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L1B individual petition is approved from USICS recently, what are the chances of rejecting the visa once the individual petition is approved. Any help or experience is really appreciated.
L1B individual petition is approved from USICS recently, what are the chances of rejecting the visa once the individual petition is approved. Any help or experience is really appreciated.
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L1B Individual Petition and L2 Visa Approval at Chennai
First of all thanks a lot to everyone who shared their experience here which helped me go well prepared though it turned out to be very smooth and easy one.
This was my first L1B visa interview.
After taking counter etc we were called in first window where the lady asked whether mine was blanked petition to which I replied no individual one. Then she asked me to show I-209 form (I had only copy of that as provided by my company's US lawyer).
Anyway after initial screening and finger printing, time came for big moment. While we were waiting for our turn in queue, we saw a lady visa officer rejecting a guy's application on adjacent window. Not sure whether he was on H1 or L1.
Then on another window, a girl was getting beaten up by another visa officer. That made me nervous for a moment but then I saw my window office granting visa to a couple before us which boosted my confidence.
Finally, Q&A started:
O: You have applied for L1 visa?
I: Yes.
O: What's your designation?
I: I am working as Sr. System Architect in XYZ group.
O: Which company you work for?
I: XYZ
O: What do they do?
I: We work in telecom space and building converged voice and messaging products.
O: Where are you going?
I: XYZ
O: So, will you be working in-house or with clients?
I: Working in company's HQ, yes in-house.
O: What will be your US salary?
I: $XYZ
Then, he returned by I-797 letter saying this is for you to keep it and rest (passport etc) is for them. He said I will get our passport in a week's time.
Then he added have a nice day and I echoed same to you.
He didn't ask a single question to my wife. The hit is there was no entry of hers in my passport or vice versa. I was hoping him to at least ask for marriage certificate or any proof to show she is my wife but officer was cool and joyful!
This was my first L1B visa interview.
After taking counter etc we were called in first window where the lady asked whether mine was blanked petition to which I replied no individual one. Then she asked me to show I-209 form (I had only copy of that as provided by my company's US lawyer).
Anyway after initial screening and finger printing, time came for big moment. While we were waiting for our turn in queue, we saw a lady visa officer rejecting a guy's application on adjacent window. Not sure whether he was on H1 or L1.
Then on another window, a girl was getting beaten up by another visa officer. That made me nervous for a moment but then I saw my window office granting visa to a couple before us which boosted my confidence.
Finally, Q&A started:
O: You have applied for L1 visa?
I: Yes.
O: What's your designation?
I: I am working as Sr. System Architect in XYZ group.
O: Which company you work for?
I: XYZ
O: What do they do?
I: We work in telecom space and building converged voice and messaging products.
O: Where are you going?
I: XYZ
O: So, will you be working in-house or with clients?
I: Working in company's HQ, yes in-house.
O: What will be your US salary?
I: $XYZ
Then, he returned by I-797 letter saying this is for you to keep it and rest (passport etc) is for them. He said I will get our passport in a week's time.
Then he added have a nice day and I echoed same to you.
He didn't ask a single question to my wife. The hit is there was no entry of hers in my passport or vice versa. I was hoping him to at least ask for marriage certificate or any proof to show she is my wife but officer was cool and joyful!
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L1B Blanket and L2 Approved New Delhi
Me: Good Morning Officer
VO: Good Morning
VO: What is the age of your Children?
Me: Elder one is almost X Years old and the Younger Y Year old
VO: Have you traveled to US before
Me: Yes
VO: Is this your families first visit to US
Me: Yes
VO: Why did they not travel with you before
Me: I traveled earlier for a short Business Visit
VO: <Checks my passport> and confirms that my earlier travel was on a B1 Visa
VO: How long have you been working in your current company
Me: X years y Months
VO: What is you current requirement to travel to US
Me: I shall be working as _______ Manager for one of the latest addition of clients in YYYY (My Employer). I am the first ______ Manager for the client.
VO: What is the name of the client
Me: XYZ
VO: What does this company do
Me: Details of clients business in brief.
VO: What would be your day-to-day responsibilities there
Myself: Explianed in brief my day-to-day responsibilities with details of company properitory tools that I would be using to achieve this objective.
