L1, L2 Visa

Hi,

I got my L1 Blanket Visa approved. Thanks for this forum. This helped me a lot.

Mine is 9.30 slot, I joined the Q by 9.00am. I enquired the lady standing before and she told she is standing for 10.00 slot. Then I asked the security and he asked me to join in the the front. I went inside and the document screening done and by 9.40 I entered the second building where the interview is happening.

At that time the interview is conducted for 8.30, 8.45 and 9.00 I waited till 10.15. The volunteer there asked me to join a Queue.

by 10.30 my turn came and the VO is a lady.

Below is the converstion

ME: Goodmorning maam
VO: Good morning
VO: keep your fore finger for scanning
ME: sure
VO: how long you are working for YYYY project
ME: 1year and 10 months
VO: what is the specialized knowledge
ME: I told about adobe flex and abt my project.

she started typing in the system

VO: your visa is approved and the passport will be sent to your office in 4 days.

ME: Thank you maam.

This is the conversation and it is very simple.

Thanks,
Rajeev.

Hi ,

My L1B approved on May 20 and VO is cool and asked questions which are well expected.

My observations

Highlight your number of years of experience in all your answers to the VO, the more years , you have more chances

Mention your designation wherever possible , senior designation have more chances

All the best

Hi,

First, let me thank immihelp, this is a gr8 site to share visa q&a.

My PA date was on 21 May @ 10.15AM.
I reached consulate by 9.30. There was a big q, I was so cool and relaxed and joined the line. There are many people behind me for 10'o clock appointment, they lost their patience and shouting @ security. But i just remained same, finally security asked 10'O people to go ahead followed by 10.15 and so on.
I want to say, be patience.

Screenigs happened as expected.

I try to remian confidance, cool but some how felt nervous infront of VO.

VO: Hi
Me: Gud Morning Maam(with smile)

VO: ?????
I really dont understand the question
Me: I've been with xyz for the past 3 yrs 10 months.

VO's face was something different as this was not the correct answer to her question.

VO: What are your specialized skills?
Me: blah,blah--something very meaningfull

VO: How do you developed framework?(from the previous answer)
Me: explained the answers with moving my hands.

VO: Who is your client?
Me: abc

VO:Your visa is issued, u will receiving your passport in few days.
Me:(shocked and happy and etc,etc) Thank you Maam

I went for my Visa interview on May 19th in Chennai. An unusual day in Chennai, it was raining heavily (rather to say pouring heavily). I had my interview scheduled at 9 AM and I went at 8.45 am. The security told to join the queue irrespective of the time of my appointment; there were more than 100 people before me in the queue. I was wearing my rain jacket and having an umbrella, I brought a back=pack to protect my documents and letters. However when I came near the security counter, I was told to leave my bag in a nearby place where the person collected the bag and gave me a token (a fee of Rs. 10 was collected). I have to carry my documents in the hand and my documents all got wet in the rain, I tried to hide as much as possible but in vain. My advice would be don’t carry bags, just plastic bags and purse will do. Cover all the documents well in plastic covers.


Inside, the security checked my wet documents and my pockets just to find my purse and ID card (all wet and damp).

I went to the counter were took my 10 finger print and he re-arranged my folder again and told me to carry only those documents in that order and the other documents to be placed separately. I was given a DD (only for Blanket applications), I was told to write my name, PP# and interview date.

Later I went to the other block where the actual interview took place, I went to the counter to pay the DD. Later, I was told to join the queue for the Interview.

I got nervous, just to give my background, I got my L1B Blanket denied three years back and was told to apply for H1B or L1B New and told to apply through drop-box (and need not come for an interview). I got my L1B New stamped that way and also traveled to US for the same client am currently working and returned back a year back. My L1B New visa got expired and I was applied a L1B Blanket and was wondering if they might even consider my case.

Me: Good Morning
VO: Good Morning. Can I have your documents?
<I gave my documents and passport; she gave me back the counter copy of my DD payment bill>

VO: How long have you been working for your company?
Me: I have been working for ABC for the last 4 years and 3 months

VO: Can you tell me about your project?
Me: I work for JKL client which is the Credit Card division of XYZ bank (one of the Big-4 banks in US). I have my technical expertise in Mainframe Technologies in COBOL, CICS, VSAM & JCL. I’m working on the Card Decision Engine project for the last 4 years for the client.

