L1, L2 Visa

Thanks to every one who shared their experience.
My interview was at 11.15 and i reached consulate around 10.30 but no one was there in the 'Q' so I just showed my appointment letter they allowed me inside much before the interview.

I finished my initial process like finger scanning and document verification after that they send me to the next building to deposit the cheque, since it was BEP again they have sent me back to the first building for interview.

Me: Good morning Sir
Vo: No reply...he was checking documents

Vo: He ask me to put my right thumb for scanning
Me: Finger scanning is done

Vo: Who is your client
Me: Answered xyz

Vo: What is your role
Me: Answered

Vo: For how long your working for the client
Me: Answered

Thats all then came golden words

I had Visa interview in Chennai Consulate at 1100 AM.Interview happened in the first building itself...Interview went like this:

VO:Hello(he told me this before I reached the counter itself,looking into his monitor!)

Me:Hello.Good Morning..

Vo:Whats your total experience?
Me:X years and Y months

VO:How long you have been with the current employer?
Me:gave the answer

VO: who is ur previous employer?
Me:XYZ company

VO:Your L1B was refused when applied thru your previous employer ?
Me:Yes

VO:Who is ur client?
Me:ABC company

VO:What they are doing?
Me:Briefed him about my client's business in one sentence.

VO:How much experience you have with ABC?
Me:P yrs and Q months

VO:What are you doing for ABC?
Me:(I started telling the overall project description,started by telling we do migration of X system to Y system,he stopped me immediately and asked what 'you' are going to do?)I stated my roles in onsite.
I mentioned like will help client to derive business requirements

VO:So requirement gathering cannot go more than 3 months,B1 is right visa for you..
ME:I continued by telling we will suggest tehnical solutions to the client .

VO:what solutions?
ME:Blah blah .

VO:You can stop now!These documents are yours(handed me I129 forms sealed..)We will keep this(putting my foler with Passport into his tray)
You will get your visa in 7 days...

ME:Thanks a lot,have a nice day!
VO:(With a serious face) Hmm....

I got my L1B visa approved. I want to thank all the users who have added their experience here. It boosts my confidence. Here is our discussion

Me: Good Morning
VO: Very Good morning.
VO: How long you are working in your company?
Me: x years and y Months
VO: what's your total years of experience?
Me: z years and a months
VO: whats your prior company?
Me: bcd
VO: whats your experience in previous company?
Me: e years and f months
VO: who is your client?
ME: ghi
VO: what you are going to do?
ME: blah blah ( Be thorough with this question. You will get it for sure. Thats what L1b for)
VO: why you are going from your team?
ME: i have more experience both in applicaiton and also in technical side, compared to other team members
VO: are you going to stay in xyz?
ME: Yes
VO: Please have your index finger on the scanner?
VO: Your visa is approved and you will get the passport in 2 days.

ME: THank You very much and Have a nice day.

Tips
- Once the visa is approved check you have the two copies of I129s forms with the seal and have the pink receipt of HDFC bank.
- Wear formals with Tie. It will boost your confidence. Believe, its true.
- Answer promptly. It shows you are a confident person.
- Look in to VOs eye and answer. They see our body language.
- Smile when you wish them.
- Be before half an hour. In my case, I went late by 10 mins due to traffice. But maintained my temperament.
- Be calm
- Study atleast 5 pages of this forum and be ready with the answers

Visa is yours.
Thanks

Hi All,

I got the below questions from the VO attened

1.What your are going to do in US?
told abt by roles and responsibilities.
2.Why specifically you from your project?
told that i am working for XX years and has gone for the similar testing to particular country.
3.what is you client name?
ZZZ

Thank God... Then the Golden words... You Visa is Approved.

Thanks a Thousand who posted earlier as this website is very useful and i recommend everyone the same.

Hi Guys,
Just before going To interview I read some pages from the site and believe me it helped a lot. The key thing is to remain confident and dont get nervous even if you see somebody getting rejected b4 You . Key Questions i went through not in same order were :-

Good Morning --Good Morning Sir
1)When ws the last time i went US ,Which Visa and how many days(As he simultaneously checked from monitor)
Ans- XX mnths ago with B1 Visa and for XX days.

2)Why are you going again?
Ans.Cos i am good in this product and going for some specialized blah blah work.

3)Are you married or somebody travelling with me?
Ans- No

4)Whats your indian salary?
Ans-Xyz

5)What will be the duration of stay?
Ans-Around 6 months.

6)What your company does?
Ans-Specialized in some tools and solutions for some special domains

7)Ho long you hav been wid company?
Ans - 18 months
Thank You sir Your Visa is thru and your passport will be delivered to your office address.

Thanks to everyone who have posted your experience here. It was very useful.

Questions:

Me : Hello Sir. Good morning.
VO : Hi Sir. Good morning. How are you doing?

Me : Doing good Sir. Thank you. How are you?
VO : Fine.

VO : What's your experience?
Me : 3 years and 5 months

VO : Who is your client?
Me : YYYY

VO : What does YYYY do?
Me : Bla Bla....( for a minute ) ( by this time VO had started entering something in his system. I understood that my VISA is approved and thanked GOD )

VO : What's your role in the project?
Me : Bla Blas ....again

( I heard the golden words )

VO :Your visa is approved. It will be sent in a week.
Me : Thank you very much and have a nice day.

