L1, L2 Visa

Thanks for Immihelp portal,
I have attended for L1 A visa at Chennai on 6th April.
It was really good experience.
Questions
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1)How long are you with this company
Ans. Tell them ---Years --- months
2)How long are you with this client
3)Roles & responsibilites
4)Why only you are selected for this position
5)Team size
6)Can you Hire & fire

Hi,

Thanks to this wonderful site, I picked up a lot of information. My L1 blanket got approved on 7th April 2010.

The interview went like this,
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Me: Good morning
VO: Good Morning. May I have your documents please?
Me: Sure. I have my photographs (I pulled them out of my top pocket).
VO: I don't need any.
Me: Sure. No problem.
VO: Please place your left hand middle finger on the scanner.
I did as advised.
VO: Who is your client?
Me: YYYY
VO: What?
Me: The blah blah
VO: What do you do for the client?
Me: I clearly explained what I do and how I use my company's methodology (spl. knowledge) to arrive at the deliverables. I made sure it was coherent with what was writte in the petition (learnt from the experience there, more on this later).
VO: What degree do you have?
Me: Bachelor of Engineering in Information Science and Engineering.
VO: The system cannot fetch the petition details due to some problem but as soon as it's up I'll approve your visa and you will get the passport in a week's time.
Me: Thank you.

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These are the points I took care of:

(i) Please READ the petition and understand what is written about your role in the petition. The fat lady was interviewing some other poor guy and when asked about what he does, he started with "I am a software engineer and explained what he does". Immediately she asked for his petition and cross verified and what he said did not match what was in the petition, hence rejected.

(ii) Be confident. Trust me, this is the most important thing there. Just before I went to the counter, I had prepared for the worst. Max to Max, they might reject my visa and my life is not dependent on it. Nor does it say I am a bad resource, most of us have this fear of rejection and trying to take failures personally. Avoid that.

(iii) Look into the visa officer's eyes when you answer any question. It takes a lot of courage to do it but it has its rewards, the biggest being the VO knows you have it in you and it will remove any doubt that the VO might have about your case being genuine.

(iv) Be precise and conscise. The guy in front of me almost messed it up. His visa approved and he was so tensed that he started handing some more documents. The VO got a little angry and said "I told you that your visa is approved, if you want me to change my mind, keep handing me documents". Never try to do anything extra. Answer to the point and be clear. Please please do not put on a fake accent, rest assured, you'll be sc***ed. I saw this happening in front of me. Do not stammer, it might show your lack of confidence.

(v) If you have been to the US of A before, do memorize for how many months in each year. The guy in front of me was asked this question. Also, he was asked to justify his role against the qualification he had. He was a BA and his degree was an MSc. So, if you have a case like that think of a solid answer two days in advance.

(vi) Be polite and nice even if the VO intimidates you. They'll try all kind of tactics to break you, be calm and composed.

(vii) Be clean. I sport a stubble and someone at my company had told me that it is risky (in terms of visa approval) to sport one. But, I went ahead made sure that I was ok with it and dressed neatly and made sure that my stubble looked good on me. So, yes, irrespective of what you wear or how you look, try to be ok with it. It comes out very clearly in your body language.

(viii) Finally, please try and avoid the slightly over-weight lady at Chennai. I am not saying she does not approve the visas but she would ask a lot of questions. I do understand that they are trying to make sure that the right person is going to their country, but that can be done in a much better way than she does.

All the best to everyone and hopefully this write up will help you guys :).

Hi All,

I have attended the L1 Blanket visa interview on 5th of march at hyd consulate and got the visa. Prior to that my B1 visa got rejected twise at chennai consulate. I was a bit afraid this time but the initerview was smooth.

My suggestions to all visa seekers is if you apply through CMMI level 5 companies your success rate will be high. Below are the questions asked to me.

VO: which company you work for ?
ME: ZZZ
VO: how long you been working for the company ?
ME: 3 years 5 months
VO: why are you going to USA ?
ME: I am required there to implement my companies xxx methodology on yyy project.
VO: For how long you been working on this proj?
ME: this is a new proj but i worked on the similar concepts earlier for different customers.

