L1, L2 Visa

I attended L1 interview yesterday (06/09/2011) in Chennai.
The VO was very cool and she was approving L2 visa for the 2 persons standing before me in queue.
It increased my confidence level.
The questions asked were very usual and as follows.
VO: How long you are with you current organization
Me: 4 Years
VO: Why are you going to US?
Me: Explained my project and responsibilities
VO: What is your specialization?
Me: Explained about the pre proprietary tools used for this project
VO: How many other people in your company have these skills?
Me: There is only one other person who has the similar skill set.
VO: What is your Indian salary?
Me: INR *** per annum
VO: What is your US salary?
Me: $*** per month
VO: Where are you going to stay in US?
Me: New Jersey
 VO: New Jersey is very costly. How will you manage your expenses?
Me: I will be getting US allowance of $ **** per month in addition with my Indian salary INR ****
VO: Okay. So you are going to work in your client’s place xxx?
Me: No. xxx is not my client. I am going to work in my Parent company xxx.
VO: Did you join xxx with this proprietary knowledge?
Me: No. I got training in xxx.
VO: This particular visa type is very strict and issued only to the highly specialized people. Please ask your company to apply for some other visa.

VO - whats your experience in current organisation?

It was very less , so i started with client experience which was more.
VO- which compnies you worked before?

xxx and yyyy ( same client )

VO - Indian Salary?

Replied back in thousands

Specialization?

explained about the methodology and convinced that i am the only one.. In between he looks at me , to check whether i maintain eye contact..

VO - You will get passport in one week time. Approved.

Thanks for valuable suggestions to this site.
There was a rejection before me as the lady explained that it takes 6 months to train other ppl.. never say this , say that you are the only one who developed this and for others to develop this , they need to knw client as well as ur tool , and other s/w..

Also don use common words like testing , training and onsite co ordination etc.. you wil get reject for sure..

Al the best guys.,.

Thanks
Priya

VO : How long have you been working with your company?
VO : Who is your Client?
VO : Tell me about the project (product)?
VO : Tell me about Specialized Skill?
VO : What is your current salary?
VO : Which location you will be working in US?
VO : Are you married or single?

In my view , the VO might be looking for how confident you are and how specialized you are for the current project you will be working on. I would advise to prepare the first four questions no matter what.. (preferably - in brief .. not a detailed one).

One more observation, guys with prior US experience are thru easily.

-Sashi

My L1B Blanket visa got rejected at hyderabad consulate today.

VO: how long with current company
Me: XX years and YY months
VO: Where did you work before joining the current company.
Me: YYYY for XX years and XX months.
VO: Which is your current project.
VO:What is your experience with the client.
VO:What is your specialization.

We cannot process your visa .We will keep your application on hold .Please apply for L1 Individual.We will then process your visa.

All the best to all the aspirants..

Got L1 B and L2 B approved at New Delhi embassy

Questions:

1. wha do you do for the company
2. Where in US you will work
3. Client Name
4. What is your specialized knowledge

My advice: not only you speak about tools etc.. also speak about how you know things about the company like their sales strategy, delivery models that make you unique for the job.


Best o Luck !

Got rejected today at new delhi Us embassy.

Seems like predetermined rejected for blanket visa.

VO: company name
Me: xxxxx

VO: client
Me: xxxx

VO : whats the salary in US
Me : xxx

VO : why dont they pay you higher salary
Me : It according to the experience I have

VO : specialization
Me : explained to her

she paused for two minutes and I kept regular eye contact , did not fumble either. but after 2 mins

VO : I am sorry , blanket is a special category . cannot approve blanket for you. please ask your company for L1 individual or H1B.

whatever you do , luck matters.

All the best guys.....

L1A interview for blanket visa was at 730 at chennai consulate...The process got delayed as all 3 of us were asked to take new photographs.
Final questions
1. Question: How long are you with xxxx company
2. Question: What is your current role in xxxx company?
3. Question: How many employees will you be managing in US
4. Question: Does any of them have employees reporting to them
5. Question: How many years have you been as a manager
6. Question: If you need new resources in your project, can you hire them
7. Question: What is the process
8. Question: Do you need to get approval from anyone else to hire people in your project
9. Question: What about the firing process?
10. Question: How many projects will you be managing?
11. Question: How many employees are working in US for xxxx area?

Hi,

First of all Thanks to the numorous posts, which guided me to face the interview.

My company has applied for my L1 A blanket and date of interview was 19th August.

Going by the current rejection rate and stories on the this forum I was little scared.

On the day of interview after going through all the formalities they asked for my daughter age and given me priority number.