VO: What is your total experience in this area
Myself: 11 Years
<Now asks my wife to take questions>
VO: When were you married
My Wife: DD/MMM/YYYY
VO: How did you meet
My Wife: Ours is an arranged marriage
VO: How was the marriage fixed
My Wife: This was fixed with help of common relative that was known to both families.
VO: What were you doing before your marriage
My Wife: I was studing in YYYY at YYYY University
<VO now focuses on her computer and then stamps the I-129S, retains all our passports>
VO: You are granted the Visa your passports would reach by courier to you.
I followed a golden rule given to me by my companies HR while giving training during Visa orientation. Never provide long answers and your answers must finish in 40 Sec, if required they will answer more. I don't know if this helps but I followed this guideline.
VO: Good Morning
VO: What is the age of your Children?
Me: Elder one is almost X Years old and the Younger Y Year old
VO: Have you traveled to US before
Me: Yes
VO: Is this your families first visit to US
Me: Yes
VO: Why did they not travel with you before
Me: I traveled earlier for a short Business Visit
VO: <Checks my passport> and confirms that my earlier travel was on a B1 Visa
VO: How long have you been working in your current company
Me: X years y Months
VO: What is you current requirement to travel to US
Me: I shall be working as _______ Manager for one of the latest addition of clients in YYYY (My Employer). I am the first ______ Manager for the client.
VO: What is the name of the client
Me: XYZ
VO: What does this company do
Me: Details of clients business in brief.
VO: What would be your day-to-day responsibilities there
Myself: Explianed in brief my day-to-day responsibilities with details of company properitory tools that I would be using to achieve this objective.
VO: What is your total experience in this area
Myself: 11 Years
<Now asks my wife to take questions>
VO: When were you married
My Wife: DD/MMM/YYYY
VO: How did you meet
My Wife: Ours is an arranged marriage
VO: How was the marriage fixed
My Wife: This was fixed with help of common relative that was known to both families.
VO: What were you doing before your marriage
My Wife: I was studing in YYYY at YYYY University
<VO now focuses on her computer and then stamps the I-129S, retains all our passports>
VO: You are granted the Visa your passports would reach by courier to you.
I followed a golden rule given to me by my companies HR while giving training during Visa orientation. Never provide long answers and your answers must finish in 40 Sec, if required they will answer more. I don't know if this helps but I followed this guideline.
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since from 1 dec all l1 visa wd be conducted in chennai visa office.. anyone has idea for the rate??
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L1 Visa Approval.
Whole interview process took less than 3 minutes. VO was really nice.
She asked following Questions from me:
1) How long I am with company
2) Client Name
3) Team Size.
4) Difference between Client relationship manager and Account manager
She asked following Questions from my wife:
1) When did you get you get married.
2) Arranged or love.
VO has approved visa.
She asked following Questions from me:
1) How long I am with company
2) Client Name
3) Team Size.
4) Difference between Client relationship manager and Account manager
She asked following Questions from my wife:
1) When did you get you get married.
2) Arranged or love.
VO has approved visa.
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VISA Approved or not ?
VO said me that you will Received your passport from Courier !!!
So now question is !
should i assume this is approved or it was rejected by them ?????
So now question is !
should i assume this is approved or it was rejected by them ?????
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L1A Visa Approved
First of all thanks to IMMIHELP and sharing your experiences. It really helps. Visa officer was completely dressed in Halloween attire. She just asked me two questions -
1. How long I am with my current employer
2. How many people reports
To my wife:
1. How long are we married
2. Love or arranged and who helped
To my daughter:
1. Name, age and
Happy halloween
She approved our visa.
1. How long I am with my current employer
2. How many people reports
To my wife:
1. How long are we married
2. Love or arranged and who helped
To my daughter:
1. Name, age and
Happy halloween
She approved our visa.
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L1B Blanket - Rejected
VO: Are from XYZ Company ?
Me: Yes
VO: You are going to work in New Jersy rite?
Me: Yes
VO: What is your designation here?
Me: I said my designation
VO: How much they are paying in india?
Me: CTC/year
VO: What is your client name ?
Me: I said my client name
VO: Tell me about your project.
Me: (I explained about my project)
VO: How long you are working in this project?
Me: 1 Year 5 months
VO: What is your specialized knowledge
Me: (I explained my specialization in my project)
VO: You are working in this project for only 1 year and 5 months, so this can't be considered as a specialized knowledge category.
