L1, L2 Visa

he asked me 5 questions
1) How long have you been working with Satyam
2) Date of joining in Satyam
3) What is your specialization?
4) What is your total experience?
5) Asked about the spl. Tool and my experience on that tool.

thats all then he said your passport will be couriered to you.

please don't get tensed. they are cool persons only. Be confident. and concentration and sharpness is very very important.
All the best!!!!!!!!!! people who are attending

Dear All,

This is a very useful link where i spend a good time.
The formalities are followed as usual.
The interview question are as follows
me: How are you sir,
Vo: Good, How about you?
Me: doing good
Vo: checking my documents with smile
Vo: Who is your client
Me: My client name **** *
VO: How long you are woking in your company
Me: I have been working **yrs and **Months
Vo: Have you packed all your things to fly
Me: Almost i am packed.
Vo: Good Luck.
Me: Thank you sir, have a good day

Note:
Go thro many people expirience and the questionaries.
I prepared a lot but it went smooth with simple questions.
DRESS WELL WITH TIE IS MANDATORY.

I cannot thank more of how helpful this site has been for my preparation. I attending L1A interview today with my wife and there were 4 simple questions

Q. How long were you working in the company?
A. YYYY years
Q. How long were you in the US?
A YYYY years
Q is it the same client?
A Yes
Q Is it the same visa as earlier?
A. Yes

Visa has been issued.

No questions for my wife. Finally it went a lot smoother than I had expected. Good luck guys n gals.

Got my L1B approved. Dont worry about the procedures and formalities, they have enough people to guide you there. So they all would happen automatically. Just concentrate on your Visa Interview part.

I was asked only one question after a formal greeting between us.
VO: What is your project?
Me: It is a developement project. (Then one line description)

Then he verified the docuements and kept the passport with him, returned me two other documents and Called the next person. I understood (since he kept my passport) that mine was approved.

me: Thank you Sir.
VO was busy in receving the other applicant.


Based on my experience, I would tell, apart from your preparation and all your hard work, you should have that luck factor to get the Visa. So go prepared for everything.

Let me thanks to all the people who have been involved with the Site and People Sharing their experience.I had my interview at 10:15 am on 17th November.I went around 9:00 am to the Visa office,There was a big long queue.I contacted one of the VFS offical.He said since you are having your Family(Exceptions for Small babies) we will let you In directly come at 10:00 am.At 10:00 am they directed me to the Appointment verfication counter.Here you need to provide your Appointment Receipt and Passport for Verification.After I Entered the Visa office there they checked folders for any sealed documents and then they let me in.Document Verification Section Please sort your documents.Documents required Passport,D156,d157,I-797 & I-129S.The will check for names on D156,D157 for matching with the passport,DD,Photograph Specification etc.Then i was directed to other Building for Paying DD and Visa Interview.After paying the DD I was directed to VO:-

Directed to Counter Number 6.

Me: Good Morning Sir.
VO : just nod of the head.

VO: Asked me to give the File(Passport,Forms etc)
Me : Gave them.

VO : Started Looking at his computer and entering,Asked me to keep the middle finger of right hand for scanning.
me : did the same.

VO: Looked at my Baby and wife before entering the details

Wife :To scan for Left hand Thumb and right hand middle finger for scanning.

VO : he was asking me my role,suddenly he said do you have another copy of I-129S
me : Let me check.I found it.I told the lady at the verification counter gave it back to me.

VO: What is the Project you are going to Work in the US
Me : xxxx Project.

VO : they are into YYYY X Business Right.
me : yes

VO : what are you going to do for them.
me : explained him what our application does and how it helps the Client.

VO Have Fun.
me : Thank You.

My L1 Visa was Approved.

I took just 45 minutes to complete the whole process right from document verification to Visa Interview.

Be Confident Polite,Wear you office tag before going for the interview.

Best of Luck

Vinayak

Bangalore,Karnataka India -November 17th @ 10:15 pm

First of all, i must congragulate this site. This site will really boost the confidence. My interview was scheduled last week @ 10.15. I used stripes and lounge facility . This facility will help to bypass the long queue standing in the road side. At VFS, one guy verified the document and arranged in correct fashion. One issues that was commonly happening was the wrong dimension in the Photo that most of them are bringing. The photo should be 50mm * 50mm. A square one. This is not the old passport size. The specification is that back ground should be white etc. In the studio, you need to specifically mention that it is for US Visa purpose. In VFS, there is one option to get that instant phtoto.

I went VFS @ 9:30. At 10.00, they took me to US embassy in a VAN. There, the security officials allowed us to by pass the long queue standing in the road. After showing the passport and interview letter, they allowed to enter inside the counsulate. AFter a security body check up, they told to us to stand in the queue for doucment verficication and scanning the fingures. After that they told me to go to next building to pay DD. In the next building, i paid the DD and then stood in the queue for Visa interview.

When my turn came, VO smiled at me and asked How i am?