VO: What is the work in US?
Me: Well there is an enhanced Decision Engine to be developed by Client wherein, the Canadian Engine will be merged with the US Engine to have a single exhaustive Decision Engine, I will be working for the developmental activities for the new project which includes, creating the High Level Design & Architecture, Coding for three major functional modules, testing and deployment.
<by that time she started typing something in the system and stopped for a while and turned and asked me..>

VO: Were you denied the same Visa?
Me: Yes in May 2007, my L1B Blanket visa got rejected and I was told to apply for L1B New which I did and traveled to US.
<she confusingly asked…>
VO: Your L1 B visa got rejected?
Me: NO. I applied for L1B Blanket in May 2007 and the visa got refused for lack of specialized skills and was told to apply for L1B New, which I did the next month and my L1B New (stressed on it) got stamped and I did travel to US for the same client.
<She immediately check my passport for the stamping and said OK.>
<She started to sign my I129S petitions and suddenly stopped and asked me…>
VO: How long are you in India? (guess she meant after returning from US)
Me: Last 17 months!!?
<She continued to stamp and sign on my petitions and passport>
VO: Your visa is approved and your passport will reach in 3-5 business days.
(GOLDEN WORDS)
Me: Thank you
VO: Welcome and please take back these.
<She gave 2 copies of my signed I129S and my mark-sheet photocopies>

Though the interview took less than 5 mins, the whole process was quite tense for me and something that really bailed me out was my preparations.

Prepare for four these questions, then absolutely no issues… others would be the questions that you will have the answers.

The questions are.
1) What is the project you are working?
2) What is the work in US?
3) What is the experience with the clients?
4) Overall Experience and the experience with your current employer?

For the first question, say works like, production support, minor enhancements, application maintenance, defect fixing, monitoring & reporting. Though the tasks might be development please say it as maintenance… which helps.

For the second question, you need to say development works like .. (and tell the developmental activities in plain terms…) preparing high level design, Architecture, coding for how many modules, testing and deployment… terms like Re-Engineering, Risk Analysis, Mitigation, Gap Analysis.. applies when the project is for some major enhancements

Third question, experience with Clients should be around 18 months.. Advisable to say above 18 months, if you have worked with them.

Overall Experience is the same as your total technical experience.

Prepare well, practice many times the previous day in front of the mirror (it helped me). The above questions, you should be prepared which will help.

Thank you, All the Best.

Hi All,

I got my L1 visa stamped on May 20 in chennai .

The following points I have noticed
1) Prepare well for this question . What is the specialized knowledge you have .

2 people before got their visa rejected and they got blue slips and VO is not ready to hear anything from the candidate

They asked me in earlier visa how long I stayed in USA .. Then what is ur specialized skills u have ..

My visa is granted ...

Face the interview with confidience dont think abt what happened to the person went before ...

Best wishes for everyone ...

My interview was scheduled on 20-may-2010 at 08.15 AM and went around 7.45 am

Me : Good Morning Madam
VO : Very Good Morning
VO : How long you are with the current employer?
Me : X yrs and Y months
VO : is this your first company
Me : No Madam, this my Xth company
Vo : What is your highest degree
Me : i told
Vo : How long your in this project
Me : i told
Vo : What is your role in the project
Me : I told
Vo : What is your specialized skill and why you?
Me : told
Vo : who is your client:
Me : xyz
Vo : where you will be working?
Me : I will be working at client place
Vo : what was your role with previous employer?
Me : told

and she was typing something for about 15 seconds and finally "your visa is approved you will get your passport in 5 days"
Me : Thank you Madam.

She was very nice and polite.

Be confident and prepare the answers for all the questions which is available in this site and practice it.

Dont listen what the other people are talking to VO while standing in the queue. Best of luck for your interview.

Thanks a lot for this site and members who shared their experience.

Hi,

I would be applying for L2 dependent visa next month, my husband is already in US. Please help me with likely questions that I may face during my PI.

Its a matter of 10 seconds....Everything is gone...Please yourself well before going for the interview...God Knows what happened... Thanks for the help...

Thanks a lot to all who contributed their experiences here. It helped me a lot to get an idea about Visa interview.