VO: It doesn't mean that you are not qualified or you can't travel to united states. This kind of visa will be approved only for specialized knowledge personals. Ask your HR to apply for some other type of visa, see you again.
The visa officer was very cool and try to convince me. They will validate your answer based on your confidence and how fluent you are. Don't be nerves/tensed. Be confident with your answers and cool you will get it.
Don't check this forum befor the PA, go through before applying for the visa.
Me: Yes
VO: You are going to work in New Jersy rite?
Me: Yes
VO: What is your designation here?
Me: I said my designation
VO: How much they are paying in india?
Me: CTC/year
VO: What is your client name ?
Me: I said my client name
VO: Tell me about your project.
Me: (I explained about my project)
VO: How long you are working in this project?
Me: 1 Year 5 months
VO: What is your specialized knowledge
Me: (I explained my specialization in my project)
VO: You are working in this project for only 1 year and 5 months, so this can't be considered as a specialized knowledge category.
VO: It doesn't mean that you are not qualified or you can't travel to united states. This kind of visa will be approved only for specialized knowledge personals. Ask your HR to apply for some other type of visa, see you again.
The visa officer was very cool and try to convince me. They will validate your answer based on your confidence and how fluent you are. Don't be nerves/tensed. Be confident with your answers and cool you will get it.
Don't check this forum befor the PA, go through before applying for the visa.
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Hi,
What exactly the answer should be for the question
What is your Specialization?
What exactly the answer should be for the question
What is your Specialization?
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L1A individual + L2 approved at chennai consulate
I am taking this opportunity to thank everyone who have helped by posting their experiences. I am infact interested in posting a very detailed experience of my L1 visa including the petition filing process and answering RFEs in my following blog post.
Here is my experience at the consulate.
I attended the interview along with my family (my wife and daughter) and the all people were very kind in assisting and guiding us. After completing the finger printing, we went straight ahead to attend the interview. The VO was a very kind lady and this is how the interview went...
Me: Hello! how are you?
VO: Doing Great! How about you?
Me: Yes, Doing Great.
VO: (Looked at my daughter).. How old is the young one?
Me: 3 years and 7 months
VO: She is cute. May I see the petition?
Me: Thanks. ( I took only the petition (20 pages) from the 300+ page documents that attorney gave me)
VO: What's your designation in India?
Me: Manager - Product Marketing & Business Development
VO: Are you going as a manager?
Me: Yes.
VO: What's your salary here?
Me: YYYY X per annum.
VO: Which part of US are you going to?
Me: Sunnyvale, California
VO: Do you have hiring and firing authority
Me: Yes
VO: turned to my life and smiled, how long have you been married?
Wife: 4 years
VO: Love Marriage?
Wife: Yes
VO: How old is the young one? (Oh you already said it's 3 years 7 months right?)
Me: Yes
VO: I am approving your visa and you will receive your passport in 7 days.
We came out happily and I then checked my documents to ensure that we haven't missed anything at the consulate.
Here is my experience at the consulate.
I attended the interview along with my family (my wife and daughter) and the all people were very kind in assisting and guiding us. After completing the finger printing, we went straight ahead to attend the interview. The VO was a very kind lady and this is how the interview went...
Me: Hello! how are you?
VO: Doing Great! How about you?
Me: Yes, Doing Great.
VO: (Looked at my daughter).. How old is the young one?
Me: 3 years and 7 months
VO: She is cute. May I see the petition?
Me: Thanks. ( I took only the petition (20 pages) from the 300+ page documents that attorney gave me)
VO: What's your designation in India?
Me: Manager - Product Marketing & Business Development
VO: Are you going as a manager?
Me: Yes.
VO: What's your salary here?
Me: YYYY X per annum.
VO: Which part of US are you going to?
Me: Sunnyvale, California
VO: Do you have hiring and firing authority
Me: Yes
VO: turned to my life and smiled, how long have you been married?
Wife: 4 years
VO: Love Marriage?
Wife: Yes
VO: How old is the young one? (Oh you already said it's 3 years 7 months right?)
Me: Yes
VO: I am approving your visa and you will receive your passport in 7 days.
We came out happily and I then checked my documents to ensure that we haven't missed anything at the consulate.
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