VO: said the golden words

my suggestion is dont be panic. If you desperate to go to US , apply though big organizations. go through this link before you go to visa. success is yours.

Thanks for all the people who posted their experience in this site.

Thanks

Hi Friends,

First of all I am thankful to immhelp.com.
My Exp as follows:

Me: Good morning Sir!!
VO: Very goodmorning, How r u?
Me: I am fine thanks, How r u?
VO: after 2 sec..mhh.. I am fine, thanks.
   and he was looking some docs.
and started asking questions:
* What is your designation?
Me: xyz engineer.
VO: What you will do in US?
Me: Explained in 1 line only.
VO: Are you married?
Me: No Single.
VO: What's your total exp?
Me: 6 Years.
VO: Whats your specialized knowledge?
Me: Explained in 2 lines, including my client exp.
VO: Sounds good!! Ur visa got approved, will send you the pp soon.
Me: Thanks sir, thanks a lot.
VO: Smiled and no problem!!

As per my knowledge, if we can prove ourself with proper exp, client details, specialized knowledge for L1Blanket, thats enough!!

Regards
SR.

Hi All,

Today morning I attended my L1B Interview at Chennai Consulate.It got approved finally.

Please find below the questions asked during the interview:

1. Whom do you work for?
2. What do you do for your Organization?
3. What is your Specialization?
4. What about your Indian Salary?
5. How many yrs of Exp do you have in your Organization?
6. Exp Prior to that?
7. Where is your husband and What is he?

My Suggestions here is :
Be Bold. Try to give more detailed information for the questions.Be cool and don't get tense. Be specific, confident and clear in your answers.

Best of Luck!

Thanks a lot for sharing all ur experiences.This helped us a lot.

I was scheduled at 9.45 AM and reached 9.25 AM
Questions:
Client Name
Purpose of the Travel
Offshore Roles
Why specific in your team
Indian Salary
Previous Company name

well peopel I have to appear for my L1B interview and I don know what exactly shd be spoken abt the specialized skills, as properity tools also r not conviencing enf. PPL whose L1B is cleared are requested to share the exact answer thy gave while their interview. This side of the country there were 10 rejections in a day !!!! :-(

i had my interview today
got inside the fat lady counter
1. how many years of experience?
2. what is your specilization?

and gave me bule slip and asked me to come with different visa..

All,

I would have hardly imagined that I would end up in spending most of my last week time in a valuable site like this and thanking it profusely.

I got into the consulate on time and avoided any hassles. Waited for 30 minutes before I was called into the main visa lobby. Got into the queue and saw few rejections that were happing in front of me. I was called then:

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Me: Hi, Good Morning!
VO: Good Morning, can I have the documents please?
Me: Sure, here it is!
VO: Can you please put your right index finger on the scanner please
Me: Sure (I did so)
VO: Who is your client?
Me: Morgan Stanley
VO: Can you explain your project
Me: blah, blah ( I started explaining)
VO: stop (prompted me to stop)
Me: I did so
VO: (Started referring my passport) So, you initially travelled on H1B?
Me: No, I did not. I had H1B earlier, however due to my project requirement my work location got moved to Toronto. So, I worked from Canada and did not use this H1B.Also, when I went to US on a business trip from Canada I was given B1 Visa, however my existing H1B was cancelled.
VO: Where did they cancel the visa?
Me: In Toronto Consulate
VO: Did you work for the same client in Toronto?
Me: Yes
VO: Oh ok. So, why did your employer not applying H1B for you again
Me: This time I am going on a specialized skill.
VO: Ok, can you explain your specialized skill?
Me: blah, blah ( I started explaining elaborately)
VO: (prompted me to stop) You are giving me a very broad picture, can you explain your role shortly?
Me: I explain my specialized skill crisply in three sentences. (He was listening very very carefully on what I was saying and was making eye-to-eye contact to assess my confidence)
VO: (He got fully satisfied on what I explained) Ok, your visa is approved. You will get your passport in a week time.
Me: Thank you.
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Few suggestions:

Do not get scared by the rejections of other people. Visa approvals purely depends on how well/bad you do.

Dress elegantly. It matters a lot.

Cheers and all the best.