L1, L2 Visa

Hi

If you get a RFE you have fair chances of getting the approval for petition unless they ask some confidential information which your employer would not be in a position to provide but this is a very rare case scenario. Generally for a RFE they ask additional information on your skills and qualifications which your attorney will be able to provide but it would only take a additional 2-3 weeks of turnaround time and there is maximum chances (99 percent) for getting the petition approved so no worries.

Regards
Beeshwa

I got rfe for l1b visa 3 weeks back and our company lawyer is going to respnd to it.
How much is the chance of approval of petition once we get the rfe? RfE is general questions about speciality skills and duties I will perform in US and justification for speciality skills.

Hi All
A hearty thanks to immihelp for creating such a wonderful forum for visa aspirants and also a genuine thanks to all people who have posted their experiences too. These posts helped me a lot in grooming up my confidence to attend the interview and Im pretty sure that it will be highly beneficial to all the visa aspirants for all the days to come in future.

My experience for L1B interview went quite steady and cool. The details are as follows:-

My interview was scheduled at 9:15 AM and I reached the consulate at 8:20 AM in the morning. There was a long queue. At the gate the security will check your confirmation letter and passport and then will allow u inside. The gentleman at the first counter will take your BEP folder and will check the DD and will ask you to proceed for the next counter (Here please be careful of the border security fee DD if applicable. Some employers need this fee to be deposited and some don't so please check with you employer for the respective DDs wherever applicable). Then you will be asked to move to the next counter for finger prints. After this you will be getting a token number and you will have to wait for your interview in reference with the token number. There will be display boards with the token number and its respective interview window number and they will be announcing it as well so please be attentive at this point of time else you have chances to miss the display and the announcement as well.
Once you get your interview window number you need to proceed to the respective interview window that is assigned to ur token number. There will be 2-3 ppl standing before you for the interview so u can take a deep breadth and relax till your turn. I waited till my turn and finally the moment came

The following questions were asked to me by the Visa Officer (VO) sitting in the interview window.

Me: Good Morning Sir (With a whole hearted smile)
VO: Good Morning. How are you?
Me: Im doing fine sir. Thank You.. and what about you?
VO: Im doing gud. Thank you..
VO: How many years did you work for your company ZZZ?
Me: 3 years and 9 months
VO: How many years did you work for the client?
Me: 3 years
VO: What is your specialised skill
Me: Its a YYYY proprietory tool called YYY. It is used to arrive at a common platform of modular programming with reusable components using highly configurable files.....and I mentioned some more technical aspects of the tool.
VO: How is this tool used in your project?
Me: Explained that it is needed to design IVR interface and some more crisp points about it
VO: What is your qualification
Me: B.tech in Electronics and Telecommunications
VO: How is your qualification related to your skill? (This question was unexpected so just have a presence of mind at that moment to convince the VO)
Me: IVR uses voice user interfaces which helps in a interaction between a computer and a human by accepting speech and DTMF inputs along with a telephony configuration. This is related to telecommunications for which I hold a degree.
VO: From which university you did your Btech?
Me: KIIT University. Bhubaneswar
VO: Okay.. Are you going to work with the client?
Me: Yes
VO: Okay.. Who is your client and what do they do?
Me: AAA and its the largest health benefits company under the Blue Cross Blue Sheield Association in the US

Then was the most awaited moment of the day...
VO: Okay Im approving your VISA. You will be getting your passport within 5 days and he gave me back two stamped copies of I-129s forms
Me: Thank you Sir. U hav a good day...

Do's
1) Keep your cool at the time of interview. Confidence and LUCK are the driving factors here.
2) State crisp and clear points regarding your skills and stick to the point even if you feel its wrong
3)Wish the VO with a gud smile on your face and also carry a gentle smile on your face during the interview

Dont's
1) Dont discuss in small talks unless needed during the time you wait for your interview as you may miss your token number announcement.
2) Dont get nervous at the interview counter. This will not present you in a gud shape so take a deep breadth just the moment before your interview.This will keep nervousness away.

And yes of course u need a bit of LUCK to turn the day into your day. For this pray Almighty for his grace and yes if you get a chance please visit Chilkur Balaji temple. He will surely help you in getting your VISA stamped the same way he helped me today.

My Honest Advice: Please dont get disheartened if the VISA is not approved as this is not the end of the road. There are a lot of oppurtunities in here and you will live a satisfied and happy life in India as compared to the US and after all we all are here to make our INDIA better.

Thanks
Beeshwa

You should not take photo with your spectacles. They will ask you to take once again if you do like that and need to pay Rs. 100 for that.

Questions asked me…

How are you?
What will you do in US?
What kind of architecture it is?
Who is your client?
How long you are in this company?
How long you are in this project particularly?
Before that in which project?
Is it similar one?
How are you saying it is similar?

Stamped and signed on the form and told you have to carry this when you go to US. Passport will get in one week.

I feel self confidence is the main criteria to pass.

The visa photo should be very good in clarity, otherwise they will ask us to take another photo next to the counter. The cost of the new photo is 100 /-.
In the interview,
1. Explain about your Project?
2. Why you, not others in Offshore?
3. Project start date, and Joining date in the company?
4. Name of the previous company

Thats all. I had given the convincing answers and at last the golden words, Approved.
Thank God.

Thanks
Chandru

Hi,
Below were the questions asked to me during the visa interview today(29/3/2011). Thanks to immihelp I got my L1A and L2 for my wife.

Questions
1) Who is your client
2) What is your roles and responsibilities
3) When did you become manager
4) Do you have authority to remove an employee
5) What is the process followed to remove an employee( bouncer question :)
6) Do you have authority only to remove an employee from your project or the company itself
7) When did you get married

All the best to others.

Regards
Deepan

Hi All,

Below are the Question what i have faced at the Hyderabad Consulate on 28th March 2011.



First of all thanks to immihelp for providing these kind of discussion board to increase the confidence

me: Hello, Good Morning Sir
VO: Good Morning

VO: Howmany Years of exp with the employer?
me: 4years 3Months

VO: Who is your client?
me: American Express.
VO: Sorry
me: American Express.

VO: Who is your reporting Manger?
me: #### told my Onsite Reporting Mangager

VO: Why are you only selected apart of other team members in the project?
me: I explained about my specialization..
VO: Interupting me and said.. so, you are specialized.
me: Yes


VO: Howmany Years of experience you have with the client?
me: 4Years
VO: It's 4years. right?
me: Yes

That's It!!! He Approved my petition

Folks :
I got my L1A stamped yesterday. These were the questions asked :
1)What will be your role and responsibility at onsite?
2)How many people are there in your team?
3)For how long you have been playing a managerial role?
4)If you want to remove a person what is the process for the same ?

Good luck to you all.

Following are the questions asked.

1.Why are you going to USA?
2.Are you going to work in client place?
3.How many years of exp with this current company?
4.How you specialized with thin 21 months of exp?
5.How different from your team members?
6.What you have done for your company and how your company applied you as a specialized?

My L1b visa got rejected at Delhi, The lady counsellor just asked me my specilisation and why in your entire team only you can do this job to which I answered more technically, but it seems she didn't understand any thing out of it and she rejected it. for future aspirants pls answer in simple way and in short sentence. Can anybdy suggest me what can I do now?