Yesterday my Visa L1 and my daughter’s L2 got stamped and approved.
My interview was scheduled at 8:30am but got the chance to enter inside at 9 only. So I would suggest not to go early if you have L1B. They allowed H1 and L2 but not L1B visa applicants. I read many times and even some of my friends told me that as you have kid with you will get preference but nothing happened like that.
I was standing outside the consulate for 1hr 45mins in sunlight with my 16months old baby. Even there was no place to sit. So please go only 15min early.
Also the Indian people outside the consulate who collects your passport and DD are very rude; don’t expect any type of help from them.
While collecting your DD, interview letter and passport they give you Pink token with some number, this number is important and every time you will be called by this number only.
After such long wait, I got the chance to go inside. While security checking, she asked me to drink water which I was carrying for my baby. For ladies, belt is allowed. Once your checking is done, they will give you wooden strip. Inside the consulate, water, chips, chocolates and sandwiches are available, so don’t take tension if you are going inside with kids. Just carry some money even coins are also allowed.
My number was called and some documents (which my company has already sent them) along with my passport were given to me. Again I had to stand in a queue to get my finger scanned, but my baby’s fingers were not scanned.
Now I was waiting for my token number to be called for final interview. Consulate called some numbers including mine.
When finally I was called…….

Me:- Good Morning Madam.
VO:- Very good morning.
         Hi, how are you? (To my baby)
My baby responded the way I told her to do
Vo:- So you are from YYYY company?
Me:- Yes.
Vo:- How long with this company.
Me:- X yr and Y months.
Vo:- What are your responsibilities here?
Me:-Explained which I had prepared.
Vo:-what are going to do there?
Me:- Explained which I had prepared. I covered everything in two sentences and satisfied her.
Vo:- will she be going to travel with you?
Me:- Yes
Vo:- I am approving your Visa and you will get after 2-4 days.
Me:- Thanks a lot madam.
Vo:- bye baby(to my baby)

My experience with the interview was very good; I think best part the whole Visa stamping. Lady Consulate at window 4 was very nice and polite. But please prepare yourself with your answers to avoid mess-up at last moment. You won’t get time to think in front of VO. Just go through at least 5-7 pages of this site. Be cool.

Best of luck to all those who are reading this for their visa interview preparation.

Hi all,

this site was so useful ,i have been preparing for the interview since 2 weeks from the previous experiences present here . i have all answers i suppose to tell but luck was not with me. but fault is not with me its about my current project experience.

Vo : Is this your first company?
me : yes
Vo : what is your over all exeperience?
me : 3 years 3 months
vo : are you BSc or BE or Betech?
me : i am BE computerscience graduate.
Vo : who is your client?
me : abc
Vo : what is years of experience with the current client
me : 11 moths( this is where i did mistake - i mean i have given a chance to vo)
Vo : she was looking a chart which was posted at her desk having colours on it and then " So you are having less exeperince with the current client what you will be doing for them?
me : i said i will be using my specilized knowledge on skills blah blah ( i explained only 30 seconds then i heard saying enough sir)
Vo : sir enough and handed me blue form.

i dont want to say its my fault . because the approval is happening only on the basis of chart what they have . on keen obeservation i found the chart which having colors on it ( RED ,Blue, Green) calucation based on (Education+Overallexperience+Current project exeperince) some weigtage has given to all categories( BE,Btech,ME,Mtech +3, 4 ,5,6+1,2,3,4) the caluclated amount should fall atleast in blue color. if its red its gone.

i) at least you have minimum 5 or 6 and you can also have less exp with the current clinet
ii) at least 3.5 and most part of your exp with the current client .

if you can showcase your self with one match on above criteria and if and only if you are technically specalized person no chance your visa will be approved.

i want to give a useful suggition if you are working a company more than 3 or 4 years put most part of your exeperince with the current client though you have very less experience (with in an year)with the current client .

if you are new to the company and current exeperice is less than a year then VO will be asking a question " so you have very less exeperince with the current client what you are going to do for them?" dont exite by hearing this question this is where i did mistake.

the supposed answer " Madam it is not less exeperince i have overall exeperince about (say it as reasonable years)and i was executing the similar fashion of project in my previous company or previous project and then expalian about your technical expertise and finsih with good statement.

so friends all the best .. be successful.

for friends who are not selected we have our statements "if its not US then UK" US is not end of the world.

every body says its luck because 1$ = 46 rupees other wise our home town is all ways best....

i forget to mention about the confidence --- :-) be confident that is must

Thanks.