Kudos to VFS staff for excellent management.

Thanks to this forum. It was a great source of information to prepare for the interview:

Following were the Questions Asked:

To me:
Which Company you work for?
Who is your Client?
What is your Role?
What is your Program All About?
Do you have any Subordinate Supervisors?
What is your Salary in US?
What is your highest degree of qualification?

No questions asked from Wife.
then Golden Words: Sir, Mam your visa is approved. You guys have a safe trip to US.

There was no rush at consulate. My interview was at 11:00 but since I reached early It started at 10:15. No standing in line nothing. It was very smooth
Everything completed in 10-15 mins.

Hi All,

I think we all should be thankful to immihelp team for creating such a wonderful site. Just to give a small background for my case. My L1-B Individual petition got rejected in 2013 after getting an RFE. This time my employer applied for L1-B Blanket visa and I was lucky this time that I got the visa.

Here are the questions asked by the VO-

1) From which company you are?
2) How long have you been working with the company?
3) Monthly salary in US?
4) What are your qualifications?
5) Where are you going?
6) What is your specialization?
7) Why the company is sending you only and not any other employee?

Small tip/Advice from my side: Just give one word answers or one sentence answer to their question and be confident.

Best of luck to all.