VO : You too.

Notes:

* I personally believe that the entire process depends on your luck
* Attend the interview in formals ( with tie )
* Be there at-least 1 hour earlier to the scheduled time
* Go through at-least 5 pages of this site. I assure you it will give confidence
* Sometimes I would get tensed but I had the following in mind which cooled me - "getting rejected is not the end of world. You will certainly have more opportunities"
* For people who will go to Chennai - There is a fat lady and a guy ( with specs, thin and long face ). These 2 usually do most of the rejections. So somehow try not to go into their counter.

Today I had my interview and got the approval..

I just answered confidently and made sure that Im maintaining the eye contact with VO.. tats it, nth else. All the best guys..

Here are the Q&As.

VO: Good Morning
Me: Good Morning
(Then she gestured for the BEP folder, I handed over to her)

VO: So you have valid H1B stamping?
Me: Yes

VO: When did you left your H1B employer?
Me: I did not join with that employer.

VO: Why did not you go for the H1B?
Me: blah blah ....

VO: Who is your client?
Me: ZZZ.

VO: How long you have been with your employer?
Me: X Years

VO: How log with this client?
Me: X years

VO: What do you going to do in US?
Me: <explained my onsite role>.

VO: What is your specialization?
Me: <told client's project specific technologies but didnt talk abt proprietary tools>

VO: Why you have been chosen for this project, not other team members?
Me: blah blah.

VO: What language you use?
Me: <told>.

VO: Ok, your VISA is approved and it will couriered to you within 3 days, Welcome to US.
Me: Thanks, Have a nice day.

1.Q. Who is ur Client?

  A. The Nielsen Company

2. Q. What is the business of your client?

  A. It's a Market & Media Research company, which will give consumer insights and market trends to the end customers like Coke, P&G, Unilever etc.,

3. Q. What are you going to do for your client?

  A. I am going to develop a new project which will merge all the reference data systems into a single global platform for all the countries called OGRDS - One Global Reference Data System.

4. Q. What technology you are using?

 A. Java Swings and Oracle as the backend.

5. Which version of Oracle?

A. It's Oracle 10 G

6. How long you are working for this client?

A. 2 yrs 5 months.

7. How long you're going to stay in US?

A. 1 year.

VO: Your Visa is approved, you'll get your passport thorugh courier in 7 days. Have a nice day!!

Me: Thank you!!

Keep your patience

Keep your cool

Try not to be Nervous - its really not a big deal

Don't Stammer

Be Confident when you answer

let the Officer finish his sentence and then give an answer

Dont ask him to repeat the sentences much

If you are not sure - You get Translators there.

Keep a pleasant face/Smile

Answer Promptly and as much is asked. Dont elaborate or justify

Best Practices!
- Dont carry Wallets / Hard leather material/ Belts (should be flexible with simple bucckles ie. a formal belt), No digital watches, wear normal analogue, No chewing gums, eatable, waterbottles, bags.
Only a plain transparent carry bag like of any shop can work.
Use L-folder (Transparent)
Carry only Documents
Carry cash in pockets
Simple Pen should work
No Stapplers, Pins, GlueSticks or any stationary


Well the Formal dressing is better however people come in casuals as well. I would suggest Formal is more presentable.

Waiting Lounge: This is a good option for the candidates carrying backpacks or other handbags or so. You can avail lockers over there. Ofcourse this comes at a cost of Rs. 250/- Ideally if you dont want to stand in queue for a long time outside the consulate office, this lounge service provides a bus, to the actuall consulate office which is like 5 mins from the VFS office.
In the waiting area, there are representatives who guide you on what docs to be kept handy and ready and details about the time slot, L1 Blanket, H1, L1 individual,student and others.
Only advantage is you get your time to relax and are aware of the processes happening at the consultate office and these representatives guide you properly. You dont feel out of place.

Next you go near the Consulate office. Here you cna see lot of people standing on the footpaths on both the side. People standing in long queues waiting for there turn. However there is not much clarity about what time slot is under progress and if you standing back you can enquire with the people over there. Also there are representatives who walk and breif you about the time slot people, they seperate lines based on visa type. Specifically Blanket petitioners are standing in seperate line.

Key Points:
1. Keep your Passport, Interview letter, Demand Draft, Form 797, 129 - (2 copies of 129) ready.

2. Next a representative will handover a pink token which as a No. on it. He/She will collect the passport, form 797, 129(2copies), dd, from you.

3. Next wait till they send you inside the office.There is a security Check.

4.You will get a Wooden stick (like a token) keep it with you.

5. Go to counter for Finger print counter
Keep left hand 4 Fingers, Right hand 4 fingers and then both hand Thumb impressions.

6. take a seat and be alert for the Token No. announcement.

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Interview questions"
q: What is the company you going for?
Say Client Name:

Q: What is your role and what is the specialization work you will do?
Say the Role/Responsiblity and if any key tools to your work/client/company

Q: How long are you working for your org?
ZZZ Years/ XX Months

Q: Are you married / Single?

Q: Where will you stay?
ZZZ City/ state

Q: What is your Salary?
YYYY X USD/ INR

Q: What have you previous to this organization?
 working with YYYY company or Education... (whatever is the case)

And then the he concluded with
Here is your petition, Submit a copy in your organization and one with yourself.

Have a pleasant Stay!