After having alll the documents checked and finger prints taken for me and my wife we waited for 5 minnutes for our turn.

Here are the questions asked:

VO: Why are you going to US and what will be your profile?

VO: how much experenice do you have and team size you are handling?

VO: DO you have hire and fire authority?

VO: Why balnket not individual?

VO: Which project and details of project at US and team size.

No quesitons asked to wife.

Then he said your visa is approved.

So overall 5 mintutes it took.

Dear All very thank for all who have posted here in immihelp

I have my interview at delhi consulate for L1a Visa for Individual visa and L2 for my family
my son 4.5 here old and daughter 10 month
and my husband.

I have appointment for 9:30 we reached there at
9:00 security people check all document appoint ment letter, passport and we proceed further
after that we reached inside they give us priority as i have little kid so they issued a priority token
then the asked to go further and one indian lady asked me about my i797, confirmation code,
appointment letter, hdfc bank rec., etc...

she asked me why you go to usa?
and some formal question its individual or blanket

then she chked all documents and they told my husband, daughter and son to wait in lobby then se told me to go inside for finger print
after that when i go inside very next moment my tocken no. displayed and i have to go at window 18 where one chinese may be korien origin person asked me to introduce my family

i indtroduce my family then he asked me following question

1. What is roles and responsibility?
2. why US?
3. Who is your petitioner how com you know him
4. You have same surname is he your relative
5. Your company profile
6. Which kind of company is ?
7. Your business plan in usa?
8. Your salary here and usa?
9. Why it is very less compaire to usa?
10. What is role of your petitioner
11. Do you have any relative and friend in usa?
12. are you sure you do not have any relative i said yes i donot have
13. which address you go to stay why?
14. How much you go na invest in first year
 how you will higher people and what is their role in development

Then suddenly he asked me to question to my husband what are you doing
What is date of birth of daughter and son
In which hospital they born
what is the meaning of my daughter's name
my husband says its god's precious gift.

Then he told me to go for finger print we have to wait around 15 min. then we came back and

he take all my documents along with i797

and he told me have a nice day!!
or he told have a nice stay i cnt understand
but he told with smile....

and keep passport and i797 with him

but i cant understand they approved or not
i am waiting for my passport

i have contacted vfs but my passport is not there in their desk of vfs. they told they will make courier...

Let's see..... for best luck

Hello,

First and foremost, I would like to thank this website and all the people who posted their experiences of their visa interviews. It helped me a lot for my preparation.

I had my PA at the Chennai US Consulate yesterday. Was a bit late in reaching the Consulate, but spoke to the security there and got the token after showing my web appointment letter and the DS-160 confirmation letter.

After a physical check, was let in, where first all my documents were checked followed by a metal detector test and another physical check. Then went in through the second door to enter the initial processing area where had to wait for some time before my token number was displayed on the screen. Went to the designated counter where my documents were checked and rearranged as required. Then I was sent to another counter where my finger and thumb impressions were recorded.

Next, was told to go to the Visa Lobby where had to wait for some ten minutes before my token number flashed on the screen. Went to the cashier counter where the officer received the two demand drafts and issued receipts for the same. Then was asked to go further inside, where again waited for five minutes before the screen showed my token number and the counter number 21. Went towards the counter and stood in the queue. A couple was being interviewed at the counter. One more candidate was to be interviewed before me, but since he was not there, I was called.
I greeted the officer politely. He greeted in return and asked for the document folder. Then the questions followed:

VO:Which company do you work for?
Me:I work for YYYY

VO:How long have you been working for this company?
Me:I am with YYYY for the past Y years Z months.

VO:In what way are you specialized?
Me:Gave the answer which I had prepared. Told my total experience and that my entire experience has been for the same client YYYY. Told that am specialized in an XYZ product and have been working on it since its development stage. A few more sentences about my specialization followed.

VO:What is the product?
Me:Explained about the product in a single line answer.

VO:Were you involved in the development of this product?
Me:I gave an affirmative answer and convinced him that I am the only person eligible for the US assignment.

VO:What is your annual salary in India?
Me:Told my current salary in thousands (this is important, all figures should be answered in thousands).

Then the much awaited words followed. "I am issuing your visa and you will get your passport within 7 days".

I thanked the officer and quit the counter.

My learnings from this experience :--

After God's grace/luck, the second most important factor, as many have already said in the previously posted experiences, is confidence. Eye contact is also important.

The questions are standard, so the best thing to do is to prepare the answers of all of them in advance and practise them as much as possible.

I wish you all the very best for your interviews. Be confident and do not fear or become nervous. Maintain eye contact and answer the VO's questions to the point.