Me: I am fine, How are you madam?
VO : I am fine, give me the documents.
Me gave the documents.
She started looking the documents and started giving back some papers to me
VO :How long you are working ZZZ?
Me : 2 yr 1 month
VO: Who is your client?
Me: ZZZ
VO: Oh ZZZ? What are you going to do in ZZZ?
Me: I am going to work for a project, where my job is to analysize the requirement and enhance the application uisng YYYY (company's) properitery tools.
VO: Oh !!! Properitery tools?
Me :Yes with a smile
VO : Did you design the application?
Me : Yes
VO : IS this the application is in production?
Me :Yes
VO for how long this is in production?
Me : 1 Year
VO : Cool.
She started sealing the documents and signed and then golden words came that your visa is issued and will be courired..

I told thanks to MaM and came outside the counsalte with the documents that she gave it back.

My suggestion is Keep smiling and be confident. Even if u said some thing wrong, keep smiling and polietly tell sorry and then correct it.

Friends,
I had my BL1 interview yesterday and got it approved and stamped.

The verifying office was an American Lady at counter no:7
Below are the questions asked to me and my wife?

Me: Good Morning Mam. How are you doing?
VO: (With a smiling face) I am good.

VO: Who is your client
Me: Mentioned the client name.

VO: Why are you going to USA and what you will do there?
Me: Will be going on temporary assignment on BL1 to work for our client ZZZ. Mentioned about my role and Wipro proprietary tools which I will be using for execution of the project.

VO: What is your project?
Me: Our project is XYZ.

VO: What does the project XYZ standards for?
Me: Explained.

VO: How long you are working with Wipro?
Me: For the last 5 years and 10 months

Now verifying officer suddenly turned towards my wife and surprisingly started asking rapid fire questions to my wife and fortunately she answered all the questions calmly with a smiling face. Below are the questions:

1. Madam when did you get married?
2. Was it a love or arranged marriage?
3. Who arranged the marriage?
4. Why your parents thought Mr X is the perfect match for you?
5. Did you meet before your marriage?
6. How many times you met Mr X before marriage?
7. Where did you meet?
8. Did you meet Mr X alone or along with your parents?
  
Thanks to my wife she has done well and now the verifying officer turned towards me and told me:

VO: Everything looks OK to me, let me stamp the I29S forms for you which you need to carry during your travel to states.

VO: It seems I am missing some documents here. Do you have a document like this (shown me the I29S form given by Wipro. I had one copy left with me; earlier two copies were collected from me by the consulate authority while standing in the queue)
Me: Yes I have one more copy with me.

VO: Give it to me. I need this.
Me: Gave the form to her.

Now the verifying office stamped two I29S forms and handed it over to me and told:

VO: Please handover one form to your company and carry one with your while traveling to USA. So now all done for you.

Me: Thank you very much. Have a nice day.
VO: You too.


All aspiring candidates, be confident and polite you will definitely get the VISA stamped without any trouble.

Best of Luck.

i attened L1-B interview at delhi consulate along with my wife L2 interview was schedule on 7th november 2008 9.15am

i stayed at hotel near Moti bagh delhi karnataka sangha ,its very near to US embassy ,we took an auto and reached by 8.40 am,There was quite a long quee,well we got through the security chek and stood at line 3 we stood in line for 20 min and then at counter 2 we got verified all our documents and went inside the Embassy ,there i first subbimted my DD of rs 27000 rs and then stood in line for my finger print ,all our 10 fingers we taken image first left 4 fingers and then right 4 fingers and then our two thumb,both me and my wife ,and then we were given one token number ,no worries they will arrange all ur documents . we took a seat for 20 minutes then they caled our sl no and then i stood in que ,

my turn came for interview
a lady interviewd me she was very good

here were the questions asked

CO:Hi good mornign how are you doing .
me: Hi good morning iam doing fine thank you how about you .
CO :Looking at documents serusly and then asked whats ur specialization :
me : Answered in 2 lines:
CO :Whats your qualification :
me : Answered my education qualification
CO :Suddenly to my wife she asked when did u get married madam :
wife :she answered
CO: How long will be your stay in US
me :i told 11months
CO :Then she started typing some thing and looked at me smiled and then she told your VISA is approved you can go ahead u will recive ur passport .
me : I said thanks .


NOTE : keep in mind below points

1. Be do go with formal with Tie
2.Do not stare at CO during others interview it will really make a bad impression on you
3.Be confident while answering and be clear
4.Donot mind asking if you cant cath thier voice
5.If ur confident VISA will be yours

good luck
punith

I had PA on 6th Nov 2008 and It got approved.
As My petition is an attorney petition, there were not much questions to me.

I was asked a question " What will you do in US?"

Then I said YYYY , ZZZ,ZZZ ..

Thatz all, He said my visa has been approved and will be courierd to my company.

Please be clear on your answers.

Don't tell any of your company tools, As Visa Officers are very much known that you won't use the tools.

So, be careful on this and all the best.

Thanks,
Abdul.

Hi all,
I had my PA on 29th Oct 2008 in Chennai and the entire process was pretty cool and easy. You could go to the consulate just 30min before the appointment time as they only let in people at their scheduled appointment time. So even if you go early you need to wait in the long queue unnecessarily.
I heard that there were many L1 rejections in recent times but as long as you have all your documents available, all forms correctly filled and fully confident, I don’t think there would be any reason for visa rejection.

My experience with the VO was as follows:

The VO had rejected the visa for the candidate who was in front of me as he was unable to explain to the VO as to what purpose he was travelling and they had an argument for around 5mins. The VO looked totally frustrated and irritated.

Me: Good morning! How are you doing? [With all smiles and maintained the smile throughout the interview]
VO: [No response] Can I have the documents please?

[Looked through the set of documents]

VO: I see your visa has been rejected this year.
Me: Yes, I had applied for a B2- visitor visa when I was in UK

VO: Reason for rejection?
Me: I did not have strong ties with UK and they asked me to apply the visa from India.

VO: I see you have a Bachelors degree in Engineering?
Me: Yes

VO: Can I see your Degree Certificate?
Me: [Passed on the degree certificate]

VO: What are your specialized skills?
Me: I am specialized in requirement analysis, test planning and test execution using my company proprietary tools YYYY and YYYY.

VO: You will receive your passport in 5 working days. Thank You.
Me: Thanks!!! Thanks a Lot!!

Following are the other questions which I prepared for the interview, hope it could be helpful for the rest who are applying for a L1B visa:

1)Why are you going to US?
I am going to US on a temporary assignment to work on the project YYYY for the client YYYY.
2)Who is your client? Where is your client located? What is the client’s primary business?
3)How long have you been working for your company?
4)How long have you been working for the existing client?
If it is your first assignment answer the following – “This is my first assignment but I have been working for a similar client on the same domain, technology and specialization tools for the past X years and Y months.”
5)What is your role at onsite/offshore?
6)What are your project responsibilities at onsite?
7)What specialized tools knowledge do you possess? How long have you been working on those tools?
Always mention your roles and responsibilities along with the tool usage. Something like below:
“I am specialized in Requirement analysis, test planning and test execution using my company proprietary tool YYYY and YYY.”
These tools must be your company proprietary tools and cannot be any languages like C, C++ or applications like DOTNET, Java or mainframes.
The following responsibilities are advised not to be mentioned to the VO
•Application Development
•Production Support
•Maintenance
•Understanding/Introducing new technologies
•Automation Testing
•Offshore/onsite coordination
8)Describe the functionality of the specialization tools in your project?
9)Who has developed the specialized tools?
10)Will you be implementing these tools in your project?
11)What is your team size at onsite/offshore?
12)What is your salary at onsite/offshore?
13)What is your domain knowledge and the duration you worked on a particular domain?
14)Who was your previous client? Previous project details/Duration/responsibilities?
15)What are your qualifications? Date of completion?
16)Why have you left your previous project and opted for this project?
17)Why should you be selected to travel onsite?
18)Is it a development/testing project?
19)Who will you report at onsite? Who is your manager/supervisor at onsite, which company and where is he located?
The onsite manager must be from your company and not from the client company and must be in the same location where your petition was filed.
20)Why can’t the work be done at offshore? Why can’t the existing onsite folks do the work?
21)What is the duration of your stay at onsite?
22)Have you been rejected for a US visa before? If so, what was the reason for rejection? When and where did you apply for the visa?
23)How much time will it take for you to train someone else on the tools? Why can’t you train the clients with these tools?
24)What is the project name? Describe the project details?
25)Is the project an In-house project?
26)What does a programmer analyst/test analyst/system analyst do?
27)Where and with whom will you stay at US?
28)How many people will report to you at US?
If it is for a L1B visa the answer is “None”. This question is applicable for L1A visa ones.
29)When will you be travelling to US?
30)Are you married? Where is your spouse working? How long have you been married?
31)If spouse is in US then the following questions are applicable – Company and location of your spouse? How many years has your spouse been in US? What is the expected duration of his/her stay in US?
32)What is your role/specialized skills in the project?
Specialized skills are different from Specialization tools. Some of the specialization skills could be design, requirement analysis, configuration management, performance testing etc.
33)Why only that your company proprietary tools are required for the project?
34)Tell me about your company? Company profile?
35)Why have you chosen L1B rather than H1B?
- “My educational qualification and knowledge on specialized tools have qualified me as a candidate for L1B visa”
36)What is the significance of using the specialized tools from onsite instead of offshore?
“Better visibility of the project activities to the client and provides an efficient way to track the project execution”
37)When did you join your company? Joining date?
38)Who would you be working for - the petitioner or the client at onsite?
It should always be Petitioner and never the client company. The petitioner will be your own company.
39)Who is your employer? Who pays you the salary at onsite?
It should always be your company and never the client company.
40)What was the criterion for your selection by your company? Why were you selected among your project mates?
41)What are the countries you last visited?
42)What is your client location?
L1 visa is an intra – company transfer seeking a temporary admission to US to be employed by a parent/branch/affiliate/subsidiary/sister company of your company. This means that you cannot work at the client location but you can visit the client premises to discuss project related issues.
The most probable answer for this question would be “I would be working at my company branch office. The project might require me to travel to the client location to use the client facilities but I would still remain an employee of my company YYYY (name of your company).”

The above answers are just sample answers and you could tune them as per your project requirement. All the answers need to be in a single statement and crisp.
All the best!!!!